[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3262]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1761. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Schatz) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSESSMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH 
                   FORCE STRUCTURE DECISIONS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 10, United States Code, 
     is amended by inserting after section 129d the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 129e. Force structure decisions: criteria used in 
       assessments; public availability of criteria

       ``(a) In General.--Any decision on the force structure of 
     the armed forces shall use specific and objective criteria 
     for that purpose, and shall make such criteria available to 
     the public. Such criteria shall include following, as 
     applicable:
       ``(1) The Military Value Analysis and Community Support 
     Value Analysis of the Army.
       ``(2) The Strategic Laydown and Dispersal Process of the 
     Navy (as provided by Office of the Chief of Naval Operations 
     (OPNAV) Instruction 3111.17A).
       ``(3) The Strategic Basing Process of the Air Force.
       ``(b) Force Structure Modernization.--(1) In considering an 
     installation in connection with a decision on force structure 
     modernization, the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
     the military department concerned, as applicable, shall make 
     available to the public the criteria to be used by the 
     Department of Defense in selecting the installation for 
     modernization or force structure changes, including 
     applicable criteria specified in subsection (a) and such 
     other criteria as will be used in making the decision.
       ``(2)(A) Each assessment that is conducted for an 
     installation as described in paragraph (1) shall be made 
     available to the public in accordance with the provisions of 
     section 122a of this title.
       ``(B) An assessment described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
     made available to the public as described in that 
     subparagraph by not later than 30 days after the final basing 
     decision is made.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 3 of such title is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 129d the following new 
     item:

``129e. Force structure decisions: criteria used in assessments; public 
              availability of criteria.''.
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