S.Amdt. 402

SA 402. Mr. LANKFORD 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:

Strike section 1109 and insert the following:

SEC. ___. EXTENSION 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 ``2025''
and inserting ``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) is
amended by striking ``2025'' and inserting ``2035''.
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