S.Amdt. 1148

SA 1148. Mr. KYL (for himself, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Sessions) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2346, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 31, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

Sec. 315. Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Congress is grateful for the service and leadership of the members of the bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, who, pursuant to section 1062 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 319), spent more than a year examining the Nation's strategic posture in all of its aspects: deterrence strategy, arms control initiatives, and nonproliferation strategies.

(2) The Commission, comprised of some of this country's most preeminent scholars and technical experts in the subject matter, found a bipartisan consensus on these issues in its Final Report made public on May 6, 2009.

(3) Congress appreciates the service of former Secretary of Defense William Perry, former Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy James Schlesinger, former Senator John Glenn, former Congressman Lee Hamilton, Ambassador James Woolsey, Doctors John Foster, Fred Ikle, Keith Payne, Morton Halperin, Ellen Williams, Bruce Tarter, and Harry Cartland, and the United States Institute of Peace.

(4) Congress values the work of the Commission and pledges to work with President Barack Obama to address the findings and implement the recommendations of the Commission.