[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4092. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 314. AUTHORITY TO USE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING 
                   TO CONVERT REAL PROPERTY FACILITIES, SYSTEMS, 
                   AND COMPONENTS TO NEW FUNCTIONAL PURPOSES 
                   WITHOUT INCREASING EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS.

       Section 2811(e) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``means a project to restore'' and 
     inserting the following: ``means a project--
       ``(1) to restore'';
       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) to convert a real property facility, system, or 
     component to a new functional purpose without increasing its 
     external dimensions.''.
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