[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 74 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D540-D545]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 32 public bills, H.R. 2315-
2346; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 52-53; H. Con. Res. 45-46; and H. 
Res. 262-264, were introduced.                           
  Pages H3211-13
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3214-15
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  Supplemental report on H.R. 1806, to provide for technological 
innovation through the prioritization of Federal investment in basic 
research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve 
the competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 114-107, part 2);
  H.R. 880, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify and 
make permanent the research credit, with an amendment (H. Rept. 114-
113); and
  H.R. 1907, to reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement 
functions and activities, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. 
Rept. 114-114, Part 1).                                      
Page H3211
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Holding to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:06 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Byrne wherein 
he resigned from the Committee on Natural Resources.         
  Page H2972
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015: Concurred in the Senate 
amendments to H.R. 1191, to provide for congressional review and 
oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for 
other purposes, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 400 yeas to 25 nays, Roll 
No. 226; and                                   
  Pages H2972-83, H2997-98
  Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015: H.R. 2297, 
to prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to 
international financial and other institutions, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay 
vote of 423 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 227. 
                                             Pages H2983-2989, H2998-99
Clarifying the effective date of certain provisions of the Border 
Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014: The House agreed to discharge from 
committee and pass H.R. 2252, to clarify the effective date of certain 
provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 7:21 p.m. and reconvened at 7:27 p.m. 
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016: The House 
considered H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 
for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, and to prescribe military personnel strengths for such 
fiscal year. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, May 15. 
                                                      Pages H2999-H3206
Agreed to:
  Thornberry amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that makes 
technical, conforming, and clarifying changes in the bill; 
                                                         Pages H3154-55
  Thornberry en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 114-112: Young (AK) (No. 3) that 
expresses the Sense of Congress that Pacific Air Force's F-35A basing 
decision should be based on a base's capability to host fighter-based 
bilateral and multilateral training opportunities with international 
partners, have sufficient airspace and range capabilities to

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meet training requirements, have sufficient existing facilities, have 
limited encroachment, and minimize overall construction and operational 
costs; Heck (NV) (No. 4) that authorizes an additional $25,000,000 for 
the Office of Economic Adjustment to be available for transportation 
infrastructure improvements associated with congestion mitigation in 
urban areas related to recommendations of the 2005 Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Commission; Messer (No. 6) that requires the Secretary 
of Defense, no earlier than 5 years after the date of enactment of this 
bill, to conduct a study on the impact of the Environmental Protection 
Agency's proposed National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone 
regulation on military readiness; Takai (No. 7) that enhances the 
authority of service members to obtain professional certifications in 
the maritime trades; McGovern (No. 8) that requires the Secretary of 
Defense to design and produce a military service medal to honor retired 
and former members of the Armed Forces who are radiation-exposed 
veterans (Atomic Veterans), which are determined in section 1112(c)(3) 
of title 38, in the USC; Hanna (No. 9) that allows memorial headstone 
or grave markers to be made available for purchase by Guard or Reserve 
members who served for at least six years, at no cost to the 
government, and clarifies that this does not allow for any new veteran 
benefits, and does not authorize any new burial benefit or create any 
new authority for an individual to be buried in a national cemetery; 
Kline (No. 10) that provides a one-time election for certain military 
retirees to regain access to TRICARE Prime because the DOD unilaterally 
changed the eligibility criteria for retirees living more than 100 
miles from a military treatment facility, and fully off-sets the cost 
of TRICARE Prime by reducing the program increase in MV-22 engineering 
support; Thornberry (No. 11) that limits the funds made available to 
the Department of Defense Healthcare Management System for Fiscal Year 
2016 so that no more than 75 percent can be spent until the date on 
which the Secretary of Defense makes the certification required in the 
Fiscal Year 2014 NDAA; Pascrell (No. 12) that directs the peer-reviewed 
Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program to 
conduct a study on blast injury and its correlation to traumatic brain 
injury; Hurd (No. 13) that includes the entire federal government in 
the Independent Study of Matters Related to Bid Protests; Chabot (No. 
