To strike amounts available for procurement of C-17 aircraft in excess of the amount requested by the President in the budget for fiscal year 2010 and to make such amounts available instead for operation and maintenance in accordance with amounts requested by the President in that budget and for Operation and Maintenance, Army, for overseas contingent operations.

SA 2558. Mr. McCAIN proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3326,
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __. (a) Reduction of Aircraft Procurement, Air Force,
for Excess Amounts for C-17 Aircraft.--The amount
appropriated by title III under the heading ``Aircraft
Procurement, Air Force'' is hereby reduced by $2,500,000,000,
the amount equal to the amount by which the amount available
under that heading for the procurement of C-17 aircraft
exceeds the amount requested by the President in the budget
for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2010 for the
procurement of such aircraft, with the amount of the
reduction to be allocated to amounts otherwise available for
the procurement of such aircraft.
(b) Availability for Operation and Maintenance.--The amount
appropriated by title II for Operation and Maintenance is
hereby increased by $2,438,403,000, in accordance with
amounts requested by the President in the budget for the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2010.
(c) Availability for Operation and Maintenance, Army, for
Overseas Contingency Operations.--The amount appropriated by
title IX under the heading ``Operation and Maintenance,
Army'', is hereby increased by $61,597,000.
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