To provide that, of the funds authorized under title XIV, $20,000,000 may be made available for the procurement of hemostatic agents, including blood-clotting bandages, for use by members of the Armed Forces in the field.

1. Adds SEC. 105. AMOUNT FOR PROCUREMENT OF HEMOSTATIC AGENTS FOR USE IN THE FIELD at the end of subtitle A of title I

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   Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2007 for Defense-wide procurement in the amount of $2,980,498,000.

   Inserted: SEC. 105. AMOUNT FOR PROCUREMENT OF HEMOSTATIC AGENTS FOR USE IN THE FIELD.

   Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that every member of the Armed Forces should carry life saving resources on them, including hemostatic agents.

   Inserted: (b) Availability of Funds.--Of the amount authorized under section 104 for Defense-wide procurement, $20,000,000 may be made available for the procurement of a sufficient quantity of hemostatic agents, including blood-clotting bandages, for use by members of the Armed Forces in the field so that each soldier serving in Iraq and Afghanistan is issued at least one hemostatic agent and accompanying medical personnel have a sufficient inventory of hemostatic agents.

   Inserted: (c) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the distribution of hemostatic agents to members of the Armed Forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, including a description of any distribution problems and attempts to resolve such problems.

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   At the end of subtitle A of title I, add the following:

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