[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 77 (Thursday, June 15, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5968-S5984]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4253. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Inouye, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Obama, Mr. Reed, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Inhofe, and Ms. 
Murkowski) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 662. PILOT PROGRAM ON TROOPS TO NURSE TEACHERS.

       (a) Pilot Program Required.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     and the Secretary of Education, conduct a pilot program to 
     assess the feasibility and potential benefits of a program 
     to--
       (A) assist nurse corps officers described in subsection (c) 
     in achieving necessary qualifications to become nurse 
     educators and in securing employment as nurse educators at 
     accredited schools of nursing;
       (B) provide scholarships to nurse corps officers described 
     in subsection (c) in return for continuing service in the 
     Selected Reserve or other forms of public service; and
       (C) help alleviate the national shortage of nurse educators 
     and registered nurses.
       (2) Duration.--Except as provided in subsection (h), the 
     pilot program shall be conducted during the period beginning 
     on January 1, 2007, and ending on December 31, 2012. A nurse 
     corps officer may not enter into an agreement to participate 
     in the pilot program after December 31, 2012.
       (3) Regulations.--The pilot program shall be conducted 
     under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     and the Secretary of Education.
       (b) Designation.--The pilot program required by subsection 
     (a) shall be known as the ``Troops to Nurse Teachers Pilot 
     Program'' (in this section referred to as the ``Program'').
       (c) Nurse Corps Officers.--A nurse corps officer described 
     in this subsection is any commissioned officer of the Armed 
     Forces qualified and designated as an officer in a Nurse 
     Corps of the Armed Forces who is--
       (1) serving in a reserve component of the Armed Forces;
       (2) honorably discharged from the Armed Forces; or
       (3) a retired member of the Armed Forces.
       (d) Selection of Participants in Program.--
       (1) Application.--An eligible nurse corps officer seeking 
     to participate in the Program shall submit to the Secretary 
     of Defense an application therefor. The application shall be 
     in such form, and contain such information, as the Secretary 
     may require.
       (2) Selection.--The Secretary shall select participants in 
     the Program from among qualified nurse corps officers 
     submitting applications therefor under paragraph (1).
       (e) Participant Agreement.--
       (1) In general.--A nurse corps officer selected under 
     subsection (d) to participate in the Program shall enter into 
     an agreement with the Secretary of Defense relating to 
     participation in the Program.
       (2) Elements.--The agreement of a nurse corps officer under 
     the program shall, at the election of the Secretary for 
     purposes of the Program and as appropriate with respect to 
     that status of such nurse corps officer--
       (A) require such nurse corps officer, within such time as 
     the Secretary may require, to accept an offer of full-time 
     employment as a nurse educator from an accredited school of 
     nursing for a period of not less than one year; or
       (B) require such nurse corps officer--
       (i) within such time as the Secretary may require, to 
     successfully complete a program leading to a master's degree 
     or doctoral degree in a nursing field from an accredited 
     school of nursing or to a doctoral degree in a related field 
     from an accredited institution of higher education;
       (ii) to serve in the Selected Reserve or some other form of 
     public service under terms and conditions established by the 
     Secretary; and
       (iii) upon completion of such program and service, to 
     accept an offer of full-time employment as a nurse educator 
     from an accredited school of nursing for a period of not less 
     than 3 years.
       (f) Assistance.--
       (1) Transition assistance.--The Secretary of Defense may 
     provide a participant in the Program who enters into an 
     agreement described in subsection (e)(2)(A) assistance as 
     follows:
       (A) Career placement assistance in securing full-time 
     employment as a nurse educator at an accredited school of 
     nursing.
       (B) A stipend in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for 
     transition to employment referred to in paragraph (1), and 
     for educational training for such employment, for a period 
     not to exceed two years after entry by such participant into 
     an agreement under subsection (e).
       (2) Scholarship assistance.--The Secretary of Defense may 
     provide a participant in the Program who enters into an 
     agreement described in subsection (e)(2)(B) scholarship 
     assistance to pursue a degree described in subsection 
     (e)(2)(B)(i) in an amount not to exceed $30,000 annually for 
     a period of not more than four years.
       (g) Treatment of Assistance.--A stipend or scholarship 
     provided under subsection (f) shall not be taken into account 
     in determining the eligibility of a participant in the 
     Program for Federal student financial assistance provided 
     under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1070 et seq.).
       (h) Administration After Initial Period.--
       (1) In general.--The termination of the Program on December 
     31, 2012, under subsection (a)(2) shall not terminate the 
     entitlement to assistance under the Program of any nurse 
     corps officer entering into an agreement to participate in 
     the Program under subsection (e) that continues in force 
     after that date.
       (2) Administration.--The Secretary of Education shall 
     undertake any administration of the Program that is required 
     after December 31, 2012, including responsibility for any 
     funding necessary to provide assistance under the Program 
     after that date.
       (i) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than three years after the 
     commencement of the Program, the Secretary of Defense shall, 
     in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services and the Secretary of Education, submit to Congress a 
     report on the Program.
       (2) Elements.--The report shall--
       (A) describe the activities undertaken under the Program; 
     and
       (B) include an assessment of the effectiveness of the 
     Program in--
       (i) facilitating the development of nurse educators;
       (ii) encouraging service in the Selected Reserve and other 
     forms of public service; and
       (iii) helping alleviate the national shortage of nurse 
     educators and registered nurses.
       (j) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Nurse educator.--The term ``nurse educator'' means a 
     registered nurse who--
       (A) is a member of the nursing faculty at an accredited 
     school of nursing;
       (B) holds a graduate degree in nursing from an accredited 
     school of nursing or a doctoral degree in a related field 
     from an accredited institution of higher education;
       (C) holds a valid, unrestricted license to practice nursing 
     from a State; and
       (D) has successfully completed additional course work in 
     education and demonstrates competency in an advanced practice 
     area of nursing.

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       (2) School of nursing.--The term ``school of nursing'' 
     means a school of nursing (as that term is defined in section 
     801 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296)) that is 
     accredited (as that term is defined in section 801(6) of the 
     Public Health Service Act).
       (k) Funding.--From amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     for the Department of Defense, $5,000,000 may be available 
     for the Program.
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  SA 4254. Mr. OBAMA (for himself and Mr. Coburn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1084. IMPROVED ACCOUNTABILITY FOR COMPETITIVE 
                   CONTRACTING IN HURRICANE RECOVERY.

       The exceptions to full and open competition otherwise 
     available under paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) of section 
     303(c) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
     Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253(c)) and paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 
     and (5) of section 2304(c) of title 10, United States Code, 
     shall not apply to Federal contracts worth over $500,000 for 
     the procurement of property or services in connection with 
     relief and recovery efforts related to Hurricane Katrina and 
     the other hurricanes of the 2005 season.
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  SA 4255. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle E of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 662. TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS FOR CELLULAR PHONE 
                   SERVICES.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Inclusion of contracts under termination authority.--
     Subsection (b) of section 305 of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 535) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Contracts for cellular phone service.--A contract for 
     a cellular phone used, or intended to be used, by a 
     servicemember or a servicemember's dependent for a personal 
     or business purpose if--
       ``(A) the contract is executed by or on behalf of a person 
     who thereafter and during the term of the contract enters 
     into military service under call or order specifying a period 
     of not less than 90 days (or who enters military service 
     under a call or order specifying a period of 90 days or less 
     and who, without a break in service, receives orders 
     extending the period of military service to a period not less 
     than 90 days);
       ``(B) the servicemember, while in military service, 
     executes the contract and thereafter receives military orders 
     for a permanent change of station outside of the continental 
     United States or to deploy with a military unit for a period 
     of not less than 90 days; or
       ``(C) the servicemember, while in military service, 
     executes the contract and thereafter receives military orders 
     for a permanent change of station to a location within the 
     continental United States where the contract cannot be 
     transferred at the same rate, terms, and quality of 
     service.''.
       (2) Manner of termination.--Subsection (c)(1) of such 
     section is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) in the case of a contract for a cellular phone, by 
     delivery by the contractee of written notice of such 
     termination, and a copy of the servicemember's military 
     orders, to the contractor or to the contractor's agent.''.
       (3) Effective date of termination.--Subsection (d) of such 
     section is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3) Contract for cellular phone service.--In the case of 
     a contract for a cellular phone described in subsection 
     (b)(3), termination of the contract under subsection (a) is 
     effective on the day on which the requirements of subsection 
     (c) are met for such termination.''.
       (4) Arrearages.--Subsection (e) of such section is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``(e) Arrearages and Other Obligations and 
     Liabilities.--Rents or lease amounts'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(e) Arrearages and Other Obligations and Liabilities.--
       ``(1) In general.--Rents or lease amounts'';
       (B) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2), 
     indenting such paragraph 4 ems from the left margin, and 
     inserting before ``In the case of the lease'' the following:
       ``(2) Lease charges for motor vehicles.--''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(3) Termination charges for cellular phone contracts.--In 
     the case of a contract for a cellular phone, the contractor 
     may not impose an early termination charge, but may request 
     the return of equipment provided to the contractee as part of 
     the contract which would normally remain the property of the 
     contractee at the end of the contract term if the contractee 
     is given the option of paying a pro-rated amount to retain 
     such equipment based on the original retail price of such 
     equipment, the amount previously paid for such equipment by 
     the contractee, and the time remaining on the contract.
       ``(4) Reactivation fees.--In the event a contractor and 
     contractee jointly agree to treat the termination of a 
     contract for a cellular phone under this section as a 
     suspension of such contract, the contractor may not impose 
     any fee for reactivation of service under such contract at 
     the completion of suspension of such contract.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a)(1)(B) of such 
     section is amended by striking ``or (2)(B)'' and inserting 
     ``, (2)(B), (3)(B), or (3)(C)''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section is 
     amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 305. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL OR MOTOR VEHICLE 
                   LEASES OR CONTRACTS FOR CELLULAR PHONE 
                   SERVICE.''.

       (2) Table of contents amendment.--The table of contents for 
     such Act is amended by striking the item relating to section 
     305 and inserting the following new item:
``Sec. 305. Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases or 
              contracts for cellular phone service.''.
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  SA 4256. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Levin and Mr. Leahy) proposed 
an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1054. STRENGTHENING THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR 
                   IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION.

       For purposes of discharging the duties of the Special 
     Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction under subsection 
     (f) of section 3001 of the Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of 
     Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (5 U.S.C. 8G note), and for 
     purposes of determining the date of termination of the Office 
     of the Special Inspector General under subsection (o) of such 
     section, any funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     for fiscal year 2006 for the reconstruction of Iraq, 
     regardless of how such funds may be designated, shall be 
     treated as amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
     for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
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  SA 4257. Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Kerry, and Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. 1231. UNITED STATE'S POLICY ON THE NUCLEAR PROGRAMS OF 
                   IRAN.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that:
       (1) The pursuit by the Iranian regime of a capability to 
     produce nuclear weapons represents a threat to the United 
     States, the Middle East region, and international peace and 
     security.
       (2) On May 31, 2006, Secretary of State Rice announced that 
     the United States would join negotiations with Iran, along 
     with the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, provided that 
     Iran fully and verifiably suspends its enrichment and 
     reprocessing activities.
       (3) On June 1, 2006, President George W. Bush stated that 
     ``Secretary Rice, at my instructions, said to the world that 
     we want to solve the problem of the Iranian nuclear issue 
     diplomatically. And we made it very clear publicly that we're 
     willing to come to the table, so long as the Iranians 
     verifiably suspend their program. In other words, we said to 
     the Iranians [that] the United States of America wants to 
     work with our partners to solve the problem''.
       (4) On June 1, 2006, the United States, the United Kingdom, 
     France, Germany, the People's Republic of China, and the 
     Russian Federation agreed upon a package of incentives and 
     disincentives, which was subsequently presented to Iran by 
     the High Representative of the European Union, Javier Solana.

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       (b) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
       (1) endorses the policy of the United States, announced May 
     31, 2006, to achieve a successful diplomatic outcome, in 
     coordination with leading members of the international 
     community, with respect to the threat posed by the efforts of 
     the Iranian regime to acquire a capability to produce nuclear 
     weapons;
       (2) calls on Iran to suspend fully and verifiably its 
     enrichment and reprocessing activities, cooperate fully with 
     the International Atomic Energy Agency, and enter into 
     negotiations, including with the United States, pursuant to 
     the package presented to Iran by the High Representative of 
     the European Union; and
       (3) urges the President and the Secretary of State to keep 
     Congress fully and currently informed about the progress of 
     this vital diplomatic initiative.
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  SA 4258. Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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 546, after line 22, add the following:

     SEC. 2828. REPORTS ON ARMY TRAINING RANGES.

