[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 11567-11573]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4292. Mr. DORGAN (for himself, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Harkin) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of division A, add the following:

    TITLE XV--SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF SENATE ON WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 
                              CONTRACTING

     SEC. 1501. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have exerted very 
     large demands on the Treasury of the United States and 
     required tremendous sacrifice by the members of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States.
       (2) Congress has a constitutional responsibility to ensure 
     comprehensive oversight of the expenditure of United States 
     Government funds.
       (3) Waste and corporate abuse of United States Government 
     resources are particularly unacceptable and reprehensible 
     during times of war.
       (4) The magnitude of the funds involved in the 
     reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq and the war on 
     terrorism, together with the speed with which these funds 
     have been committed, presents a challenge to the effective 
     performance of the traditional oversight function of Congress 
     and the auditing functions of the executive branch.
       (5) The Senate Special Committee to Investigate the 
     National Defense Program, popularly know as the Truman 
     Committee, which was established during World War II, offers 
     a constructive precedent for bipartisan oversight of wartime 
     contracting that can also be extended to wartime and postwar 
     reconstruction activities.
       (6) The Truman Committee is credited with an extremely 
     successful investigative effort, performance of a significant 
     public education role, and achievement of fiscal savings 
     measured in the billions of dollars.
       (7) The public has a right to expect that taxpayer 
     resources will be carefully disbursed and honestly spent.

     SEC. 1502. SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION 
                   CONTRACTING.

       There is established a special committee of the Senate to 
     be known as the Special Committee on War and Reconstruction 
     Contracting (hereafter in this title referred to as the 
     ``Special Committee'').

     SEC. 1503. PURPOSE AND DUTIES.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of the Special Committee is to 
     investigate the awarding and performance of contracts to 
     conduct military, security, and reconstruction activities in 
     Afghanistan and Iraq and to support the prosecution of the 
     war on terrorism.
       (b) Duties.--The Special Committee shall examine the 
     contracting actions described in subsection (a) and report on 
     such actions, in accordance with this section, regarding--
       (1) bidding, contracting, accounting, and auditing 
     standards for Federal Government contracts;
       (2) methods of contracting, including sole-source contracts 
     and limited competition or noncompetitive contracts;
       (3) subcontracting under large, comprehensive contracts;
       (4) oversight procedures;
       (5) consequences of cost-plus and fixed price contracting;
       (6) allegations of wasteful and fraudulent practices;
       (7) accountability of contractors and Government officials 
     involved in procurement and contracting;
       (8) penalties for violations of law and abuses in the 
     awarding and performance of Government contracts; and
       (9) lessons learned from the contracting process used in 
     Iraq and Afghanistan and in connection with the war on 
     terrorism with respect to the structure, coordination, 
     management policies, and procedures of the Federal 
     Government.
       (c) Investigation of Wasteful and Fraudulent Practices.--
     The investigation by the Special Committee of allegations of 
     wasteful and fraudulent practices under subsection (b)(6) 
     shall include investigation of allegations regarding any 
     contract or spending entered into, supervised by, or 
     otherwise involving the Coalition Provisional Authority, 
     regardless of whether or not such contract or spending 
     involved appropriated funds of the United States.
       (d) Evidence Considered.--In carrying out its duties, the 
     Special Committee shall ascertain and evaluate the evidence 
     developed by all relevant governmental agencies regarding the 
     facts and circumstances relevant to contracts described in 
     subsection (a) and any contract or spending covered by 
     subsection (c).

     SEC. 1504. COMPOSITION OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

       (a) Membership.--
       (1) In general.--The Special Committee shall consist of 7 
     members of the Senate of whom--
       (A) 4 members shall be appointed by the President pro 
     tempore of the Senate, in consultation with the majority 
     leader of the Senate; and
       (B) 3 members shall be appointed by the minority leader of 
     the Senate.
       (2) Date.--The appointments of the members of the Special 
     Committee shall be made not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Special Committee shall 
     not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner 
     as the original appointment.
       (c) Service.--Service of a Senator as a member, chairman, 
     or ranking member of the Special Committee shall not be taken 
     into account for the purposes of paragraph (4) of rule XXV of 
     the Standing Rules of the Senate.
       (d) Chairman and Ranking Member.--The chairman of the 
     Special Committee shall be designated by the majority leader 
     of the Senate, and the ranking member of the Special 
     Committee shall be designated by the minority leader of the 
     Senate.
       (e) Quorum.--
       (1) Reports and recommendations.--A majority of the members 
     of the Special Committee shall constitute a quorum for the 
     purpose of reporting a matter or recommendation to the 
     Senate.
       (2) Testimony.--One member of the Special Committee shall 
     constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking testimony.
       (3) Other business.--A majority of the members of the 
     Special Committee, or \1/3\ of the members of the Special 
     Committee if at least one member of the minority party is 
     present, shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of 
     conducting any other business of the Special Committee.

     SEC. 1505. RULES AND PROCEDURES.

