S.Amdt. 1593

SA 1593. Mr. KERRY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1522 submitted by Mrs. Dole and intended to be proposed 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 the matter proposed to be inserted, add the following:

(c) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2006, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Committee on Small Business of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives regarding the implementation of the training programs under this section, including an assessment of the need for additional personnel in the defense acquisition workforce to carry out the requirements of this section.