[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5067]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5670. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 564. EXPANSION OF SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAM.

       (a) Funding.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
     funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated in section 4301, line 440 for the Office of the 
     Secretary of Defense, as specified in the corresponding 
     funding table in section 4301, is hereby increased by 
     $5,000,000.
       (b) Use of Funds.--Of the amounts additional authorized to 
     be appropriated under subsection (a), $5,000,0000 shall be 
     available for the Skillbridge program for employers to train 
     service members transitioning to civilian life for supply 
     chain and transportation related employment.
       (c) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
     funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance, 
     Defense-wide, for Washington Headquarters Services, line 470, 
     as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
     4301, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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