[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 101 (Thursday, June 26, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4168-S4187]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3388. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Graham) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. RESOLUTION OF CONTROVERSIES UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS 
                   CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

       (a) Election of Arbitration.--
       (1) In general.--Section 102 of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 512) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Written Consent Required for Arbitration.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a 
     contract with a servicemember, or a servicemember and the 
     servicemember's spouse jointly, provides for the use of 
     arbitration to resolve a controversy subject to a provision 
     of this Act and arising out of or relating to such contract, 
     arbitration may be used to settle such controversy only if, 
     after such controversy arises, all parties to such 
     controversy consent in writing to use arbitration to settle 
     such controversy.''.
       (2) Applicability.--Subsection (d) of such section, as 
     added by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to contracts 
     entered into, amended, altered, modified, renewed, or 
     extended after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Limitation on Waiver of Rights and Protections.--
       (1) In general.--Section 107(a) of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 517(a)) is amended--
       (A) in the second sentence, by inserting ``and if it is 
     made after a specific dispute has arisen and the dispute is 
     identified in the waiver'' after ``to which it applies''; and
       (B) in the third sentence, by inserting ``and if it is made 
     after a specific dispute has arisen and the dispute is 
     identified in the waiver'' after ``period of military 
     service''.
       (2) Applicability.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to waivers made on or after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Preservation of Right to Bring Class Action.--
       (1) In general.--Section 802(a) of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 597a(a)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) be a representative party on behalf of members of a 
     class or be a member of a class, in accordance with the 
     Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, notwithstanding any 
     previous agreement to the contrary.''.
       (2) Construction.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall not be construed to imply that a person aggrieved by a 
     violation of such Act did not have a right to bring a civil 
     action as a representative party on behalf of members of a 
     class or be a member of a class in a civil action before the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
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  SA 3389. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 A of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 605. ROLE FOR DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE UNDER MILITARY 
                   LENDING ACT.

       (a) Enforcement by the Attorney General.--Subsection (f) of 
     section 987 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(7) Enforcement by the attorney general.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Attorney General may commence a 
     civil action in any appropriate district court of the United 
     States against any person who--
       ``(i) engages in a pattern or practice of violating this 
     section; or
       ``(ii) engages in a violation of this section that raises 
     an issue of general public importance.
       ``(B) Relief.--In a civil action commenced under 
     subparagraph (A), the court--
       ``(i) may grant any appropriate equitable or declaratory 
     relief with respect to the violation of this section;
       ``(ii) may award all other appropriate relief, including 
     monetary damages, to any person aggrieved by the violation; 
     and
       ``(iii) may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a 
     civil penalty--

       ``(I) in an amount not exceeding $110,000 for a first 
     violation; and
       ``(II) in an amount not exceeding $220,000 for any 
     subsequent violation.

       ``(C) Intervention.--Upon timely application, a person 
     aggrieved by a violation of this section with respect to 
     which the civil action is commenced may intervene in such 
     action, and may obtain such appropriate relief as the person 
     could obtain in a civil action under paragraph (5) with 
     respect to that violation, along with costs and a reasonable 
     attorney fee.
       ``(D) Issuance and service of civil investigative 
     demands.--Whenever the Attorney General, or a designee, has 
     reason to believe that any person may be in possession, 
     custody, or control of any documentary material relevant to 
     an investigation under this section, the Attorney General, or 
     a designee, may, before commencing a civil action under 
     subparagraph (A), issue in writing and cause to be served 
     upon such person, a civil investigative demand requiring--
       ``(i) the production of such documentary material for 
     inspection and copying;
       ``(ii) that the custodian of such documentary material 
     answer in writing written questions with respect to such 
     documentary material; or
       ``(iii) the production of any combination of such 
     documentary material or answers.
       ``(E) Relationship to false claims act.--The statutory 
     provisions governing the authority to issue, use, and enforce 
     civil investigative demands under section 3733 of title 31 
     (known as the `False Claims Act') shall govern the authority 
     to issue, use, and enforce civil investigative demands under 
     subparagraph (D), except that--
       ``(i) any reference in that section to false claims law 
     investigators or investigations shall be applied for purposes 
     of subparagraph (D) as referring to investigators or 
     investigations under this section;
       ``(ii) any reference in that section to interrogatories 
     shall be applied for purposes of subparagraph (D) as 
     referring to written questions, and answers to such need not 
     be under oath;
       ``(iii) the statutory definitions for purposes of that 
     section relating to `false claims law' shall not apply; and
       ``(iv) provisions of that section relating to qui tam 
     relators shall not apply.''.
       (b) Consultation With Department of Justice in Prescription 
     of Regulations.--Subsection (h)(3) of such section is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(H) The Department of Justice.''.
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  SA 3390. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 title X, add the following:

  Subtitle I--Matters Relating to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

     SEC. 1091. TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL LEASES AFTER ASSIGNMENT 
                   OR RELOCATION TO QUARTERS OF UNITED STATES OR 
                   HOUSING FACILITY UNDER JURISDICTION OF 
                   UNIFORMED SERVICE.

       (a) Termination of Residential Leases.--
       (1) In general.--Section 305 of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 535) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) in the case of a lease described in subsection (b)(1) 
     and subparagraph (C) of such subsection, the date the lessee 
     is assigned to or otherwise relocates to quarters or a 
     housing facility as described in such subparagraph.''; and
       (B) in subsection (b)(1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) the lease is executed by or on behalf of a person who 
     thereafter and during the term of the lease is assigned to or 
     otherwise relocates to quarters of the United States or a 
     housing facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed 
     service (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United States 
     Code), including housing provided under the Military Housing 
     Privatization Initiative.''.
       (2) Manner of termination.--Subsection (c)(1) of such 
     section is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by inserting ``in the case of a lease described in 
     subsection (b)(1) and subparagraph (A) or (B) of such 
     subsection,'' before ``by delivery''; and
       (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;

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       (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
     and
       (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
     subparagraph (B):
       ``(B) in the case of a lease described in subsection (b)(1) 
     and subparagraph (C) of such subsection, by delivery by the 
     lessee of written notice of such termination, and a letter 
     from the servicemember's commanding officer indicating that 
     the servicemember has been assigned to or is otherwise 
     relocating to quarters of the United States or a housing 
     facility under the jurisdiction of a uniformed service (as 
     defined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code), to 
     the lessor (or the lessor's grantee), or to the lessor's 
     agent (or the agent's grantee); and''.
       (b) Definition of Military Orders and Continental United 
     States for Purposes of Act.--
       (1) Transfer of definitions.--Such Act is further amended 
     by transferring paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 305(i) (50 
     U.S.C. App. 535(i)) to the end of section 101 (50 U.S.C. App. 
     511) and redesignating such paragraphs, as so transferred, as 
     paragraphs (10) and (11).
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Such Act is further amended--
       (A) in section 305 (50 U.S.C. App. 535), as amended by 
     paragraph (1), by striking subsection (i); and
       (B) in section 705 (50 U.S.C. App. 595), by striking ``or 
     naval'' both places it appears.

     SEC. 1092. PROTECTION OF SURVIVING SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO 
                   MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE.

       (a) In General.--Title III of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 531 et seq.) is amended by 
     inserting after section 303 (50 U.S.C. App. 533) the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 303A. PROTECTION OF SURVIVING SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO 
                   MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE.

       ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), with respect 
     to a servicemember who dies while in military service and who 
     has a surviving spouse who is the servicemember's successor 
     in interest to property covered under section 303(a), section 
     303 shall apply to the surviving spouse with respect to that 
     property during the one-year period beginning on the date of 
     such death in the same manner as if the servicemember had not 
     died.
       ``(b) Notice Required.--
       ``(1) In general.--To be covered under this section with 
     respect to property, a surviving spouse shall submit written 
     notice that such surviving spouse is so covered to the 
     mortgagee, trustee, or other creditor of the mortgage, trust 
     deed, or other security in the nature of a mortgage with 
     which the property is secured.
       ``(2) Time.--Notice provided under paragraph (1) shall be 
     provided with respect to a surviving spouse anytime during 
     the one-year period beginning on the date of death of the 
     servicemember with respect to whom the surviving spouse is to 
     receive coverage under this section.
       ``(3) Address.--Notice provided under paragraph (1) with 
     respect to property shall be provided via e-mail, facsimile, 
     standard post, or express mail to facsimile numbers and 
     addresses, as the case may be, designated by the servicer of 
     the mortgage, trust deed, or other security in the nature of 
     a mortgage with which the property is secured.
       ``(4) Manner.--Notice provided under paragraph (1) shall be 
     provided in writing by using a form designed under paragraph 
     (5) or submitting a copy of a Department of Defense or 
     Department of Veterans Affairs document evidencing the 
     military service-related death of a spouse while in military 
     service.
       ``(5) Official forms.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     design and distribute an official Department of Defense form 
     that can be used by an individual to give notice under 
     paragraph (1).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--Section 303A of such Act, as added by 
     subsection (a), shall apply with respect to deaths that occur 
     on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of such Act (50 U.S.C. App. 501) is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 303 the following new 
     item:

``Sec. 303A. Protection of surviving spouse with respect to mortgage 
              foreclosure.''.
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  SA 3391. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 H of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1087. TRANSNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2014''.
       (b) Possession, Manufacture or Distribution for Purposes of 
     Unlawful Importations.--Section 1009 of the Controlled 
     Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 959) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
     (c) and (d), respectively; and
       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``It shall'' and all 
     that follows and inserting the following: ``It shall be 
     unlawful for any person to manufacture or distribute a 
     controlled substance in schedule I or II or flunitrazepam or 
     a listed chemical intending, knowing, or having reasonable 
     cause to believe that such substance or chemical will be 
     unlawfully imported into the United States or into waters 
     within a distance of 12 miles of the coast of the United 
     States.
       ``(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture or 
     distribute a listed chemical--
       ``(1) intending or knowing that the listed chemical will be 
     used to manufacture a controlled substance; and
       ``(2) intending, knowing, or having reasonable cause to 
     believe that the controlled substance will be unlawfully 
     imported into the United States.''.
       (c) Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods or Services.--Chapter 
     113 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in section 2318(b)(2), by striking ``section 2320(e)'' 
     and inserting ``section 2320(f)''; and
       (2) in section 2320--
       (A) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (4) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(4) traffics in a drug and knowingly uses a counterfeit 
     mark on or in connection with such drug,'';
       (B) in subsection (b)(3), in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A), by striking ``counterfeit drug'' and 
     inserting ``drug that uses a counterfeit mark on or in 
     connection with the drug''; and
       (C) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (6) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(6) the term `drug' means a drug, as defined in section 
     201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
     321).''.
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  SA 3392. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 737. ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM AT MEDICAL 
                   FACILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     carry out an antimicrobial stewardship program at medical 
     facilities of the Department of Defense.
       (b) Collection and Use of Data.--In carrying out the 
     antimicrobial stewardship program required by subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall--
       (1) develop a consistent manner in which to collect and 
     analyze data on antibiotic usage, health issues related to 
     antibiotic usage (such as Clostridium difficile infections), 
     and antimicrobial resistance trends at medical facilities of 
     the Department in order to evaluate how well the program is 
     improving health care provided to members of the Armed Forces 
     and reducing the inappropriate use of antibiotics at such 
     facilities; and
       (2) provide data on antibiotic usage and antimicrobial 
     resistance trends at facilities of the Department to the 
     National Healthcare Safety Network of the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention.
       (c) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a strategy for carrying out 
     the antimicrobial stewardship program required by subsection 
     (a).
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  SA 3393. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 H of title X of division A, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 1087. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, BADGER 
                   ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, BARABOO, WISCONSIN.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Plant.--The term ``plant'' means the former Badger Army 
     Ammunition Plant near Baraboo, Wisconsin.
       (2) Property.--The term ``Property'' includes--
       (A) the plant;
       (B) any land located in Sauk County, Wisconsin, and managed 
     by the Federal Government relating to the plant; and
       (C) any structure on the land described in subparagraph 
     (B).
       (b) Transfer of Administrative Jurisdiction.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall transfer to 
     the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction 
     over the approximately 1,553 acres of land located within the 
     boundary of the Property, to be held in trust by the 
     Secretary of the Interior for the benefit of the Ho-Chunk 
     Nation.

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       (2) Date of transfer.--
       (A) In general.--The transfer of all land described in 
     paragraph (1) shall be carried out not later than 1 year 
     after the latter of--
       (i) the date on which environmental remediation activities 
     on the land described in that paragraph are finalized; and
       (ii) the date of enactment of this Act.
       (B) Finalization of environmental remediation activities.--
     For purposes of this paragraph, environmental remediation 
     activities on a parcel of land to be transferred under 
     paragraph (1) are considered to be finalized on the date on 
     which the Department of Natural Resources of the State of 
     Wisconsin makes a final case closure and no-action-required 
     determination for that parcel of land.
       (3) Transfer of parcels.--The Secretary of the Army may 
     transfer the land described in paragraph (1) in parcels.
       (4) Legal description.--As soon as practicable after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     publish in the Federal Register a legal description of the 
     land to be transferred under paragraph (1).
       (c) Retention of Environmental Responsibilities by the 
     Army.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and 
     notwithstanding the transfer of administrative jurisdiction 
     over the Property to the Secretary of the Interior under 
     subsection (b)(1), the Secretary of the Army shall retain 
     sole Federal responsibility and liability to fund and 
     implement actions necessary for compliance with all 
     environmental remediation activities required to support the 
     land reuse identified in the final case closure and no-
     action-required determination of the Department of Natural 
     Resources of the State of Wisconsin for any transferred 
     parcel of the Property.
       (2) Limitation.--The responsibility and liability of the 
     Secretary of the Army described in paragraph (1) is limited 
     to the remediation of environmental contamination caused by 
     the activities of the Department of Defense that occurred 
     before the date on which administrative jurisdiction over the 
     land is transferred under this section.
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  SA 3394. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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 E of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2842. WITHDRAWAL AND RESERVATION OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC 
                   LAND FOR NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION, CHINA LAKE, 
                   CALIFORNIA.

       (a) In General.--Section 2971(b) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 
     127 Stat. 1044) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``subsection (a) is the Federal land'' and 
     inserting the following: ``subsection (a) is--
       ``(1) the Federal land''; and
       (2) by striking ``section 2912.'' and inserting the 
     following: ``section 2912;
       ``(2) approximately 7,556 acres of public land described at 
     Public Law 88-46 and commonly known as the Cuddeback Lake Air 
     Force Range; and
       ``(3) approximately 4,480 acres comprised of all the public 
     lands within: Sections 31 and 32 of Township 29S, Range 43E; 
     Sections 12, 13, 24, and 25 of Township 30S, Range 42E; and 
     Section 5 and the northern half of Section 6 of Township 31S, 
     Range 43E, Mount Diablo Meridian, in the county of San 
     Bernardino in the State of California, (but excluding the 
     parcel identified as `AF Fee Simple') as depicted on the map 
     entitled: `Cuddeback Area of the Golden Valley Proposed 
     Wilderness Additions, June 2014'.''.
       (b) Expirational Repeal.--The Act entitled ``An Act to 
     provide for the withdrawal and reservation for the use of the 
     Department of the Air Force of certain public lands of the 
     United States at Cuddeback Lake Air Force Range, California, 
     for defense purposes'', as approved June 21, 1963 (Public Law 
     88-46; 77 Stat. 69), is repealed.
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  SA 3395. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 557. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ASSESSMENT OF SEXUAL 
                   VIOLENCE INVOLVING RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING 
                   CORPS CADETS.

