S.Amdt. 5452

SA 5452. Mr. LEVIN (for himself, and Mr. Warner) 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:

On page 342, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:

SEC. 1208. EXPANSION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.

(a) Extension of Authority.--Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of section 1033 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1881), as amended by section 1021 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136; 117 Stat. 1593) and section 1022 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364; 120 Stat. 2382), is amended by striking “September 30, 2008” and inserting “September 30, 2010”.

(b) Additional Governments Eligible to Receive Support.--Subsection (b) of such section 1033 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

“(19) The Government of El Salvador.

“(20) The Government of Nicaragua.

“(21) The Government of Honduras.”.

(c) Maximum Annual Amounts of Support.--Subsection (e)(2) of such section is amended--

(1) by striking “or” after “2006”; and

(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, or $75,000,000 during either of the fiscal years 2009 and 2010”.