[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 189 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7431]
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  SA 3937. Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. Cramer) 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 A of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2803. TEMPORARY PROGRAM TO USE MINOR MILITARY 
                   CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF 
                   CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

       (a) Program Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     establish a program to carry out minor military construction 
     projects under section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, 
     to construct child development centers.
       (b) Increased Maximum Amounts Applicable to Minor 
     Construction Projects.--For the purpose of any military 
     construction project carried out under the program under this 
     section, the amount specified in section 2805(a)(2) of title 
     10, United States Code, is deemed to be $15,000,000.
       (c) Notification and Approval Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--The notification and approval requirements 
     under section 2805(b) of title 10, United States Code, shall 
     remain in effect for construction projects carried out under 
     the program under this section.
       (2) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
     for the review and approval of requests from the Secretaries 
     of military departments to carry out construction projects 
     under the program under this section.
       (d) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the program under this section.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include a list and description of the construction projects 
     carried out under the program under this section, including 
     the location and cost of each project.
       (e) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to carry out a 
     minor military construction project under the program under 
     this section expires on September 30, 2023.
       (f) Construction of Authority.--Nothing in this section may 
     be construed to limit any other authority provided by law for 
     a military construction project at a child development 
     center.
       (g) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Child development center.--The term ``child development 
     center'' includes a facility, and the utilities to support 
     such facility, the function of which is to support the daily 
     care of children aged six weeks old through 12 years old for 
     full-day, part-day, and hourly service.
       (2) Congressional defense committees.--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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