S.Amdt. 125

SA 125. Ms. AYOTTE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 26 proposed by Ms. Mikulski (for herself and Mr. Shelby)
to the bill H.R. 933, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII of division C, insert the
following:
Sec. 8131. (a) Reduction in Amount for Army RDTE for
MEADS.--The amount appropriated or otherwise made available
by title IV of this division under the heading ``Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army'' is hereby decreased
by $380,861,000, with the amount of the reduction to be
allocated from amounts available under that heading for the
Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).

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(b) Increase in Amount for O&M.--The aggregate amount
appropriated by title II of this division for Operation and
Maintenance is increased by $380,861,000, with the amount to
be allocated among accounts funded by that title in a manner
determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense.
(c) For the purpose of this section, as ``in a manner
determined appropriate by the Secretary of Defense'' means a
spend-cut rate in compliance with the aggregate outlay levels
as set forth in the Budget Control Act of 2011.

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