S.Amdt. 4491

SA 4491. Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. Gillibrand,
and Ms. Baldwin) 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
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 the following:
(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 of
Defense by section 201 is hereby increased by $29,900,000,
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 the
following:
(1) David's Sling Weapon System, $19,300,000.
(2) Arrow 3 Upper Tier, $4,100,000.
(3) Base Arrow, $6,500,000.
(c) Construction of Increase.--Amounts available under
subsection (a) for procurement for items specified in
subsection (a), and amounts available under subsection (b)
for research, development, test, and evaluation for items
specified in subsection (b), are in addition to any other
amounts available for such purposes for such items in this
Act.
(d) Offset.--Amounts for the aggregate of the increases in
subsections (a) and (b) shall be derived as follows:
(1) From a reduction of $219,900,000 in the amount of
savings otherwise available for fiscal year 2017 in
connection with bulk fuel as specified in the funding table
in section 4301.
(2) From a reduction of $100,000,000 in the amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 for lift
and sustain to maintain program affordability as specified in
the funding table in section 4302.
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