[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 96 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D674-D677]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 33 public bills, H.R. 5494-
5527; and 4 resolutions, H.J. Res. 95; and H. Res. 789-791 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H3965-68
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3968-69
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Con. Res. 131, authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the 
District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (H. 
Rept. 114-625); and
  H.R. 5160, to amend title 40, United States Code, to include as part 
of the buildings and grounds of the National Gallery of Art any 
buildings and other areas within the boundaries of any real estate or 
other property interests acquired by the National Gallery of Art (H. 
Rept. 114-626).                                              
Page H3965
Suspension: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measure:
  Countering Terrorist Radicalization Act: H.R. 5471, to combat 
terrorist recruitment in the United States, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote 
of 402 yeas to 15 nays, Roll No. 333.             
  Pages H3919-25, H3955
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2017: The House passed H.R. 
5293, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, by a yea-and-nay vote of 282 
yeas to 138 nays, Roll No. 332. Consideration began Tuesday, June 14th.
                                                         Pages H3925-53
Agreed to:
  McSally amendment (No. 48 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that limits 
the Defense Department from using money to have musical military units 
perform in an official capacity for certain entertainment purposes in 
10 U.S.C. 974, including dinners, dances, and social events; 
                                                         Pages H3932-33
  Barletta amendment (No. 74 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that 
prohibits funding from being used to

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enter into contracts for the procurement of energy or fuel for military 
installations if such energy or fuel originates from the Russian 
Federation;                                              
Pages H3933-34
  Smith (NE) amendment (No. 75 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that 
prohibits DOD from excluding meat from their Food Service Program 
Manual;                                                      
Page H3934
  Huffman amendment (No. 17 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that strikes a provision of the bill requiring the 
Air Force to utilize specific energy sourced domestically within the 
United States as the base load energy for heating at U.S. defense 
installations in Kaiserslautern, Germany (by a recorded vote of 268 
ayes to 153 noes, Roll No. 311);                         
Pages H3938-39
  Buck amendment (No. 22 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was debated 
on June 15th that prohibits funds to implement Department of Defense 
(DOD) Directive 4715.21 on Climate Change Adaption and Resilience, 
requiring the Pentagon to prioritize climate change over national 
security (by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 314); 
                                                         Pages H3940-41
  Byrne amendment (No. 24 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was debated 
on June 15th that seeks to prohibit funds to be used to modify a 
military installation in the United States, including construction or 
modification of a facility on a military installation, to provide 
temporary housing for unaccompanied alien children (by a recorded vote 
of 223 ayes to 198 noes, Roll No. 315);                      
Page H3941
  King (IA) amendment (No. 25 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that ensures no funds are used by the Department 
of Defense to carry out or in response to the memorandum of the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and 
Defense Support of Civil Authorities titled ``Memorandum for 
Secretaries of the Military Departments Director, Joint Staff'' and 
dated November 25, 2015 (by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 200 noes, 
Roll No. 316);                                           
Pages H3941-42
  Lamborn amendment (No. 29 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that prohibits the use of funds to survey, assess, 
or review potential detention locations in the United States to detain 
any individual presently detained at United States Naval Station, 
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (by a recorded vote of 245 ayes to 175 noes, Roll 
No. 319);                                                 
Page H3943-44
  McClintock amendment (No. 32 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that prohibits the Department of Defense from 
obligating or expending funds on certain green energy mandates found in 
various provisions of U.S. Code and two Executive Orders (by a recorded 
vote of 221 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 322);             
Pages H3945-46
  DeSantis amendment (No. 34 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that prohibits funds for any salaries or expenses 
for the offices of the Special Envoy for Guantanamo Detention Closure 
or the Principal Director, Detainee Policy (by a recorded vote of 226 
ayes to 194 noes, Roll No. 324); and                         
Page H3947
  Walberg amendment (No. 37 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Secretary of Defense to obligate or expend funds on Afghanistan 
Infrastructure Fund projects (by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 201 
noes, Roll No. 326).                                     
