[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8044]
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  SA 4522. Mr. PETERS 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OTHER TRANSACTION 
                   AUTHORITY.

       Section 831 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 
     391) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``September 30, 2017'' and inserting ``September 30, 2024''; 
     and
       (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
       ``(2) Prototype projects.--The Secretary--
       ``(A) may under the authority of paragraph (1), carry out 
     prototype projects under section 2371b of title 10, United 
     States Code; and
       ``(B) in applying the authorities of such section 2371b, 
     shall perform the functions of the Secretary of Defense as 
     prescribed in such section.'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A), by striking ``September 30, 2017'' and 
     inserting ``September 30, 2024''; and
       (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``section 845(e)'' and 
     all that follows and inserting ``section 2371b(e) of title 
     10, United States Code.''.
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