[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3937]
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  SA 1876. Mr. MORAN 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, 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 part II of subtitle H of title V, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 593. REPORT ON EXEMPTION FROM FURLOUGH DURING A LAPSE IN 
                   APPROPRIATIONS FOR POSITIONS FILLED BY 
                   INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND 
                   WEAPON SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE WITHIN THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2016, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with the Chief of 
     the National Guard Bureau, submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the exemption from furlough 
     during a lapse in appropriations for positions filled by 
     individuals engaged in military equipment and weapon system 
     maintenance within the Department of Defense, including the 
     position of military technician (dual status) and positions 
     of field and depot level maintenance and engineers.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An analysis of the Department of Defense positions 
     described in subsection (a), and the personnel, that were 
     exempted from furlough during the most recent lapse in 
     appropriations for the Department.
       (2) An analysis of positions filled by individuals engaged 
     in military equipment and weapon system maintenance within 
     the Department, and the personnel, that were not exempted 
     from the furlough described in paragraph (1).
       (3) A cost analysis of the exemption of positions from 
     furlough as described in paragraph (1).
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