[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 10, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D801-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 33 public bills, H.R. 3661-
3693; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 481-483 were introduced. 
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  Pages H5585-86
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1809, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act 
and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, to provide parity 
for United States territories and the District of Columbia, to make 
technical corrections to such Acts and related laws, and for other 
purposes (H. Rept. 116-144).                                 
Page H5582
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Costa to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:40 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. 
Asriel McLain, Little Union Baptist Church, Shreveport, Louisiana. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 1:38 p.m. and reconvened at 2:51 p.m. 
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the 
following measures:
  Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019: H.R. 1044, amended, 
to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the per-
country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, to 
increase the per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored 
immigrants, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 365 yeas to 65 nays, Roll No. 
437;                                              
  Pages H5323-28, H5336
  Amending title 28, United States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to 
the list of locations in which court shall be held in the judicial 
district for the State of Arizona: H.R. 1569, to amend title 28, United 
States Code, to add Flagstaff and Yuma to the list of locations in 
which court shall be held in the judicial district for the State of 
Arizona;                                                 
  Pages H5328-29
  Supporting and Treating Officers In Crisis Act of 2019: S. 998, to 
amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand 
support for police officer family services, stress reduction, and 
suicide prevention;                                      
  Pages H5329-31
  Effective Prosecution of Possession of Biological Toxins and Agents 
Act of 2019: S. 744, to amend section 175b of title 18, United States 
Code, to correct a scrivener's error; and                
  Pages H5331-32
  21st Century President Act: H.R. 677, to amend gendered terms in 
Federal law relating to the President and the President's spouse. 
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Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Rooney (FL) 
wherein he resigned from the Committee on Education and Labor. 
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Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 481, electing Members 
to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives. 
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: The House 
began consideration of H.R. 2500, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense 
and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year. Consideration is expected to resume 
tomorrow, July 11th.                                  
  Pages H5337-H5576
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-19, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 116-143, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, in lieu of the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Armed Services now printed in the bill.                      
Page H5351
Agreed to:
  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Speier (No. 2) that 
clarifies policies affecting career paths for military service academy 
graduates; Brown (MD) (No. 4) that directs the Secretary of Defense to 
produce a report on the number of certain waivers received by 
transgender individuals; Speier (No. 5) that clarifies the 
contraception coverage parity provision in the bill text to ensure all 
methods of contraception approved by the FDA are covered by TRICARE 
without copay, including contraceptive counseling, insertion and 
removal; Speier (No. 7) that removes an exemption that would exclude 
federal civilian employees from representation in negotiations of 
career path requirements for the defense acquisition workforce; Speier 
(No. 8) that places limitations on the issuance of non-recurring cost 
waivers to certain Foreign Military Sales customers; requires Defense 
and State Department reports on reforms on various aspects of the 
Foreign Military Sales enterprise; Gabbard (No. 13)

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that expands access to infertility treatment to all servicemembers; 
Meeks (No. 15) that prohibits the Secretary of Defense from naming a 
DOD asset after a person who served or held a leadership position in 
the Confederacy, a city or battlefield made significant by a 
confederate victory; Cunningham (No. 16) that authorizes the Coast 
Guard to establish a Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps 
program at Lucy Garrett Beckham High School in Charleston County, South 
Carolina; Clark (MA) (No. 18) that prohibits the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs from using the fact that a veteran's income derives from a 
State legalized marijuana industry as a factor in determining whether 
to issue a VA home loan; Sherman (No. 22) that prevents funds from 
being spent on the production of a Nonproliferation Assessment 
Statement with a country that has not signed an Additional Protocol 
agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency; Engel (No. 28) 
that preserves Congressional review of arms export licenses by 
restricting the President's emergency export authority under the Arms 
Export Control Act to situations in which defense items are transferred 
only within 90 days of an emergency determination and to limit use of 
