[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 91 (Thursday, June 9, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4640. Ms. CANTWELL 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:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. AUTHORIZATION OF CANINE TEAMS FOR PASSENGER 
                   SCREENING BY TRANSPORTATION SECURITY 
                   ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Transportation 
     Security Administration may employ 178 passenger screening 
     canine teams over the number of such teams in operation as of 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Transportation Security Administration for fiscal year 
     2017 $52,000,000 to carry out subsection (a).
       (2) Offset.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     reduce amounts available for fiscal year 2017 for the Office 
     of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Management, the Office of Chief 
     Information Officer, and the Office of the Administrator of 
     Transportation Security Administration on a pro rata basis so 
     that the aggregate amount of such reductions is equal to the 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by paragraph (1).
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