S.Amdt. 2803

SA 2803. Mr. HOEVEN (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 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:

At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1006. TREATMENT OF ACTIVITIES RELATING TO TRAINING AND
READINESS OF THE ARMED FORCES DURING A LAPSE IN
APPROPRIATIONS AS VOLUNTARY SERVICES ACCEPTABLE
BY THE UNITED STATES.

Section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ``However, the
term does include any portion of a fiscal year during which
the appropriation bill for the fiscal year for the Department
of Defense or the Department of Homeland Security, as
applicable, has not become law and an Act or joint resolution
making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year is not
in effect, but only with respect to activities relating to
the training and readiness of the Armed Forces (including the
National Guard and the Reserves) carried out during such
portion of the fiscal year.''.
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