[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3397]
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  SA 940. Mr. LANKFORD 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 316. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO MINERAL RIGHTS ON 
                   INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of the Interior shall jointly review the authorities of 
     either Secretary to determine--
       (1) whether either Secretary, acting alone or jointly, has 
     the authority to extract or permit the extraction of oil and 
     gas from an installation of the Department of Defense for the 
     sole purpose of utilizing the extracted oil and gas for 
     energy resilience on such installation; and
       (2) any additional authorities necessary for the Secretary 
     of Defense or the Secretary of the Interior to extract or 
     allow the extraction of oil and gas from installations of the 
     Department of Defense for such purpose.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of the Interior shall jointly submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on the 
     implementation of this section.
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
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