[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3791-S3792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1635. Mr. BLUNT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

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     SEC. 403. LIMITATION ON REDUCTION OF END STRENGTH FOR ACTIVE 
                   DUTY PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any 
     authorized strength specified in any annual national defense 
     authorization Act enacted after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the authorized strength for active duty personnel 
     of the Armed Forces for any fiscal year may not be reduced 
     below the applicable number for fiscal year 2016 specified in 
     section 401 until the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
     submits to Congress the report required by section 904(d)(1) 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2014 (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 816; 10 U.S.C. 111 note).
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