[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5050-S5052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3212. Mr. MARSHALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him 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 D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

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     SEC. 2850. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REDUCE CAPABILITIES 
                   OR STAFFING OF MILITARY MEDICAL TREATMENT 
                   FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE LOCATED 
                   INSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
     fiscal year 2026 for the Department of Defense may be used to 
     reduce the mission capabilities or staffing at a military 
     medical treatment facility under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of Defense located inside the United States until 
     the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on 
     Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
     and the Comptroller General of the United States a cost-
     benefit analysis that includes, with respect to the military 
     medical treatment facility--
       (1) an identification of the average daily patient load;
       (2) an estimate of the savings to the United States that 
     would arise from a reduction in mission capabilities or 
     staffing;
       (3) an estimate of the cost to the United States--
       (A) to transfer the functions of the military medical 
     treatment facility--
       (i) to a medical facility under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
       (ii) to private health care facilities to furnish health 
     care to eligible beneficiaries under the TRICARE program (as 
     defined in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code); and
       (B) to maintain infrastructure used by the military medical 
     treatment facility as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act that the Secretary of Defense intends to--
       (i) close;
       (ii) convert to an outpatient health care facility; or
       (iii) use for a non-medical purpose;
       (4) an estimate of the increase to transportation costs 
     with respect to health care for individuals who receive 
     health care at the military medical treatment facility that 
     would arise from a reduction in mission capabilities or 
     staffing;
       (5) a list of non-Department of Defense medical facilities 
     located within 20 miles of the military medical treatment 
     facility that provide medical care that is substantially 
     similar to the medical care provided by the military medical 
     treatment facility;
       (6) a plan for the disposition of medical equipment and 
     other assets owned by the Department of Defense pursuant to a 
     reduction in mission capabilities or staffing; and
       (7) an assessment of the effects of such a reduction on 
     military readiness.
       (b) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits any 
     cost-benefit analysis under subsection (a), the Comptroller 
     General shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives a report 
     containing an independent assessment of the cost-benefit 
     analysis.
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