       (a) Report.--Not later than June 30, 2015, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Education, submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report setting forth an assessment of the feasibility of 
     conducting a study of sexual violence involving cadets in the 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs during 
     fiscal years 2009 through 2014 in order to determine the 
     extent of sexual violence in the Reserve Officers' Training 
     Corps programs and the need for reform of such programs in 
     connection with such violence.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description and prioritization of the quantitative 
     and qualitative data, including collection and assessment 
     methodologies in compliance with applicable privacy laws, 
     that should be used to assess the extent of sexual violence 
     involving Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets for each 
     Armed Forces and across the Armed Forces in general, 
     including data on--
       (A) alleged and proven incidents of sexual violence by 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets as reported to the 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs, institutions of 
     higher education, and law enforcement officials;
       (B) alleged and proven incidents of sexual violence by 
     students of institutions of higher education of demographics 
     similar to the demographics of Reserve Officers' Training 
     Corps cadets as reported to institutions of higher education 
     and law enforcement officials; and
       (C) actions officially and unofficially taken by Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps programs, institutions of higher 
     education, and law enforcement officials in response to such 
     alleged and proven incidents of sexual violence.
       (2) An assessment of the feasibility of the collection and 
     analysis of the data provided for in paragraph (1), including 
     the methods and resources that would be necessary to collect, 
     for sample sizes of sufficient size as to provide significant 
     evidence for determining the extent, if any, of sexual 
     violence involving Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets.
       (3) A description of Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
     classroom information materials, course materials, and lesson 
     plans related to education and training for prevention of 
     sexual violence, and the process for developing such 
     materials and lesson plans.
       (4) A description of the processes of communication among 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps program officials, 
     institutions of higher education, and law enforcement 
     officials about alleged and proven sexual violence incidents 
     involving Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets.
       (5) A description of the process to review the records of 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets, including 
     disciplinary records, are evaluated prior to commissioning.
       (6) Such other matters and recommendations with respect to 
     the study required by subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate.
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  SA 3396. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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:

       On page 738, in the table relating to Other Procurement, 
     Army, insert after the item relating to Joint Light Tactical 
     Vehicle an item relating to Family Medium Tactical Vehicles 
     (FMTV), with a FY 2015 Request amount of ``0'' and a Senate 
     Authorized amount of ``50,000''.

       On page 738, in the table relating to Other Procurement, 
     Army, insert after the item relating to Family of Heavy 
     Tactical Vehicles (FHTV) an item relating to Additional HEMTT 
     ESP Vehicles, with a FY 2015 Request amount of ``0'' and a 
     Senate Authorized amount of ``50,000''.
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  SA 3397. Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2363, to 
protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, 
and shooting, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 53, after line 11, add the following:

                  TITLE III--FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION

     SEC. 301. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) healthy populations of fish depend on the conservation, 
     protection, restoration, and enhancement of fish habitats in 
     the United States;
       (2) fish habitats (including wetlands, streams, rivers, 
     lakes, estuaries, and coastal and marine habitats) perform 
     numerous valuable environmental functions that sustain 
     environmental, social, and cultural values, including 
     recycling nutrients, purifying water, attenuating floods, 
     augmenting and maintaining stream flows, recharging ground 
     water, acting as primary producers in the food chain, and 
     providing essential and significant habitat for plants, fish, 
     wildlife, and other dependent species;
       (3) the extensive and diverse fish habitat resources of the 
     United States are of enormous significance to the economy of 
     the United States, providing--
       (A) recreation for 60,000,000 anglers;
       (B) more than 828,000 jobs and approximately 
     $115,000,000,000 in economic impact each year relating to 
     recreational fishing; and

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       (C) approximately 575,000 jobs and an additional 
     $36,000,000,000 in economic impact each year relating to 
     commercial fishing;
       (4) at least 40 percent of all threatened species and 
     endangered species in the United States are directly 
     dependent on fish habitats;
       (5) certain fish species are considered to be ecological 
     indicators of fish habitat quality, such that the presence of 
     those species reflects high-quality habitat for fish species;
       (6) loss and degradation of fish habitat, riparian habitat, 
     water quality, and water volume caused by activities such as 
     alteration of watercourses, stream blockages, water 
     withdrawals and diversions, erosion, pollution, 
     sedimentation, and destruction or modification of wetlands 
     have--
       (A) caused significant declines in fish populations 
     throughout the United States, especially declines in native 
     fish populations; and
       (B) resulted in economic losses to the United States;
       (7)(A) providing for the conservation and sustainability of 
     fish populations has not been fully realized, despite 
     federally funded fish and wildlife restoration programs and 
     other activities intended to conserve fish habitat; and
       (B) conservation and sustainability may be significantly 
     advanced through a renewed commitment and sustained, 
     cooperative efforts that are complementary to existing fish 
     and wildlife restoration programs and clean water programs;
       (8) the National Fish Habitat Action Plan provides a 
     framework for maintaining and restoring fish habitats to 
     perpetuate populations of fish species;
       (9) the United States can achieve significant progress 
     toward providing fish habitats for the conservation and 
     restoration of fish species through a voluntary, 
     nonregulatory incentive program that is based on technical 
     and financial assistance provided by the Federal Government;
       (10) the creation of partnerships between local citizens, 
     Indian tribes, Alaska Native organizations, corporations, 
     nongovernmental organizations, and Federal, State, and tribal 
     agencies is critical to the success of activities to restore 
     fish habitats;
       (11) the Federal Government has numerous land and water 
     management agencies that are critical to the implementation 
     of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, including--
       (A) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
       (B) the Bureau of Land Management;
       (C) the National Park Service;
       (D) the Bureau of Reclamation;
       (E) the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
       (F) the National Marine Fisheries Service;
       (G) the Forest Service;
       (H) the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and
       (I) the Environmental Protection Agency;
       (12) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
     Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the 
     National Marine Fisheries Service each play a vital role in--
       (A) the protection, restoration, and enhancement of the 
     fish communities and fish habitats in the United States; and
       (B) the development, operation, and long-term success of 
     fish habitat partnerships and project implementation;
       (13) the United States Geological Survey, the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Marine Fisheries 
     Service each play a vital role in scientific evaluation, data 
     collection, and mapping for fishery resources in the United 
     States;
       (14) the State and Territorial fish and wildlife agencies 
     play a vital role in--
       (A) the protection, restoration, and enhancement of the 
     fish communities and fish habitats in their respective States 
     and territories; and
       (B) the development, operation, and long-term success of 
     fish habitat partnerships and project implementation; and
       (15) many of the programs for conservation on private 
     farmland, ranchland, and forestland that are carried out by 
     the Secretary of Agriculture, including the Natural Resources 
     Conservation Service and the State and Private Forestry 
     programs of the Forest Service, are able to significantly 
     contribute to the implementation of the National Fish Habitat 
     Action Plan through the engagement of private landowners.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to encourage 
     partnerships among public agencies and other interested 
     parties consistent with the mission and goals of the National 
     Fish Habitat Action Plan--
       (1) to promote intact and healthy fish habitats;
       (2) to improve the quality and quantity of fish habitats 
     and overall health of fish species;
       (3) to increase the quality and quantity of fish habitats 
     that support a broad natural diversity of fish and other 
     aquatic species;
       (4) to improve fish habitats in a manner that leads to 
     improvement of the annual economic output from recreational, 
     subsistence, and commercial fishing;
       (5) to enhance fish and wildlife-dependent recreation;
       (6) to coordinate and facilitate activities carried out by 
     Federal departments and agencies under the leadership of--
       (A) the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service;
       (B) the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
       (C) the Director of the United States Geological Survey; 
     and
       (7) to achieve other purposes in accordance with the 
     mission and goals of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan.

     SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Assistant administrator.--The term ``Assistant 
     Administrator'' means the Assistant Administrator for 
     Fisheries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration.
       (3) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the National Fish 
     Habitat Board established by section 303(a)(1).
       (4) Conservation; conserve; manage; management.--The terms 
     ``conservation'', ``conserve'', ``manage'', and 
     ``management'' mean to maintain, sustain, and, where 
     practicable, restore and enhance, using methods and 
     procedures associated with modern scientific resource 
     programs (including protection, research, census, law 
     enforcement, habitat management, propagation, live trapping 
     and transplantation, and the regulated harvesting of fish)--
       (A) a healthy population of fish;
       (B) a habitat required to sustain fish and fish 
     populations; or
       (C) a habitat required to sustain fish productivity.
       (5) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
       (6) Fish.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``fish'' means any freshwater, 
     diadromous, estuarine, or marine finfish or shellfish.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``fish'' includes the egg, spawn, 
     spat, larval, and other juvenile stages of an organism 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       (7) Fish and wildlife-dependent recreation.--The term 
     ``fish and wildlife-dependent recreation'' means a use 
     involving hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and 
     photography, or conservation education and interpretation.
       (8) Fish habitat.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``fish habitat'' means an area on 
     which fish depend to carry out the life processes of the 
     fish, including an area used by the fish for spawning, 
     incubation, nursery, rearing, growth to maturity, food 
     supply, or migration.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``fish habitat'' may include--
       (i) an area immediately adjacent to an aquatic environment, 
     if the immediately adjacent area--

       (I) contributes to the quality and quantity of water 
     sources; or
       (II) provides public access for the use of fishery 
     resources; and

       (ii) an area inhabited by saltwater and brackish fish, 
     including an offshore artificial marine reef in the Gulf of 
     Mexico.
       (9) Fish habitat conservation project.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``fish habitat conservation 
     project'' means a project that--
       (i) is submitted to the Board by a Partnership and approved 
     by the Secretary under section 305; and
       (ii) provides for the conservation or management of a fish 
     habitat.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``fish habitat conservation 
     project'' includes--
       (i) the provision of technical assistance to a State, 
     Indian tribe, or local community by the National Fish Habitat 
     Conservation Partnership Program or any other agency to 
     facilitate the development of strategies and priorities for 
     the conservation of fish habitats; or
       (ii) the voluntary obtaining of a real property interest in 
     land or water, by a State, local government, or other non-
     Federal entity, including water rights, in accordance with 
     terms and conditions that ensure that the real property will 
     be administered for the long-term conservation of--

       (I) the land or water; and
       (II) the fish dependent on the land or water.

       (10) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).
       (11) National fish habitat action plan.--The term 
     ``National Fish Habitat Action Plan'' means the National Fish 
     Habitat Action Plan dated April 24, 2006, and any subsequent 
     revisions or amendments to that plan.
       (12) Partnership.--The term ``Partnership'' means an entity 
     designated by the Board as a Fish Habitat Conservation 
     Partnership pursuant to section 304(a).
       (13) Real property interest.--The term ``real property 
     interest'' means an ownership interest in--
       (A) land;
       (B) water (including water rights); or
       (C) a building or object that is permanently affixed to 
     land.
       (14) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (15) State.--The term ``State'' means--
       (A) each of the several States;
       (B) the District of Columbia;
       (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
       (D) Guam;
       (E) the Virgin Islands; and

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       (F) any other territory or possession of the United States.
       (16) State agency.--The term ``State agency'' means--
       (A) the fish and wildlife agency of a State;
       (B) any department or division of a department or agency of 
     a State that manages in the public trust the inland or marine 
     fishery resources or sustains the habitat for those fishery 
     resources of the State pursuant to State law or the 
     constitution of the State; or
       (C) the fish and wildlife agency of the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or any other territory 
     or possession of the United States.

     SEC. 303. NATIONAL FISH HABITAT BOARD.

       (a) Establishment.--
       (1) Fish habitat board.--There is established a board, to 
     be known as the ``National Fish Habitat Board'', whose duties 
     are--
       (A) to promote, oversee, and coordinate the implementation 
     of this title and the National Fish Habitat Action Plan;
       (B) to establish national goals and priorities for fish 
     habitat conservation;
       (C) to approve Partnerships; and
       (D) to review and make recommendations regarding fish 
     habitat conservation projects.
       (2) Membership.--The Board shall be composed of 28 members, 
     of whom--
       (A) 1 shall be the Director;
       (B) 1 shall be the Assistant Administrator;
       (C) 1 shall be the Chief of the Natural Resources 
     Conservation Service;
       (D) 1 shall be the Chief of the Forest Service;
       (E) 1 shall be the Assistant Administrator for Water of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency;
       (F) 1 shall be the President of the Association of Fish and 
     Wildlife Agencies;
       (G) 1 shall be the Secretary of the Board of Directors of 
     the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation appointed pursuant 
     to section 3(g)(2)(B) of the National Fish and Wildlife 
     Foundation Establishment Act (16 U.S.C. 3702(g)(2)(B));
       (H) 4 shall be representatives of State agencies, 1 of whom 
     shall be nominated by a regional association of fish and 
     wildlife agencies from each of the Northeast, Southeast, 
     Midwest, and Western regions of the United States;
       (I) 1 shall be a representative of the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or any other territory 
     or possession of the United States;
       (J) 1 shall be a representative of the American Fisheries 
     Society;
       (K) 2 shall be representatives of Indian tribes, of whom--
       (i) 1 shall represent Indian tribes from the State of 
     Alaska; and
       (ii) 1 shall represent Indian tribes from the other States;
       (L) 1 shall be a representative of the Regional Fishery 
     Management Councils established under section 302 of the 
     Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1852);
       (M) 1 shall be a representative of the Marine Fisheries 
     Commissions, which is composed of--
       (i) the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission;
       (ii) the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; and
       (iii) the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission;
       (N) 1 shall be a representative of the Sportfishing and 
     Boating Partnership Council; and
       (O) 10 shall be representatives selected from each of the 
     following groups:
       (i) The recreational sportfishing industry.
       (ii) The commercial fishing industry.
       (iii) Marine recreational anglers.
       (iv) Freshwater recreational anglers.
       (v) Terrestrial resource conservation organizations.
       (vi) Aquatic resource conservation organizations.
       (vii) The livestock and poultry production industry.
       (viii) The land development industry.
       (ix) The row crop industry.
       (x) Natural resource commodity interests, such as petroleum 
     or mineral extraction.
       (3) Compensation.--A member of the Board shall serve 
     without compensation.
       (4) Travel expenses.--A member of the Board may be allowed 
     travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
     at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under 
     subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, 
     while away from the home or regular place of business of the 
     member in the performance of the duties of the Board.
       (b) Appointment and Terms.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     subsection, a member of the Board described in any of 
     subparagraphs (H) through (O) of subsection (a)(2) shall 
     serve for a term of 3 years.
       (2) Initial board membership.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the representatives of the board 
     established by the National Fish Habitat Action Plan shall 
     appoint the initial members of the Board described in 
     subparagraphs (H), (I), (J), (L), (M), (N), and (O) of 
     subsection (a)(2).
       (B) Tribal representatives.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the 
     board established by the National Fish Habitat Action Plan a 
     recommendation of not less than 4 tribal representatives, 
     from which that board shall appoint 2 representatives 
     pursuant to subparagraph (K) of subsection (a)(2).
       (3) Transitional terms.--Of the members described in 
     subsection (a)(2)(O) initially appointed to the Board--
       (A) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year;
       (B) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; and
       (C) 3 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.
       (4) Vacancies.--
       (A) In general.--A vacancy of a member of the Board 
     described in subparagraphs (H), (I), (J), (L), (M), (N), and 
     (O) of subsection (a)(2) shall be filled by an appointment 
     made by the remaining members of the Board.
       (B) Tribal representatives.--Following a vacancy of a 
     member of the Board described in subparagraph (K) of 
     subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall recommend to the Board 
     a list of not less than 4 tribal representatives, from which 
     the remaining members of the Board shall appoint a 
     representative to fill the vacancy.
       (5) Continuation of service.--An individual whose term of 
     service as a member of the Board expires may continue to 
     serve on the Board until a successor is appointed.
       (6) Removal.--If a member of the Board described in any of 
     subparagraphs (H) through (O) of subsection (a)(2) misses 3 
     consecutive regularly scheduled Board meetings, the members 
     of the Board may--
       (A) vote to remove that member; and
       (B) appoint another individual in accordance with paragraph 
     (4).
       (c) Chairperson.--
       (1) In general.--The Board shall elect a member of the 
     Board to serve as Chairperson of the Board.
       (2) Term.--The Chairperson of the Board shall serve for a 
     term of 3 years.
       (d) Meetings.--
       (1) In general.--The Board shall meet--
       (A) at the call of the Chairperson; but
       (B) not less frequently than twice each calendar year.
       (2) Public access.--All meetings of the Board shall be open 
     to the public.
       (e) Procedures.--
       (1) In general.--The Board shall establish procedures to 
     carry out the business of the Board, including--
       (A) a requirement that a quorum of the members of the Board 
     be present to transact business;
       (B) a requirement that no recommendations may be adopted by 
     the Board, except by the vote of \2/3\ of all members;
       (C) procedures for establishing national goals and 
     priorities for fish habitat conservation for the purposes of 
     this title;
       (D) procedures for designating Partnerships under section 
     304; and
       (E) procedures for reviewing, evaluating, and making 
     recommendations regarding fish habitat conservation projects.
       (2) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Board shall 
     constitute a quorum.

