[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1123-E1124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

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                               speech of

                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 23, 2013

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2397) making 
     appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes:

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, the Mulvaney, Van Hollen, Coffman, Murphy 
amendment matches the President's budget for Overseas Contingency 
Operations, OCO, and also provides an additional $1.5 billion for 
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Modernization. The amendment 
expressly protects all the funding increases made in the OCO account by 
the Appropriations Committee for the National Guard and provides 
sufficient funding to fully accommodate the President's OCO request for 
National Guard military personnel, operation and maintenance (including 
depot maintenance), and counter drug activities.

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