S.Amdt. 3900

SA 3900. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

SEC. 2831. CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WHEN MAKING
BASING DECISIONS.

(a) In General.--Section 2883 of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (Public Law 116-283) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (j) as
subsections (f) through (k), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection (e):
``(e) Education.--
``(1) In general.--With regard to a military housing area
in which an installation subject to a basing decision covered
by subsection (a) is or will be located, the Secretary of the
military department concerned shall take into account the
extent to which high-quality public education is available
and accessible to dependents of members of the Armed Forces
in the military housing area by comparing progress of
students served by relevant local educational agencies
described in paragraph (4) under the statewide accountability
system described in section 1111 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) as compared
to the progress of all students in such State under such
system.''.
``(2) Publication of data.--The Secretary of the military
department concerned shall make the data used in carrying out
paragraph (1) available to the public in a manner that
ensures that States and communities can understand the
process for making decisions under such paragraph.
``(3) Consultation.--In carrying out paragraph (1) with
respect to an installation subject to a basing decision
covered by subsection (a), the Secretary of the military
department concerned shall consult with and seek input from
leadership and education liaisons for the installation and
State, local, and Tribal education agencies.
``(4) Relevant local educational agencies described.--
Relevant local educational agencies described in this
paragraph include--
``(A) local educational agencies that serve dependents of
members of the Armed Forces in the State in which the
military housing area described in paragraph (1) is located;
and
``(B) local educational agencies in such State that serve
or would be likely to serve a significant number or
percentage of dependents of members of the Armed Forces in
the military housing area described in paragraph (1) as
determined by the Secretary of the military department
concerned, in consultation with the education liaisons for
the installation described in such paragraph.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of such section
is amended by striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting
``subsection (f)''
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