     SEC. 304. FISH HABITAT PARTNERSHIPS.

       (a) Authority To Approve.--The Board may approve and 
     designate Fish Habitat Partnerships in accordance with this 
     section.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of a Partnership shall be--
       (1) to coordinate the implementation of the National Fish 
     Habitat Action Plan at a regional level;
       (2) to identify strategic priorities for fish habitat 
     conservation;
       (3) to recommend to the Board fish habitat conservation 
     projects that address a strategic priority of the Board; and
       (4) to develop and carry out fish habitat conservation 
     projects.
       (c) Applications.--An entity seeking to be designated as a 
     Partnership shall submit to the Board an application at such 
     time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
     Board may reasonably require.
       (d) Approval.--The Board may approve an application for a 
     Partnership submitted under subsection (c) if the Board 
     determines that the applicant--
       (1) identifies representatives to provide support and 
     technical assistance to the Partnership from a diverse group 
     of public and private partners, which may include Federal, 
     State, or local governments, nonprofit entities, Indian 
     tribes, and private individuals, that are focused on 
     conservation of fish habitats to achieve results across 
     jurisdictional boundaries on public and private land;
       (2) is organized to promote the health of important fish 
     habitats and distinct geographical areas, important fish 
     species, or system types, including reservoirs, natural 
     lakes, coastal and marine environments, and estuaries;
       (3) identifies strategic fish and fish habitat priorities 
     for the Partnership area in the form of geographical focus 
     areas or key stressors or impairments to facilitate strategic 
     planning and decisionmaking;
       (4) is able to address issues and priorities on a 
     nationally significant scale;
       (5) includes a governance structure that--
       (A) reflects the range of all partners; and
       (B) promotes joint strategic planning and decisionmaking by 
     the applicant;
       (6) demonstrates completion of, or significant progress 
     toward the development of, a strategic plan to address the 
     decline in fish populations, rather than simply treating 
     symptoms in accordance with the National Fish Habitat Action 
     Plan; and
       (7) promotes collaboration in developing a strategic vision 
     and implementation program that is scientifically sound and 
     achievable.

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     SEC. 305. FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION PROJECTS.

       (a) Submission to Board.--Not later than March 31 of each 
     calendar year, each Partnership shall submit to the Board a 
     list of fish habitat conservation projects recommended by the 
     Partnership for annual funding under this title.
       (b) Recommendations by Board.--Not later than July 1 of 
     each calendar year, the Board shall submit to the Secretary a 
     description, including estimated costs, of each fish habitat 
     conservation project that the Board recommends that the 
     Secretary approve and fund under this title, in order of 
     priority, for the following fiscal year.
       (c) Considerations.--The Board shall select each fish 
     habitat conservation project to be recommended to the 
     Secretary under subsection (b)--
       (1) based on a recommendation of the Partnership that is, 
     or will be, participating actively in carrying out the fish 
     habitat conservation project; and
       (2) after taking into consideration--
       (A) the extent to which the fish habitat conservation 
     project fulfills a purpose of this title or a goal of the 
     National Fish Habitat Action Plan;
       (B) the extent to which the fish habitat conservation 
     project addresses the national priorities established by the 
     Board;
       (C) the availability of sufficient non-Federal funds to 
     match Federal contributions for the fish habitat conservation 
     project, as required by subsection (e);
       (D) the extent to which the fish habitat conservation 
     project--
       (i) increases recreational fishing opportunities for the 
     public;
       (ii) will be carried out through a cooperative agreement 
     among Federal, State, and local governments, Indian tribes, 
     and private entities;
       (iii) increases public access to land or water for fish and 
     wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities;
       (iv) advances the conservation of fish and wildlife species 
     that have been identified by the States as species in 
     greatest need of conservation;
       (v) where appropriate, advances the conservation of fish 
     and fish habitats under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), 
     other relevant Federal law, and State wildlife action plans; 
     and
       (vi) promotes strong and healthy fish habitats such that 
     desired biological communities are able to persist and adapt; 
     and
       (E) the substantiality of the character and design of the 
     fish habitat conservation project.
       (d) Limitations.--
       (1) Requirements for evaluation.--No fish habitat 
     conservation project may be recommended by the Board under 
     subsection (b) or provided financial assistance under this 
     title unless the fish habitat conservation project includes 
     an evaluation plan designed--
       (A) to appropriately assess the biological, ecological, or 
     other results of the habitat protection, restoration, or 
     enhancement activities carried out using the assistance;
       (B) to reflect appropriate changes to the fish habitat 
     conservation project if the assessment substantiates that the 
     fish habitat conservation project objectives are not being 
     met;
       (C) to identify improvements to existing recreational 
     fishing opportunities and the overall economic benefits for 
     the local community of the fish habitat conservation project; 
     and
       (D) to require the submission to the Board of a report 
     describing the findings of the assessment.
       (2) Acquisition of real property interests.--
       (A) Acquisition of real property interests.--
       (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), a State, local 
     government, or other non-Federal entity shall be eligible to 
     receive funds under this title for the acquisition of real 
     property.
       (ii) Restriction.--No fish habitat conservation project 
     that will result in the acquisition by a State, local 
     government, or other non-Federal entity, in whole or in part, 
     of any real property interest may be recommended by the Board 
     under subsection (b) or provided financial assistance under 
     this title unless the project meets the requirements of 
     subparagraph (B).
       (B) Requirements.--
       (i) In general.--A real property interest may not be 
     acquired pursuant to a fish habitat conservation project by a 
     State, local government, or other non-Federal entity unless--

       (I) the Secretary determines that the State, local 
     government, or other non-Federal entity is obligated to 
     undertake the management of the real property being acquired 
     in accordance with the purposes of this title; and
       (II) the owner of the real property authorizes the State, 
     local government, or other non-Federal entity to acquire the 
     real property.

       (ii) Additional conditions.--Any real property interest 
     acquired by a State, local government, or other non-Federal 
     entity pursuant to a fish habitat conservation project shall 
     be subject to terms and conditions established by the 
     Secretary providing for the long-term conservation and 
     management of the fish habitat and the fish and wildlife 
     dependent on that habitat.
       (iii) Public access.--

       (I) In general.--Any acquisition of fee title to real 
     property by a State, local government, or non-Federal entity 
     pursuant to this title shall, where applicable and consistent 
     with State laws and regulations, provide public access to 
     that real property for compatible fish and wildlife-dependent 
     recreation.
       (II) Public access.--Public access to real property 
     described in subclause (I) shall be closed only for purposes 
     of protecting public safety, the property, or habitat.

       (iv) State agency approval.--

       (I) In general.--Any real property interest acquired by a 
     State, local government, or other non-Federal entity under 
     this title shall be approved by the applicable State agency 
     in the State in which the fish habitat conservation project 
     is carried out.
       (II) Administration.--The Board shall not recommend, and 
     the Secretary shall not provide any funding under this title 
     for, the acquisition of any real property interest described 
     in subclause (I) that has not been approved by the applicable 
     State agency.

       (v) Violation.--If the State, local government, or other 
     non-Federal entity violates any term or condition established 
     by the Secretary under clause (ii), the Secretary may require 
     the State, local government, or other non-Federal entity to 
     refund all or part of any payments received under this title, 
     with interest on the payments as determined appropriate by 
     the Secretary.
       (e) Non-Federal Contributions.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
     fish habitat conservation project may be recommended by the 
     Board under subsection (b) or provided financial assistance 
     under this title unless at least 50 percent of the cost of 
     the fish habitat conservation project will be funded with 
     non-Federal funds.
       (2) Projects on federal land or water.--Notwithstanding 
     paragraph (1), Federal funds may be used for payment of 100 
     percent of the costs of a fish habitat conservation project 
     located on Federal land or water.
       (3) Non-federal share.--The non-Federal share of the cost 
     of a fish habitat conservation project--
       (A) may not be derived from a Federal grant program; but
       (B) may include in-kind contributions and cash.
       (4) Special rule for indian tribes.--Notwithstanding 
     paragraph (1) or any other provision of law, any funds made 
     available to an Indian tribe pursuant to this title may be 
     considered to be non-Federal funds for the purpose of 
     paragraph (1).
       (f) Approval.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     receipt of the recommendations of the Board for fish habitat 
     conservation projects under subsection (b), subject to the 
     limitations under subsection (d), and based, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, on the criteria described in subsection 
     (c)--
       (A) the Secretary shall approve, reject, or reorder the 
     priority of any fish habitat conservation project recommended 
     by the Board that is not within a marine or estuarine 
     habitat; and
       (B) the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce shall 
     jointly approve, reject, or reorder the priority of any fish 
     habitat conservation project recommended by the Board that is 
     within a marine or estuarine habitat.
       (2) Funding.--If a fish habitat conservation project under 
     paragraph (1) is approved by the Secretary, or the Secretary 
     and the Secretary of Commerce jointly, the Secretary, or the 
     Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce jointly, as 
     applicable, shall use amounts made available to carry out 
     this title to provide funds to carry out the fish habitat 
     conservation project.
       (3) Notification.--If the priority of any fish habitat 
     conservation project recommended by the Board under 
     subsection (b) is rejected or reordered by the Secretary, or 
     the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce jointly, the 
     Secretary, or the Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce 
     jointly, shall, not later than 180 days after the date of 
     receipt of the recommendations, provide to the Board, the 
     appropriate Partnership, and the appropriate congressional 
     committees a written statement of the Secretary, or the 
     Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce jointly, as 
     applicable, detailing the reasons why the Secretary or the 
     Secretary and the Secretary of Commerce jointly rejected or 
     reordered the priority of the fish habitat conservation 
     project.

     SEC. 306. NATIONAL FISH HABITAT CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a 
     program, to be known as the ``National Fish Habitat 
     Conservation Partnership Program'', within the Division of 
     Fish and Aquatic Conservation of the United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service.
       (b) Functions.--The National Fish Habitat Conservation 
     Partnership Program shall--
       (1) provide funding for the operational needs of the 
     Partnerships, including funding for activities such as 
     planning, project development and implementation, 
     coordination, monitoring, evaluation, communication, and 
     outreach;
       (2) provide funding to support the detail of State and 
     tribal fish and wildlife staff to the Program;
       (3) facilitate the cooperative development and approval of 
     Partnerships;
       (4) assist the Secretary and the Board in carrying out this 
     title;

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       (5) assist the Secretary in carrying out the requirements 
     of sections 307 and 309;
       (6) facilitate communication, cohesiveness, and efficient 
     operations for the benefit of Partnerships and the Board;
       (7) facilitate, with assistance from the Director, the 
     Assistant Administrator, and the President of the Association 
     of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, the consideration of fish 
     habitat conservation projects by the Board;
       (8) provide support to the Director regarding the 
     development and implementation of the interagency operational 
     plan under subsection (c);
       (9) coordinate technical and scientific reporting as 
     required by section 310;
       (10) facilitate the efficient use of resources and 
     activities of Federal departments and agencies to carry out 
     this title in an efficient manner; and
       (11) provide support to the Board for national 
     communication and outreach efforts that promote public 
     awareness of fish habitat conservation.
       (c) Interagency Operational Plan.--Not later than 1 year 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years 
     thereafter, the Director, in cooperation with the Assistant 
     Administrator and the heads of other appropriate Federal 
     departments and agencies, shall develop an interagency 
     operational plan for the National Fish Habitat Conservation 
     Partnership Program that describes--
       (1) the functional, operational, technical, scientific, and 
     general staff, administrative, and material needs of the 
     Program; and
       (2) any interagency agreements between or among Federal 
     departments and agencies to address those needs.
       (d) Staff and Support.--
       (1) Departments of interior and commerce.--The Director and 
     the Assistant Administrator shall each provide appropriate 
     staff to support the National Fish Habitat Conservation 
     Partnership Program, subject to the availability of funds 
     under section 313.
       (2) States and indian tribes.--Each State and Indian tribe 
     is encouraged to provide staff to support the National Fish 
     Habitat Conservation Partnership Program.
       (3) Detailees and contractors.--The National Fish Habitat 
     Conservation Partnership Program may accept staff or other 
     administrative support from other entities--
       (A) through interagency details; or
       (B) as contractors.
       (4) Qualifications.--The staff of the National Fish Habitat 
     Conservation Partnership Program shall include members with 
     education and experience relating to the principles of fish, 
     wildlife, and habitat conservation.
       (e) Reports.--Not less frequently than once each year, the 
     Director shall provide to the Board a report describing the 
     activities of the National Fish Habitat Conservation 
     Partnership Program.

     SEC. 307. TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Director, the Assistant Administrator, 
     and the Director of the United States Geological Survey, in 
     coordination with the Forest Service and other appropriate 
     Federal departments and agencies, shall provide scientific 
     and technical assistance to the Partnerships, participants in 
     fish habitat conservation projects, and the Board.
       (b) Inclusions.--Scientific and technical assistance 
     provided pursuant to subsection (a) may include--
       (1) providing technical and scientific assistance to 
     States, Indian tribes, regions, local communities, and 
     nongovernmental organizations in the development and 
     implementation of Partnerships;
       (2) providing technical and scientific assistance to 
     Partnerships for habitat assessment, strategic planning, and 
     prioritization;
       (3) supporting the development and implementation of fish 
     habitat conservation projects that are identified as high 
     priorities by Partnerships and the Board;
       (4) supporting and providing recommendations regarding the 
     development of science-based monitoring and assessment 
     approaches for implementation through Partnerships;
       (5) supporting and providing recommendations for a national 
     fish habitat assessment;
       (6) ensuring the availability of experts to conduct 
     scientifically based evaluation and reporting of the results 
     of fish habitat conservation projects; and
       (7) providing resources to secure State agency scientific 
     and technical assistance to support Partnerships, 
     participants in fish habitat conservation projects, and the 
     Board.

     SEC. 308. CONSERVATION OF FISH HABITAT ON FEDERAL LAND.

       To the extent consistent with the mission and authority of 
     the applicable department or agency, the head of each Federal 
     department and agency may coordinate with the Assistant 
     Administrator and the Director to promote healthy fish 
     populations and fish habitats.

     SEC. 309. COORDINATION WITH STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES.

       The Secretary shall provide a notice to, and cooperate 
     with, the appropriate State agency or tribal agency, as 
     applicable, of each State and Indian tribe within the 
     boundaries of which an activity is planned to be carried out 
     pursuant to this title, including notification, by not later 
     than 30 days before the date on which the activity is 
     implemented.

     SEC. 310. ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING.

       (a) Reporting.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the 
     Board shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report describing the progress of--
       (A) this title; and
       (B) the National Fish Habitat Action Plan.
       (2) Contents.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include--
       (A) an estimate of the number of acres, stream miles, or 
     acre-feet (or other suitable measure) of fish habitat that 
     was maintained or improved under the National Fish Habitat 
     Action Plan by Federal, State, or local governments, Indian 
     tribes, or other entities in the United States during the 2-
     year period ending on the date of submission of the report;
       (B) a description of the public access to fish habitats 
     established or improved under the National Fish Habitat 
     Action Plan during that 2-year period;
       (C) a description of the opportunities for public 
     recreational fishing established under the National Fish 
     Habitat Action Plan during that period; and
       (D) an assessment of the status of fish habitat 
     conservation projects carried out with funds provided under 
     this title during that period, disaggregated by year, 
     including--
       (i) a description of the fish habitat conservation projects 
     recommended by the Board under section 305(b);
       (ii) a description of each fish habitat conservation 
     project approved by the Secretary under section 305(f), in 
     order of priority for funding;
       (iii) a justification for--

       (I) the approval of each fish habitat conservation project; 
     and
       (II) the order of priority for funding of each fish habitat 
     conservation project;

       (iv) a justification for any rejection or reordering of the 
     priority of each fish habitat conservation project 
     recommended by the Board under section 305(b) that was based 
     on a factor other than the criteria described in section 
     305(c); and
       (v) an accounting of expenditures by Federal, State, or 
     local governments, Indian tribes, or other entities to carry 
     out fish habitat conservation projects.
       (b) Status and Trends Report.--Not later than December 31, 
     2015, and every 5 years thereafter, the Board shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report describing 
     the status of fish habitats in the United States.
       (c) Revisions.--Not later than December 31, 2015, and every 
     5 years thereafter, the Board shall revise the goals and 
     other elements of the National Fish Habitat Action Plan, 
     after consideration of each report required by subsection 
     (b).

