[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2404]
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  SA 240. 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__. USE OF MODULAR CONSTRUCTION TO PROCURE BLAST, 
                   BALLISTIC, OR ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANT BUILDINGS 
                   FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--Where appropriate, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall consider the potential cost and time savings 
     offered by procuring blast, ballistic, or environmental 
     resistant buildings for the Department of Defense produced 
     through modular construction.
       (b) Modular Construction Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``modular construction'' means construction done offsite 
     in a controlled factory environment.
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