[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 897. Mr. COTTON 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 
                   2011.

       It is the sense of Congress--
       (1) that there are ongoing concerns about the negative 
     impact of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112-25) 
     on the Department of Defense and other agencies that 
     contribute to the national security of the United States; and
       (2) to support the unconditional repeal of that Act.
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