[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 144 (Monday, December 1, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6236-S6237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3959. Mr. UDALL of New Mexico submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR POST-9/11 EDUCATIONAL 
                   ASSISTANCE TO INCLUDE SERVICE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 
                   ENTRY LEVEL AND SKILL TRAINING UNDER CERTAIN 
                   CIRCUMSTANCES.

       (a) For Individuals Who Serve Between 18 and 24 Months.--
     Section 3311(b)(5)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``excluding'' and inserting 
     ``including''.
       (b) For Individuals Who Served in Operation Enduring 
     Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Certain Other 
     Contingency Operations.--Section 3311(b) of such title is 
     amended in paragraphs (6)(A) and (7)(A) by striking 
     ``excluding service on active duty in entry level and skill 
     training'' and inserting ``including service on active duty 
     in entry level and skill training for individuals who served 
     on active duty in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring 
     Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, or any 
     other contingency operation (as that term is defined in 
     section 101 of title 10) and excluding service on active duty 
     in entry level and skill training for all other 
     individuals''.
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  SA 3960. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY 
                   INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Identification Requirement for Military 
     Installations.--
       (1) Minimum identification required.--
       (A) In general.--Beginning on the day that is 120 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     concerned may not permit a person who is 18 years old or 
     older to enter a military installation in the United States 
     unless such person presents, as determined by an 
     authentication procedure that meets the minimum procedural 
     requirements identified by the Secretary of Defense in 
     paragraph (4), at a minimum--
       (i) a valid Federal or State government issued photo 
     identification card;
       (ii) a valid Common Access Card; or
       (iii) a valid uniformed services identification card.
       (B) Exception for certain foreign passports.--The Secretary 
     concerned may permit a person to enter a military 
     installation in the United States if such person presents a 
     valid foreign passport, as determined by an authentication 
     procedure that meets the minimum procedural requirements 
     identified by the Secretary of Defense in paragraph (4), if--
       (i) such person is visiting such military installation on 
     official business between the Armed Forces and the armed 
     forces of a foreign country; or
       (ii) such person is visiting a member of the uniformed 
     services or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense 
     on such military installation.
       (2) Expired or fraudulent identification.--The Secretary 
     concerned shall confiscate any form of identification that 
     the Secretary determines, using an authentication procedure 
     that meets the minimum procedural requirements identified by 
     the Secretary of Defense in paragraph (4), to be expired or 
     fraudulent.
       (3) Coordination among military installations of a state.--
     The Secretary concerned shall keep a list and shall inform 
     the personnel at any other military installation in the State 
     of such military installation of the name of any person--
       (A) who attempts to help a person required to present a 
     valid form of identification under paragraph (1) to enter a 
     military installation in the United States without such 
     required identification; or
       (B) who attempts to enter a military installation in the 
     United States with a form of identification that the 
     Secretary concerned determines to be expired or fraudulent 
     under paragraph (2).
       (4) Procedural requirements for identification 
     verification.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     identify the minimum procedural requirements for the 
     Secretary concerned to authenticate the forms of 
     identification in paragraph (1) for a person entering a 
     military installation in the United States. In identifying 
     such requirements, the Secretary of Defense shall identify 
     minimum procedural requirements to ensure that individuals 
     who need to enter a military installation in the United 
     States to perform work under a contract awarded by the 
     Department of Defense present a valid form of identification 
     under paragraph (1).
       (b) Definitions.--
       (1) Common access card.--In this section, the term ``Common 
     Access Card'' means the standard identification card issued 
     by the Secretary of Defense to active-duty military 
     personnel, Selected Reserve personnel, Department of Defense 
     civilian employees, and certain persons awarded contracts by 
     the Secretary of Defense.
       (2) Secretary concerned.--In this section, the term 
     ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code.
       (3) Uniformed services identification card.--In this 
     section, the term ``uniformed services identification card'' 
     means the identification card issued by the Secretary of 
     Defense to spouses and other eligible dependents of members 
     of the uniformed services and other eligible persons, as 
     determined by the Secretary of Defense.
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  SA 3961. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 562. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO 
                   HENRY JOHNSON FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING WORLD 
                   WAR I.

