S.Amdt. 1013

SA 1013. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1003 proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) to
the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018
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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. SHORT-TERM CONTINUATION OF FUNDING FOR THE UNITED
STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY.

(a) In General.--Section 51301 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Continuing Funding.--Out of any funds in the general
fund of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are
hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to continue the operations of the United States
Merchant Marine Academy for any period, not to exceed 2 weeks
in any fiscal year, during which interim or full-year
appropriations are not in effect for the United States
Merchant Marine Academy.''.
(b) Sunset.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
remain in effect until the date that is 2 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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