       (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Army may not carry 
     out any acquisition of real property to expand the Pinon 
     Canyon Maneuver Site at Fort Carson, Colorado until 30 days 
     after the Secretary submits the report required under 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Report on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than November 30, 2006, the 
     Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report containing an analysis of any 
     potential expansion of the military training range at the 
     Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site at Fort Carson, Colorado.
       (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following information:
       (A) A description of the Army's current and projected 
     military requirements for training at the Pinon Canyon 
     Maneuver Site.
       (B) An analysis of the reasons for any changes in those 
     requirements, including the extent to which they are a result 
     of the increase of military personnel due to the 2005 round 
     of defense base closure and realignment, the conversion of 
     Army brigades to a modular format, or the Integrated Global 
     Presence and Basing Strategy.
       (C) A proposed plan for addressing those requirements, 
     including a description of any proposed expansion of the 
     existing training range by acquiring privately held land 
     surrounding the site and an analysis of alternative 
     approaches that do not require expansion of the training 
     range.
       (D) If an expansion of the training range is recommended 
     pursuant to subparagraph (C), the following information:
       (i) An assessment of the economic impact on local 
     communities of such acquisition.
       (ii) An assessment of the environmental impact of expanding 
     the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.
       (iii) An estimate of the costs associated with the 
     potential expansion, including land acquisition, range 
     improvements, installation of utilities, environmental 
     restoration, and other environmental activities in connection 
     with the acquisition.
       (iv) An assessment of options for compensating local 
     communities for the loss of property tax revenue as a result 
     of the expansion of Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.
       (v) An assessment of whether the acquisition of additional 
     land at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site can be carried out by 
     the Secretary solely through transactions, including land 
     exchanges and the lease or purchase of easements, with 
     willing sellers of the privately held land.
       (c) Report on Expansion of Army Training Ranges.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than February 1, 2007, the 
     Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report containing an assessment of the 
     training ranges operated by the Army to support major Army 
     units.
       (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following information:
       (A) The size, description, and mission essential training 
     tasks supported by each such Army training range during 
     fiscal year 2003.
       (B) A description of the projected changes in training 
     range requirements, including the size, characteristics, and 
     attributes for mission essential training of each range and 
     the extent to which any changes in requirements are a result 
     of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, 
     the conversion of Army brigades to a modular format, or the 
     Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy.
       (C) The projected deficit or surplus of training land at 
     each such range, and a description of the Army's plan to 
     address that projected deficit or surplus of land as well as 
     the upgrade of range attributes at each existing training 
     range.
       (D) A description of the Army's prioritization process and 
     investment strategy to address the potential expansion or 
     upgrade of training ranges.
       (E) An analysis of alternatives to the expansion of Army 
     ranges to include an assessment of the joint use of ranges 
     operated by other services.
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  SA 4259. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, and Mr. Johnson) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1084. FUNDING FOR VETERANS HEALTH CARE TO ADDRESS 
                   CHANGES IN POPULATION AND INFLATION.

       (a) Funding To Address Changes in Populations and 
     Inflation.--(1) Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec. 320. Funding for veterans health care to address 
       changes in population and inflation

       ``(a) By the enactment of this section, Congress and the 
     President intend to ensure access to health care for all 
     veterans. Upon the enactment of this section, funding for the 
     programs, functions, and activities of the Veterans Health 
     Administration specified in subsection (d) to accomplish this 
     objective shall be provided through a combination of 
     discretionary and mandatory funds. The discretionary amount 
     should be equal to the fiscal year 2006 discretionary funding 
     for such programs, functions, and activities, and should 
     remain unchanged each fiscal year thereafter. The annual 
     level of mandatory amount shall be adjusted according to the 
     formula specified in subsection (c). While this section does 
     not purport to control the outcome of the annual 
     appropriations process, it anticipates cooperation from 
     Congress and the President in sustaining discretionary 
     funding for such programs, functions, and activities in 
     future fiscal years at the level of discretionary funding for 
     such programs, functions, and activities for fiscal year 
     2006. The success of that arrangement, as well as of the 
     funding formula, are to be reviewed after 2 years.
       ``(b) On the first day of each fiscal year, the Secretary 
     of the Treasury shall make available to the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs the amount determined under subsection (c) 
     with respect to that fiscal year. Each such amount is 
     available, without fiscal year limitation, for the programs, 
     functions, and activities of the Veterans Health 
     Administration, as specified in subsection (d). There is 
     hereby appropriated, out of any sums in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, amounts necessary to implement this 
     section.
       ``(c)(1) The amount applicable to fiscal year 2007 under 
     this subsection is the amount equal to--
       ``(A) 130 percent of the amount obligated by the Department 
     during fiscal year 2005 for the purposes specified in 
     subsection (d), minus
       ``(B) the amount appropriated for those purposes for fiscal 
     year 2006.
       ``(2) The amount applicable to any fiscal year after fiscal 
     year 2007 under this subsection is the amount equal to the 
     product of the following, minus the amount appropriated for 
     the purposes specified for subsection (d) for fiscal year 
     2006:
       ``(A) The sum of--
       ``(i) the number of veterans enrolled in the Department 
     health care system under section 1705 of this title as of 
     July 1 preceding the beginning of such fiscal year; and
       ``(ii) the number of persons eligible for health care under 
     chapter 17 of this title who are not covered by clause (i) 
     and who were provided hospital care or medical services under 
     such chapter at any time during the fiscal year preceding 
     such fiscal year.
       ``(B) The per capita baseline amount, as increased from 
     time to time pursuant to paragraph (3)(B).
       ``(3)(A) For purposes of paragraph (2)(B), the term `per 
     capita baseline amount' means the amount equal to--
       ``(i) the amount obligated by the Department during fiscal 
     year 2006 for the purposes specified in subsection (d), 
     divided by
       ``(ii) the number of veterans enrolled in the Department 
     health care system under section 1705 of this title as of 
     September 30, 2005.
       ``(B) With respect to any fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
     provide a percentage increase (rounded to the nearest dollar) 
     in the per capita baseline amount equal to the percentage by 
     which--
       ``(i) the Consumer Price Index (all Urban Consumers, United 
     States City Average, Hospital and related services, 
     Seasonally Adjusted), published by the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics of the Department of Labor for the 12-month period 
     ending on the June 30 preceding the beginning of the fiscal 
     year for which the increase is made, exceeds
       ``(ii) such Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period 
     preceding the 12-month period described in clause (i).

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       ``(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the purposes 
     for which amounts made available pursuant to subsection (b) 
     shall be all programs, functions, and activities of the 
     Veterans Health Administration.
       ``(2) Amounts made available pursuant to subsection (b) are 
     not available for--
       ``(A) construction, acquisition, or alteration of medical 
     facilities as provided in subchapter I of chapter 81 of this 
     title (other than for such repairs as were provided for 
     before the date of the enactment of this section through the 
     Medical Care appropriation for the Department); or
       ``(B) grants under subchapter III of chapter 81 of this 
     title.
       ``(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent 
     or limit the authority of Congress to reauthorize provisions 
     relating to veterans health care.''.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``320.  Funding for veterans health care to address changes in 
              population and inflation.''.

       (b) Comptroller General Report.--(1) Not later than January 
     31, 2009, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the extent to which section 
     320 of title 38, United States Code (as added by subsection 
     (a)), has achieved the purpose set forth in subsection (a) of 
     such section 320 during fiscal years 2007 and 2008.
       (2) The report under paragraph (1) shall set forth the 
     following:
       (A) The amount appropriated for fiscal year 2006 for the 
     programs, functions, and activities of the Veterans Health 
     Administration specified in subsection (d) of section 320 of 
     title 38, United States Code.
       (B) The amount appropriated by annual appropriations Acts 
     for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for such programs, 
     functions, and activities.
       (C) The amount provided by section 320 of title 38, United 
     States Code, for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008 for such 
     programs, functions, and activities.
       (D) An assessment whether the amount described in 
     subparagraph (C) for each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008 was 
     appropriate to address the changes in costs to the Veterans 
     Health Administration for such programs, functions, and 
     activities that were attributable to changes in population 
     and in inflation over the course of such fiscal years.
       (E) An assessment whether the amount provided by section 
     320 of title 38, United States Code, in each of fiscal years 
     2007 and 2008, when combined with amounts appropriated by 
     annual appropriations Acts for each of such fiscal years for 
     such programs, functions, and activities, provided adequate 
     funding of such programs, functions, and activities in each 
     such fiscal year.
       (F) Such recommendations as the Comptroller General 
     considers appropriate regarding modifications of the formula 
     under subsection (c) of section 320 of title 38, United 
     States Code, or any other modifications of law, to better 
     ensure adequate funding of such programs, functions, and 
     activities.
       (c) Congressional Consideration of Comptroller General 
     Recommendations.--
       (1) Joint resolution.--or purposes of this subsection, the 
     term ``joint resolution'' means only a joint resolution which 
     is introduced (in the House of Representatives by the Speaker 
     of the House of Representatives (or the Speaker's designee) 
     or the Minority Leader (or the Minority Leader's designee) 
     and in the Senate by the Majority Leader (or the Majority 
     Leader's designee) or the Minority Leader (or the Minority 
     Leader's designee)) within the 10-day period beginning on the 
     date on which Congress receives the report of the Comptroller 
     General of the United States under subsection (b), and--
       (A) which does not have a preamble;
       (B) the matter after the resolving clause of which consists 
     of amendments of title 38, United States Code, or other 
     amendments or modifications of laws under the jurisdiction of 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement the 
     recommendations of the Comptroller General in the report 
     under subsection (b)(2)(F); and
       (C) the title of which is as follows: ``Joint resolution to 
     ensure adequate funding of health care for veterans.''.
       (2) Referral.--resolution described in paragraph (1) that 
     is introduced in the House of Representatives shall be 
     referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives. A resolution described in paragraph (1) 
     introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.
       (3) Discharge.--If the committee to which a resolution 
     described in paragraph (1) is referred has not reported such 
     resolution (or an identical resolution) by the end of the 20-
     day period beginning on the date on which the Comptroller 
     General submits to Congress the report under subsection (b), 
     such committee shall be, at the end of such period, 
     discharged from further consideration of such resolution, and 
     such resolution shall be placed on the appropriate calendar 
     of the House involved.
       (4) Consideration.--(A) On or after the third day after the 
     date on which the committee to which such a resolution is 
     referred has reported, or has been discharged (under 
     paragraph (3)) from further consideration of, such a 
     resolution, it is in order (even though a previous motion to 
     the same effect has been disagreed to) for any Member of the 
     respective House to move to proceed to the consideration of 
     the resolution (but only on the day after the calendar day on 
     which such Member announces to the House concerned the 
     Member's intention to do so). The motion is highly privileged 
     in the House of Representatives and is privileged in the 
     Senate and is not debatable. The motion is not subject to 
     amendment, or to a motion to postpone, or to a motion to 
     proceed to the consideration of other business. A motion to 
     reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or 
     disagreed to shall not be in order. If a motion to proceed to 
     the consideration of the resolution is agreed to, the 
     respective House shall immediately proceed to consideration 
     of the joint resolution without intervening motion, order, or 
     other business, and the resolution shall remain the 
     unfinished business of the respective House until disposed 
     of.
       (B) Debate on the resolution, and on all debatable motions 
     and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not 
     more than 2 hours, which shall be divided equally between 
     those favoring and those opposing the resolution. An 
     amendment to the resolution is not in order. A motion further 
     to limit debate is in order and not debatable. A motion to 
     postpone, or a motion to proceed to the consideration of 
     other business, or a motion to recommit the resolution is not 
     in order. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
     resolution is agreed to or disagreed to is not in order.
       (C) Immediately following the conclusion of the debate on a 
     resolution described in paragraph (1) and a single quorum 
     call at the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
     accordance with the rules of the appropriate House, the vote 
     on final passage of the resolution shall occur.
       (D) Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
     application of the rules of the Senate or the House of 
     Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure 
     relating to a resolution described in paragraph (1) shall be 
     decided without debate.
       (5) Consideration by other house.--(A) If, before the 
     passage by one House of a resolution of that House described 
     in paragraph (1), that House receives from the other House a 
     resolution described in paragraph (1), then the following 
     procedures shall apply:
       (i) The resolution of the other House shall not be referred 
     to a committee and may not be considered in the House 
     receiving it except in the case of final passage as provided 
     in clause (ii)(II).
       (ii) With respect to a resolution described in paragraph 
     (1) of the House receiving the resolution--
       (I) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
     resolution had been received from the other House; but
       (II) the vote on final passage shall be on the resolution 
     of the other House.
       (B) Upon disposition of the resolution received from the 
     other House, it shall no longer be in order to consider the 
     resolution that originated in the receiving House.
       (6) Rules of senate and house.--This subsection is enacted 
     by Congress--
       (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is 
     deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
     applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed 
     in that House in the case of a resolution described in 
     paragraph (1), and it supersedes other rules only to the 
     extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
       (B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
     procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
     to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
     House.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4260. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

            TITLE _--NEVADA TEST SITE VETERANS' COMPENSATION

     SEC. _01. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Nevada Test Site Veterans' 
     Compensation Act of 2006''.

     SEC. __02. FINDINGS.

