[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 873. Mr. MARSHALL 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 subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10__. PUBLIC BUILDING PROHIBITIONS BASED ON LEGALITY OR 
                   AVAILABILITY OF ABORTION.

       (a) Acquisition of Buildings and Sites.--Section 3304 of 
     title 40, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(referred to in this 
     section as the `Administrator')'' after ``Administrator of 
     General Services''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) No Consideration of Legality or Availability of 
     Abortion.--In acquiring a building or site under this 
     section, the Administrator shall not consider the legality or 
     availability of abortion.''.
       (b) Construction and Alteration of Buildings.--Section 3305 
     of title 40, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting 
     ``(referred to in this section as the `Administrator')'' 
     after ``Administrator of General Services''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) No consideration of legality or availability of 
     abortion.--In acquiring a site to construct a public building 
     under paragraph (1), including through exchange, the 
     Administrator shall not consider the legality or availability 
     of abortion.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``section 3304(b)-
     (d) of this title'' and inserting ``subsections (b) through 
     (e) of section 3304''.
       (c) Lease of Buildings.--Section 1302 of title 40, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
     ``The leasing of buildings and property of the Federal 
     Government shall not be based on the consideration of the 
     legality or availability of abortion.''.
       (d) Lease Agreements.--Section 585 of title 40, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), in the first sentence, by 
     inserting ``(referred to in this section as the 
     `Administrator')'' after ``Administrator of General 
     Services''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) No Consideration of Legality or Availability of 
     Abortion.--In entering into a lease agreement under this 
     section, the Administrator shall not consider the legality or 
     availability of abortion.''.
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