[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 97 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H5911]
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   MODIFICATION TO DELLUMS AMENDMENT NUMBER 2 TO H.R. 1530, NATIONAL 
             DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996

  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of the bill, H.R. 1530, pursuant to House Resolution 164, 
my amendment at the desk which corrects a drafting error be substituted 
for and considered in lieu of my amendment No. 2 now printed in subpart 
D of part 1 of House Report 104-136.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the modification.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Modification to amendment number 2 in subpart D of part 1 
     of House Report 104-136 offered by Mr. Dellums:
       Page 38, line 18, insert ``(a)  In General.--'' before ``Of 
     the amounts''.
       Page 38, after line 22, insert the following:
       (b) Reduction.--The amounts provided in subsection (a) and 
     in section 201(4) are each hereby reduced by $628,000,000.
       (c) National Missile Defense Amount.--Of the amount 
     provided in subsection (a) (as reduced by subsection (b)), 
     $371,000,000 is for the National Missile Defense program.
       At the end of title IV (page 161, after line 3), insert the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 433. ADDITIONAL MILITARY PERSONNEL AUTHORIZATION.

       There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 1996 for military 
     personnel the sum of $628,000,000. Of the amount appropriated 
     pursuant to such authorization--
       (1) $150,000,000 (or the full amount appropriated, 
     whichever is less) shall be for increased payments for the 
     Variable Housing Allowance program under section 403a of 
     title 37, United States Code, by reason of the amendments 
     made by section 604; and
       (2) any remaining amount shall be allocated, in such manner 
     as the Secretary of Defense prescribes, for payments for the 
     Variable Housing Allowance, the Basic Allowance for Quarters, 
     and the Basic Allowance for Subsistence in such a manner as 
     to minimize the need for enlisted personnel to apply for food 
     stamps.
       Page 280, beginning on line 19, strike out ``beginning 
     after June 30, 1996'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``after 
     September 1995''.

  Mr. DELLUMS (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the modification be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request 
of the gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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