[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3025]
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  SA 853. Mr. DURBIN 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:

       On page 695, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1296. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY AND QUARTERLY REPORT 
                   REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO REDRESS 
                   INJURY AND LOSS.

       (a) Authority.--Subsection (a) of section 1213 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (10 
     U.S.C. 2731 note) is amended by striking ``$3,000,000 for 
     each calendar year'' and inserting ``$10,000,000 for each 
     calendar year, except in extraordinary circumstances at the 
     discretion of the Secretary of Defense,''.
       (b) Quarterly Report.--Subsection (h) of such section is 
     amended--
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