[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 106 (Tuesday, July 23, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D746-D751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 2788-
2791, 2793-2803 were introduced.                         
  Pages H4978-79
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4979-80
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as followed:
  H.R. 2787, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2014, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-171);
  H.R. 2786, making appropriations for financial services and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 113-172);
  H.R. 2792, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30,

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2014, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 113-173); and
  H. Res. 315, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2218) to 
amend subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to encourage recovery 
and beneficial use of coal combustion residuals and establish 
requirements for the proper management and disposal of coal combustion 
residuals that are protective of human health and the environment, and 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1582) to protect 
consumers by prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency from promulgating as final certain energy-related 
rules that are estimated to cost more than $1 billion and will cause 
significant adverse effects to the economy (H. Rept. 113-174). 
                                                             Page H4978
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Massie to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4859
Recess: The House recessed at 10:37 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H4863
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Dr. Shane 
Alexander, Northcrest Church of Christ, Mexia, Texas.        
  Page H4863
Recess: The House recessed at 1:24 p.m. and reconvened at 1:40 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4875
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014: The House began 
consideration of H.R. 2397, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. Consideration is 
expected to continue tomorrow, July 24th.             
  Pages H4866-H4976
Agreed to:
  Walberg amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that increases 
funding for the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force--Crisis 
Response by $10 million and reduces funding to the Operations and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $11 million;            
Page H4908
  Delaney amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that increases 
Fisher House Account by $16 million and decreases Operation and 
Maintenance Account Defense-Wide by $25 million;         
Pages H4908-09
  Grayson amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that increases 
the Defense Health Program Account by $10 million to specifically 
target finding a cure for Gulf War Illness;                  
Page H4910
  Israel amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that increases 
by $10 million the Defense Human Resources Activity account for the 
purpose of enhancing DOD efforts in mental health research, treatment, 
education, and outreach and reduces the same amount from the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense account;                        
Pages H4910-11
  Young (FL) en bloc amendment No. 1 that consists of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 113-170: Kilmer amendment (No. 6) that 
makes a symbolic cut of $1 million to the Defense Human Resources 
Activity, Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, account; funds are 
reinserted at the same place, with the intent of encouraging a study on 
how the Defense Human Resources Activity components and the Chief 
Information Officer identify, catalogue, process, notify appropriate 
personnel, and rectify mistakes or inconsistencies found when data is 
uploaded to the Defense Manpower Data Center; Esty amendment (No. 32) 
that adds $10 million to the Defense Health Program for suicide 
prevention awareness and outreach in the Overseas Contingency 
Operations account, which is offset by reductions to the Afghan 
Security Forces Fund; Sessions amendment (No. 76) that reduces the 
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $10 million and 
increases the Defense Health Program by a similar amount to create a 
pilot program to assist service individuals suffering from Traumatic 
Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Bridenstine amendment 
(No. 77) that increases funding by $10 million for the National Guard 
State Partnership Program, split evenly between the Army National Guard 
and Air Force National Guard, which is offset by $11m reduction to 
Defense Media Activity account; McKinley amendment (No. 78) that 
increases the Youth Challenge Program under Civil Military Programs 
within the Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by 
$10,000,000 and decreases by $10,000,000 under Operations and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide the general account for the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense; Bass amendment (No. 79) that reduces the 
department-wide Operations & Maintenance account by $3 million, then 
increases it by the same amount with the intent to combat illicit 
poaching and trafficking of animal products commonly linked to 
terrorism and armed conflict; Velazquez amendment (No. 80) that 
increases the funding to the Defense Health Program by $5 million for 
the purposes of reducing military hazing and suicides; Grayson 
amendment (No. 81) that reduces the Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Defense-Wide account by $10 million and increases the 
Defense Health Program account by $10 million in order to bolster 
prostate cancer research efforts; and Esty amendment (No. 82) that adds 
$5 million to the Operations & Maintenance, Defense-Wide account for 
overseas contingency operations to strengthen support services like the 
Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program for members of the National Guard 
and Reserve;                                             
Pages H4911-12

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  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that 
increases funding for Defense Health Program account (intended for 
PTSD) by $500,000 offset by a similar reduction in the Environment 
Restoration, Army account;                                   
Page H4913
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that 
increases the Defense Health Program's Research and Development account 
by $10 million and reduces the Defense Procurement-Wide account by the 
same amount;                                                 
Page H4915
