S.Amdt. 4824

SA 4824. Mr. BAYH 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) 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.
(b) Availability.--Of the amount appropriated by title IV
under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Defense-Wide'', as increased by subsection (a),
up to $6,000,000 may be available as follows:
(1) $3,000,000 for bioterrorism protection research (PE
#0601384BP).
(2) $3,000,000 for advanced protective gear for small-arms
threats (PE #0601101E).
(c) Offset.--The amount appropriated by title IV under the
heading ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense-Wide'' is hereby reduced by $6,000,000, with the
amount of the reduction allocated to amounts available for
Technical Studies, Support, and Analysis.
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