[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5394]
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SA 5923. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 in title X, insert the following:
SEC. __. RESTORATION, OPERATION, AND MAINTENANCE OF THE
BATTLE OF THE BULGE MONUMENT BY THE AMERICAN
BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION.
(a) In General.--After an agreement is made between the
Government of the Kingdom of Belgium and the United States
Government, the Battle of the Bulge Monument, formerly the
Mardasson Memorial, in the Kingdom of Belgium shall be
treated, for purposes of section 2104 of title 36, United
States Code, as a cemetery for which it was decided under
such section that the cemetery will become a permanent
cemetery and the American Battle Monuments Commission shall
restore, operate, and maintain the Battle of the Bulge
Monument (to the degree the Commission considers appropriate)
under such section in cooperation with the Government of the
Kingdom of Belgium.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Commission for the period of fiscal
years 2023 through 2025--
(1) $30,000,000 for site preparation, design, planning,
construction, and associated administrative costs for the
restoration of the monument described in subsection (a); and
(2) amounts necessary to operate and maintain the monument
described in subsection (a).
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