[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3813-S3814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1718. Mr. FLAKE 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 A of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2807. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR MILITARY 
                   CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN AREAS OF CONTINGENCY 
                   OPERATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     2804 the following new section:

     ``Sec. 2804a. Certification requirement for military 
       construction projects in areas of contingency operations

       ``(a) Certification Requirement.--(1) The Secretary of 
     Defense may not obligate or expend funds to carry out a 
     military construction project overseas in connection with a 
     contingency operation (as defined in section 101(a)(13) of 
     this title) unless the combatant commander of the area of 
     operations in which such project is to be constructed has 
     certified to the Secretary of Defense that the project is 
     needed for direct support of a contingency operation within 
     that combatant command.
       ``(2) The restriction under paragraph (1) does not apply to 
     planning and design activities or activities carried out 
     under the authority of section 2805 of this title.
       ``(b) Certification Guidance.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall provide guidance regarding the certification required 
     under subsection (a).''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding after the 
     item relating to section 2804 the following new item:

``2804a. Certification requirement for military construction projects 
              in areas of contingency operations.''.

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