[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3899. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title II of division A, insert 
     before the period at the end of the last proviso relating to 
     Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide the following: ``: 
     Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
     heading, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate an amount 
     the Secretary determines appropriate for fiscal year 2019 to 
     ensure the operation and maintenance of military construction 
     projects funded through the Energy Resilience and 
     Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) authorized under 
     section 2914 of title 10, United States Code: Provided 
     further, That the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), 
     under the direction of the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a plan to create a 
     program element and supporting budgetary accounts and line 
     items for the consideration of operation and maintenance 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2019 and subsequent fiscal 
     years to address operation and maintenance projects necessary 
     for military construction projects funded through ERCIP: 
     Provided further, That, not later than March 1, 2019, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on its progress to establish the 
     necessary budgetary accounts described in the preceding 
     proviso''.
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