S.Amdt. 242

SA 242. 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 end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2882. ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS.

(a) Report Required.--
(1) Update of 2017 assessment on school capacity and
condition.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees an update of the
assessment on the capacity and facility condition
deficiencies of elementary and secondary public schools on
military installations conducted by the Secretary in July
2017 under section 2814 of National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2717). In
updating the assessment, the Secretary shall take into
consideration factors including--
(A) schools that have had changes in their condition or
capacity since the 2017 assessment; and
(B) the capacity and facility condition deficiencies of
schools omitted from that assessment.
(2) Additional information.--The Secretary shall include in
the update submitted under paragraph (1) a report on the
status of the funds already appropriated, and the schedule
for completion of projects already approved, under the
programs funded under--
(A) section 8127 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2018 (Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 492);
(B) section 8128 of the Department of Defense and Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act,
2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 115-
245; 132 Stat. 3029);
(C) section 8121 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2020 (Public Law 116-93; 133 Stat. 2365);
(D) section 8118 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021 (Public Law 116-260; 134 Stat. 1332); and
(E) section 8109 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2022 (Public Law 117-103; 136 Stat. 201).
(b) Comptroller General Evaluation.--Not later than 180
days after the date of submission of the report under
subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit to the congressional defense committees an
evaluation of the updated assessment prepared by the
Secretary of Defense under subsection (a)(1), including an
evaluation of the accuracy and analytical sufficiency of the
updated assessment.
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