S.Amdt. 2322

SA 2322. Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. Domenici) 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 325. OPERATION JUMP START.

(a) In General.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(5) for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide activities, $400,000,000 may be available for Operation Jump Start in order to maintain a significant durational force of the National Guard on the southern land border of the United States to assist the United States Border Patrol in gaining operational control of that border.

(b) Supplement Not Supplant.--The amount available under subsection (a) for the purpose specified in that subsection is in addition to any other amounts available in this Act for Operation Jump Start.