[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 13, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1016. Mr. STRANGE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) 
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 C of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 127. HELICOPTER FORCE STRUCTURE ASSESSMENT.

       Not later than February 15, 2018, the Secretary of the Navy 
     shall brief the congressional defense committees on the 
     results of an assessment of the Navy's helicopter force 
     structure.
       In the funding table in section 4101, at the appropriate 
     place under the heading ``Aircraft Procurement, Navy'' insert 
     an item relating to MH-60R, budget line 15, with an amount of 
     ``0'' in the FY 2018 Request column and an amount of 
     ``610,000'' in the Senate Authorized column.
       In the funding table in section 4301, in the item relating 
     to Fuel Savings, increase the amount of the reduction 
     indicated in the Senate Authorized column by $1,007,627,000.
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