       (a) Governance Under Standing Rules of Senate.--Except as 
     otherwise specifically provided in this resolution, the 
     investigation, study, and hearings conducted by the Special 
     Committee shall be governed by the Standing Rules of the 
     Senate.
       (b) Additional Rules and Procedures.--The Special Committee 
     may adopt additional rules or procedures if the chairman and 
     ranking member agree that such additional rules or procedures 
     are necessary to enable the Special Committee to conduct the 
     investigation, study, and hearings authorized by this 
     resolution. Any such additional rules and procedures--
       (1) shall not be inconsistent with this resolution or the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate; and
       (2) shall become effective upon publication in the 
     Congressional Record.

     SEC. 1506. AUTHORITY OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE.

       (a) In General.--The Special Committee may exercise all of 
     the powers and responsibilities of a committee under rule 
     XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
       (b) Hearings.--The Special Committee or, at its direction, 
     any subcommittee or member of the Special Committee, may, for 
     the purpose of carrying out this resolution--
       (1) hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and 
     places, take such testimony, receive such evidence, and 
     administer such oaths as the Special Committee or such 
     subcommittee or member considers advisable; and

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       (2) require, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and 
     testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, 
     records, correspondence, memoranda, papers, documents, tapes, 
     and materials as the Special Committee considers advisable.
       (c) Issuance and Enforcement of Subpoenas.--
       (1) Issuance.--Subpoenas issued under subsection (b) shall 
     bear the signature of the Chairman of the Special Committee 
     and shall be served by any person or class of persons 
     designated by the Chairman for that purpose.
       (2) Enforcement.--In the case of contumacy or failure to 
     obey a subpoena issued under subsection (a), the United 
     States district court for the judicial district in which the 
     subpoenaed person resides, is served, or may be found may 
     issue an order requiring such person to appear at any 
     designated place to testify or to produce documentary or 
     other evidence. Any failure to obey the order of the court 
     may be punished by the court as a contempt of that court.
       (d) Meetings.--The Special Committee may sit and act at any 
     time or place during sessions, recesses, and adjournment 
     periods of the Senate.

     SEC. 1507. REPORTS.

       (a) Initial Report.--The Special Committee shall submit to 
     the Senate a report on the investigation conducted pursuant 
     to section 1503 not later than 270 days after the appointment 
     of the Special Committee members.
       (b) Updated Report.--The Special Committee shall submit an 
     updated report on such investigation not later than 180 days 
     after the submission of the report under subsection (a).
       (c) Additional Reports.--The Special Committee may submit 
     any additional report or reports that the Special Committee 
     considers appropriate.
       (d) Findings and Recommendations.--The reports under this 
     section shall include findings and recommendations of the 
     Special Committee regarding the matters considered under 
     section 1503.
       (e) Disposition of Reports.--Any report made by the Special 
     Committee when the Senate is not in session shall be 
     submitted to the Clerk of the Senate. Any report made by the 
     Special Committee shall be referred to the committee or 
     committees that have jurisdiction over the subject matter of 
     the report.

     SEC. 1508. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

       (a) Staff.--
       (1) In general.--The Special Committee may employ in 
     accordance with paragraph (2) a staff composed of such 
     clerical, investigatory, legal, technical, and other 
     personnel as the Special Committee, or the chairman or the 
     ranking member, considers necessary or appropriate.
       (2) Appointment of staff.--
       (A) In general.--The Special Committee shall appoint a 
     staff for the majority, a staff for the minority, and a 
     nondesignated staff.
       (B) Majority staff.--The majority staff shall be appointed, 
     and may be removed, by the chairman and shall work under the 
     general supervision and direction of the chairman.
       (C) Minority staff.--The minority staff shall be appointed, 
     and may be removed, by the ranking member of the Special 
     Committee, and shall work under the general supervision and 
     direction of such member.
       (D) Nondesignated staff.--Nondesignated staff shall be 
     appointed, and may be removed, jointly by the chairman and 
     the ranking member, and shall work under the joint general 
     supervision and direction of the chairman and ranking member.
       (b) Compensation.--
       (1) Majority staff.--The chairman shall fix the 
     compensation of all personnel of the majority staff of the 
     Special Committee.
       (2) Minority staff.--The ranking member shall fix the 
     compensation of all personnel of the minority staff of the 
     Special Committee.
       (3) Nondesignated staff.--The chairman and ranking member 
     shall jointly fix the compensation of all nondesignated staff 
     of the Special Committee, within the budget approved for such 
     purposes for the Special Committee.
       (c) Reimbursement of Expenses.--The Special Committee may 
     reimburse the members of its staff for travel, subsistence, 
     and other necessary expenses incurred by such staff members 
     in the performance of their functions for the Special 
     Committee.
       (d) Payment of Expenses.--There shall be paid out of the 
     applicable accounts of the Senate such sums as may be 
     necessary for the expenses of the Special Committee. Such 
     payments shall be made on vouchers signed by the chairman of 
     the Special Committee and approved in the manner directed by 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 
     Amounts made available under this subsection shall be 
     expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

     SEC. 1509. TERMINATION.

