[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S607-S608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1463. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1388 proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Mr. Schumer) 
to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make 
certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive 
reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans 
Community Care program, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ORDERING AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, AND 
                   CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 169 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 2818. Ordering authority

       ``(a) In General.--The head of a department or organization 
     within the Department of Defense may place an order, on a 
     reimbursable basis, with any other such department or 
     organization for a project for the maintenance and repair of 
     a facility of the Department of Defense or for a minor 
     military construction project.
       ``(b) Obligations.--An order placed by the head of a 
     department or organization under subsection (a) is deemed to 
     be an obligation of such department or organization in the 
     same manner as a similar order or contract placed with a 
     private contractor.
       ``(c) Contingency Expenses.--An order placed under 
     subsection (a) for a project may include an amount for 
     contingency expenses that shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     cost of the project.
       ``(d) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available to a department or organization of 
     the Department of Defense shall be available to pay an

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     obligation of such department or organization under this 
     section in the same manner and to the same extent as those 
     amounts are available to pay an obligation to a private 
     contractor.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new item:

``2818. Ordering authority.''.
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