S.Amdt. 1232
What it does: Adds SEC. 1088. SENSE OF SENATE ON RELOCATION OF HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES at the end of subtitle H of title X
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1088. SENSE OF SENATE ON RELOCATION OF HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES at the end of subtitle H of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
Section 382 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "biological or chemical" each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b).
Inserted: SEC. 1088. SENSE OF SENATE ON RELOCATION OF HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
Inserted: It is the sense of the Senate that--
Inserted: (1) the headquarters and staff of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) should be moved from their current location in Stuttgart, Germany, to a more suitable location in the continental United States;
Inserted: (2) the Secretary of Defense should seek to complete the permanent relocation of the headquarters and staff of the United States Africa Command to the continental United States within a reasonable time, taking into account appropriate strategic, logistic, and economic considerations; and
Inserted: (3) by not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense should submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth--
Inserted: (A) a description of suitable locations in the continental United States for the headquarters and staff of the United States Africa Command; and
Inserted: (B) a plan for relocating those headquarters and staff from Stuttgart, Germany, to the continental United States.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1232. Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 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 H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1088. SENSE OF SENATE ON RELOCATION OF HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the headquarters and staff of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) should be moved from their current location in Stuttgart, Germany, to a more suitable location in the continental United States;
(2) the Secretary of Defense should seek to complete the permanent relocation of the headquarters and staff of the United States Africa Command to the continental United States within a reasonable time, taking into account appropriate strategic, logistic, and economic considerations; and
(3) by not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense should submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth--
(A) a description of suitable locations in the continental United States for the headquarters and staff of the United States Africa Command; and
(B) a plan for relocating those headquarters and staff from Stuttgart, Germany, to the continental United States.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 18, 2011