[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 5, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1225]
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AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2219--THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 
                                  2012

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                           HON. PETER T. KING

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 5, 2011

  Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer an amendment 
to H.R. 2219, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2012, 
which would transfer $12,000,000 from the account entitled Other 
Procurement, Army to the account entitled Operation and Maintenance, 
Defense-Wide. This transfer would fund the Supply Our Soldiers Act of 
2011, which passed the House in the National Defense Authorization Act 
for FY 2012.
  While our soldiers do not have to pay for the letters they send home, 
their families often spend hundreds of dollars to send care packages 
and letters of their own. The program funded by this amendment would 
provide soldiers serving active duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with one 
postal voucher every other month to transfer to their loved ones to 
send letters and packages to these soldiers at no cost.
  I fully support this postal benefits program and urge my colleagues 
to vote in favor of my amendment.