S.Amdt. 6326

SA 6326. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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 end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the following:

SEC. 2868. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SCORECARD FOR BASING DECISIONS BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

Section 2883(h) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 1781b note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:

“(4) Coordination with secretary of defense.--In establishing or updating a scorecard under this subsection, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall coordinate with the Secretary of Defense to ensure consistency among the military departments.

“(5) Publication in federal register.--The Secretary of Defense shall publish in the Federal Register for public comment the methodology and criteria for establishing a scorecard under this subsection.”.