[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 918 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 918
To require the Secretary of Defense to implement fully by September 30,
2004, requirements for additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil
Support Teams.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 11, 2003
Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Reid, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Johnson,
Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Kohl, and Mr. Jeffords)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to implement fully by September 30,
2004, requirements for additional Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil
Support Teams.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil
Support Team Implementation Act of 2003''.
SEC. 2. FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS.
(a) Deadline for Full Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense
shall fully implement the requirements regarding the establishment and
number of Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams under section
1403(a) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314; 116 Stat. 2676; 10 U.S.C. 12310 note)
not later than September 30, 2004.
(b) Personnel.--In order to meet the requirement in subsection (a),
the authorized end strengths for members of the National Guard serving
on full-time National Guard duty as of September 30, 2004, shall be
increased over the number of such members otherwise authorized by law
by the number of such members as follows:
(1) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 414
members of the National Guard.
(2) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 92
members of the National Guard.
(c) Funding.--(1) From the aggregate amount authorized to be
appropriated for procurement for the Armed Forces by title I of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004, there shall be
available (and may be transferred to other authorizations of
appropriations, as appropriate) such sums as the Secretary considers
appropriate to meet the requirement in subsection (a) in accordance
with this section.
(2) The Secretary shall allocate among the accounts for procurement
for the Armed Forces for fiscal year 2004 the reduction in amounts
available for such procurement under title I of that Act by reason of
the availability of funds under paragraph (1) to meet the requirement
in subsection (a).
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