To authorize parity for defense and nondefense spending pursuant to the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.

SA 4549. Mr. REED (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) proposed an
amendment to amendment SA 4229 proposed by Mr. McCAIN 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; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. 1513. OTHER OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS MATTERS.

(a) Adjustments.--Section 101(d) of the Bipartisan Budget
Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-74; 129 Stat. 587) is amended--
(1) by striking paragraph (2)(B) and inserting the
following:
``(B) for fiscal year 2017, $76,798,000,000.''; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) For purposes authorized by section 1513(b) of the
National Defense Authorization Act of 2017,
$18,000,000,000.''.
(b) Additional Purposes.--In addition to amounts already
authorized to be appropriated or made available under an
appropriation Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2017,
there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year
2017--
(1) $2,000,000,000 to address cybersecurity
vulnerabilities, which shall be allocated by the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget among nondefense
agencies;
(2) $1,100,000,000 to address the heroin and opioid crisis,
including funding for law enforcement, treatment, and
prevention;
(3) $1,900,000,000 for budget function 150 to implement the
integrated campaign plan to counter the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant, for assistance under the Food for Peace Act
(7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), for assistance for Israel, Jordan,
and Lebanon, and for embassy security;
(4) $1,400,000,000 for security and law enforcement needs,
including funding for--
(A) the Department of Homeland Security--
(i) for the Transportation Security Administration to
reduce wait times and improve security;
(ii) to hire 2,000 new Customs and Border Protection
Officers; and

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(iii) for the Coast Guard;
(B) law enforcement at the Department of Justice, such as
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and hiring under the
Community Oriented Policing Services program; and
(C) the Federal Emergency Management Agency for grants to
State and local first responders;
(5) $3,200,000,000 to meet the infrastructure needs of the
United States, including--
(A) funding for the transportation investment generating
economic recovery grant program carried out by the Secretary
of Transportation (commonly known as ``TIGER grants''); and
(B) funding to address maintenance, construction, and
security-related backlogs for--
(i) medical facilities and minor construction projects of
the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(ii) the Federal Aviation Administration;
(iii) rail and transit systems;
(iv) the National Park System; and
(v) the HOME Investment Partnerships Program authorized
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.);
(6) $1,900,000,000 for water infrastructure, including
grants and loans for rural water systems, State revolving
funds, and funds to mitigate lead contamination, including a
grant to Flint, Michigan;
(7) $3,498,000,000 for science and technology, including--
(A) $2,000,000,000 for the National Institutes of Health;
and
(B) $1,498,000,000 for the National Science Foundation, the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department
of Energy research, including ARPA-E, and Department of
Agriculture research;
(8) $1,900,000,000 for Zika prevention and treatment;
(9) $202,000,000 for wildland fire suppression; and
(10) $900,000,000 to fully implement the FDA Food Safety
Modernization Act (Public Law 111-353; 124 Stat. 3885) and
protect food safety, the Every Student Succeeds Act (Public
Law 114-95; 129 Stat. 1802), the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400), the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and
for college affordability.
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