To express the sense of the Senate on the transfer of amounts for increased personnel strengths for the Army and the Marine Corps from Additional War-Related Appropriations to the recurring appropriations for fiscal year 2006.

1. Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR INCREASED PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR INCREASED PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS.

   Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:

   Inserted: (1) A long-term increase in the personnel end strengths for active duty personnel of the Army and the Marine Corps is necessary in order to carry out the current missions of the Army and the Marine Corps and to relieve current strains on Army and Marine Corps forces.

   Inserted: (2) The cost of the increase in such end strengths is foreseeable and should be included in the annual budget of the President for each fiscal year, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, in order to provide a full and honest accounting to the American people of the personnel costs of the Army and the Marine Corps.

   Inserted: (3) The inclusion in the annual budget of the President for each fiscal year of the costs of an increase in such end strengths will permit the Army and Marine Corps to plan for and accommodate the additional troops contemplated by such increased end strengths without reducing other important programs.

   Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the additional amounts to be required for increases in the personnel end strengths for active duty personnel of the Army and the Marine Corps for fiscal year 2006 should be transferred from amounts appropriated by title IX for the Military Personnel, Army, Military Personnel, Marine Corps, Operation and Maintenance, Army, and Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps, and Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, accounts to the amounts appropriated for the applicable accounts in titles I and II.

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