S.Amdt. 4765Senate109th Congress (2005-2007)
S.Amdt. 4765
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)
Submitted August 2, 2006
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SA 4765. Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Reed, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Baucus, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Durbin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title VIII, add the following: Sec. 8109. (a) Army Support for University Research Initiatives.-- (1) Additional amount for research, development, test and evaluation, army.--The amount appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'' is hereby increased by $12,000,000. (2) Availability for university research initiatives.--Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army'', as increased by paragraph (1), up to $12,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601103A for University Research Initiatives. (b) Navy Support for University Research Initiatives.-- (1) Additional amount for research, development, test and evaluation, navy.--The amount appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'' is hereby increased by $13,000,000. (2) Availability for university research initiatives.--Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy'', as increased by paragraph (1), up to $13,000,000 may be available for Program Element 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 appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'' is hereby increased by $5,000,000. (2) Availability for university research initiatives.--Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'', as increased by paragraph (1), up to $5,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601103F for University Research Initiatives. (d) SMART National Defense Education Program.-- (1) Additional amount for research, development, test and evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' is hereby increased by $9,000,000. (2) Availability for smart national defense education program.--Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading [[Page S8632]] ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', as increased by paragraph (1), up to $9,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601120D8Z for the SMART National Defense Education Program. (e) DARPA University Research Program in Computer Science and Cybersecurity.-- (1) Additional amount for research, development, test and evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'' is hereby increased by $6,000,000. (2) Availability for darpa program in computer science and cybersecurity.--Of the amount appropriated by title IV under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', as increased by paragraph (1), up to $6,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601101E the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Program in Computer Science and Cybersecurity. (f) Offset.--The amount appropriated by title II under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide'' is hereby reduced by $45,000,000. ______