     SEC. 311. EFFECT OF TITLE.

       (a) Water Rights.--Nothing in this title--
       (1) establishes any express or implied reserved water right 
     in the United States for any purpose;
       (2) affects any water right in existence on the date of 
     enactment of this Act;
       (3) preempts or affects any State water law or interstate 
     compact governing water; or
       (4) affects any Federal or State law in existence on the 
     date of enactment of this Act regarding water quality or 
     water quantity.
       (b) Authority To Acquire Water Rights or Rights to 
     Property.--In carrying out section 305(d)(2), only a State, 
     local government, or other non-Federal entity may acquire, in 
     accordance with applicable State law, water rights or rights 
     to property pursuant to a fish habitat conservation projected 
     funded under this title.
       (c) State Authority.--Nothing in this title--
       (1) affects the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility 
     of a State to manage, control, or regulate fish and wildlife 
     under the laws and regulations of the State; or
       (2) authorizes the Secretary to control or regulate within 
     a State the fishing or hunting of fish and wildlife.
       (d) Effect on Indian Tribes.--Nothing in this title 
     abrogates, abridges, affects, modifies, supersedes, or alters 
     any right of an Indian tribe recognized by treaty or any 
     other means, including--
       (1) an agreement between the Indian tribe and the United 
     States;
       (2) Federal law (including regulations);
       (3) an Executive order; or
       (4) a judicial decree.
       (e) Adjudication of Water Rights.--Nothing in this title 
     diminishes or affects the ability of the Secretary to join an 
     adjudication of rights to the use of water pursuant to 
     subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 208 of the Department 
     of Justice Appropriation Act, 1953 (43 U.S.C. 666).
       (f) Department of Commerce Authority.--Nothing in this 
     title affects the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility 
     of the Department of Commerce to manage, control, or regulate 
     fish or fish habitats under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
     Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.).
       (g) Effect on Other Authorities.--
       (1) Private property protection.--Nothing in this title 
     permits the use of funds made available to carry out this 
     title to acquire real property or a real property interest 
     without the written consent of each owner of the real 
     property or real property interest.
       (2) Mitigation.--Nothing in this title permits the use of 
     funds made available to carry out this title for fish and 
     wildlife mitigation purposes under--
       (A) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
     et seq.);
       (B) the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 
     et seq.);

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       (C) the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 
     99-662; 100 Stat. 4082); or
       (D) any other Federal law or court settlement.
       (3) Clean water act.--Nothing in this title affects or 
     alters any provision of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
     Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), including any definition in 
     that Act.

     SEC. 312. NONAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.

       The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall 
     not apply to--
       (1) the Board; or
       (2) any Partnership.

     SEC. 313. FUNDING.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) Fish habitat conservation projects.--There is 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $7,200,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to provide funds for 
     fish habitat conservation projects approved under section 
     305(f), of which 5 percent shall be made available for each 
     fiscal year for projects carried out by Indian tribes.
       (2) National fish habitat conservation partnership 
     program.--
       (A) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 for 
     the National Fish Habitat Conservation Partnership Program, 
     and to carry out section 310, an amount equal to 5 percent of 
     the amount appropriated for the applicable fiscal year 
     pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (B) Required transfers.--The Secretary shall annually 
     transfer to other Federal departments and agencies such 
     percentage of the amounts made available pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A) as is required to support participation by 
     those departments and agencies in the National Fish Habitat 
     Conservation Partnership Program pursuant to the interagency 
     operational plan under section 306(c).
       (3) Technical and scientific assistance.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2014 
     through 2018 to carry out, and provide technical and 
     scientific assistance under, section 307--
       (A) $500,000 to the Secretary for use by the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service;
       (B) $500,000 to the Assistant Administrator for use by the 
     National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
       (C) $500,000 to the Secretary for use by the United States 
     Geological Survey.
       (4) Planning and administrative expenses.--There is 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each of 
     fiscal years 2014 through 2018 for use by the Board, the 
     Director, and the Assistant Administrator for planning and 
     administrative expenses an amount equal to 3 percent of the 
     amount appropriated for the applicable fiscal year pursuant 
     to paragraph (1).
       (b) Agreements and Grants.--The Secretary may--
       (1) on the recommendation of the Board, and notwithstanding 
     sections 6304 and 6305 of title 31, United States Code, and 
     the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act 
     of 1999 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note; Public Law 106-107), enter into 
     a grant agreement, cooperative agreement, or contract with a 
     Partnership or other entity for a fish habitat conservation 
     project or restoration or enhancement project;
       (2) apply for, accept, and use a grant from any individual 
     or entity to carry out the purposes of this title; and
       (3) make funds available to any Federal department or 
     agency for use by that department or agency to provide grants 
     for any fish habitat protection project, restoration project, 
     or enhancement project that the Secretary determines to be 
     consistent with this title.
       (c) Donations.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may--
       (A) enter into an agreement with any organization described 
     in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that 
     Code to solicit private donations to carry out the purposes 
     of this title; and
       (B) accept donations of funds, property, and services to 
     carry out the purposes of this title.
       (2) Treatment.--A donation accepted under this section--
       (A) shall be considered to be a gift or bequest to, or 
     otherwise for the use of, the United States; and
       (B) may be--
       (i) used directly by the Secretary; or
       (ii) provided to another Federal department or agency 
     through an interagency agreement.
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  SA 3398. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 H of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 1087. SAVING KIDS FROM DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Saving 
     Kids From Dangerous Drugs Act of 2014''.
       (b) Offenses Involving Controlled Substances Marketed to 
     Minors.--Section 401 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
     U.S.C. 841) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Offenses Involving Controlled Substances Marketed to 
     Minors.--
       ``(1) Unlawful act.--Except as authorized under this title, 
     including paragraph (3), it shall be unlawful for any person 
     at least 18 years of age to--
       ``(A) knowingly or intentionally manufacture or create a 
     controlled substance listed in schedule I or II that is--
       ``(i) combined with a beverage or candy product;
       ``(ii) marketed or packaged to appear similar to a beverage 
     or candy product; or
       ``(iii) modified by flavoring or coloring; and
       ``(B) know, or have reasonable cause to believe, that the 
     combined, marketed, packaged, or modified controlled 
     substance will be distributed, dispensed, or sold to a person 
     under 18 years of age.
       ``(2) Penalties.--Except as provided in section 418, 419, 
     or 420, any person who violates paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection shall be subject to--
       ``(A) an additional term of imprisonment of not more than 
     10 years for a first offense involving the same controlled 
     substance and schedule; and
       ``(B) an additional term of imprisonment of not more than 
     20 years for a second or subsequent offense involving the 
     same controlled substance and schedule.
       ``(3) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
     controlled substance that--
       ``(A) has been approved by the Secretary under section 505 
     of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355), 
     if the contents, marketing, and packaging of the controlled 
     substance have not been altered from the form approved by the 
     Secretary; or
       ``(B) has been altered at the direction of a practitioner 
     who is acting for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual 
     course of professional practice.''.
       (c) Sentencing Guidelines.--Pursuant to its authority under 
     section 994 of title 28, United States Code, and in 
     accordance with this subsection, the United States Sentencing 
     Commission shall review its guidelines and policy statements 
     to ensure that the guidelines provide an appropriate 
     additional penalty increase to the sentence otherwise 
     applicable in Part D of the Guidelines Manual if the 
     defendant was convicted of a violation of section 401(i) of 
     the Controlled Substances Act, as added by subsection (b) of 
     this section.
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  SA 3399. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 B of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 830. INCREASED MICRO-PURCHASE THRESHOLD FOR PURCHASES BY 
                   COMBATANT COMMANDS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS 
                   OVERSEAS.

       (a) Increased Micro-purchase Threshold.--In the case of any 
     purchase by a combatant command in support of an operation 
     overseas, the micro-purchase threshold for purposes of 
     section 1902 of title 41, United States Code, shall be deemed 
     to be $10,000 rather than the amount otherwise provided for 
     in subsection (a) of such section.
       (b) Other Requirements.--In applying subsections (d) and 
     (e) of section 1902 of title 41, United States Code, to 
     purchases described in subsection (a), the purchases covered 
     by such subsection (d) or (e) shall be deemed to be purchases 
     not greater than $10,000 rather than the amount otherwise 
     provided for in such subsection (d) or (e).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3400. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1268. AUTHORITY FOR TAIWAN C-130 FLIGHTS BETWEEN GUAM 
                   AND TAIWAN.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Taiwan C-130 
     aircraft are authorized to fly between Taiwan and Guam.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3401. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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:


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       At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1213. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER VESSELS TO TAIWAN.

       Notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 7307 of title 10, 
     United States Code, vessels otherwise subject to restrictions 
     under such subsection may be disposed of to Taiwan without 
     regard to such restrictions on or before December 31, 2019.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3402. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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 D of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1647. PLAN FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION ON CYBER MATTERS.

       (a) Plan Required.--Not later than 360 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     cooperation with the Secretaries of the military departments, 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan 
     for the continuing education of officers and enlisted members 
     of the Armed Forces relating to cyber security and cyber 
     activities of the Department of Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The plan submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) Requirements for provision of basic cyber threat 
     education for all members of the Armed Forces.
       (2) Requirements for postgraduate education, joint 
     professional military education, and strategic war gaming for 
     cyber strategic and operational leadership.
       (3) Definitions of military occupational specialties and 
     rating specialties for each military department along with 
     the corresponding level of cyber training, education, 
     qualifications, or certifications required for each 
     specialty.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3403. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. MAKING PERMANENT EXTENDED PERIOD OF PROTECTIONS 
                   FOR MEMBERS OF UNIFORMED SERVICES RELATING TO 
                   MORTGAGES, MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE, AND EVICTION.

       Section 710(d) of the Honoring America's Veterans and 
     Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-
     154; 126 Stat. 1208) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) 
     and (3).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3404. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 854. MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY AIRSPACE.

       (a) Information on Military Airspace.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall, to the 
     maximum extent possible, work to ensure that publicly 
     available Internet websites or other information sources that 
     enable members of the public to monitor the use by the 
     Department of Defense of new military airspace include 
     sufficient information to allow the public to obtain 
     reasonable information regarding Department use of the 
     airspace.
       (2) Reasonable information.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
     the term ``reasonable information'' means, at a minimum--
       (A) a schedule of current and future planned uses of new 
     military airspace;
       (B) a list of restrictions corresponding to different uses 
     of the airspace, including a clear representation of what 
     specific segments of new military airspace are scheduled to 
     be used on specific dates; and
       (C) contact information and procedures for interested 
     parties to inquire about scheduled uses of new military 
     airspace, receive general information about new military 
     airspace, and request, including by electronic means, 
     modifications to military use related to economic activity or 
     other priorities.
       (3) Creation of dod managed internet website application.--
     Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as precluding 
     the Department from creating its own Internet website 
     application to improve communication with the general public 
     over the use of new military airspace.
       (b) Memoranda of Understanding.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall prioritize reaching memoranda of understanding with 
     private enterprises that utilize new military airspace as 
     part of their regular business model, with the goal of 
     minimizing disruption to affected enterprises while also 
     protecting the national security needs of the Department.
       (c) Periodic Review of Military Airspace.--
       (1) In general.--Every five years after the creation of new 
     military airspace or the changing of current military 
     airspace, the Department of Defense shall conduct a review of 
     the airspace to determine if the amount of military airspace 
     is still in the interests of national security.
       (2) Scope.--The review conducted under paragraph (1) shall 
     include--
       (A) an examination of what units use the space for 
     operations or training;
       (B) an assessment of how the number and type of those units 
     has changed in the previous five years; and
       (C) a review of changes in military installations that use 
     the airspace and how those changes impact the use of the 
     airspace.
       (d) New Military Airspace Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``new military airspace'' means--
       (1) military airspace designated after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) military airspace the boundaries of which are modified 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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  SA 3405. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 737. STUDY ON REDUCING STIGMA AND IMPROVING TREATMENT OF 
                   POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AMONG MEMBERS OF 
                   THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS.

       (a) Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall jointly conduct a study on reducing 
     the stigma and improving the treatment of post-traumatic 
     stress disorder among members of the Armed Forces and 
     veterans.
       (2) Consultation.--In conducting the study required by 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall consult with individuals with relevant 
     experience relating to post-traumatic stress disorder, the 
     treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, and the impact 
     of post-traumatic stress disorder on members of the Armed 
     Forces, veterans, and their families, including the 
     following:
       (A) Representatives of military service organizations.
       (B) Representatives of veterans service organizations.
       (C) Health professionals with experience in treating 
     members of the Armed Forces and veterans with mental illness, 
     including those health professionals who work for the Federal 
     Government and those who do not.
       (3) Elements.--In conducting the study required by 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall assess the following:
       (A) The feasibility and advisability of strategies to 
     improve the treatment of the full spectrum of post-traumatic 
     stress disorder among members of the Armed Forces and 
     veterans.
       (B) The feasibility and advisability of strategies to 
     diminish the stigma attached to post-traumatic stress 
     disorder among members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
       (C) The impact of the term ``disorder'' on the stigma 
     attached to post-traumatic stress disorder among members of 
     the Armed Forces and veterans, including the impact of 
     dropping the term ``disorder'', when medically appropriate, 
     when referring to post-traumatic stress.
       (D) Whether using the term ``disorder'' is the most 
     accurate way to describe post-traumatic stress disorder in 
     instances in which members of the Armed Forces and veterans 
     have experienced traumatic events but have not been formally 
     diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.
       (E) Whether there is a need to update the next version of 
     the ``VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of 
     Post-Traumatic Stress'', published by the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (F) Whether there is a need to update information provided 
     to members of the Armed Forces and veterans, including 
     information on Internet websites of the Department of Defense 
     or the Department of Veterans Affairs, on post-traumatic 
     stress disorder to reduce the stigma and more accurately 
     describe the medical conditions for which members of the 
     Armed Forces and veterans are receiving treatment.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report

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     on the results of the study required by subsection (a), 
     including recommendations for any actions that the Department 
     of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs can take to 
     reduce the stigma and improve the treatment of post-traumatic 
     stress disorder among members of the Armed Forces and 
     veterans.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Veterans service organization.--The term ``veterans 
     service organization'' means an organization recognized by 
     the Secretary for the representation of veterans under 
     section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.
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  SA 3406. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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:

       On page 607, strike line 21 and all that follows through 
     ``Not later than'' on line 24, and insert the following:

     SEC. 1625. SELECTION OF CONTRACTORS FOR EVOLVED EXPENDABLE 
                   LAUNCH VEHICLE PROGRAM.

