S.Amdt. 2009

SA 2009. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. MURRAY) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 358. CONTINUED OPERATIONS OF 36TH RESCUE FLIGHT.

(a) Increase in Amount for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(4) for operation and maintenance for the Air Force is hereby increased by $4,000,000.

(b) Availability for the 36th Rescue Flight.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(4) for operation and maintenance for the Air Force, as increased by subsection (a), $4,000,000 may be available for the Air Force unit known as the 36th Rescue Flight that is assigned to Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington.

(c) Deactivation Prohibited.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that no action is taken to deactivate the 36th Rescue Flight or to reassign or reorganize any of the search and rescue capabilities of that unit.