[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5547]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 265. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to 
establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license 
and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists 
from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-
related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious 
construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . PROHIBITION ON REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL 
                   AIRCRAFT CARRIERS OF THE NAVY.

       (a) Prohibition.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act, or by any other Act, for fiscal year 
     2005 may be obligated or expended to reduce the number of 
     operational aircraft carriers of the Navy from 12 operational 
     aircraft carriers to 11 operational aircraft carriers.
       (b) Operational Aircraft Carrier.--In this section, the 
     term ``operational aircraft carrier'' includes an aircraft 
     carrier that is unavailable due to maintenance or repair.

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