14) that amends the Small Business Act to ensure that the Small 
Business Administration (SBA) negotiates agency prime contracting goals 
with a view towards encouraging participation by a wide variety of 
small businesses; requires that any SBA procurement scorecard assesses 
the use of small businesses as prime contractors and subcontractors, 
and looks at the small business participation rate; Perry (No. 18) that 
prohibits the use of funds for realignment of forces at or the closure 
of United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Hanna (No. 19) 
that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress 
that assesses the degree to which existing defense capabilities are 
able to detect, identify, and potentially disable remotely piloted 
aircraft within special use and restricted airspace; requires the 
Secretary to identify how existing research and development Department 
resources can be leveraged to strengthen our nation's ability to 
detect, identify, and disable unidentified or potentially malicious 
remotely piloted aircraft; Kline (No. 20) that expresses a sense of 
Congress that U.S. military forces should have the proper resources at 
all times during an ordered evacuation of an embassy abroad and that no 
restrictions should be placed on the ability of our military to 
maintain and use weapons and equipment to protect themselves and 
evacuees during an ordered embassy evacuation; Engel (No. 25) that 
requires a report to assess the effectiveness and operational 
requirements of establishing a no-fly zone in Syria; Connolly (No. 29) 
that prohibits the authorization of funds to implement any action that 
recognizes Russian sovereignty over Crimea or provide assistance to the 
central governments of countries that support the illegal annexation of 
Crimea; provides a national interest waiver for the prohibition on 
assistance to central governments supportive of the illegal annexation 
of Crimea; Davis (CA) (No. 36) that provides an exception to the 
regulations governing minor military construction in the case of 
military child care facilities; authorization would sunset three years 
following enactment; Scalise (No. 76) that exempts Ability One products 
from the Afghan First, Central Asian States, and Djibouti procurement 
program; and Engel (No. 94) that ensures a focus on the protection of 
human rights will be maintained as part of U.S. efforts to train Afghan 
National Security Forces;                                
Pages H3156-60
  Hunter amendment (No. 21 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that 
establishes an Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator to direct 
hostage rescue efforts;                                  
Pages H3170-72
  Thornberry en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 114-112: Stivers (No. 22) that permits 
participation in a pilot program for DoD and FAA to jointly award 
competitive grants to airports that support both civilian and military 
operations for tower or other infrastructure improvements; Thornberry 
(No. 24) that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit 
reprogrammings to be able to use funds from the Syria Train and Equip 
Fund to execute the Syria

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Train and Equip program; requires the SECDEF to submit a comprehensive 
strategy for Syria and Iraq (and an update with the reprogramming 
requests), and requires the SECDEF to submit a certification on support 
provided to the trained Syria opposition; Lamborn (No. 26) that adds 
language to the underlying Iran Sense of Congress regarding the sale of 
S-300's and the importance of terrorism related sanctions; Turner (No. 
28) that limits the availability of any funds, authorized through this 
act, which may be used to facilitate the United States & Russia's 
conduct of bilateral military-to-military engagement until the 
Secretary of Defense certifies certain criteria; Rogers (AL) (No. 30) 
that expresses a sense of Congress on opportunities to enhance the 
United States Alliance with the Republic of Korea; Ros-Lehtinen (No. 
31) that authorizes the Secretary of Defense to deploy assets, 
personnel and resources to SOUTHCOM, in coordination with the Joint 
Interagency Task Force South, to combat transnational criminal 
organization, drug trafficking, bulk shipments of narcotics or 
currency, narco-terrorism, human trafficking and the Iranian presence 
in SOUTHCOM's AOR; Mulvaney (No. 33) that instructs the Comptroller 
General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on how 
funds authorized for overseas contingency operations were ultimately 
used; Walker (No. 34) that provides that defense contractor information 
concerning breaches can be shared with DOD and disseminated for 
additional purposes including cybersecurity, national security, and law 
enforcement; Sherman (No. 40) that adds two certifications to section 
3119 of the NDAA, which concerns the transfer of nuclear technology to 
foreign countries, regarding (1) the recipient country's compliance 
with its agreement for nuclear cooperation with the US; and (2) its 
efforts to prevent transfers of sensitive items to countries of 
proliferation concern; provides further that any arrangement granting a 
country permission to reprocess U.S. origin spent fuel be submitted to 
Congress; Jackson Lee (No. 43) that provides guidance to the Secretary 
of Defense on identifying HBCUs and minority serving institutions to 
assist them in developing scientific, technical, engineering, and 
mathematics capabilities; Aguilar (No. 47) that requests a report, form 
the Secretary of Defense, outlining the number of racial or ethnic 
minority groups, women, and disabled persons that have participated in 
the DOD's National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship; 
the barriers that have been found in recruiting participants from these 
groups; and a set of policy recommendations focused on increasing these 
groups participation; Clark (MA) (No. 48) that expresses the Sense of 
Congress that the quality of America's future STEM workforce is a 
matter of national security concern, that Federally Funded Research and 
Development Centers employ a highly skilled workforce that is qualified 
to support STEM initiatives, and that the Department of Defense should 
explore its existing authority to permit these Centers to help 
facilitate and shape a high-quality future STEM workforce capable of 
supporting Department of Defense needs; Veasey (No. 49) that increases 
authorization amount for digital up- grades, Research and Development 
for the V-22 Osprey by $75,000,000, offset by a identical reduction for 
Navy spares and repair parts; and Peters (No. 50) that asks DOD to 
report on the merger between the Office of Assistant Secretary for 
Operational Energy Plans and Deputy Under Secretary for Installations 
and Environment;                                         
Pages H3172-77
  Brooks (AL) amendment (No. 5 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that 
strikes section 538, relating to a sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding Secretary of Defense review of section 504 of 
title 10, United States Code, regarding enlisting certain aliens in the 
Armed Forces (by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 202 noes, Roll No. 
