[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5146]
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SA 2918. Mr. CRUZ 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 appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. ___. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TESTING OF HYPERSONIC WEAPON
SYSTEMS WITH B-1 BOMBER.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--The amount authorized
to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025 by section 201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby
increased by $30,000,000, with the amount of the increase to
be available for the testing of hypersonic weapon systems
with the B-1 bomber.
(b) Supplement, Not Supplant.--The amount made available by
subsection (a) for the purpose described in such subsection
shall supplement and not supplant amounts otherwise
authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.
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