S.Amdt. 5670

SA 5670. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 V, add the following:

SEC. 564. EXPANSION OF SKILLBRIDGE PROGRAM.

(a) Funding.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 4301, line 440 for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby increased by $5,000,000.

(b) Use of Funds.--Of the amounts additional authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), $5,000,0000 shall be available for the Skillbridge program for employers to train service members transitioning to civilian life for supply chain and transportation related employment.

(c) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide, for Washington Headquarters Services, line 470, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.