S.Amdt. 2964

SA 2964. Mr. DURBIN 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 D of title I, add the following:

SEC. 143. C-40 AIRCRAFT.

(a) Additional Amount for Aircraft.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 103(1) for procurement of aircraft the Air Force is hereby increased by $85,000,000.

(b) Availability.--Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 103(1) for procurement of aircraft for the Air Force, as increased by subsection (a), $85,000,000 may be available for the procurement of one C-40 aircraft.

(c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(1) for procurement of aircraft for the Navy is hereby reduced by $85,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be allocated as follows:

(1) $69,000,000 to amounts available for procurement of UH-1Y/AH-1Z helicopters.

(2) $16,000,000 to amounts available for procurement of E-2C aircraft.