[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 147 (Monday, October 1, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S12384]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3112. Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Inhofe) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2011 
proposed by Mr. Nelson of Nebraska (for Mr. Levin) 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; as follows:

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

     SEC. 342. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE AIR FORCE LOGISTICS CENTERS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) Air Force Air Logistics Centers have served as a model 
     of efficiency and effectiveness in providing integrated 
     sustainment (depot maintenance, supply management, and 
     product support) for fielded weapon systems within the 
     Department of Defense. This success has been founded in the 
     integration of these dependent processes.
       (2) Air Force Air Logistics Centers have embraced best 
     practices, technology changes, and process improvements, and 
     have successfully managed increased workload while at the 
     same time reducing personnel.
       (3) Air Force Air Logistics Centers continue to 
     successfully sustain an aging aircraft fleet that is 
     performing more flying hours, with less aircraft, than at any 
     point in the last thirty years.
       (4) The purpose of the Global Logistics Support Center is 
     to apply an enterprise approach to supply chain management to 
     eliminate redundancies and improve efficiencies across the 
     Air Force in order to best provide capable aircraft to the 
     warfighter.
       (5) The Air Force is working diligently to identify means 
     to create further efficiencies in the Air Force logistics 
     network.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the Air Force should work closely with Congress as the Air 
     Force continues to develop and implement the Global Logistics 
     Support Center concept.
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  SA 3113. 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 I, add the following:

               Subtitle E--Joint and Multiservice Matters

     SEC. 161. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE JOINT CARGO AIRCRAFT.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the Army and the Air 
     Force should pursue an integrated maintenance and sustainment 
     strategy for the Joint Cargo Aircraft that takes maximum 
     advantage of capabilities organic to the United States 
     Government.
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  SA 3114. Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her 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:

       Sec.  . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense 
     may conduct a pilot program to operate a shared facility that 
     will provide health care services to beneficiaries of both 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of 
     Defense. The purpose of conducting the pilot program will be 
     to determine the effectiveness of operating a shared facility 
     with the Department of Defense.
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  SA 3115. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2011 proposed by Mr. Nelson of Nebraska (for Mr. Levin) 
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 91, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       (c) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
     take effect on a date elected by the Secretary of Defense, 
     which date may not be earlier than the date that is one year 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary 
     shall publish in the Federal Register notice of the effective 
     date of the amendments made by this section, as so elected.
       (2) Report.--Not later than the effective date elected 
     under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report setting forth the recommendations of 
     the Secretary regarding the following:
       (A) The appropriate role and mission of the Reserve Forces 
     Policy Board.
       (B) The appropriate membership of the Reserve Forces Policy 
     Board.
       (C) The appropriate procedures to be utilized by the 
     Reserve Forces Policy Board in its interaction with the 
     Department of Defense.

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