[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4553 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4553

 To extend other transaction authority for the Department of Homeland 
                               Security.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 19, 2022

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend other transaction authority for the Department of Homeland 
                               Security.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Extension of Department of Homeland 
Security Other Transaction Authority Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY.

    Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 391) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``September 30, 2017'' and inserting 
                ``September 30, 2024''; and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Prototype projects.--The Secretary--
                    ``(A) may, under the authority of paragraph (1), 
                carry out prototype projects under section 4022 of 
                title 10, United States Code; and
                    ``(B) in applying the authorities of such section 
                4022, the Secretary shall perform the functions of the 
                Secretary of Defense as prescribed in such section.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 30, 
        2017'' and inserting ``September 30, 2024''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``section 845(e)'' and 
        all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
        ``section 4022(e) of title 10, United States Code.''.
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