       (a) Requirement to Consider Government-provided Competitive 
     Advantage.--In evaluating any offers submitted to the 
     Department of Defense in response to a solicitation for 
     offers for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program (or 
     any successor to that program), the Secretary of Defense 
     shall consider any situation in which the cost of production 
     or manufacturing operations, including systems and factory 
     engineering, program management, standard integration and 
     testing, launch and range activities, infrastructure, and 
     parts obsolescence mitigation, or certification-related 
     activities, is not fully borne by the offeror for such 
     contract because of government-provided funds.
       (b) Report on Reliance of Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 
     Program on Foreign Manufacturers.--Not later than
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3407. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2835. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORMER AIR FORCE NORWALK DEFENSE 
                   FUEL SUPPLY POINT, NORWALK, CALIFORNIA.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
     may convey, without consideration, to the City of Norwalk, 
     California (in this section referred to as the ``City''), all 
     right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
     real property, including any improvements thereon, consisting 
     of approximately 15 acres at the former Norwalk Defense Fuel 
     Supply Point for public purposes.
       (b) Application of Environmental Laws.--Nothing in this 
     section shall affect the applicability to the Department of 
     the Air Force of Federal, State, or local environmental laws 
     and regulations, including the Comprehensive Environmental 
     Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 
     9601 et seq.).
       (c) Payment of Cost of Conveyance.---
       (1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     require the City to cover costs to be incurred by the 
     Secretary, or to reimburse the Secretary for such costs to 
     carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), including 
     survey costs, costs for environmental documentation related 
     to the conveyance, and any other administrative costs related 
     to the conveyance. If amounts paid to the Secretary in 
     advance exceed the actual costs incurred by the Secretary to 
     carry out the conveyance, the Secretary shall refund the 
     excess amount to the City.
       (2) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts received as 
     reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be credited to the 
     fund or account that was used to cover those costs incurred 
     by the Secretary in carrying out the conveyance or, if the 
     period of availability for obligations for that appropriation 
     has expired, to the appropriations or fund that is currently 
     available to the Secretary for the same purpose. Amounts so 
     credited shall be merged with amounts in such fund or 
     account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and 
     subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 
     such fund or account.
       (d) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the property to be conveyed under subsection 
     (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the 
     Secretary of the Air Force.
       (e) Additional Terms.--The Secretary of the Air Force may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3408. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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:

       Strike section 601.

       Strike section 603.

       Strike section 702.

       At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:

     SEC. 605. PROHIBITION ON CHANGES TO MILITARY COMPENSATION AND 
                   BENEFITS IN FISCAL YEAR 2015 PENDING THE REPORT 
                   OF THE MILITARY COMPENSATION AND RETIREMENT 
                   MODERNIZATION COMMISSION. .

        (a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Department of Defense is prohibited from making any 
     changes to military compensation and benefits during fiscal 
     year 2015 until after the date of the report of the Military 
     Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission under 
     section 674(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1792).
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``benefits'' means provisions of law providing 
     eligibility for benefits, including medical and dental care, 
     cost-sharing for prescription drug copayments under the 
     TRICARE program, educational assistance and related benefits, 
     and commissary and exchange benefits and related benefits and 
     activities.
       (2) The term ``compensation'' means provisions of law 
     providing eligibility for and the computation of military 
     compensation, including basic pay, special and incentive pays 
     and allowances, basic allowance for housing, and basic 
     allowance for subsistence.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3409. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 317. REDESIGNATION OF THE PU`U PA LOCAL TRAINING AREA, 
                   HAWAII.

       (a) Environmental Restoration Project.--To provide 
     necessary response actions in a fiscally responsible manner 
     that strengthens environmental and cultural protections, the 
     environmental restoration project at the Pu`u Pa Local 
     Training Area, Hawaii, shall be redesignated from the 
     Military Munitions Response Program to the Formerly Used 
     Defense Sites Program.
       (b) Transfer of Funds.--Funds authorized for the 
     environment restoration project at the Pu`u Pa Local Training 
     Area may be transferred to the Environmental Restoration 
     Account, Formerly Used Defense Sites account in order to 
     carry out the environmental restoration functions of the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military 
     departments. Any funds so transferred shall remain available 
     until expended.
       (c) Effect on Authorization Amounts.--A transfer made 
     between accounts under the authority of this section shall be 
     deemed to increase the amount authorized for the account to 
     which the amount is transferred by an amount equal to the 
     amount transferred.
       (d) Source of Department of Defense Funds.--Pursuant to 
     section 2703(c) of title 10, United States Code, the 
     Secretary may use funds available in the Environmental 
     Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites account of the 
     Department of Defense for environmental restoration projects 
     conducted for or by the Secretary under subsection (a).
       (e) No Effect on Compliance With Environmental Laws.--
     Nothing in this section affects or limits the application of 
     or obligation to comply with any environmental law, including 
     the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et. seq) and the Solid 
     Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3410. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 582. REVIEW OF DISCHARGE CHARACTERIZATION.

       (a) In General.--In accordance with this section, the 
     appropriate discharge boards--
       (1) shall review the discharge characterization of covered 
     members at the request of the covered member; and
       (2) if such characterization is any characterization except 
     honorable, may change such characterization to honorable.
       (b) Criteria.--In changing the discharge characterization 
     of a covered member to honorable under subsection (a)(2), the 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that such changes are 
     carried out consistently and uniformly across the military 
     departments using the following criteria:
       (1) The original discharge must be based on Don't Ask Don't 
     Tell (in this Act referred to as ``DADT'') or a similar 
     policy in place prior to the enactment of DADT.
       (2) Such discharge characterization shall be so changed if, 
     with respect to the original discharge, there were no 
     aggravating circumstances, such as misconduct, that would 
     have independently led to a discharge characterization that 
     was any characterization except honorable. For purposes of 
     this paragraph, such aggravating circumstances may not 
     include--
       (A) an offense under section 925 of title 10, United States 
     Code (article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
     committed by a covered member against a person of the same 
     sex with the consent of such person; or
       (B) statements, consensual sexual conduct, or consensual 
     acts relating to sexual orientation or identity, or the 
     disclosure of such statements, conduct, or acts, that were 
     prohibited at the time of discharge but after the date of 
     such discharge became permitted.
       (3) When requesting a review, a covered member, or the 
     member's representative, shall be required to provide 
     either--
       (A) documents consisting of--
       (i) a copy of the DD-214 form of the member;
       (ii) a personal affidavit of the circumstances surrounding 
     the discharge; and
       (iii) any relevant records pertaining to the discharge; or
       (B) an affidavit certifying that the member, or the 
     member's representative, does not have the documents 
     specified in subparagraph (A).
       (4) If a covered member provides an affidavit described in 
     subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3)--
       (A) the appropriate discharge board shall make every effort 
     to locate the documents specified in subparagraph (A) of such 
     paragraph within the records of the Department of Defense; 
     and
       (B) the absence of such documents may not be considered a 
     reason to deny a change of the discharge characterization 
     under subsection (a)(2).
       (c) Request for Review.--The appropriate discharge board 
     shall ensure the mechanism by which covered members, or their 
     representative, may request to have the discharge 
     characterization of the covered member reviewed under this 
     section is simple and straightforward.
       (d) Review.--
       (1) In general.--After a request has been made under 
     subsection (c), the appropriate discharge board shall review 
     all relevant laws, records of oral testimony previously 
     taken, service records, or any other relevant information 
     regarding the discharge characterization of the covered 
     member.
       (2) Additional materials.--If additional materials are 
     necessary for the review, the appropriate discharge board--
       (A) may request additional information from the covered 
     member or the member's representative, in writing, and 
     specifically detailing what is being requested; and
       (B) shall be responsible for obtaining a copy of the 
     necessary files of the covered member from the member, or 
     when applicable, from the Department of Defense.
       (e) Change of Characterization.--The appropriate discharge 
     board shall change the discharge characterization of a 
     covered member to honorable if such change is determined to 
     be appropriate after a review is conducted under subsection 
     (d) pursuant to the criteria under subsection (b). A covered 
     member, or the member's representative, may appeal a decision 
     by the appropriate discharge board to not change the 
     discharge characterization by using the regular appeals 
     process of the board.
       (f) Change of Records.--For each covered member whose 
     discharge characterization is changed under subsection (e), 
     or for each covered member who was honorably discharged but 
     whose DD-214 form reflects the sexual orientation of the 
     member, the Secretary of Defense shall reissue to the member 
     or the member's representative a revised DD-214 form that 
     reflects the following:
       (1) For each covered member discharged, the Separation 
     Code, Reentry Code, Narrative Code, and Separation Authority 
     shall not reflect the sexual orientation of the member and 
     shall be placed under secretarial authority. Any other 
     similar indication of the sexual orientation or reason for 
     discharge shall be removed or changed accordingly to be 
     consistent with this paragraph.
       (2) For each covered member whose discharge occurred prior 
     to the creation of general secretarial authority, the 
     sections of the DD-214 form referred to paragraph (1) shall 
     be changed to similarly reflect a universal authority with 
     codes, authorities, and language applicable at the time of 
     discharge.
       (g) Status.--
       (1) In general.--Each covered member whose discharge 
     characterization is changed under subsection (e) shall be 
     treated without regard to the original discharge 
     characterization of the member, including for purposes of--
       (A) benefits provided by the Federal Government to an 
     individual by reason of service in the Armed Forces; and
       (B) all recognitions and honors that the Secretary of 
     Defense provides to members of the Armed Forces.
       (2) Reinstatement.--In carrying out paragraph (1)(B), the 
     Secretary shall reinstate all recognitions and honors of a 
     covered member whose discharge characterization is changed 
     under subsection (e) that the Secretary withheld because of 
     the original discharge characterization of the member.
       (h) Reports.--
       (1) Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
     review of the consistency and uniformity of the reviews 
     conducted under this section.
       (2) Reports.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and each year thereafter for a four-
     year period, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
     on the reviews under paragraph (1). Such reports shall 
     include any comments or recommendations for continued 
     actions.
       (i) Historical Review.--The Secretary of each military 
     department shall ensure that oral historians of the 
     department--
       (1) review the facts and circumstances surrounding the 
     estimated 100,000 members of the Armed Forces discharged from 
     the Armed Forces between World War II and September 2011 
     because of the sexual orientation of the member; and
       (2) receive oral testimony of individuals who personally 
     experienced discrimination and discharge because of the 
     actual or perceived sexual orientation of the individual so 
     that such testimony may serve as an official record of these 
     discriminatory policies and their impact on American lives.
       (j) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate discharge board'' means the 
     boards for correction of military records under section 1552 
     of title 10, United States Code, or the discharge review 
     boards under section 1553 of such title, as the case may be.
       (2) The term ``covered member'' means any former member of 
     the Armed Forces who was discharged from the Armed Forces 
     because of the sexual orientation of the member.
       (3) The term ``discharge characterization'' means the 
     characterization under which a member of the Armed Forces is 
     discharged or released, including ``dishonorable'', 
     ``general'', ``other than honorable'', and ``honorable''.
       (4) The term ``Don't Ask Don't Tell'' means section 654 of 
     title 10, United States Code, as in effect before such 
     section was repealed pursuant to the Don't Ask, Don't Tell 
     Repeal Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-321).
       (5) The term ``representative'' means the surviving spouse, 
     next of kin, or legal representative of a covered member.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3411. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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 B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 317. REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretaries of the military 
     departments, submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on the progress of the Department of Defense in 
     developing a project plan and milestones for climate change 
     adaption.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     address the following:
       (1) Completion of climate change vulnerability assessments 
     at military installations.
       (2) Completion of data analysis and collection through site 
     surveys.
       (3) Measures the Department has taken to review and clarify 
     relevant processes and criteria for construction project 
     approval to ensure that climate change adaptation is 
     considered as beneficial to the mission and readiness of the 
     Department and for the protection of infrastructure and 
     facilities.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3412. Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Udall of New 
Mexico, Mr. Paul, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Coons, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Franken, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
Kirk, and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction,

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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 D of title X, add the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON THE INDEFINITE DETENTION OF CITIZENS 
                   AND LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.

       Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following 
     new subsection (a):
       ``(a) No citizen shall be imprisoned or otherwise detained 
     by the United States except consistent with the Constitution 
     and pursuant to an act of Congress that expressly authorizes 
     such detention.'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b)(1) A general authorization to use military force, a 
     declaration of war, or any similar authority, on its own, 
     shall not be construed to authorize the detention without 
     charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of 
     the United States apprehended in the United States.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to an authorization to use 
     military force, a declaration of war, or any similar 
     authority enacted before, on, or after the date of the 
     enactment of the Carl Levin National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2015.
       ``(3) This section shall not be construed to authorize the 
     detention of a citizen of the United States, a lawful 
     permanent resident of the United States, or any other person 
     who is apprehended in the United States.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3413. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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:

       Strike section 1034.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3414. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 title XII, add the following:

            Subtitle E--Matters Relating to the Asia Pacific

     SEC. 1271. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ASIA-PACIFIC REBALANCE.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Asia-Pacific region has nearly a third of the 
     world's population and over one-quarter of global gross 
     domestic product, and its future prosperity and security are 
     intertwined with the United States;
       (2) In addition to long-standing historic ties with Asia-
     Pacific countries, such as Japan, the Republic of Korea, 
     Australia and New Zealand, the United States welcomes its 
     growing partnerships and collaboration with member states of 
     the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and with 
     governments across the Pacific Islands;
       (3) throughout the Asia-Pacific, a strong defense posture 
     provides the foundation for United States national security 
     as well as for United States diplomatic, economic, 
     humanitarian, and people-to-people engagement in the region;
       (4) a regional defense posture must therefore include a 
     balance of traditional and nontraditional military engagement 
     in order to make use of the capabilities and capacities of 
     United States partners and allies in the region with fewer 
     resources;
       (5) traditional military engagement is especially important 
     in areas such as nonproliferation, ballistic and cruise 
     missile defense, maritime security assistance, and combined 
     military exercises;
       (6) nontraditional defense engagement should include 
     collaboration on combating emerging infectious diseases, 
     responding to humanitarian disasters and extreme weather 
     events, effectively addressing the security challenges posed 
     by human and drug trafficking, civilian educational 
     partnerships and foreign language learning, and joint 
     research endeavors devoted to meeting the region's energy 
     needs;
       (7) while the Department of Defense is traditionally the 
     United States Government agency with the resources and 
     capacity to lead engagement throughout the region, whenever 
     and wherever possible it should work closely with interagency 
     partners to accomplish shared foreign policy objectives and 
     should encourage those interagency partners to lead when 
     appropriate in order to better achieve United States 
     objectives in the Asia Pacific;
       (8) regionally-focused security studies organizations 
     managed by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, such as 
     the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies established with 
     the support of the late Senator Daniel K. Inouye, are 
     critical to building broad, multilateral approaches to 
     regional security concerns; and
       (9) to support the rebalance to the Asia Pacific, the 
     Department of Defense is encouraged to--
       (A) enhance the use of the National Guard State Partnership 
     Program to broaden and deepen mutually beneficial 
     relationships with partner militaries and facilitate 
     interoperability across a range of issues, such as 
     humanitarian assistance and disaster relief;
       (B) advance shared goals in the area of global health, 
     including through biosurveillance and disease monitoring, as 
     well as collaboration between partner governments and the 
     United States Army Research Institute of Infectious Disease 
     to protect military and civilian interests from all 
     biological threats;
       (C) improve resilience to extreme weather and other natural 
     disasters through humanitarian assistance and disaster relief 
     exercises that build the capacities and capabilities of 
     partners and allies in the Pacific;
       (D) reduce the strategic vulnerability of fossil fuel 
     consumption through science and technology agreements that 
     help the Department and partner governments improve energy 
     efficiency of military platforms and conservation at bases, 
     and engineer nonpetroleum alternative fuels that can be 
     dropped into existing military platforms;
       (E) utilize to the fullest extent possible the National 
     Security Education Program to continue to build a broader and 
     more qualified pool of United States citizens with critical-
     need foreign language and cultural competency skills relevant 
     to the Asia-Pacific, and increase collaboration with 
     appropriate interagency partners, such as the Department of 
     State, that sponsor similar language training and other 
     scholarship programs with an Asia-Pacific focus; and
       (F) explore additional ways to leverage the highly-
     effective nontraditional military and civilian academic 
     partnership and capacity-building programs at the Asia-
     Pacific Center for Strategic Studies and further develop the 
     Center's alliances with its Defense Security Cooperation 
     Agency sister organizations, the George C. Marshall European 
     Center for Security Studies, the Africa Center for Strategic 
     Studies, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense 
     Studies, and the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic 
     Studies.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3415. Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. Enzi) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL 
                   TRAINING FOR VETERANS.

