S.Amdt. 503

SA 503. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Kennedy) 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:

On page 141, line 7, strike “That the Secretary” and all that follows through “appropriation:” on lines 10 and 11, and insert “That, not later than 30 days after the last day of each fiscal quarter, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that summarizes the details of the transfer of funds from this appropriation and that includes a description of (1) the extent to which funding provided by this appropriation and such transfers will be used to train and equip capable and effectively led Iraqi security services and promote stability and security in Iraq; (2) the extent to which funding provided by this appropriation and such transfers will be used to train Iraqi security forces in counterinsurgency operations and the estimated total number of Iraqi security force personnel and Iraqi battalions expected to be trained, equipped, and capable of leading counterinsurgency operations independently by the end of 2005 and 2006; and (3) the extent to which funding provided by this appropriation and such transfers will result in reducing the level of the United States Armed Forces in Iraq in 6, 12, and 18 months after the date of such report and an estimate of the number of United States Armed Forces who will be needed in Iraq 6, 12, and 18 months after the date of such report:”.