       The Special Committee shall terminate on July 1, 2008.

     SEC. 1510. SENSE OF SENATE ON CERTAIN CLAIMS REGARDING THE 
                   COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY.

       It is the sense of the Senate that any claim of fraud, 
     waste, or abuse under the False Claims Act that involves any 
     contract or spending by the Coalition Provisional Authority 
     should be considered a claim against the United States 
     Government.
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  SA 4293. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 375. WIND ENERGY FACILITIES AND RADAR FACILITIES IN THE 
                   UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of the other 
     military departments, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary 
     of Labor, the chief executive officers of the several States, 
     representatives of the wind energy industry, and other 
     appropriate individuals from the public and private sector, 
     lead in the development of strategies to prevent, reduce, or 
     mitigate interference by wind turbines with the operation of 
     radars in the United States.
       (b) Report.--Not later than December 30, 2006, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress a report 
     setting forth recommendations for legislative or 
     administrative action to--
       (1) facilitate the coexistence of military missions and 
     wind energy facilities, to the greatest extent possible, 
     including mechanisms to apply mitigation strategies on a 
     case-by-case basis to the location and operation of any 
     particular wind energy facility; and
       (2) create a centralized process within the Department of 
     Defense for the evaluation of the potential impact on 
     military radars of the operation of a proposed wind energy 
     facility in the United States, including a process to assure 
     the early evaluation of such impact by the Department and for 
     the right of appeal from a decision of the Department 
     following such an evaluation.
       (c) Construction.--The lack of submittal of the report 
     required by section 358 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 3208) 
     should not be construed as a reason or justification for the 
     delay of the construction or completion of any wind energy or 
     windmill project.
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  SA 4294. Mrs. CLINTON (for herself and Mr. Schumer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3121. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL FORMER NUCLEAR 
                   WEAPONS PROGRAM WORKERS IN SPECIAL EXPOSURE 
                   COHORT UNDER ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL 
                   ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Inclusion in Special Exposure Cohort.--Section 3621(14) 
     of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 
     Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384l(14)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) The employee was so employed at the Bethlehem Steel 
     plant located in Lackawanna, New York, for a number of work 
     days aggregating at least 250 work days--
       ``(i) which were during the period beginning on January 1, 
     1949, and ending on December 31, 1952; and
       ``(ii) during which the employee had direct exposure to 
     material (including residual material) that emitted 
     radiation.''.
       (b) Deadline for NIOSH Determination.--The National 
     Institute of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department 
     of Health and Human Services shall make the determination 
     required by clause (i) of subparagraph (D) of section 
     3621(14) of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
     Compensation Program Act of 2000, as added by subsection (a), 
     not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
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  SA 4295. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. Sessions) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:


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       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1066. REPORT ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than March 1, 2007, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on each report described in 
     paragraph (2) that is required by law to be submitted to the 
     congressional defense committees by the Department of Defense 
     or any department, agency, element, or component under the 
     Department of Defense.
       (2) Covered reports.--Paragraph (1) applies with respect to 
     any report required under a provision of law enacted on or 
     after the date of the enactment of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136) 
     that requires recurring reports to the committees referred to 
     in that paragraph.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     set forth the following:
       (1) Each report described by that subsection, including a 
     statement of the provision of law under which such report is 
     required to be submitted to Congress.
       (2) For each such report, an assessment by the Secretary of 
     the utility of such report from the perspective of the 
     Department of Defense and a recommendation on the 
     advisability of repealing the requirement for the submittal 
     of such report.
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  SA 4296. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. Allard (for himself and Mr. Salazar)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 546, after line 22, add the following:

     SEC. 2828. REPORTS ON ARMY TRAINING RANGES.

