[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2787. Mr. BROWN (for himself and Mr. Vance) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 VII, add the following:

     SEC. 750. ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM FOR 
                   EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

       (a) Increase.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by 
     this Act for the Defense Health Program for education and 
     training is hereby increased by $25,000,000, with the amount 
     of such increase to be used to enhance existing civilian-
     military partnerships for surge capacity and interoperability 
     necessary to provide a system of care within the continental 
     United States for casualties resulting from large-scale 
     combat operations.
       (b) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by 
     this Act for base operations and communication is hereby 
     decreased by $25,000,000.
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