[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 116 (Thursday, July 11, 2019)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D814-D829]
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: 38 public bills, H.R. 3694-
3731; and 1 resolution, H. Res. 484 were introduced.     
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1306, to amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act to develop a 
study regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection 
and preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 
116-145);
  H.R. 1311, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that unmet needs after a major 
disaster are met (H. Rept. 116-146);
  H.R. 2502, to amend title 40, United States Code, to require certain 
prospectuses for public buildings to be made publicly available, and 
for other purposes (H. Rept. 116-147);
  H.R. 1984, to amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to 
require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to annually 
submit to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance provided 
by the Federal Government (H. Rept. 116-148);
  H.R. 1365, to make technical corrections to the Guam World War II 
Loyalty Recognition Act (H. Rept. 116-149);
  H.R. 582, to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and 
for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-150); and
  H.R. 3494, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other 
purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 116-151, Part 1).      
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed 
Representative Cuellar to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:49 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
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Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Dr. 
George S. Dillard, Peachtree City Christian Church, Peachtree City, 
Georgia.                                                     
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020: The House 
considered 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 12th. 
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Agreed to:
  Smith (WA) amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that was debated on July 10th that increases oversight and transparency 
of civilian casualties (by a recorded vote of 236 ayes to 193 noes, 
Roll No. 438);                                               
Page H5606
  Speier amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 10th that requires 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 (by a recorded vote of 242 ayes to 187 noes, Roll No. 
439);                                                    
Pages H5606-07
  Speier amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 10th that enhances 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 (by a recorded vote of 
231 ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 440);                     
Pages H5607-08
  Brindisi amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 10th that reinstates the Berry Amendment's DOD 
domestic sourcing requirement for stainless steel flatware, also adding 
a ``dinner ware'' domestic sourcing requirement (by a recorded vote of 
243 ayes to 187 noes, Roll No. 441);                         
Page H5608
  Torres (CA) amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that was debated on July 10th that prohibits the President from 
removing items from Categories 1-3 of the United States Munitions List 
(by a recorded vote of 225 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 442); 
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  Connolly amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that was debated on July 10th that prohibits the elimination of the 
Office of Personnel Management (by a recorded vote of 247 ayes to 182 
noes, Roll No. 443);                                     
Pages H5609-10
  Shalala amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 10th that requires the DOD Secretary to publish on 
its website the distribution of DOD Tuition Assistance Funds at 
institutions of higher education; audit any

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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 (by a recorded vote of 251 ayes to 178 noes, 
Roll No. 444);                                               
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  Omar amendment (No. 17 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
was debated on July 10th that requires reporting on financial costs and 
national security benefits for overseas military operations, including 
permanent military installations and bases (by a recorded vote of 219 
ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 445);                         
Pages H5610-11
  Smith (WA) amendment (No. 19 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that was debated on July 10th that amends the current statutory 
prohibition on members of Congress contracting with the federal 
government to include the President, Vice President, and any Cabinet 
member (by a recorded vote of 243 ayes to 186 noes with one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 446);                              
Pages H5611-12
  Sherman amendment (No. 21 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
prohibits funds from being used to transfer defense articles or 
services to Azerbaijan unless the President certifies to Congress that 
the articles or services do not threaten civil aviation (by a recorded 
vote of 234 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 447);      
Pages H5595-96, H5612
  Ted Lieu (CA) amendment (No. 23 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
143) that prohibits funds from the Special Defense Acquisition Fund to 
aid Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates if such assistance could 
be used to conduct or continue hostilities in Yemen (by a recorded vote 
of 239 ayes to 187 noes, Roll No. 448);            
Pages H5596, 5612-13
  Ted Lieu (CA) amendment (No. 24 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
143) that prohibits funds from being used to transfer any defense 
articles or services to Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates under 
the emergency authority of the Arms Export Control Act that circumvents 
congressional review (by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to 180 noes, Roll 
No. 449);                                      
Pages H5596-98, H5613-14
  Smith (WA) amendment (No. 26 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that prohibits support to and participation in the Saudi-led 
coalition's military operations against the Houthis in Yemen (by a 