       Section 330J(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     254c-15(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) furnish coursework and training to veterans to enable 
     such veterans to satisfy emergency medical services personnel 
     certification requirements, as determined by the appropriate 
     State regulatory entity, except that in providing such 
     coursework and training, such entity shall take into account 
     previous medical coursework and training received when such 
     veterans were members of the Armed Forces on active duty.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3416. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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:

       On page 120, line 17, insert ``during any period, 
     regardless of the duty status of the individual at the time 
     of the alleged offense,'' after ``sex-related offense''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3417. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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:

       Strike section 544 and insert the following:

     SEC. 544. ACCESS TO SPECIAL VICTIMS' COUNSEL.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 1044e of title 
     10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

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       ``(a) Designation; Purposes.--(1) The Secretary concerned 
     shall designate legal counsel (to be known as `Special 
     Victims' Counsel') for the purpose of providing legal 
     assistance to an individual described in paragraph (2) who is 
     the victim of an alleged sex-related offense, regardless of 
     whether the report of that offense is restricted or 
     unrestricted.
       ``(2) An individual described in this paragraph is any of 
     the following:
       ``(A) An individual eligible for military legal assistance 
     under section 1044 of this title.
       ``(B) An individual who is--
       ``(i) not covered under subparagraph (A);
       ``(ii) a member of a reserve component of the armed forces; 
     and
       ``(iii) a victim of an alleged sex-related offense as 
     described in paragraph (1)--
       ``(I) during a period in which the individual served on 
     active duty, full-time National Guard duty, or inactive-duty 
     training; or
       ``(II) during any period, regardless of the duty status of 
     the individual, if the circumstances of the alleged sex-
     related offense have a nexus to the military service of the 
     victim.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (f) of such section 
     is amended by striking ``eligible for military legal 
     assistance under section 1044 of this title'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``described in subsection (a)(2)''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3418. Mr. WALSH (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 D, of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 864. REPORTING ON USE OF SERVICE CONTRACTS BY 
                   INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

       (a) Annual Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees and the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee 
     on Intelligence of the House of Representatives a report with 
     an inventory of service contractors used by each element of 
     the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), including, 
     for each such contract, the contractor, a description of the 
     service provided, and the amount obligated or expended.
       (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) may be 
     submitted in classified form, but shall contain an 
     unclassified summary including the total amount expended by 
     each element of the intelligence community on service 
     contracts.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3419. Mr. WALSH (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 B of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 830. REQUIREMENT FOR POLICIES AND STANDARD CHECKLIST IN 
                   PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES.

       (a) Requirement.--Section 2330a of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j) as 
     subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(g) Request for Service Contract Approval.--The Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall--
       ``(1) establish a standard checklist to be completed before 
     the issuance of a solicitation for any new contract for 
     services or exercising an option under an existing contract 
     for services, including services provided under a contract 
     for goods;
       ``(2) issue policies implementing the standard checklist;
       ``(3) draft guidelines regulating the checklist; and
       ``(4) ensure such policies and checklist are incorporated 
     into the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal 
     Acquisition Regulation.''.
       (b) Army Model.--In implementing section 2330a(g) of title 
     10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall model, 
     to the maximum extent practicable, its policies and checklist 
     on the policies and checklist relating to services contract 
     approval established and in use by the Department of the Army 
     (as set forth in the request for services contract approval 
     form updated as of August 2012, or any successor form).
       (c) Deadline.--The policies required under such section 
     2230a(g) shall be issued within 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (d) Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the implementation of the standard checklist required 
     under such section 2330a(g) for each of fiscal years 2015, 
     2016, and 2017 within 120 days after the end of each such 
     fiscal year.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3420. Mr. WALSH (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. EXTENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPITAL CARE, 
                   MEDICAL SERVICES, AND NURSING HOME AND 
                   DOMICILIARY CARE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WHO 
                   SERVED IN A THEATER OF COMBAT OPERATIONS.

       Section 1710(e)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``period of five years'' and inserting 
     ``period of 10 years''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3421. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Walsh) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 D of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 141. AUTHORIZATION OF MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS FOR C-130 
                   AIRCRAFT.

       The Air Force may use programs other than, and in addition 
     to, the avionics modernization program for C-130 aircraft to 
     modernize such aircraft.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3422. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Walsh) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 G of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 577. DEFERRAL OF PRINCIPAL OF FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS FOR 
                   CERTAIN PERIOD IN CONNECTION WITH RECEIPT OF 
                   ORDERS FOR MOBILIZATION FOR WAR OR NATIONAL 
                   EMERGENCY.

       (a) Federal Family Education Loans.--Section 428(b)(1)(M) 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M)) 
     is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``, 
     during any period'';
       (2) in clause (i), by striking ``during which'' and 
     inserting ``during any period during which'';
       (3) in clause (ii), by striking ``during which'' and 
     inserting ``during any period during which'';
       (4) in clause (iii)--
       (A) by striking ``during which'' and inserting ``during any 
     period during which''; and
       (B) in the matter following subclause (II), by striking `` 
     or'' after the semicolon;
       (5) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (vi);
       (6) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
       ``(iv) in the case of any borrower who has received a call 
     or order to duty described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause 
     (iii), during the shorter of--

       ``(I) the period beginning on the date such call or order 
     to duty is received by the borrower and ending on the first 
     day of the service described in subclause (I) or (II) of 
     clause (iii); and
       ``(II) the 180-day period preceding the first day of such 
     service;

       ``(v) notwithstanding clause (iv)--

       ``(I) in the case of any borrower described in such clause 
     whose call or order to duty is cancelled before the first day 
     of the service described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause 
     (iii) because of a personal injury in connection with 
     training to prepare for such service, during the period 
     described in clause (iv) and during an additional period 
     equal to the duration of such service, as specified by or 
     otherwise determined in the original call or order to duty; 
     and
       ``(II) in the case of any borrower whose call or order to 
     duty is cancelled before the first day of such service for a 
     reason other than an injury described in subclause (I), 
     during the period beginning on the date the call or order to 
     duty is received by the borrower and ending on the date that 
     is 14 days after such call or order to duty is cancelled; 
     and''; and

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       (7) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by 
     striking ``not in excess'' and inserting ``during any period 
     not in excess''.
       (b) Direct Loans.--Section 455(f)(2) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(f)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``during any period'';
       (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``during which'' and 
     inserting ``during any period during which'';
       (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``not in excess'' and 
     inserting ``during any period not in excess'';
       (4) in subparagraph (C)--
       (A) by striking ``during which'' and inserting ``during any 
     period during which''; and
       (B) in the matter following clause (ii), by striking `` 
     or'' after the semicolon;
       (5) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (F);
       (6) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
       ``(D) in the case of any borrower who has received a call 
     or order to duty described in clause (i) or (ii) of 
     subparagraph (C), during the shorter of--
       ``(i) the period beginning on the date such call or order 
     to duty is received by the borrower and ending on the first 
     day of the service described in clause (i) or (ii) of 
     subparagraph (C); and
       ``(ii) the 180-day period preceding the first day of such 
     service;
       ``(E) notwithstanding subparagraph (D)--
       ``(i) in the case of any borrower described in such 
     subparagraph whose call or order to duty is cancelled before 
     the first day of the service described in clause (i) or (ii) 
     of subparagraph (C) because of a personal injury in 
     connection with training to prepare for such service, during 
     the period described in subparagraph (D) and during an 
     additional period equal to the duration of such service, as 
     specified by or otherwise determined in the original call or 
     order to duty; and
       ``(ii) in the case of any borrower whose call or order to 
     duty is cancelled before the first day of such service for a 
     reason other than an injury described in clause (i), during 
     the period beginning on the date the call or order to duty is 
     received by the borrower and ending on the date that is 14 
     days after such call or order to duty is cancelled; and''; 
     and
       (7) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), 
     by striking ``not in excess'' and inserting ``during any 
     period not in excess''.
       (c) Perkins Loans.--Section 464(c)(2)(A) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087dd(c)(2)(A)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
     ``during any period'';
       (2) in clause (i), by striking ``during which'' and 
     inserting ``during any period during which'';
       (3) in clause (ii), by striking ``not in excess'' and 
     inserting ``during any period not in excess'';
       (4) in clause (iii), by striking ``during which'' and 
     inserting ``during any period during which'';
       (5) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (vi) 
     and (vii), respectively;
       (6) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
       ``(iv) in the case of any borrower who has received a call 
     or order to duty described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause 
     (iii), during the shorter of--
       ``(I) the period beginning on the date such call or order 
     to duty is received by the borrower and ending on the first 
     day of the service described in subclause (I) or (II) of 
     clause (iii); and
       ``(II) the 180-day period preceding the first day of such 
     service;
       ``(v) notwithstanding clause (iv)--
       ``(I) in the case of any borrower described in such clause 
     whose call or order to duty is cancelled before the first day 
     of the service described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause 
     (iii) because of a personal injury in connection with 
     training to prepare for such service, during the period 
     described in clause (iv) and during an additional period 
     equal to the duration of such service, as specified by or 
     otherwise determined in the original call or order to duty; 
     and
       ``(II) in the case of any borrower whose call or order to 
     duty is cancelled before the first day of such service for a 
     reason other than an injury described in subclause (I), 
     during the period beginning on the date the call or order to 
     duty is received by the borrower and ending on the date that 
     is 14 days after such call or order to duty is cancelled;'';
       (7) in clause (vi) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by 
     striking ``not in excess'' and inserting ``during any period 
     not in excess''; and
       (8) in clause (vii) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)), by 
     striking ``during which'' and inserting ``during any period 
     during which''.
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendments made 
     by this section shall be construed to authorize any refunding 
     of any repayment of a loan.
       (e) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to all loans made, insured, or 
     guaranteed under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3423. Mr. TESTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 title XI, add the following:

     SEC. 1105. APPELLATE PROCEDURES FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR SENSITIVE 
                   POSITIONS.

       (a) Amendments.--Section 7701 of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following:
       ``(k)(1) The Board has authority to review on the merits an 
     appeal by an employee or applicant for employment of an 
     action arising from a determination that the employee or 
     applicant for employment is ineligible for a sensitive 
     position if--
       ``(A) the sensitive position does not require a security 
     clearance or access to classified information; and
       ``(B) such action is otherwise appealable.
       ``(2) In this subsection, the term `sensitive position' 
     means a position designated as a sensitive position under 
     Executive Order 10450 (5 U.S.C. 7311 note), or any successor 
     thereto.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to any appeal that is pending on, or commenced on 
     or after, the date of enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3424. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Walsh) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 D of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 141. TEMPORARY LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR 
                   TRANSFER OF CERTAIN RED HORSE UNITS.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
     or otherwise made available for the Air Force may be 
     obligated or expended to transfer from one facility to 
     another any Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational 
     Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) unit based in the 
     continental United States until 60 days after the Secretary 
     of the Air Force submits to the congressional defense 
     committees a report that includes the following:
       (1) A recommended basing alignment for RED HORSE units.
       (2) An assessment of the national security benefits and any 
     other benefits of the proposed transfer.
       (3) An assessment of the costs of the proposed transfer, 
     including the impact of the proposed transfer on the facility 
     or facilities from which a RED HORSE unit will be 
     transferred.
       (4) An analysis of the recommended basing alignment that 
     demonstrates that the recommendation is the most effective 
     and efficient alternative for such basing alignment.
       (5) An assessment of how the basing alignment affects the 
     national emergency response mission of RED HORSE Reserve 
     Component units.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3425. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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 D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 332. REPORT ON ASSET TRACKING.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility 
     of creating a specific line item in the Operations and 
     Maintenance, Defense-wide budget to fund asset tracking and 
     in-transit visibility initiatives, including implementation 
     of an item unique identification (IUID) system.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3426. Mr. KING (for himself and Mr. Burr) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. CONSOLIDATED DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN 
                   OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY VETERANS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned 
     Small Businesses Act of 2014''.

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       (b) Small Business Definition of Small Business Concern 
     Consolidated.--Section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 632(q)) is amended--
       (1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
       ``(2) Small business concern owned and controlled by 
     service-disabled veterans.--The term `small business concern 
     owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans' means a 
     small business concern--
       ``(A)(i) not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one 
     or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any 
     publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the 
     stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled 
     veterans; and
       ``(ii) the management and daily business operations of 
     which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans 
     or, in the case of a veteran with permanent and severe 
     disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such 
     veteran; or
       ``(B) not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or 
     more veterans with service-connected disabilities that are 
     permanent and total who are unable to manage the daily 
     business operations of such concern or, in the case of a 
     publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the 
     stock of which is owned by one or more such veterans.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Treatment of businesses after death of veteran-
     owner.--
       ``(A) In general.--If the death of a service-disabled 
     veteran causes a small business concern to be less than 51 
     percent owned by one or more such veterans, the surviving 
     spouse of such veteran who acquires ownership rights in such 
     small business concern shall, for the period described in 
     subparagraph (B), be treated as if the surviving spouse were 
     that veteran for the purpose of maintaining the status of the 
     small business concern as a small business concern owned and 
     controlled by service-disabled veterans.
       ``(B) Period described.--The period referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) is the period beginning on the date on which 
     the service-disabled veteran dies and ending on the earliest 
     of the following dates:
       ``(i) The date on which the surviving spouse remarries.
       ``(ii) The date on which the surviving spouse relinquishes 
     an ownership interest in the small business concern.
       ``(iii) The date that--

       ``(I) in the case of a surviving spouse of a veteran with a 
     service-connected disability rated as 100 percent disabling 
     or who dies as a result of a service-connected disability, is 
     10 years after the date of the veteran's death; or
       ``(II) in the case of a surviving spouse of a veteran with 
     a service-connected disability rated as less than 100 percent 
     disabling who does not die as a result of a service-connected 
     disability, is three years after the date of the veteran's 
     death.''.

       (c) Veterans Affairs Definition of Small Business Concern 
     Consolidated.--Section 8127 of title 38, United States Code, 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (h); and
       (2) in subsection (l)(2), by striking ``means'' and all 
     that follows through the period at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``has the meaning given that term under section 
     3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)).''.
       (d) GAO Report on Verification of Status.--Not later than 
     270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Small Business of 
     the House of Representatives a report--
       (1) evaluating whether it is practicable for the 
     Administrator of the Small Business Administration or the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs to have Government-wide 
     responsibility for verifying whether a business concern 
     purporting to be a small business concern owned and 
     controlled by service-disabled veterans (as defined under 
     section 3(q) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q)), as 
     amended by this section) qualifies as a small business 
     concern owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; 
     and
       (2) making recommendations on the advisability of the 
     Administrator of the Small Business Administration or the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs having such Government-wide 
     responsibility.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3427. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 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:

       In section 1522, strike subsection (b).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3428. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1247. REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES 
                   AGAINST HUMANITY IN SYRIA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and again not later than 180 days 
     after the cessation of violence in Syria, the Secretary of 
     State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on war crimes and crimes against humanity 
     in Syria.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) A description of violations of internationally 
     recognized human rights and crimes against humanity 
     perpetrated during the civil war in Syria, including--
       (A) an account of the war crimes and crimes against 
     humanity committed by the regime of President Bashar al-
     Assad;
       (B) an account of the war crimes and crimes against 
     humanity committed by violent extremist groups and other 
     combatants in the conflict; and
       (C) a description of the conventional and unconventional 
     weapons used for such crimes and, where possible, the origins 
     of the weapons.
       (2) A description of efforts by the Department of State and 
     the United States Agency for International Development to 
     ensure accountability for violations of internationally 
     recognized human rights and crimes against humanity 
     perpetrated against the people of Syria by the regime of 
     President Bashar al-Assad, violent extremist groups, and 
     other combatants involved in the conflict, including--
       (A) a description of initiatives that the United States 
     Government has undertaken to train investigators in Syria on 
     how to document, investigate, and develop findings of war 
     crimes, including the number of United States Government or 
     contract personnel currently designated to work full-time on 
     these issues and an identification of the authorities and 
     appropriations being used to support training efforts;
       (B) a description of the strategy and implementation 
     efforts to ensure accountability for crimes committed during 
     the Syrian conflict, including efforts to promote the 
     establishment of an ad hoc tribunal to prosecute the 
     perpetrators of war crimes committed during the civil war in 
     Syria; and
       (C) an assessment of the impact of those initiatives.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3429. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1268. FULBRIGHT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM.

