[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2404]
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  SA 242. 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 end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2882. ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) Report Required.--
       (1) Update of 2017 assessment on school capacity and 
     condition.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees an update of the 
     assessment on the capacity and facility condition 
     deficiencies of elementary and secondary public schools on 
     military installations conducted by the Secretary in July 
     2017 under section 2814 of National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2717). In 
     updating the assessment, the Secretary shall take into 
     consideration factors including--
       (A) schools that have had changes in their condition or 
     capacity since the 2017 assessment; and
       (B) the capacity and facility condition deficiencies of 
     schools omitted from that assessment.
       (2) Additional information.--The Secretary shall include in 
     the update submitted under paragraph (1) a report on the 
     status of the funds already appropriated, and the schedule 
     for completion of projects already approved, under the 
     programs funded under--
       (A) section 8127 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
     2018 (Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 492);
       (B) section 8128 of the Department of Defense and Labor, 
     Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 
     2019 and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 115-
     245; 132 Stat. 3029);
       (C) section 8121 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
     2020 (Public Law 116-93; 133 Stat. 2365);
       (D) section 8118 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
     2021 (Public Law 116-260; 134 Stat. 1332); and
       (E) section 8109 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
     2022 (Public Law 117-103; 136 Stat. 201).
       (b) Comptroller General Evaluation.--Not later than 180 
     days after the date of submission of the report under 
     subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees an 
     evaluation of the updated assessment prepared by the 
     Secretary of Defense under subsection (a)(1), including an 
     evaluation of the accuracy and analytical sufficiency of the 
     updated assessment.
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