       (a) Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Employees working on Cold War-era nuclear weapons 
     programs were employed in facilities owned by the Federal 
     Government and the private sector producing and testing 
     nuclear weapons and engaging in related atomic energy defense 
     activities for the national defense beginning in the 1940s.
       (2) These Cold War atomic energy veterans helped to build 
     and test the nuclear arsenal that served as a deterrent 
     during the Cold War, sacrificing their personal health and 
     well-being in service of their country.
       (3) During the Cold War, many of these workers were exposed 
     to radiation and placed in harm's way by the Department of 
     Energy and contractors, subcontractors, and vendors of the 
     Department without their knowledge and consent, without 
     adequate radiation monitoring, and without necessary

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     protections from internal or external occupational radiation 
     exposure.
       (4) The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
     Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384 et seq.) (in this section 
     referred to as ``EEOICPA'') was enacted to ensure fairness 
     and equity for the men and women who, during the past 60 
     years, performed duties uniquely related to the nuclear 
     weapons production and testing programs of the Department of 
     Energy, its predecessor agencies, and contractors by 
     establishing a program that would provide timely, uniform, 
     and adequate compensation for beryllium- and radiation-
     related health conditions.
       (5) Research by the Department of Energy, the National 
     Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), NIOSH 
     contractors, the President's Advisory Board on Radiation and 
     Worker Health, and congressional committees indicates that at 
     certain nuclear weapons facilities--
       (A) workers were not adequately monitored for internal or 
     external exposure to ionizing radiation; and
       (B) records were not maintained, are not reliable, are 
     incomplete, or fail to indicate the radioactive isotopes to 
     which workers were exposed.
       (6) Due to the inequities posed by the factors described 
     above and the resulting harm to the workers, Congress 
     designated classes of atomic weapons employees at the 
     Paducah, Kentucky, Portsmouth, Ohio, Oak Ridge K-25, 
     Tennessee, and the Amchitka Island, Alaska, sites as members 
     of the Special Exposure Cohort under EEOICPA.
       (7) The contribution of the State of Nevada to the security 
     of the United States throughout the Cold War and since has 
     been unparalleled.
       (8) In 1950, President Harry S Truman designated what would 
     later be called the Nevada Test Site as the country's nuclear 
     proving grounds and, a month later, the first atmospheric 
     test at the Nevada Test Site was detonated.
       (9) The United States conducted 100 above-ground and 828 
     underground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site from 1951 
     to 1992.
       (10) Out of the 1,054 nuclear tests conducted in the United 
     States, 928, or 88 percent, were conducted at the Nevada Test 
     Site.
       (11) The Nevada Test Site has served, and continues to 
     serve, as the premier research, testing, and development site 
     for our nuclear defense capabilities.
       (12) The Nevada Test Site and its workers are an essential 
     and irreplaceable part of our nation's defense capabilities.
       (13) It has become evident that it is not feasible to 
     estimate with sufficient accuracy in a timely manner the 
     radiation dose received by employees at the Department of 
     Energy facility at the Nevada Test Site for many reasons, 
     including the following:
       (A) The NIOSH Technical Basis Document, the threshold 
     document for radiation dose reconstruction under EEOICPA, has 
     incomplete radionuclide lists.
       (B) NIOSH has not demonstrated that it can estimate dose 
     from exposure to large, nonrespirable hot particles.
       (C) There are significant gaps in environmental measurement 
     and exposure data.
       (D) Resuspension doses are seriously underestimated.
       (E) NIOSH has not been able to estimate accurately 
     exposures to bomb assembly workers and radon levels.
       (F) NIOSH has not demonstrated that it can accurately 
     sample tritiated water vapor.
       (G) External dose records lack integrity.
       (H) There are no beta dose data until 1966.
       (I) There are no neutron dose data until 1966 and only 
     partial data after such date.
       (J) There are no internal dose data until late 1955 or 
     1956, and limited data until well into the 1960s.
       (K) NIOSH has ignored exposure from more than a dozen 
     underground tests that vented, including Bianca, Des Moines, 
     Baneberry, Camphor, Diagonal Line, Riola, Agrini, Midas Myth, 
     Misty Rain, and Mighty Oak.
       (L) Instead of monitoring individuals, groups were 
     monitored, resulting in unreliable personnel monitoring.
       (14) Amchitka Island, where only 3 underground nuclear 
     tests were conducted, has been designated a Special Exposure 
     Cohort under EEOICPA.
       (15) Some Nevada Test Site workers, despite having worked 
     with significant amounts of radioactive materials and having 
     known exposures leading to serious health effects, have been 
     denied compensation under EEOICPA as a result of flawed 
     calculations based on records that are incomplete, in error, 
     or based on faulty assumptions and incorrect models.

     SEC. _03. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM 
                   WORKERS IN SPECIAL EXPOSURE COHORT UNDER ENERGY 
                   EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 3621(14) of the Energy Employees 
     Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 
     U.S.C. 7384l(14)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
     and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(C) The employee was so employed at the Nevada Test Site 
     or other similar sites located in Nevada during the period 
     beginning on January 1, 1950, and ending on December 31, 
     1993, and, during such employment--
       ``(i) was present during an atmospheric or underground 
     nuclear test or performed drillbacks, re-entry, or clean-up 
     work following such a test (without regard to the duration of 
     employment);
       ``(ii) was present during an episodic event involving 
     radiation releases (without regard to the duration of 
     employment); or
       ``(iii) was employed at the Nevada Test Site for a number 
     of work days aggregating at least 250 work days and was 
     employed in a job activity that--

       ``(I) was monitored through the use of dosimetry badges or 
     bioassays for exposure to ionizing radiation; or
       ``(II) worked in a job activity that is or was, comparable 
     to a job that is, was, or should have been monitored for 
     exposure to ionizing radiation through the use of dosimetry 
     badges or bioassay.''.

       (b) Deadline for Claims Adjudication.--Claims for 
     compensation under section 3621(14)(C) of the Energy 
     Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 
     2000, as added by subsection (a), shall be adjudicated and a 
     final decision issued--
       (1) in the case of claims pending as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, not later than 30 days after such 
     date; and
       (2) in the case of claims filed after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, not later than 30 days after the date 
     of such filing.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4261. Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Isakson, Mr. 
Inhofe, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Thune, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. 
Stevens) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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 29, strike lines 6 through 15 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 146. FUNDING FOR PROCUREMENT OF F-22A FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.

       (a) Prohibition on Use of Incremental Funding.--The 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall not use incremental funding 
     for the procurement of F-22A fighter aircraft.
       (b) Multiyear Procurement.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may, in accordance with section 2306b of title 10, United 
     States Code, enter into a multiyear contract beginning with 
     the fiscal year 2007 program year for procurement of not more 
     than 60 F-22A fighter aircraft.

     SEC. 147. MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF F-119 ENGINES FOR F-22A 
                   FIGHTER AIRCRAFT.

       The Secretary of the Air Force may, in accordance with 
     section 2306b of title 10, United States Code, enter into a 
     multiyear contract beginning with the fiscal year 2007 
     program year for procurement of the following:
       (1) Not more than 120 F-119 engines for F-22A fighter 
     aircraft.
       (2) Not more than 13 spare F-119 engines for F-22A fighter 
     aircraft.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4262. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Kennedy and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 587. IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) Preseparation Counseling.--Section 1142 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``provide for individual 
     preseparation counseling'' and inserting ``shall provide 
     individual preseparation counseling'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) For members of the reserve components who have been 
     serving on active duty continuously for at least 180 days, 
     the Secretary concerned shall require that preseparation 
     counseling under this section be provided to all such members 
     (including officers) before the members are separated.
       ``(5) The Secretary concerned shall ensure that commanders 
     of members entitled to services under this section authorize 
     the members to obtain such services during duty time.''.
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``(4) Information 
     concerning'' and inserting the following:
       ``(4) Provision of information on civilian occupations and 
     related assistance programs, including information 
     concerning--
       ``(A) certification and licensure requirements that are 
     applicable to civilian occupations;

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       ``(B) civilian occupations that correspond to military 
     occupational specialties; and
       ``(C)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(11) Information concerning the priority of service for 
     veterans in the receipt of employment, training, and 
     placement services provided under qualified job training 
     programs of the Department of Labor.
       ``(12) Information concerning veterans small business 
     ownership and entrepreneurship programs of the Small Business 
     Administration and the National Veterans Business Development 
     Corporation.
       ``(13) Information concerning employment and reemployment 
     rights and obligations under chapter 43 of title 38.
       ``(14) Information concerning veterans preference in 
     federal employment and federal procurement opportunities.
       ``(15) Information concerning homelessness, including risk 
     factors, awareness assessment, and contact information for 
     preventative assistance associated with homelessness.
       ``(16) Contact information for housing counseling 
     assistance.
       ``(17) A description, developed in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, of health care and other 
     benefits to which the member may be entitled under the laws 
     administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
       ``(18) If a member is eligible, based on a preseparation 
     physical examination, for compensation benefits under the 
     laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, a 
     referral for a medical examination by the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs (commonly known as a `compensation and 
     pension examination').'';
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Additional Requirements.--(1) The Secretary concerned 
     shall ensure that--
       ``(A) preseparation counseling under this section includes 
     material that is specifically relevant to the needs of--
       ``(i) persons being separated from active duty by discharge 
     from a regular component of the armed forces; and
       ``(ii) members of the reserve components being separated 
     from active duty;
       ``(B) the locations at which preseparation counseling is 
     presented to eligible personnel include--
       ``(i) each military installation under the jurisdiction of 
     the Secretary;
       ``(ii) each armory and military family support center of 
     the National Guard;
       ``(iii) inpatient medical care facilities of the uniformed 
     services where such personnel are receiving inpatient care; 
     and
       ``(iv) in the case of a member on the temporary disability 
     retired list under section 1202 or 1205 of this title who is 
     being retired under another provision of this title or is 
     being discharged, a location reasonably convenient to the 
     member;
       ``(C) the scope and content of the material presented in 
     preseparation counseling at each location under this section 
     are consistent with the scope and content of the material 
     presented in the preseparation counseling at the other 
     locations under this section; and
       ``(D) follow up counseling is provided for each member of 
     the reserve components described in subparagraph (A) not 
     later than 180 days after separation from active duty.
       ``(2) The Secretary concerned shall, on a continuing basis, 
     update the content of the materials used by the National 
     Veterans Training Institute and such officials' other 
     activities that provide direct training support to personnel 
     who provide preseparation counseling under this section.
       ``(e) National Guard Members on Duty in State Status.--(1) 
     Members of the National Guard, who are separated from long-
     term duty to which ordered under section 502(f) of title 32, 
     shall be provided preseparation counseling under this section 
     to the same extent that members of the reserve components 
     being discharged or released from active duty are provided 
     preseparation counseling under this section.
       ``(2) The preseparation counseling provided personnel under 
     paragraph (1) shall include material that is specifically 
     relevant to the needs of such personnel as members of the 
     National Guard.
       ``(3) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe, by 
     regulation, the standards for determining long-term duty 
     under paragraph (1).''; and
       (4) by amending the heading to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 1142. Members separating from active duty: 
       preseparation counseling''.

       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking the item relating to section 1142 and 
     inserting the following:

``1142. Members separating from active duty: preseparation 
              counseling.''.

       (c) Department of Labor Transitional Services Program.--
     Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``paragraph (4)(A)'' 
     in the second sentence and inserting ``paragraph (6)(A)'';
       (2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
       ``(c) Participation.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     require participation by members of the armed forces eligible 
     for assistance under the program carried out under this 
     section.
       ``(2) The Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     need not require, but shall encourage and otherwise promote, 
     participation in the program by the following members of the 
     armed forces described in paragraph (1):
       ``(A) Each member who has previously participated in the 
     program.
       ``(B) Each member who, upon discharge or release from 
     active duty, is returning to--
       ``(i) a position of employment; or
       ``(ii) pursuit of an academic degree or other educational 
     or occupational training objective that the member was 
     pursuing when called or ordered to such active duty.
       ``(3) The Secretary concerned shall ensure that commanders 
     of members entitled to services under this section authorize 
     the members to obtain such services during duty time.''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Updated Materials.--The Secretary concerned shall, on 
     a continuing basis, update the content of all materials used 
     by the Department of Labor that provide direct training 
     support to personnel who provide transitional services 
     counseling under this section.''.

     SEC. 588. SEPARATION COUNSELING BY VETERANS FOR MEMBERS OF 
                   THE ARMED FORCES NEARING SEPARATION AND 
                   VETERANS.

       (a) Department of Defense.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 58 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 1154. Veteran-to-veteran preseparation counseling

       ``(a) Cooperation Required.--The Secretary shall carry out 
     a program to facilitate the access of representatives of 
     military and veterans' service organizations and 
     representatives of veterans' services agencies of States to 
     provide preseparation counseling and services to members of 
     the armed forces who are scheduled, or are in the process of 
     being scheduled, for discharge, release from active duty, or 
     retirement.
       ``(b) Required Program Element.--The program under this 
     section shall provide for representatives of military and 
     veterans' service organizations and representatives of 
     veterans' services agencies of States to be invited to 
     participate in the preseparation counseling and other 
     assistance briefings provided to members under the programs 
     carried out under sections 1142 and 1144 of this title and 
     the benefits delivery at discharge programs.
       ``(c) Locations.--The program under this section shall 
     provide for access to members--
       ``(1) at each installation of the armed forces;
       ``(2) at each armory and military family support center of 
     the National Guard;
       ``(3) at each inpatient medical care facility of the 
     uniformed services administered under chapter 55 of this 
     title; and
       ``(4) in the case of a member on the temporary disability 
     retired list under section 1202 or 1205 of this title who is 
     being retired under another provision of this title or is 
     being discharged, at a location reasonably convenient to the 
     member.
       ``(d) Consent of Members Required.--Access to a member of 
     the armed forces under the program under this section is 
     subject to the consent of the member.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `benefits delivery at discharge program' 
     means a program administered jointly by the Secretary and the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide information and 
     assistance on available benefits and other transition 
     assistance to members of the armed forces who are separating 
     from the armed forces, including assistance to obtain any 
     disability benefits for which such members may be eligible.
       ``(2) The term `representative', with respect to a 
     veterans' service organization, means a representative of an 
     organization who is recognized by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs for the representation of veterans under section 5902 
     of title 38.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 58 of such title is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new item:

``1154. Veteran-to-veteran preseparation counseling.''.