       (a) Definitions.--Section 203 of the Vietnam Education 
     Foundation Act of 2000 (title II of division B of H.R. 5666, 
     as enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554 
     and contained in appendix D of that Act; 114 Stat. 2763A-254; 
     22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and
       (2) by inserting afer paragraph (3) the following:
       ``(4) Fulbright university vietnam.--The term `Fulbright 
     University Vietnam' means an independent, not-for-profit 
     academic institution to be established in the Socialist 
     Republic of Vietnam.
       ``(5) Trust for university innovation in vietnam.--The term 
     `Trust for University Innovation in Vietnam' means a not-for-
     profit organization founded in 2012, which is engaged in 
     promoting institutional innovation in Vietnamese higher 
     education.''.
       (b) Use of Vietnam Debt Repayment Fund for Fulbright 
     University Vietnam.--Section 207(c)(3) of the Vietnam 
     Education Foundation Act of 2000 (title II of division B of 
     H.R. 5666, as enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public 
     Law 106-554 and contained in appendix D of that Act; 114 
     Stat. 2763A-257; 22 U.S.C. 2452 note) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(3) Use of excess funds for fulbright university 
     vietnam.--During each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018, 
     amounts deposited into the Fund, in excess of the amounts 
     made available to the Foundation under paragraph (1), shall 
     be made available by the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the 
     request of the Secretary of State, for grants to the Trust 
     for University Innovation in Vietnam for the purpose of 
     supporting the establishment of Fulbright University 
     Vietnam.''.
       (c) Grants Authorized.--The Vietnam Education Foundation 
     Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C.

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     2452 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 211. FULBRIGHT UNIVERSITY VIETNAM.

       ``(a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of State may award 
     1 or more grants to the Trust for University Innovation in 
     Vietnam, which shall be used to support the establishment of 
     Fulbright University Vietnam.
       ``(b) Application.--In order to receive 1 or more grants 
     pursuant to subsection (a), Trust for University Innovation 
     in Vietnam shall submit an application to the Secretary of 
     State at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such 
     information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
       ``(c) Minimum Standards.--As a condition of receiving 
     grants under this section, Trust for University Innovation in 
     Vietnam shall ensure that Fulbright University Vietnam--
       ``(1) achieves standards comparable to those required for 
     accreditation in the United States;
       ``(2) offers graduate and undergraduate level teaching and 
     research programs in a broad range of fields, including 
     public policy, management, and engineering; and
       ``(3) establishes a policy of academic freedom and 
     prohibits the censorship of dissenting or critical views.
       ``(d) Annual Report.--Not later than 90 days after the last 
     day of each fiscal year, the Secretary of State shall submit 
     a report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     summarizes the activities carried out under this section 
     during such fiscal year.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3430. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. MAKING PERMANENT SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE FOR AWARDS 
                   OF DISABILITY COMPENSATION BY SECRETARY OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR VETERANS WHO SUBMIT 
                   APPLICATIONS FOR ORIGINAL CLAIMS THAT ARE 
                   FULLY-DEVELOPED.

       Section 5110(b)(2)(C) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``and shall not apply with respect to 
     claims filed after the date that is three years after the 
     date of the enactment of such Act''.

     SEC. 1088. PROVISIONAL BENEFITS AWARDED BY SECRETARY OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR FULLY DEVELOPED CLAIMS 
                   PENDING FOR MORE THAN 180 DAYS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 53 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 5319A. Provisional benefits awarded for fully 
       developed claims pending for extended period

       ``(a) Provisional Awards Required.--For each application 
     for disability compensation that is filed for an individual 
     with the Secretary, that sets forth an original claim that is 
     fully-developed (as determined by the Secretary) as of the 
     date of submittal, and for which the Secretary has not made a 
     decision, beginning on the date that is 180 days after the 
     date on which such application is filed with the Secretary, 
     the Secretary shall award the individual a provisional 
     benefit under this section.
       ``(b) Provisional Awards Established.--A provisional 
     benefit awarded pursuant to subsection (a) for a claim for 
     disability compensation shall be for such monthly amount as 
     the Secretary shall establish for each classification of 
     disability claimed as the Secretary shall establish.
       ``(c) Recovery.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary may recover a payment of a provisional 
     benefit awarded under this section for an application for 
     disability compensation only--
       ``(1) in a case in which the Secretary awards the 
     disability compensation for which the individual filed the 
     application and the Secretary may only recover such 
     provisional benefit by subtracting it from payments made for 
     the disability compensation awarded; or
       ``(2) in a case in which the Secretary determines not to 
     award the disability compensation for which the individual 
     filed the application and the Secretary determines that the 
     application was the subject of intentional fraud, 
     misrepresentation, or bad faith on behalf of the 
     individual.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 53 of such title is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 5319 the following new 
     item:

``5319A. Provisional benefits awarded for fully developed claims 
              pending for extended period.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3431. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 B of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 515. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERSHIP IN 
                   THE RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Programs of Assistance Authorized.--Chapter 1611 of 
     title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:

     ``Sec. 16402. National Guard and Reserves: educational 
       assistance to encourage membership

       ``(a) Authority.--Each Secretary of a military department 
     may carry out a program to encourage membership in the 
     reserve components of the armed forces under the jurisdiction 
     of such Secretary through the provision of educational 
     assistance to individuals who participate in such program in 
     order to develop skills that are critical to such reserve 
     components as determined by such Secretary.
       ``(b) Participation by Individuals Before Commencement of 
     Grade 12.--(1) An individual who is more than sixteen years 
     of age may participate in a program under this section before 
     commencing grade 12 in a secondary school with the written 
     consent of the individual's parent or guardian (if the 
     individual has a parent or guardian entitled to the custody 
     and control of the individual).
       ``(2) An individual who participates in a program under 
     this section pursuant to paragraph (1) may complete entry 
     level and skill training before commencing grade 12 in a 
     secondary school.
       ``(c) Administration Requirements.--In carrying out a 
     program under this section, the Secretary of a military 
     department shall--
       ``(1) establish and maintain a current list of the skills 
     that are, or are anticipated to become, critical to one or 
     more reserve components under the jurisdiction of such 
     Secretary; and
       ``(2) prescribe academic and other performance standards to 
     be met by individuals participating in the program.
       ``(d) Participation Agreement.--An individual who 
     participates in a program under this section shall enter into 
     a written agreement with the Secretary of the military 
     department concerned--
       ``(1) to enlist in or accept an appointment as an officer 
     in a reserve component of the armed forces;
       ``(2) to complete entry level and skill training (if 
     enlisting) or entry level training and officer candidate 
     school (if accepting appointment as an officer);
       ``(3) to pursue on a full-time basis a course of 
     education--
       ``(A) leading to a bachelor's or associate's degree at an 
     institution of higher education; or
       ``(B) that--
       ``(i) is offered by an institution of higher education; and
       ``(ii) upon completion, will provide the individual with a 
     level of education that is similar to a course of education 
     described in subparagraph (A), as determined pursuant to 
     subsection (c)(2);
       ``(4) while pursuing a course of education under paragraph 
     (3), to perform such active duty for training during periods 
     between academic terms of the institution of higher education 
     involved as such Secretary shall specify in the agreement; 
     and
       ``(5) as provided in subsection (i), to serve in the 
     reserve component of the armed forces specified in such 
     agreement for two years for each academic year for which the 
     individual receives educational assistance under this 
     section.
       ``(e) Amount of Educational Assistance.--The amount of 
     educational assistance provided under a program under this 
     section to an individual pursuing a course of education 
     described in subsection (d)(3) during an academic year shall 
     be the lesser of--
       ``(1) the maximum amount of in-State tuition and fees 
     assessed during such academic year for programs of education 
     leading to a bachelor's degree by public institutions of 
     higher education in the State whose National Guard the 
     individual is a member of or where the individual resides, as 
     applicable; or
       ``(2) the amount of tuition and fees assessed during such 
     academic year for such course of education by the institution 
     of higher education providing such course of education.
       ``(f) Payment of Educational Assistance.--(1) The Secretary 
     of the military department concerned shall pay educational 
     assistance to individuals participating in programs under 
     this section on a monthly basis.
       ``(2) The maximum number of months of educational 
     assistance payable to an individual participating in a 
     program under this section may not exceed the aggregate 
     number of months comprising four academic years at the 
     institution or institutions attended by the individual 
     pursuant to the program.
       ``(g) Reserve Status.--(1) Each individual participating in 
     a program under this section shall, while pursuing a course 
     of education under such program, be the following:
       ``(A) A member of the inactive National Guard or the 
     Individual Ready Reserve, as applicable, during academic 
     terms of pursuit of such course of education pursuant to 
     subsection (d)(3).
       ``(B) A member of the National Guard or the Ready Reserve, 
     as applicable, in active

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     status while performing training during periods between such 
     academic terms pursuant to subsection (d)(4)
       ``(2) Notwithstanding status under paragraph (1), an 
     individual may not be called or ordered to active duty (other 
     than active duty for training in accordance with subsection 
     (d)(4)) while pursuing a course of education under a program 
     under this section.
       ``(h) Ineligibility for Other Educational Assistance During 
     Participation in Program.--(1) An individual who participates 
     in a program under this section is not, while so 
     participating, eligible for educational assistance under any 
     other provision of this title, any other law administered by 
     the Secretary of Defense or the Secretaries of the military 
     departments, any law administered by the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security (with respect to the Coast Guard when it is 
     not operating as a service in the Navy), or any law 
     administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
       ``(2) Any service in the armed forces by an individual 
     described in paragraph (1) while participating in a program 
     under this section shall be treated as qualifying the 
     individual for education assistance under provisions of law 
     referred to in that paragraph to the extent provided in such 
     provisions of law.
       ``(i) Commencement of Service Requirement.--The service 
     requirement of an individual pursuant to subsection (d)(5) 
     shall commence as follows:
       ``(1) When the individual obtains the bachelor's or 
     associate's degree, or completes the course of education 
     described in subsection (d)(3)(B), for which the individual 
     was paid educational assistance under this section.
       ``(2) If the individual ceases pursuit on a full-time basis 
     of a course of education at an institution of higher 
     education as agreed to pursuant to subsection (d)(3).
       ``(3) If the individual otherwise fails the obtain a 
     bachelor's or associate's degree, or course of education 
     described in subsection (d)(3)(B), as so agreed to.
       ``(j) Repayment.--An individual who participates in a 
     program under this section and who fails to complete the 
     equivalent of a single academic year of education pursuant to 
     subsection (d)(3) or complete the period of service or meet 
     the types or conditions of serve for which educational 
     assistance was provided the individual under the program, as 
     specified in the written agreement of the individual under 
     subsection (d), shall be subject to the repayment provisions 
     of section 373 of title 37.
       ``(k) Funding.--Amounts available to the Secretary of the 
     military department concerned for the payment of recruitment 
     and retention bonuses and special pays shall be available to 
     such Secretary to carry out a program under this section.
       ``(l) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `entry level and skill training' means the 
     following:
       ``(A) In the case of members of the Army National Guard of 
     the United States or the Army Reserve, Basic Combat Training 
     and Advanced Individual Training or One Station Unit 
     Training.
       ``(B) In the case of members of the Navy Reserve, Recruit 
     Training (or Boot Camp) and Skill Training (or so-called `A 
     School').
       ``(C) In the case of members of the Air National Guard of 
     the United States of the Air Force Reserve, Basic Military 
     Training and Technical Training.
       ``(D) In the case of members of the Marine Corps Reserve, 
     Recruit Training and Marine Corps Training (or School of 
     Infantry Training).
       ``(2) The term `institution of higher education' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 1611 of such title is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new item:

``16402. National Guard and Reserves: educational assistance to 
              encourage membership.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3432. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 A of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 810. EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON AGGREGATE ANNUAL AMOUNT 
                   AVAILABLE FOR CONTRACT SERVICES.

       Section 808 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1489), as 
     amended by section 802 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 804) 
     is further amended--
       (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking ``or 2014'' and 
     inserting ``2014, or 2015'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``and 2014'' and 
     inserting ``2014, and 2015'';
       (3) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ``or 2014'' and 
     inserting ``2014, or 2015''; and
       (4) in subsection (e), by striking ``2014'' and inserting 
     ``2015''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3433. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. NATIONAL BLUE ALERT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``National Blue Alert Act of 2014''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Coordinator.--The term ``Coordinator'' means the Blue 
     Alert Coordinator of the Department of Justice designated 
     under subsection (d)(1).
       (2) Blue alert.--The term ``Blue Alert'' means information 
     relating to the serious injury or death of a law enforcement 
     officer in the line of duty sent through the network.
       (3) Blue alert plan.--The term ``Blue Alert plan'' means 
     the plan of a State, unit of local government, or Federal 
     agency participating in the network for the dissemination of 
     information received as a Blue Alert.
       (4) Law enforcement officer.--The term ``law enforcement 
     officer'' shall have the same meaning as in section 1204(6) 
     of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 
     U.S.C. 3796b(6)).
       (5) Network.--The term ``network'' means the Blue Alert 
     communications network established by the Attorney General 
     under subsection (c).
       (6) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
     the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
     the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 
     the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
       (c) Blue Alert Communications Network.--The Attorney 
     General shall establish a national Blue Alert communications 
     network within the Department of Justice to issue Blue Alerts 
     through the initiation, facilitation, and promotion of Blue 
     Alert plans, in coordination with States, units of local 
     government, law enforcement agencies, and other appropriate 
     entities.
       (d) Blue Alert Coordinator; Guidelines.--
       (1) Coordination within department of justice.--The 
     Attorney General shall assign an existing officer of the 
     Department of Justice to act as the national coordinator of 
     the Blue Alert communications network.
       (2) Duties of the coordinator.--The Coordinator shall--
       (A) provide assistance to States and units of local 
     government that are using Blue Alert plans;
       (B) establish voluntary guidelines for States and units of 
     local government to use in developing Blue Alert plans that 
     will promote compatible and integrated Blue Alert plans 
     throughout the United States, including--
       (i) a list of the resources necessary to establish a Blue 
     Alert plan;
       (ii) criteria for evaluating whether a situation warrants 
     issuing a Blue Alert;
       (iii) guidelines to protect the privacy, dignity, 
     independence, and autonomy of any law enforcement officer who 
     may be the subject of a Blue Alert and the family of the law 
     enforcement officer;
       (iv) guidelines that a Blue Alert should only be issued 
     with respect to a law enforcement officer if--

       (I) the law enforcement agency involved--

       (aa) confirms--
       (AA) the death or serious injury of the law enforcement 
     officer; or
       (BB) the attack on the law enforcement officer and that 
     there is an indication of the death or serious injury of the 
     officer; or
       (bb) concludes that the law enforcement officer is missing 
     in the line of duty;

       (II) there is an indication of serious injury to or death 
     of the law enforcement officer;
       (III) the suspect involved has not been apprehended; and
       (IV) there is sufficient descriptive information of the 
     suspect involved and any relevant vehicle and tag numbers;

       (v) guidelines--

       (I) that information relating to a law enforcement officer 
     who is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty should 
     be provided to the National Crime Information Center database 
     operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation under section 
     534 of title 28, United States Code, and any relevant crime 
     information repository of the State involved;
       (II) that a Blue Alert should, to the maximum extent 
     practicable (as determined by the Coordinator in consultation 
     with law enforcement agencies of States and units of local 
     governments), be limited to the geographic areas most likely 
     to facilitate the apprehension of the suspect involved or 
     which the suspect could reasonably reach, which should not be 
     limited to State lines;
       (III) for law enforcement agencies of States or units of 
     local government to develop plans to communicate information 
     to neighboring States to provide for seamless communication 
     of a Blue Alert; and
       (IV) providing that a Blue Alert should be suspended when 
     the suspect involved is apprehended or when the law 
     enforcement agency involved determines that the Blue Alert is 
     no longer effective; and

