S.Amdt. 3964

SA 3964. Ms. HIRONO 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 B of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2815. APPLICABILITY OF WINDOW FALL PREVENTION
REQUIREMENTS TO ALL MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING
WHETHER PRIVATIZED OR GOVERNMENT-OWNED AND
GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED.

(a) Transfer of Window Fall Prevention Section to Military
Family Housing Administration Subchapter.--
(1) In general.--Section 2879 of title 10, United States
Code--
(A) is transferred to appear after section 2856 of such
title; and
(B) is redesignated as section 2857.
(2) Clerical amendments.--
(A) Alternative authority.--The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of such title is
amended by striking the item relating to section 2879.
(B) Administration.--The table of sections at the beginning
of subchapter III of chapter 169 of such title is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 2856 the
following new item:

``2857. Window fall prevention devices in military family housing
units.''.
(b) Applicability of Section to All Military Family
Housing.--Section 2857 of title 10, United States Code, as
transferred and redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``acquired or
constructed under this chapter'';
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``acquired or
constructed under this chapter''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(e) Applicability to All Military Family Housing.--This
section applies to military family housing under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and military family
housing acquired or constructed under subchapter IV of this
chapter.''.
(c) Implementation Plan.--In the report required to be
submitted in 2022 pursuant to subsection (d) of section 2857
of title 10, United States Code, as transferred and
redesignated by subsection (a)(1) and amended by subsection
(b), the Secretary of Defense shall include a plan for
implementation of the fall

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protection devices described in subsection (a)(3) of such
section as required by such section.
(d) Limitation on Use of Funds Pending Submission of
Overdue Report.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022
for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Energy, Installations, and Environment, not more than 50
percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which
the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional
defense committees that--
(1) the independent assessment required by section 2817(b)
of the Military Construction Authorization Act of 2018
(division B of Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1852) has been
initiated; and
(2) the Secretary expects the report containing the results
of that assessment to be submitted to the congressional
defense committees by September 1, 2022.
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