S.Amdt. 1344

SA 1344. Mr. MARTINEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 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 X, add following:

SEC. 1009. USE OF FUNDS FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIAL CATEGORY RESIDENTS AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA.

(a) Authorization To Use Funds.--The Secretary of the Navy may obligate and expend funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the Navy for the purposes of covering the costs associated with Special Category Residents residing at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including costs associated with medical care, transportation, legal services, and subsistence.

(b) Ratification of Use of Funds.--Any obligation or expenditure of funds by the Secretary of the Navy for the purposes described in subsection (a) during the period beginning on January 1, 1959, and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act is hereby deemed to have complied with the provisions of section 1301 of title 31, United States Code.