       (vi) guidelines for--

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       (I) the issuance of Blue Alerts through the network; and
       (II) the extent of the dissemination of alerts issued 
     through the network;

       (C) develop protocols for efforts to apprehend suspects 
     that address activities during the period beginning at the 
     time of the initial notification of a law enforcement agency 
     that a suspect has not been apprehended and ending at the 
     time of apprehension of a suspect or when the law enforcement 
     agency involved determines that the Blue Alert is no longer 
     effective, including protocols regulating--
       (i) the use of public safety communications;
       (ii) command center operations; and
       (iii) incident review, evaluation, debriefing, and public 
     information procedures;
       (D) work with States to ensure appropriate regional 
     coordination of various elements of the network;
       (E) establish an advisory group to assist States, units of 
     local government, law enforcement agencies, and other 
     entities involved in the network with initiating, 
     facilitating, and promoting Blue Alert plans, which shall 
     include--
       (i) to the maximum extent practicable, representation from 
     the various geographic regions of the United States; and
       (ii) members who are--

       (I) representatives of a law enforcement organization 
     representing rank-and-file officers;
       (II) representatives of other law enforcement agencies and 
     public safety communications;
       (III) broadcasters, first responders, dispatchers, and 
     radio station personnel; and
       (IV) representatives of any other individuals or 
     organizations that the Coordinator determines are necessary 
     to the success of the network;

       (F) act as the nationwide point of contact for--
       (i) the development of the network; and
       (ii) regional coordination of Blue Alerts through the 
     network; and
       (G) determine--
       (i) what procedures and practices are in use for notifying 
     law enforcement and the public when a law enforcement officer 
     is killed or seriously injured in the line of duty; and
       (ii) which of the procedures and practices are effective 
     and that do not require the expenditure of additional 
     resources to implement.
       (3) Limitations.--
       (A) Voluntary participation.--The guidelines established 
     under paragraph (2)(B), protocols developed under paragraph 
     (2)(C), and other programs established under paragraph (2), 
     shall not be mandatory.
       (B) Dissemination of information.--The guidelines 
     established under paragraph (2)(B) shall, to the maximum 
     extent practicable (as determined by the Coordinator in 
     consultation with law enforcement agencies of States and 
     units of local government), provide that appropriate 
     information relating to a Blue Alert is disseminated to the 
     appropriate officials of law enforcement agencies, public 
     health agencies, and other agencies.
       (C) Privacy and civil liberties protections.--The 
     guidelines established under paragraph (2)(B) shall--
       (i) provide mechanisms that ensure that Blue Alerts comply 
     with all applicable Federal, State, and local privacy laws 
     and regulations; and
       (ii) include standards that specifically provide for the 
     protection of the civil liberties, including the privacy, of 
     law enforcement officers who are seriously injured or killed 
     in the line of duty and the families of the officers.
       (4) Cooperation with other agencies.--The Coordinator shall 
     cooperate with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
     Secretary of Transportation, the Chairman of the Federal 
     Communications Commission, and appropriate offices of the 
     Department of Justice in carrying out activities under this 
     section.
       (5) Restrictions on coordinator.--The Coordinator may not--
       (A) perform any official travel for the sole purpose of 
     carrying out the duties of the Coordinator;
       (B) lobby any officer of a State regarding the funding or 
     implementation of a Blue Alert plan; or
       (C) host a conference focused solely on the Blue Alert 
     program that requires the expenditure of Federal funds.
       (6) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the 
     Coordinator shall submit to Congress a report on the 
     activities of the Coordinator and the effectiveness and 
     status of the Blue Alert plans that are in effect or being 
     developed.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3434. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 D of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 864. SBA SURETY BOND GUARANTEE.

       Section 411(c)(1) of the Small Business Investment Act of 
     1958 (15 U.S.C. 694b(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``70'' and 
     inserting ``90''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3435. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 C of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 223. REPORT ON INTERAGENCY INTEROPERABILITY FOR RESEARCH 
                   AND DEVELOPMENT.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on interagency 
     interoperability of research and development, including on 
     how the Secretary can encourage innovation, strengthen 
     collaboration, and realize cost savings in scientific 
     research.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3436. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 E of title V, the following:

     SEC. 557. PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
                   BETWEEN A VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND 
                   PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAFE 
                   HELPLINE AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SAFE 
                   HELPROOM.

       Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Military Rules of Evidence shall be modified to 
     establish a privilege against the disclosure of 
     communications between the victim of a sexual assault and 
     personnel of the Department of Defense Safe Helpline, and 
     between the victim of a sexual assault and personnel of the 
     Department of Defense Safe HelpRoom, with respect to such 
     sexual assault.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3437. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 354. AUTHORITY FOR NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU ACQUISITION OF 
                   CERTAIN DUAL USE EQUIPMENT IDENTIFIED AS 
                   SIGNIFICANT MAJOR ITEMS SHORTAGES.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during fiscal 
     year 2015, the National Guard Bureau may acquire the 
     modification, repair, recapitalization, modernization, or 
     upgrade of critical dual use equipment identified as 
     ``Significant Major Items Shortages'' from the Readiness 
     Sustainment Maintenance Sites utilizing funds appropriated 
     within the National Guard and Reserve equipment 
     appropriation, including semitrailer recapitalization, High 
     Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle ambulance 
     recapitalization, construction engineer equipment, combat 
     mobility, and Palletized Loading Systems.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3438. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 C of title VII, add the following:

     SEC. 737. EXTENSION OF QUALIFICATION OF CERTAIN MENTAL HEALTH 
                   COUNSELORS UNDER THE TRICARE PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the interim final rule 
     entitled ``TRICARE: Certified Mental Health Counselors'' 
     prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and published on 
     December 27, 2011, or any other provision of law--
       (1) any mental health counselor who is, as of October 1, 
     2014, a qualified mental health provider under section 199.4 
     of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, only while 
     practicing under the supervision of a physician, shall 
     continue to be a qualified mental health provider under such 
     section for purposes of the TRICARE program until not earlier 
     than December 31, 2015, if such mental health counselor 
     maintains all qualifications to serve as a qualified mental 
     health

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     provider under such section (including practicing under the 
     supervision of a physician); and
       (2) any mental health counselor described in paragraph (1) 
     shall remain eligible for reimbursement under the TRICARE 
     program while continuing to qualify as a mental health 
     provider under such section, in accordance with such 
     paragraph.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report setting 
     forth the following:
       (1) The number of certified mental health counselors who 
     are available to provide mental health counseling to 
     beneficiaries of the TRICARE program, disaggregated by State 
     and territory of the United States.
       (2) The number of mental health counselors who are, as of 
     the date of the submittal of the report, qualified mental 
     health providers under section 199.4 of title 32, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, in accordance with subsection (a)(1), 
     only while practicing under the supervision of a physician, 
     disaggregated by State and territory of the United States.
       (3) An assessment of whether a sufficient number of 
     certified mental health counselors will be available to 
     provide mental health counseling to beneficiaries of the 
     TRICARE program after December 31, 2015, or any later date to 
     which the Secretary extends the qualification of mental 
     health counselors described in paragraph (2) as qualified 
     mental health providers pursuant to subsection (a)(1), with 
     emphasis on the availability of certified mental health 
     counselors--
       (A) in Alaska;
       (B) in predominantly rural States;
       (C) in rural communities of States that are not 
     predominantly rural States; and
       (D) in the territories of the United States.
       (4) A description and assessment of the availability of the 
     following:
       (A) Mental health counseling and training programs 
     accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and 
     Related Educational Programs.
       (B) Certified mental health counselors in States and 
     territories of the United States in which such programs are 
     not available.
       (5) An assessment of the costs and benefits of requiring 
     beneficiaries of the TRICARE program to abandon existing 
     patient relationships with mental health counselors described 
     in paragraph (2) after December 31, 2015, or any later date 
     described in paragraph (3), including an assessment of the 
     impact of that requirement on the continuity of mental health 
     care to such beneficiaries.
       (6) A description of any evidence available to the 
     Secretary suggesting that patients of mental health 
     counselors described in paragraph (2) under the TRICARE 
     program are dissatisfied with their professional 
     relationships with such counselors.
       (7) A justification for the determination by the Secretary 
     that it is necessary to eliminate the qualification of mental 
     health counselors described in paragraph (2) under the 
     TRICARE program to maintain high-quality services under such 
     program, including whether evidence is available to the 
     Secretary demonstrating that a statistically significant 
     number of such mental health counselors currently 
     credentialed as qualified mental health providers under such 
     program are providing substandard care to beneficiaries of 
     such program.
       (8) An assessment of whether it is equitable to terminate 
     experienced mental health counselors described in paragraph 
     (2) from further participation under the TRICARE program in 
     favor of potentially less experienced certified mental health 
     counselors.
       (9) A description of the obstacles faced by mental health 
     counselors described in paragraph (2) who seek to become 
     certified mental health counselors, including obstacles 
     related to such mental health counselors not having graduated 
     from an educational program certified by the Council of 
     Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.
       (10) A description of any modifications to regulations that 
     the Secretary intends to propose or implement in light of the 
     following:
       (A) The extension of qualification required by subsection 
     (a).
       (B) The matters covered by the report.
       (c) Certified Mental Health Counselor Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``certified mental health counselor'' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 199.6(c)(3)(iii)(N) of 
     title 32, Code of Federal Regulations.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3439. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 C of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1632. ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIALLY 
                   LICENSED SPACEPORTS AND RANGE COMPLEXES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--Congress finds that it is critical 
     to continue to support the national security priorities of 
     the United States by preserving launch range capabilities 
     that support access to space.
       (b) Allocation of Funding for Space Launch Capability.--Of 
     the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for 
     fiscal year 2015 for infrastructure and overhead for space 
     launch capabilities, $10,000,000 shall be available for 
     spaceports and launch and range complexes that--
       (1) are commercially licensed by the Federal Aviation 
     Administration;
       (2) receive funding from the government of the State or 
     locality in which the spaceport or complex is located;
       (3) have launched national security payloads; and
       (4) have the capacity to provide mid-to-low inclination 
     orbits or polar-to-high inclination orbits in support of the 
     national security space program.
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  SA 3440. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 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 H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1087. ELIGIBILITY FOR INTERMENT IN NATIONAL CEMETERIES 
                   OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORTED UNITED STATES IN 
                   LAOS DURING VIETNAM WAR ERA.

       (a) In General.--Section 2402(a) of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(10) Any individual--
       ``(A) who--
       ``(i) was naturalized pursuant to section 2(1) of the Hmong 
     Veterans' Naturalization Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-207; 8 
     U.S.C. 1423 note); and
       ``(ii) at the time of the individual's death resided in the 
     United States; or
       ``(B) who--
       ``(i) the Secretary determines served with a special 
     guerrilla unit or irregular forces operating from a base in 
     Laos in support of the Armed Forces of the United States at 
     any time during the period beginning February 28, 1961, and 
     ending May 7, 1975; and
       ``(ii) at the time of the individual's death--

       ``(I) was a citizen of the United States or an alien 
     lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United 
     States; and
       ``(II) resided in the United States.''.

       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to an individual dying on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
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  SA 3441. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Booker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4660, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 53, line 10, strike ``$257,500,000'' and insert 
     ``$294,500,000''.
       On page 53, line 21, strike ``$53,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$90,000,000''.
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  SA 3442. Mr. REID (for Mr. Boozman) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 2076, to amend the provisions of title 46, United States Code, 
related to the Board of Visitors to the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 3, strike lines 10 and 11.
       On page 7, strike lines 1 and 2.
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  SA 3443. Mr. REID (for Mr. Coons) proposed an amendment to the bill 
S. 1799, to reauthorize subtitle A of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
1990; as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Victims of Child Abuse Act 
     Reauthorization Act of 2013''.

     SEC. 2. IMPROVING INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CHILD 
                   ABUSE CASES.

       (a) Reauthorization.--Section 214B of the Victims of Child 
     Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13004) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``fiscal years 2004 and 
     2005'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 
     and 2018''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``fiscal years 2004 and 
     2005'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 
     and 2018''.
       (b) Accountability.--Subtitle A of the Victims of Child 
     Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 214C. ACCOUNTABILITY.

       ``All grants awarded by the Administrator under this 
     subtitle shall be subject to the following accountability 
     provisions:
       ``(1) Audit requirement.--
       ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `unresolved 
     audit finding' means a finding in the final audit report of 
     the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that

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     the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 
     unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that 
     is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the date when 
     the final audit report is issued and any appeal has been 
     completed.
       ``(B) Audit.--The Inspector General of the Department of 
     Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under 
     this subtitle to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by 
     grantees. The Inspector General shall determine the 
     appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year.
       ``(C) Mandatory exclusion.--A recipient of grant funds 
     under this subtitle that is found to have an unresolved audit 
     finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under 
     this subtitle during the following 2 fiscal years.
       ``(D) Priority.--In awarding grants under this subtitle, 
     the Administrator shall give priority to eligible entities 
     that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 
     fiscal years prior to submitting an application for a grant 
     under this subtitle.
       ``(E) Reimbursement.--If an entity is awarded grant funds 
     under this subtitle during the 2-fiscal-year period in which 
     the entity is barred from receiving grants under paragraph 
     (2), the Administrator shall--
       ``(i) deposit an amount equal to the grant funds that were 
     improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of 
     the Treasury; and
       ``(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the 
     fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded 
     grant funds.
       ``(2) Nonprofit organization requirements.--
       ``(A) Definition.--For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
     `nonprofit organization' means an organization that is 
     described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of 
     such Code.
       ``(B) Prohibition.--The Administrator may not award a grant 
     under any grant program described in this subtitle to a 
     nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts 
     for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in 
     section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       ``(C) Disclosure.--Each nonprofit organization that is 
     awarded a grant under this subtitle and uses the procedures 
     prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption 
     of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
     directors, trustees and key employees, shall disclose to the 
     Administrator, in the application for the grant, the process 
     for determining such compensation, including the independent 
     persons involved in reviewing and approving such 
     compensation, the comparability data used, and 
     contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and 
     decision. Upon request, the Administrator shall make the 
     information disclosed under this subparagraph available for 
     public inspection.
       ``(3) Conference expenditures.--
       ``(A) Limitation.--No amounts authorized to be appropriated 
     to the Department of Justice under this subtitle may be used 
     by the Administrator, or by any individual or organization 
     awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement 
     under this Act, to host or support any expenditure for 
     conferences that uses more than $20,000 in Department funds, 
     unless the Deputy Attorney General or such Assistant Attorney 
     Generals, Directors, or principal deputies as the Deputy 
     Attorney General may designate, including the Administrator, 
     provides prior written authorization through an award process 
     or subsequent application that the funds may be expended to 
     host a conference.
       ``(B) Written approval.--Written approval under 
     subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
     costs associated with the conference, including the cost of 
     all food and beverages, audiovisual equipment, honoraria for 
     speakers, and any entertainment.
       ``(C) Report.--The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an 
     annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate 
     and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives on all approved conference expenditures 
     referenced in this paragraph.''.

     SEC. 3. CRIME VICTIMS FUND.

       Section 1402(d)(3) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 
     U.S.C. 10601(d)(3)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(A)'' before ``Of the sums''; and
       (2) by striking ``available for the United States Attorneys 
     Offices'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
     ``available only for--
       ``(i) the United States Attorneys Offices and the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation to provide and improve services for 
     the benefit of crime victims in the Federal criminal justice 
     system (as described in 3771 of title 18, United States Code, 
     and section 503 of the Victims' Rights and Restitution Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 10607)) through victim coordinators, victims' 
     specialists, and advocates, including for the administrative 
     support of victim coordinators and advocates providing such 
     services; and
       ``(ii) a Victim Notification System.
       ``(B) Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) may not 
     be used for any purpose that is not specified in clause (i) 
     or (ii) of subparagraph (A).''.

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