S.Amdt. 689

SA 689. Mr. HAGERTY 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 XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 12__. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN LESS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

Section 1411 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public
Law 115-254; 22 U.S.C. 9611) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``energy security,''
after ``poverty reduction,'';
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(9) to prioritize, the maximum extent feasible,
investments in--
``(A) critical infrastructure, including transportation
systems (particularly ports);
``(B) affordable and reliable energy production and
distribution; and
``(C) telecommunications networks.''.
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