S.Amdt. 521

SA 521. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. 2__. NAVAL INTEGRATED FIRE CONTROL-COUNTER AIR SYSTEMS
ENGINEERING.

(a) Funding.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2024 by section

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201 for research, development, test, and evaluation is hereby
increased by $10,000,000, with the amount of the increase to
be available for Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air
Systems Engineering (PE 0604378N).
(b) Availability.--The amount available under subsection
(a) shall be available for procurement of stratospheric
balloons.
(c) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2024 by section 301 for operation and maintenance
is hereby reduced by $10,000,000, with the amount of the
decrease to be taken from the availability of amounts for
Washington Headquarters Services specified in section 4301,
line 530.
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