To express the sense of the Senate on funding for the continuing development of the permanent magnet motor.

SA 421. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. Kohl) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1268, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, to establish and rapidly implement regulations for State driver's license and identification document security standards, to prevent terrorists from abusing the asylum laws of the United States, to unify terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removal, to ensure expeditious construction of the San Diego border fence, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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permanent magnet motor for next generation destroyer program

Sec. 1122. (a) Additional Amount for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy.--The amount appropriated by this chapter under the heading “Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy” is hereby increased by $15,000,000, with the amount of such increase designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress).

(b) Availability of Funds.--Of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act under the heading “Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy”, as increased by subsection (a), $15,000,000 shall be available for continued development and testing of the Permanent Magnet Motor for the next generation destroyer (DD(X)) program.