[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 236. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 XXVIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 28__. MODIFICATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPEDITE THE 
                   DEPLOYMENT BY RAIL OF HEAVY ARMORED DIVISIONS 
                   AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FROM INSTALLATIONS OF 
                   THE ARMY TO NAVAL PORTS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall modify or 
     improve the infrastructure necessary to expedite the 
     deployment by rail of heavy armored divisions and associated 
     equipment from installations of the Army in the United States 
     to naval ports in support of a large-scale conflict with a 
     near-peer adversary to ensure that installations of the Army 
     that house armored divisions have a rail facility with 
     multiple spurs to allow for the expedited deployment of 
     troops and equipment.
       (b) Use of Amounts.--The Secretary may expend not more than 
     $150,000,000 to carry out the requirement under subsection 
     (a).
                                 ______