S.Amdt. 1430
What it does: Adds SEC. 1230. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1230. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(c) Submittal to Congress.--The President shall include the most current set of benchmarks established pursuant to subsection (a) with each report on progress toward security and stability in Afghanistan that is submitted to Congress under sections 1230 and 1231 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 385, 390).
Inserted: SEC. 1230. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Inserted: (a) Prohibition on Use of Covered Funds for Capital Projects in Afghanistan and Iraq.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no covered funds may be obligated or expended on or after the date of the enactment of this Act to carry out any capital project for the benefit of the host country in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Inserted: (2) Exception.--The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply to a capital project the cost of which does not exceed $50,000.
Inserted: (b) Authorization of Appropriations for Transportation Infrastructure Projects in the United States.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for transportation infrastructure projects in the United States for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2011 an amount that the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, determines to be equivalent to the amount of covered funds that would have been expended to carry out capital projects in Afghanistan and Iraq in that fiscal year but for the prohibition in subsection (a)(1).
Inserted: (c) Definitions.--In this section:
Inserted: (1) Capital project.--The term "capital project" has the meaning given the term in section 308 of the Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992 (title III of Public Law 102-549; 22 U.S.C. 2421e; 106 Stat. 3660).
Inserted: (2) Covered funds.--The term "covered funds" means the following:
Inserted: (A) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund.
Inserted: (B) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Commanders' Emergency Response Program.
Inserted: (C) Any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense that are made available for a capital project.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1430. Mrs. McCASKILL 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 B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1230. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Prohibition on Use of Covered Funds for Capital Projects in Afghanistan and Iraq.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no covered funds may be obligated or expended on or after the date of the enactment of this Act to carry out any capital project for the benefit of the host country in Afghanistan or Iraq.
(2) Exception.--The prohibition in paragraph (1) does not apply to a capital project the cost of which does not exceed $50,000.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations for Transportation Infrastructure Projects in the United States.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for transportation infrastructure projects in the United States for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2011 an amount that the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, determines to be equivalent to the amount of covered funds that would have been expended to carry out capital projects in Afghanistan and Iraq in that fiscal year but for the prohibition in subsection (a)(1).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Capital project.--The term “capital project” has the meaning given the term in section 308 of the Aid, Trade, and Competitiveness Act of 1992 (title III of Public Law 102-549; 22 U.S.C. 2421e; 106 Stat. 3660).
(2) Covered funds.--The term “covered funds” means the following:
(A) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund.
(B) Amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Commanders' Emergency Response Program.
(C) Any other amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense that are made available for a capital project.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 29, 2011