[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3715-S3716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2756. Mr. REED proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2700 proposed 
by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Toomey (for himself, Mr. Corker, Mr. Sasse, 
Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Kennedy)) to the amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe (for himself and

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Mr. McCain) 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; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       (c) Authorization by Congress.--Section 4209(a)(1) of the 
     Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2529(a)(1)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``the Secretary shall'' and inserting the 
     following: ``the Secretary--
       ``(A) shall''; and
       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     and''; and
       ``(B) may carry out such activities only if amounts are 
     authorized to be appropriated for such activities by an Act 
     of Congress consistent with section 660 of the Department of 
     Energy Organization Act (50 U.S.C. 7270).''.
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