S.Amdt. 1820

SA 1820. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. Murphy) 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, 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 102. OFFSET FOR FUNDING TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL BLACK
HAWK UH-60M HELICOPTERS FOR PURPOSES OF ARMY
NATIONAL GUARD MODERNIZATION.

The aggregate amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2016 by division A is hereby reduced by
$247,500,000, with the amount of the reduction to be achieved
through anticipated foreign currency gains in addition to any
other anticipated foreign currency gains specified in the
funding tables in division D.
In the funding table in section 4101, in the item relating
to ``UH-60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP)'', strike the amount in
the Senate authorized column and insert ``1,683,445''.
In the funding table in section 4101, insert below the item
relating to ``UH-60 BLACKHAWK M MODEL (MYP)'', as part of
line item no. 11, an item relating to ``ARNG Modernization--
15 additional UH-60M aircraft'', with an amount of
``[247,500]'' in the Senate authorized column.
In the funding table in section 4101, in the item relating
to Total Aircraft Procurement, Army, strike the amount in the
Senate authorized column and insert ``5,962,857''.
In the funding table in section 4101, in the item relating
to Total Procurement, strike the amount in the Senate
authorized column and insert ``112,095,077''.
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