Last evening, the Senate agreed to a version of the Kennedy-Collins Amendment by Unanimous Consent. Again, thank you to everyone who helped round up support for this effort.
This solid showing of support for the SMART/NDEP program and defense basic research from the Senate is an important signal as the DoD makes tough choices in a difficult budgetary environment. This should give us a firm foundation as we look to continue this effort next year in the Senate and gain a stronger foothold in the House.
It was Senate Amendment 2492, sponsored by Senator Kennedy with the following 12 cosponsors:
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 11/9/2005
Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] - 11/9/2005
Sen Santorum, Rick [PA] - 11/9/2005
Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 11/9/2005
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 11/9/2005
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 11/9/2005
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 11/9/2005
Sen Dole, Elizabeth [NC] - 11/9/2005
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 11/9/2005
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 11/9/2005
Sen Reed, Jack [RI] - 11/9/2005
Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] - 11/9/2005
The text of the amendment (found in the CR on page 12624) follows:
SA 2492. Mr. WARNER (for Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. SANTORUM, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mrs. CLINTON, Mrs. DOLE, Ms. SNOWE, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. REED, and Mr. SESSIONS)) proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
SEC. 213. DEFENSE BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS.
(a) ARMY PROGRAMS.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(1) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601103A for University Research Initiatives.
(b) NAVY PROGRAMS.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(2) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Navy, as increased by paragraph (1), $5,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601103N for University Research Initiatives.
(c) AIR FORCE PROGRAMS.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force is hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(3) for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force, as increased by paragraph (1), $10,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601103F for University Research Initiatives.
(d) DEFENSE-WIDE ACTIVITIES.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities is hereby increased by $15,000,000.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 201(4) for research, development, test, and evaluation for Defense-wide activities, as increased by paragraph (1)--
(A) $10,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601120D8Z for the SMART National Defense Education Program; and
(B) $5,000,000 may be available for Program Element 0601101E for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency University Research Program in Computer Science and Cybersecurity.
(e) OFFSETS.--(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated by section 301(4), operation and maintenance, Navy, is hereby reduced by $40,000,000.
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