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 114 STAT. 1654A-2 PUBLIC LAW 106-398—APPENDIX the combat effectiveness, morale, and quality of life of the Nation's military personnel have been unparalleled. (8) During his tenure as chairman of the Committee on National Security and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, Representative Spence has— (A) led efforts to identify and reverse the effect that declining resources and rising commitments have had on military quality of life for service members and their families, on combat readiness, and on equipment modernization, with a direct result of those diligent efforts and of his willingness to be an outspoken proponent for America's military being that Congress has added nearly $50,000,000,000 to the President's defense budgets over the past 5 years; (B) been a leading proponent of the need to expeditiously develop and field a national missile defense to protect if^erican citizens and forward deployed military forces from growing ballistic missile threats; (C) advocated reversing the growing disparity between actual military capability and the requirements associated with the National Military Strategy; and (D) led efforts in Congress to reform Department of Defense acquisition and management headquarters and infrastructure and business practices. (9) This Act is the 30th annual authorization bill for the Department of Defense for which Representative Spence has taken a major responsibility as a member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives (including 4 years while that committee was known as the Committee on National Security). (10) In light of the findings in the preceding paragraphs, it is altogether fitting and proper that this Act be named in honor of Representative Floyd D. Spence of South Carolina, as provided in subsection (a). SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) DIVISIONS.— T h is Act is organized into three divisions as follows: (1) Division A—Department of Defense Authorizations. (2) Division B—Military Construction Authorizations. (3) Division C—Department of Energy National Security Authorizations and Other Authorizations. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; findings. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Congressional defense committees defined. DIVISION A—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATIONS TITLE I—PROCUREMENT SUBTITLE A—AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS Sec. 101. Army. Sec. 102. Navy and Marine Corps. Sec. 103. Air Force. Sec. 104. Defense-wide activities. Sec. 105. Defense Inspector General.

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