S.Amdt. 4217

SA 4217. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Graham, Mr. King,
Mr. Wicker, Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations
for fiscal year 2017 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:

Strike section 145 and insert the following:

SEC. 145. COMPASS CALL RE-HOST PROGRAM.

(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Air Force is
authorized to obligate and expend fiscal year 2017 funds for
the purpose of re-hosting the primary mission equipment of
the current EC-130H Compass Call aircraft fleet on to a more
operationally effective and survivable airborne platform to
meet combatant commander requirements. This program may be
implemented consistent with existing authorities, including
Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 6.3 and Department of
Defense Instruction 5000.02 ``Operation of the Defense
Acquisition System''.
(b) Funding Adjustments.--
(1) Aircraft procurement, air force.--The amount authorized
to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of
Defense by section 101 for procurement for the Army, the Navy
and the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide
activities is hereby increased by $32,600,000, with the
amount of the increase to be allocated to aircraft
procurement, Air Force, as specified in the funding tables in
section 4101, and available for the following procurement in
the amounts specified:
(A) EC-130H, Scope Increase, $103,000,000.
(B) Compass Call Mods, Program Restructure, a decrease in
the amount of $70,400,000.
(2) Procurement of aircraft spares and repair parts, air
force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 2017 for the Department of Defense by section 101 for
procurement for the Army, the Navy and the Marine Corps, the
Air Force, and Defense-wide activities is hereby reduced by
$13,200,000, with the amount of the decrease to be allocated
to aircraft spares and repair parts, Air Force, as specified
in the funding tables in section 4101, and available for
Initial Spares/Repair Parts; Compass Call, Program
Restructure.
(3) Procurement of aircraft spares and repair parts for
oco, air force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense by section
1503 for procurement for overseas contingency operations is
hereby reduced by $25,600,000, with the amount of the
decrease to be allocated to aircraft spares and repair parts,
Air Force, for overseas contingency operations, as specified
in the funding tables in section 4102, and available for
Initial Spares/Repair Parts; Compass Call, Program
Restructure.
(4) Research, development, test, and evaluation, air
force.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
year 2017 for the Department of Defense by section 201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby
increased by $37,100,000, with the amount of the increase to
be allocated to operational systems development, as specified
in the funding tables in section 4201, and available for
Compass Call, Program Restructure.
(5) Operation and maintenance, air force.--The amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for the
Department of Defense by section 301 for operation and
maintenance is hereby reduced by $56,500,000, with the amount
of such decrease to be allocated to operation and
maintenance, Air Force operating forces for depot
maintenance, as specified in the funding tables in section
4301, and available for Compass Call, Program Restructure.
(6) Operation and maintenance for oco, air force.--The
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 by
section 1505 for the Department of Defense for operation and
maintenance for overseas contingency operations is hereby
increased by $25,600,000, with the amount of such increase to
be allocated to operation and maintenance, Air Force
operating forces, for overseas contingency operations, for
depot maintenance, as specified in the funding tables in
section 4302, and available for Compass Call, Program
Restructure.
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