S.Amdt. 236

SA 236. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 XXVIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 28__. MODIFICATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPEDITE THE
DEPLOYMENT BY RAIL OF HEAVY ARMORED DIVISIONS
AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FROM INSTALLATIONS OF
THE ARMY TO NAVAL PORTS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall modify or
improve the infrastructure necessary to expedite the
deployment by rail of heavy armored divisions and associated
equipment from installations of the Army in the United States
to naval ports in support of a large-scale conflict with a
near-peer adversary to ensure that installations of the Army
that house armored divisions have a rail facility with
multiple spurs to allow for the expedited deployment of
troops and equipment.
(b) Use of Amounts.--The Secretary may expend not more than
$150,000,000 to carry out the requirement under subsection
(a).
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