[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 679. Mr. MARKEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REALLOCATION OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR GROUND-LAUNCHED 
                   INTERMEDIATE RANGE MISSILE TO MILITARY 
                   CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER RUSSIAN INF TREATY 
                   VIOLATIONS.

       (a) Availability of Amounts to Counter Russian INF Treaty 
     Violations.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2018 for the Department of Defense by this Act is 
     hereby increased by $65,000,000, with the amount of the 
     increase to be available for military capabilities to counter 
     violations of the INF Treaty by the Russian Federation.
       (b) Reduction of Amounts for Ground-launched Intermediate 
     Range Missile.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2018 by section 201 is hereby reduced by 
     $65,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be applied 
     against amounts available for research, development, test, 
     and evaluation of the ground-launched intermediate range 
     missile.
       (c) INF Treaty Defined.--In this section, the term ``INF 
     Treaty'' means the Treaty between the United States of 
     America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 
     Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range 
     Missiles, signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and entered 
     into force June 1, 1988.
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