S.Amdt. 853

SA 853. Mr. DURBIN 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:

On page 695, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the
following:

SEC. 1296. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY AND QUARTERLY REPORT
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO REDRESS
INJURY AND LOSS.

(a) Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 1213 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (10
U.S.C. 2731 note) is amended by striking ``$3,000,000 for
each calendar year'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for each
calendar year, except in extraordinary circumstances at the
discretion of the Secretary of Defense,''.
(b) Quarterly Report.--Subsection (h) of such section is
amended--
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