S.Amdt. 4298
What it does: Adds SEC. 215. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY at the end of subtitle B of title II
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)What it changes
1 change to S. 2766 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 215. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY at the end of subtitle B of title II
Adds a sectionIn S. 2766 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(c) Availability of Funds for Report.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act (other than the amounts covered by the limitation in subsection (a)), $20,000,000 may be available to prepare the report required by subsection (b).
Inserted: SEC. 215. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
Inserted: (a) Army Support for University Research Initiatives.--
Inserted: (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
Inserted: (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601103A for University Research Initiatives.
Inserted: (b) Navy Support for University Research Initiatives.--
Inserted: (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
Inserted: (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601103N for University Research Initiatives.
Inserted: (c) Air Force Support for University Research Initiatives.--
Inserted: (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, air force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
Inserted: (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601103F for University Research Initiatives.
Inserted: (d) Computer Science and Cybersecurity.--
Inserted: (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
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Inserted: (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601101E for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency University Research Program in Computer Science and Cybersecurity.
Inserted: (e) SMART National Defense Education Program.--
Inserted: (1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
Inserted: (2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities, as increased by paragraph (1), $5,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601120D8Z for the SMART National Defense Education Program.
Inserted: (f) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the Department of Defense to invest not less than an amount equal to 15 percent of the science and technology budget of the Department of Defense in basic research programs.
Inserted: (g) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities is hereby reduced by $45,000,000.
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At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
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SA 4298. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Collins, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Roberts, and Mrs. Dole) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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 B of title II, add the following:
SEC. 215. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
(a) Army Support for University Research Initiatives.--
(1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601103A for University Research Initiatives.
(b) Navy Support for University Research Initiatives.--
(1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601103N for University Research Initiatives.
(c) Air Force Support for University Research Initiatives.--
(1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, air force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601103F for University Research Initiatives.
(d) Computer Science and Cybersecurity.--
(1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601101E for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency University Research Program in Computer Science and Cybersecurity.
(e) SMART National Defense Education Program.--
(1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(2) Availability of amount.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities, as increased by paragraph (1), $5,000,000 may be available for program element PE 0601120D8Z for the SMART National Defense Education Program.
(f) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that it should be a goal of the Department of Defense to invest not less than an amount equal to 15 percent of the science and technology budget of the Department of Defense in basic research programs.
(g) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities is hereby reduced by $45,000,000.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 16, 2006