[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4441-S4442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 399. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 A of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2803. REVITALIZATION OF JUNGLE OPERATIONS TRAINING 
                   RANGES.

       (a) Authority.--For the revitalization of jungle operations 
     training ranges under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
     the Army, the Secretary may obligate and expend--
       (1) from appropriations available to the Secretary for 
     operation and maintenance, amounts necessary to carry out an 
     unspecified minor military construction project costing not 
     more than $6,600,000, notwithstanding section 2805(c) of 
     title 10, United States Code; or
       (2) from appropriations available to the Secretary for 
     military construction not otherwise authorized by law, 
     amounts necessary to carry out an unspecified minor military 
     construction project costing not more than $6,600,000.
       (b) Notification Requirement.--When a decision is made to 
     carry out an unspecified

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     minor military construction project to which subsection (a) 
     is applicable, the Secretary shall notify in writing the 
     congressional defense committees of that decision, of the 
     justification for the project, and of the estimated cost of 
     the project in accordance with section 2805(b) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (c) Sunset.--The authority to carry out a project under 
     subsection (a) shall expire at the close of September 30, 
     2019.
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