S.Amdt. 2836

SA 2836. Mr. LANKFORD 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 appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

SEC. ___. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY
FOR DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL BASE FACILITIES AND
MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITIES BASE.

(a) Extension.--Section 1125(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 1580 note
prec.; Public Law 114-328) is amended by striking ``through
2028'' and inserting ``through 2035''.
(b) Definition of Defense Industrial Base Facility.--
Section 1125(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 1580 note prec.; Public Law 114-
328) is amended by inserting ``and includes supporting units
of a facility at an installation or base'' after ``United
States''.
(c) Briefing.--Section 1102(b) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91;
131 Stat. 1628), as amended by section 1107(b) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
(Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1597), is further amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``through 2025'' and inserting ``through 2035''; and
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(as amended by
subsection (a))''.
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