recorded vote of 240 ayes to 185 noes, Roll No. 450); 
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  Cicilline amendment (No. 27 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that repeals existing restrictions on the United States from 
transferring and exporting weapons, and defense articles and services 
to the Republic of Cyprus (by a recorded vote of 252 ayes to 173 noes, 
Roll No. 451);                              
Pages H5599-H5601, H5614-15
  Engel amendment (No. 29 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
improves current law related to policies and planning to ensure 
civilian protection, including procedures for incidents involving 
civilian casualties (by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 183 noes, Roll 
No. 452);                                      
Pages H5601-03, H5615-16
  Engel amendment (No. 31 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
expresses that the U.S. should seek to extend the New START Treaty, 
unless Russia is in material breach of the Treaty, or the U.S. and 
Russia have entered into a new agreement that has equal or greater 
constraints, transparency, and verification measures on Russia's 
nuclear forces; prohibits use of funds to withdraw from New START; 
requires DNI, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense reports 
detailing the consequences of the Treaty's lapse and impact on US 
nuclear modernization plan; requires Presidential certification 
regarding future of the Treaty before its potential expiration (by a 
recorded vote of 236 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 453); 
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  Langevin amendment (No. 35 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that increases by $20,000,000 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation budget 
to conduct research and development on low-enriched uranium for naval 
reactors, decreases the National Nuclear Security Agency federal 
expenses and other expenditures budget by a similar amount; 
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  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 5 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Sherman (No. 20) that 
directs the Administration to issue a prohibition against Americans 
trading in new Russian sovereign debt, subject to review by the 
Administration and Congress following each national mid-term and 
presidential election; Jayapal (No. 37) that requires the Defense 
Department to submit to Congress annual reports on employment or 
compensation of retired general or flag officers by foreign governments 
for emoluments clause purposes; Aguilar (No. 38) that requires a 
feasibility study on Department of Defense using two Federal Bureau of 
Investigation databases to screen potential enlistees for ties to white 
nationalist organizations; Porter (No. 40) that repeals the delay in 
the payday lending rule as it relates to servicemembers, veterans and 
surviving spouses; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 43) that allocates $10,000,000 
for the purchase, deployment and operation of closed detonation 
chambers on Vieques, Puerto Rico; Torres (CA) (No. 47) that directs the 
Office of Management and Budget to categorize public safety 
telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard 
Occupational Classification System; Fortenberry (No. 147) that provides 
a Sense of Congress supporting the conditions for security of displaced 
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Iraq and to enable their safe return home; Foster (No. 148) that amends 
the testing requirement for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense System 
to include the use of threat-representative countermeasures; Foster 
(No. 149) that extends the congressional notification period to 180 
days if the Secretary of Defense chooses to terminate its contract with 
the JASON scientific advisory group and requires that the Secretary 
receive congressional approval; also clarifies that JASON provides 
scientific and technical advice to multiple Federal agencies, including 
the Department of Defense; Foster (No. 150) that requires an 
independent study on the impacts of missile defense development and 
deployment; Foxx (No. 151) that expresses the Sense of Congress that 
(1) NATO is central to U.S.-European defense matters and (2) military 
cooperation in Europe by NATO member countries should complement NATO 
efforts and should not hinder military system interoperability and 
burden sharing among NATO allies; Frankel (FL) (No. 152) that requires 
the Director of National Intelligence to submit an intelligence 
assessment on the relationship between women and violent extremism and 
terrorism; Gaetz (No. 153) that requires a report to Congress on 
contracts being forcibly terminated based on foreign governments' 
actions that impeded the ability of the contractor to perform their 
contract; Gaetz (No. 154) that promotes posthumously LT. Col. Dick Cole 
to the rank of colonel; Gallagher (No. 155) that directs the President 
to submit to Congress a report on ZTE's compliance with the settlement 
agreement it reached with the Department of Commerce on June 8, 2018; 
Gallagher (No. 156) that restores $75 million for National Security 
Innovation Capital to fund the commercialization and scaling of dual 
use, hardware-based critical to the military but currently underserved 
by the private venture capital and often funded by strategic and 
persistent capital from China; Gallagher (No. 157) that prohibits the 
Secretary of Commerce from removing Huawei from the Entity List 
maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security until the Secretary 
certifies that Huawei and its officers have not engaged in sanctions 
violations or IP theft in the preceding five years, and that Huawei 
does not pose an ongoing threat to US or allied telecommunications and 
infrastructure; Gallego (No. 158) that requires a report on the 
National Guard's capacity to meet Homeland Defense missions; Gallego 
(No. 159) that changes eligibility of telecommunications goods and 
services to be provided to DoD installations in U.S. Territories in the 
Pacific Ocean to restrict ownership by or significant components from 
U.S. adversaries; Garamendi (No. 160) that extends the authority to 
carry out the backup Global Positioning System capability 
demonstration, which is a current expiring directive authority from the 
FY18 NDAA, by an additional 18 months, and extends the report 
submission an additional 18 months; Garamendi (No. 161) that ensures 
departing servicemembers and veterans can more easily credit their 
military sea service toward earning a Merchant Mariner Credential 
