S.Amdt. 1635

SA 1635. Mr. BLUNT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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:

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SEC. 403. LIMITATION ON REDUCTION OF END STRENGTH FOR ACTIVE
DUTY PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any
authorized strength specified in any annual national defense
authorization Act enacted after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the authorized strength for active duty personnel
of the Armed Forces for any fiscal year may not be reduced
below the applicable number for fiscal year 2016 specified in
section 401 until the date on which the Secretary of Defense
submits to Congress the report required by section 904(d)(1)
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2014 (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 816; 10 U.S.C. 111 note).
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