S.Amdt. 5529
What it does: Adds SEC. 216. SENSE OF SENATE ON DEMONSTRATION OF THE SENIOR YEAR ELECTRO-OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM ON THE JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM at the end of subtitle B of title II
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)What it changes
1 change to S. 3001 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 216. SENSE OF SENATE ON DEMONSTRATION OF THE SENIOR YEAR ELECTRO-OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM ON THE JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM at the end of subtitle B of title II
Adds a sectionIn S. 3001 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Exceptions.--The requirement in subsection (a) with respect to a particular airborne intelligence collection system may be waived by the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council under section 181 of title 10, United States Code. Waivers under this subsection shall be made on a case-by-case basis.
Inserted: SEC. 216. SENSE OF SENATE ON DEMONSTRATION OF THE SENIOR YEAR ELECTRO-OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM ON THE JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) For fiscal year 2008, Congress appropriated $16,000,000 to demonstrate the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS) electro-optical sensor on the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) to fulfill a requirement for a combat identification capability on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
Inserted: (2) To date, $1,500,000 of such funds have been obligated for a feasibility study to determine how to install and employ the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the Department of the Air Force should obligate the entire $16,000,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for a demonstration of the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System only for the purpose of demonstrating or integrating the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
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As printed
SA 5529. Mr. CHAMBLISS 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 B of title II, add the following:
SEC. 216. SENSE OF SENATE ON DEMONSTRATION OF THE SENIOR YEAR ELECTRO-OPTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM ON THE JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM.
(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) For fiscal year 2008, Congress appropriated $16,000,000 to demonstrate the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System (SYERS) electro-optical sensor on the E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) to fulfill a requirement for a combat identification capability on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
(2) To date, $1,500,000 of such funds have been obligated for a feasibility study to determine how to install and employ the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the Department of the Air Force should obligate the entire $16,000,000 appropriated for fiscal year 2008 for a demonstration of the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System only for the purpose of demonstrating or integrating the Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System on the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 15, 2008