S.Amdt. 4058

SA 4058. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) 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 D of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2836. MODIFICATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPEDITE THE
DEPLOYMENT BY RAIL OF HEAVY ARMORED DIVISIONS
AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FROM INSTALLATIONS OF
THE ARMY TO NAVAL PORTS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall modify or
improve the infrastructure necessary to expedite the
deployment by rail of heavy armored divisions and associated
equipment from installations of the Army in the United States
to naval ports in support of a large-scale conflict with a
near-peer adversary to ensure that installations of the Army
that house armored divisions have a rail facility with
multiple spurs to allow for the expedited deployment of
troops and equipment.
(b) Use of Amounts.--The Secretary may expend not more than
$150,000,000 to carry out the requirement under subsection
(a).
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