229);                                          
Pages H3163-64, H3178-79
  Walorski amendment (No. 15 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that extends 
and strengthens provisions related to detainees at Guantanamo Bay (by a 
recorded vote of 243 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 230); 
                                                  Pages H3164-66, H3179
  McCaul amendment (No. 17 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that amends 10 
USC 2576a to include border security activities to the list of 
preferred applications the Department of Defense considers when 
transferring excess property to other federal agencies; 
                                               Pages H3169-70, H3180-81
  Lummis amendment (No. 35 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that prohibits 
reducing the alert posture of the ICBM force;            
Pages H3185-87
  Thornberry en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 114-112: Hardy (No. 37) that ensures 
that national monument designations under the Antiquities Act will not 
endanger our national security; guarantees our men and women in uniform 
access to land located beneath or associated with a Military Operations 
Area (MOA) for vital training and readiness activities; Zinke (No. 39) 
that renames the Captain William Wylie Galt Great Falls Armed Forces 
Readiness Center in Honor of Captain John E. Moran, a Recipient of the 
Medal of Honor; Costello (No. 42) that expresses a sense of Congress in 
support of providing the necessary funding levels for the Army to meet 
its tactical wheeled vehicle protection kits acquisition objectives; 
Collins (NY) (No. 44) that requires a report to Congress from the 
Secretary of the

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Army detailing market survey findings and flight assessment of 
commercial-off-the-market wide-area surveillance sensors for Army 
unmanned vehicles; Hunter (No. 45) that requires a report on Tactical 
Combat Training System Increment II; Palazzo (No. 46) that clarifies 
and improves language to foster coordination and communication of 
defense research activities to provide open data to other entities that 
were previously not included in the law; Farenthold (No. 51) that ; 
encourages the Department of Defense to enter into contracts with third 
party vendors to provide free access to wireless high-speed internet to 
all members of the Armed Forces who are deployed overseas at any United 
States military facility; Loebsack (No. 53) that amends 10 USC Chapter 
434 Section 4554(a)(3)(A) to authorize the inclusion of an option 
period of up to 25 years, in addition to the current 25 year term 
limitation, for a combined maximum term of 50 years; Fleming (No. 54) 
that requires a report and certification by the Secretary of Defense 
that an Army active duty end strength below 490,000 soldiers will be 
adequate to meet the U.S. national military strategy; McKinley (No. 55) 
that requires the Secretary of Defense to establish an electronic tour 
calculator so that reservists could keep track of aggregated active 
duty tours of 90 days or more served within a fiscal year; Crowley (No. 
