To renew the moratorium on the return of veterans memorial objects to foreign nations without specific authorization in law.

SA 1469. Mr. THOMAS (for himself and Mr. Enzi) 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 G of title X, add the following SEC. 1073. RENEWAL OF MORATORIUM ON RETURN OF VETERANS MEMORIAL OBJECTS TO FOREIGN NATIONS WITHOUT SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION IN LAW.

Section 1051(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 113 Stat. 763; 10 U.S.C. 2572 note) is amended by inserting “, and during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 and ending on the date that is eight years after that date” before the period.