S.Amdt. 2037

SA 2037. Mr. COLEMAN 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 subtitle B of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 416. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED VARIANCE IN END STRENGTHS FOR ACTIVE DUTY AND NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL PAYABLE FROM FUNDS FOR RESERVE PERSONNEL.

(a) Increase.--Section 115(f)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “2 percent” and inserting “3 percent”.

(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2007, and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.