S.Amdt. 1401
What it does: Adds SEC. 213. DEFENSE BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS at the end of subtitle B of title II
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)What it changes
1 change to S. 1042 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 213. DEFENSE BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS at the end of subtitle B of title II
Adds a sectionIn S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(3) such recommendations, including recommendations for additional legislative or administrative actions and recommendations on funding required to implement such actions, as the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the field experiment.
Inserted: SEC. 213. DEFENSE BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
Inserted: (a) Army Programs.--(1) 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.
Inserted: (2) 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 shall be available for Program Element 0601103A for University Research Initiatives.
Inserted: (b) Navy Programs.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
Inserted: (2) 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 shall be available for Program Element 0601103N for University Research Initiatives.
Inserted: (c) Air Force Programs.--(1) 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.
Inserted: (2) 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 shall be available for Program Element 0601103F for University Research Initiatives.
Inserted: (d) Defense-Wide Activities.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby increased by $20,000,000.
Inserted: (2) 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)--
Inserted: (A) $10,000,000 shall be available for Program Element 0601120D8Z for the SMART National Defense Education Program; and
Inserted: (B) $10,000,000 shall be available for Program Element 0601101E for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for fundamental research in computer science and cybersecurity.
Inserted: (e) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities is hereby reduced by $50,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be allocated to amounts available for information technology initiatives.
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Inserted: (f) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the Department of Defense to allocate to basic research programs each fiscal year an amount equal to 15 percent of the funds available to the Department of Defense for science and technology in such fiscal year.
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At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
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SA 1401. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Roberts, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Santorum, Mr. Lieberman, and Mrs. Dole) 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 B of title II, add the following:
SEC. 213. DEFENSE BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
(a) Army Programs.--(1) 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) 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 shall be available for Program Element 0601103A for University Research Initiatives.
(b) Navy Programs.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(2) 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 shall be available for Program Element 0601103N for University Research Initiatives.
(c) Air Force Programs.--(1) 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) 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 shall be available for Program Element 0601103F for University Research Initiatives.
(d) Defense-Wide Activities.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby increased by $20,000,000.
(2) 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)--
(A) $10,000,000 shall be available for Program Element 0601120D8Z for the SMART National Defense Education Program; and
(B) $10,000,000 shall be available for Program Element 0601101E for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for fundamental research in computer science and cybersecurity.
(e) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities is hereby reduced by $50,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be allocated to amounts available for information technology initiatives.
(f) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the Department of Defense to allocate to basic research programs each fiscal year an amount equal to 15 percent of the funds available to the Department of Defense for science and technology in such fiscal year.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 21, 2005