S.Amdt. 1512

SA 1512. Mr. SARBANES 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 286, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 1073. RETENTION OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROVISION OF RECIPROCAL FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES.

Section 5 of the Act of May 27, 1955 (69 Stat. 67; 42 U.S.C. 1856d) is amended--

(1) by inserting “(a)” after “SEC. 5.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), all sums received by any Department of Defense activity for fire protection rendered pursuant to this Act shall be credited to the appropriation, fund, or account from which the expenses were paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged with the funds in such appropriation, fund, or account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same limitations, as the funds with which the credited amounts are merged.”.