To increase by $360,800,000 amounts appropriated by title IX for Other Procurement, Army, for the procurement of armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to increase by $5,000,000 amounts appropriated by title IX for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, for industrial preparedness for the implementation of a ballistics engineering research center.

SA 1933. Mr. BAYH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 238, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:
Sec. 9014. (a)(1) The amount appropriated by this title
under the heading ``Other Procurement, Army'' is hereby
increased by $360,800,000.
(2) Of the amount appropriated by this title under the
heading ``Other Procurement, Army'', as increased by
paragraph (1)--
(A) $360,800,000 may be made available for the procurement
of armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for units deployed in
Iraq and Afghanistan; or
(B) if the Secretary of the Army determines that such
amount is not needed for the procurement of armored Tactical
Wheeled Vehicles for units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan--
(i) up to $247,100,000 may be available for the procurement
of armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles to reconstitute Army
Prepositioned Stocks-5, including the procurement of armored
Light Tactical Vehicles (LTVs), armored Medium Tactical
Vehicles (MTVs), and armored Heavy Tactical Vehicles (HTVs)
for purposes of equipping one heavy brigade, one infantry
brigade, and two infantry battalions; and
(ii) up to $113,700,000 may be available for the
procurement of armored Tactical Wheeled Vehicles for the
Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana,
including the procurement of armored Light Tactical Vehicles,
armored Medium Tactical Vehicles, and armored Heavy Tactical
Vehicles for purposes of equipping one infantry brigade
combat team in order to permit such vehicles to be used for
the training and preparation of troops, prior to deployment,
on the use of such vehicles.
(b)(1)(A) The amount appropriated by this title under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide'' is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(B) Of the amount appropriated by this title under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide'', as increased by subparagraph (A), $5,000,000
may be available for the establishment of the ballistics
engineering research center under paragraph (2).
(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall create a
collaborative ballistics engineering research center at two
major research institutions.
(B) The purpose of the research center established under
subparagraph (A) shall be to advance knowledge and
application of ballistics materials and procedures to improve
the safety of land-based military vehicles, particularly from
hidden improvised explosive devices, including through the
training of engineers, scientists, and military personnel in
ballistics materials and their use.
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