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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6462. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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. 2873. AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN PLANNING, DESIGN, AND
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN SUPPORT OF MILITARY
SERVICE ACADEMIES.
Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 2246 the
following new section:
“Sec. 2247. Authorization for certain planning, design, and
construction contracts in support of military service
academies
“(a) Authority.—Subject to subsection (b) and amounts
made available in advance for such purpose, and pursuant to
such regulations as the Secretary of Defense may prescribe,
the Superintendent of a Service Academy may seek to enter
into a contract with a covered foundation for the planning,
design, construction, equipping, and maintenance of
facilities and other projects that support the mission of
such Service Academy.
“(b) Limitations.—Any contractual agreement entered into
under subsection (a)—
“(1) may not make the United States Government liable to
the covered foundation;
“(2) may not affect the ability of any official or
employee of the military department concerned to carry out a
responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner;
“(3) may not compromise the integrity or appearance of
integrity of any program of the military department
concerned, or any individual involved in such a program;
“(4) shall comply with the Joint Ethics Regulation; and
“(5) shall be reviewed and approved by an attorney of the
military department concerned.
“(c) Briefing.—In any fiscal year during which the
Superintendent of a Service Academy exercises the authority
under subsection (a), the Secretary of the military
department concerned shall provide a briefing not later than
the last day of that fiscal year to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
regarding the campus improvement projects initiated during
such fiscal year.
“(d) Definitions.—In this section:
“(1) The term `covered foundation' means a charitable,
educational, or civic nonprofit organization under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that the
Secretary concerned determines operates exclusively to
support, with respect to a Service Academy, any of the
following:
“(A) Recruiting.
“(B) Parent or alumni development.
“(C) Academic, leadership, or character development.
“(D) Institutional development.
“(E) Athletics.
“(2) The term `Service Academy' has the meaning given such
term in section 347 of this title.”.