an emergency determination to approve overseas manufacturing or co-
production of defense items to extensions or renewals of existing 
licenses; Engel (No. 30) that limits military to military cooperation 
between the US military and the Burma Army, applies sanctions to 
perpetrators of human rights abuses including against the Rohingya, 
encourages reform in the military-dominated Burmese gemstone sector, 
and calls for a determination of crimes perpetrated against the 
Rohingya, and authorizes support for preservation of evidence and 
transitional justice efforts; McNerney (No. 36) that states that a pay 
raise for military personnel shall take effect on January 1, 2020, even 
if the president attempts to change it; Keating (No. 41) that 
authorizes funds for a pilot program to support nonprofits operating on 
bases to providing food, clothing, and related assistance to active 
duty personnel; Huffman (No. 42) that amends Section 2831 to restrict 
any energy sourced from Russia and repeals another Section from FY19 
NDAA dealing with preference for domestic sources at one specific 
European base; Aguilar (No. 51) that expands the types of associate 
degrees and certifications covered by the Military Spouse Career 
Advancement Account program; Aguilar (No. 52) that calls for budget 
officials from the Department of Defense, Office of Management and 
Budget, and National Nuclear Security Administration to be present at 
Nuclear Weapons Council and Standing and Safety Committee meetings, 
thereby ensuring budgetary concerns are taken into account when 
decisions are made; Aguilar (No. 53) that expands the Department of 
Defense Cyber Scholarship Program (formerly known as the Information 
Assurance Scholarship Program) to include students attending 
certificate programs that span 1 to 2 years; Aguilar (No. 54) that 
codifies existing practice at DOD to debrief veterans during TAP 
counselling on how to file claims and where to send paperwork when they 
transition out of the military; Allred (No. 55) that directs the 
Secretary of Defense to increase Basic Operational Medical Research 
Science by $5 million for the purpose of partnering with universities 
to study brain injuries; Allred (No. 56) that directs the Secretary of 
Defense to increase University Research Initiatives by $5 million for 
the purpose of studying ways to increase the longevity and resilience 
of infrastructure on military bases; Armstrong (No. 57) that directs 
the SECDEF to include the names of the seventy-four crew of the USS 
Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969 on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
Wall; Arrington (No. 58) that inserts text that requires Secretary of 
the Air Force to make available and conduct military type 
certifications for light attack experimentation aircraft as needed; 
Bacon (No. 59) that authorizes senior officials of the armed forces to 
endorse and participate in activities of charitable foundations that 
support the armed forces service academies; Bacon (No. 60) that 
authorizes Department of Defense civilian academic faculty at covered 
institutions to retain copyright for scholarly works completed outside 
of their assigned instructional duties; Bacon (No. 61) that authorizes 
an increase to Air Force procurement to replace RC-135 training and 
ground mission equipment destroyed in recent storms; Banks (No. 62) 
that mandates that the General Counsel of the Department of the Army 
begin a preliminary inquiry to investigate the burial of Jack Edward 
Dunlap at Arlington Cemetery; Banks (No. 63) that requires the 
Department of Defense, Coast Guard, and the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to develop jointly a comprehensive enterprise interoperability 
strategy, 180 days after enactment, to achieve nine goals, principally 
interoperability sufficient for seamless health care with TRICARE 
providers and community care providers under the MISSION Act; 
additionally, defines the term, ``interoperability''; Bera (No. 64) 
that requires DoD to do a study on extending the parent's level of 
TRICARE health coverage to their newborn child; Bera (No. 65) that 
increases DoD funding to partner nations to help them prevent, detect, 
and respond to biological threats and infectious disease before they 
come to the U.S. by $20 million to match DoD Approps; Bera (No. 66) 
that requires report on defense cooperation between U.S. and India in 
the Western Indian Ocean; Bera (No. 67) that requires a report on the

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implementation of the Global Health Security Strategy and the National 
Biodefense Strategy, including follow up actions from pending GAO 
report on the Biodefense Strategy; Bera (No. 68) that requires DoD and 
VA to submit a report to Congress evaluating best practices for 
providing financial literacy education to separating servicemembers and 
Veterans; and Horn (No. 190) that requires DoD to treat disclosures of 
disciplinary matters from audit firms confidentially and makes 
statutory the DoD's interim guidance issued in March of 2019 which 
preserves the confidentiality of these proceedings;      
Pages H5534-46
  Connolly amendment (No. 12 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that codifies a DOD policy to report to the National Instant Criminal 
Background Check System (NICS) servicemembers who are prohibited from 
purchasing firearms;                                     
Pages H5552-54
  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Malinowski (No. 25) 
that requires an ODNI determination of parties responsible for the pre-
meditated murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, imposes 
visa sanctions with a national security waiver, and requires a report 
on human rights in Saudi Arabia; Beyer (No. 69) that requires DoD to 
fulfill one of the recommendations of its 2018 report entitled ``Report 
on the Effects of Military Helicopter Noise on National Capital Region 
