[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 934. Mr. WICKER 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. ___. SHORT-TERM CONTINUATION OF FUNDING FOR THE UNITED 
                   STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY.

       (a) In General.--Section 51301 of title 46, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Continuing Funding.--Out of any funds in the general 
     fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are 
     hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary to continue 
     the operations of the United States Merchant Marine Academy 
     for any period, not to exceed 2 weeks in any fiscal year, 
     during which interim or full-year appropriations are not in 
     effect for the United States Merchant Marine Academy.''.
       (b) Sunset.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
     remain in effect until the date that is 2 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
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