  Young (FL) en bloc amendment No. 2 that consists of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 113-170: Lowenthal amendment (No. 83) 
that increases funding by $5,000,000 for the STARBASE Youth Program 
which falls under the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide and 
reduces the same amount from the Maintenance, Defense-Wide, Office of 
the Secretary of Defense account; Griffin (AR) amendment (No. 86) that 
provides that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to cancel or modify the avionics modernization program of record for C-
130 aircraft; Hunter amendment (No. 87) that prohibits the use of funds 
from this Act to plan for, consider, or carry out any action to remove 
any portion of the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, 
California; Kline amendment (No. 88) that prohibits funds from this Act 
to be used by the DOD to enlist an individual into the Armed Forces 
convicted of rape, sexual assault, or other sex crimes as outlined in 
the DOD enlistment waivers policy; Nunes amendment (No. 89) that 
prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from using FY14 funds for the 
reduction in force structure at Lajes Field, Azores Portugal; Runyan 
amendment (No. 90) that prohibits the use of appropriated funds for any 
purpose that would violate 49 U.S.C. Sec. 41106, the Fly CRAF Act; 
Bustos amendment (No. 91) that prohibits the Department of Defense from 
purchasing American flags that aren't made in the United States; Engel 
amendment (No. 92) that mandates that all vehicles purchased by DOD and 
related agencies must conform to the Presidential Memorandum dated May 
24, 2011; Grayson amendment (No. 93) that prevents contracts from being 
awarded to contractors who have been convicted within the last three 
years for crimes against the federal government such as fraud, theft, 
bribery, making false statements, and tax evasion; Grayson amendment 
(No. 94) that provides that none of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to engage in an act covered by or described in 18 
U.S.C. 2340A (torture or conspiracy to commit torture); Grayson 
amendment (No. 95) that prohibits the use of funds to have a net 
increase of additional flag or general officers above current levels; 
and LoBiondo amendment (No. 96) that prohibits funding for Department 
of Defense aviation demonstration teams to perform outside of the 
United States;                                           
Pages H4916-17
  Heck (NV) amendment (No. 18 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that 
transfers $15,000,000 to Defense-Wide RDTE for producing the Iron Dome 
short-range rocket defense program in the United States, including for 
infrastructure, tooling, transferring data, special test equipment, and 
related components;                                          
Page H4921
  Shea-Porter amendment (No. 21 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that 
designates funding to study the Therapeutic Service Dog Training 
Program;                                                     
Page H4924
  Walberg amendment (No. 27 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that reduces 
the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by $79 million and transfers the 
savings to the Spending Reduction Account (by a recorded vote of 283 
ayes to 139 noes, Roll No. 387);               
Pages H4929-30, H4935-36
  Young (FL) en bloc amendment No. 3 that consists of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 113-170: Cicilline amendment (No. 31) 
that reduces appropriations for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by 
$60 million and increases appropriations for the Defense Health Program 
by $14 million; Murphy (FL) amendment (No. 68) that prevents funds from 
being used to maintain or improve facilities that DoD lists as being 
completely unused; and Broun (GA) amendment (No. 85) that prohibits the 
Department of Defense from using any funds to operate an unmanned 
aerial system in contravention of the fourth amendment to the 
Constitution;                                            
Pages H4936-37
  Scalise amendment (No. 37 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prohibits 
the Department of Defense from entering into any new contracts for the 
procurement or production of non-petroleum based fuels for use as the 
same purpose or as a drop-in substitute for petroleum;   
Pages H4944-45
  Cole amendment (No. 42 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that provides 
that none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to 
implement a furlough of Department of Defense federal employees who are 
paid from the Working Capital Fund (WCF) Account;        
Pages H4948-49
  Cohen amendment (No. 29 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that reduces the 
Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund from $279 million to $140 million and 
transfers the savings to deficit reduction (by a recorded vote of 249 
ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 389);               
Pages H4938-39, H4954-55
  Coffman amendment (No. 30 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that decreases 
the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by $553.8M (contract to Rosoboron 
export for 30 Mi-17 helicopters) and increases the

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Spending Reduction Account by the same amount (by a recorded vote of 
346 ayes to 79 noes, Roll No. 390);            
Pages H4939-40, H4955-56
  Fleming amendment (No. 35 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prevents 
funds from being used to appoint chaplains without an endorsing agency 
(by a recorded vote of 253 ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 392); 
                                               Pages H4941-43, H4956-57
  Rigell amendment (No. 36 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prohibits 
funds in the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund from being used to 
commence new projects (by a recorded vote of 332 ayes to 94 noes, Roll 
No. 393);                                      
Pages H4943-44, H4957-58
  Flores amendment (No. 41 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prohibits 
any funds from being used to enforce the selective fuel bans set forth 
in Sec. 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which 
expands options for the federal government to purchase fuels from 
unconventional sources like California heavy oil resources or Canadian 
oil sands (by a recorded vote of 237 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 394); 
                                                  Pages H4947-48, H4958
  DeLauro amendment (No. 44 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prohibits 
funds to train the Afghan Special Mission Wing (SMW) to operate or 
