S.Amdt. 4289

SA 4289. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Graham) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him 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

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other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1667. INCREASED FUNDING FOR CERTAIN MISSILE DEFENSE
ACTIVITIES.

(a) Procurement, Defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of
Defense by section 101 is hereby increased by $290,000,000,
with the amount of increase to be available for procurement,
Defense-wide, as specified in the funding table in section
4101 and available for procurement for purposes, and in
amounts, as follows:
(1) Iron Dome, $20,000,000.
(2) David's Sling Weapon System, $150,000,000.
(3) Arrow 3 Upper Tier, $120,000,000.
(b) RDT&E, Defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for the Department by
section 201 is hereby increased by $12,300,000, with the
amount of increase to be available for research, development,
test, and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in the
funding table in section 4201 and available for research,
development, test, and evaluation for purposes, and in
amounts, as follows:
(1) David's Sling Weapon System, $10,000,000.
(2) Arrow 3 Upper Tier, $2,300,000.
(c) Construction.--Amounts available under this section for
purposes specified in this section are in addition to any
other amounts available for such purposes in this Act.
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