S.Amdt. 6397

SA 6397. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Ms. Cantwell) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1094. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COAST
GUARD.

Section 4902 of title 14, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``fiscal years 2022 and 2023'' and inserting ``fiscal years
2026 and 2027'';

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(2) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) and (ii)
and inserting the following:
``(i) $11,851,875,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
``(ii) $13,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$23,456,000'' and
inserting ``$25,570,000''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``subparagraph
(A)(ii), $24,353,000'' and inserting ``clause (ii) of
subparagraph (A), $26,848,500'';
(3) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking clauses (i) and (ii)
and inserting the following:
``(i) $3,651,480,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
``(ii) $3,700,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.'';
(4) in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B)
and inserting the following:
``(A) $67,701,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
``(B) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.''; and
(5) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
``(4) For retired pay, including the payment of obligations
otherwise chargeable to lapsed appropriations for purposes of
retired pay, payments under the Retired Serviceman's Family
Protection and Survivor Benefits Plans, payment for career
status bonuses, payment of continuation pay under section 356
of title 37, concurrent receipts, combat-related special
compensation, and payments for medical care of retired
personnel and their dependents under chapter 55 of title 10--
``(A) $1,057,929,000 for fiscal year 2026; and
``(B) $1,215,000,000 for fiscal year 2027.''.
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