S.Amdt. 490

SA 490. Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Domenici) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 762, making supplemental appropriations to support Department of Defense operations in Iraq, Department of Homeland Security, and Related Efforts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

Operations and Maintenance, General

For an additional amount for homeland security expenses, for “Operations and Maintenance, General”, $29,000,000, to remain available until expended.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

water and related resources

For an additional amount for homeland security expenses, for “Water and Related Resources”, $29,000,000, to remain available until expended.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Programs

science

For an additional amount for “Science” for expenses necessary to support safeguards and security of nuclear and other facilities and for other purposes, $11,000,000, to remain available until expended.

ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

National Nuclear Security Administration

weapoons activities

For an additional amount for “Weapons Activities” for expenses necessary to safeguard nuclear weapons and nuclear material, $61,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $25,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for secure transportation asset activities: Provided further, That $36,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available to meet increased safeguards and security needs throughout the nuclear weapons complex.

nuclear nonproliferation

For an additional amount for “Nuclear Nonproliferation” for expenses necessary to safeguard fissile nuclear material, $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $84,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for the development and deployment of nuclear detectors at mega seaports, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Provided further, That $17,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for detection and deterrence of radiological dispersal devices: Provided further, That $17,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for nonproliferation assistance to nations other than the Former Soviet Union: Provided further, That $15,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for nuclear nonproliferation verification programs, including $2,500,000 for the Caucasus Seismic Network: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for the packaging and disposition of any nuclear material found in Iraq: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for nuclear material detection materials and devices: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for international export control cooperation activities: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the funds provided shall be available for vulnerability assessments of spent nuclear fuel casks.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management

For an additional amount for Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management”, for expenses necessary to support safeguards and security activities at nuclear and other facilities, $6,000,000, to remain available until expended.

OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES

For an additional amount for “Other Defense Activities”, $18,000,000, to remain available until expended, for increased safeguards and security of Department of Energy facilities and personnel, including intelligence and counterintelligence activities: Provided, That this amount shall be available for transfer to other accounts within the Department of Energy for other expenses necessary to support elevated security conditions 15 days after a notification to the Congress of the proposed transfers.