S.Amdt. 2710

SA 2710. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Murphy) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the
bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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:

Strike section 1262 and insert the following:

SEC. 1262. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS FOR
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER.

Section 1287(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2546; 22
U.S.C. 2656 note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking the paragraph designation
and heading and all that follows through ``If amounts'' and
inserting the following:
``(1) Fiscal years 2017 and 2018.--If amounts'';
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs
(3) and (4), respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
paragraph (2):
``(2) Fiscal years 2019 and 2020.--For each of fiscal years
2019 and 2020, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to
transfer, from amounts appropriated to the Secretary pursuant
to the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2019, not more than $60,000,000 to carry out the
functions of the Center.'';
(4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1) or (2)''; and
(5) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (2)''.
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