[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 18, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H5495-H5497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 4870

                      Offered By: Mr. Bridenstine

       Amendment No. 7: Page 7, line 2, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(increased by $8,000,000)''.
       Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced 
     by $15,000,000)''.
       Page 12, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $2,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4870

                      Offered By: Mr. Bridenstine

       Amendment No. 8: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for any bilateral military-to-military contact or 
     cooperation between the United States and the Republic of 
     France unless and until the Republic of France cancels a 
     contract to provide the Russian Federation with Mistral-class 
     warships.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 9: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of 
     its principals if the offeror certifies, pursuant to the 
     Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of 
     its principals--
       (1) within a three-year period preceding this offer has 
     been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it 
     for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection 
     with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public 
     (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation 
     of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
     submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, 
     forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, 
     making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal 
     criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or
       (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or 
     civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of 
     any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (1); or
       (3) within a three-year period preceding this offer, has 
     been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount 
     that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains 
     unsatisfied.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for flag or general officers for each military 
     department that are in excess to the number of such officers 
     serving in such military department as of January 17, 2014.

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                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by an officer, employee, or contractor of the 
     intelligence community to subvert or interfere with the 
     integrity of any cryptographic standard that is proposed, 
     developed, or adopted by the National Institute of Standards 
     and Technology.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to make aircraft (including unmanned aerial 
     vehicles), armored vehicles, grenade launchers, silencers, 
     toxicological agents (including chemical agents, biological 
     agents, and associated equipment), launch vehicles, guided 
     missiles, ballistic missiles, rockets, torpedoes, bombs, 
     mines, or nuclear weapons (as identified for demilitarization 
     purposes outlined in Department of Defense Manual 4160.28) 
     available to local law enforcement agencies through the 
     Department of Defense Excess Personal Property Program 
     established pursuant to section 1033 of Public Law 104-201, 
     the `National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1997'.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 13: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to detain, without conviction, any person for more 
     than 15 years at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
     Cuba.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Fleming

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to appoint chaplains for the military departments in 
     contravention of Department of Defense Instruction 1304.28, 
     dated June 11, 2004, incorporating change 3, dated March 20, 
     2014, regarding the appointment of chaplains for the military 
     departments.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 15: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 11, after the dollar amount insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 19, after the dollar amount insert the 
     following: (increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Grayson

       Amendment No. 16: Page 31, line 18, after the dollar 
     amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 19, after the dollar amount insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4870

                  Offered By: Mrs. Miller of Michigan

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. 10002.  None of the funds made available by this Act 
     may be used to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage, 
     or prepare to divest, retire, transfer, or place in storage, 
     any A-10 aircraft, or to disestablish any units of the active 
     or reserve component associated with such aircraft.

                               H.R. 4870

                      Offered By: Mr. Bridenstine

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for any bilateral military-to-military contact or 
     comparable activities between the United States and the 
     Republic of France.

                               H.R. 4870

                         Offered By: Mr. Vargas

       Amendment No. 19: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Limitation.--None of the funds made available 
     in this Act may be obligated or expended to implement a final 
     decision affecting the homebasing of F-35 aircraft on the 
     West Coast of the United States until the date on which the 
     Comptroller General of the United States submits to the 
     congressional defense committees the comparative financial 
     analysis under subsection (b).
       (b) Analysis.--
       (1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a comparative financial analysis of 
     homebasing F-35 aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro and 
     Naval Air Station Lemoore.
       (2) Matters included.--The analysis conducted under 
     paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       (A) Annual operational costs to perform the training 
     missions at each location specified in paragraph (1).
       (B) Annual costs associated with detachment training at 
     each location specified in paragraph (1).
       (C) Estimated annual costs of flying F-35 aircraft to and 
     from each location specified in paragraph (1) to the depots 
     for such aircraft.
       (D) Cost savings that might be achieved by homebasing such 
     aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, which is in close 
     proximity to the F-35 aircraft of the Marine Corps located at 
     both Miramar Marine Corps Air Station and Yuma Marine Corps 
     Air Station.
       (E) Cost savings that might be achieved by homebasing the 
     F-35 aircraft at Naval Air Station Lemoore.
       (F) Estimated annual costs of F-35 aircraft detachment 
     training that would continue at each location specified in 
     paragraph (1), even if the location is not used as the 
     homebase for F-35 aircraft.
       (G) Comparison of military construction costs associated 
     with homebasing such aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro 
     versus Naval Air Station Lemoore.
       (H) Comparison of the net cost savings to be achieved over 
     10 and 20 year budget horizons by homebasing such aircraft at 
     Naval Air Facility El Centro versus Naval Air Station 
     Lemoore.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. Delaney

       Amendment No. 20: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount 
     insert the following: ``(reduced by $24,000,000)''.
       Page 88, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the 
     following: ``(increased by $16,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4870

                      Offered By: Mr. Fortenberry

       Amendment No. 21: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to provide weapons to combatants in Syria.