       (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Army may not carry 
     out any acquisition of real property to expand the Pinon 
     Canyon Maneuver Site at Fort Carson, Colorado until 30 days 
     after the Secretary submits the report required under 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Report on Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than November 30, 2006, the 
     Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report containing an analysis of any 
     potential expansion of the military training range at the 
     Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site at Fort Carson, Colorado.
       (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following information:
       (A) A description of the Army's current and projected 
     military requirements for training at the Pinon Canyon 
     Maneuver Site.
       (B) An analysis of the reasons for any changes in those 
     requirements, including the extent to which they are a result 
     of the increase of military personnel due to the 2005 round 
     of defense base closure and realignment, the conversion of 
     Army brigades to a modular format, or the Integrated Global 
     Presence and Basing Strategy.
       (C) A proposed plan for addressing those requirements, 
     including a description of any proposed expansion of the 
     existing training range by acquiring privately held land 
     surrounding the site and an analysis of alternative 
     approaches that do not require expansion of the training 
     range.
       (D) If an expansion of the training range is recommended 
     pursuant to subparagraph (C), the following information:
       (i) An assessment of the economic impact on local 
     communities of such acquisition.
       (ii) An assessment of the environmental impact of expanding 
     the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.
       (iii) An estimate of the costs associated with the 
     potential expansion, including land acquisition, range 
     improvements, installation of utilities, environmental 
     restoration, and other environmental activities in connection 
     with the acquisition.
       (iv) An assessment of options for compensating local 
     communities for the loss of property tax revenue as a result 
     of the expansion of Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site.
       (v) An assessment of whether the acquisition of additional 
     land at the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site can be carried out by 
     the Secretary solely through transactions, including land 
     exchanges and the lease or purchase of easements, with 
     willing sellers of the privately held land.
       (c) Report on Expansion of Army Training Ranges.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than February 1, 2007, the 
     Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report containing an assessment of the 
     training ranges operated by the Army to support major Army 
     units.
       (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following information:
       (A) The size, description, and mission essential training 
     tasks supported by each such Army training range during 
     fiscal year 2003.
       (B) A description of the projected changes in training 
     range requirements, including the size, characteristics, and 
     attributes for mission essential training of each range and 
     the extent to which any changes in requirements are a result 
     of the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment, 
     the conversion of Army brigades to a modular format, or the 
     Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy.
       (C) The projected deficit or surplus of training land at 
     each such range, and a description of the Army's plan to 
     address that projected deficit or surplus of land as well as 
     the upgrade of range attributes at each existing training 
     range.
       (D) A description of the Army's priori-
     tization process and investment strategy to address the 
     potential expansion or upgrade of training ranges.
       (E) An analysis of alternatives to the expansion of Army 
     ranges to include an assessment of the joint use of ranges 
     operated by other services.
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  SA 4297. Mr. WARNER proposed an amendment to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 65, line 16, insert ``facility designated by the 
     Secretary as the'' before ``National''.
       On page 65, line 24, insert ``facility designated by the 
     Secretary as the'' before ``National''.
       On page 66, line 17, insert ``facility designated by the 
     Secretary as the'' before ``National''.
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  SA 4298. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
Collins, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Roberts, and Mrs. Dole) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 215. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

       (a) Army Support for University Research Initiatives.--
       (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation, army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
       (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Army, as increased by paragraph 
     (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 
     0601103A for University Research Initiatives.
       (b) Navy Support for University Research Initiatives.--
       (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation, army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
       (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Navy, as increased by paragraph 
     (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 
     0601103N for University Research Initiatives.
       (c) Air Force Support for University Research 
     Initiatives.--
       (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation, air force.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Air Force is hereby increased by 
     $10,000,000.
       (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for the Air Force, as increased by 
     paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program 
     element PE 0601103F for University Research Initiatives.
       (d) Computer Science and Cyber-
     security.--
       (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby 
     increased by $10,000,000.
       (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities,

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     as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available 
     for program element PE 0601101E for the Defense Advanced 
     Research Projects Agency University Research Program in 
     Computer Science and Cybersecurity.
       (e) SMART National Defense Education Program.--
       (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and 
     evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby 
     increased by $5,000,000.
       (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, 
     test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities, as 
     increased by paragraph (1), $5,000,000 may be available for 
     program element PE 0601120D8Z for the SMART National Defense 
     Education Program.
       (f) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it 
     should be a goal of the Department of Defense to invest not 
     less than an amount equal to 15 percent of the science and 
     technology budget of the Department of Defense in basic 
     research programs.
       (g) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by 
     section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide 
     activities is hereby reduced by $45,000,000.
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  SA 4299. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Sessions) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:

     SEC. 3121. EDUCATION OF FUTURE NUCLEAR ENGINEERS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Department of Defense and the United States depend 
     on the specialized expertise of nuclear engineers who support 
     the development and sustainment of technologies including 
     naval reactors, strategic weapons, and nuclear power plants.
       (2) Experts estimate that over 25 percent of the 
     approximately 58,000 workers in the nuclear power industry in 
     the United States will be eligible to retire within 5 years, 
     representing both a huge loss of institutional memory and a 
     potential national security crisis.
       (3) This shortfall of workers is exacerbated by reductions 
     to the University Reactor Infrastructure and Education 
     Assistance program, which trains civilian nuclear scientists 
     and engineers. The defense and civilian nuclear industries 
     are interdependent on a limited number of educational 
     institutions to produce their workforce. A reduction in 
     nuclear scientists and engineers trained in the civilian 
     sector may result in a further loss of qualified personnel 
     for defense-related research and engineering.
       (4) The Department of Defense's successful Science, Math 
     and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship-for-
     service program serves as a good model for a targeted 
     scholarship or fellowship program designed to educate future 
     scientists at the postsecondary and postgraduate levels.
       (b) Report on Education of Future Nuclear Engineers.--
       (1) Study.--The Secretary of Energy shall study the 
     feasibility and merit of establishing a targeted scholarship 
     or fellowship program to educate future nuclear engineers at 
     the postsecondary and postgraduate levels.
       (2) Report required.--The President shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees, together with the budget 
     request submitted for fiscal year 2008, a report on the study 
     conducted by the Secretary of Energy under paragraph (1).
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  SA 4300. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 147. MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGING CAPABILITIES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The budget of the President for fiscal year 2007, as 
     submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, and the current Future-Years Defense 
     Program adopts an Air Force plan to retire the remaining 
     fleet of U-2 aircraft by 2011.
       (2) This retirement would eliminate the multi-spectral 
     capability provided by the electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) 
     Senior Year Electro-optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS-2) 
     high-altitude imaging system.
       (3) The system referred to in paragraph (2) provides high-
     resolution, long-range, day-and-night image intelligence.
       (4) The infrared capabilities of the system referred to in 
     paragraph (2) can defeat enemy efforts to use camouflage or 
     concealment, as well as provide images through poor 
     visibility and smoke.
       (5) Although the Air Force has previously recognized the 
     military value of Senior Year Electro-optical Reconnaissance 
     System sensors, the Air Force has no plans to migrate this 
     capability to any platform remaining in the fleet.
       (6) The Air Force could integrate such capabilities onto 
     the Global Hawk platform to retain this capability for 
     combatant commanders.
       (7) The Nation risks a loss of an important intelligence 
     gathering capability if this capability is not transferred to 
     another platform.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that 
     the Air Force should investigate ways to retain the multi-
     spectral imaging capabilities provided by the Senior Year 
     Electro-optical Reconnaissance System high-altitude imaging 
     system after the retirement of the U-2 aircraft fleet.
       (c) Report Requirement.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees, at the 
     same time the budget of the President for fiscal year 2008 is 
     submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
     United States Code, a plan for migrating the capabilities 
     provided by the Senior Year Electro-optical Reconnaissance 
     System high-altitude imaging system from the U-2 aircraft to 
     the Global Hawk platform before the retirement of the U-2 
     aircraft fleet in 2011.

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  SA 4301. Mrs. DOLE (for herself and Mr. Jeffords) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1084. HEALTH CARE BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED IN 
                   UTERO TO CONTAMINATED WATER AT CAMP LEJEUNE, 
                   NORTH CAROLINA.

       (a) Eligibility for Benefits.--The Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs shall provide each individual described in subsection 
     (b) with such health care as the Secretary determines is 
     needed by such individual for any health problem, condition, 
     or disability that is associated with the exposure of such 
     individual as described in that subsection.
       (b) Covered Individuals.--An individual described in this 
     subsection is any individual, as determined by the Secretary 
     of Defense in consultation with the Agency for Toxic 
     Substances, who was exposed in utero to water contaminated 
     with toxic chemicals at United States Marine Corps Base Camp 
     Lejeune, North Carolina.
       (c) Authority for Care To Be Provided Directly or By 
     Contract.--The Secretary may provide health care under this 
     section directly or by contract or other arrangement with a 
     health care provider.
       (d) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to affect the rights or obligations of any person 
     or entity, including the Federal Government, under any other 
     law.
       (e) Notice on Exposure.--
       (1) Notice required.--The Commandant of the Marine Corps 
     shall, upon completion of the report by the Agency for Toxic 
     Substances Disease Registry on human exposure to contaminated 
     drinking water at Camp Lejeune, take appropriate actions to 
     notify each person who may have been exposed to such drinking 
     water of such exposure.
       (2) Elements.--The notice provided under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) A description of the events resulting in exposure to 
     contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
       (B) A description of the duration and extent of the 
     contamination of drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
       (C) The known and suspected health effects of exposure to 
     the contaminants in the contaminated drinking water at Camp 
     Lejeune.
       (D) A description of sources of additional information on--
       (i) the contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune; and
       (ii) the known and suspected health effects of exposure to 
     the contaminants in such drinking water.
       (f) Health Care Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``health care'' has the meaning given that term in section 
     1803(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code.

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  SA 4302. Mrs. DOLE (for herself and Mr. Jeffords) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 352. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY ON HUMAN 
                   EXPOSURE TO CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER AT CAMP 
                   LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA.

