[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5867-S5868]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2535. Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Rounds, 
and Mr. Tillis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, 
Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of division J, add the following:

                                TITLE X

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

               General Provisions--Infrastructure Funding


        reduction of backlog of facility infrastructure projects

       Sec. 1001. For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $4,000,000,000, of which 
     $1,300,000,000 shall be for each of the Departments of the 
     Army, the Navy, and the Air Force, and $100,000,000 shall be 
     for the Defense Health Agency, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2026, to reduce the backlog of facility 
     infrastructure maintenance projects of the Department of 
     Defense:  Provided, That any project carried out with amounts 
     provided in this section shall comply with the requirements 
     under section 2811 of title 10, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That such amount is designated by Congress as being 
     for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of 
     H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
     on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     (2 U.S.C. 901(b)).


   modernization of test and training ranges of department of defense

       Sec. 1002. For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $4,000,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2032, to modernize the test and training 
     ranges of the Department of Defense, including projects 
     included in the report required under section 2806 of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 
     (Division B of Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 222a note) for 
     test and evaluation activities:  Provided, That such amount 
     is designated by Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 
     (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)).


 remediation of perfluoralkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances

       Sec. 1003. For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $1,500,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, to remediate perfluoralkyl 
     substances and polyfluoroalkyl substances at installations 
     owned by the Department of Defense:  Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 
     (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)).


            high-priority military construction requirements

       Sec. 1004. For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $2,000,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, to meet high-priority military 
     construction requirements:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th 
     Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
     year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)).


                          depot modernization

       Sec. 1005. For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $4,500,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2032, for depot modernization:  Provided, 
     That such amount is designated by Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. 
     Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 901(b)).


                     ammunition plant modernization

       Sec. 1006. For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $2,500,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, to modernize ammunition plants:  
     Provided, That such amount is designated by Congress as being 
     for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of 
     H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
     on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
     (2 U.S.C. 901(b)).


           fifth-generation wireless networking technologies

       Sec. 1007. For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $2,500,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, to provide fifth-generation 
     wireless networking technologies to installations owned by 
     the Department of Defense:  Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th 
     Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
     year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)).


        navy and coast guard shipyard infrastructure improvement

       Sec. 1008.  (a) Appropriation.--
       (1) In general.--For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $25,350,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, to improve, in accordance with subsection 
     (b), the Navy and Coast Guard shipyard infrastructure of the 
     United States.
       (2) Supplement not supplant.--Amounts appropriated under 
     paragraph (1) shall supplement and not supplant other amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for the purpose 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (3) Emergency designation.--The amount appropriated under 
     paragraph (1) is designated by Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. 
     Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 901(b)).
       (b) Use of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     make the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) directly 
     available to the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security for obligation and expenditure in 
     accordance with paragraph (2).
       (2) Allocation of funds.--The amounts appropriated under 
     subsection (a) shall be allocated as follows:
       (A) $21,000,000,000 for Navy public shipyard facilities, 
     dock, dry dock, capital equipment improvements, and dredging 
     efforts needed by such shipyards.
       (B) $2,000,000,000 for Navy private new construction 
     shipyard facilities, dock, dry dock, capital equipment 
     improvements, and dredging efforts needed by such shipyards.
       (C) $2,000,000,000 for Navy private repair shipyard 
     facilities, dock, dry dock, capital equipment improvements, 
     and dredging efforts needed by such shipyards.
       (D) $350,000,000, which shall be transferred to the 
     Department of Homeland Security, for Coast Guard Yard 
     facilities, dock, dry dock, capital equipment improvements, 
     and dredging efforts needed by the shipyard.
       (3) Projects in addition to other construction projects.--
     Construction projects undertaken using amounts appropriated 
     under subsection (a) shall be in addition to and separate 
     from any military construction program authorized by any Act 
     to authorize appropriations for a fiscal year for military 
     activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
     construction.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Coast guard yard.--The term ``Coast Guard Yard'' means 
     the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland.
       (2) Navy public shipyard.--The term ``Navy public 
     shipyard'' means the following:
       (A) The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia.
       (B) The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii.
       (C) The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine.
       (D) The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington.
       (3) Navy private new construction shipyard.--The term 
     ``Navy private new construction shipyard''--

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       (A) means any shipyard in which one or more combatant or 
     support vessels included in the most recent plan submitted 
     under section 231 of title 10, United States Code, are being 
     built or are planned to be built; and
       (B) includes vendors and suppliers of the shipyard building 
     or planning to build a combatant or support vessel.
       (4) Navy private repair shipyard.--The term ``Navy private 
     repair shipyard''--
       (A) means any shipyard that performs or is planned to 
     perform maintenance or modernization work on a combatant or 
     support vessel included in the most recent plan submitted 
     under section 231 of title 10, United States Code; and
       (B) includes vendors and suppliers of the shipyard 
     performing or planning to perform maintenance or 
     modernization work on a combatant or support vessel.


               defense activities of department of energy

       Sec. 1009. For an additional amount for ``Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund'', $3,850,000,000, which shall be 
     transferred to the Secretary of Energy, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2026, for construction of enabling 
     infrastructure at Los Alamos National Laboratory, 
     construction of training facilities at Los Alamos National 
     Laboratory and the Savannah River Site, general enabling 
     infrastructure at the National Nuclear Security 
     Administration, decommissioning and decontamination of 
     equipment contaminated by PF-4, demolition of equipment at 
     the Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, design work for 
     lithium and tritium facilities, and deferred maintenance at 
     the National Nuclear Security Administration:  Provided, That 
     such amount is designated by Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. 
     Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 2018, and to section 251(b) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
     U.S.C. 901(b)).


                           transfer of funds

       Sec. 1010. Amounts provided in this title may be 
     transferred by the Secretary of Defense from the Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund to the appropriate service account for 
     the same purpose as the funds were appropriated. Such 
     transfers shall not be taken into account for purposes of the 
     limitations on transfers included in a National Defense 
     Authorization Act or a Defense Appropriations Act for a 
     fiscal year.


                             spending plans

       Sec. 1011.  (a) Department of Defense.--Not later than 30 
     days before the beginning of any fiscal year in which amounts 
     appropriated under sections 1001 through 1008 will be spent, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a spending plan for such amounts, set 
     forth by line number, sub-activity group, and program element 
     number.
       (b) Department of Energy.--Not later than 30 days before 
     the beginning of any fiscal year in which amounts 
     appropriated under section 1009 will be spent, the Secretary 
     of Energy shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a spending plan for such amounts, set forth by 
     congressional control.
       (c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``congressional defense committees'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of title 
     10, United States Code.
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