[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8108]
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SA 4594. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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 F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1264. REPORT ON FACILITY SPACE NEEDS IN SUPPORT OF
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES MISSION.
(a) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the
Secretary of the Air Force, in consultation with the Director
of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on facility
space needs in support of the foreign military sales mission.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) The Air Force requirements to meet the facility
shortfalls for administrative space relating to the mission
of the foreign military sales program authorized by chapter 2
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.).
(B) A projection of the impact on the foreign military
sales mission if such requirements are not met.
(C) An analysis of the feasibility and advisability of
meeting such requirements through the following alternatives:
(i) New construction on a military installation.
(ii) Leasing or other privatized alternatives to obtain
suitable facilities on or off a military installation.
(iii) Rehabilitation of existing facilities on a military
installation.
(D) With respect to each alternative analyzed under
subparagraph (C), an assessment of each of the following:
(i) Costs and benefits.
(ii) Advantages, disadvantages, and relevant factors to the
foreign military sales mission and the Air Force.
(iii) Recommended legislative proposals to authorize the
use of funds derived from charges for administrative services
pursuant to section 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)) to meet the requirements
identified under subparagraph (A).
(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives.
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