[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3753]
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  SA 721. Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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:

       On page 36, beginning on line 15, strike ``amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated'' and all that follows through 
     ``acquisition strategy'' and insert ``funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act for fiscal year 2020 for the 
     Department of Defense may be used to exceed, and the 
     Department may not otherwise exceed, the total procurement 
     quantity of thirty-five Littoral Combat Ships,''.
       On page 49, beginning on line 14, strike ``authorized to be 
     appropriated'' and all that follows through ``program of 
     record'' and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by this 
     Act for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense may be 
     used for the procurement of a current or future Department of 
     Defense communications program of record, and the Department 
     may not otherwise procure a current or future communications 
     program of record,''.
       On page 54, beginning on line 6, strike ``authorized to be 
     appropriated'' and all that follows through ``Chief of Naval 
     Operations'' and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by 
     this Act for fiscal year 2020 for operation and maintenance 
     for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force and for 
     operation and maintenance for the Office of the Secretary of 
     the Navy, not more than 50 percent may be obligated or 
     expended until the date that is 15 days after the date on 
     which the Chief of Staff of the Air Force and the Chief of 
     Naval Operations, respectively,''.
       On page 58, beginning on line 5, strike ``authorized to be 
     appropriated'' and all that follows through ``enduring 
     capability'' and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by 
     this Act for fiscal year 2020 for the Army may be obligated 
     or expended for research, development, test, and evaluation 
     for the Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2 
     enduring capability, and the Department may not otherwise 
     engaged in research, development, test, and evaluation on 
     such capability,''.
       On page 138, line 3, strike ``or otherwise made 
     available''.
       On page 539, line 19, strike ``or otherwise made 
     available''.
       On page 543, line 24, strike ``or otherwise made 
     available'' and insert ``for fiscal year 2020''.
       On page 704, strike line 24 and all that follows through 
     page 705, line 8, and insert the following:
       (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
     none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
     for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense may be 
     obligated or expended for the following, and the Department 
     may not otherwise take any action to do the following:
       (1) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the responsiveness or 
     alert level of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the 
     United States.
       (2) Reduce, or prepare to reduce, the quantity of deployed 
     intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States to a 
     number less than 400.
       On page 773, beginning on line 8, strike ``authorized to be 
     appropriated'' and all that follows through ``theater'' on 
     line 13 and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by this 
     Act for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense may be 
     obligated or expended to implement any activity that reduces 
     air base resiliency or demolishes protected aircraft shelters 
     in the European theater, and the Department may not otherwise 
     implement any such activity,''.
       On page 773, beginning on line 21, strike ``authorized to 
     be appropriated'' and all that follows through ``air base'' 
     and insert ``authorized to be appropriated by this Act for 
     fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense may be 
     obligated or expended to implement any activity that closes 
     or returns to the host nation any existing air base, and the 
     Department may not otherwise implement any such activity,''.
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