S.Amdt. 2444
What it does: Adds SEC. 1073. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE EFFECT OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ON MILITARY OPERATIONS at the end of subtitle G of title X of division A
Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL)What it changes
1 change to S. 1042 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1073. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE EFFECT OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ON MILITARY OPERATIONS at the end of subtitle G of title X of division A
Adds a sectionIn S. 1042 · Placed on Calendar Senate
Section 21(a) of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (Public Law 81- 831; 64 Stat. 1005) is amended by inserting "or military or civilian director" after "military commander".
Inserted: SEC. 1073. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE EFFECT OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ON MILITARY OPERATIONS.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) Continued encroachment, land use restrictions, and environmental protections have significantly limited military access to and use of Department of Defense training ranges, operating ranges, and controlled areas and hampered land, air, and sea testing.
Inserted: (2) While simulators and non-live fire exercises are an important part of military training, there is no adequate substitute for live-fire training using the full range of ordnance available to the Armed Forces.
Inserted: (3) Approved and controlled areas for realistic and safe live-fire testing and training operations are increasingly limited.
Inserted: (4) The Department of Defense terminated Navy and Marine Corps live-fire training operations at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.
Inserted: (5) The air and sea space within and around the Eastern Gulf of Mexico is a unique and irreplaceable national security asset that provides critical live-fire testing and training opportunities.
Inserted: (6) Increased oil and gas exploration operations in the waters or beneath the airspace controlled by the Department of Defense could restrict critical live-fire testing and training.
Inserted: (7) Future weapons systems and advanced technologies with longer ranges at supersonic speeds will require more restricted air, land, and water range space.
Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
Inserted: (1) oil and gas exploration operations should not interfere with the testing and training missions of the Department of Defense; and
Inserted: (2) any determination of range requirements and safety buffers should realistically account for future weapons systems and technologies, including longer range stand-off drone technologies.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle G of title X of division A, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2444. Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself and Mr. Nelson of Florida) 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:
At the end of subtitle G of title X of division A, add the following:
SEC. 1073. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON THE EFFECT OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ON MILITARY OPERATIONS.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) Continued encroachment, land use restrictions, and environmental protections have significantly limited military access to and use of Department of Defense training ranges, operating ranges, and controlled areas and hampered land, air, and sea testing.
(2) While simulators and non-live fire exercises are an important part of military training, there is no adequate substitute for live-fire training using the full range of ordnance available to the Armed Forces.
(3) Approved and controlled areas for realistic and safe live-fire testing and training operations are increasingly limited.
(4) The Department of Defense terminated Navy and Marine Corps live-fire training operations at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.
(5) The air and sea space within and around the Eastern Gulf of Mexico is a unique and irreplaceable national security asset that provides critical live-fire testing and training opportunities.
(6) Increased oil and gas exploration operations in the waters or beneath the airspace controlled by the Department of Defense could restrict critical live-fire testing and training.
(7) Future weapons systems and advanced technologies with longer ranges at supersonic speeds will require more restricted air, land, and water range space.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) oil and gas exploration operations should not interfere with the testing and training missions of the Department of Defense; and
(2) any determination of range requirements and safety buffers should realistically account for future weapons systems and technologies, including longer range stand-off drone technologies.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 8, 2005