[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3778]
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SA 1079. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Markey) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her 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 A of title XXVIII, add the
following:
SEC. 2816. PRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN MILITARY INSTALLATION
RESILIENCE PROJECTS TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE
AT CERTAIN FACILITIES DETERMINED TO BE CRITICAL
TO NATIONAL SECURITY.
Section 2815 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections
(f) and (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
subsection (e):
``(e) Prioritization of Certain Infrastructure Projects.--
In carrying out this section, the Secretary concerned shall
prioritize projects that improve infrastructure that--
``(1) is owned by the United States Government; and
``(2) provides the sole means of ingress to and egress from
a facility determined to be critical to the national security
interests of the United States, as determined by the
Secretary of Defense.''.
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