S.Amdt. 720

SA 720. Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr. Barrasso,
and Ms. Lummis) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her
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. ___. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN UNOBLIGATED BALANCES; FUNDING
OF PROGRAM.

(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Commission; program.--The terms ``Commission'' and
``Program'' have the meanings given those terms in section 9
of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019
(47 U.S.C. 1608).
(2) Covered accounts.--The term ``covered accounts'' means
amounts made available under--
(A) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123; 134 Stat. 146);
(B) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law
116-127; 134 Stat. 178);
(C) the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 281);
(D) the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 Stat. 620);
(E) division M or N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021 (Public Law 116-260);
(F) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2;
135 Stat. 4); or
(G) an amendment made by a provision of law described in
any of subparagraphs (A) through (F).
(b) Funding.--
(1) In general.--Of the unobligated balances, as of the
date of enactment of this Act, of the covered accounts,
$3,080,000,000 shall be transferred not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act to the Commission to
carry out the Program.

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(2) Pro rata transfer.--Unobligated balances shall be
transferred under paragraph (1) on a pro rata basis.
(3) Use and availability of funds.--Amounts transferred
under paragraph (1) shall--
(A) be merged with other appropriations for the Program;
(B) be subject to the same conditions and limitations as
the other appropriations for the Program; and
(C) remain available until expended.
(4) Technical and conforming amendment.--Section 4(k) of
the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019
(47 U.S.C. 1603(k)) is amended by striking ``$1,900,000,000''
and inserting ``$4,980,000,000''.
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