[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8465-S8466]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4795. Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Blunt, 
Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Boozman, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Kennedy, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Hoeven) 
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:

     TITLE __--AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                             INFRASTRUCTURE

     SEC. ___1. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.

       There is established in the general fund of the Treasury an 
     account to be known as the ``Defense Infrastructure Fund'' 
     for the deposit of amounts to be used for improvement of the 
     infrastructure of the Department of Defense.

     SEC. ___2. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS FOR REDUCTION OF BACKLOG 
                   FOR FACILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense $4,000,000,000 for the Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund, of which $1,300,000,000 shall be 
     available for each of the Departments of the Army, the Navy, 
     and the Air Force, and $100,000,000 shall be for the Defense 
     Health Agency, to reduce the backlog of facility 
     infrastructure maintenance projects of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (b) Compliance With Repair Requirements.--Any project 
     carried out with amounts authorized under subsection (a) 
     shall comply with the requirements under section 2811 of 
     title 10, United States Code.
       (c) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized under 
     subsection (a) shall be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2026.

     SEC. ___3. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS FOR MODERNIZATION OF TEST 
                   AND TRAINING RANGES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense $2,800,000,000 for the Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund to modernize the test and training ranges 
     of the Department of Defense, including projects included in 
     the report required under section 2806 of the Military 
     Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018

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     (Division B of Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 222a note) for 
     test and evaluation activities.
       (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized under 
     subsection (a) shall be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2032.

     SEC. ___4. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS FOR REMEDIATION OF 
                   PERFLUORALKYL SUBSTANCES AND POLYFLUOROALKYL 
                   SUBSTANCES.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense $700,000,000 for the Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund to remediate perfluoralkyl substances and 
     polyfluoroalkyl substances at installations owned by the 
     Department of Defense.
       (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized under 
     subsection (a) shall be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2026.

     SEC. ___5. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS FOR DEPOT MODERNIZATION.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense $4,325,000,000 for the Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund for depot modernization.
       (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized under 
     subsection (a) shall be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2032.

     SEC. ___6. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS FOR AMMUNITION PLANT 
                   MODERNIZATION.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense $2,350,000,000 for the Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund to modernize ammunition plants.
       (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized under 
     subsection (a) shall be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2026.

     SEC. ___7. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS FOR FIFTH-GENERATION 
                   WIRELESS NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense $2,500,000,000 for the Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund to provide fifth-generation wireless 
     networking technologies to installations owned by the 
     Department of Defense.
       (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts authorized under 
     subsection (a) shall be available for obligation until 
     September 30, 2026.

     SEC. ___8. AUTHORIZATION OF AMOUNTS FOR NAVY SHIPYARD AND 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT.

       (a) Authorization.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Department of Defense $10,325,000,000 for the Defense 
     Infrastructure Fund to improve, in accordance with subsection 
     (b), the Navy shipyard infrastructure of the United States.
       (2) Availability of amounts.--Amounts authorized under 
     paragraph (1) shall be available until expended.
       (3) Supplement not supplant.--Amounts authorized under 
     paragraph (1) shall supplement and not supplant other amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available for the purpose 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (b) Use of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     make amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization under 
     subsection (a)(1) directly available to the Secretary of the 
     Navy for obligation and expenditure for Navy public shipyard 
     facilities, dock, dry dock, capital equipment improvements, 
     and dredging efforts needed by such shipyards.
       (2) Projects in addition to other construction projects.--
     Construction projects undertaken using amounts appropriated 
     pursuant to the authorization under subsection (a)(1) shall 
     be in addition to and separate from any military construction 
     program authorized by any Act to authorize appropriations for 
     a fiscal year for military activities of the Department of 
     Defense and for military construction.
       (c) Navy Public Shipyard Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``Navy public shipyard'' means the following:
       (1) The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia.
       (2) The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, Hawaii.
       (3) The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Maine.
       (4) The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Washington.
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