       (b) Department of Veterans Affairs.--
       (1) In general.--Subchapter I of chapter 17 of title 38, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 1709. Veteran-to-veteran counseling

       ``(a) Cooperation Required.--The Secretary shall carry out 
     a program to facilitate the access of representatives of 
     military and veterans' service organizations and 
     representatives of veterans' services agencies of States to 
     veterans furnished care and services under this chapter to 
     provide information and counseling to such veterans on--
       ``(1) the care and services authorized by this chapter; and
       ``(2) other benefits and services available under the laws 
     administered by the Secretary.
       ``(b) Facilities Covered.--The program under this section 
     shall provide for access to veterans described in subsection 
     (a) at each facility of the Department and any non-Department 
     facility at which the Secretary furnishes care and services 
     under this chapter.
       ``(c) Consent of Veterans Required.--Access to a veteran 
     under the program under this section is subject to the 
     consent of the veteran.

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       ``(d) Definition.--In this section, the term `veterans' 
     service organization' means an organization who is recognized 
     by the Secretary for the representation of veterans under 
     section 5902 of this title.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 1708 the following new 
     item:

``1709. Veteran-to-veteran counseling.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4263. Mr. FEINGOLD (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Kennedy and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 587. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Required Participation for Certain Members.--Subsection 
     (c) of section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(c) Participation.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
     (2), the Secretary of Defense shall require participation by 
     members of the armed forces eligible for assistance under the 
     program carried out under this section.
       ``(2) The Secretary of Defense need not require, but shall 
     encourage and otherwise promote, participation in the program 
     by the following members described in paragraph (1):
       ``(A) A member who has previously participated in the 
     program.
       ``(B) A member who, upon discharge or release from active 
     duty, is returning to--
       ``(i) a position of employment; or
       ``(ii) pursuit of an academic degree or other educational 
     or occupational training objective that the members was 
     pursuing when called or ordered to such active duty.
       ``(3) Members of the armed forces eligible for assistance 
     under this section include--
       ``(A) members of the reserve components being separated 
     from service on active duty for a period of more than 30 
     days; and
       ``(B) members of the National Guard being separated from 
     full-time National Guard duty.
       ``(4) The Secretary concerned shall ensure that commanders 
     of members who are required to be provided assistance under 
     this section authorize the members to be provided such 
     assistance during duty time.''.
       (b) Required Updating of Materials.--Such section is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(e) Updating of Materials.--The Secretary concerned 
     shall, on a continuing basis, update the content of the 
     materials used by the National Veterans Training Institute of 
     the Department of Labor and the Secretary's other materials 
     that provide direct training support to personnel who carry 
     out the program established in this section.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4264. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Lautenberg) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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:

       At the end of title VI, add the following:

Subtitle F--Transition Assistance for Members of the National Guard and 
    Reserve Returning From Deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom or 
                       Operation Enduring Freedom

     SEC. 681. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Heroes at Home Act of 
     2006''.

     SEC. 682. RESPONSIBILITIES OF TASK FORCE ON MENTAL HEALTH ON 
                   TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE OF MEMBERS OF THE 
                   NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE RETURNING FROM 
                   DEPLOYMENT IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND 
                   OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

       (a) In General.--Section 723 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 
     119 Stat. 3348) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as 
     subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection (d):
       ``(d) Assessment and Recommendations on Transition to 
     Civilian Life of Members of National Guard and Reserve 
     Returning From Deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
     Enduring Freedom.--
       ``(1) In general.--In addition to the activities required 
     under subsection (c), the task force shall, not later than 12 
     months after the date of the enactment of the Heroes at Home 
     Act of 2006, submit to the Secretary a report containing an 
     assessment of, and recommendations for improving, assistance 
     to members of the National Guard and Reserve returning from 
     deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring 
     Freedom, and their families, in transitioning to civilian 
     employment upon their return from such deployment, 
     including--
       ``(A) members who were self-employed before deployment and 
     seek to return to such employment after deployment;
       ``(B) members who were students before deployment and seek 
     to return to school or commence employment after deployment;
       ``(C) members who have experienced multiple recent 
     deployments; and
       ``(D) members who have been wounded or injured during 
     deployment.
       ``(2) Working group.--In conducting the assessment and 
     making the recommendations required by paragraph (1), the 
     task force shall utilize the assistance of a working group 
     that consists of individuals selected by the task force from 
     among individuals as follows:
       ``(A) With the concurrence of the Administrator of the 
     Small Business Administration, personnel of the Small 
     Business Administration.
       ``(B) Representatives of employers who employ members of 
     the National Guard and Reserve described in paragraph (1) on 
     their return to civilian life as described in that paragraph.
       ``(C) Representatives of employee assistance organizations.
       ``(D) Representatives of associations of employers.
       ``(E) Representatives of organizations that assist wounded 
     or injured members of the National Guard and Reserves in 
     finding or sustaining employment.
       ``(F) Representatives of such other public or private 
     organizations and entities as the co-chairs of the task 
     force, in consultation with the members of the task force, 
     consider appropriate.
       ``(3) Report elements.--The report required by paragraph 
     (1) shall include recommendations on the following:
       ``(A) The provision of outreach and training to employers, 
     employment assistance organizations, and associations of 
     employers on the employment, readjustment, and mental health 
     needs of members of the National Guard and Reserve described 
     in paragraph (1) upon their return from deployment as 
     described in that paragraph.
       ``(B) The provision of outreach and training to employers, 
     employment assistance organizations, and associations of 
     employers on the needs of family members of such members.
       ``(C) The improvement of collaboration between the pubic 
     and private sectors in order to ensure the successful 
     transition of such members into civilian employment upon 
     their return from such deployment.
       ``(4) Other duties.--In the period between the submittal of 
     the report required by paragraph (1) and the termination of 
     the task force under subsection (h), the task force 
     (including the working group established under paragraph (2)) 
     shall serve as an advisor to the Assistance Center for 
     Employers and Employment Assistance Organizations established 
     under section 683 of the Heroes at Home Act of 2006.
       ``(5) Employment assistance organization defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term `employment assistance organization' 
     means an organization or entity, whether public or private, 
     that provides assistance to individuals in finding or 
     retaining employment, including organizations and entities 
     under military career support programs.''.
       (b) Report.--Subsection (f) of such section, as 
     redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is further 
     amended--
       (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Report'' and 
     inserting ``Reports'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following 
     new paragraph (1):
       ``(1) In general.--The report submitted to the Secretary 
     under each of subsections (c) and (d) shall include--
       ``(A) a description of the activities of the task force 
     under such subsection;
       ``(B) the assessment and recommendations required by such 
     subsection; and
       ``(C) such other matters relating to the activities of the 
     task force under such subsection as the task force considers 
     appropriate.''; and
       (3) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking ``the report under paragraph (1)'' and 
     inserting ``a report under paragraph (1)''; and
       (B) by striking ``the report as'' and inserting ``such 
     report as''.
       (c) Plan Matters.--Subsection (g) of such section, as 
     redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is further 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``the report from the task force under 
     subsection (e)(1)'' and inserting ``a report from the task 
     force under subsection (f)(1)''; and
       (2) by inserting ``contained in such report'' after ``the 
     task force'' the second place it appears.
       (d) Termination.--Subsection (h) of such section, as 
     redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is further 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``with respect to the assessment and 
     recommendations required by subsection (d)'' after ``the task 
     force''; and
       (2) by striking ``subsection (e)(2)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (f)(2)''.

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     SEC. 683. ASSISTANCE CENTER FOR EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYMENT 
                   ASSISTANCE ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) Establishment of Center.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
     an office to assist employers, employment assistance 
     organizations, and associations of employers in facilitating 
     the successful transition to civilian employment of members 
     of the National Guard and Reserve returning from deployment 
     in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
       (2) Designation.--The office established under this 
     subsection shall be known as the ``Assistance Center for 
     Employers and Employment Assistance Organizations'' (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Center'').
       (3) Head.--The Secretary shall designate an individual to 
     act as the head of the Center.
       (4) Integration.--In establishing the Center, the Secretary 
     shall ensure close communication between the Center and the 
     military departments, including the commands of the reserve 
     components of the Armed Forces.
       (b) Functions.--The Center shall have the following 
     functions:
       (1) To provide education and technical assistance to 
     employers, employment assistance organizations, and 
     associations of employers to assist them in facilitating the 
     successful transition to civilian employment of members of 
     the National Guard and Reserve described in subsection (a) on 
     their return from deployment as described in that subsection.
       (2) To provide education and technical assistance to 
     employers, employment assistance organizations, and 
     associations of employers to assist them in facilitating the 
     successful adjustment of family members of the National Guard 
     and Reserve to the deployment and return from deployment of 
     members of the National Guard and Reserve as described in 
     that subsection.
       (c) Resources To Be Provided.--
       (1) In general.--In carrying out the functions specified in 
     subsection (b), the Center shall provide employers, 
     employment assistance organizations, and associations of 
     employers resources, services, and assistance that include 
     the following:
       (A) Guidelines on best practices and effective strategies.
       (B) Education on the physical and mental health 
     difficulties that can and may be experienced by members of 
     the National Guard and Reserve described in subsection (a) on 
     their return from deployment as described in that subsection 
     in transitioning to civilian employment, including 
     difficulties arising from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 
     (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), including education 
     on--
       (i) the detection of warning signs of such difficulties;
       (ii) the medical, mental health, and employment services 
     available to such members, including materials on services 
     offered by the Department of Defense, the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs (including through the vet center program 
     under section 1712A of title 38, United States Code), the 
     Department of Labor, military support programs, and community 
     mental health clinics; and
       (iii) the mechanisms for referring such members for 
     services described in clause (ii) and for other medical and 
     mental health screening and care when appropriate.
       (C) Education on the range and types of potential physical 
     and mental health effects of deployment and post-deployment 
     adjustment on family members of members of the National Guard 
     and Reserve described in subsection (a), including education 
     on--
       (i) the detection of warning signs on such effects on 
     family members of members of the National Guard and Reserves;
       (ii) the medical, mental health, and employment services 
     available to such family members, including materials on such 
     services as described in subparagraph (B)(ii); and
       (iii) mechanisms for referring such family members for 
     services described in clause (ii) and for medical and mental 
     health screening and care when appropriate.
       (D) Education on mechanisms, strategies, and resources for 
     accommodating and employing wounded or injured members of the 
     National Guard and Reserves in work settings.
       (2) Provision of resources.--The Center shall make 
     resources, services, and assistance available under this 
     subsection through such mechanisms as the head of the Center 
     considers appropriate, including the Internet, video 
     conferencing, telephone services, workshops, trainings, 
     presentations, group forums, and other mechanisms.
       (d) Personnel and Other Resources.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall assign to the Center such personnel, funding, 
     and other resources as are required to ensure the effective 
     discharge by the Center of the functions under subsection 
     (b).
       (e) Reports on Activities.--
       (1) Annual report by center.--Not later than one year after 
     the establishment of the Center, and annually thereafter, the 
     head of the Center, in consultation with the Department of 
     Defense Task Force on Mental Health (while in effect), shall 
     submit to the Secretary of Defense a written report on the 
     progress and outcomes of the Center during the one-year 
     period ending on the date of such report.
       (2) Transmittal to congress.--Not later than 60 days after 
     receipt of a report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
     transmit such report to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives, together with--
       (A) such comments on such report, and such assessment of 
     the effectiveness of the Center, as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate; and
       (B) such recommendations on means of improving the 
     effectiveness of the Center as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (3) Availability to public.--The Secretary shall take 
     appropriate actions to make each report under paragraph (2) 
     available to the public, including through the Internet 
     website of the Center.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Employment assistance organization.--The term 
     ``employment assistance organization'' means an organization 
     or entity, whether public or private, that provides 
     assistance to individuals in finding or retaining employment, 
     including organizations and entities under military career 
     support programs.
       (2) Department of defense task force on mental health.--The 
     term ``Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health'' 
     means the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health 
     established under section 723 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, as amended by section 
     682 of this Act.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Department of Defense to carry out 
     this section amounts as follows:
       (1) For fiscal year 2007, $5,000,000.
       (2) For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011, such sums 
     as may be necessary.

     SEC. 684. GRANTS ON ASSISTANCE IN COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS 
                   FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE 
                   AND THEIR FAMILIES AFTER DEPLOYMENT IN 
                   OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING 
                   FREEDOM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may award grants 
     to eligible entities to carry out demonstration projects to 
     assess the feasibility and advisability of utilizing 
     community-based settings for the provision of assistance to 
     members of the National Guard and Reserve who serve in 
     Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom, and 
     their families, after the return of such members from 
     deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring 
     Freedom, as the case may be, including--
       (1) services to improve the reuniting of such members of 
     the National Guard and Reserve and their families;
       (2) education to increase awareness of the physical and 
     mental health difficulties that members of the National Guard 
     and Reserve can and may experience on their return from such 
     deployment, including education on--
       (A) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and traumatic 
     brain injury (TBI); and
       (B) mechanisms for the referral of such members of the 
     National Guard and Reserve for medical and mental health 
     screening and care when necessary; and
       (3) education to increase awareness of the physical and 
     mental health difficulties that family members of such 
     members of the National Guard and Reserve can and may 
     experience on the return of such members from such 
     deployment, including education on--
       (A) depression, anxiety, and relationship problems; and
       (B) mechanisms for medical and mental health screening and 
     care when appropriate.
       (b) Eligible Entities.--An entity eligible for the award of 
     a grant under this section is any public or private non-
     profit organization, such as a community mental health 
     clinic, family support organization, military support 
     organization, law enforcement agency, community college, or 
     public school.
       (c) Application.--An eligible entity seeking a grant under 
     this section shall submit to the Secretary of Defense an 
     application therefor in such manner, and containing such 
     information, as the Secretary may require for purposes of 
     this section, including a description of how such entity will 
     work with the Department of Defense, the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, State health agencies, other appropriate 
     Federal, State, and local agencies, family support 
     organizations, and other community organization in 
     undertaking activities described in subsection (a).
       (d) Annual Reports by Grant Recipients.--An entity awarded 
     a grant under this section shall submit to the Secretary of 
     Defense on an annual basis a report on the activities 
     undertaken by such entity during the preceding year utilizing 
     amounts under the grant. Each report shall include such 
     information as the Secretary shall specify for purposes of 
     this subsection.
       (e) Annual Reports to Congress.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on 
     activities undertaken under the grants awarded under this 
     section. The report shall include recommendations for 
     legislative, programmatic, or administrative action to 
     improve or enhance activities under the grants awarded under 
     this section.
       (2) Availability to public.--The Secretary shall take 
     appropriate actions to make each report under this subsection 
     available to the public.