needed to sail US-flagged vessels; Gonzalez-Colon (PR) (No. 162) that 
requires the Secretary of Defense to review the effects on preparedness 
to provide support to States and territories in connection with natural 
disasters, threats, and emergencies prior to inactivating any Army 
watercraft unit; Gonzalez-Colon (PR) (No. 163) that directs GAO to 
complete a study and submit a report to the congressional defense 
committees on the status of the Federal cleanup and decontamination 
process in the former military training sites located on the island-
municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico; shall include an 
analysis of the pace of ongoing environmental restoration efforts and 
potential challenges and alternatives to accelerate the completion of 
such process; Gonzalez-Colon (PR) (No. 164) that expresses the sense of 
Congress that combating transnational criminal organizations and 
illicit narcotics trafficking across the transit zone and the Caribbean 
basin is critical to the national security of the United States and 
that the Department of Defense (DoD) should work with the Department of 
Homeland Security, the Department of State, and other relevant Federal, 
State, local, and international partners to improve surveillance 
capabilities and maximize the effectiveness of counterdrug operations 
in the region; and Gosar (No. 165) that ensures that the United States 
will eliminate dependency on rare earth materials from China by fiscal 
year 2035;                                               
Pages H5624-31
  Takano amendment (No. 39 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
any member of the Armed Forces and their respective spouse, widow, 
widower, parent, son or daughter is eligible for parole in place under 
the Immigration and Nationality Act;                     
Pages H5631-32
  Huffman amendment (No. 46 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
takes land into trust as part of the reservation of the Lytton 
Rancheria;                                               
Pages H5636-38
  Frankel amendment (No. 34 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
prohibits funding for missiles noncompliant with the Intermediate-Range 
Nuclear Forces Treaty until the Secretary of Defense meets certain 
conditions (by a recorded vote of 215 ayes to 214 noes, Roll No. 456); 
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  Ted Lieu (CA) amendment (No. 44 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
143) that prohibits funds from being obligated or expended at 
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owned by the President or that bear his name (enumerated in the 
amendment); a waiver is made available if the President reimburses the 
Department of the Treasury for the amount associated with the expense 
(by a recorded vote of 223 ayes to 205 noes with one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 457);                       
Pages H5632-34, H5640
  Raskin amendment (No. 45 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
prohibits military parades and exhibitions for political purposes (by a 
recorded vote of 221 ayes to 207 noes, Roll No. 458); 
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  Pappas amendment (No. 48 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
requires the EPA to revise the list of toxic pollutants under the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to include per and polyfluoroalkyl 
substances (PFAS) and publish effluent and pretreatment standards; 
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  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 6 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Dean (No. 125) that 
authorizes an additional $5 million for the nationwide CDC ATSDR PFAS 
health study; Dean (No. 126) that directs the Secretary of the Navy to 
publish a military specification for a fluorine-free fire fighting 
agent by 2023 to ensure it can be used by 2025; prohibits usage on or 
after September 30th, 2025; limits the ability for the Secretary of 
Defense to use a waiver for a period that exceeds one year--current 
waiver period is up to 6 years; Dingell (No. 131) that prohibits the 
Defense Logistics Agency from using any food contact substances to 
assemble or package meals ready-to-eat (MRE) with PFAS chemicals 
beginning in FY2021; Kildee (No. 218) that requires GAO to conduct a 
review of DoD's response to PFAS contamination in and around military 
bases; Levin (MI) (No. 251) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
ensure that all incineration of materials containing PFAS is conducted 
in a manner that eliminates PFAS while also ensuring that no PFAS is 
emitted into the air; that all incineration is conducted in accordance 
with the requirements of the Clean Air Act; that materials containing 
PFAS and designated for disposal are stored safely; and that no 
incineration be conducted at any facility that violated the 
requirements of the Clean Air Act during the year preceding the date of 
disposal; Pappas (No. 310) that creates an online clearinghouse of 
information for members of the Armed Services to find information about 
exposure to PFAS and treatment for associated health conditions; Turner 
(No. 382) that requires the Secretary of Defense to enter into 
agreements with municipalities or municipal drinking water utilities 
located adjacent to military installations to share monitoring data 
relating to perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, and 
other emerging contaminants collected on military installations; Kildee 
(No. 410) that authorizes $5 million for the first year of a five year 
study by the USGS to survey for PFAS contamination across the country; 
and Dingell (No. 418) that requires the Department of Defense to enter 
into cooperative agreements with states to mitigate PFAS contamination 
resulting from their facilities;                         
Pages H5646-50
  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 7 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Gottheimer (No. 166) 
that adds ``adversary actions that threaten freedom of navigation on 
the international waterways, including attacks on foreign ships and 
crews'' to the matters to be studied in the study on Mobility 
Capability Requirements; Gottheimer (No. 167) that directs the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State to send Congress 
recommendations to improve the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program; 
Gottheimer (No. 168) that adds Hamas, Hizballah, Palestine Islamic 
Jihad, al-Shabaab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the 
organizations prohibited from being provided weapons; Gottheimer (No. 
