S.Amdt. 1568

SA 1568. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 815, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to
receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the
Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR THE AIR FORCE FOR VARIOUS
RADAR AND WARNING SYSTEMS.

(a) Operations and Maintenance, Air Force.--The amount
appropriated by title I of division A under the heading
``Operation and Maintenance, Air Force'' is hereby increased
by $52,500,000, with the amount of such increase to be
available as follows:
(1) $45,000,000 shall available for long-range radar
station infrastructure of North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD).
(2) $5,000,000 shall be available for long term repair and
modernization of long-range radar stations of North American
Aerospace Defense Command.
(3) $2,500,000 shall be available for long-range radar site
backup generator.
(b) Other Procurement, Air Force.--The amount appropriated
by title I of division A under the heading ``Other
Procurement, Air Force'' is hereby increased by $22,000,000,
with the amount of such increase to be available as follows:
(1) $5,000,000 shall be available for long-range radar site
battery energy storage system.
(2) $17,000,000 shall be available for procurement of the
Airborne Real-time Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced
Reconnaissance (ARCHER) system for the North Warning System.
(c) Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air
Force.--The amount appropriated by title I of division A
under the heading ``Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Air Force'' is hereby increased by $65,000,000,
with the amount of such increase to be available as follows:
(1) $55,000,000 shall be available for acceleration of the
over the horizon backscatter radar capability.
(2) $10,000,000 shall be available for research,
development, test, and evaluation of the Airborne Real-time
Cueing Hyperspectral Enhanced Reconnaissance (ARCHER) system.
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