       (a) Study Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Navy shall enter 
     into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to 
     conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of the 
     available scientific and medical evidence regarding 
     associations between pre-natal, child, and adult exposure to 
     drinking water contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) and 
     tetrachloroethylene (PCE) at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as 
     well as other pre-natal, child, and adult exposures to levels 
     of trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene similar to those 
     experienced at Camp Lejeune, and birth defects or diseases 
     and any other adverse health effects.
       (2) Elements.--In conducting the review and evaluation, the 
     Academy shall review and summarize the scientific and medical 
     evidence and assess the strength of that evidence in 
     establishing a link or association between exposure to 
     trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene and each birth 
     defect or disease suspected to be associated with such 
     exposure. For each birth defect or disease reviewed, the 
     Academy shall determine, to the extent practicable with 
     available scientific and medical data, whether--
       (A) a statistical association with such contaminant 
     exposures exists; and
       (B) there exist plausible biological mechanisms or other 
     evidence of a causal relationship between contaminant 
     exposures and the birth defect or disease.
       (3) Scope of review.--In conducting the review and 
     evaluation, the Academy shall include a review and evaluation 
     of--
       (A) the toxicologic and epidemiologic literature on adverse 
     health effects of trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene, 
     including epidemiologic and risk assessment reports from 
     government agencies;
       (B) recent literature reviews by the National Research 
     Council, Institute of Medicine, and other groups;
       (C) the completed and on-going Agency for Toxic Substances 
     Disease Registry (ATSDR) studies on potential 
     trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene exposure at Camp 
     Lejeune; and
       (D) published meta-analyses.
       (4) Peer review.--The Academy shall obtain the peer review 
     of the report prepared as a result of the review and 
     evaluation under applicable Academy procedures.
       (5) Submittal.--The Academy shall submit the report 
     prepared as a result of the review and evaluation to the 
     Secretary and Congress not later than 18 months after 
     entering into the agreement for the review and evaluation 
     under paragraph (1).
       (b) Notice on Exposure.--
       (1) Notice required.--Upon completion of the current 
     epidemiological study by the Agency for Toxic Substances 
     Disease Registry, known as the Exposure to Volatile Organic 
     Compounds in Drinking Water and Specific Birth Defects and 
     Childhood Cancers, United States Marine Corps Base Camp 
     Lejeune, North Carolina, the Commandant of the Marine Corps 
     shall take appropriate actions, including the use of national 
     media such as newspapers, television, and the Internet, to 
     notify former Camp Lejeune residents and employees who may 
     have been exposed to drinking water impacted by 
     trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene of the results of 
     the study.
       (2) Elements.--The information provided by the Commandant 
     of the Marine Corps under paragraph (1) shall be prepared in 
     conjunction with the Agency for Toxic Substances Disease 
     Registry and shall include a description of sources of 
     additional information relating to such exposure, including, 
     but not be limited to, the following:
       (A) A description of the events resulting in exposure to 
     contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
       (B) A description of the duration and extent of the 
     contamination of drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
       (C) The known and suspected health effects of exposure to 
     the drinking water impacted by trichloroethylene and 
     tetrachloroethylene at Camp Lejeune.
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  SA 4303. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 375. RECOVERY AND AVAILABILITY TO CORPORATION FOR THE 
                   PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE AND FIREARMS SAFETY 
                   OF CERTAIN FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND PARTS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 407 of title 36, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 40728 the following new section:

     ``Sec. 40728A. Recovery and availability of excess firearms, 
       ammunition, and parts granted to foreign countries

       ``(a) Recovery.--The Secretary of the Army may recover from 
     any country to which a grant of rifles, ammunition, repair 
     parts, or other supplies described in section 40731(a) of 
     this title is made under section 505 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2314) any such rifles, 
     ammunition, repair parts, or supplies that are excess to the 
     needs of such country.
       ``(b) Cost of Recovery.--(1) Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), the cost of recovery of any rifles, 
     ammunition, repair parts, or supplies under subsection (a) 
     shall be treated as incremental direct costs incurred in 
     providing logistical support to the corporation for which 
     reimbursement shall be required as provided in section 
     40727(a) of this title.
       ``(2) The Secretary may require the corporation to pay 
     costs of recovery described in paragraph (1) in advance of 
     incurring such costs. Amounts so paid shall not be subject to 
     the provisions of section 3302 of title 31, but shall be 
     administered in accordance with the last sentence of section 
     40727(a) of this title.
       ``(c) Availability.--Any rifles, ammunition, repair parts, 
     or supplies recovered under subsection (a) shall be available 
     for transfer to the corporation in accordance with the 
     provisions of section 40728 of this title under such 
     additional terms and conditions as the Secretary shall 
     prescribe for purposes of this section.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 407 of such title is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 40728 the 
     following new item:

``40728A. Recovery and availability of excess firearms, ammunition, and 
              parts granted to foreign countries.''.
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  SA 4304. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 26, line 19, add after the period the following: 
     ``The prohibition in the preceding sentence shall not apply 
     to any C-130E/H tactical airlift aircraft that are declared 
     by the Air Force to be grounded and are determined by the 
     Secretary of the Air Force to be unsafe for exceeding 
     structural design limits or to have structural cracks in 
     excess of an economic ability to repair, but only if the 
     Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a notice on such 
     determination before retiring such aircraft.''

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  SA 4305. Mr. HAGEL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 568. EXEMPTION FROM PAYMENT OF INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS 
                   UNDER MONTGOMERY GI BILL OF INDIVIDUALS WHO 
                   SERVE AS ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES UNDER EXECUTIVE ORDER 13235.

