To authorize, with an offset, an additional $100,000,000 for Procurement, Defense-wide, and an additional $171,000,000 for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense-wide, for near-term missile defense programs and activities.

SA 5280. Mr. VITTER (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Kyl) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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 II, add the following:

SEC. 237. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
FOR NEAR-TERM MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND
ACTIVITIES.

(a) Additional Amount for Procurement Activities.--
(1) Additional amount for procurement, defense-wide.--The
amount authorized to be appropriated by section 104(1) for
Defense-wide procurement is hereby increased by $100,000,000.
(2) Availability.--Notwithstanding section 1002, of the
amount authorized to be appropriated by section 104(1) for
Defense-wide procurement, as increased by paragraph (1), up
to $100,000,000 may be available for the Missile Defense
Agency for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
system for the purpose of advanced procurement of interceptor
and ground components for Fire Unit #3 and Fire Unit #4,
including component AN/TPY-2.
(3) Supplement not supplant.--The amount available under
paragraph (2) for the purpose set forth in that paragraph is
in addition to any other amounts available in this Act for
such purpose.
(b) Additional Amount for Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation Activities.--
(1) Additional amount for research, development, test, and
evaluation, defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development,
test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, is hereby increased by
$171,000,000.
(2) Availability.--Notwithstanding section 1002, of the
amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for
research, development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as
increased by paragraph (1), amounts are available to the
Missile Defense Agency as follows:
(A) Up to $87,000,000 for Ground Based Midcourse Defense
for purposes as follows:
(i) To implement a rolling target spare.
(ii) To maintain inventory for additional short-notice test
events.
(B) Up to $54,000,000 for the purpose of equipping two
Aegis Class cruisers of the Navy with Ballistic Missile
Defense Systems (BMDSs).
(C) Up to $30,000,000 for the purpose of reducing the
technical risk of the Throttleable Direct and Attitude
Control System (TDACS) for the SM-3 Block 1B missile in

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order to meet the needs of the commanders of the combatant
commands as specified in the Joint Capabilities Mix Study.
(3) Supplement not supplant.--Amount available under each
of subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2) for the
purposes set forth in such paragraph are in addition to any
other amounts available in this Act for such purposes.
(c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by
this division (other than the amount authorized to be
appropriated for Defense-wide procurement, and for research,
development, test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, for the
Missile Defense Agency) is hereby reduced by $271,000,000,
with the amount the reduction to be allocated among the
accounts for which funds are authorized to be appropriated by
this division in the manner specified by the Secretary of
Defense.
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