Communities'' by establishing a noise inquiry website to track and 
analyze complaints; Beyer (No. 70) that requires DoD to submit a report 
to Congress on the frequency of helicopters used for executive travel 
in the National Capital Region; Biggs (No. 71) that requires the 
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress on annual defense 
spending by ally and partner countries; Biggs (No. 72) that expresses a 
sense of Congress about the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship; 
Blumenauer (No. 73) that improves flood risk assessments for military 
construction projects by incorporating projected current and future 
mean sea level fluctuations; Blumenauer (No. 74) that requires the 
Secretary to submit a quarterly report regarding ex gratia payments or 
lack of ex gratia payments; Blumenauer (No. 75) that requires the State 
Department Inspector General to submit a report to Congress on the 
obstacles to effective protection of Afghan and Iraqi allies through 
the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) programs and provide suggestions for 
improvements to the program; Blumenauer (No. 76) that codifies 
President Obama's Executive Order 13653 to require the Secretary to 
identify and seek to remove barriers that discourage investments to 
increase resiliency to climate change; Brindisi (No. 77) that requires 
the Comptroller General to report on the implementation and efficacy of 
Section 701 of FY2015 NDAA, which requires that the Department of 
Defense provide a person-to-person mental health assessment for each 
member of the Armed Forces; Brindisi (No. 78) that directs DoD and the 
Air Force to establish a Quantum Information Science Innovation Center 
and authorizes $10 million for that purpose; increases Air Force RDT&E, 
decreases Defense-Wide O&M, Brindisi (No. 79) that makes requirement of 
mental health assessments every 180 days for deployed servicemembers 
permanent by removing sunset; Brown (MD) (No. 80) that gives the 
President the authority to issue an honorary commissioning, promoting 
to brigadier general in the Air Force, COL Charles E. McGee, a 
distinguished Tuskegee Airman; Brownley (CA) (No. 81) that directs the 
Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a report comparing 
out-of-pocket uniform costs for men and women service members in each 
of the Services of the Armed Forces, as well as past uniform changes 
that have affected one gender more than the other; Brownley (No. 82) 
that directs the Department of Defense, as part of the report required 
under Section 232 of the Committee-reported bill, to provide an update 
to a 2016 report on necessary military construction updates of real 
property assets at Major Range and Test Facility Bases (MRTFB); also 
requires that the report include an assessment of MRTFBs' readiness to 
support advanced testing for future needs; Brownley (CA) (No. 83) that 
includes Sense of Congress language underscoring the importance of the 
Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) to fire fighting response 
efforts and encouraging the Department of Defense to use National Guard 
and Reserve Equipment Account funding to support development of MAFFS 
capabilities in the future; Burchett (No. 84) that strikes Subtitle F--
Industrial Base Matters, Section 872, page 556, line 10: ``not later 
than 90 days'' and replaces it with ``not later than 30 days'' after 
the date of the enactment of this Act; Bustos (No. 85) that recognizes 
and honors the service of individuals who served in the United States 
Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II; Bustos (No. 86) that allows Gold 
Star and military spouses to terminate lease premises and motor 
vehicles of service members who incur catastrophic injury or illness or 
die while in military service; Carbajal (No. 87) that requires the 
National Academies of Sciences to conduct an independent review of 
plans and capabilities for nuclear verification, detection, and 
monitoring of nuclear weapons and fissile material; Carbajal (No. 88) 
that requires the Department of Defense, in consultation with the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, to develop guidelines regarding the 
consideration and use of unofficial sources of information in 
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decoration eligibility when a veteran's service records are incomplete 
due to damage caused to the records while in the possession of the 
Department of Defense; Carbajal (No. 89) that requires the Secretary of 
Defense to issue an offshore wind assessment before objecting to an 
offshore energy project filed for review by the Military Aviation and 
Installation Assurance Clearinghouse; Carson (IN) (No. 90) that 
requires the Secretary to provide Congress with a report detailing the 
extent to which waivers are granted for mental health assessments for 
members of the armed services deployed in support of contingency 
operations, and it requires the report to also include information 
about the effectiveness of those health assessments; Carson (IN) (No 
91) that revises and narrows language that qualifies an administrative 
processing issue as an option for the Secretary in granting an 
exception to required mental health assessments for members of the 
armed forces deployed in support of contingency operations; Carter (TX) 
(No. 92) that increases the amount of money earned by military 
recycling centers that can roll over into the next fiscal year from $2 
million to $10 million; and Carter (TX) (No. 93) that allows military 
recycling centers the authority to accept quality recyclable goods from 
local communities;                                       
Pages H5558-63
  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Case (No. 94) that 
requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment to provide 
a report regarding the security risks posed by non-military aircraft 
overflying military installations inside the United States; Case (No. 
95) that requires the Secretary of Defense to report on current and 
possible expansion of security cooperation and assistance with Pacific 
island countries, including Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon 
Islands, Fiji, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Kiribati, the 
Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Tonga; Case (No. 96) that requires a 
report from the Defense Intelligence Agency detailing actions by 
foreign militaries operating in the Pacific Island countries, gaps in 
intelligence collection capabilities for these countries, and plans to 
overcome any current intelligence collection deficiencies; Judy Chu 
(CA) (No. 97) that supports the measures to continue the cease fire in 
Nagorno Karabakh, including the non-deployment of snipers, heavy arms, 
and new weaponry; encourages the deployment of gun-fire locator systems 
and an increase in OSCE observers along the line-of-contact; Cicilline 
(No. 98) that requires the Secretary of Defense to produce a report 
analyzing the effects of automation within the Defense Industrial Base 
over the next ten years; Cicilline (No. 99) that requires written 
consent from all parties involved in a dispute under the Servicemembers 
Civil Relief Act before settling said conflict through arbitration; 
Cisneros (No. 100) that increases Navy university basic research by 
$5,000,000 in order to support innovative scientific research to help 
the U.S. military maintain technical superiority; Clark (MA) (No. 101) 
that ensures that federal employees may enroll in federal employee 
health benefits program (FEHBP) should they experience a qualifying 
life event during a lapse in appropriations and prohibits the loss of 
life insurance coverage, dental, vision, and long-term care benefits 
for federal employees in the case of a lapse in federal appropriations; 
Clyburn (No. 102) that allows all 8th grade students across the country 
to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps; Cohen 
(No. 103) that directs the Department of Defense to pursue compensation 
from the contractor for costs of non-RFI spare parts that it failed to 
deliver since 2015 as described in the June 13, 2019 DoD Inspector 
General Report No. DODIG-2019-094; DoD received non-RFI spare parts and 
spent up to $303 million in DoD labor costs since 2015; Cohen (No. 104) 
that directs the Department of Defense to conduct a study analyzing the 
cost growth of major defense acquisition programs over the last fifteen 
years; Connolly (No. 105) that delegates to a single Board member or 
the agency General Counsel the authority to stay an agency action that 
the Office of Special Counsel suspects was taken as a result of a 
prohibit personnel practice in order to better protect whistleblowers 
when the Merit Systems Protection Board lacks a confirmed member or a 
quorum; Connolly (No. 106) that prohibits states from coercing military 
technicians into accepting an offer of realignment or conversion to any 
other military status; prohibits retaliation against military 
technicians who decline to participate in such realignment or 
conversion; Connolly (No. 107) that requires a report on any 
individuals or security force units who have participated in security 
cooperation training programs and received security assistance training 
provided by the United States and were subsequently sanctioned by the 
United States for human rights violations or terrorist activities; 
Connolly (No. 108) that provides $2,000,000 in funding for the European 
Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, a NATO-EU joint 
venture to combat threats based on a combination of military and 
nonmilitary means, including but not limited to cyberattacks, election 
interference, and disinformation campaigns; Connolly (No. 109) that 
requires periodic reporting on security clearance adjudication 
backlogs; Cooper (No. 110) that directs DOD, CIA, and the State 
Department to each generate a report detailing progress towards 
reducing the backlog in legally required historical declassification 
obligations, offer solutions, and consider new

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approaches (both technology and policy) to return to productivity; 
Correa (No. 111) that requires the Secretary of Defense to provide the 
congressional defense committees a report on cyber-attacks and 
intrusions against the Department of Defense systems in the previous 12 
months by agents or associates of the Governments of the Russian 
Federation, the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of 
Iran, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Correa (No. 112) 
that requires the ``National Security Commission on Defense Research at 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and other Minority 
Institutions,'' to evaluate the effectiveness of the Department of 
Defense in attracting and retaining STEM students from covered 
institutions for the Department's programs on emerging capabilities and 
technologies; Courtney (No. 113) that requires a report regarding US, 
Russian, and Chinese nuclear systems; Courtney (No. 114) that adds the 
United States Coast Guard Academy to the list of military service 
academies covered by Section 538; Craig (No. 115) that adds $30 Million 
to the Army Community Services account to provide family assistance, 
victim advocacy, financial counseling, employment readiness, and other 
similar support services at installations where 500 or more military 
members are assigned; Crenshaw (No. 116) that provides for the 
inclusion of home schooled students in Junior Reserve Officers' 
Training Corps (JROTC) units by adding criteria under Title 10 and 
would in return give the JROTC unit credit toward an existing 
requirement for the standing of their unit; and Crenshaw (No. 117) that 
waives time limitation and authorizes the award of the Medal of Honor 
to SFC Alwyn Cashe for valor, described within, during combat in 
Operation Iraqi Freedom; and                             
Pages H5563-68
  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 4 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Crist (No. 118) that 
requires the Secretary to account for sea level rise projections and 
future flood risk when creating guidelines for energy and climate 
resiliency at military facilities; Cuellar (No. 119) that requests an 
independent assessment of the United States' funding and resources 
available to the Department of Defense, the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Development, for use in the 
Western Hemisphere; will also focus on investments made by China, Iran, 
and Russia in the Western Hemisphere; Cummings (No. 120) that prohibits 
federal employers and contractors from asking about the criminal 
history of job applicants until they receive conditional offers of 
employment; includes exceptions for positions related to law 
enforcement and national security, positions requiring access to 
classified information, and positions for which access to criminal 
history information is required by law; Cummings (No. 121) that 
requires the Secretary of Defense to carry out activities to improve 
the ability of the Department of Defense to detect and address racial, 
ethnic, and gender disparities in the military justice system; 
Cunningham (No. 122) that expands eligibility in the My Career 
Advancement Account Scholarship Program to spouses of members of the 
Coast Guard and to the spouses of enlisted servicemembers of all 
grades; Cunningham (No. 123) that authorizes the Department of Defense 
to give preference to contractors that employ veterans on a full-time 
basis; Cunningham (No. 124) that requires the Secretary of the Navy to 
issue a report on plans to support and maintain aircraft assigned to 
Marine Corps air stations that will be transitioning from F-18s to F-
35s; Delgado (No.127) that requires a report within 90 days of 
enactment on current Defense Logistics Agency and Defense Commissary 
Agency programs, policies, and practices relating to small farms, farms 
owned by new and beginning farmers, veteran farmers, and minority 
farmers, and opportunities and barriers to expanding their use; Delgado 
(No. 128) that increases funding for the University and Industry 
Research Centers by $5 million; DeSaulnier (No. 129) that requires the 
Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to conduct a joint study on 
the impact of the current policy of withholding disability pay from 
veterans who receive separation pay; DeSaulnier (No. 130) that 
expresses the sense of Congress that the Port Chicago 50 should be 
exonerated of any charges brought against them in the aftermath of the 
deadliest home front explosion in World War II; Doggett (No. 132) that 
ensures an assessment of the policy and operational necessity, risks, 
benefits and costs of establishing military-to-military discussions 
with Iran; Duffy (No. 133) that expands and renames the Troops to 
Teachers program to assist troops transition into any role in an 
education setting; Dunn (No. 134) that requires the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the head of the Joint Artificial 
intelligence center, to submit a report to Congress regarding the use 
and future use of A.I. in DoD; Engel (No. 135) that requires the 
Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State to report on the 
implications of Russian military or private military corporation 
involvement in the U.S. Africa Command Area of Responsibility, provide 
an analysis of the implications of such activity for U.S. interests, 
and develop a plan to counteract destabilizing Russian activity in 
Africa; Engel (No. 136) that requires Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of State to develop a strategy to improve the efforts of the 
Nigerian military to prevent, mitigate, and respond to civilian harm in 
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Super Tucano aircraft and associated weapons acquired from the United 
States; Engel (No. 137) that requires the development of common 
standards for implementing human right vetting and integrating civilian 
protection into the assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of security 
cooperation; Escobar (No. 138) that clarifies that certain standards 
must be met before DoD may assist HHS in providing housing for 
unaccompanied migrant children; Escobar (No. 139) that allows 
installations to use funds derived from energy cost savings for 
operational energy programs; Escobar (No. 140) that requires the 
Department of Defense to specify climate-related mitigation and 
recovery costs in its annual budget submission to Congress; Finkenauer 
(No. 141) that directs Procurement Center Representatives and other 
acquisition personnel to assist small business in the SBIR and STTR 
program in terms of researching applicable solicitations for small 
business concerns and technical assistance when bidding for contracts; 
Fitzpatrick (No. 142) that directs the Secretary of Defense to raise 
the priority of completing DOD Directive 2310.07E in order to clarify 
processes and efficiencies in recovering the remains of heroes missing 
in action, via the POW/MIA Accounting Agency; Fitzpatrick (No. 143) 
that directs DOD to conduct a review of the foreign currency rates used 
at disbursement to determine whether cost-savings opportunities exist 
by more consistently selecting cost-effective rates; Fitzpatrick (No. 
144) that protects and preserves military tuition assistance programs; 
Fitzpatrick (No. 145) that the sense of Congress that the Secretary of 
Defense should work to implement a process to coordinate annual 
research requests between all services and offices under Department of 
Defense to optimize both the benefits to the Department and the 
efficiency of the research; and Fitzpatrick (No. 146) that ensures that 
GPS M-code modernization efforts promote interoperability and 
efficiency while avoiding unnecessary duplication.       
Pages H5568-75
Proceedings Postponed:
  Smith (WA) amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that seeks to increase oversight and transparency of civilian 
casualties;                                              
Pages H5533-34
  Speier amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to require that qualifications for eligibility to serve in an 
armed force account only for the ability of an individual to meet 
gender-neutral occupational standards and not include any criteria 
relating to the race, color, national origin, religion, or sex 
(including gender identity or sexual orientation) of an individual; 
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  Speier amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to enhance access to high-quality family planning education by 
requiring DOD to establish a standardized educational program across 
all branches of the military to be provided during the first year of 
service for a member;                                    
Pages H5547-49
  Brindisi amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to reinstate the Berry Amendment's DoD domestic sourcing 
requirement for stainless steel flatware, also adding a ``dinner ware'' 
domestic sourcing requirement;                           
Pages H5549-50
  Torres (CA) amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that seeks to prohibit the President from removing items from 
Categories 1-3 of the United States Munitions List;      
Pages H5550-51
  Connolly amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that seeks to prohibit the elimination of the Office of Personnel 
Management;                                              
Pages H5551-52
  Shalala amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to require the DOD Secretary to publish on its website the 
distribution of DOD Tuition Assistance Funds at institutions of higher 
education; audit any proprietary institution receiving DOD Tuition 
Assistance funds that fails to meet the Financial Responsibility 
Standards in the Higher Education Act of 1965 under Section 498(c) and 
publish the results of the audit on its website;         
Pages H5554-55
  Omar amendment (No. 17 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to require reporting on financial costs and national security 
benefits for overseas military operations, including permanent military 
installations and bases; and                             
Pages H5555-57
  Smith (WA) amendment (No. 19 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that seeks to amend the current statutory prohibition on members of 
Congress contracting with the federal government to include the 
President, Vice President, and any Cabinet member.       
Pages H5557-58
  H. Res. 476, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2500) was agreed to, as amended, by a yea-and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 
197 nays, Roll No. 436, after the McGovern amendment was agreed to by a 
recorded vote of 234 ayes to 197 noes, Roll No. 435, after the previous 
question was ordered on the amendment and the resolution by a yea-and-
nay vote of 232 yeas to 197 nays, Roll No. 434. 
                                               Pages H5314-23, H5334-36
Senate Referral: S. 239 was held at the desk.                
  Page H5314
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H5314.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings

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of today and appear on pages H5334, H5334-35, H5335-36, and H5336. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:39 p.m.