Pages H3948-49
Rejected:
  Yoho amendment (No. 41 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that sought to 
block funds from being used to engage in hostilities in Libya in 
contravention of the War Powers Resolution;              
Pages H3926-27
  Shuster amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to restore $170 million to Army 
Operations & Maintenance (O&M) for the purpose of preventing a cut to 
depots and the Organic Industrial Base (OIB), offset with funds from 
Operations & Maintenance Defense-Wide and non-critical environmental 
restoration accounts (by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 216 noes, Roll 
No. 306);                                                
Pages H3935-36
  Ellison amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to reprogram already appropriated 
funds to create an Office of Good Jobs for the Department of Defense 
(by a recorded vote of 172 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 307); 
                                                             Page H3936
  Rogers (AL) amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to add additional funding for directed 
energy and other research and development at the Missile Defense Agency 
(by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 308); 
                                                         Pages H3936-37
  Quigley amendment (No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to decrease funding for the Long Range 
Standoff Weapon by $75,802,000 and increase the spending reduction 
account by the same amount (by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 261 noes, 
Roll No. 309);                                           
Pages H3937-38
  O'Rourke amendment (No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to strike Section 8121, which prevents 
the use of funds for proposing, planning, or executing a new Base 
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round (by a recorded vote of 157 ayes to 
263 noes, Roll No. 310);                                     
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  Poe (TX) amendment (No. 19 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to cut funding to Pakistan from $900 
million to $700 million (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 230 noes, 
Roll No. 312);                                           
Pages H3939-40
  Sanford amendment (No. 21 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to ensure that the Department of 
Defense retains its statutory authority to provide new military 
recruits a small cash voucher that they can use to purchase running 
shoes for training (by a recorded vote of 155 ayes to 265 noes, Roll 
No. 313);                                                    
Page H3940
  Gosar amendment (No. 26 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was debated 
on June 15th that sought to prohibit funds from being used by this Act 
to enlist DACA aliens in the military, who are currently only 
considered eligible through the MAVNI program as a result of a 
September 2014 memo from the administration (by a recorded vote of 210 
ayes to 211 noes, Roll No. 317);                         
Pages H3942-43
  King (IA) amendment (No. 27 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to ensure no funds are used by the 
Department of Defense to enlist DACA youth in the United States 
military (by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 214 noes, Roll No. 318); 
                                                             Page H3943
  Massie amendment (No. 30 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to block funding for DOD drug 
interdiction and counter-drug activities in Afghanistan (by a recorded 
vote of 48 ayes to 372 noes, Roll No. 320);              
Pages H3944-45
  Massie amendment (No. 31 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to prohibit warrantless searches of 
government databases for the communications of U.S. persons and 
prohibits government agencies from mandating data security 
vulnerabilities in products or services for surveillance purposes (by a 
recorded vote of 198 ayes to 222 noes, Roll No. 321);        
Page H3945
  Mulvaney amendment (No. 33 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to prohibit Overseas Contingency 
Operation funds found in Title IX from being used for anything other 
than a Contingency Operation as defined by United States Code (by a 
recorded vote of 112 ayes to 306 noes, Roll No. 323);    
Pages H3946-47
  Rohrabacher amendment (No. 36 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to prohibit funds in the bill from 
being used to provide assistance to Pakistan (by a recorded vote of 84 
ayes to 236 noes, Roll No. 325);                         
Pages H3947-48
  Conyers amendment (No. 40 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that was 
debated on June 15th that sought to block funds from being used to 
transfer or authorize the transfer of cluster munitions to Saudi Arabia 
(by a recorded vote of 204 ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 327); 
                                                             Page H3949
  Gabbard amendment (No. 42 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that sought to 
prohibit funds appropriated under this act from being used to fund 
assistance authorized by Section 1209 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (by a recorded vote of 135 ayes 
to 283 noes, Roll No. 328);                    
Pages H3927-28, H3949-50
  McGovern amendment (No. 44 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that sought 
to state no funds may be obligated or spent for combat operations in 
Iraq or Syria unless an AUMF is enacted (by a recorded vote of 135 ayes 
to 285 noes, Roll No. 329);                    
Pages H3928-29, H3950-51
  Lee amendment (No. 45 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that sought to 
prohibit funding for the 2001 AUMF beginning on April 30, 2017 (by a 
recorded vote of 146 ayes to 274 noes, Roll No. 330); and 
                                                  Pages H3929-30, H3951
  Polis amendment (No. 46 printed in H. Rept. 114-623) that sought to 
reduce the total amount appropriated by 1% excluding military personnel 
and the Defense Health Program account (by a recorded vote of 69 ayes 
to 351 noes, Roll No. 331).                    
Pages H3930-32, H3951-52
  H. Res. 783, the rule providing for further consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 5293) was agreed to yesterday, June 15th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 20th and that the 
order of the House of January 5, 2016, regarding morning-hour debate 
not apply on that day.                                       
  Page H3956
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H3919.
Senate Referral: S. 2943 was held at the desk.               
  Page H3919
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay and twenty six recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3935, 
H3936, H3936-37, H3937, H3938, H3938-39, H3939, H3940, H3940-41, H3941, 
H3942, H3942-43, H3943, H3944, H3944-45, H3945, H3946, H3946-47, H3947, 
H3948, H3948-49, H3949, H3949-50, H3950-51, H3951, H3951-52, H3952-53 
and H3953. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 3:36 p.m.

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