[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 92 (Wednesday, June 10, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4034]
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  SA 1975. 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, 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 XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1523. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN UNOBLIGATED FUNDS AVAILABLE 
                   TO CONSTRUCT, RENOVATE, REPAIR, OR EXPAND 
                   ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON 
                   MILITARY INSTALLATIONS TO ADDRESS CAPACITY OR 
                   FACILITY CONDITION DEFICIENCIES.

       (a) Cessation of Availability.--Any amount of the 
     $464,017,143 of unobligated funds in the Operation and 
     Maintenance, Defense-wide, account and available for the 
     Office of Economic Adjustment, or for transfer to the 
     Secretary of Education, to construct, renovate, repair, or 
     expand elementary and secondary public schools on military 
     installations in order to address capacity or facility 
     condition deficiencies at such schools as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act that remain unobligated as of September 
     30, 2016, shall no longer be available for obligation for 
     that purpose as of October 1, 2016.
       (b) Authority To Reprogram for OCO Purposes.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may reprogram 
     amounts no longer available for obligation for the purpose 
     described in subsection (a) as of October 1, 2016, by reason 
     of subsection (a) for such programs, projects, and activities 
     in connection with overseas contingency operations as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate.
       (2) Construction.--The authority to reprogram funds under 
     paragraph (1) is in addition to any other authority available 
     to the Secretary to transfer or reprogram funds in this Act 
     or otherwise provided by law.
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