[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 187 (Monday, October 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7346]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3874. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2836. TREATMENT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH AND 
                   DEVELOPMENT CENTERS UNDER MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 
                   LAWS.

       Section 2801 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(e)(1) This chapter does not apply to real property, 
     including facilities, leased to, furnished to, or placed 
     under the responsibility of (through a base support agreement 
     or other contractual mechanism) a federally funded research 
     and development center that is sponsored by and contracted to 
     the Department of Defense for the performance of research, 
     development, and rapid prototyping.
       ``(2) On real property leased, conveyed, or made available 
     to a federally funded research and development center from 
     the Department of Defense, such center may use funds for 
     research and development under a base support agreement or 
     other contractual mechanism to construct new infrastructure 
     and facilities, demolish leased facilities, and repair and 
     refurbish leased facilities consistent with the requirements 
     of such agreement or other contractual mechanism.''.
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