[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 131 (Wednesday, July 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4925]
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  SA 3149. Mrs. FISCHER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1067. EXPANDING AND EXTENDING A PILOT PROGRAM ON 
                   ACCEPTANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS OF DONATED FACILITIES AND RELATED 
                   IMPROVEMENTS.

       (a) Expansion.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 2 of the 
     Communities Helping Invest through Property and Improvements 
     Needed for Veterans Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-294; 38 
     U.S.C. 8103 note) is amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``property''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) A minor construction or nonrecurring maintenance 
     project of the Department.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Such section is further 
     amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in the heading, by striking ``of Property'';
       (ii) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``the donation of a property'' and inserting ``a donation'';
       (iii) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or project'' after 
     ``property'' each place it appears; and
       (iv) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``project,'' after 
     ``improvements,'';
       (B) in subsection (c)--
       (i) in paragraph (1)--

       (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``real property and improvements donated under the pilot 
     program'' and inserting ``a donation'';
       (II) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (III) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at 
     the end and inserting ``; or''; and
       (IV) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

       ``(C) the performance of a minor construction or 
     nonrecurring maintenance project of the Department.'';
       (ii) in paragraph (2)--

       (I) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``construction of the 
     facility'' and inserting ``donation'';
       (II) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``maintaining,'' 
     after ``altering,''; and
       (III) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``construction of 
     the facility'' and inserting ``donation'';

       (C) in subsection (e)(1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)--

       (I) by inserting ``alter, maintain,'' after ``design,'';
       (II) by striking ``real property and improvements donated'' 
     and inserting ``a donation''; and
       (III) by striking ``of the real property and 
     improvements''; and

       (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

       (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting 
     ``alter, maintain,'' after ``design,''; and
       (II) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``construction and 
     donation of the real property and improvements'' and 
     inserting ``donation''; and

       (D) in subsection (g)--
       (i) in paragraph (1)--

       (I) by striking ``real property and improvements donated'' 
     and inserting ``donations''; and
       (II) by striking ``that property'' and inserting ``that 
     donation''; and

       (ii) in paragraph (2)--

       (I) by striking ``of real property and improvements 
     conducted''; and
       (II) by striking ``that property'' and inserting ``those 
     donations''.

       (b) Extension.--Such section is further amended, in 
     subsection (i), by striking ``December 16, 2026'' and 
     inserting ``December 16, 2031''.
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