       (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time 
     limitations specified in section 3744 of title 10, United 
     States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
     awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed 
     Forces, the President may award the Medal of Honor under 
     section 3741 of such title to Henry Johnson for the acts of 
     valor during World War I described in subsection (b).
       (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to 
     in subsection (a) are the actions of Henry Johnson while 
     serving as a member of Company C, 369th Infantry Regiment, 
     93rd Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during combat 
     operations against the enemy on the front lines of the 
     Western Front in France on May 15, 1918, during World War I 
     for which he was previously awarded the Distinguished Service 
     Cross.
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  SA 3962. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2813. ARSENAL INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AUTHORITY.

       Section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as 
     subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
     subsection (h):
       ``(h) Arsenal Installation Reutilization Authority.--(1) In 
     the case of a military manufacturing arsenal, the Secretary 
     concerned shall delegate, subject to paragraph (2), the 
     authority provided by this section to the commander of the 
     military manufacturing arsenal or, if part of a larger 
     military installation, the installation commander for the 
     purpose of--
       ``(A) helping to maintain the viability of military 
     manufacturing arsenals and any installations on which they 
     are located;
       ``(B) eliminating, or at least reducing, the cost of 
     Government ownership of military manufacturing arsenals, 
     including the costs of operations and maintenance, the costs 
     of environmental remediation, and other costs; and
       ``(C) leveraging private investment at military 
     manufacturing arsenals through long-term facility use 
     contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other 
     agreements that support and advance the preceding purposes.
       ``(2) The authority delegated under paragraph (1) does not 
     include the authority to enter into a lease or contract under 
     this section to carry out any activity covered by section 
     4544(b) of this title related to sale of articles 
     manufactured by a military manufacturing arsenal or services 
     performed by a military manufacturing arsenal or the 
     performance of manufacturing work at the military 
     manufacturing arsenal.
       ``(3) Both leases and contracts are authorized under this 
     section for a military manufacturing arsenal, and--
       ``(A) notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), the term of the 
     lease or contract may be for up to 25 years if a lease or 
     contract of that duration will promote the national defense 
     or be in the public interest; and
       ``(B) the lease or contract may fully utilize the 
     authorities under subsections (b)(5) and (c).
       ``(4) In this subsection, the term `military manufacturing 
     arsenal' means a Government-owned, Government-operated 
     defense plant of the Department of the Defense that 
     manufactures weapons, weapon components, or both.''.
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  SA 3963. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 I, add the following:

     SEC. 141. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN 
                   RADAR TECHNOLOGIES FOR FLIGHT SAFETY.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) certain radar technologies developed in the United 
     States and in use by the Department of Defense to perform air 
     surveillance by detecting and tracking designated targets 
     have variants which are being used by civilian airports to 
     enhance the safety of flight operation for commercial air 
     traffic;
       (2) these technologies are being considered and reviewed by 
     Federal agencies to provide additional air traffic control 
     capabilities for the integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems 
     into the national airspace of the United States; and
       (3) the Department should ensure that the benefits to 
     flight safety in the United States from the use of these 
     technologies are fully and openly demonstrated, tested, and 
     reviewed by the Armed Forces, civilian Federal agencies, and 
     commercial airports.
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  SA 3964. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 E of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2842. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN HOMEOWNERS 
                   ASSISTANCE TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
                   RELATED FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 
                   WHO INCUR DELAYED-ONSET WOUNDS, INJURIES, OR 
                   ILLNESSES IN SERVICE.

       (a) In General.--Section 1013(a)(2) of the Demonstration 
     Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     3374(a)(2)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A) by inserting after ``illness,'' the following: ``or in 
     the case of a wound, injury, or illness with delayed 
     expression or delayed identification, was at the time of 
     expression or identification,''.
       (b) Tax Treatment of Benefits.--Section 132(n)(1) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after 
     ``2009'' the following: ``and amended by section 2842(a) of 
     the Carl Levin National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2015''.

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