[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4217. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Graham, Mr. King, 
Mr. Wicker, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2017 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:

       Strike section 145 and insert the following:

     SEC. 145. COMPASS CALL RE-HOST PROGRAM.

       (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Air Force is 
     authorized to obligate and expend fiscal year 2017 funds for 
     the purpose of re-hosting the primary mission equipment of 
     the current EC-130H Compass Call aircraft fleet on to a more 
     operationally effective and survivable airborne platform to 
     meet combatant commander requirements. This program may be 
     implemented consistent with existing authorities, including 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 6.3 and Department of 
     Defense Instruction 5000.02 ``Operation of the Defense 
     Acquisition System''.
       (b) Funding Adjustments.--
       (1) Aircraft procurement, air force.--The amount authorized 
     to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of 
     Defense by section 101 for procurement for the Army, the Navy 
     and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide 
     activities is hereby increased by $32,600,000, with the 
     amount of the increase to be allocated to aircraft 
     procurement, Air Force, as specified in the funding tables in 
     section 4101, and available for the following procurement in 
     the amounts specified:
       (A) EC-130H, Scope Increase, $103,000,000.
       (B) Compass Call Mods, Program Restructure, a decrease in 
     the amount of $70,400,000.
       (2) Procurement of aircraft spares and repair parts, air 
     force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2017 for the Department of Defense by section 101 for 
     procurement for the Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps, the 
     Air Force, and Defense-wide activities is hereby reduced by 
     $13,200,000, with the amount of the decrease to be allocated 
     to aircraft spares and repair parts, Air Force, as specified 
     in the funding tables in section 4101, and available for 
     Initial Spares/Repair Parts; Compass Call, Program 
     Restructure.
       (3) Procurement of aircraft spares and repair parts for 
     oco, air force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense by section 
     1503 for procurement for overseas contingency operations is 
     hereby reduced by $25,600,000, with the amount of the 
     decrease to be allocated to aircraft spares and repair parts, 
     Air Force, for overseas contingency operations, as specified 
     in the funding tables in section 4102, and available for 
     Initial Spares/Repair Parts; Compass Call, Program 
     Restructure.
       (4) Research, development, test, and evaluation, air 
     force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
     year 2017 for the Department of Defense by section 201 for 
     research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby 
     increased by $37,100,000, with the amount of the increase to 
     be allocated to operational systems development, as specified 
     in the funding tables in section 4201, and available for 
     Compass Call, Program Restructure.
       (5) Operation and maintenance, air force.--The amount 
     authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for the 
     Department of Defense by section 301 for operation and 
     maintenance is hereby reduced by $56,500,000, with the amount 
     of such decrease to be allocated to operation and 
     maintenance, Air Force operating forces for depot 
     maintenance, as specified in the funding tables in section 
     4301, and available for Compass Call, Program Restructure.
       (6) Operation and maintenance for oco, air force.--The 
     amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 by 
     section 1505 for the Department of Defense for operation and 
     maintenance for overseas contingency operations is hereby 
     increased by $25,600,000, with the amount of such increase to 
     be allocated to operation and maintenance, Air Force 
     operating forces, for overseas contingency operations, for 
     depot maintenance, as specified in the funding tables in 
     section 4302, and available for Compass Call, Program 
     Restructure.
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