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     SEC. 685. LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 
                   INCURRED BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES IN 
                   OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING 
                   FREEDOM.

       (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, provide 
     for a longitudinal study on the effects of traumatic brain 
     injury incurred by members of the Armed Forces in Operation 
     Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. The duration of 
     the longitudinal study shall be 15 years.
       (b) Selection of Entity for Conduct of Study.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, select an entity to conduct 
     the study required by subsection (a) from among private 
     organizations or entities qualified to conduct the study.
       (c) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
     address the following:
       (1) The long-term effects of traumatic brain injury on the 
     overall readiness of the Armed Forces.
       (2) Mechanisms for improving body armor and helmets in 
     order to protect members of the Armed Forces from sustaining 
     traumatic brain injuries.
       (3) The long-term physical and mental health consequences 
     of traumatic brain injuries incurred by members of the Armed 
     Forces during service in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation 
     Enduring Freedom.
       (4) The health care, mental health care, and rehabilitation 
     needs of such members for such injuries after the completion 
     of inpatient treatment through the Department of Defense, the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, or both.
       (5) The type and availability of long-term care 
     rehabilitation programs and services within and outside the 
     Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     for such members for such injuries, including community-based 
     programs and services and in-home programs and services.
       (d) Reports.--
       (1) Periodic and final reports.--After the third, seventh, 
     eleventh, and fifteenth years of the study required by 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, submit 
     to the appropriate elements of the Department of Defense and 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs, and to Congress, a 
     comprehensive report on the results of the study during the 
     preceding years. Each report shall include the following:
       (A) Current information on the cumulative outcomes of the 
     study.
       (B) In the case of a report to elements of the Department 
     of Defense--
       (i) such recommendations as the Secretary of Defense 
     considers appropriate for programmatic and administrative 
     action to improve body armor and helmets to protect members 
     of the Armed Forces from sustaining traumatic brain injuries; 
     and
       (ii) such other recommendations as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate based on the outcomes of the study.
       (C) In the case of a report to elements of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs--
       (i) such recommendations as the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs considers appropriate for programmatic and 
     administrative action to improve long-term care and 
     rehabilitative programs and services for members of the Armed 
     Forces with traumatic brain injury; and
       (ii) such other recommendations as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate based on the outcomes of the study.
       (D) In the case of a report to Congress--
       (i) such recommendations as the Secretary of Defense 
     considers appropriate for legislative action to improve body 
     armor and helmets to protect members of the Armed Forces from 
     sustaining traumatic brain injuries;
       (ii) such recommendations as the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs considers appropriate for legislative action to 
     improve long-term care and rehabilitative programs and 
     services for members of the Armed Forces with traumatic brain 
     injury; and
       (iii) such other recommendations as the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs jointly 
     consider appropriate based on the outcomes of the study.
       (2) Availability to public.--The Secretary of Defense and 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly take 
     appropriate actions to make each report under this subsection 
     available to the public.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Department of Defense to carry out 
     this section amounts as follows:
       (1) For fiscal year 2007, $5,000,000.
       (2) For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013, such sums 
     as may be necessary.

     SEC. 686. TRAINING CURRICULA FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS ON CARE 
                   AND ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS 
                   OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY 
                   INCURRED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND 
                   OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

       (a) Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver Panel.--
       (1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
     establish within the Department of Defense a panel to develop 
     coordinated, uniform, and consistent training curricula to be 
     used in training family members in the provision of care and 
     assistance to members and former members of the Armed Forces 
     for traumatic brain injuries incurred during service in the 
     Armed Forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring 
     Freedom.
       (2) Designation of panel.--The panel established under 
     paragraph (1) shall be known as the ``Traumatic Brain Injury 
     Family Caregiver Panel''.
       (3) Members.--The Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver 
     Panel established under paragraph (1) shall consist of 15 
     members appointed by the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, equally 
     represented from among--
       (A) physicians, nurses, rehabilitation therapists, and 
     other individuals with an expertise in caring for and 
     assisting individuals with traumatic brain injury, including 
     those who specialize in caring for and assisting individuals 
     with traumatic brain injury incurred in war;
       (B) representatives of family caregivers or family 
     caregiver associations;
       (C) Department of Defense and Department of Veterans 
     Affairs health and medical personnel with expertise in 
     traumatic brain injury, and Department of Defense personnel 
     and readiness representatives with expertise in traumatic 
     brain injury;
       (D) representatives of military service organizations who 
     specialize in matters relating to disabled veterans;
       (E) representatives of veterans service organizations who 
     specialize in matters relating to disabled veterans;
       (F) psychologists or other individuals with expertise in 
     the mental health treatment and care of individuals with 
     traumatic brain injury;
       (G) experts in the development of training curricula;
       (H) researchers and academicians who study traumatic brain 
     injury; and
       (I) any other individuals the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (4) Meetings.--The Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver 
     Panel shall meet not less than monthly.
       (b) Development of Curricula.--
       (1) In general.--The Traumatic Brain Injury Family 
     Caregiver Panel shall develop training curricula to be 
     utilized during the provision of training to family members 
     of members and former members of the Armed Forces described 
     in subsection (a) on techniques, strategies, and skills for 
     care and assistance for such members and former members with 
     the traumatic brain injuries described in that subsection.
       (2) Scope of curricula.--The curricula shall--
       (A) be based on empirical research and validated 
     techniques; and
       (B) shall provide for training that permits recipients to 
     tailor caregiving to the unique circumstances of the member 
     or former member of the Armed Forces receiving care.
       (3) Particular requirements.--In developing the curricula, 
     the Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver Panel shall--
       (A) specify appropriate training commensurate with the 
     severity of traumatic brain injury; and
       (B) identify appropriate care and assistance to be provided 
     for the degree of severity of traumatic brain injury for 
     caregivers of various levels of skill and capability.
       (4) Use of existing materials.--In developing the 
     curricula, the Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver Panel 
     shall utilize and enhance any existing training curricular, 
     materials, and resources applicable to such curricula as the 
     Panel considers appropriate.
       (5) Consultation.--In developing the curricula, the 
     Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver Panel shall consult 
     with the Army Reserve Forces Policy Committee, as 
     appropriate.
       (6) Deadline for development.--The Traumatic Brain Injury 
     Family Caregiver Panel shall develop the curricula not later 
     than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Dissemination of Curricula.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver 
     Panel, develop mechanisms for the dissemination of the 
     curricula developed under subsection (b) to health care 
     professionals referred to in paragraph (2) who treat or 
     otherwise work with members and former members of the Armed 
     Forces with traumatic brain injury incurred in Operation 
     Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. In developing 
     such mechanisms, the Secretary may utilize and enhance 
     existing mechanisms, including the Military Severely Injured 
     Center.
       (2) Health care professionals.--The health care 
     professionals referred to in this paragraph are the 
     following:
       (A) Personnel at military medical treatment facilities.
       (B) Personnel at the polytrauma centers of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs.
       (C) Personnel and care managers at the Military Severely 
     Injured Center.
       (D) Such other health care professionals of the Department 
     of Defense as the Secretary considers appropriate.
       (E) Such other health care professionals of the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs as the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 
     considers appropriate.
       (3) Scope.--The mechanisms developed under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the provision of refresher training in the 
     curricula developed under subsection (a) for the health care 
     professional referred to in paragraph (2) not less often than 
     once every six months.

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       (4) Provision of training to family caregivers.--
       (A) In general.--Health care professionals referred to in 
     paragraph (2) who are trained in the curricula developed 
     under subsection (b) shall provide training to family members 
     of members and former members of the Armed Forces who incur 
     traumatic brain injuries during service in the Operation 
     Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom in the care and 
     assistance to be provided for such injuries.
       (B) Timing of training.--Training under this paragraph 
     shall, to the extent practicable, be provided to family 
     members while the member or former member concerned is 
     undergoing treatment at a facility of the Department of 
     Defense or Department of Veterans Affairs, as applicable, in 
     order to ensure that such family members receive practice on 
     the provision of such care and assistance under the guidance 
     of qualified health professionals.
       (C) Particularized training.--Training provided under this 
     paragraph to family members of a particular member or former 
     member shall be tailored to the particular care needs of such 
     member or former member and the particular caregiving needs 
     of such family members.
       (5) Quality assurance.--The Secretary shall develop 
     mechanisms to ensure quality in the provision of training 
     under this section to health care professionals referred to 
     in paragraph (2) and in the provision of such training under 
     paragraph (4) by such health care professionals.
       (6) Report.--Not later than one year after the development 
     of the curricula required by subsection (b), and annually 
     thereafter, the Traumatic Brain Injury Family Caregiver 
     Training Panel shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and to Congress, a report 
     on the following:
       (A) The actions undertaken under this subsection.
       (B) The results of the tracking of outcomes based on 
     training developed and provided under this section.
       (C) Recommendations for the improvement of training 
     developed and provided under this section.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Department of Defense to carry out 
     this section amounts as follows:
       (1) For fiscal year 2007, $5,000,000.
       (2) For each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011, such sums 
     as may be necessary.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4265. Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. Mikulski) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1209. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE GRANTING OF AMNESTY TO 
                   PERSONS KNOWN TO HAVE KILLED MEMBERS OF THE 
                   ARMED FORCES IN IRAQ.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Armed Forces of the United States and coalition 
     military forces are serving heroically in Iraq to provide all 
     the people of Iraq a better future.
       (2) The Armed Forces of the United States and coalition 
     military forces have served bravely in Iraq since the 
     beginning of military operations in March of 2003.
       (3) More than 2,500 members of the Armed Forces of the 
     United States and members of coalition military forces have 
     been killed and more than 18,000 injured in operations to 
     bring peace and stability to all the people of Iraq.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to 
     persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of 
     the Armed Forces of the United States; and
       (2) the President should immediately notify the Government 
     of Iraq that the Government of the United States strongly 
     opposes granting amnesty to persons who have attacked members 
     of the Armed Forces of the United States.
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  SA 4266. Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Grassley, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Lautenberg, 
and Mr. Lieberman) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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 421, between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:

     SEC. 1066. REPORTS ON DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EFFORTS TO 
                   INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE CASES OF CONTRACTING 
                   ABUSE IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, AND THROUGHOUT THE 
                   WAR ON TERROR.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Waste, fraud, and abuse in contracting are harmful to 
     United States efforts to successfully win the conflicts in 
     Iraq and Afghanistan and succeed in the war on terror. The 
     act of stealing from our soldiers who are daily in harm's way 
     is clearly criminal and must be actively prosecuted.
       (2) There are reports that the Department of Defense has 
     lost accountability of significant funding due to theft by 
     corrupt contractors. These taxpayer funds should be recovered 
     and spent on the services and equipment that our troops need 
     to accomplish their mission abroad.
       (3) It is a vital interest of United States taxpayers to be 
     protected from theft of their tax dollars by corrupt 
     contractors.
       (4) Whistleblower lawsuits are an important tool for 
     exposing waste, fraud, and abuse and can identify serious 
     graft and corruption. Whistleblowers have brought many cases 
     of contractor corruption to light, and must be commended as 
     true patriots and champions of honesty and integrity.
       (5) Based on published reports about whistleblower lawsuits 
     initiated under sections 3729 and 3730(b) of title 31, United 
     States Code (commonly known as the ``False Claims Act''), to 
     address contractor corruption in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 
     throughout the war on terror, it is unclear if the Department 
     of Justice has brought a sufficient number of these cases to 
     resolution. It is also unclear whether a chain of command and 
     an accountable management structure exists for handling such 
     whistleblower lawsuits, which aim to root out contractor 
     corruption in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the war on 
     terror.
       (6) This issue is of paramount importance to the United 
     States taxpayer, and the Congress has not received enough 
     information about the contractor waste, fraud, and abuse 
     taking place in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the war on 
     terror and about the efforts of the Department of Justice to 
     combat these crimes. Sharing of this information will show 
     how seriously the Federal Government, as a whole, takes the 
     issue of contractor theft of United States taxpayer dollars.
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the 
     Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on the 
     Judiciary and the Committee on Government Reform of the House 
     of Representatives, and the congressional defense committees 
     a report on efforts to investigate and prosecute cases of 
     waste, fraud, and abuse under sections 3729 and 3730(b) of 
     title 31, United States Code, or any other related law that 
     are related to Federal contracting in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 
     throughout the war on terror.
       (2) Content.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) Information on all of the organized efforts of the 
     Department of Justice that have been created to ensure that 
     the Department of Justice is investigating, in a timely and 
     appropriate manner, all claims of contractor waste, fraud, 
     and abuse related to the activities of the United States 
     Government in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the war on 
     terror.
       (B) Specific information on the cases and investigations of 
     contractor waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 
     throughout the war on terror that have been undertaken by 
     United States Attorneys and the Director of the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation, including the names and locations of 
     these offices, as well as the personnel and financial 
     resources committed to the task and a description of the 
     type, nature, and substance of the allegations made and the 
     amount of funds in controversy for each case and 
     investigation, to the greatest extent possible under the law. 
     Information that would otherwise be prohibited from 
     disclosure by Rule 6(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal 
     Procedure or by a seal order pursuant to section 3730(b) of 
     title 31, United States Code, shall be submitted in a 
     confidential memorandum to the committees specified in 
     paragraph (1) and shall not be deemed to be a violation of 
     either Rule 6(e) or such seal order. If there is a showing of 
     extraordinary circumstances that disclosure of particular 
     information would pose an imminent threat of harm to a 
     relator and be detrimental to the public interest, then this 
     information should be redacted in accordance with standard 
     practices.
       (C) Information on the specific number of personnel, 
     financial resources, and workdays devoted to addressing this 
     waste, fraud, and abuse, including a complete listing of all 
     of the offices across the United States and throughout the 
     world that are working on these cases and an explanation of 
     the types of additional resources, both in terms of personnel 
     and finances, that the Department of Justice needs to ensure 
     that all of these cases proceed on a timely basis.
       (D) A detailed description of any internal Department of 
     Justice task force that exists to work specifically on these 
     cases of contractor fraud and abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 
     throughout the war on terror, including a description of its 
     action plan, the frequency of its meetings, the level and 
     quantity of staff dedicated to it, its measures for

