[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 189 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7423]
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  SA 3923. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself, Mr. Bennet, and Mr. Hickenlooper) 
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:

       Strike section 2831 and insert the following:

     SEC. 2831. CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION WHEN MAKING 
                   BASING DECISIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 2883 of the William M. (Mac) 
     Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2021 (Public Law 116-283) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (e) through (j) as 
     subsections (f) through (k), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsection (e):
       ``(e) Education.--
       ``(1) In general.--With regard to a military housing area 
     in which an installation subject to a basing decision covered 
     by subsection (a) is or will be located, the Secretary of the 
     military department concerned shall take into account the 
     extent to which high-quality public education is available 
     and accessible to dependents of members of the Armed Forces 
     in the military housing area by comparing progress of 
     students served by relevant local educational agencies 
     described in paragraph (4) under the statewide accountability 
     system described in section 1111 of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311) as compared 
     to the progress of all students in such State under such 
     system.''.
       ``(2) Transparency.--The Secretary of the military 
     department concerned shall ensure transparency in the factors 
     used to make basing decisions under this section, including, 
     as appropriate, by coordinating with the relevant local 
     educational agencies to ensure that data used in carrying out 
     paragraph (1) is publicly available and accessible to 
     impacted communities.
       ``(3) Consultation.--In carrying out paragraph (1) with 
     respect to an installation subject to a basing decision 
     covered by subsection (a), the Secretary of the military 
     department concerned shall consult with and seek input from 
     leadership and education liaisons for the installation and 
     State, local, and Tribal education agencies.
       ``(4) Relevant local educational agencies described.--
     Relevant local educational agencies described in this 
     paragraph include--
       ``(A) local educational agencies that serve dependents of 
     members of the Armed Forces in the State in which the 
     military housing area described in paragraph (1) is located; 
     and
       ``(B) local educational agencies in such State that serve 
     or would be likely to serve a significant number or 
     percentage of dependents of members of the Armed Forces in 
     the military housing area described in paragraph (1) as 
     determined by the Secretary of the military department 
     concerned, in consultation with the education liaisons for 
     the installation described in such paragraph.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of such section 
     is amended by striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (f)''
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