S.Amdt. 2543Senate109th Congress (2005-2007)

To express the sense of the Senate with regard to aeronautics research and development.

What it does: Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT at the end of subtitle G of title X
Submitted November 15, 2005

What it changes

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  1. Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT at the end of subtitle G of title X

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    In S. 1042 · Public Print

    (2) Review of combatant status tribunal and military commission decisions.--Paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (d) shall apply with respect to any claim whose review is governed by one of such paragraphs and that is pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

    Inserted: SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

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

    Inserted: (1) The advances made possible by Government-funded research in emerging aeronautics technologies have enabled longstanding military air superiority for the United States in recent decades.

    Inserted: (2) Military aircraft incorporate advanced technologies developed at research centers of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

    Inserted: (3) The vehicle systems program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has provided major technology advances that have been used in every major civil and military aircraft developed over the last 50 years.

    Inserted: (4) It is important for the cooperative research efforts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense that funding of research on military aviation technologies be robust.

    Inserted: (5) Recent National Aeronautics and Space Administration and independent studies have demonstrated the competitiveness, scientific merit, and necessity of existing aeronautics programs.

    Inserted: (6) The economic and military security of the United States is enhanced by the continued development of improved aeronautics technologies.

    Inserted: (7) A national effort is needed to ensure that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration can help meet future aviation needs.

    Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it is in the national security interest of the United States to maintain a strong aeronautics research and development program within the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

    Original wording

    At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert:

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As printed

SA 2543. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. Allen (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Warner)) proposed an amendment 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; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert:

SEC. __. SENSE OF SENATE ON AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

(1) The advances made possible by Government-funded research in emerging aeronautics technologies have enabled longstanding military air superiority for the United States in recent decades.

(2) Military aircraft incorporate advanced technologies developed at research centers of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

(3) The vehicle systems program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has provided major technology advances that have been used in every major civil and military aircraft developed over the last 50 years.

(4) It is important for the cooperative research efforts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense that funding of research on military aviation technologies be robust.

(5) Recent National Aeronautics and Space Administration and independent studies have demonstrated the competitiveness, scientific merit, and necessity of existing aeronautics programs.

(6) The economic and military security of the United States is enhanced by the continued development of improved aeronautics technologies.

(7) A national effort is needed to ensure that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration can help meet future aviation needs.

(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it is in the national security interest of the United States to maintain a strong aeronautics research and development program within the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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Senate amendment submitted

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 2543 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

November 15, 2005

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 2543 proposed by Senator Warner for Senator Allen.

November 15, 2005

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Amendment SA 2543 proposed by Senator Warner for Senator Allen. (consideration: CR S12778-12791; text: CR S12784) To express the sense of the Senate with regard to aeronautics research and development.

November 15, 2005

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Amendment SA 2543 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.

November 15, 2005