S.Amdt. 3149

SA 3149. Mrs. FISCHER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1067. EXPANDING AND EXTENDING A PILOT PROGRAM ON
ACCEPTANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS OF DONATED FACILITIES AND RELATED
IMPROVEMENTS.

(a) Expansion.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 2 of the
Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements
Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-294; 38
U.S.C. 8103 note) is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``property''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) A minor construction or nonrecurring maintenance
project of the Department.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Such section is further
amended--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``of Property'';
(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``the donation of a property'' and inserting ``a donation'';
(iii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or project'' after
``property'' each place it appears; and
(iv) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``project,'' after
``improvements,'';
(B) in subsection (c)--
(i) in paragraph (1)--

(I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
``real property and improvements donated under the pilot
program'' and inserting ``a donation'';
(II) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and
inserting a semicolon;
(III) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(IV) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

``(C) the performance of a minor construction or
nonrecurring maintenance project of the Department.'';
(ii) in paragraph (2)--

(I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``construction of the
facility'' and inserting ``donation'';
(II) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``maintaining,''
after ``altering,''; and
(III) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``construction of
the facility'' and inserting ``donation'';

(C) in subsection (e)(1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) by inserting ``alter, maintain,'' after ``design,'';
(II) by striking ``real property and improvements donated''
and inserting ``a donation''; and
(III) by striking ``of the real property and
improvements''; and

(ii) in subparagraph (B)--

(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting
``alter, maintain,'' after ``design,''; and
(II) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``construction and
donation of the real property and improvements'' and
inserting ``donation''; and

(D) in subsection (g)--
(i) in paragraph (1)--

(I) by striking ``real property and improvements donated''
and inserting ``donations''; and
(II) by striking ``that property'' and inserting ``that
donation''; and

(ii) in paragraph (2)--

(I) by striking ``of real property and improvements
conducted''; and
(II) by striking ``that property'' and inserting ``those
donations''.

(b) Extension.--Such section is further amended, in
subsection (i), by striking ``December 16, 2026'' and
inserting ``December 16, 2031''.
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