[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2794]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 689. Mr. HAGERTY 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 XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN LESS 
                   DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

       Section 1411 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public 
     Law 115-254; 22 U.S.C. 9611) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``energy security,'' 
     after ``poverty reduction,'';
       (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (3) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) to prioritize, the maximum extent feasible, 
     investments in--
       ``(A) critical infrastructure, including transportation 
     systems (particularly ports);
       ``(B) affordable and reliable energy production and 
     distribution; and
       ``(C) telecommunications networks.''.
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