[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    EXTENSION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OTHER TRANSACTION 
                         AUTHORITY ACT OF 2022

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 489, S. 4553.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 4553) to extend other transaction authority for 
     the Department of Homeland Security.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs.
  Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 4553) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 4553

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Extension of Department of 
     Homeland Security Other Transaction Authority Act of 2022''.

     SEC. 2. 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 4022 of title 10, United 
     States Code; and
       ``(B) in applying the authorities of such section 4022, the 
     Secretary shall perform the functions of the Secretary of 
     Defense as prescribed in such section.'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``September 30, 
     2017'' and inserting ``September 30, 2024''; and
       (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``section 845(e)'' and 
     all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
     ``section 4022(e) of title 10, United States Code.''.

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