[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2868]
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SA 757. Mr. BROWN 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. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL
SUPPORT AGREEMENTS.
Section 2679 of title 10, United States Code is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A) by inserting before the
semicolon the following: ``, except as authorized under
subsection (f)'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection (f):
``(f) Extension of Term.--(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and
(3), the Secretary concerned may enter into an
intergovernmental support agreement under subsection (a)(1)
with a term greater than ten years but not to exceed 20
years.
``(2) Not more than five intergovernmental support
agreements may be entered into under this subsection for each
military department during a fiscal year.
``(3) Scoring by the Congressional Budget Office associated
with an intergovernmental support agreement entered into
under this subsection shall be limited to first year payment
plus termination liability, if any, utilizing the requirement
that--
``(A) obligations of the United States to make payments
under the agreement in any fiscal year is subject to
appropriations being provided for that fiscal year; and
``(B) any commitment made under the authority of this
subsection does not constitute an obligation of the United
States.''.
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