S.Amdt. 1767

SA 1767. Ms. HIRONO 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PAYMENT FOR MARITIME SECURITY FLEET VESSELS.

(a) Per-vessel Authorization.--Notwithstanding section
53106(a)(1)(C) of title 46, United States Code, and subject
to the availability of appropriations, there is authorized to
be paid to each contractor for an operating agreement (as
those terms are used in that section) for fiscal year 2016,
$5,000,000 for each vessel that is covered by the operating
agreement.
(b) Repeal of Other Authorization.--Section 53111(3) of
title 46, United States Code, is amended by striking
``2016,''.
(c) Funding.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
expenses to maintain and preserve a United States-flag
merchant marine to serve the national security needs of the
United States under chapter 531 of title 46, United States
Code, is hereby increased by $114,000,000.
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