S.Amdt. 1482

SA 1482. Mr. OBAMA (for himself, Mr. Byrd, and Mr. Durbin) 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:

On page 371, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

SEC. 2887. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN CONSENT OF GOVERNORS OF STATES AFFECTED BY MOVEMENT OR REALLOCATION OF AIRCRAFT FROM AIR NATIONAL GUARD UNITS.

It is the sense of the Senate that the movement or reallocation of aircraft from one Air National Guard unit to another Air National Guard unit--

(1) constitutes--

(A) a relocation or withdrawal of a unit for purposes of section 18238 of title 10, United States Code; and

(B) a “change in the branch, organization, or allotment of a unit” for purposes of section 104(c) of title 32, United States Code; and

(2) therefore requires the consent of the governor of an affected State.