[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4589. Mr. HEINRICH 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:

       After section 216, insert the following:

     SEC. 216A. HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY.

       (a) Independent Evaluation.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     enter into an agreement with an independent entity to conduct 
     an evaluation and assessment of options to provide financial 
     resources for the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility 
     (HELSTF) in accordance with the recommendations in the 2009 
     report of the Test Resource Management Center and High Energy 
     Laser Joint Program Office entitled ``Impact Report to 
     Congress on High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF) 
     and Plan for Test and Evaluation of High Energy Laser 
     Systems'', and other relevant reports, including--
       (1) the transfer of management of the Facility to the Joint 
     Directed Energy Program Office (JDEPO), as redesignated by 
     section 216(b); and
       (2) modifications of funding for the Joint Directed Energy 
     Program Office in order to provide adequate financial 
     resources for the Facility.
       (b) Report.--Under the agreement entered into pursuant to 
     subsection (a), the entity conducting the evaluation and 
     assessment required pursuant to that subsection shall, by not 
     later than January 31, 2017, submit to the Secretary, and to 
     the congressional defense committees, a report setting forth 
     the results of the evaluation and assessment, including such 
     recommendations for legislative and administrative action 
     with respect to the financial resources and organization of 
     the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility as the entity 
     considers appropriate.
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