[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2659-S2660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 521. 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. 2__. NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL-COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS 
                   ENGINEERING.

       (a) Funding.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2024 by section

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     201 for research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby 
     increased by $10,000,000, with the amount of the increase to 
     be available for Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air 
     Systems Engineering (PE 0604378N).
       (b) Availability.--The amount available under subsection 
     (a) shall be available for procurement of stratospheric 
     balloons.
       (c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2024 by section 301 for operation and maintenance 
     is hereby reduced by $10,000,000, with the amount of the 
     decrease to be taken from the availability of amounts for 
     Washington Headquarters Services specified in section 4301, 
     line 530.
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