[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7941]
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  SA 4441. Mr. KENNEDY 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 E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 376. PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE FOR ACTIVITIES OF 
                   COMMISSION ON NAMING OF ITEMS OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE THAT COMMEMORATE THE CONFEDERATE STATES 
                   OF AMERICA OR ANY PERSON WHO SERVED VOLUNTARILY 
                   WITH THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.

       Section 370 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
     116-283) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j), as 
     subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
     subsection (h):
       ``(h) Preliminary Cost Estimate.--Not later than September 
     30, 2022, the Commission shall submit to the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a 
     preliminary cost estimate for the activities of the 
     Commission.''.
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