[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4329]
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  SA 376. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Ernst, and Mr. 
Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the 
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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. ___. CERTIFICATION RELATED TO CERTAIN ACQUISITIONS OR 
                   LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY.

       Section 2662(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting the following: ``, as well as the certification 
     described in paragraph (5).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) For purposes of paragraph (2), the certification 
     described in this paragraph with respect to an acquisition or 
     lease of real property is a certification that the Secretary 
     concerned--
       ``(A) evaluated the feasibility of using space in property 
     under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense to 
     satisfy the purposes of the acquisition or lease; and
       ``(B) determined that--
       ``(i) space in property under the jurisdiction of the 
     Department of Defense is not reasonably available to be used 
     to satisfy the purposes of the acquisition or lease;
       ``(ii) acquiring the property or entering into the lease 
     would be more cost-effective than the use of the Department 
     of Defense property; or
       ``(iii) the use of the Department of Defense property would 
     interfere with the ongoing military mission of the 
     property.''.
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