To express the sense of the Senate on future requests for funding for military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

SA 464. Mr. BYRD 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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requests for future funding for military operations in afghanistan and
iraq

Sec. 1122. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following
findings:
(1) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004
(Public Law 108-87) and the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287) each contain a
sense of the Senate provision urging the President to provide
in the annual budget requests of the President for a fiscal
year under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code,
an estimate of the cost of ongoing military operations in
Iraq and Afghanistan in such fiscal year.
(2) The budget for fiscal year 2006 submitted to Congress
by the President on February 7, 2005, requests no funds for
fiscal year 2006 for ongoing military operations in Iraq or
Afghanistan.
(3) According to the Congressional Research Service, there
exists historical precedent for including the cost of ongoing
military operations in the annual budget requests of the
President following initial funding for such operations by
emergency or supplemental appropriations Acts, including--
(A) funds for Operation Noble Eagle, beginning in the
budget request of President George W. Bush for fiscal year
2005;
(B) funds for operations in Kosovo, beginning in the budget
request of President George W. Bush for fiscal year 2001;
(C) funds for operations in Bosnia, beginning in budget
request of President Clinton for fiscal year 1997;
(D) funds for operations in Southwest Asia, beginning in
the budget request of President Clinton for fiscal year 1997;
(E) funds for operations in Vietnam, beginning in the
budget request of President Johnson for fiscal year 1966; and
(F) funds for World War II, beginning in the budget request
of President Roosevelt for fiscal year 1943.
(4) The Senate has included in its version of the fiscal
year 2006 budget resolution, which was adopted by the Senate
on March 17, 2005, a reserve fund of $50,000,000,000 for
overseas contingency operations, but the determination of
that amount could not take into account any Administration
estimate on the projected cost of such operations in fiscal
year 2006.
(5) In February 2005, the Congressional Budget Office
estimated that fiscal year 2006 costs for ongoing military
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan could total
$65,000,000,000.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) any request for funds for a fiscal year after fiscal
year 2006 for an ongoing military operation overseas,
including operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, should be
included in the annual budget of the President for such
fiscal year as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code;
(2) the President should submit to Congress, not later than
September 1, 2005, an amendment to the budget of the
President for fiscal year 2006 that was submitted to Congress
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code,
setting forth detailed cost estimates for ongoing military
operations overseas during such fiscal year; and
(3) any funds provided for a fiscal year for ongoing
military operations overseas should be provided in
appropriations Acts for such fiscal year through
appropriations to specific accounts set forth in such
appropriations Acts.
(c) Additional Requirements for Certain Reports.--(1) Each
semiannual report to Congress required under a provision of
law referred to in paragraph (2) shall include, in addition
to the matters specified in the applicable provision of law,
the following:
(A) A statement of the cumulative total of all amounts
obligated, and of all amounts expended, as of the date of
such report for Operation Enduring Freedom.
(B) A statement of the cumulative total of all amounts
obligated, and of all amounts expended, as of the date of
such report for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
(C) An estimate of the reasonably foreseeable costs for
ongoing military operations to be incurred during the 12-
month period beginning on the date of such report.
(2) The provisions of law referred to in this paragraph are
as follows:
(A) Section 1120 of the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of
Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106; 117 Stat.
1219; 10 U.S.C. 113 note).
(B) Section 9010 of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1008;
10 U.S.C. 113 note).
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