S.Amdt. 4422
What it does: Adds SEC. 1209. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE, FULLY INTEGRATED SECURITY NETWORK SOLUTION IN IRAQ at the end of subtitle A of title XII
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA)What it changes
1 change to S. 2766 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1209. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE, FULLY INTEGRATED SECURITY NETWORK SOLUTION IN IRAQ at the end of subtitle A of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 2766 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(i) Termination.--The authority in this section shall expire on September 30, 2008.
Inserted: SEC. 1209. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE, FULLY INTEGRATED SECURITY NETWORK SOLUTION IN IRAQ.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) A reliable and integrated telecommunications infrastructure is essential to security, governance, and economic stability in Iraq.
Inserted: (2) The United States Government, in association with coalition partners, the Government of Iraq, and nongovernmental organizations, has committed funds to improve telecommunications infrastructure in Iraq, particularly with respect to security.
Inserted: (3) A major effort in this regard includes the deployment of an advanced first responder network (AFRN) throughout Iraq, including in 14 cities that are currently benefitting from these mission-critical public safety communications capabilities.
Inserted: (4) The broader deployment and connectivity of such disparate emergency communications systems is of critical importance in Iraq, especially in the area of infrastructure security, and a more integrated national common architecture warrants special attention and support.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should--
Inserted: (1) continue the deployment of critical advanced first responder network capability into selected areas of Iraq, including the Kurdish area in the north of the country; and
Inserted: (2) in order to ensure enhanced connectivity of the advanced first responder network, build upon the success of the project to date and implement a comprehensive, fully integrated security network solution in Iraq that will ensure network reliability, secure communications, and a dependable mechanism for the exchange of critical intelligence information, particularly for purposes of supporting and enhancing overall telecommunications services that accommodate command and control of Iraqi security forces, police, and first responders.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 4422. Mr. SPECTER 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 A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1209. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE, FULLY INTEGRATED SECURITY NETWORK SOLUTION IN IRAQ.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) A reliable and integrated telecommunications infrastructure is essential to security, governance, and economic stability in Iraq.
(2) The United States Government, in association with coalition partners, the Government of Iraq, and nongovernmental organizations, has committed funds to improve telecommunications infrastructure in Iraq, particularly with respect to security.
(3) A major effort in this regard includes the deployment of an advanced first responder network (AFRN) throughout Iraq, including in 14 cities that are currently benefitting from these mission-critical public safety communications capabilities.
(4) The broader deployment and connectivity of such disparate emergency communications systems is of critical importance in Iraq, especially in the area of infrastructure security, and a more integrated national common architecture warrants special attention and support.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should--
(1) continue the deployment of critical advanced first responder network capability into selected areas of Iraq, including the Kurdish area in the north of the country; and
(2) in order to ensure enhanced connectivity of the advanced first responder network, build upon the success of the project to date and implement a comprehensive, fully integrated security network solution in Iraq that will ensure network reliability, secure communications, and a dependable mechanism for the exchange of critical intelligence information, particularly for purposes of supporting and enhancing overall telecommunications services that accommodate command and control of Iraqi security forces, police, and first responders.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 21, 2006