S.Amdt. 2288

SA 2288. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Kaine)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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. 2857. MOVEMENT OR CONSOLIDATION OF JOINT SPECTRUM CENTER
TO FORT MEADE, MARYLAND OR ANOTHER APPROPRIATE
LOCATION.

(a) Leaving Current Location.--By not later than September
30, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall completely vacate
the offices of the Joint Spectrum Center of the Department of
Defense in Annapolis, Maryland.
(b) Movement or Consolidation.--The Secretary of Defense
shall take appropriate action to move, consolidate, or both,
the offices of the Joint Spectrum Center to the headquarters
building of the Defense Information Systems Agency at Fort
Meade, Maryland, or another appropriate location chosen by
the Secretary for national security purposes to ensure the
physical and cybersecurity protection of personnel and
missions of the Department of Defense.
(c) Status Update.--Not later than January 31 and July 31
of each year until the Secretary has completed the
requirements under subsections (a) and (b), the Commander of
the Defense Information Systems Agency shall provide an in-
person and written update on the status of the completion of
those requirements to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives and the congressional
delegation of Maryland.
(d) Termination of Existing Lease.--Upon vacating the
offices of the Joint Spectrum Center in Annapolis, Maryland,
pursuant to subsection (a), all right, title, and interest of
the United States in and to the existing lease for the Joint
Spectrum Center in such location shall be terminated.
(e) Repeal of Obsolete Authority.--Section 2887 of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
(division B of Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 569) is
repealed.
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