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  1. Adds SEC. 924. LIMITATION ON REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL OF AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND at the end of subtitle C of title IX

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    Section 8111(d)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking "September 30, 2007" and inserting "September 30, 2010".

    Inserted: SEC. 924. LIMITATION ON REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL OF AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND.

    Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than September 1, 2006, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the planned or proposed reductions in the personnel of the Air Force Space Command.

    Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:

    Inserted: (1) A description of the planned or proposed reductions in the number of military personnel, civilian employees, or contractor support personnel, as the case may be, assigned to the Air Force Space Command.

    Inserted: (2) A justification for the planned or proposed reductions.

    Inserted: (3) An assessment of the effect of the planned or proposed reductions on the capacity of the Air Force Space command to conduct its mission in support of operational commanders.

    Inserted: (4) An assessment whether or not the effect of the planned or proposed reductions could be mitigated by granting the commander of the Air Forces Space Command, or the appropriate program executive officers, enhanced authority to make personnel and resource decisions in implementing such reductions.

    Inserted: (5) A certification that the planned or proposed reductions will not impede, disrupt, or otherwise diminish or interfere with the national security space acquisition programs of the United States, national security space operations of the United States, or national security space technology development by the United States.

    Inserted: (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--

    Inserted: (1) the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

    Inserted: (2) the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

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    At the end of subtitle C of title IX, add the following:

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SA 4383. Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein) 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 C of title IX, add the following:

SEC. 924. LIMITATION ON REDUCTION IN PERSONNEL OF AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than September 1, 2006, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the planned or proposed reductions in the personnel of the Air Force Space Command.

(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) A description of the planned or proposed reductions in the number of military personnel, civilian employees, or contractor support personnel, as the case may be, assigned to the Air Force Space Command.

(2) A justification for the planned or proposed reductions.

(3) An assessment of the effect of the planned or proposed reductions on the capacity of the Air Force Space command to conduct its mission in support of operational commanders.

(4) An assessment whether or not the effect of the planned or proposed reductions could be mitigated by granting the commander of the Air Forces Space Command, or the appropriate program executive officers, enhanced authority to make personnel and resource decisions in implementing such reductions.

(5) A certification that the planned or proposed reductions will not impede, disrupt, or otherwise diminish or interfere with the national security space acquisition programs of the United States, national security space operations of the United States, or national security space technology development by the United States.

(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means--

(1) the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and

(2) the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

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June 21, 2006