[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3711]
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  SA 1558. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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. __. ARSENAL INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--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) Arsenal Installation Reutilization Authority.--(1) In 
     the case of a military manufacturing arsenal, the Secretary 
     concerned may authorize leases and contracts for a term of up 
     to 25 years, notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), if the 
     Secretary determines that a lease or contract of that 
     duration will promote the national defense or be in the 
     public interest for the purpose of--
       ``(A) helping to maintain the viability of the military 
     manufacturing arsenal and any military installations on which 
     it is located;
       ``(B) eliminating, or at least reducing, the cost of 
     Government ownership of the military manufacturing arsenal, 
     including the costs of operations and maintenance, the costs 
     of environmental remediation, and other costs; and
       ``(C) leveraging private investment at the military 
     manufacturing arsenal through long-term facility use 
     contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other 
     agreements that support and advance the preceding purposes.
       ``(2)(A) The Secretary concerned may delegate the authority 
     provided by this subsection to the commander of the military 
     manufacturing arsenal or, if part of a larger military 
     installation, the installation commander.
       ``(B) The delegated authority 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--
       ``(i) the sale of articles manufactured by a military 
     manufacturing arsenal;
       ``(ii) the sale of services performed by a military 
     manufacturing arsenal; or
       ``(iii) the performance of manufacturing work at the 
     military manufacturing arsenal.
       ``(3) 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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