[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 187 (Monday, October 25, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7346]
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  SA 3873. 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 C of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2825. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY AND LEASE LAND AND FACILITIES 
                   TO SUPPORT CONTRACTS WITH FEDERALLY FUNDED 
                   RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 159 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 2688 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 2689. Conveyance and lease of land and facilities to 
       support contracts with federally funded research and 
       development centers

       ``(a) Lease of Land, Facilities, and Improvements.--(1) The 
     Secretary of a military department may, for no consideration, 
     lease land, facilities, and improvements to a federally 
     funded research and development center sponsored by, and 
     contracted to, the Department of Defense to further the 
     purposes of such contract for a period not to exceed 30 
     years.
       ``(2) Any lease entered into under paragraph (1) with a 
     federally funded research and development center with respect 
     to which the Department of Defense has entered into a 
     contract described in such paragraph shall terminate upon the 
     termination or nonrenewal of such contract.
       ``(b) Conveyance of Facilities and Improvements.--(1) The 
     Secretary of a military department may, for no consideration, 
     convey to a federally funded research and development center 
     sponsored by, and contracted to, the Department of Defense 
     ownership of facilities and improvements located on land 
     leased to such center to further the purposes of such 
     contract.
       ``(2) Ownership of facilities and improvements conveyed 
     under paragraph (1) shall revert to the United States upon 
     the termination or nonrenewal of the underlying land 
     lease.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 159 of such title is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 2688 the 
     following new item:

``2689. Conveyance of land and facilities to support contracts with 
              federally funded research and development centers.''.
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