S.Amdt. 708

SA 708. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1050, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 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 291, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following new section:

SEC. 1039. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE HOMELAND SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO NEW YORK METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

(a) Authority To Provide Assistance.--(1) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the United States Army Communications and Electronics Research Development Center of the Army Materiel Command, may provide to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority the assistance described in paragraph (2).

(2) The assistance that may be provided under this section is programmatic, technical, and acquisition assistance that utilizes the unique expertise of the Army in land-based command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) technology in support of the homeland security efforts of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

(b) Requirement for Reimbursement.--The Secretary may provide assistance under subsection (a) only to the extent that the Authority reimburses the Secretary for the costs to the Army of providing such assistance.

(c) Use of Receipts.--The Secretary may retain amounts received under subsection (b) to reimburse the costs of the Army in providing assistance under subsection (a), and such funds shall be credited to appropriations of the Army then currently available for the same purposes.

(d) Termination of Authority.--The authority under this section expires on September 30, 2010.