[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3232]
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SA 2309. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2019 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 IX, add the following:
SEC. 943. REPORT TRANSITION OF FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES OF THE
DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY AND CERTAIN
OTHER DEFENSE AGENCIES AND FIELD ACTIVITIES.
(a) Report Required Before Transition.--The Secretary of
Defense may not transfer any functions or services of the
Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities
specified in subsection (b) to another element of the
Department of Defense until the Secretary submits to the
congressional defense committees a report on the transfer.
(b) Covered Defense Agencies and Field Activities.--The
Defense Agencies and Department of Defense Field Activities
specified in this subsection are the following:
(1) The Defense Information Systems Agency.
(2) Washington Headquarters Services.
(3) The Department of Defense Test Resources Management
Center.
(4) Any other Defense Agency or Department of Defense Field
Activity approved or anticipated for transfer during the
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and
ending on December 31, 2021.
(c) Elements.--The report on the transfer of functions or
services of a Defense Agency or Department of Defense Field
Activity under subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the functions, services, or both of
the Agency or Field Activity to be transferred.
(2) A description of the element or elements of the
Department to which such functions or services are to be
transferred.
(3) A description of disposition of the remaining functions
or services of the Agency or Field Activity, if any, after
such transfer.
(4) A comprehensive assessment of the impact of the actions
described in paragraphs (1) through (3).
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