[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2649]
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  SA 512. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 IV, add the following:

     SEC. 404. EXCLUSION FROM ACTIVE-DUTY PERSONNEL END STRENGTH 
                   LIMITATIONS OF CERTAIN MILITARY PERSONNEL 
                   ASSIGNED FOR DUTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PROGRAM.

       (a) Exclusion.--Except as provided in subsection (c), 
     members of the Armed Forces on active duty who are assigned 
     to an entity specified in subsection (b) for duty in 
     connection with the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program 
     shall not count toward any end strength limitation for 
     active-duty personnel otherwise applicable to members of the 
     Armed Forces on active duty.
       (b) Specified Entities.--The entities specified in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) The military departments.
       (2) The Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
       (3) The combatant commands.
       (c) Inapplicability to General and Flag Officers.--
     Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any general or 
     flag officer assigned as described in that subsection.
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