[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S737]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1568. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to 
receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the 
Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR THE AIR FORCE FOR VARIOUS 
                   RADAR AND WARNING SYSTEMS.

       (a) Operations and Maintenance, Air Force.--The amount 
     appropriated by title I of division A under the heading 
     ``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'' is hereby increased 
     by $52,500,000, with the amount of such increase to be 
     available as follows:
       (1) $45,000,000 shall available for long-range radar 
     station infrastructure of North American Aerospace Defense 
     Command (NORAD).
       (2) $5,000,000 shall be available for long term repair and 
     modernization of long-range radar stations of North American 
     Aerospace Defense Command.
       (3) $2,500,000 shall be available for long-range radar site 
     backup generator.
       (b) Other Procurement, Air Force.--The amount appropriated 
     by title I of division A under the heading ``Other 
     Procurement, Air Force'' is hereby increased by $22,000,000, 
     with the amount of such increase to be available as follows:
       (1) $5,000,000 shall be available for long-range radar site 
     battery energy storage system.
       (2) $17,000,000 shall be available for procurement of the 
     Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced 
     Reconnaissance (ARCHER) system for the North Warning System.
       (c) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air 
     Force.--The amount appropriated by title I of division A 
     under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Air Force'' is hereby increased by $65,000,000, 
     with the amount of such increase to be available as follows:
       (1) $55,000,000 shall be available for acceleration of the 
     over the horizon backscatter radar capability.
       (2) $10,000,000 shall be available for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation of the Airborne Real-time 
     Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance (ARCHER) system.
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