       (a) Active Duty Program.--Notwithstanding section 3011(b) 
     of title 38, United States Code, no reduction in basic pay 
     otherwise required by such section shall be made in the case 
     of a covered member of the Armed Forces.
       (b) Selected Reserve Program.--Notwithstanding section 
     3012(c) of such title, no reduction in basic pay otherwise 
     required by such section shall be made in the case of a 
     covered member of the Armed Forces.
       (c) Termination of On-Going Reductions in Basic Pay.--In 
     the case of a covered member of the Armed Forces who first 
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     member of the Armed Forces or first entered on active duty as 
     a member of the Armed Forces before the date of the enactment 
     of this Act and whose basic pay would, but for subsection (a) 
     or (b) of this section, be subject to reduction under section 
     3011(b) or 3012(c) of such title for any month beginning on 
     or after that date, the reduction of basic pay of such 
     covered member of the Armed Forces under such section 3011(b) 
     or 3012(c), as applicable, shall cease commencing with the 
     first month beginning on or after that date.
       (d) Refund of Contributions.--(1) In the case of any 
     covered member of the Armed Forces whose basic pay was 
     reduced under section 3011(b) or 3012(c) of such title for 
     any month beginning before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary concerned shall pay to such covered member 
     of the Armed Forces an amount equal to the aggregate amount 
     of reductions of basic pay of such member of the Armed Forces 
     under such section 3011(b) or 3012(c), as applicable, as of 
     that date.
       (2) Any amount paid to a covered member of the Armed Forces 
     under paragraph (1) shall not be included in gross income 
     under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       (3) Amounts for payments made by a Secretary concerned 
     under paragraph (1) during fiscal year 2005 shall be derived 
     from amounts made available for such fiscal year in an Act 
     making supplemental appropriations for defense and the 
     reconstruction of Iraq.
       (4) In this subsection, the term ``Secretary concerned'' 
     means--
       (A) the Secretary of the Army, with respect to matters 
     concerning the Army;
       (B) the Secretary of the Navy, with respect to matters 
     concerning the Navy or the Marine Corps;
       (C) the Secretary of the Air Force, with respect to matters 
     concerning the Air Force; and
       (D) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to 
     matters concerning the Coast Guard.
       (e) Covered Member of the Armed Forces Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``covered member of the Armed Forces'' 
     means any individual who serves on active duty as a member of 
     the Armed Forces during the period--
       (1) beginning on November 16, 2001, the date of Executive 
     Order 13235, relating to National Emergency Construction 
     Authority; and
       (2) ending on the termination date of the Executive order 
     referred to in paragraph (1).

     SEC. 569. OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS ACTIVE 
                   DUTY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES UNDER 
                   EXECUTIVE ORDER 13235 TO WITHDRAW ELECTION NOT 
                   TO ENROLL IN MONTGOMERY GI BILL.

       Section 3018 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsection 
     (d) and (e), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection (c):
       ``(c)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     chapter, during the one-year period beginning on the date of 
     the enactment of this subsection, an individual who--
       ``(A) serves on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces 
     during the period beginning on November 16, 2001, and ending 
     on the termination date of Executive Order 13235, relating to 
     National Emergency Construction Authority; and
       ``(B) has served continuously on active duty without a 
     break in service following the date the individual first 
     becomes a member or first enters on active duty as a member 
     of the Armed Forces,

     shall have the opportunity, on such form as the Secretary of 
     Defense shall prescribe, to withdraw an election under 
     section 3011(c)(1) or 3012(d)(1) of this title not to receive 
     education assistance under this chapter.
       ``(2) An individual described paragraph (1) who made an 
     election under section 3011(c)(1) or 3012(d)(1) of this title 
     and who--
       ``(A) while serving on active duty during the one-year 
     period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     subsection makes a withdrawal of such election;
       ``(B) continues to serve the period of service which such 
     individual was obligated to serve;
       ``(C) serves the obligated period of service described in 
     subparagraph (B) or before completing such obligated period 
     of service is described by subsection (b)(3)(B); and
       ``(D) meets the requirements set forth in paragraphs (4) 
     and (5) of subsection (b),

     is entitled to basic educational assistance under this 
     chapter.''; and
       (3) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by inserting 
     ``or (c)(2)(A)'' after ``(b)(1)''.
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  SA 4306. Mr. HAGEL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 648. COMMENCEMENT OF RECEIPT OF NONREGULAR SERVICE 
                   RETIRED PAY BY RESERVES WHO SERVED ON ACTIVE 
                   DUTY FOR SIGNIFICANT PERIODS DURING THE GLOBAL 
                   WAR ON TERRORISM.

