S.Amdt. 2090

SA 2090. Mrs. GILLIBRAND submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 A of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 402. INCREASE IN ANNUAL LIMITATION ON END STRENGTH REDUCTIONS FOR REGULAR COMPONENTS OF THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS.

(a) Annual Reductions of Army End Strengths.--Subsection (a) of section 403 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1708) is amended by striking “15,000 members” and inserting “25,000 members”.

(b) Annual Reductions of Marine Corps End Strengths.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking “5,000 members” and inserting “7,500 members”.