[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 101 (Friday, July 22, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S8754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1414. Mr. SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       On page 213, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 807. TEMPORARY INAPPLICABILITY OF BERRY AMENDMENT TO 
                   PROCUREMENTS OF SPECIALTY METALS USED TO 
                   PRODUCE FORCE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 2533a(a) of title 10, United 
     States Code, shall not apply to the procurement, during the 
     2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, of specialty metals if such specialty metals are used to 
     produce force protection equipment for Department of Defense 
     applications.
       (b) Treatment of Procurements Within Period.--For the 
     purposes of subsection (a), a procurement shall be treated as 
     being made during the 2-year period described in that 
     subsection to the extent that funds are obligated by the 
     Department of Defense for that procurement during that 
     period.
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