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     success, the nature and substance of the allegations, and the 
     amount of funds in controversy for each case. If there is a 
     showing of extraordinary circumstances that disclosure of 
     particular information would pose an imminent threat of harm 
     to a relator and be detrimental to the public interest, then 
     this information should be redacted in accordance with 
     standard practices.
       (E) A detailed description of any interagency task force 
     that exists to work specifically on these cases of contractor 
     waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout 
     the war on terror, including its action plan, the frequency 
     of its meetings, the level and quantity of staff dedicated to 
     it, its measures for success, the type, nature, and substance 
     of the allegations, and the amount of funds in controversy 
     for each case. If there is a showing of extraordinary 
     circumstances that disclosure of particular information would 
     pose an imminent threat of harm to a relator and be 
     detrimental to the public interest, then this information 
     should be redacted in accordance with standard practices.
       (F) The names of the senior officials directly responsible 
     for oversight of the efforts to address these cases of 
     contractor waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 
     throughout the war on terror.
       (G) Specific information on the number of investigators and 
     other personnel that have been provided to the Department of 
     Justice by other Federal departments and agencies in support 
     of the efforts of the Department of Justice to combat 
     contractor waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and 
     throughout the war on terror, including data on the quantity 
     of time that these investigators have spent working within 
     the Department of Justice structures dedicated to this 
     effort.
       (H) Specific information on the full number of 
     investigations, including grand jury investigations currently 
     underway, that are addressing these cases of contractor 
     waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout 
     the war on terror.
       (I) Specific information on the number and status of the 
     criminal cases that have been launched to address contractor 
     waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout 
     the war on terror.
       (J) Specific information on the number of civil cases that 
     have been filed to address contractor waste, fraud, and abuse 
     in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the war on terror, 
     including specific information on the quantity of cases 
     initiated by private parties, as well as the quantity of 
     cases that have been referred to the Department of Justice by 
     the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and other 
     relevant Federal departments and agencies.
       (K) Specific information on the resolved civil and criminal 
     cases that have been filed to address contractor waste, 
     fraud, and abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the war 
     on terror, including the specific results of these cases, the 
     types of waste, fraud, and abuse that took place, the amount 
     of funds that were returned to the United States Government 
     as a result of resolution of these cases, and a full 
     description of the type and substance of the waste, fraud, 
     and abuse that took place, including its direct and indirect 
     impacts on United States troops, officers, and other 
     individuals working for the United States Government in Iraq, 
     Afghanistan, and throughout the war on terror. If there is a 
     showing of extraordinary circumstances that disclosure of 
     particular information would pose an imminent threat of harm 
     to a relator and be detrimental to the public interest, then 
     this information should be redacted in accordance with 
     standard practices.
       (L) The best estimate by the Department of Justice of the 
     scale of the problem of contractor waste, fraud, and abuse in 
     Iraq, Afghanistan, and throughout the war on terror.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4267. Mr. KYL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1223. REPORT ON THE STATUS OF UNITED STATES OBLIGATIONS 
                   UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN 
                   TREATY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) On October 13, 1999, the Senate voted not to give its 
     advice and consent to the ratification of the Comprehensive 
     Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
       (2) Immediately following such vote, then-Secretary of 
     State Madeleine K. Albright sent a letter to, among others, 
     the governments of the countries in the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization and of Russia, China, India, Japan, and 
     Australia assuring them that ``the United States will 
     continue to act in accordance with its obligations as a 
     signatory under international law, and will seek 
     reconsideration of the Treaty at a later date when conditions 
     are better suited for ratification'' (in this section 
     referred to as the ``assurances letter'').
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
     State, and the Attorney General, submit to Congress a report 
     on the status of United States obligations under the 
     Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
       (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
     specifically address each of the following issues:
       (A) Whether the assurances regarding United States 
     obligations under the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty 
     that were provided in the assurances letter are consistent 
     with the current policy of the United States.
       (B) If the assurances are not consistent with United States 
     policy, a description of the steps taken by the President to 
     communicate to the foreign governments that received the 
     assurances letter that such assurances are no longer 
     operative.
       (C) If the assurances are not consistent with United States 
     policy, whether the President has provided to the foreign 
     governments that received the assurances letter written 
     notice that the letter is no longer operative.
       (D) Whether the President agrees with the statement by 
     then-Secretary of State Albright in the assurances letter 
     that the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty imposes on the 
     United States continuing ``obligations as a signatory under 
     international law,'' irrespective of the October 13, 1999, 
     vote by the Senate not to give its advice and consent to the 
     ratification of the Treaty.
       (E) If the President believes that the Comprehensive 
     Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty does not impose on the United States 
     continuing obligations as a signatory under international 
     law--
       (i) whether the President believes that the assertion in 
     the assurances letter that such obligations existed was 
     erroneous; and
       (ii) if not, a description of the steps taken by the 
     President to terminate the obligations that existed at the 
     time of the assurances letter.
       (F) If the President believes that the Comprehensive 
     Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty does impose on the United States 
     continuing obligations as a signatory under international 
     law, a description of the nature and extent of such 
     obligations.
       (G) Whether, as a matter of international law, the United 
     States is, as of the time of the report, a signatory to the 
     Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty.
       (H) Whether the official list of signatories to the 
     Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty maintained by the 
     depositary of the Treaty accurately reflects whether the 
     United States is still a signatory to the Treaty.
       (I) Whether the President has a constitutional duty to 
     ensure that United States international legal obligations 
     conform with domestic legislation subsequently enacted that 
     is inconsistent with such obligations, and whether any such 
     duty extends to reconciling or changing internationally-
     maintained records that purport to reflect the official 
     status of the United States as a signatory to a treaty the 
     ratification of which has been rejected by the Senate and is 
     no longer supported by the President.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4268. Mr. ENSIGN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION OF FUNDING FOR THE UNITED NATIONS 
                   DISARMAMENT COMMISSION.

       None of the funds authorized or otherwise made available by 
     this Act or by any other Act may be obligated or expended in 
     connection with United States participation in, or support 
     for, the activities of the United Nations Disarmament 
     Commission as long as Iran serves as a vice-chair of the 
     Commission.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4269. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to amendment SA 4265 
proposed by Mr. Nelson of Florida (for himself, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. 
Mikulski) to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of the amendment add the following:

     SEC. __. UNITED STATES POLICY ON IRAQ.

       (a) Withdrawal of Troops From Iraq.--
       (1) Schedule for withdrawal.--The President shall reach an 
     agreement as soon as possible with the Government of Iraq on 
     a schedule for the withdrawal of United States combat troops 
     from Iraq by December 31, 2006, leaving only forces that are 
     critical to completing the mission of standing up Iraqi 
     security forces.

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       (2) Consultation with congress required.--The President 
     shall consult with Congress regarding such schedule and shall 
     present such withdrawal agreement to Congress immediately 
     upon the completion of the agreement.
       (3) Maintenance of over-the-horizon troop presence.--The 
     President should maintain an over-the-horizon troop presence 
     to prosecute the war on terror and protect regional security 
     interests.
       (b) Iraq Summit.--The President should convene a summit as 
     soon as possible that includes the leaders of the Government 
     of Iraq, leaders of the governments of each country bordering 
     Iraq, representatives of the Arab League, the Secretary 
     General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 
     representatives of the European Union, and leaders of the 
     governments of each permanent member of the United Nations 
     Security Council, for the purpose of reaching a comprehensive 
     political agreement for Iraq that addresses fundamental 
     issues including federalism, oil revenues, the militias, 
     security guarantees, reconstruction, economic assistance, and 
     border security.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4270. Mr. BURNS (for himself and Mrs. Dole) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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 187, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
       (c) Use of Electronic Voting Technology.--
       (1) Continuation of interim voting assistance system.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall continue the Interim Voting 
     Assistance System (IVAS) ballot request program with respect 
     to all absent uniformed services voters (as defined under 
     section 107(1) of the Uniformed Overseas Citizens Absentee 
     Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff-6(1))), overseas employees of 
     the Department of Defense, and the dependents of such voters 
     and employees, for elections on or after November 1, 2006.
       (2) Reports.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office 
     for November 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
     the congressional defense committees a report setting forth--
       (i) an assessment of the success of the implementation of 
     the Interim Voting Assistance System ballot request program 
     carried out under paragraph (1); and
       (ii) recommendations for improvements to the program.
       (B) Future elections.--Not later than January 15, 2007, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report detailing plans for expanding the 
     use of electronic voting technology for individuals covered 
     under the Uniformed Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.) for elections on or after for November 
     1, 2010.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4271. Mr. BOND (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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:

       At the end of title IX, add the following:

               Subtitle D--National Guard Bureau Matters

     SEC. 931. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``National Defense 
     Enhancement and National Guard Empowerment Act of 2006''.

     SEC. 9322. EXPANDED AUTHORITY OF CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
                   BUREAU AND EXPANDED FUNCTIONS OF THE NATIONAL 
                   GUARD BUREAU.

       (a) Expanded Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 10501 of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended by striking ``joint bureau 
     of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air 
     Force'' and inserting ``joint activity of the Department of 
     Defense''.
       (2) Purpose.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended by 
     striking ``between'' and all that follows and inserting 
     ``between--
       ``(1)(A) the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of 
     Staff, and the commanders of the combatant commands for the 
     United States, and (B) the Department of the Army and the 
     Department of the Air Force; and
       ``(2) the several States.''.
       (b) Enhancements of Position of Chief of the National Guard 
     Bureau.--
       (1) Advisory function on national guard matters.--
     Subsection (c) of section 10502 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting ``to the Secretary of Defense, 
     to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,'' after 
     ``principal advisor''.
       (2) Grade.--Subsection (e) of such section, as redesignated 
     by paragraph (2)(A)(i) of this subsection, is further amended 
     by striking ``lieutenant general'' and inserting ``general''.
       (3) Annual report to congress on validated requirements.--
     Section 10504 of such title is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Annual Report on Validated Requirements.--Not later 
     than December 31 each year, the Chief of the National Guard 
     Bureau shall submit to Congress a report on the requirements 
     validated under section 10503a(b)(1) of this title during the 
     preceding fiscal year.''.
       (c) Enhancement of Functions of National Guard Bureau.--
       (1) Development of charter.--Section 10503 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air 
     Force shall jointly develop'' and inserting ``The Secretary 
     of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army 
     and the Secretary of the Air Force, shall develop''; and
       (B) in paragraph (12), by striking ``the Secretaries'' and 
     inserting ``the Secretary of Defense''.
       (2) Additional general functions.--Such section is further 
     amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (12), as amended by 
     paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, as paragraph (13); and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (11) the following new 
     paragraph (12):
       ``(12) Facilitating and coordinating with other Federal 
     agencies, and with the several States, the use of National 
     Guard personnel and resources for and in contingency 
     operations, military operations other than war, natural 
     disasters, support of civil authorities, and other 
     circumstances.''.
       (3) Military assistance for civil authorities.--Chapter 
     1011 of such title is further amended by inserting after 
     section 10503 the following new section:

     ``Sec. 10503a. Functions of National Guard Bureau: military 
       assistance to civil authorities

       ``(a) Identification of Additional Necessary Assistance.--
     The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall--
       ``(1) identify gaps between Federal and State capabilities 
     to prepare for and respond to emergencies; and
       ``(2) make recommendations to the Secretary of Defense on 
     programs and activities of the National Guard for military 
     assistance to civil authorities to address such gaps.
       ``(b) Scope of Responsibilities.--In meeting the 
     requirements of subsection (a), the Chief of the National 
     Guard Bureau shall, in coordination with the Adjutant 
     Generals of the States, have responsibilities as follows:
       ``(1) To validate the requirements of the several States 
     and Territories with respect to military assistance to civil 
     authorities.
       ``(2) To develop doctrine and training requirements 
     relating to the provision of military assistance to civil 
     authorities.
       ``(3) To administer amounts provided the National Guard for 
     the provision of military assistance to civil authorities.
       ``(4) To carry out any other responsibility relating to the 
     provision of military assistance to civil authorities as the 
     Secretary of Defense shall specify.
       ``(c) Assistance.--The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
     Staff shall assist the Chief of the National Guard Bureau in 
     carrying out activities under this section.
       ``(d) Consultation.--The Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
     shall carry out activities under this section in consultation 
     with the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air 
     Force.''.
       (4) Limitation on increase in personnel of national guard 
     bureau.--The Secretary of Defense shall, to the extent 
     practicable, ensure that no additional personnel are assigned 
     to the National Guard Bureau in order to address 
     administrative or other requirements arising out of the 
     amendments made by this subsection.
       (d) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) Conforming amendment.--The heading of section 10503 of 
     such title is amended to read as follows:

     ``Sec. 10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter''.

