S.Amdt. 4594Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 4594
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Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Submitted November 15, 2021
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November 15, 2021
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SA 4594. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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 F of title XII, add the following: SEC. 1264. REPORT ON FACILITY SPACE NEEDS IN SUPPORT OF FOREIGN MILITARY SALES MISSION. (a) Report Required.-- (1) In general.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on facility space needs in support of the foreign military sales mission. (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) The Air Force requirements to meet the facility shortfalls for administrative space relating to the mission of the foreign military sales program authorized by chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.). (B) A projection of the impact on the foreign military sales mission if such requirements are not met. (C) An analysis of the feasibility and advisability of meeting such requirements through the following alternatives: (i) New construction on a military installation. (ii) Leasing or other privatized alternatives to obtain suitable facilities on or off a military installation. (iii) Rehabilitation of existing facilities on a military installation. (D) With respect to each alternative analyzed under subparagraph (C), an assessment of each of the following: (i) Costs and benefits. (ii) Advantages, disadvantages, and relevant factors to the foreign military sales mission and the Air Force. (iii) Recommended legislative proposals to authorize the use of funds derived from charges for administrative services pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)) to meet the requirements identified under subparagraph (A). (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means-- (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. ______