       (a) Reduced Eligibility Age.--Section 12731 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(1) has attained the eligibility age applicable under 
     subsection (f) to that person;''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(f)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the eligibility age for 
     the purposes of subsection (a)(1) is 60 years of age.
       ``(2)(A) In the case of a person who, as a member of a 
     reserve component of an armed force, served on active duty 
     during a global war on terrorism service year under a 
     provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) of this 
     title, the eligibility age for the purposes of subsection 
     (a)(1) is reduced below 60 years of age by one year for each 
     global war on terrorism service year during which such person 
     so served on active duty for at least 90 consecutive days, 
     subject to subparagraph (B).
       ``(B) The eligibility age may not be reduced below 55 years 
     of age for any person under subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) In this paragraph, the term `global war on terrorism 
     service year' means--
       ``(i) the one-year period beginning on November 16, 2001, 
     and ending on November 15, 2002; and
       ``(ii) each successive one-year period beginning on 
     November 16 of a year.
       (b) Administration of Related Provisions of Law or 
     Policy.--With respect to any provision of law, or of any 
     policy, regulation, or directive of the executive branch, 
     that refers to a member or former member of the uniformed 
     services as being eligible for, or entitled to, retired pay 
     under chapter 1223 of title 10, United States Code, but for 
     the fact that the member or former member is under 60 years 
     of age, such provision shall be carried out with respect to 
     that member or former member by substituting for the 
     reference to being 60 years of age a reference to having 
     attained the eligibility age applicable under subsection (f) 
     of section 12731 of title 10, United States Code (as added by 
     subsection (a)), to such member or former member for 
     qualification for such retired pay under subsection (a) of 
     such section.
       (c) Effective Date and Applicability.--The amendment made 
     by subsection (a) shall take effect as of November 16, 2001, 
     and shall apply with respect to applications for retired pay 
     that are submitted under section 12731(a) of title 10, United 
     States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
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  SA 4307. Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Biden, and Mr. Levin) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1209. NORTH KOREA.

       (a) Coordinator of Policy on North Korea.--
       (1) Appointment required.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
     appoint a senior presidential envoy to act as coordinator of 
     United States policy on North Korea.
       (2) Designation.--The individual appointed under paragraph 
     (1) may be known as the ``North Korea Policy Coordinator'' 
     (in this subsection referred to as the ``Coordinator)''.
       (3) Duties.--The Coordinator shall--
       (A) conduct a full and complete interagency review of 
     United States policy toward North Korea;
       (B) provide policy direction for negotiations with North 
     Korea relating to nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and 
     other security matters; and
       (C) provide leadership for United States participation in 
     Six Party Talks on the denuclearization of the Korean 
     peninsula.
       (4) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     appointment of an individual as Coordinator under paragraph 
     (1), the Coordinator shall submit to the President and 
     Congress an unclassified report, with a classified annex if 
     necessary, on the actions undertaken under paragraph (3). The 
     report shall set forth--
       (A) the results of the review under paragraph (3)(A); and
       (B) any other matters on North Korea that the individual 
     considers appropriate.
       (b) Report on Nuclear and Missile Programs of North 
     Korea.--
       (1) Report required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, 
     the President shall submit to Congress an unclassified

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     report, with a classified annex as appropriate, on the 
     nuclear program and the missile program of North Korea.
       (2) Elements.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) The most current national intelligence estimate on the 
     nuclear program and the missile program of North Korea, and, 
     consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and 
     methods, an unclassified summary of the key judgments in the 
     estimate.
       (B) The most current unclassified United States Government 
     assessment, stated as a range if necessary, of (i) the number 
     of nuclear weapons possessed by North Korea and (ii) the 
     amount of nuclear material suitable for weapons use produced 
     by North Korea by plutonium reprocessing and uranium 
     enrichment for each period as follows:
       (I) Before October 1994.
       (II) Between October 1994 and October 2002.
       (III) Between October 2002 and the date of the submittal of 
     the initial report under paragraph (1).
       (IV) Each 12-month period after the submittal of the 
     initial report under paragraph (1).
       (C) Any other matter relating to the nuclear program or 
     missile program of North Korea that the President considers 
     appropriate.

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  SA 4308. Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Reid) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. __ EXPANSION OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretaries of the military 
     departments shall take appropriate actions to increase the 
     number of secondary educational institutions at which a unit 
     of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is organized 
     under chapter 102 of title 10, United States Code.
       (b) Expansion Targets.--In increasing under subsection (a) 
     the number of secondary educational institutions at which a 
     unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Crops is 
     organized, the Secretaries of the military departments shall 
     seek to organize unites at an additional number of 
     institutions as follows:
       (1) In the case of Army units, 15 institutions.
       (2) In the case of Navy units, 10 institutions.
       (3) In the case of Marine Corps units, 15 institutions.
       (4) In the case of Air Force units, 10 institutions.
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  SA 4309. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2007 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed 
Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 105. AMOUNT FOR PROCUREMENT OF HEMOSTATIC AGENTS FOR USE 
                   IN THE FIELD.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     every member of the Armed Forces should carry life saving 
     resources on them, including hemostatic agents.
       (b) Availability of Funds.--Of the amount authorized under 
     section 104 for Defense-wide procurement, $20,000,000 may be 
     made available for the procurement of a sufficient quantity 
     of hemostatic agents, including blood-clotting bandages, for 
     use by members of the Armed Forces in the field so that each 
     soldier serving in Iraq and Afghanistan is issued at least 
     one hemostatic agent and accompanying medical personnel have 
     a sufficient inventory of hemostatic agents.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     distribution of hemostatic agents to members of the Armed 
     Forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, including a 
     description of any distribution problems and attempts to 
     resolve such problems.

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