maintain Mi-17 helicopters manufactured by Russia's state arms dealer 
that the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction 
reports the SMW does not have the capacity to use (by a recorded vote 
of 333 ayes to 93 noes, Roll No. 395);         
Pages H4949-50, H4958-59
  Kline amendment (No. 50 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prohibits 
funds to carry out recent DoD recruitment policies in contravention of 
congressional intent in the Fiscal Year 2012 NDAA and to ensure all 
students are given the same opportunities to enlist in the armed 
forces;                                                  
Pages H4962-63
  Lamborn amendment (No. 52 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prohibits 
the use of funds to conduct an environmental impact study on ICBMs; 
                                                         Pages H4964-65
  Lamborn amendment (No. 53 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prohibits 
the use of funds to implement sequestration-related furloughs of 
civilian Department of Defense employees;                
Pages H4965-66
  Meadows amendment (No. 54 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prohibits 
the use of funds for payment of salaries to recess appointees until the 
appointee is formally confirmed by the Senate;           
Pages H4966-67
  Palazzo amendment (No. 57 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prevents 
any funds from being used to plan for or carry out furloughs of Dual 
Status Military Technicians;                             
Pages H4969-70
  Rogers (AL) amendment (No. 58 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that 
provides that none of the funds made available by this act may be used 
to carry out reductions to the nuclear forces of the United States to 
implement the New START Treaty;                          
Pages H4970-71
  Turner amendment (No. 61 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that prevents 
funds from being used to reduce strategic delivery systems and ensures 
that the President is in compliance with the Arms Control and 
Disarmament Act; and                                         
Page H4973
  Hanabusa amendment (No. 66 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that 
prohibits funds from being used to implement an enrollment fee in the 
TRICARE for Life program.                                
Pages H4975-76
Rejected:
  Langevin amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
reduce the appropriation for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide 
by $22 million and transfer this amount to RDT&E, Navy for the purpose 
of supporting development, demonstration, evaluation and fielding of 
promising undersea technologies in RDT&E Project Number 2033, for 
Advanced Submarine Systems Development;                  
Pages H4912-13
  O'Rourke amendment (No. 22 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought 
to strike Section 8058;                                  
Pages H4924-25
  Gabbard amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
increase funding for the Navy Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare weapon and 
Air-Launched Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program by $104,000,000, and 
reduce Operations and Maintenance, Defense-wide by the same (by a 
recorded vote of 50 ayes to 372 noes, Roll No. 379); 
                                               Pages H4909-10, H4930-31
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 10 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought 
to restore funding for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense 
Sites to FY 2013 levels so that DoD can clean up and remediate 
Unexploded Ordnance in a timely and safe fashion (by a recorded vote of 
176 ayes to 242 noes, Roll No. 380);              
Pages H4913-15, H4931
  Polis amendment (No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
strikes $107,000,000 for 14 Ground-based Interceptors and reduce the 
deficit by the same amount (by a recorded vote of 141 ayes to 272 noes, 
Roll No. 381);                                 
Pages H4917-18, H4931-32
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 15 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought 
to reduce funding for the Ohio-class submarines by 10 percent to help 
prepare the Department of Defense for the sequestration (by a recorded 
vote of 49 ayes to 372 noes, Roll No. 382);    
Pages H4918-19, H4932-33
  Nugent amendment (No. 17 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
reduce appropriations for Defense-wide rapid innovation and increase 
the appropriations to develop a high power microwave

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cruise missile weapon (by a recorded vote of 93 ayes to 327 noes, Roll 
No. 383);                                         
Pages H4920-21, H4933
  Nadler amendment (No. 20 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
cut $70 million of unrequested funds for the East Coast Missile Defense 
site and dedicate that funding to deficit reduction instead (by a 
recorded vote of 173 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 384); 
                                               Pages H4922-24, H4933-34
  Moran amendment (No. 23 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
strike section 8107, which prohibits funding to transfer or release any 
individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into the United States, its 
territories, or possessions; strike section 8198, which prohibits 
funding to transfer any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to 
a country of origin or other foreign country or entity unless the 
Secretary of Defense makes certain certifications; and strike Section 
8109, which prohibits funding to modify any United States facility 
(other than the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) to house any 
individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (by a recorded vote of 175 
ayes to 247 noes, Roll No. 385);               
Pages H4925-26, H4934-35
  Poe amendment (No. 25 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to cut 
funding to Pakistan by $600 million (by a recorded vote of 186 ayes to 
237 noes, Roll No. 386);                          
Pages H4927-28, H4935
  Wittman amendment (No. 39 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
provide that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 
to propose, plan for, or execute an additional Base Realignment and 
Closure round;                                           
Pages H4946-47
  Cicilline amendment (No. 28 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought 
to reduce appropriations for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by 
$279,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending reduction account 
(by a recorded vote of 184 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 388); 
