[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2868]
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  SA 760. 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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1299L. USE OF FOREIGN MILITARY SALES ADMINISTRATIVE 
                   FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES.

       The Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 21(e)(1) ( (22 U.S.C. 2762(e)(1)), by 
     amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
       ``(A) administrative services and construction, calculated 
     on an average percentage basis to recover the full estimated 
     costs (excluding a pro rata share of fixed base operations 
     costs, but including construction of facilities for 
     activities in the administration of sales made under this 
     chapter) of administration of sales made under this Act to 
     all purchasers of such articles and services as specified in 
     subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 43 of this Act;''; 
     and
       (2) in section 43(a) (22 U.S.C. 2792(a)), by inserting 
     ``(including the costs of construction of facilities in the 
     United States, or a territory of the United States, used for 
     activities in the administration of sales under chapter 2)'' 
     after ``administrative expenses''.
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