[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2385. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. 
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 340. STARBASE PROGRAM.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The budget of the President for fiscal year 2019 
     requested no funding for the Department of Defense STARBASE 
     program.
       (2) The purpose of the STARBASE program is to improve the 
     knowledge and skills of students in kindergarten through 12th 
     grade in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
     (STEM) subjects, to connect them to the military, and to 
     motivate them to explore science, technology, engineering, 
     and mathematics and possible military careers as they 
     continue their education.
       (3) The STARBASE program currently operates at 76 locations 
     in 40 States and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, 
     primarily on military installations.
       (4) To date, nearly 750,000 students have participated in 
     the STARBASE program.
       (5) The STARBASE program is a highly effective program run 
     by dedicated members of the Armed Forces and strengthens the 
     relationships between the military, communities, and local 
     school districts.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the STARBASE program should continue to be funded by the 
     Department of Defense.
       (c) Funding.--
       (1) In general.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Defense by section 
     301 is hereby increased by $25,000,000, with the amount of 
     the increase to be available for Operation and Maintenance, 
     Defense-wide, for Civil Military Programs for the STARBASE 
     program.
       (2) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2019 for the Department of Defense by section 301 
     is hereby reduced by $25,000,000, with the amount of the 
     reduction to be taken from amounts available for Operation 
     and Maintenance, Navy, for Operating Forces for Enterprise 
     Information (Line 300).
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