[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3732-S3733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4624. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1667. PROCUREMENT OF MEDIUM-RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR 
                   TO IMPROVE HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSE.

       (a) Issuance of Request for Proposals.--Not later than 
     October 1, 2017, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency 
     shall issue a request for proposals for the Medium-Range 
     Discrimination Radar in order to improve homeland missile 
     defense.
       (b) Plan for Fielding.--The Director shall plan as follows:
       (1) To procure the Medium-Range Discrimination Radar, or an 
     equivalent sensor, for fielding at a location determined by 
     the Director to be appropriate to improve homeland missile 
     defense for the defense of Hawaii against limited ballistic 
     missile attack (including by accidental or unauthorized 
     launch).
       (2) To field the Radar, or such equivalent sensor, at the 
     location determined pursuant to paragraph (1) by not later 
     than December 31, 2021.
       (c) Funding.--Any procurement for purposes of this section 
     during fiscal year 2017 shall be made from within amounts 
     otherwise authorized to be appropriated by this

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     Act. This section does not authorize the appropriation of 
     funds for procurement for such purposes.
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