[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3409-S3410]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 956. Mr. HAGERTY 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 D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2882. MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM ON ESTABLISHMENT OF 
                   ACCOUNT FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF TESTING 
                   FACILITIES AT INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                   OF THE AIR FORCE.

       (a) In General.--Section 2862 of the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public 
     Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 9771 note prec.) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``testing'' and 
     inserting ``Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB)'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, have Major Range 
     and Test Facility Base facilities,'' after ``construct'';
       (3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
       ``(c) Oversight of Funds.--
       ``(1) Use of amounts.--The commander of an installation 
     selected to participate in the pilot program may obligate or 
     expend amounts reimbursed under the pilot program for 
     projects at the installation.
       ``(2) Designation of maintenance costs.--
       ``(A) In general.--The commander of an installation 
     selected to participate in the pilot program may designate 
     the appropriate amount of maintenance costs to be charged to 
     users of Major Range and Test Facility Base facilities under 
     the pilot program.
       ``(B) Use of maintenance cost reimbursements.--Maintenance 
     cost reimbursements under subparagraph (A) for an 
     installation may be used either singly or in combination with 
     appropriated funds to satisfy the costs of maintenance 
     projects at the installation.
       ``(3) Oversight.--The commander of an installation selected 
     for the pilot program shall have direct oversight over 
     amounts reimbursed to the installation under the pilot 
     program for Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and 
     Modernization.'';
       (4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f);
       (5) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsection (e):
       ``(e) No Reduction of Appropriation.--In order to allow 
     full assessment of the viability of the pilot program, 
     appropriations to installations selected to participate in 
     the pilot program for Facility, Sustainment, Restoration, and 
     Modernization shall not be reduced on the basis of 
     participation in the pilot program or usage of the pilot 
     program reimbursements and realized reimbursements from 
     customers under the pilot program shall not be used as a 
     basis for reduction of such appropriations.''; and
       (6) in subsection (f) as redesignated by paragraph (2), by 
     striking ``December 1, 2026'' and inserting ``December 1, 
     2027''.
       (b) Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) Section header.--The header for such section is amended 
     to read as follows:

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     ``SEC. 2862. PILOT PROGRAM TO AUGMENT APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS 
                   WITH MAINTENANCE REIMBURSEMENTS FROM MAJOR 
                   RANGE AND TEST FACILITY BASE USERS AT 
                   INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR 
                   FORCE.''.

       (2) Table of contents.--The table of contents for the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
     (Public Law 117-81) and the Military Construction 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (division B of Public 
     Law 117-81) are each amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 2862 and inserting the following new item:
``Sec. 2862. Pilot program to augment appropriated amounts with 
              maintenance reimbursements from Major Range and Test 
              Facility Base users at installations of the Department of 
              the Air Force.''.
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