S.Amdt. 2633

SA 2633. Mr. LEE 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 A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1216. LIMITATIONS ON STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENTS AND
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN CERTAIN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, until the date described in subsection (b)--
(1) the Secretary of Defense may not carry out a military
construction project in a foreign country with which the
United States maintains a status of forces agreement (other
than a project related to housing or the provision of medical
services for members of the Armed Forces); and
(2) the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense may
not enter into, renew, or amend a status of forces agreement.
(b) Date Described.--The date described in this subsection
is the date on which the Secretary of State, in coordination
with the Secretary of Defense, completes the review of
protection and legal preparedness for members of the Armed
Forces abroad required by section 1229 of National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31;
137 Stat. 456; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 2001).
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