[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5827]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6326. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Portman) 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 end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2868. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO SCORECARD 
                   FOR BASING DECISIONS BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       Section 2883(h) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 
     116-283; 10 U.S.C. 1781b note) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsections:
       ``(4) Coordination with secretary of defense.--In 
     establishing or updating a scorecard under this subsection, 
     the Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
     coordinate with the Secretary of Defense to ensure 
     consistency among the military departments.
       ``(5) Publication in federal register.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall publish in the Federal Register for public 
     comment the methodology and criteria for establishing a 
     scorecard under this subsection.''.
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