[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 135 (Wednesday, September 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11514-S11515]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2862. Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Salazar, Mr. Allard, and Mr. 
Bunning) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 470, after the table following line 22, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2406. MUNITIONS DEMILITARIZATION FACILITIES, BLUE GRASS 
                   ARMY DEPOT, KENTUCKY, AND PUEBLO CHEMICAL 
                   ACTIVITY, COLORADO.

       (a) Authority To Increase Amount for Construction of 
     Munitions Demilitarization Facility, Blue Grass Army Depot, 
     Kentucky.--Pursuant to the authority granted for this project 
     by section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (division B of Public Law 106-65; 
     113 Stat. 836), as amended by section 2405 of the Military 
     Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (division 
     B of Public Law 107-107; 115 Stat. 1298) and section 2405 of 
     the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2003 (division B of Public Law 107-314; 116 Stat. 2698), the 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by section 2403(14) of 
     this Act for the construction of increment 8 of a munitions 
     demilitarization facility at Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, 
     may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense, be 
     increased by up to $17,300,000 using funds from the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated by section 2403(1) of this Act.
       (b) Authority To Increase Amount for Construction of 
     Munitions Demilitarization Facility, Pueblo Chemical 
     Activity,

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     Colorado.--Pursuant to the authority granted for this project 
     by section 2401(a) of the Military Construction Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public Law 104-201; 110 Stat. 
     2775), as amended by section 2406 of the Military 
     Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (division 
     B of Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 839) and section 2407 of 
     the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2003 (division B of Public Law 107-314; 116 Stat. 2698), the 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by section 2403(14) of 
     this Act for the construction of increment 9 of a munitions 
     demilitarization facility at Pueblo Chemical Activity, 
     Colorado may, subject to the approval of the Secretary of 
     Defense, be increased by up to $32,000,000 using funds from 
     the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 2403(1) 
     of this Act.
       (c) Certification Requirement.--Prior to exercising the 
     authority provided in subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary of 
     Defense shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
     the following:
       (1) Certification that the increase in the amount 
     authorized to be appropriated--
       (A) is in the best interest of national security; and
       (B) will facilitate compliance with the deadline set forth 
     in subsection (d)(1).
       (2) A statement that the increased amount authorized to be 
     appropriated will be used to carry out authorized military 
     construction activities.
       (3) A notification of the action in accordance with section 
     2811.
       (d) Deadline for Destruction of Chemical Agents and 
     Munitions Stockpile.--
       (1) Deadline.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Department of Defense shall complete work on the 
     destruction of the entire United States stockpile of lethal 
     chemical agents and munitions, including those stored at Blue 
     Grass Army Depot, Kentucky, and Pueblo Chemical Depot, 
     Colorado, by the deadline established by the Chemical Weapons 
     Convention, and in no circumstances later than December 31, 
     2017.
       (2) Report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2007, and 
     every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the parties described in paragraph (2) a report on 
     the progress of the Department of Defense toward compliance 
     with this subsection.
       (B) Parties receiving report.--The parties referred to in 
     paragraph (1) are the Speaker of the House of the 
     Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the 
     House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders 
     of the Senate, and the congressional defense committees.
       (C) Content.--Each report submitted under subparagraph (A) 
     shall include the updated and projected annual funding levels 
     necessary to achieve full compliance with this subsection. 
     The projected funding levels for each report shall include a 
     detailed accounting of the complete life-cycle costs for each 
     of the chemical disposal projects.
       (3) Chemical weapons convention defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``Chemical Weapons Convention'' means 
     the Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production, 
     Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their 
     Destruction, with annexes, done at Paris, January 13, 1993, 
     and entered into force April 29, 1997 (T. Doc. 103-21).
       (4) Applicability; rule of construction.--This subsection 
     shall apply to fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, and shall not be modified or repealed by 
     implication.

  SA 2863. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 703. SENSE OF SENATE ON COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS ON HEALTH CARE FOR WOUNDED 
                   WARRIORS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) There have been recent collaborations between the 
     Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     and the civilian medical community for purposes of providing 
     high quality medical care to America's wounded warriors. One 
     such collaboration is occurring in Augusta, Georgia, between 
     the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon, 
     the Augusta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
     the Medical College of Georgia, and local health care 
     providers under the TRICARE program.
       (2) Medical staff from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army 
     Medical Center and the Augusta Department of Veterans Affairs 
     Medical Center have been meeting weekly to discuss future 
     patient cases for the Active Duty Rehabilitation Unit (ADRU) 
     within the Uptown Department of Veterans Affairs facility. 
     The Active Duty Rehabilitation Unit, along with the 
     Polytrauma Centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     provide rehabilitation for members of the Armed Forces on 
     active duty.
       (3) Since 2004, 1,037 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and 
     marines have received rehabilitation services at the Active 
     Duty Rehabilitation Unit, 32 percent of whom served in 
     Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.
       (4) The Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center and the 
     Augusta Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center have 
     combined their neurosurgery programs and have coordinated on 
     critical brain injury and psychiatric care.
       (5) The Department of Defense, the Army, and the Army 
     Medical Command have recognized the need for expanded 
     behavioral health care services for members of the Armed 
     Forces returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
     Enduring Freedom. These services are currently being provided 
     by the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the Department of Defense should encourage continuing 
     collaboration between the Army and the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs in treating America's wounded warriors and, when 
     appropriate and available, provide additional support and 
     resources for the development of such collaborations, 
     including the current collaboration between the Active Duty 
     Rehabilitation Unit at the Augusta Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Medical Center, Georgia, and the behavioral health 
     care services program at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army 
     Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia.

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