S.Amdt. 4522

SA 4522. Mr. PETERS 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OTHER TRANSACTION
AUTHORITY.

Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
391) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``September 30, 2017'' and inserting ``September 30, 2024'';
and
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
``(2) Prototype projects.--The Secretary--
``(A) may under the authority of paragraph (1), carry out
prototype projects under section 2371b of title 10, United
States Code; and
``(B) in applying the authorities of such section 2371b,
shall perform the functions of the Secretary of Defense as
prescribed in such section.'';
(2) in subsection (c)(1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2017'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2024''; and
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ``section 845(e)'' and
all that follows and inserting ``section 2371b(e) of title
10, United States Code.''.
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