S.Amdt. 1453

SA 1453. Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. Corker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1183 proposed by Mr. Sessions 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 the amendment, add the following:

SEC. 3104. AUTHORIZATION OF TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS FROM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.

(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), if the amount appropriated for the weapons activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration for fiscal year 2012 is less than the amount authorized to be appropriated for those activities for that fiscal year by this title, the Secretary of Defense may transfer, from amounts appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2012 pursuant to an authorization of appropriations under this Act, to the Secretary of Energy for the weapons activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration an amount up to $125,000,000.

(b) Applicability of Notification Procedures.--The transfer authorized under subsection (a) shall be subject to the notification procedures under section 1001 of this Act and section 8005 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012.

(c) Transfer Authority.--The transfer authority provided under this section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided under this Act.