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On the recordJune 13, 2013
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 301, strike ``Funds are hereby authorized'' and insert the following: (a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized In section 301, add at the end the following: (b) Funding.-- (1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts specified in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby increased by a total of $250,000,000, to alleviate training and readiness shortfalls, to be derived as follows: (A) Operation and Maintenance, Army, for Maneuver Units, Line 010, $85,000,000. (B) Operation and Maintenance, Army, for Aviation Assets, Line 060, $35,000,000. (C) Operation and Maintenance, Navy, for Mission and Other Flight Operations, Line 010, $32,500,000. (D) Operation and Maintenance, Navy, for Fleet Air Training, Line 020, $7,500,000. (E) Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps, for Operational Forces, Line 010, $25,000,000. (F) Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, for Primary Combat Forces, Line 010, $65,000,000.…
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Mike Coffman
Republican · Colorado

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