[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4568]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 622. Mr. WARNER 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 D of title XIV, add the following:

     SEC. 1433. AUTHORITY OF CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES RETIREMENT HOME TO ACQUIRE AND LEASE 
                   PROPERTY.

       (a) Acquisition of Property.--Subsection (e) of section 
     1511 of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 
     U.S.C. 411) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking ``Secretary of Defense may acquire,'' and 
     inserting ``Chief Operating Officer may acquire,''; and
       (B) by striking ``Secretary may acquire'' and inserting 
     ``Chief Operating Officer may acquire''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) by striking ``Secretary of Defense determines'' and 
     inserting ``Chief Operating Officer determines''; and
       (B) by striking ``Secretary shall dispose'' and inserting 
     ``Chief Operating Officer shall dispose''.
       (b) Leasing of Nonexcess Property.--Subsection (i) of such 
     section is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``Secretary of Defense (acting on behalf of 
     the Chief Operating Officer)'' and inserting ``Chief 
     Operating Officer''; and
       (B) by striking ``as the Secretary considers'' and 
     inserting ``(subject to paragraph (7)) as the Chief Operating 
     Officer considers'';
       (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the Secretary of 
     Defense may not enter into the lease on behalf of the Chief 
     Operating Officer'' and inserting ``the Chief Operating 
     Officer may not enter into the lease'';
       (3) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ``Secretary of 
     Defense'' and inserting ``Chief Operating Officer'';
       (4) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs 
     (8) and (9), respectively; and
       (5) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new 
     paragraph (7):
       ``(7) A lease under this subsection may not be entered into 
     until the terms of the lease are approved by the Secretary of 
     Defense.''.
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