[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3731-S3732]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4620. Mrs. ERNST (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Kirk, 
and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2814. ARSENAL INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AUTHORITY.

       (a) Modified Authority.--In the case of a military 
     manufacturing arsenal, the Secretary concerned may authorize 
     leases and contracts under section 2667 of title 10, United 
     States Code, for a term of up to 25 years, notwithstanding 
     subsection (b)(1) of such section, 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--
       (1) helping to maintain the viability of the military 
     manufacturing arsenal and any military installations on which 
     it is located;

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       (2) 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
       (3) 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.
       (b) Delegation and Review Process.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary concerned may delegate the 
     authority provided by this section to the commander of the 
     major subordinate command of the Army that has responsibility 
     for the military manufacturing arsenal or, if part of a 
     larger military installation, the installation as a whole. 
     The commander may approve a lease or contract under such 
     authority on a case-by-case basis or a class basis.
       (2) Review period.--Any lease or contract that is approved 
     utilizing the delegation authority under paragraph (1) is 
     subject to a 90-day hold period so that the Army real 
     property manager may review the lease or contract pursuant to 
     paragraph (3).
       (3) Disposition of review.--If the Army real property 
     manager disapproves of a contract or lease submitted for 
     review under paragraph (2), the agreement shall be null and 
     void upon transmittal by the real property manager to the 
     delegating authority of a written disapproval, including a 
     justification for such disapproval, within the 90-day hold 
     period. If no such disapproval is transmitted within the 90-
     day hold period, the agreement shall be deemed approved.
       (4) Approval of revised agreement.--If, not later than 60 
     days after receiving a disapproval under paragraph (3), the 
     delegating authority submits to the Army real property 
     manager a new contract or lease that addresses the Army real 
     property manager's concerns outlined in such disapproval, the 
     new contract or lease shall be deemed approved unless the 
     Army real property manager transmits to the delegating 
     authority a disapproval of the new contract or lease within 
     30 days of such submission.
       (c) Military Manufacturing Arsenal Defined.--In this 
     section, 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.
       (d) Sunset.--The authority under this section shall 
     terminate at the close of September 30, 2019.
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