S.Amdt. 2178

SA 2178. Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lieberman, and Mr. Lott) 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 C of title I, add the following:

SEC. 132. ENHANCEMENT OF FLEET MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES.

(a) Additional Amount for Enhancement of Atlantic Fleet Missile Defense Capabilities.--

(1) Additional amount.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(4) for other procurement for the Navy is hereby increased by $62,000,000.

(2) Availability.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(4) for other procurement for the Navy, as increased by paragraph (1), the amount available for Program element 0204228N for Aegis Support Equipment (Budget Line Item 524600) is hereby increased by $51,500,000 and the amount available for Program Element 0204228N for Aegis Support Equipment (Budget Line Item 524605) is hereby increased by $10,500,000, with such amounts to be available--

(A) for the procurement of equipment to outfit United States Atlantic Fleet ships with Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Radar and Weapons System modifications; and

(B) to expand and enhance Navy installation teams to support installation of the modifications described in paragraph (1) into United States Atlantic Fleet vessels commencing in 2010.

(b) Additional Amount for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Ships.--

(1) Additional amount.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide may be increased by $25,000,000.

(2) Availability.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as increased by paragraph (1), $25,000,000 may be available for Ballistic Missile Defense Aegis (Program Element 0603892C) for the enhancement of the capacity of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense ships to intercept ballistic missiles in the ascent phase.

(c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 1505(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, is hereby reduced by $87,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be allocated to funds available for MILSATCOM Terminals (Program Element 0303601F).