[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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