S.Amdt. 956

SA 956. 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 end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the
following:

SEC. 2882. MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON ESTABLISHMENT OF
ACCOUNT FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF TESTING
FACILITIES AT INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF THE AIR FORCE.

(a) In General.--Section 2862 of the Military Construction
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public
Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 9771 note prec.) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``testing'' and
inserting ``Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB)'';
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, have Major Range
and Test Facility Base facilities,'' after ``construct'';
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
``(c) Oversight of Funds.--
``(1) Use of amounts.--The commander of an installation
selected to participate in the pilot program may obligate or
expend amounts reimbursed under the pilot program for
projects at the installation.
``(2) Designation of maintenance costs.--
``(A) In general.--The commander of an installation
selected to participate in the pilot program may designate
the appropriate amount of maintenance costs to be charged to
users of Major Range and Test Facility Base facilities under
the pilot program.
``(B) Use of maintenance cost reimbursements.--Maintenance
cost reimbursements under subparagraph (A) for an
installation may be used either singly or in combination with
appropriated funds to satisfy the costs of maintenance
projects at the installation.
``(3) Oversight.--The commander of an installation selected
for the pilot program shall have direct oversight over
amounts reimbursed to the installation under the pilot
program for Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and
Modernization.'';
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f);
(5) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection (e):
``(e) No Reduction of Appropriation.--In order to allow
full assessment of the viability of the pilot program,
appropriations to installations selected to participate in
the pilot program for Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and
Modernization shall not be reduced on the basis of
participation in the pilot program or usage of the pilot
program reimbursements and realized reimbursements from
customers under the pilot program shall not be used as a
basis for reduction of such appropriations.''; and
(6) in subsection (f) as redesignated by paragraph (2), by
striking ``December 1, 2026'' and inserting ``December 1,
2027''.
(b) Clerical Amendments.--
(1) Section header.--The header for such section is amended
to read as follows:

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``SEC. 2862. PILOT PROGRAM TO AUGMENT APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS
WITH MAINTENANCE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM MAJOR
RANGE AND TEST FACILITY BASE USERS AT
INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR
FORCE.''.

(2) Table of contents.--The table of contents for the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022
(Public Law 117-81) and the Military Construction
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public
Law 117-81) are each amended by striking the item relating to
section 2862 and inserting the following new item:
``Sec. 2862. Pilot program to augment appropriated amounts with
maintenance reimbursements from Major Range and Test
Facility Base users at installations of the Department of
the Air Force.''.
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