       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 1011 of such title is amended by 
     striking the item relating to section 10503 and inserting the 
     following new items:

``10503. Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter.
``10503a. Functions of National Guard Bureau: military assistance to 
              civil authorities.''.

     SEC. 933. REQUIREMENT THAT POSITION OF DEPUTY COMMANDER OF 
                   THE UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND BE FILLED BY 
                   A QUALIFIED NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER.

       (a) In General.--The position of Deputy Commander of the 
     United States Northern Command shall be filled by a qualified 
     officer of the National Guard who is eligible for promotion 
     to the grade of lieutenant general.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the requirement in subsection 
     (a) is to ensure that information received from the National 
     Guard Bureau regarding the operation of the National Guard of 
     the several States is integrated into the plans and 
     operations of the United States Northern Command.
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  SA 4272. Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year

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2007 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; as follows:

     SEC.__. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS COMMENDING THE GOVERNMENT OF 
                   IRAQ FOR AFFIRMING ITS POSITION OF NO AMNESTY 
                   FOR TERRORISTS WHO ATTACK U.S. ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Armed Forces of the United States and coalition 
     military forces are serving heroically in Iraq to provide all 
     the people of Iraq a better future.
       (2) The Armed Forces of the United States and coalition 
     military forces have served bravely in Iraq since the 
     beginning of military operations in March 2003.
       (3) More than 2,500 of the Armed Forces of the United 
     States and members of coalition military forces have been 
     killed and more than 18,000 injured in operations to bring 
     peace and stability to all the people of Iraq.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the new Government of Iraq is commended for its statement by 
     the National Security Adviser of Iraq on June 15, 2006 that--
       (1) thanked ``the American wives and American women and 
     American mothers for the treasure and the blood they have 
     invested in this country . . . of liberating 30 million 
     people in this country. . . . And we are ever so grateful.'' 
     and
       (2) that affirmed their position that they ``will never 
     give amnesty to those who have killed American soldiers or 
     killed Iraqi soldiers or civilians.''
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  SA 4273. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Bingaman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 375. ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN WEAPONS PLATFORMS.

       (a) Policy.--It shall be the policy of the Department of 
     Defense to improve the fuel efficiency of weapons platforms, 
     consistent with mission requirements, in order to--
       (1) enhance platform performance;
       (2) reduce the size of the fuel logistics systems;
       (3) reduce the burden high fuel consumption places on 
     agility;
       (4) reduce operating costs; and
       (5) dampen the financial impact of volatile oil prices.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the progress of the Department of Defense in implementing the 
     policy established by subsection (a).
       (2) Elements.--The report shall include the following:
       (A) An assessment of the feasibility of designating a 
     senior Department of Defense official to be responsible for 
     implementing the policy established by subsection (a).
       (B) A summary of the recommendations made as of the time of 
     the report by--
       (i) the Energy Security Integrated Product Team established 
     by the Secretary of Defense in April 2006;
       (ii) the Defense Science Board Task Force on Department of 
     Defense Energy Strategy established by the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics on May 2, 
     2006; and
       (iii) the January 2001 Defense Science Board Task Force 
     report on Improving Fuel Efficiency of Weapons Platforms.
       (C) For each recommendation summarized under subparagraph 
     (B)--
       (i) the steps that the Department has taken to implement 
     such recommendation;
       (ii) any additional steps the Department plans to take to 
     implement such recommendation; and
       (iii) for any recommendation that the Department does not 
     plan to implement, the reasons for the decision not to 
     implement such recommendation.
       (D) An assessment of the extent to which the research, 
     development, acquisition, and logistics guidance and 
     directives of the Department for weapons platforms are 
     appropriately designed to address the policy established by 
     subsection (a).
       (E) An assessment of the extent to which such guidance and 
     directives are being carried out in the research, 
     development, acquisition, and logistics programs of the 
     Department.
       (F) A description of any additional actions that, in the 
     view of the Secretary, may be needed to implement the policy 
     established by subsection (a).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4274. Mr. CONRAD (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bennett, Mr. 
Dorgan, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Salazar, and Mr. Thomas) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 147. MINUTEMAN III INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) In the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of 
     Conference on H.R. 1815, the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2006, the conferees state that the policy 
     of the United States ``is to deploy a force of 500 ICBMs''. 
     The conferees further note ``that unanticipated strategic 
     developments may compel the United States to make changes to 
     this force structure in the future.''.
       (2) The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) conducted under 
     section 118 of title 10, United States Code, in 2005 finds 
     that maintaining a robust nuclear deterrent ``remains a 
     keystone of United States national power''. However, 
     notwithstanding that finding and without providing any 
     specific justification for the recommendation, the 
     Quadrennial Defense Review recommends reducing the number of 
     deployed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles 
     (ICBMs) from 500 to 450 beginning in fiscal year 2007. The 
     Quadrennial Defense Review also fails to identify what 
     unanticipated strategic developments compelled the United 
     States to reduce the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force 
     structure.
       (3) The commander of the Strategic Command, General James 
     Cartwright, testified before the Committee on Armed Services 
     of the Senate that the reduction in deployment of Minuteman 
     III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles is required so that 
     the 50 missiles withdrawn from the deployed force could be 
     used for test assets and spares to extend the life of the 
     Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile well into 
     the future. If spares are not modernized, the Air Force may 
     not have sufficient replacement missiles to sustain the force 
     size.
       (b) Modernization of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles 
     Required.--The Air Force shall modernize Minuteman III 
     Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles in the United States 
     inventory such that a sufficient supply of launch test assets 
     and spares is retained to sustain the deployed force of such 
     missiles through 2030.
       (c) Limitation on Termination of Modernization Program 
     Pending Report.--No funds authorized to be appropriated for 
     the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for 
     the termination of any Minuteman III ICBM modernization 
     program, or for the withdrawal of any Minuteman III 
     Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from the active force, 
     until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
     congressional defense committees a report setting forth the 
     following:
       (1) A detailed strategic justification for the proposal to 
     reduce the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile 
     force from 500 to 450 missiles, including an analysis of the 
     effects of the reduction on the ability of the United States 
     to assure allies and dissuade potential competitors.
       (2) A detailed analysis of the strategic ramifications of 
     continuing to equip a portion of the Minuteman III 
     Intercontinental Ballistic Missile force with multiple 
     independent warheads rather than single warheads as 
     recommended by past reviews of the United States nuclear 
     posture.
       (3) An assessment of the test assets and spares required to 
     maintain a force of 500 deployed Minuteman III 
     Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles through 2030.
       (4) An assessment of the test assets and spares required to 
     maintain a force of 450 deployed Minuteman III 
     Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles through 2030.
       (5) An inventory of currently available Minuteman III 
     Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test assets and spares.
       (6) A plan to sustain and complete the modernization of all 
     deployed and spare Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic 
     Missiles, a test plan, and an analysis of the funding 
     required to carry out modernization of all deployed and spare 
     Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles.
       (7) An assessment of whether halting upgrades to the 
     Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles withdrawn 
     from the deployed force would compromise the ability of those 
     missiles to serve as test assets.
       (8) A description of the plan of the Department of Defense 
     for extending the life of the Minuteman III Intercontinental 
     Ballistic Missile force beyond fiscal year 2030.
       (d) ICBM Modernization Program Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``ICBM Modernization program'' means each of the 
     following for the Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic 
     Missile:
       (1) The Guidance Replacement Program (GRP).
       (2) The Propulsion Replacement Program (PRP).
       (3) The Propulsion System Rocket Engine (PSRE) program.

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       (4) The Safety Enhanced Reentry Vehicle (SERV) program.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4275. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 215. ADVANCED ALUMINUM AEROSTRUCTURES INITIATIVE.

       (a) Additional Amount for Research, Development, Test, and 
     Evaluation, Air Force.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Air Force is hereby increased by 
     $2,000,000.
       (b) Availability of Amount.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Air Force, as increased by 
     subsection (a), $2,000,000 may be available for Aerospace 
     Technology Development and Demonstration (PE #603211F) for 
     the Advanced Aluminum Aerostructures Initiative (A3I).
       (c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by 
     section 301(4) for operation and maintenance for the Air 
     Force is hereby decreased by $2,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4276. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 215. LEGGED MOBILITY ROBOTIC RESEARCH.

       (a) Additional Amount for Research, Development, Test, and 
     Evaluation, army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $1,000,000.
       (b) Availability of Amount.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Army, as increased by subsection 
     (a), $1,000,000 may be available for Combat Vehicle and 
     Automotive Technology (PE #602601A) for legged mobility 
     robotic research for military applications.
       (c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by 
     section 301(1) for operation and maintenance for the Army is 
     hereby decreased by $1,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4277. Mr. SANTORUM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 215. ARDEC COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP, PROJECT NUMBER 859.

       (a) Additional Amount for Research, Development, Test, and 
     Evaluation, army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $1,000,000.
       (b) Availability of Amount.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Army, as increased by subsection 
     (a), $1,000,000 may be available for Munitions 
     Standardization, Effectiveness, and Safety (PE #605805A) for 
     ARDEC Commercial Partnership, Project No. 859.
       (c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by 
     section 301(1) for operation and maintenance for the Army is 
     hereby decreased by $1,000,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4278. Mr. WARNER proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1008. INCORPORATION OF CLASSIFIED ANNEX.

       (a) Status of Classified Annex.--The Classified Annex 
     prepared by the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate to 
     accompany S. 2766 of the 109th Congress and transmitted to 
     the President is hereby incorporated into this Act.
       (b) Construction With Other Provisions of Act.--The amounts 
     specified in the Classified Annex are not in addition to 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated by other provisions of 
     this Act.
       (c) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Funds appropriated 
     pursuant to an authorization contained in this Act that are 
     made available for a program, project, or activity referred 
     to in the Classified Annex may only be expended for such 
     program, project, or activity in accordance with such terms, 
     conditions, limitations, restrictions, and requirements as 
     are set out for such program, project, or activity in the 
     Classified Annex.
       (d) Distribution of Classified Annex.--The President shall 
     provide for appropriate distribution of the Classified Annex, 
     or of appropriate portions of the annex, within the executive 
     branch of the Government.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4279. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Allard, and Mr. 
Salazar) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       On page 93, strike lines 23 through 25 and insert the 
     following:
       (c) Additional Limitation on Payments.--
       (1) Payment conditional on performance.--No payment may be 
     made under an incentives clause under this section unless the 
     Secretary determines that the contractor concerned has 
     satisfactorily performed its duties under such incentives 
     clause.
       (2) Payment contingent on appropriations.--An incentives 
     clause under this section shall specify that the obligation 
     of the Government to make payment under such incentives 
     clause is subject to the availability of appropriations for 
     that purpose. Amounts appropriated for Chemical Agents and 
     Munitions Destruction, Defense, shall be available for 
     payments under incentives clauses under this section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4280. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Levin) proposed an amendment 
to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 
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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1223. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORT REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) Reports on Allied Contributions to the Common 
     Defense.--Section 1003 of the Department of Defense 
     Authorization Act, 1985 (22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended by 
     striking subsections (c) and (d).
       (b) Cost-Sharing Report.--Section 1313 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 
     103-337; 108 Stat. 2894; 22 U.S.C. 1928 note) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (c); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4281. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Levin) proposed an amendment 
to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 
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; as follows:

       On page 296, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       ``(c) Increments.--In the event any increment of a major 
     automated information system program separately meets the 
     requirements for treatment as a major automated information 
     system program, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to 
     such increment as well as to the overall major automated 
     information system program of which such increment is a part.
       On page 297, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:
       ``(c) Baseline.--(1) For purposes of this chapter, the 
     initial submittal to Congress of the documents required by 
     subsection (a) with respect to a major automated information 
     system program shall constitute the original estimate or 
     information originally submitted on such program for purposes 
     of the reports and determinations on program changes in 
     section 2445c of this title.
       ``(2) An adjustment or revision of the original estimate or 
     information originally submitted on a program may be treated 
     as the original estimate or information originally submitted 
     on the program if the adjustment or revision is the result of 
     a critical change in the program covered by section 2445c(d) 
     of this title.

