S.Amdt. 5871

SA 5871. Mr. DAINES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 320C. TREATMENT OF AIR FORCE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND
LAND ACQUISITION FUNCTIONS UNDER SENTINEL
PROGRAM.

(a) Authority Relating to Environmental Review.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, military
construction and land acquisition functions of the Department
of the Air Force for projects related to the Sentinel
intercontinental ballistic missile program (previously
referred to as the ``ground-based strategic weapon program'')
shall not be considered to be a major Federal action under
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) or an undertaking for the purposes of division A of
subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, if the
activity--
(1) occurs on previously developed land; and
(2) does not substantially alter land use.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed as altering whether an activity described in
subsection (a) is considered to be a major Federal action
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) or an undertaking under division A of
subtitle III of title 54, United States Code, for a reason
other than military construction or land acquisition by the
Department of the Air Force.
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