56) that Honors those from diverse backgrounds who have made sacrifices 
as members of the Armed Services; Takano (No. 57) that includes in the 
report to Congress on the direct employment pilot program for members 
of the National Guard and Reserve (Sec. 567) a comparison of the pilot 
program to other DOD and VA unemployment and underemployment programs; 
Israel (No. 59) that requires a report on civilian and military 
education requirements that are necessary to meet anticipated threats 
in the future security environment as described in the Quadrennial 
Defense Review; Keating (No. 63) that expresses the Sense of Congress 
in support of fully implementing a service-wide expansion of the Army's 
Gold Star Installation Access Card; provides entry to military 
installations for events and memorials for the survivors of members of 
the Armed Forces who have died while serving on certain active or 
reserve duty; Meng (No. 64) that requires a VA Regional Office (VARO) 
to carry out certain steps if it does not adjudicate claims within 125 
days with a 98% accuracy; requires the Under Secretary for Benefits to 
explain how the failure of the regional office to meet the goal 
affected the performance evaluation of the director of the regional 
office; and Adams (No. 66) that recognizes the complexities of post-
traumatic stress disorder among service members, its effect on 
children, and the need for current health programs to not only reduce a 
veteran's symptoms but to also allow them to reconnect with their 
families;                                                
Pages H3187-91
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 52 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that 
requires outreach for small business concerns owned and controlled by 
women and minorities before conversion of certain functions to 
contractor performance;                                  
Pages H3194-95
  Thornberry en bloc amendment No. 4 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 114-112: Hurd (No. 58) that amends Title 
10, U.S. Code on the payment of expenses to obtain professional 
credentials to authorize DOD and DHS to pay for both the training and 
exams needed to obtain IT and cybersecurity credentials for all 
personnel identified as critical to network defense; Stivers (No. 60) 
that restores the commission to Captain of Medal of Honor recipient 
Milton Holland; Moore (No. 61) that expresses the Sense of the Congress 
regarding the Posthumous promotion granted to Master Sergeant (retired) 
Naomi Horwitz; Austin Scott (GA) (No. 65) that ensures that the network 
of preferred retail pharmacies for TRICARE established under Sec. 714 
allows for sufficient small business participation; Grayson (No. 67) 
that makes permanent the requirement that DOD, for dependents of 
members of the military stationed in remote locations outside the 
United States, provide transportation to persons requiring 
``obstetrical anesthesia services for childbirth that is equivalent to 
the obstetrical anesthesia services for childbirth available in a 
military treatment facility.''; Austin Scott (GA) (No. 68) that ensures 
that sustainment needs are sufficiently considered by clarifying that 
Sec. 804 of the bill regarding the process for commercial item 
determinations does not conflict with existing Title 10 requirements 
for core logistics capabilities; Cole (No. 69) that ensures that 
sustainment requirements are considered and that the Centers of 
Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITES) are consulted, when DOD 
conducts a DOD Board Study related to the intellectual property rights 
of private sector firms; Foxx (No. 70) that amends the report required 
by Sec. 835 to include information on DoD practices regarding 
intellectual rights to facilitate competition in sustainment of weapons 
systems throughout their life-cycles; Bost (No. 71) that amends the 
Small Business Act to codify an independent Office of Hearings and 
Appeals; Hanna (No. 72) that requires training of contracting officers, 
and provides a definition of reverse auction; Jackson Lee (No. 75) that 
ensures that changes made to DOD computing systems using software 
bought and modified for agency use will not result in disruption of DOD 
operations; Connolly (No. 79) that ensures the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation clarifies that acquisition personnel

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are permitted and encouraged to engage in responsible and constructive 
communication with industry; Connolly (No. 80) that requires the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, to develop a plan 
to improve the management of information technology programs and 
projects; Farr (No. 81) that requires DAU to annually convene a board 
of faculty representatives from relevant professional schools and DOD 
degree granting institutions to review and synchronize defense 
acquisition curricula across all of DOD; and Farr (No. 82) that 
strengthens academic research and analysis of the defense acquisition 
decision support system from both a business, public policy, operation, 
and information sciences perspective;                    
Pages H3195-99
  Thornberry en bloc amendment No. 5 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in H. Rept. 114-112: Thompson (PA) (No. 62) that 
provides an individual with a mental health screening at enlistment and 
uses the results as a baseline for any subsequent mental health 
examinations; prohibits the Secretary from considering the results of 
such screening in determining promotions and is respective of privacy 
information in the same manner as medical records; Russell (No. 73) 
that adds an additional exception from requirement to buy certain 
articles from American sources for use in the production of fire hoses; 
McGovern (No. 74) that maintains the simplified acquisition threshold 
at current level of $150,000 applying to certain textile and clothing 
purchases by the Defense Department; Walker (No. 77) that requires the 
Secretary of Defense to assess the Open Trusted Technology Provider 
Standard for information technology and cyber security acquisitions and 
provide a briefing to Armed Service House of Representatives no later 
than one year of the enactment of this Act; Young (AK) (No. 78) that 
repeals section 811 of the FY2010 NDAA and removes the exemption in 10 
USC 2304(e)(4) and 41 USC 3304(f)(2)(D)(ii) for contracts exceeding 
$20,000,000 which are awarded pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Small 
Business Act. This will require that contracting agencies comply with 
the standard justification and approval process prior to sole sourcing 
these contracts; Palazzo (No. 84) that pushes back the authorized 
period for the transfer of certain AH-64 Apache Helicopters from Army 
National Guard to Regular Army from March 31, 2016 to June 30, 2016; 
Ellmers (No. 85) that prohibits funds from being used to deactivate the 
440th Airlift Wing until the Secretary of Defense certifies that this 
movement will have no impact on Airborne and Special Operations units 
readiness; Katko (No. 86) that requires a report from the Secretary of 
the Air Force to the congressional defense committees addressing the 
immediate and critical training and operational needs of the remotely 
piloted aircraft community; Thornberry (No. 87) that excludes the 
application of Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to 
meetings of the National Commission on the Future of the Army with less 
than five members present as a lessons learned from previous commission 
reports; Heck (NV) (No. 88) that requires a report after the Military 
Lending Act rulemaking on compliance mechanisms for identifying covered 
borrowers and requires the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) to 
report to Congress on systems reliability and plans to strengthen 
capabilities, and consult with private-sector users of DMDC to address 
issues of common concern; Crawford (No. 89) that makes it clear that 
EOD incident response in support of civil authorities is authorized, 
and does not require reimbursement by civil authorities for EOD to pick 
up military ordnance that has escaped government control; DeFazio (No. 