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       ``(3) In the event of an adjustment or revision to the 
     original estimate or information originally submitted on a 
     program under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense shall 
     include in the next budget justification documents submitted 
     under subsection (a) after such adjustment or revision a 
     notification to the congressional defense committees of such 
     adjustment or revision, together with the reasons for such 
     adjustment or revision.
       On page 302, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
       ``(g) Prohibition on Obligation of Funds.--(1) If the 
     determination of a critical change to a program is made by 
     the senior Department official responsible for the program 
     under subsection (d)(2) and a report is not submitted to 
     Congress within the 60-day period provided by subsection 
     (d)(1), appropriated funds may not be obligated for any major 
     contract under the program.
       ``(2) The prohibition on the obligation of funds for a 
     program under paragraph (1) shall cease to apply on the date 
     on which Congress has received a report in compliance with 
     the requirements of subsection (d)(2).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4282. Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Craig and Mr. Graham) proposed 
an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1066. REPORT ON INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE CERTAIN MEMBERS 
                   AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO SERVE 
                   IN THE BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing the 
     desirability and feasibility of offering incentives to 
     covered members and former members of the Armed Forces for 
     the purpose of encouraging such members to serve in the 
     Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
       (b) Covered Members and Former Members of the Armed 
     Forces.--For purposes of this section, covered members and 
     former members of the Armed Forces are the following:
       (1) Members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.
       (2) Former members of the Armed Forces within two years of 
     separation from service in the Armed Forces.
       (c) Requirements and Limitations.--
       (1) Nature of incentives.--In considering incentives for 
     purposes of the report required by subsection (a), the 
     Secretaries shall consider such incentives, whether monetary 
     or otherwise and whether or not authorized by current law or 
     regulations, as the Secretaries jointly consider appropriate.
       (2) Targeting of incentives.--In assessing any incentive 
     for purposes of the report, the Secretaries shall give 
     particular attention to the utility of such incentive in--
       (A) encouraging service in the Bureau of Customs and Border 
     Protection after service in the Armed Forces by covered 
     members and former of the Armed Forces who have provided 
     border patrol or border security assistance to the Bureau as 
     part of their duties as members of the Armed Forces; and
       (B) leveraging military training and experience by 
     accelerating training, or allowing credit to be applied to 
     related areas of training, required for service with the 
     Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.
       (3) Payment.--In assessing incentives for purposes of the 
     report, the Secretaries shall assume that any costs of such 
     incentives shall be borne by the Department of Homeland 
     Security.
       (d) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of various monetary and non-monetary 
     incentives considered for purposes of the report.
       (2) An assessment of the desirability and feasibility of 
     utilizing any such incentive for the purpose specified in 
     subsection (a), including an assessment of the particular 
     utility of such incentive in encouraging service in the 
     Bureau of Customs and Border Protection after service in the 
     Armed Forces by covered members and former members of the 
     Armed Forces described in subsection (c)(2).
       (3) Any other matters that the Secretaries jointly consider 
     appropriate.
       (e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, and Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committees on Armed Services, Homeland Security, 
     and Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4283. Mr. LEVIN (for Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Bingaman)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 375. ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN WEAPONS PLATFORMS.

       (a) Policy.--It shall be the policy of the Department of 
     Defense to improve the fuel efficiency of weapons platforms, 
     consistent with mission requirements, in order to--
       (1) enhance platform performance;
       (2) reduce the size of the fuel logistics systems;
       (3) reduce the burden high fuel consumption places on 
     agility;
       (4) reduce operating costs; and
       (5) dampen the financial impact of volatile oil prices.
       (b) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the progress of the Department of Defense in implementing the 
     policy established by subsection (a).
       (2) Elements.--The report shall include the following:
       (A) An assessment of the feasibility of designating a 
     senior Department of Defense official to be responsible for 
     implementing the policy established by subsection (a).
       (B) A summary of the recommendations made as of the time of 
     the report by--
       (i) the Energy Security Integrated Product Team established 
     by the Secretary of Defense in April 2006;
       (ii) the Defense Science Board Task Force on Department of 
     Defense Energy Strategy established by the Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics on May 2, 
     2006; and
       (iii) the January 2001 Defense Science Board Task Force 
     report on Improving Fuel Efficiency of Weapons Platforms.
       (C) For each recommendation summarized under subparagraph 
     (B)--
       (i) the steps that the Department has taken to implement 
     such recommendation;
       (ii) any additional steps the Department plans to take to 
     implement such recommendation; and
       (iii) for any recommendation that the Department does not 
     plan to implement, the reasons for the decision not to 
     implement such recommendation.
       (D) An assessment of the extent to which the research, 
     development, acquisition, and logistics guidance and 
     directives of the Department for weapons platforms are 
     appropriately designed to address the policy established by 
     subsection (a).
       (E) An assessment of the extent to which such guidance and 
     directives are being carried out in the research, 
     development, acquisition, and logistics programs of the 
     Department.
       (F) A description of any additional actions that, in the 
     view of the Secretary, may be needed to implement the policy 
     established by subsection (a).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4284. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. Inhofe (for himself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. 
Cornyn)) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1209. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE UNDER 
                   THE AMERICAN SERVICEMEMBERS' PROTECTION ACT OF 
                   2002.

       Section 2013(13)(A) of the American Servicemembers' 
     Protection Act of 2002 (title II of Public Law 107-206; 116 
     Stat. 909; 22 U.S.C. 7432(13)(A)) is amended by striking ``or 
     5''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4285. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. Lugar) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       On page 480, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

     SEC. 1304. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON PROVISION OF 
                   COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Repeal of Restrictions.--
       (1) Soviet nuclear threat reduction act of 1991.--Section 
     211(b) of the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991 
     (title II of Public Law 102-228; 22 U.S.C. 2551 note) is 
     repealed.
       (2) Cooperative threat reduction act of 1993.--Section 
     1203(d) of the Cooperative Threat Reduction Act of 1993 
     (title XII of Public Law 103-160; 22 U.S.C. 5952(d)) is 
     repealed.
       (3) Russian chemical weapons destruction facilities.--
     Section 1305 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 22 U.S.C. 5952 note) is 
     repealed.

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       (b) Inapplicability of other restrictions.--
       Section 502 of the Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian 
     Democracies and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (Public Law 
     102-511; 106 Stat. 3338; 22 U.S.C. 5852) shall not apply to 
     any Cooperative Threat Reduction program.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4286. Mr. WARNER proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       Strike section 822 and insert the following:

     SEC. 822. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS REGARDING 
                   SPECIALTY METALS.

       (a) Exemption for Certain Commercial Items.--Subsection (i) 
     of section 2533a of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting ``, Dual-Use Items, and Electronic 
     Components'' after ``Commercial Items'';
       (2) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``this section'';
       (3) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by inserting 
     ``described in subsection (b)(1)'' after ``commercial 
     items''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(2) This section is not applicable to--
       ``(A) a contract or subcontract for the procurement of a 
     commercial item containing specialty metals described in 
     subsections (b)(2) and (b)(3); or
       ``(B) specialty metals that are incorporated into an 
     electronic component, where the value of the specialty metal 
     used in the component is de minimis in relation to the value 
     of the electronic component.
       ``(3) For purposes of paragraph (2)(A), a commercial item 
     does not include--
       ``(A) any item that contains noncommercial modifications 
     that cost or are expected to cost, in the aggregate, more 
     than 5 percent of the total price of such item;
       ``(B) any item that would not be considered to be a 
     commercial item, but for sales to government entities or 
     inclusion in items that are sold to government entities;
       ``(C) forgings or castings for military unique end items;
       ``(D) fasteners other than commercial off-the-shelf items 
     (as defined in section 35(c) of the Office of Federal 
     Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 431(c)); or
       ``(E) specialty metals.''.
       (b) Exception for Certain Dual-Use Items To Facilitate 
     Civil-Military Integration.--Such section is further amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(k) Exception for Certain Dual-Use Items To Facilitate 
     Civil-Military Integration.--Subsection (a) does not apply to 
     the procurement of an item from a contractor or a first-tier 
     subcontractor if the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
     a military department determines that--
       ``(1) the item is or will be produced using the same 
     production facilities, a common supply chain, and the same or 
     similar production processes that are used for the production 
     of similar items delivered to non-defense customers; and
       ``(2) the contractor or subcontractor has made a 
     contractual commitment to purchase a quality, grade, and 
     amount of domestically-melted specialty metals for use by the 
     purchaser during the period of contract performance in the 
     production of the item and other similar items delivered to 
     non-defense customers that is not less that the greater of--
       ``(A) the amount of specialty metals that is purchased by 
     the contractor for use in the item delivered to the 
     Department of Defense; or
       ``(B) 40 percent of the amount of specialty metals 
     purchased by the contractor or subcontractor for use during 
     such period in the production of the item and similar items 
     delivered to non-defense contractors.''.
       (c) De Minimis Standard for Specialty Metals.--Such section 
     is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(l) Minimum Threshold for Specialty Metals.--
     Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a), the 
     Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of a military 
     department may accept delivery of an item containing 
     specialty metals that were not grown, reprocessed, reused, or 
     produced in the United States if the total amount of 
     noncompliant specialty metals in the item does not exceed 2 
     percent of the total amount of specialty metals in the 
     item.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and 
     (c) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, and shall apply with respect to items accepted for 
     delivery on or after that date.
       (2) Civil-military integration.--The amendment made by 
     subsection (b) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, and shall apply to contracts entered into on or 
     after that date.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4287. Mr. LEVIN (for Mr. Bingaman) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title IX, add the following:

     SEC. 924. SENSE OF SENATE ON NOMINATION OF INDIVIDUAL TO 
                   SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL TEST AND 
                   EVALUATION ON A PERMANENT BASIS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) Congress established the position of Director of 
     Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense 
     in 1983 to ensure the operational effectiveness and 
     suitability of weapon systems in combat.
       (2) The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation serves 
     as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense on 
     operational test and evaluation and is vital to ensuring the 
     operational effectiveness of weapon systems in combat.
       (3) The position of Director of Operational Test and 
     Evaluation has been held on an acting basis since February 
     15, 2005.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the President should submit to the Senate the nomination of 
     an individual for the position of Director of Operational 
     Test and Evaluation as soon as practicable.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4288. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 746. STUDY OF HEALTH EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED 
                   URANIUM.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
     the Secretary for Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, shall conduct a comprehensive 
     study of the health effects of exposure to depleted uranium 
     munitions on uranium-exposed soldiers and on children of 
     uranium-exposed soldiers who were born after the exposure of 
     the uranium-exposed soldiers to depleted uranium.
       (b) Uranium-Exposed Soldiers.--In this section, the term 
     ``uranium-exposed soldiers'' means a member or former member 
     of the Armed Forces who handled, came in contact with, or had 
     the likelihood of contact with depleted uranium munitions 
     while on active duty, including members and former members 
     who--
       (1) were exposed to smoke from fires resulting from the 
     burning of vehicles containing depleted uranium munitions or 
     fires at depots at which depleted uranium munitions were 
     stored;
       (2) worked within environments containing depleted uranium 
     dust or residues from depleted uranium munitions;
       (3) were within a structure or vehicle while it was struck 
     by a depleted uranium munition;
       (4) climbed on or entered equipment or structures struck by 
     a depleted uranium munition; or
       (5) were medical personnel who provided initial treatment 
     to members of the Armed Forces described in paragraph (1), 
     (2), (3), or (4).
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  SA 4289. Mr. CRAIG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 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:

       Strike subsection (k).
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  SA 4290. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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:

       At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 707. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY OF SELECTED RESERVE MEMBERS 
                   UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM.

       (a) General Eligibility.--Subsection (a) of section 1076d 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(a) Eligibility.--A member'' and 
     inserting ``(a) Eligibility.--(1) Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), a member'';

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       (2) by striking ``after the member completes'' and all that 
     follows through ``one or more whole years following such 
     date''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a member who is 
     enrolled, or is eligible to enroll, in a health benefits plan 
     under chapter 89 of title 5.''.
       (b) Condition for Termination of Eligibility.--Subsection 
     (b) of such section is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(b) Period of Coverage.--(1) TRICARE 
     Standard'' and all that follows through ``(4) Eligibility'' 
     and inserting ``(b) Termination of Eligibility Upon 
     Termination of Service.--Eligibility''; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (5).
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Such section is further amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (e);
       (B) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (e) and 
     transferring such subsection within such section so as to 
     appear following subsection (d); and
       (C) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (f).
       (2) The heading for such section is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``Sec. 1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE standard coverage for 
       members of the Selected Reserve''.

       (d) Repeal of Obsolete Provision.--Effective October 1, 
     2007, section 1076b of title 10, United States Code, is 
     repealed.
       (e) Clerical Amendments.--Effective October 1, 2007, the 
     table of sections at the beginning of chapter 55 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking the item relating to section 1076b; and
       (2) by striking the item relating to section 1076d and 
     inserting the following:

``1076d. TRICARE program: TRICARE Standard coverage for members of the 
              Selected Reserve.''.

       (f) Savings Provision.--Enrollments in TRICARE Standard 
     that are in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act under section 1076d of title 10, United 
     States Code, as in effect on such day, shall be continued 
     until terminated after such day under such section 1076d as 
     amended by this section.
       (g) Effective Date.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
     that health care under TRICARE Standard is provided under 
     section 1076d of title 10, United States Code, as amended by 
     this section, beginning not later than October 1, 2007.
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  SA 4291. Mr. FRIST (for Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment to the 
concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 409, commemorating the 60th 
anniversary of the ascension to the throne of His Majesty King Bhumibol 
Adulyadej of Thailand; as follows:

       On page 2, in the third Whereas clause of the resolution, 
     strike ``Agency'' and insert ``Program''.

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