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On the recordMay 20, 2014
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following new section: SEC. 136. PROCUREMENT OF CERTAIN RADARS FOR F-15C/D AIRCRAFT. (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall procure not fewer than 10 active electronically scanned array radars for F-15C/D aircraft of the Air National Guard. (b) Funding.-- (1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 101 for aircraft procurement, Air Force, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for F-15 APG-63(V)3 upgrades (Line 025) is hereby increased by $100,000,000. (2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amounts authorized to be appropriated in division C for atomic energy defense activities, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4701, are reduced for the following purposes relating to weapons activities by the following amounts: (A) W76 Life extension program, by $7,900,000. (B) W88 Alt 370, by $1,200,000. (C) Cruise missile warhead life extension program, by $7,600,000. (D) W78 Stockpile systems, by $3,700,000. (E) Production support, by $12,300,000. (F) Plutonium sustainment, by $28,300,000. (G) Recapitalization, by $39,000,000. The Acting CHAIR.…
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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May 20, 2014

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