S.Amdt. 2823

SA 2823. Mr. SCOTT 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 C of title II, add the following:

SEC. ___. INCREASED FUNDING FOR AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE.

(a) Increased Funding.--The amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2019 by section 201 and
available for research, development, test, and evaluation for
the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (PE 0206629M/line 241), as
specified in the funding table in section 4201 is hereby
increased by $22,637,000.
(b) Offsets.--
(1) Tactical data networks enterprise.--The amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2019 by section
201 and available for research, development, test, and
evaluation for Air Force System Development and Demonstration
(PE 0604281F/line 75) for Tactical Data Networks Enterprise,
as specified in the funding table in section 4201 is hereby
decreased by $5,000,000.
(2) Evolved sbirs.--The amount authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2019 by section 201 and
available for research, development, test, and evaluation for
Air Force System Development and Demonstration (PE 1206442F/
line 129) for Evolved SBIRS, as specified in the funding
table in section 4201 is hereby decreased by $5,000,000.
(3) National security innovation activities.--The amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2019 by section
201 and available for research, development, test, and
evaluation for Defense Wide Basic Research (PE 8888/line 300)
for National Security Innovation Activities, as specified in
the funding table in section 4201 is hereby decreased by
$10,000,000.
(4) Undersea warfare applied research.--The amount
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2019 by section
201 and available for research, development, test, and
evaluation for Navy Basic Research (PE 0602747N/line 12) for
National Security Innovation Activities, as specified in the
funding table in section 4201 is hereby decreased by
$2,637,000.
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