S.Amdt. 2377
What it does: Adds SEC. 1423. NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG PROGRAM at the end of subtitle B of title XIV
Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1423. NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG PROGRAM at the end of subtitle B of title XIV
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(b) Use of Transferred Funds.--For the purposes of subsection (b) of such section 1704, facility operations for which funds transferred under subsection (a) may be used are operations of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, consisting of the North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Navy Ambulatory Care Center, and supporting facilities designated as a combined Federal medical facility under an operational agreement covered by section 706 of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4500).
Inserted: SEC. 1423. NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG PROGRAM.
Inserted: (a) Additional Amount for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 by section 1404 and available for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide for the National Guard Counterdrug Program as specified in the funding table in section 4501 is hereby increased by $130,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for activities at the National Guard counter-drug training centers.
Inserted: (b) Use of Amounts.--
Inserted: (1) Uniform allocation.--The amount available under subsection (a) shall be allocated evenly among the National Guard counter-drug training centers.
Inserted: (2) Training of law enforcement officers.--Not less than an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount available under subsection (a) shall be used for training of State and local law enforcement officers at the National Guard counter-drug training centers, including subsistence for officers undergoing such training.
Inserted: (3) Civilian experts.--The amount available under subsection (a) may be used for the costs of civilian experts in the provision of training by the National Guard counter-drug training centers.
Inserted: (4) Use of exchange stores.--Any law enforcement officer undergoing training described in paragraph (2), and any civilian support staff and experts engaged in the provision of such training, may use the exchange store of the National Guard counter-drug training center concerned in the same manner as members of the National Guard may use such exchange store.
Inserted: (c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 by section 301 and available for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide as specified in the funding table in section 4301 is hereby reduced by $130,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be applied to amounts otherwise available for civilian employees of the Department of Defense.
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At the end of subtitle B of title XIV, add the following:
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SA 2377. Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. Harkin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 B of title XIV, add the following:
SEC. 1423. NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG PROGRAM.
(a) Additional Amount for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 by section 1404 and available for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-wide for the National Guard Counterdrug Program as specified in the funding table in section 4501 is hereby increased by $130,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for activities at the National Guard counter-drug training centers.
(b) Use of Amounts.--
(1) Uniform allocation.--The amount available under subsection (a) shall be allocated evenly among the National Guard counter-drug training centers.
(2) Training of law enforcement officers.--Not less than an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount available under subsection (a) shall be used for training of State and local law enforcement officers at the National Guard counter-drug training centers, including subsistence for officers undergoing such training.
(3) Civilian experts.--The amount available under subsection (a) may be used for the costs of civilian experts in the provision of training by the National Guard counter-drug training centers.
(4) Use of exchange stores.--Any law enforcement officer undergoing training described in paragraph (2), and any civilian support staff and experts engaged in the provision of such training, may use the exchange store of the National Guard counter-drug training center concerned in the same manner as members of the National Guard may use such exchange store.
(c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 by section 301 and available for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide as specified in the funding table in section 4301 is hereby reduced by $130,000,000, with the amount of the reduction to be applied to amounts otherwise available for civilian employees of the Department of Defense.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 20, 2013