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  SA 5336. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2009 for military activities of the Department 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 purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 854. REPORT ON CONTRACTS FOR MORALE, WELFARE, AND 
                   RECREATION TELEPHONE SERVICES FOR MILITARY 
                   PERSONNEL SERVING IN COMBAT ZONES.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     current contracts of the Department of Defense for morale, 
     welfare, and recreation telephone services for military 
     personnel serving in combat zones.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of each contract for morale, welfare, and 
     recreation telephone services for military personnel serving 
     in combat zones that was entered into or agreed upon by the 
     Department of Defense after January 28, 2008, and, for each 
     such contract, an assessment of the extent to which the entry 
     into or agreement upon such contract complied with the 
     requirements of section 885 of

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     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
     (Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 265).
       (2) A statement of the average cost per minute of telephone 
     service for military personnel serving in combat zones under 
     each contract of the Department of Defense for morale, 
     welfare, and recreation telephone services for such personnel 
     that is in effect as of the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, and a statement of the average amount of such cost that 
     is returned to the contractor under such contract as a return 
     on investment or profit.
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