92) that expresses the Sense of Congress calling for a technical 
correction to Section 3095, Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense 
Authorization regarding refinancing of Pacific Coast groundfish fishing 
capacity reduction loan; Lynch (No. 93) that calls for the observation 
of two minutes of silence on Veterans Day in honor of the service and 
sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the United States; 
Connolly (No. 95) that authorizes up to 5% of humanitarian assistance 
program funds to be used for monitoring and evaluation of said 
programs; requires a Congressional briefing 90 days after enactment 
describing how the Department evaluates program and project outcomes 
and impact, including cost effectiveness and whether the programs met 
their goals; Cicilline (No. 97) that requires the Secretary of State 
and Secretary of Defense to submit a report within 180 days describing 
efforts to engage United States manufacturers in procurement 
opportunities related to equipping the ANSF; Sinema (No. 98) that 
directs the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Secretary of 
State to pursue efforts to shut down ISIL's illicit oil revenues and to 
report on resources need to counter ISIL's oil revenues; Blumenauer 
(No. 100) that ensures that our Afghan allies are not made ineligible 
for the Special Immigrant Visa program as a result of the change in 
mission name from ISAF to Resolute Support, and other technical change; 
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Pages H3199-H3206
  Burgess amendment (No. 83 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that requires 
a report ranking all military departments and Defense Agencies in order 
of how advanced they are in achieving auditable financial statements as 
required by law.                                         
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Rejected:
  Polis amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that sought to 
reduce from 11 to 10 the statutory requirement for the number of 
operational carriers that the U.S. Navy must have (by a recorded vote 
of 60 ayes to 363 noes, Roll No. 228); and               
Pages H3177-78
  Smith (WA) amendment (No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that sought 
to provide a framework for closure of the detention facility at 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by December 31, 2017 (by a recorded vote of 174 
ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 231).                         
Pages H3179-80
Proceedings Postponed:
  Rohrabacher amendment (No. 23 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that seeks 
to acknowledge Dr. Afridi's instrumental role in identifying the hiding 
place of Osama bin Laden and further state that it is the Sense of 
Congress that Dr. Shakil Afridi is an international hero and that the 
Government of Pakistan should release him immediately from prison; 
                                                         Pages H3181-82
  Lamborn amendment (No. 27 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that seeks to 
limit funding for implementing the New START treaty;     
Pages H3182-84
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 32 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that seeks 
to require funding for the Navy's new Ohio-class replacement submarines 
to come from their traditional Navy accounts, instead of the Sea-Based 
Deterrent Fund; transfer funds from the Sea-Based Deterrent Fund back 
into their historic Navy budget lines;                   
Pages H3184-87
  Lucas amendment (No. 38 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that seeks to 
reverse and prohibit the further listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken 
as a threatened or endangered species until 2021, thereby allowing the 
states to implement their voluntary Range-Wide Conservation Plan for 
the Lesser Prairie Chicken's habitat; delists the American Burying 
Beetle as a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered 
Species Act; and                                         
Pages H3191-92
  Nadler amendment (No. 41 printed in H. Rept. 114-112) that seeks to 
strike section 3121, which places limits on funding for dismantlement 
of nuclear weapons.                                      
Pages H3192-94
  H. Res. 260, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1735) was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 243 yeas to 181 
nays, Roll No. 225.                                      
Pages H2989-97
Recess: The House recessed at 9:28 p.m. and reconvened at 9:35 p.m. 
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Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today and messages received from 
the Senate today appear on pages H2972, H2999, H3181.
  Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 10 and S. 1356 were held at the desk. 
                                                     Pages H2972, H3181
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and five recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2997, 
H2998, H2998-2999, H3177-78, 3178-79, 3179, 3179-80, and 3180-81. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10 p.m.