S.Amdt. 4624

SA 4624. Mr. SCHATZ 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. PROCUREMENT OF MEDIUM-RANGE DISCRIMINATION RADAR
TO IMPROVE HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSE.

(a) Issuance of Request for Proposals.--Not later than
October 1, 2017, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency
shall issue a request for proposals for the Medium-Range
Discrimination Radar in order to improve homeland missile
defense.
(b) Plan for Fielding.--The Director shall plan as follows:
(1) To procure the Medium-Range Discrimination Radar, or an
equivalent sensor, for fielding at a location determined by
the Director to be appropriate to improve homeland missile
defense for the defense of Hawaii against limited ballistic
missile attack (including by accidental or unauthorized
launch).
(2) To field the Radar, or such equivalent sensor, at the
location determined pursuant to paragraph (1) by not later
than December 31, 2021.
(c) Funding.--Any procurement for purposes of this section
during fiscal year 2017 shall be made from within amounts
otherwise authorized to be appropriated by this

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Act. This section does not authorize the appropriation of
funds for procurement for such purposes.
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