169) that adds ``anti-Semitism'' to the list of questions about 
workplace experiences on DOD surveys; Graves (LA) (No. 170) that 
extends the expiration of the exemption from enhanced competition 
requirements for no-cost contracts for the purchase of property and 
services by executive agencies; Graves (LA) (No. 171) that authorizes 
the service secretaries to award the Vietnam Service medal to veterans 
who participated in Operation End Sweep; Graves (LA) (No. 172) that 
requires a report regarding management of military commissaries and 
exchanges to the congressional defense committees; Graves (LA) (No. 
173) that allows the National Guard to be reimbursed in a timely manner 
in response to an emergency declared under the Stafford Act; Green (TN) 
(No. 174) that assesses the availability and usage of the assistance of 
chaplains, houses of worship, and other spiritual resources for members 
of the Armed Forces of all self-identified religious affiliations in 
order to help counter the tragic rate of military suicides; Haaland 
(No. 175) that requires the Secretaries of Defense and State to report 
on human rights of Brazil's security forces in light of potential 
increased security cooperation; Haaland (No. 176) that prohibits the 
Department of Defense from contracting with companies that do not have 
a sexual harassment policy; Hagedorn (No. 177) that parrots the 
language found in OMB memorandums M-11-32 and M-12-16 as closely as 
possible, directing agencies to accelerate payment of small business 
prime contractors to the fullest extent possible, with a goal of 15 
days after receipt of proper invoice; extends this accelerated payment 
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to other-than-small prime contractors that subcontract with small 
businesses on the condition that the prime contractors agree to 
accelerate payments to their small sub-contractors; Hastings (No. 178) 
that requires contractors to submit total Independent Research and 
Development spending to the Defense Technical Information Center, who 
will provide access to the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 
Engineering, the Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, and 
Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency; requires the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to report to Congress 
on the cost expended and trends related to Independent Research and 
Development spending; Hastings (No. 179) that requires contractors to 
submit total Bid and Proposal spending to the Director of the Defense 
Contract Audit Agency, who will provide access to the Principal 
Director for Defense Pricing and Contracting to fulfill DoD reporting 
requirements; Hastings (No. 180) that Repeals the Defense Cost 
Accounting Standards Board as duplicative of the Cost Accounting 
Standards Board under the Office of Procurement Policy; Hastings (No. 
181) that Establishes a joint Military Transition Outreach Pilot 
Program for contacting service-members 30, 60, and 90 days post-
separation and/or retirement from active duty, to improve communication 
between the veteran and DoD related to benefits and other general 
concerns; Hastings (No. 182) that expresses the sense of Congress that 
the United States has strong and enduring interests in the security and 
prosperity of Oceania and the Western Pacific region and should 
expeditiously begin negotiations on the renewal of the Compacts of Free 
Association (COFA); Heck (No. 183) that requires the Services as part 
of their annual financial literacy education briefing, to include 
information on free credit monitoring available to servicemembers under 
the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act; 
Heck (No. 184) that improves emergency response, requires the DoD Fire 
and Emergency Services Working Group to implement a plan to address any 
deficiencies with interoperability caused by incompatibility between 
the DoD communications system and that of and civilian agencies; 
Higgins (NY) (No. 185) that authorizes the Secretary of Defense to 
contribute up to $5 million to the National Maritime Heritage Grant 
Program; Hill (CA) (No. 186) that directs the Office of the Secretary 
of Defense to strengthen the domestic industrial base for small un-
manned aircraft systems; Hollingsworth (No. 187) expressing a Sense of 
the House of Representatives that the Defense Health Agency should 
increase re-search and development efforts regarding bioprinting and 
biofabricating of human tissues in austere military environments; Horn 
(No. 188) that allows all retired air traffic controllers who are FERS 
employees and working as instructors or supervisors to keep the annuity 
they paid into during their careers as air traffic controllers 
regardless of how many hours a week they work training the next 
generation of air traffic controllers for the FAA; and Kendra Horn (OK) 
(No. 189) that direct the Department of Defense IG to conduct an audit 
of each of the military services and DoD agencies as applicable to 
determine if there has been any excess profit or excessive cost 
escalation in sole source, commercial depot maintenance contracts, 
including parts, supplies, equipment and maintenance services; 
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  Kendra Horn (OK) en bloc amendment No. 8 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Horsford (No. 191) 
that increases funding for Air Force University Research Initiatives by 
$5,000,000; Houlahan (No. 192) that allows contracting officers the 
ability to provide unsuccessful offerors of certain task or delivery 
orders a brief explanation as to why the offeror lost the award; 
Houlahan (No. 193) that extends death benefits to members of the Armed 
Forces participating in the Career Intermission Program; Houlahan (No. 
