S.Amdt. 5923

SA 5923. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 X, insert the following:

SEC. __. RESTORATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE MONUMENT BY THE AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION.

(a) In General.--After an agreement is made between the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium and the United States Government, the Battle of the Bulge Monument, formerly the Mardasson Memorial, in the Kingdom of Belgium shall be treated, for purposes of section 2104 of title 36, United States Code, as a cemetery for which it was decided under such section that the cemetery will become a permanent cemetery and the American Battle Monuments Commission shall restore, operate, and maintain the Battle of the Bulge Monument (to the degree the Commission considers appropriate) under such section in cooperation with the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium.

(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission for the period of fiscal years 2023 through 2025--

(1) $30,000,000 for site preparation, design, planning, construction, and associated administrative costs for the restoration of the monument described in subsection (a); and

(2) amounts necessary to operate and maintain the monument described in subsection (a).