[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S6713]
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                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

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                  BOXER (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 541

  Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Feingold) 
proposed an amendment to the bill (S. 1122) making appropriations for 
the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2000, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike section 8106, and insert the following:
       Sec. 8106. Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the inventory 
     and status of operational support aircraft, Commander-in-
     Chief support aircraft, and command support aircraft of the 
     Department of Defense. The report shall include a detailed 
     discussion of the requirements for such aircraft, the 
     foreseeable future requirements for such aircraft, the cost 
     of leasing such aircraft, commercial alternatives to use of 
     such aircraft, the cost of maintaining the aircraft, the 
     capability and appropriateness of the aircraft to fulfill 
     mission requirements, and the relevancy of the missions of 
     the aircraft to warfighting requirements.
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 542

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1122, supra; as 
follows:

       In the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following 
     new section:
       ``Sec.   . In addition to any funds appropriated elsewhere 
     in Title IV of this Act under the heading ``Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'', $9,000,000 is 
     hereby appropriated only for the Army Test Ranges and 
     Facilities program element.''
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 543

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1122, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, 
     the total amount appropriated in this Act for Title IV under 
     the heading ``Research, Development, Test, And Evaluation, 
     Navy'', is hereby reduced by $26,840,000 and the total amount 
     appropriated in this Act for Title IV under the heading 
     ``Research, Development, Test, And Evaluation, Defense-
     Wide'', is hereby increased by $51,840,000 to reflect the 
     transfer of the Joint Warfighting Experimentation program: 
     provided, That none of the funds provided for the Joint 
     Warfighting Experimentation Program may be obligated until 
     the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff reports to the 
     Congressional defense committees on the role and 
     participation of all unified and specified commands in the 
     JWEP.
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 544

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1122, supra; as 
follows:

       In the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following 
     new section:
       Sec.  . In addition to the amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available elsewhere in this Act for the 
     Department of Defense, $23,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2000 is hereby appropriated to the Department 
     of Defense: Provided, that the Secretary of Defense shall 
     make a grant in the amount of $23,000,000 to the American Red 
     Cross for Armed Forces Emergency Services.
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                       STEVENS AMENDMENT NO. 545

  Mr. STEVENS proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1122, supra; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following:
       Sec.   . In addition to the funds available in Title III, 
     $10,000,000 is hereby appropriated for U-2 cockpit 
     modifications.

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