In the Senate of the United States,
June 22, 2006.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 5122) entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2007 for military activities of the Depart-
ment 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 pur-
poses.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2007’’.
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(b) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Senator John Warner of Virginia was elected
a member of the United States Senate on November
7, 1978, for a full term beginning on January 3,
1979. He was subsequently appointed by the Governor
of Virginia to fill a vacancy on January 2, 1979, and
has served continuously since that date. He was ap-
pointed a member of the Committee on Armed Serv-
ices in January 1979, and has served continuously on
the Committee since that date, a period of nearly 28
years. Senator Warner’s service on the Committee
represents nearly half of its existence since it was es-
tablished after World War II.
(2) Senator Warner came to the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services after a distinguished
record of service to the Nation, including combat serv-
ice in the Armed Forces and high civilian office.
(3) Senator Warner enlisted in the United States
Navy upon graduation from high school in 1945, and
served until the summer of 1946, when he was dis-
charged as a Petty Officer 3rd Class. He then at-
tended Washington and Lee University on the G.I.
Bill. He graduated in 1949 and entered the Univer-
sity of Virginia Law School.
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(4) Upon the outbreak of the Korean War in
1950, Senator Warner volunteered for active duty, in-
terrupting his education to accept a commission in
the United States Marine Corps. He served in combat
in Korea as a ground officer in the First Marine Air
Wing. Following his active service, he remained in the
Marine Corps Reserve for several years, attaining the
rank of captain.
(5) Senator Warner resumed his legal education
upon returning from the Korean War and graduated
from the University of Virginia Law School in 1953.
He was selected by the late Chief Judge E. Barrett
Prettyman of the United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit as his law clerk.
After his service to Judge Prettyman, Senator Warner
became an Assistant United States Attorney in the
District of Columbia, and later entered private law
practice.
(6) In 1969, the Senate gave its advice and con-
sent to the appointment of Senator Warner as Under
Secretary of the Navy. He served in this position
until 1972, when he was confirmed and appointed as
the 61st Secretary of the Navy since the office was es-
tablished in 1798. As Secretary, Senator Warner was
the principal United States negotiator and signatory
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of the Incidents at Sea Executive Agreement with the
Soviet Union, which was signed in 1972 and remains
in effect today. It has served as the model for similar
agreements between states covering the operation of
naval ships and aircraft in international sea lanes
throughout the world.
(7) Senator Warner left the Department of the
Navy in 1974. His next public service was as Direc-
tor of the American Revolution Bicentennial Commis-
sion. In this capacity, he coordinated the celebration
of the Nation’s founding, directing the Federal role in
all 50 States and in over 20 foreign nations.
(8) Senator Warner has served as chairman of
the Committee on Armed Services of the United States
Senate from 1999 to 2001, and again since January
2003. He served as ranking minority member of the
committee from 1987 to 1993, and again from 2001
to 2003. Senator Warner concludes his service as
chairman at the end of the 109th Congress, but will
remain a member of the committee.
(9) This Act is the twenty-eighth annual author-
ization act for the Department of Defense for which
Senator Warner has taken a major responsibility as
a member of the Committee on Armed Services of the
United States Senate, and the fourteenth for which he
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has exercised a leadership role as chairman or rank-
ing minority member of the committee.
(10) Senator Warner, as seaman, Marine officer,
Under Secretary and Secretary of the Navy, and
member, ranking minority member, and chairman of
the Committee on Armed Services, has made unique
and lasting contributions to the national security of
the United States.
(11) It is altogether fitting and proper that his
Act, the last annual authorization Act for the na-
tional defense that Senator Warner manages in and
for the United States Senate as chairman of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, be named in his honor, as
provided in subsection (a).
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF
CONTENTS.
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into three divi-
sions as follows:
(1) Division A—Department of Defense Author-
izations.
(2) Division B—Military Construction Author-
izations.
(3) Division C—Department of Energy National
Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations.