[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4511-S4520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 875. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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. 108___. SUPPORT AND ENHANCEMENT OF DEFENSE CRITICAL 
                   ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

       (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of funds 
     provided in any appropriations Act enacted on or after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy may 
     use those funds to plan and install new generation, 
     transmission, and distribution assets and resiliency upgrades 
     to existing distribution and transmission assets for the 
     exclusive purpose of enhancing the power supply at military 
     bases identified by the Secretary as containing defense 
     critical electric infrastructure (as that term is defined in 
     section 215A(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o-
     1(a))) to improve the resilience of the infrastructure 
     against physical or cyber threats.
       (b) Generation Assets Excluded.--The Secretary of Energy 
     shall not take any action in carrying out subsection (a) that 
     provides financial support to existing generation assets.
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  SA 876. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities 
of the Department

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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 VIII of the amendment, 
     add the following:

     SEC. 866. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MUNITIONS SUPPLY CHAIN 
                   DIVERSITY.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) a viable and diverse United States manufacturing base 
     in munitions development and production is vitally important;
       (2) the United States Armed Forces rely on the ability of 
     United States manufacturers to produce bunker buster bombs; 
     and
       (3) as the Air Force develops and procures the next 
     generation of munitions, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     should ensure adequate capacity and a diverse supply chain 
     for the current and future development of and manufacturing 
     capability for these important munitions.
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  SA 877. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1019. REPORT ON EXPANDING NAVAL VESSEL MAINTENANCE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than May 1, 2020, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the feasibility and 
     advisability of allowing maintenance to be performed on a 
     naval vessel at a shipyard other than a homeport shipyard of 
     the vessel.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the ability of homeport shipyards to 
     meet the current naval vessel maintenance demands.
       (2) An assessment of the ability of homeport shipyards to 
     meet the naval vessel maintenance demands of the force 
     structure assessment requirement of the Navy for a 355-ship 
     navy.
       (3) An assessment of the ability of non-homeport firms to 
     augment repair work at homeport shipyards, including an 
     assessment of the following:
       (A) The capability and proficiency of shipyards in the 
     Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, East Coast, West Coast, and Alaska 
     regions to perform technical repair work on naval vessels at 
     locations other than their homeports.
       (B) The improvements to the capability and capacity of 
     shipyards in the Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, East Coast, West 
     Coast, and Alaska regions that would be required to enable 
     performance of technical repair work on naval vessels at 
     locations other than their homeports.
       (C) The types of naval vessels (such as noncombatant 
     vessels or vessels that only need limited periods of time in 
     shipyards) best suited for repair work performed by shipyards 
     in locations other than their homeports.
       (D) The potential benefits to fleet readiness of expanding 
     shipyard repair work to include shipyards not located at the 
     homeports of naval vessels.
       (E) The ability of non-homeport firms to maintain surge 
     capacity when homeport shipyards lack the capacity or 
     capability to meet homeport requirements.
       (4) An assessment of the potential benefits of expanding 
     repair work for naval vessels to shipyards not eligible for 
     short-term work in accordance with section 8669a(c) of title 
     10, United States Code.
       (5) Such other related matters as the Secretary of the Navy 
     considers appropriate.
       (c) Rules of Construction.--
       (1) Requirements relating to construction of combatant and 
     escort vessels and assignment of vessel projects.--Nothing in 
     this section may be construed to override the requirements of 
     section 8669a of title 10, United States Code.
       (2) No funding for shipyards of non-homeport firms.--
     Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize funding 
     for shipyards of non-homeport firms.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Homeport shipyard.--The term ``homeport shipyard'' 
     means a shipyard associated with a firm capable of being 
     awarded short-term work at the homeport of a naval vessel in 
     accordance with section 8669a(c) of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       (2) Short-term work.--The term ``short-term work'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 8669a(c)(4) of such title.
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  SA 878. Mr. LEE (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cruz, Mr. 
Whitehouse, Ms. Collins, and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to 
the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. __. PROHIBITION ON THE INDEFINITE DETENTION OF CITIZENS 
                   AND LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Due 
     Process Guarantee Act''.
       (b) Limitation on Detention.--
       (1) In general.--Section 4001(a) of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking ``No citizen'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) No citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United 
     States''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Any Act of Congress that authorizes an imprisonment 
     or detention described in paragraph (1) shall be consistent 
     with the Constitution and expressly authorize such 
     imprisonment or detention.''.
       (2) Applicability.--Nothing in section 4001(a)(2) of title 
     18, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1)(B), may be 
     construed to limit, narrow, abolish, or revoke any detention 
     authority conferred by statute, declaration of war, 
     authorization to use military force, or similar authority 
     effective prior to the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Relationship to an Authorization To Use Military Force, 
     Declaration of War, or Similar Authority.--Section 4001 of 
     title 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b) is 
     further amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b)(1) No United States citizen or lawful permanent 
     resident who is apprehended in the United States may be 
     imprisoned or otherwise detained without charge or trial 
     unless such imprisonment or detention is expressly authorized 
     by an Act of Congress.
       ``(2) A general authorization to use military force, a 
     declaration of war, or any similar authority, on its own, may 
     not be construed to authorize the imprisonment or detention 
     without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent 
     resident of the United States apprehended in the United 
     States.
       ``(3) Paragraph (2) shall apply 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 Due Process Guarantee Act.
       ``(4) This section may not be construed to authorize the 
     imprisonment or 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.''.
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  SA 879. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 3124.
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  SA 880. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. ENSURING SECURITY OF COMMERCIAL CLOUD SERVICES 
                   DEPLOYED IN CLASSIFIED ENVIRONMENTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Cloud 
     Security Act of 2019''.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure that 
     architectures, specifications, and deployments of commercial 
     cloud services deployed in classified environments of the 
     United States are not the same as those deployed in foreign 
     countries of concern and shared with foreign military and 
     governments adverse to the United States.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee 
     on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
     and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on 
     Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Classified environment.--The term ``classified 
     environment'' means a system which handles classified 
     information, which, for reasons of national security, is 
     specifically designated by a United States Government agency 
     as ``Top Secret''.

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       (3) Cloud computing service.--The term ``cloud computing 
     service'' means an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) or a 
     platform-as-a-service (PaaS) as defined in Special 
     Publication 800-145 of the National Institutes of Standards 
     and Technology, as in effect on the day before the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (4) Commercial cloud service.--The term ``commercial cloud 
     service'' means a cloud computing service that is sold on the 
     commercial market to customers other than the United States 
     Government.
       (5) Commercial cloud service provider.--The term 
     ``commercial cloud service provider'' means a commercial 
     business or entity that provides a commercial cloud service.
       (6) Foreign country of concern.--The term ``foreign country 
     of concern'' means a country that challenges or seeks to 
     undermine the United States or the interests of the United 
     States, as identified in the National Defense Strategy of the 
     United States of America.
       (7) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
     community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of 
     the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
       (8) Materially different.--The term ``materially 
     different'', with respect to two cloud computing services, 
     means if having immediate, physical access to and control 
     over the architectures, specifications, and technology as 
     well as the personnel used to operate one service could not 
     yield useful information for attacking, compromising, or 
     otherwise obtaining illicit access to the other service.
       (d) Policies Required.--Not later than June 1, 2020, the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, 
     the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly establish a 
     policy to ensure that a commercial cloud service procured 
     from a commercial cloud service provider and deployed in a 
     classified environment is materially different from 
     commercial cloud service deployed in a foreign country of 
     concern.
       (e) Regulations Required.--Not later than June 1, 2020, the 
     Secretary of Defense, the Director of National Intelligence, 
     the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Energy, and the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly promulgate such 
     regulations as may be necessary--
       (1) to implement the policy established under subsection 
     (d) across the departments and agencies over which they have 
     jurisdiction; and
       (2) enforce penalties should a commercial cloud service 
     provider fail to self-certify under subsection (d) or fail to 
     comply with a provision of the policies established under 
     subsection (d) or the regulations promulgated under this 
     subsection.
       (f) Covered Technologies.--The policies established under 
     subsection (d) and the regulations promulgated under 
     subsection (e) shall set forth the technologies and 
     procedures covered by such policies and regulations, 
     including, at a minimum, the following:
       (1) Nonpublic computer source code.
       (2) Specifications for data centers and cloud computing 
     service architectures.
       (3) Artificial intelligence systems.
       (4) Cryptographic solutions.
       (g) Self-certification.--
       (1) In general.--The policies established under subsection 
     (d) and the regulations promulgated under subsection (e) 
     shall prohibit the secretaries and the director described in 
     such subsections from deploying in any classified environment 
     any commercial cloud service from a commercial cloud service 
     provider, and any relevant subcontractor of the commercial 
     cloud service provider, that has not self-certified 
     compliance with the requirements of such policies and 
     regulations.
       (2) Elements.--Each self-certification under paragraph (1) 
     regarding a commercial cloud service shall include, at a 
     minimum, the following:
       (A) An attestation of the following:
       (i) The commercial cloud service and its infrastructure or 
     platform is materially different from any commercial cloud 
     service and its infrastructure or platform that has been or 
     is planned to be provided to a foreign nation of concern.
       (ii) The operational processes for the data center used for 
     the commercial cloud service is materially different than the 
     operational processes for any data center--

       (I) deployed in a foreign country of concern; or
       (II) used for any commercial cloud service provided to a 
     foreign country of concern.

       (iii) Any provisioning of technical assistance to the 
     foreign nation of concern relating to a commercial cloud 
     service will not lead to the Commercial cloud service 
     provider or subcontractor sharing information that would be 
     harmful to the United States or otherwise failing to comply 
     with the requirements of the policies established under 
     subsection (d) and the regulations promulgated under 
     subsection (e).
       (iv) In any case in which the commercial cloud service 
     provider or subcontractor discovers that information about a 
     technology covered by the policies established under 
     subsection (d) or promulgated under subsection (e) is 
     released to a foreign country of concern, the commercial 
     cloud service provider or subcontractor will promptly notify 
     the Director of National Intelligence of such release, 
     including information that is released pursuant to a mandate 
     from a foreign entity or as a condition of operation in a 
     foreign country.
       (B) A list any foreign commercial partners that have access 
     to information about the technologies and procedures covered 
     pursuant to subsection (f).
       (h) Penalties.--
       (1) In general.--The policies established under subsection 
     (d) and the regulations promulgated under subsection (e) 
     shall include penalties for failure to comply with 
     requirements set forth in such policies and regulations.
       (2) Debarment.--The penalties established under paragraph 
     (1) shall include a debarment from contracting with the 
     Federal Government or supporting a contract with the Federal 
     Government, including the provisioning of tools, technology, 
     and services, for a period of not less than 5 years.
       (i) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, Secretary of Defense, the Director 
     of National Intelligence, the Secretary of State, the 
     Secretary of Energy, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
     shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report on the activities of the secretaries and 
     the Director to carry out this section.
       (2) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include the following:
       (A) A description of the policy established under 
     subsection (d).
       (B) An list of the contracts affected by the policies 
     established under subsection (d) and the regulations 
     promulgated under subsection (e).
       (C) An assessment of each contract listed pursuant to 
     subparagraph (B) as to whether the parties to the contract 
     and the goods and services provided pursuant to the contract 
     are in compliance with such policies and regulations.
       (D) A plan to ensure that parties, goods, and services 
     described in subparagraph (C) that are not in compliance with 
     such policies and regulations become compliant with such 
     policies and regulations.
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  SA 881. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Jones, and Mrs. Capito) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 
proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2020 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. __. BLOCKING FENTANYL IMPORTS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Blocking Deadly Fentanyl Imports Act''.
       (b) Amendment to Definition of Major Illicit Drug Producing 
     Country.--Section 481(e)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(2)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``in which'';
       (2) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``in which'' before 
     ``1,000'';
       (3) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) by inserting ``in which'' before ``1,000''; and
       (B) by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (4) in subparagraph (C)--
       (A) by inserting ``in which'' before ``5,000''; and
       (B) by inserting ``or'' after the semicolon; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) that is a significant source of illicit synthetic 
     opioids and related illicit precursors significantly 
     affecting the United States;''.
       (c) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report.--
     Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2291h(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(9) A separate section that contains the following:
       ``(A) An identification of the countries, to the extent 
     feasible, that are the most significant sources of illicit 
     fentanyl and fentanyl analogues significantly affecting the 
     United States during the preceding calendar year.
       ``(B) A description of the extent to which each country 
     identified pursuant to subparagraph (A) has cooperated with 
     the United States to prevent the articles or chemicals 
     described in subparagraph (A) from being exported from such 
     country to the United States.
       ``(C) A description of whether each country identified 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A) has adopted and utilizes 
     scheduling or other procedures for illicit drugs that are 
     similar in effect to the procedures authorized under title II 
     of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811 et seq.) for 
     adding drugs and other substances to the controlled 
     substances schedules;
       ``(D) A description of whether each country identified 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A) is following steps to prosecute 
     individuals involved in the illicit manufacture or 
     distribution of controlled substance analogues (as defined in 
     section 102(32) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     802(32)); and
       ``(E) A description of whether each country identified 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A) requires the registration of 
     tableting machines and encapsulating machines or other 
     measures similar in effect to the registration requirements 
     set forth in part 1310 of title 21,

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     Code of Federal Regulations, and has not made good faith 
     efforts, in the opinion of the Secretary, to improve 
     regulation of tableting machines and encapsulating 
     machines.''.
       (d) Withholding of Bilateral and Multilateral Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--Section 490(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j(a)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or country identified 
     pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of section 489(a)(8)(A) of 
     this Act'' and inserting ``country identified pursuant to 
     section 489(a)(8)(A), or country twice identified pursuant to 
     section 489(a)(9)(A)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or major drug-transit 
     country (as determined under subsection (h)) or country 
     identified pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of section 
     489(a)(8)(A) of this Act'' and inserting ``, major drug-
     transit country, country identified pursuant to section 
     489(a)(8)(A), or country twice identified pursuant to section 
     489(a)(9)(A)''.
       (2) Designation of illicit fentanyl countries without 
     scheduling procedures.--Section 706(2) of the Foreign 
     Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 
     2291j-1(2)) is amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``also'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``and'' at the 
     end;
       (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (E);
       (D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
       ``(B) designate each country, if any, identified under 
     section 489(a)(9) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2291h(a)(9)) that has failed to adopt and utilize 
     scheduling procedures for illicit drugs that are comparable 
     to the procedures authorized under title II of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811 et seq.) for adding drugs and 
     other substances to the controlled substances schedules;''; 
     and
       (E) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated, by striking ``so 
     designated'' and inserting ``designated under subparagraph 
     (A), (B), (C), or (D)''.
       (3) Designation of illicit fentanyl countries without 
     ability to prosecute criminals for the manufacture or 
     distribution of fentanyl analogues.--Section 706(2) of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 
     U.S.C. 2291j-1(2)), as amended by paragraph (2), is further 
     amended by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
       ``(C) designate each country, if any, identified under 
     section 489(a)(9) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2291h(a)(9)) that has not taken significant steps to 
     prosecute individuals involved in the illicit manufacture or 
     distribution of controlled substance analogues (as defined in 
     section 102(32) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
     802(32));''.
       (4) Designation of illicit fentanyl countries that do not 
     require the registration of pill presses and tableting 
     machines.--Section 706(2) of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2291j-1(2)), 
     as amended by paragraphs (2) and (3), is further amended by 
     inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
       ``(D) designate each country, if any, identified under 
     section 489(a)(9) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2291h(a)(9)) that--
       ``(i) does not require the registration of tableting 
     machines and encapsulating machines in a manner comparable to 
     the registration requirements set forth in part 1310 of title 
     21, Code of Federal Regulations; and
       ``(ii) has not made good faith efforts (in the opinion of 
     the Secretary) to improve the regulation of tableting 
     machines and encapsulating machines; and''.
       (5) Limitation on assistance for designated countries.--
     Section 706(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Year 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2291j-1(3)) is amended by 
     striking ``also designated under paragraph (2) in the 
     report'' and inserting ``designated in the report under 
     paragraph (2)(A) or twice designated in the report under 
     subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2)''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
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  SA 882. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 of division A, add the following:

            Subtitle I--Presidential Allowance Modernization

     SEC. 1091. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Presidential Allowance 
     Modernization Act of 2019''.

     SEC. 1092. AMENDMENTS.

       (a) In General.--The Act entitled ``An Act to provide 
     retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing privileges 
     to former Presidents of the United States, and for other 
     purposes'', approved August 25, 1958 (commonly known as the 
     ``Former Presidents Act of 1958'') (3 U.S.C. 102 note), is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``That (a) each'' and inserting the 
     following:

     ``SECTION 1. FORMER PRESIDENTS LEAVING OFFICE BEFORE 
                   PRESIDENTIAL ALLOWANCE MODERNIZATION ACT OF 
                   2019.

       ``(a) Each'';
       (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as section 3 and 
     adjusting the margin accordingly; and
       (3) by inserting after section 1, as so designated, the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 2. FORMER PRESIDENTS LEAVING OFFICE AFTER PRESIDENTIAL 
                   ALLOWANCE MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2019.

       ``(a) Annuities and Allowances.--
       ``(1) Annuity.--Each modern former President shall be 
     entitled for the remainder of his or her life to receive from 
     the United States an annuity at the rate of $200,000 per 
     year, subject to subsections (b)(2) and (c), to be paid by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury.
       ``(2) Allowance.--The Administrator of General Services is 
     authorized to provide each modern former President a monetary 
     allowance at the rate of $200,000 per year, subject to the 
     availability of appropriations and subsections (b)(2), (c), 
     and (d).
       ``(b) Duration; Frequency.--
       ``(1) In general.--The annuity and allowance under 
     subsection (a) shall each--
       ``(A) commence on the day after the date on which an 
     individual becomes a modern former President;
       ``(B) terminate on the date on which the modern former 
     President dies; and
       ``(C) be payable on a monthly basis.
       ``(2) Appointive or elective positions.--The annuity and 
     allowance under subsection (a) shall not be payable for any 
     period during which a modern former President holds an 
     appointive or elective position in or under the Federal 
     Government to which is attached a rate of pay other than a 
     nominal rate.
       ``(c) Cost-of-Living Increases.--Effective December 1 of 
     each year, each annuity and allowance under subsection (a) 
     that commenced before that date shall be increased by the 
     same percentage by which benefit amounts under title II of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) are 
     increased, effective as of that date, as a result of a 
     determination under section 215(i) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 
     415(i)).
       ``(d) Limitation on Monetary Allowance.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, the monetary allowance payable under subsection 
     (a)(2) to a modern former President for any 12-month period--
       ``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), may not 
     exceed the amount by which--
       ``(i) the monetary allowance that (but for this subsection) 
     would otherwise be so payable for such 12-month period, 
     exceeds (if at all)
       ``(ii) the applicable reduction amount for such 12-month 
     period; and
       ``(B) shall not be less than the amount determined under 
     paragraph (3).
       ``(2) Definition.--
       ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 
     `applicable reduction amount' means, with respect to any 
     modern former President and in connection with any 12-month 
     period, the amount by which--
       ``(i) the sum of--

       ``(I) the adjusted gross income (as defined in section 62 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of the modern former 
     President for the most recent taxable year for which a tax 
     return is available; and
       ``(II) any interest excluded from the gross income of the 
     modern former President under section 103 of such Code for 
     such taxable year, exceeds (if at all)

       ``(ii) $400,000, subject to subparagraph (C).
       ``(B) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return, 
     subclauses (I) and (II) of subparagraph (A)(i) shall be 
     applied by taking into account both the amounts properly 
     allocable to the modern former President and the amounts 
     properly allocable to the spouse of the modern former 
     President.
       ``(C) Cost-of-living increases.--The dollar amount 
     specified in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be adjusted at the 
     same time that, and by the same percentage by which, the 
     monetary allowance of the modern former President is 
     increased under subsection (c) (disregarding this 
     subsection).
       ``(3) Increased costs due to security needs.--With respect 
     to the monetary allowance that would be payable to a modern 
     former President under subsection (a)(2) for any 12-month 
     period but for the limitation under paragraph (1)(A) of this 
     subsection, the Administrator of General Services, in 
     coordination with the Director of the United States Secret 
     Service, shall determine the amount of the allowance that is 
     needed to pay the increased cost of doing business that is 
     attributable to the security needs of the modern former 
     President.
       ``(e) Widows and Widowers.--The widow or widower of each 
     modern former President shall be entitled to receive from the 
     United States a monetary allowance at a rate of $100,000 per 
     year (subject to paragraph (4)), payable monthly by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, if such widow or widower shall 
     waive the right to each other annuity or pension to which she 
     or he is entitled under any other Act of Congress. The 
     monetary allowance of such widow or widower--
       ``(1) commences on the day after the modern former 
     President dies;

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       ``(2) terminates on the last day of the month before such 
     widow or widower dies;
       ``(3) is not payable for any period during which such widow 
     or widower holds an appointive or elective office or position 
     in or under the Federal Government to which is attached a 
     rate of pay other than a nominal rate; and
       ``(4) shall, after its commencement date, be increased at 
     the same time that, and by the same percentage by which, 
     annuities of modern former Presidents are increased under 
     subsection (c).
       ``(f) Definition.--In this section, the term `modern former 
     President' means a person--
       ``(1) who shall have held the office of President of the 
     United States of America;
       ``(2) whose service in such office shall have terminated--
       ``(A) other than by removal pursuant to section 4 of 
     article II of the Constitution of the United States of 
     America; and
       ``(B) after the date of enactment of the Presidential 
     Allowance Modernization Act of 2019; and
       ``(3) who does not then currently hold such office.''.
       (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--The Former 
     Presidents Act of 1958 is amended--
       (1) in section 1(f)(2), as designated by this section--
       (A) by striking ``terminated other than'' and inserting the 
     following: ``terminated--
       ``(A) other than''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) on or before the date of enactment of the 
     Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2019; and''; and
       (2) in section 3, as redesignated by this section--
       (A) by inserting after the section enumerator the 
     following: ``authorization of appropriations.''; and
       (B) by inserting ``or modern former President'' after 
     ``former President'' each place that term appears.

     SEC. 1093. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in this subtitle or an amendment made by this 
     subtitle shall be construed to affect--
       (1) any provision of law relating to the security or 
     protection of a former President or modern former President, 
     or a member of the family of a former President or modern 
     former President; or
       (2) funding, under the Former Presidents Act of 1958 or any 
     other law, to carry out any provision of law described in 
     paragraph (1).

     SEC. 1094. APPLICABILITY.

       Section 2 of the Former Presidents Act of 1958, as added by 
     section 1092(a)(3) of this subtitle, shall not apply to--
       (1) any individual who is a former President on the date of 
     enactment of this Act; or
       (2) the widow or widower of an individual described in 
     paragraph (1).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 883. Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Paul, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Merkley, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 of the amendment, add 
     the following:

     SEC. 1226. PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED MILITARY OPERATIONS 
                   AGAINST IRAN.

       (a) In General.--No funds authorized by this Act may be 
     used to conduct hostilities against the Government of Iran, 
     against the Armed Forces of Iran, or in the territory of 
     Iran.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed--
       (1) to restrict the use of the United States Armed Forces 
     to defend against an attack upon the United States, its 
     territories or possessions, or its Armed Forces;
       (2) to limit the obligations under the War Powers 
     Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.); or
       (3) to affect the provisions of an Act or a joint 
     resolution of Congress specifically authorizing such 
     hostilities that is enacted after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 884. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 II, add the following new 
     section:

     SEC. 2__. MICROELECTRONICS CYBERSECURITY CENTER.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
     microelectronics cybersecurity center (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Center'').
       (b) Responsibilities.--The Center shall be responsible for 
     providing the defense industrial base with access to 
     manufacturing resources to support anti-tamper manufacturing, 
     system integration, advanced packaging, and technical 
     training capabilities for the development, prototyping, and 
     low-volume production of secured integrated microelectronics 
     in support of Department of Defense system commands and 
     laboratories to improve the security of Federal Government 
     systems and critical infrastructure.
       (c) Public-private Partnership.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to 
     enter into an agreement with a qualified public-private 
     partnership under which the partnership will carry out the 
     responsibilities of the Center under this section.
       (2) Qualified public-private partnership defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``qualified public-private partnership'' 
     means a partnership between the Department of Defense and one 
     or more private sector entities that is in effect as of the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 885. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 VII, add the following:

     SEC. 705. ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH OF CERTAIN BIOLOGICAL 
                   DEPENDENTS IN CONNECTION WITH PERIODIC HEALTH 
                   ASSESSMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
                   VETERANS.

       (a) Assessment of Health of Certain Dependents Required.--
     The Secretary concerned shall ensure that any periodic health 
     assessment of a member of the Armed Forces or a veteran 
     provided by or for purposes of the Department of Defense or 
     the Department of Veterans Affairs, as applicable, includes 
     an evaluation of the health of any biological descendants of 
     the member or veteran, as the case may be.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the evaluations of the health 
     of descendants under subsection (a) shall be to facilitate 
     the tracking and identification of health conditions in such 
     descendants that may be causally related to the exposure of 
     the member or veteran concerned to toxins during service in 
     the Armed Forces.
       (c) Elements.--
       (1) In general.--The evaluations of the health of 
     descendants under subsection (a) shall include questions of 
     the member or veteran concerned on the following:
       (A) Whether such member or veteran has experienced 
     infertility or an adverse birth outcome, and, if so and if 
     known, the cause of or diagnosis for such infertility or 
     birth outcome.
       (B) The health of each biological descendant of such member 
     or veteran, including any current medical diagnosis, and any 
     current mental health diagnosis, with respect to any such 
     descendant.
       (2) Preservation and compilation.--The information derived 
     from answers to questions of a member or veteran in 
     evaluations of the health of descendants of the member or 
     veteran under subsection (a) shall be preserved and compiled 
     in a manner designed to facilitate the use of such 
     information for the purpose specified in subsection (b) in 
     connection with the member or veteran.
       (d) Memorandum of Understanding.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall jointly enter into a memorandum of 
     understanding that provides for the following:
       (A) The sharing of information between the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs on trends 
     identified through evaluations of the health of descendants 
     under subsection (a).
       (B) The analysis of data collected through periodic health 
     assessments of members and veterans, and through evaluations 
     of the health of descendants under subsection (a), in order 
     to identify potential causal relationships between the 
     exposure of members and veterans to toxins during service in 
     the Armed Forces and the generational effects of such 
     exposure on the biological descendants of members and 
     veterans.
       (2) Annual report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report on activities undertaken under the 
     memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1) 
     during the one-year period ending on the date of such report.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.

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       (2) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means the following:
       (A) The Secretary of Defense with respect to members of the 
     Armed Forces.
       (B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to 
     veterans.
       (3) The term ``biological descendant'', in the case of a 
     member or veteran, means a biological child or grandchild of 
     the member or veteran.
       (4) The term ``periodic health assessment'' includes a 
     physical examination.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 886. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1045. INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAY SYSTEM--ARMY.

       (a) Increased Amount for Other Procurement, Army.--The 
     amount authorized to be appropriated by section 101 for 
     fiscal year 2020 is hereby increased by $18,674,000, with the 
     amount of the increase to be available for Other Procurement, 
     Army, for Electrical Equipment--C2 Systems as specified in 
     the funding table in section 4101 for Integrated Personnel 
     and Pay System--Army.
       (b) Increased Amount for Research, Development, Test and 
     Evaluation, Army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated 
     by section 201 for fiscal year 2020 is hereby increased by 
     142,773,000, with the amount of the increase to be available 
     for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army, for 
     Systems Development and Demonstration as specified in the 
     funding table in section 4201 for Integrated Personnel and 
     Pay System--Army.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 887. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. Romney, and Mr. Lee) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by 
Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2020 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. ___. MODIFICATION OF PERIOD AFTER RETIREMENT FOR 
                   AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO APPOINT 
                   RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO 
                   POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT AFTER 
                   RETIREMENT.

       Section 3326 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b)(1) A retired member of the armed forces may be 
     appointed to a position in the civil service in or under the 
     Department of Defense (including a nonappropriated fund 
     instrumentality under the jurisdiction of the armed forces) 
     immediately after the retirement of the member only if the 
     proposed appointment is authorized by the Secretary concerned 
     or a designee of the Secretary concerned, after a 
     determination that--
       ``(A) the position has not been held open pending the 
     retirement of the retired member;
       ``(B) qualification requirements for the position have not 
     been written in a manner designed to give advantage to the 
     retired member; and
       ``(C) the retired member was considered and selected in 
     accordance with the applicable law (including regulations) 
     governing the appointing authority used to appoint the 
     retired member.
       ``(2) The Secretary concerned or a designee of the 
     Secretary concerned shall determine the duration under which 
     the provisions of this subsection apply.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d)(1) Not later than February 15 each year, the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management shall jointly submit to Congress a 
     report on the appointments made during the preceding year 
     using the authority in subsection (b)(1).
       ``(2) Each report under this subsection shall set forth, 
     for the year covered by such report, the following:
       ``(A) The number of appointments made using the authority 
     in subsection (b)(1).
       ``(B) The grades at retirement from the armed forces of the 
     individuals subject to such appointments.
       ``(C) The job titles, pay grades, and locations of 
     employment at appointment of the individuals subject to such 
     appointments.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 888. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 1663 of the amendment, strike lines 1 through 26, 
     and insert the following:
       (e) Restriction on Issuance of Iran Sanctions Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--If the Director assesses, in the report 
     required by subsection (b), that the Government of Iran is 
     supporting proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon, the President 
     may not--
       (A) issue any waiver of the application of sanctions 
     under--
       (i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
       (iii) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
       (iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
     of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
       (v) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); or
       (B) remove any Iranian person from the SDN list.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom 
     and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
       (B) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of 
     specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
     by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
     the Treasury.

     SEC. 10708. ANNUAL REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUPPORTING 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Annual Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently 
     than once each year thereafter, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report describing 
     Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar year on 
     military and terrorist activities outside the country, 
     including each of the following:
       (1) The amount spent in such calendar year on activities by 
     the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including activities 
     providing support for--
       (A) Hizballah;
       (B) Houthi rebels in Yemen;
       (C) Hamas;
       (D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or
       (E) any other entity or country the Director determines to 
     be relevant.
       (2) The amount spent in such calendar year for ballistic 
     missile research and testing or other activities that the 
     Director determines are destabilizing to the Middle East 
     region.
       (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (c) Restriction on Issuance of Iran Sanctions Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--If the Director assesses, in the report 
     required by subsection (a), that the Government of Iran has 
     expended funds for activities described in paragraph (1) or 
     (2) of that subsection, the President may not--
       (A) issue any waiver of the application of sanctions 
     under--
       (i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
       (iii) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
       (iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
     of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
       (v) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); or
       (B) remove any Iranian person from the SDN list.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom 
     and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
       (B) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of 
     specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
     by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
     the Treasury.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 889. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 1663 of the amendment, strike lines 1 through 26, 
     and insert the following:
       (e) Restriction on Issuance of Iran Sanctions Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--If the Director assesses, in the report 
     required by subsection (b), that the Government of Iran is 
     supporting proxy

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     forces in Syria and Lebanon, the President may not--
       (A) issue any waiver of the application of sanctions 
     under--
       (i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
       (iii) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
       (iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
     of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
       (v) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); or
       (B) remove any Iranian person from the SDN list.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom 
     and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
       (B) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of 
     specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
     by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
     the Treasury.

     SEC. 10708. ANNUAL REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUPPORTING 
                   FOREIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Annual Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently 
     than once each year thereafter, the Director of National 
     Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report describing 
     Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar year on 
     military and terrorist activities outside the country, 
     including each of the following:
       (1) The amount spent in such calendar year on activities by 
     the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including activities 
     providing support for--
       (A) Hizballah;
       (B) Houthi rebels in Yemen;
       (C) Hamas;
       (D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or
       (E) any other entity or country the Director determines to 
     be relevant.
       (2) The amount spent in such calendar year for ballistic 
     missile research and testing or other activities that the 
     Director determines are destabilizing to the Middle East 
     region.
       (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (c) Restriction on Issuance of Iran Sanctions Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--The President may not issue a waiver 
     described in paragraph (2) or remove any Iranian person from 
     the SDN list--
       (A) unless there is enacted into law a joint resolution 
     approving the issuance of the waiver or the removal of the 
     person from that list, as the case may be; or
       (B) if the Director assesses, in the report required by 
     subsection (a), that the Government of Iran has expended 
     funds for activities described in paragraph (1) or (2) of 
     that subsection.
       (2) Waivers described.--A waiver described in this 
     paragraph is any waiver of the application of sanctions 
     under--
       (A) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (B) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
       (C) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
       (D) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 
     2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
       (E) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.).
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom 
     and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
       (B) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of 
     specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
     by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
     the Treasury.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 890. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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. __. LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN TERMINATION AND WAIVER 
                   PROVISIONS RELATING TO IRAN SANCTIONS.

       (a) Repeal of Sunset Provision of Iran Sanctions Act of 
     1996.--Section 13(b) of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 
     (Public Law 104-172; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is repealed.
       (b) Modification of Applicability of Certain Sanctions to 
     Petroleum Transactions.--Section 1245(d)(4) of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 
     8513a(d)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(4) Applicability of sanctions with respect to petroleum 
     transactions.--Sanctions imposed under paragraph (1)(A) shall 
     apply with respect to a financial transaction conducted or 
     facilitated by a foreign financial institution on or after 
     the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
     for the purchase of petroleum or petroleum products from 
     Iran.''.
       (c) Limitation on Certain Waivers of Sanctions.--
       (1) In general.--Until the date on which the conditions 
     specified in paragraph (2) are met, the President may not--
       (A) issue any waiver of the application of sanctions 
     under--
       (i) the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-172; 50 
     U.S.C. 1701 note);
       (ii) the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
     Divestment Act of 2010 (22 U.S.C. 8501 et seq.);
       (iii) section 1245 of the National Defense Authorization 
     Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8513a);
       (iv) the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act 
     of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.); or
       (v) the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 
     (22 U.S.C. 8801 et seq.); or
       (B) remove any Iranian person from the SDN list.
       (2) Conditions.--The conditions specified in this paragraph 
     are met if--
       (A) the President certifies to Congress that--
       (i) the Government of Iran has--

       (I) ceased supporting acts of international terrorism; and
       (II) has released all hostages who are United States 
     citizens or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for 
     permanent residence; and

       (ii) the International Atomic Energy Agency has verified 
     that Iran's nuclear program is exclusively peaceful in 
     nature; and
       (B) there is enacted into law a joint resolution approving 
     the issuance of the waiver described in subparagraph (A) of 
     paragraph (1) or the removal of the Iranian person from the 
     SDN list, as the case may be.
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Iranian person.--The term ``Iranian person'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1242 of the Iran Freedom 
     and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8801).
       (B) SDN list.--The term ``SDN list'' means the list of 
     specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained 
     by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of 
     the Treasury.
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  SA 891. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 1224(c)(2), add at the end the following:
       (H) An evaluation of the contributions made by partner 
     countries within the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS to the 
     repatriation and prosecution of ISIS detainees.
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  SA 892. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 3051 and insert the following:

     SEC. 3051. LEAD CONTAMINATION TESTING AND REPORTING.

       (a) Establishment of Department of Defense Policy on Lead 
     Testing on Military Installations.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than February 1, 2020, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall establish a policy under which--
       (A) a qualified individual may access a military 
     installation for the purpose of conducting lead testing on 
     the installation, subject to the approval of the Secretary; 
     and
       (B) the results of any lead testing conducted on a military 
     installation shall be transmitted--
       (i) in the case of a military installation located inside 
     the United States, to--

       (I) the civil engineer of the installation;
       (II) the housing management office of the installation;
       (III) the major subordinate command of the Armed Force with 
     jurisdiction over the installation; and
       (IV) if required by law, any relevant Federal, State, and 
     local agencies; and

       (ii) in the case of a military installation located outside 
     the United States, to the civil engineer or commander of the 
     installation who shall transmit those results to the major 
     subordinate command of the Armed Force with jurisdiction over 
     the installation.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:

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       (A) Qualified individual.--The term ``qualified 
     individual'' means--
       (i) an individual who is certified by the Environmental 
     Protection Agency or by a State as--

       (I) a lead-based paint inspector; or
       (II) a lead-based paint risk assessor; or

       (ii) an employee of a laboratory certified by the 
     Environmental Protection Agency or by a State to test for 
     lead contamination in drinking water who is authorized to 
     conduct such tests.
       (B) United states.--The term ``United States'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 101(a)(1) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
       (b) Annual Reporting on Lead-based Paint in Military 
     Housing.--
       (1) In general.--Subchapter III of chapter 169 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 2869a. Annual reporting on lead-based paint in 
       military housing

       ``(a) Annual Reports.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than February 1 of each year, 
     the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report that sets forth, with respect to 
     military housing under the jurisdiction of each Secretary of 
     a military department for the calendar year preceding the 
     year in which the report is submitted, the following:
       ``(A) A certification that indicates whether the military 
     housing under the jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned is 
     in compliance with the requirements respecting lead-based 
     paint, lead-based paint activities, and lead-based paint 
     hazards described in section 408 of the Toxic Substances 
     Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2688).
       ``(B) A detailed summary of the data, disaggregated by 
     military department, used in making the certification under 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) The total number of military housing units under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned that were inspected 
     for lead-based paint in accordance with the requirements 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       ``(D) The total number of military housing units under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary concerned that were not 
     inspected for lead-based paint.
       ``(E) The total number of military housing units that were 
     found to contain lead-based paint in the course of the 
     inspections described in subparagraph (C).
       ``(F) A description of any abatement efforts with respect 
     to lead-based paint conducted regarding the military housing 
     units described in subparagraph (E).
       ``(2) Publication.--The Secretary of Defense shall publish 
     each report submitted under paragraph (1) on a publicly 
     available website of the Department of Defense.
       ``(b) Military Housing Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `military housing' includes military family housing and 
     military unaccompanied housing (as such term is defined in 
     section 2871 of this title).''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new item:

``2869a. Annual reporting on lead-based paint in military housing.''.
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  SA 893. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Isakson) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. 
Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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. 1086. TRANSFER AUTHORITY FOR EBOLA RESPONSE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may transfer 
     amounts of authorizations made available to the Department of 
     Defense for overseas humanitarian disaster and civic aid to 
     any other authorization to support efforts of the United 
     States Agency for International Development and the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention to address the Ebola 
     outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and surrounding 
     countries.
       (b) Notification of Congress.--Not later than 15 days 
     before the date on which a transfer under subsection (a) is 
     carried out, the Secretary shall notify the appropriate 
     committees of Congress of such transfer.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of House 
     of Representatives.
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  SA 894. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Ms. Murkowski, and Ms. Cantwell) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 in subtitle H of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10__. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING FOR KING CRAB AND 
                   TANNER CRAB.

       Section 281(7)(B) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
     (7 U.S.C. 1638(7)(B)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``includes a fillet'' and inserting 
     ``includes--
       ``(i) a fillet'';
       (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
     and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) whole cooked king crab and tanner crab and cooked 
     king crab and tanner crab sections.''.
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  SA 895. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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. __. COVERED INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``affected proceeding'' means an action for 
     patent infringement under title 35, United States Code, an 
     investigation under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
     U.S.C. 1337), or any other administrative or judicial 
     proceeding in which--
       (A) a patent issued by the United States Patent and 
     Trademark Office is a subject of the proceeding; and
       (B) a designated entity--
       (i) is the owner or exclusive licensee of the patent 
     described in subparagraph (A);
       (ii) has a financial interest in the outcome of the 
     proceeding; or
       (iii) has direct or indirect control over the conduct of 
     the litigation of the matter by the holder of the patent 
     described in subparagraph (A);
       (2) the term ``covered regulations'' means the Export 
     Administration Regulations under subchapter C of chapter VII 
     of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations; and
       (3) the term ``designated entity'' means--
       (A) an entity on the entity list maintained by the Bureau 
     of Industry and Security of the Department of Commerce and 
     set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code 
     of Federal Regulations; or
       (B) any parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an entity 
     described in subparagraph (A).
       (b) Conduct of Affected Proceedings.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law or regulation, the following 
     requirements shall apply with respect to an affected 
     proceeding:
       (1) The pleadings alleging patent infringement shall, with 
     respect to any patent in which a designated entity has an 
     interest--
       (A) state with particularity the facts and circumstances 
     constituting that infringement, including--
       (i) all patent claims alleged to be infringed; and
       (ii) all products and services alleged to be infringed;
       (B) provide a detailed identification of the specific 
     elements of each patent claim that is found in each product 
     and service identified under subparagraph (A)(ii); and
       (C) state with particularity all damages or other remedies 
     sought in the proceeding.
       (2) Excluding legal counsel for the designated entity, 
     neither the designated entity nor the agents or 
     representatives of the designated entity may obtain through 
     discovery, or by other means, any non-public information of 
     any entity or person related to any technical features or 
     operation of a product or service.
       (3) Upon the filing of the affected proceeding, the 
     designated entity shall provide notice of the proceeding to 
     the Department of Justice and the United States Patent and 
     Trademark Office.
       (4) The United States shall have the unconditional right to 
     intervene as a party in the proceeding under rule 24(a) of 
     the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
       (c) Restrictions on Certain Patent Transactions.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, the 
     following requirements shall apply with respect to the sale 
     or exclusive license of a patent issued by the United States 
     Patent and Trademark Office:
       (1) The sale or license is prohibited if the sale or 
     license is to a designated entity and the entity has not 
     undergone review under section 721 of the Defense Production 
     Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565).
       (2) The sale or license is prohibited if the sale or 
     license is to or by a designated entity and the manufacture, 
     sale, use, import, or export of a product or service that is 
     subject to the covered regulations would infringe the patent, 
     unless an appropriate license is granted under the covered 
     regulations.

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       (3) With respect to a patent not involving a drug or 
     biological product, the sale or license of the patent to or 
     by a designated entity to any foreign entity or affiliate 
     shall require notification pursuant to rules under subsection 
     (d)(1) and the waiting period described in subsection (b)(1) 
     of section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a), 
     notwithstanding any other provision of that Act.
       (d) List.--The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
     Property and Director of the United States Patent and 
     Trademark Office shall maintain a publicly available list of 
     all designated entities.
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  SA 896. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 360. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF INCLUDING ANALYTICAL MODEL 
                   OF WIND TURBINES INTO EXISTING CLEARINGHOUSE 
                   PROCESS.

       (a) Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Transportation and the heads of such 
     other Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense considers 
     appropriate, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of 
     including an analytical model of wind turbines into the 
     existing clearinghouse process of the Department of Defense.
       (2) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) An analysis of the following:
       (i) The height and blade dimension of wind turbine 
     structures, the energy generated by such structures, and 
     other factors relating to such structures as the Secretary of 
     Defense determines appropriate.
       (ii) Topographical and environmental considerations 
     associated with the location of wind turbine projects.
       (iii) The impact of individual wind turbine structures and 
     the combined impact of proposed and existing wind turbine 
     structures within a 50-mile radius of commercial or military 
     airfields or military training routes.
       (iv) The proximity of wind turbine structures to general 
     aviation, commercial or military training routes, 
     installations of the Department of Defense, and special use 
     airspace.
       (v) The impact of wind turbine structure operation, 
     individually or collectively, on--

       (I) approach and departure corridors;
       (II) established military training routes;
       (III)
       (IV) radar for air traffic control;
       (V) instrumented landing systems; and
       (VI) other factors, as determined by the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of 
     Defense.

       (B) An assessment of whether including an analytical model 
     of wind turbines into the existing clearinghouse process of 
     the Department of Defense is practical, necessary, or cost-
     beneficial as compared to the current process of the 
     Department.
       (b) Report.--Not later than July 31, 2020, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
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  SA 897. Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to 
the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 VII, add the following:

     SEC. 705. ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH OF CERTAIN BIOLOGICAL 
                   DEPENDENTS IN CONNECTION WITH PERIODIC HEALTH 
                   ASSESSMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
                   VETERANS.

       (a) Assessment of Health of Certain Dependents Required.--
     The Secretary concerned shall ensure that any periodic health 
     assessment or physical of a member of the Armed Forces or a 
     veteran provided by or for purposes of the Department of 
     Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs, as applicable, 
     includes a recording of the health conditions of any 
     biological descendants of the member or veteran, as the case 
     may be.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the recording of the health 
     conditions of descendants under subsection (a) shall be to 
     facilitate the tracking and identification of health 
     conditions in such descendants that may be causally related 
     to the exposure of the member or veteran concerned to toxins 
     during service in the Armed Forces.
       (c) Elements.--
       (1) In general.--The recording of the health conditions of 
     descendants under subsection (a) shall include questions of 
     the member or veteran concerned on the following:
       (A) Whether such member or veteran has experienced 
     infertility or an adverse birth outcome, and, if so and if 
     known, the cause of or diagnosis for such infertility or 
     birth outcome.
       (B) The health conditions of each biological descendant of 
     such member or veteran, including any current medical 
     diagnosis, and any current mental health diagnosis, with 
     respect to any such descendant.
       (2) Preservation and compilation.--The information derived 
     from answers to questions of a member or veteran during their 
     periodic health assessments or physicals on the health 
     conditions of descendants of the member or veteran under 
     subsection (a) shall be preserved and compiled in a manner 
     designed to facilitate the use of such information for the 
     purpose specified in subsection (b) in connection with the 
     member or veteran.
       (d) Memorandum of Understanding.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall jointly enter into a memorandum of 
     understanding that provides for the following:
       (A) The sharing of information between the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs on trends 
     identified through evaluations of the health of descendants 
     under subsection (a).
       (B) The analysis of data collected through periodic health 
     assessments and physicals of members and veterans on the 
     health conditions of descendants under subsection (a), in 
     order to identify potential causal relationships between the 
     exposure of members and veterans to toxins during service in 
     the Armed Forces and the generational effects of such 
     exposure on the biological descendants of members and 
     veterans.
       (2) Annual report.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report on activities undertaken under the 
     memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1) 
     during the one-year period ending on the date of such report.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means the following:
       (A) The Secretary of Defense with respect to members of the 
     Armed Forces.
       (B) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to 
     veterans.
       (3) The term ``biological descendant'', in the case of a 
     member or veteran, means a biological child or grandchild of 
     the member or veteran.
       (4) The term ``periodic health assessment'' includes a 
     physical examination.
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  SA 898. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 508. FUNCTIONAL BADGE OR INSIGNIA UPON COMMISSION FOR 
                   CHAPLAINS.

       A military chaplain shall receive a functional badge or 
     insignia upon commission.
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  SA 899. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 360. STUDY ON FEASIBILITY OF INCLUDING ANALYTICAL MODEL 
                   OF WIND TURBINES INTO EXISTING CLEARINGHOUSE 
                   PROCESS.

       (a) Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Transportation and the heads of such 
     other Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense considers 
     appropriate, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of 
     including an analytical model of wind turbines into the 
     existing clearinghouse process of the Department of Defense.
       (2) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) An analysis of the following:
       (i) The height and blade dimension of wind turbine 
     structures, the energy generated by

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     such structures, and other factors relating to such 
     structures as the Secretary of Defense determines 
     appropriate.
       (ii) Topographical and environmental considerations 
     associated with the location of wind turbine projects.
       (iii) The impact of individual wind turbine structures and 
     the combined impact of proposed and existing wind turbine 
     structures within a 50-mile radius of commercial or military 
     airfields or military training routes.
       (iv) The proximity of wind turbine structures to general 
     aviation, commercial or military training routes, 
     installations of the Department of Defense, and special use 
     airspace.
       (v) The impact of wind turbine structure operation, 
     individually or collectively, on--

       (I) approach and departure corridors;
       (II) established military training routes;
       (III) radar for air traffic control;
       (IV) instrumented landing systems; and
       (V) other factors, as determined by the Administrator of 
     the Federal Aviation Administration and the Secretary of 
     Defense.

       (B) An assessment of whether including an analytical model 
     of wind turbines into the existing clearinghouse process of 
     the Department of Defense is practical, necessary, or cost-
     beneficial as compared to the current process of the 
     Department.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than July 31, 2020, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on the results of the study 
     conducted under subsection (a).
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives.

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