Mr. COMBEST. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to the amendment.
The Clerk read as follows:
Amendment offered by Mr. Combest to the amendment offered by Mr. Dicks: In proposed section 502, add at the end the following: `The Secretary of Defense may not obligate or expend any of these funds until after the Secretary submits to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a detailed cost analysis and report on specifically how these funds will be used.'
Mr. COMBEST (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment to the amendment be considered as read and printed in the Record.
The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?
There was no objection.
Mr. COMBEST. Mr. Chairman, the perfecting amendment to the Dicks amendment would simply indicate that the Secretary of Defense may not obligate or spend any of the funds until the Secretary has submitted to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House and Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a detailed cost analysis and report on specifically how the funding would be used.
Mr. DICKS. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last work.
Mr. Chairman, I want to tell the gentleman I will be glad to accept his amendment. I want to say I have no problem at all with the additional language proposed by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Combest]. In fact, I hope DOD would respond even before the conference on this bill.
I want to stress that nothing in this amendment inhibits DOD in any way from recommending again that a replacement air vehicle be made a high priority in the coming fiscal year. Report language already accompanying the bill, as I noted previously, serves notice the committee will continue to examine this program's need carefully prior to conference.
Mr. COMBEST. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. DICKS. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. COMBEST. Mr. Chairman, I want to say to the gentleman that, as amended, I would be very willing to accept the amendment of the gentleman from Washington.
Mr. DICKS. Mr. Chairman, I am willing to accept my amendment, as amended by the chairman.
The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Combest] to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks].
The amendment to the amendment was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Washington [Mr. Dicks], as amended.
The amendment, as amended, was agreed to.