S.Amdt. 4774

SA 4774. Mr. INHOFE 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 in title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO JOINT USE AGREEMENTS.

(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of a military department
may not enter into or modify a joint use agreement with a
non-Department of Defense organization that is not beneficial
to the Department of Defense.
(b) Notice and Wait Requirement.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of a military department may
not enter into a joint use agreement with a non-Department of
Defense organization until 180 days after certifying to the
congressional defense committees that the agreement will
benefit the operations and readiness of the military
installation concerned or the Department overall.
(2) Elements.--A certification required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following elements:
(A) A determination that the operations and readiness of
the military installation concerned will benefit as a result
of the agreement.
(B) A description of the effect of the agreement on the
installation and the Department.
(C) A description of the benefit of the agreement to
outside agencies.
(D) A description of alternative options to the agreement
that were investigated.
(E) Any other elements the Secretary considers relevant.
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