[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5935-S5936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6420. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Warren) 
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 A of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1003. REDUCTION IN AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED 
                   FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 BY THIS ACT.

       (a) In General.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     for fiscal year 2023 by this Act is--
       (1) the aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2023 by this Act (other than for military 
     personnel, the Defense Health Program, pay and benefits for 
     persons appointed into the civil service as defined in 
     section 2101 of title 5, United States Code, and assistance 
     for Ukraine); minus
       (2) $45,000,000,000.
       (b) Allocation.--The reduction made by subsection (a) shall 
     apply on a pro rata basis among the accounts and funds for 
     which amounts are authorized to be appropriated

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     by this Act (other than military personnel, the Defense 
     Health Program, pay and benefits for persons appointed into 
     the civil service as defined in section 2101 of title 5, 
     United States Code, and assistance for Ukraine), and shall be 
     applied on a pro rata basis across each program, project, and 
     activity funded by the account or fund concerned.
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