[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3557-S3558]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2148. Mr. INHOFE 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 section 1083, add the following:
       (d) Distribution of Estimate.--As soon as practicable after 
     submitting an estimate as described in paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (a) and making the certification described in 
     paragraph (2) of such subsection, the Secretary shall make 
     such estimate available to any licensee operating under the 
     order and authorization described in such subsection.
       (e) Authority of Secretary of Defense to Seek Recovery of 
     Costs.--The Secretary of Defense may work directly with any 
     licensee (or any future assignee, successor, or purchaser) 
     affected by the Order and Authorization adopted by the 
     Federal Communications Commission on April 19, 2020 (FCC 20-
     48) to seek recovery of costs incurred by the Department of 
     Defense as a result of the effect of such order and 
     authorization, as determined by the estimate as described in 
     paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and certified in paragraph 
     (2) of such subsection.
       (f) Reimbursement.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and 
     facilitate a process for any licensee

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     (or any future assignee, successor, or purchaser) subject to 
     the authorization and order described in subsection (a) to 
     provide reimbursement to the Department of Defense for the 
     covered costs and eligible reimbursable costs submitted and 
     certified to the congressional defense committees under such 
     subsection.
       (2) Use of funds.--The Secretary shall use any funds 
     received under this subsection for covered costs described in 
     subsection (b) and the range of eligible reimbursable costs 
     identified under subsection (a)(1).
       (3) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date on which 
     the Secretary establishes the process required by paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on such process.
       (g) Requirement for Department of Defense to Seek Recovery 
     of Costs.--The Secretary shall use all means available to 
     recover costs, including negotiation, the filing of an 
     administrative claim, and litigation for recovery of costs 
     incurred by any licensee (or any future assignee, successor, 
     or purchaser) operating under the order and authorization 
     described in subsection (a) if the costs identified by the 
     Secretary under this subsection are greater than those 
     asserted by the licensee (or any future assignee, successor, 
     or purchaser).
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