                                                  Pages H4937-38, H4954
  Garamendi amendment (No. 33 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought 
to cut $2,615,000,000 from the Afghan Security Forces Fund (by a 
recorded vote of 150 ayes to 276 noes, Roll No. 391); 
                                                  Pages H4940-41, H4956
  Lee amendment (No. 45 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
reduce funding by 1%, excluding the Defense Health Program and Military 
Personnel Accounts (by a recorded vote of 109 ayes to 317 noes, Roll 
No. 396);                                      
Pages H4950-51, H4959-60
  Quigley amendment (No. 46 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
limit funds made available in the bill to operate and maintain no more 
than 300 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (by a recorded 
vote of 142 ayes to 283 noes, Roll No. 397);      
Pages H4951-53, H4960
  Denham amendment (No. 47 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
prohibit funds from being used to implement the Trans Regional Web 
Initiative (by a recorded vote of 185 ayes to 238 noes, Roll No. 398); 
                                               Pages H4953-54, H4960-61
  Palazzo amendment (No. 56 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that sought to 
prevent any funds from being used to rebase any Air Force, Air Guard, 
or Air Force Reserve aircraft until 60 days after the National 
Commission on the Structure of the Air Force has submitted its report 
as required by the FY 2013 NDAA; and                     
Pages H4968-69
  Rohrabacher amendment (No. 59 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that 
sought to prohibit any funds in the bill from being provided to 
Pakistan.                                                
Pages H4971-72
Withdrawn:
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have reduced funding for 
Procurement, Defense-Wide, by $2 million and transfer the same amount 
to the Spending Reduction Account;                           
Page H4915
  Pocan amendment (No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that was offered 
and subsequently withdrawn that would have made available from amounts 
available for the Department of Defense for research, development, 
test, and evaluation $10,000,000 for applied research to improve the 
safety of advanced batteries, specifically lithium-ion (Li-ion) 
batteries;                                               
Pages H4919-20
  Lujan Grisham amendment (No. 19 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have reduced RDT&E by $10 
million and add $10 million to RDT&E for Operationally Responsive 
Space;                                                   
Pages H4921-22
  Bonamici amendment (No. 26 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have provided $30 million 
for the purchase of emergency response medical equipment sets for 
National Guard M997A3 HMMWV ambulances to ensure they carry adequate 
life-saving equipment; and                               
Pages H4928-29
  Terry amendment (No. 38 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that was offered 
and subsequently withdrawn that would have prohibited the Department of 
Defense from spending any appropriated funds in FY14 to enforce Section 
526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. 
                                                         Pages H4945-46
Proceedings Postponed:
  Terry amendment (No. 24 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that seeks to 
increase Defense-wide O/M by $1 billion, while reducing funding in the 
Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by $2.6 billion. The reduction would 
be in order to give DoD more flexibility to offset civilian furloughs; 
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  Jones amendment (No. 48 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that seeks to 
restrict the use of funds approved by this Act from being used to carry 
out activities under the United States-Afghanistan Strategic 
Partnership Agreement, without being approved by Members of Congress; 
                                                         Pages H4961-62
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 51 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that seeks to 
provide that none of the funds made available in this act may be used 
to pay any fine assessed against a military installation by the 
California Air Resources Board;                          
                                                         Pages H4963-64
  Mulvaney amendment (No. 55 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that seeks to 
reduce funds made available in the Overseas Contingency Operations 
budget by $3,546,000,000 to better correspond with the President's 
request. Protects all amounts made available for the National Guard and 
Reserve Component Equipment modernization shortfalls for homeland 
defense and emergency response;                          
                                                         Pages H4967-68
  Stockman amendment (No. 60 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that seeks to 
prohibit participation by the People's Republic of China in joint U.S. 
military exercises;                                      
                                                         Pages H4972-73
  Walorski amendment (No. 62 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that seeks to 
prohibit any funds made available by this Act from being used to 
transfer or release detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen; and 
                                                         Pages H4974-75
  Bonamici amendment (No. 65 printed in H. Rept. 113-170) that seeks to 
prevent the retirement, divestment, transfer, or preparation to do so 
of C-23 aircraft used by the National Guard and to designate $34 
million for the sustainment and operation of the C-23 aircraft in a 
viable state.                                                
                                                             Page H4975
  H. Res. 312, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
2397) and (H.R. 2610) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 226 ayes to 
194 noes, Roll No. 378, after the previous question was ordered by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 377. 
                                                         Pages H4875-77
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and 21 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4875-76, 
H4876-77, H4930-31, H4931, H4931-32, H4932-33, H4933, H4933-34, H4934-
35, H4935, H4935-36, H4954, H4954-55, H4955-56, H4956, H4956-57, H4957-
58, H4958, H4958-59, 4959-60, H4960 and H4960-61. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 1:15 a.m. on 
Wednesday, July 24th.