S.Amdt. 3937

SA 3937. Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Cramer) 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:

At the end of subtitle A of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2803. TEMPORARY PROGRAM TO USE MINOR MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

(a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish a program to carry out minor military construction
projects under section 2805 of title 10, United States Code,
to construct child development centers.
(b) Increased Maximum Amounts Applicable to Minor
Construction Projects.--For the purpose of any military
construction project carried out under the program under this
section, the amount specified in section 2805(a)(2) of title
10, United States Code, is deemed to be $15,000,000.
(c) Notification and Approval Requirements.--
(1) In general.--The notification and approval requirements
under section 2805(b) of title 10, United States Code, shall
remain in effect for construction projects carried out under
the program under this section.
(2) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish procedures
for the review and approval of requests from the Secretaries
of military departments to carry out construction projects
under the program under this section.
(d) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the program under this section.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include a list and description of the construction projects
carried out under the program under this section, including
the location and cost of each project.
(e) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to carry out a
minor military construction project under the program under
this section expires on September 30, 2023.
(f) Construction of Authority.--Nothing in this section may
be construed to limit any other authority provided by law for
a military construction project at a child development
center.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Child development center.--The term ``child development
center'' includes a facility, and the utilities to support
such facility, the function of which is to support the daily
care of children aged six weeks old through 12 years old for
full-day, part-day, and hourly service.
(2) Congressional defense committees.--The term
``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given
that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States
Code.
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