S.Amdt. 240

SA 240. 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__. USE OF MODULAR CONSTRUCTION TO PROCURE BLAST,
BALLISTIC, OR ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANT BUILDINGS
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Where appropriate, the Secretary of
Defense shall consider the potential cost and time savings
offered by procuring blast, ballistic, or environmental
resistant buildings for the Department of Defense produced
through modular construction.
(b) Modular Construction Defined.--In this section, the
term ``modular construction'' means construction done offsite
in a controlled factory environment.
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