[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3037]
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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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