To amend title 32, United States Code, to modify the Department of Defense share of expenses under the National Guard Youth Challenge Program.

SA 1487. Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Risch, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Hagan, and Ms. Murkowski) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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 G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 573. MODIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SHARE OF EXPENSES UNDER NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM.

(a) Modification.--Section 509(d)(1) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by striking “may not exceed” and all that follows and inserting “may not exceed the amount as follows:

“(A) In the case of a State program of the Program in either of its first two years of operation, an amount equal to 100 percent of the costs of operating the State program in that fiscal year.

“(B) In the case of any other State program of the Program, an amount equal to 75 percent of the costs of operating the State program in that fiscal year.”.

(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2009, and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.