                               H.R. 4870

                         Offered By: Mr. Moran

       Amendment No. 22: Strike section 8108.

                               H.R. 4870

                         Offered By: Mr. Moran

       Amendment No. 23: Strike section 8107.

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Mr. McKinley

       Amendment No. 24: Page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $21,000,000) (increased by 
     $21,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4870

                         Offered By: Mr. Kildee

       Amendment No. 25: Page 22, line 14, after the dollar 
     amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
       Page 33, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $20,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4870

                         Offered By: Mr. Nugent

       Amendment No. 26: Page 31, line 6, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000) (increased by 
     $10,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 4870

                         Offered By: Mr. Nugent

       Amendment No. 27: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to plan for or carry out a furlough of a dual status 
     military technician (as defined in section 10216 of title 10, 
     United States Code).

                               H.R. 4870

                        Offered By: Ms. Lofgren

       Amendment No. 28: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec.__. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
     the funds made available by this Act may be used by an 
     officer or employee of the United States to query a 
     collection of foreign intelligence information acquired under 
     section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
     1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a) using an identifier of a United States 
     person.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to queries for foreign 
     intelligence information authorized under section 105, 304, 
     703, 704, or 705 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
     of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1805; 1842; 1881b; 1881c; 1881d), or title 
     18, United States Code, regardless of under what Foreign 
     Intelligence Surveillance Act authority it was collected.
       (c) Except as provided for in subsection (d), none of the 
     funds made available by this Act may be used by the National 
     Security Agency or the Central Intelligence Agency to mandate 
     or request that a person (as defined in section 1801(m) of 
     title 50, United States Code) redesign its product or service 
     to facilitate the electronic surveillance (as defined in 
     section 1801(f) of title 50, United States Code) of any user 
     of said product or service for said agencies.
       (d) Subsection (c) shall not apply with respect to mandates 
     or requests authorized under the Communications Assistance 
     for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).

                               H.R. 4870

                     Offered By: Mr. Sensenbrenner

       Amendment No. 29: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:
       Sec.__. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of 
     the funds made available by this Act may be used by an 
     officer or employee of the United States to query a 
     collection of foreign intelligence information acquired under 
     section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 
     1978 (50 U.S.C. 1881a) using an identifier of a United States 
     person.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to queries for foreign 
     intelligence information authorized under section 105, 304, 
     703, 704, or 705

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     of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 
     U.S.C. 1805; 1842; 1881b; 1881c; 1881d), or title 18, United 
     States Code, regardless of under what Foreign Intelligence 
     Surveillance Act authority it was collected.
       (c) Except as provided for in subsection (d), none of the 
     funds made available by this Act may be used by the National 
     Security Agency or the Central Intelligence Agency to mandate 
     or request that a person (as defined in section 1801(m) of 
     title 50, United States Code) redesign its product or service 
     to facilitate the electronic surveillance (as defined in 
     section 1801(f) of title 50, United States Code) of any user 
     of said product or service for said agencies.
       (d) Subsection (c) shall not apply with respect to mandates 
     or requests authorized under the Communications Assistance 
     for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C. 1001et seq.).

                               H.R. 4870

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 30: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for deploying members of the Armed Forces on the 
     ground in Iraq for purposes of engaging in combat operations 
     except to protect the United States Embassy.

                               H.R. 4870

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 31: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the purposes of conducting combat operations in 
     Iraq.

                               H.R. 4870

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 32: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used for the purpose of conducting combat operations in 
     Afghanistan after December 31, 2014.

                               H.R. 4870

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 33: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended pursuant to the Authorization for 
     Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public 
     Law 107-243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note).

                               H.R. 4870

                   Offered By: Ms. Lee of California

       Amendment No. 34: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. _.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended pursuant to the Authorization for 
     Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 
     note) after December 31, 2014.