Text of Senate Amendment 6064

On 2026-06-24, Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6064" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6064

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3269-S3270] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6064. Mr. LUJAN 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 A of title XV, add the following: SEC. 1510A. MODIFICATION OF SPECIAL AUTHORITY FOR PROVISION OF SPACE LAUNCH SUPPORT SERVICES TO INCREASE SPACE LAUNCH CAPACITY. Section 2276a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ``(C) Marginal-cost billing.-- ``(i) In general.--In a covered circumstance, the Secretary of a military department shall apply marginal-cost billing as the exclusive method of cost recovery in lieu of the application of subparagraphs (A) and (B), and shall direct each installation to define and document the marginal costs attributable to the particular operation concerned. ``(ii) Limitation.--Marginal costs recoverable under this subparagraph-- ``(I) shall be limited to the incremental costs actually incurred in providing coordination and integration services, including airspace coordination, safety integration, and deconfliction services; and ``(II) shall exclude any allocation of fixed overhead, capital investment, or costs that would be incurred absent the operations of the commercial entity concerned. ``(iii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph: ``(I) Adjacent.--The term `adjacent', with respect to an operation of a commercial entity relative to a military installation-- ``(aa) means that-- ``(AA) the launch or reentry operations of the commercial entity are conducted at a facility that is not located on the military installation but for which the military installation provides the airspace coordination, safety integration, or spectrum deconfliction services necessary for the safe conduct of such operation; and ``(BB) the dependency of such operation on the military installation is limited to such services; and ``(bb) does not mean proximity alone. ``(II) Covered circumstance.--The term `covered circumstance' means a circumstance in which-- ``(aa) a commercial entity conducts an operation adjacent to a military installation; ``(bb) the demand on the military installation as a result of such operation is limited to coordination and integration services, including-- ``(AA) airspace coordination; ``(BB) safety integration; and ``(CC) deconfliction; and ``(cc) such operation does not-- ``(AA) displace or delay any military operation; or [[Page S3270]] ``(BB) reasonably require material increases in infrastructure, personnel, or capital investment at the military installation.''. ______