194) that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to 
Congress assessing the potential military, intelligence, and logistical 
threats facing U.S. military infrastructure due to Chinese military 
assets in Djibouti; Jackson Lee (No. 195) that adds report to be 
submitted within 220 days following enactment on Capacity to Provide 
Disaster Survivors with Emergency Short Term Housing; Jackson Lee (No. 
196) that condemns the actions of Boko Haram and directs that the 
Secretary of Defense submit a report on efforts to combat Boko Haram; 
Jackson Lee (No. 197) that requires Secretary of Defense to report to 
Congress programs and procedures employed to ensure students studying 
abroad through Department of Defense National Security Education 
Programs are trained to recognize, resist, and report against 
recruitment efforts by agents of foreign governments; Jackson Lee (No. 
198) that requires report on Maternity Mortality Rates for military 
members and their dependents; Jackson Lee (No. 199) that requires 
report to be submitted to Congress within 240 days following enactment 
on the risks posed by debris in low earth orbit and to make 
recommendations on remediation of risks and outline plans to reduce the 
incident of space debris; Jackson Lee (No. 200) that requires that a 
report from the Secretary of Defense 240 days after the date of the 
enactment to the congressional defense committees that accounts for all 
of the efforts, programs, initiatives, and investments of the

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Department of Defense to train elementary, secondary, and postsecondary 
students in fields related to cybersecurity, cyber defense, and cyber 
operations; Jackson Lee (No. 201) that provides authorization for a $10 
million increase in funding for increased collaboration with NIH to 
combat Triple Negative Breast Cancer; Jackson Lee (No. 202) that 
provides authorization for $2.5 million increase in funding to combat 
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Jackson Lee (No. 203) that 
directs the Secretary of Defense to promulgate regulations to ensure 
that candidates granted admission to attend a military academy undergo 
screening for speech disorders and be provided the results of the 
screening test and a list of warfare unrestricted line (URL) Officer 
positions and occupation specialists that require successful 
performance on the speech test; academy students shall have the option 
of undergoing speech therapy to reduce speech disorders or impediments; 
Jackson Lee (No. 204) that adds to the objectives of the Artificial 
Intelligence Education Strategy to include instruction on the 
``opportunities and risks'' posed by advancements in AI; Jayapal (No. 
205) that increases available funding for the National Guard Suicide 
Prevention Pilot Program by $5,000,000; Jayapal (No. 206) that directs 
federal agencies to initiate debarment proceedings for contractors with 
repeat and willful wage theft violations; Jeffries (No. 207) that adds 
a requirement to the DOD's annual report on the military and security 
developments involving People's Republic of China about the nature of 
China and Russia's strategic cooperation; specifically, the amendment 
requires the DOD to include in their annual report an evaluation of 
what strategic objectives Russia and China share and are acting on and 
what objectives they misalign on; Johnson (TX) (No. 208) that requires 
an annual update of the climate vulnerability and risk assessment tool 
by the Secretary of Defense in consultation with requisite Federal 
agencies; Johnson (TX) (No. 209) that adds the inclusion of cultural 
competence and diversity to the strategy for the recruitment and 
retention of mental health providers for members of the Armed Forces; 
Johnson (TX) (No. 210) that mandates the installation and maintenance 
of an appropriate number of carbon monoxide detectors in each unit of 
military family housing on military posts and bases; Joyce (No. 211) 
that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress 
describing projects awaiting evaluation from the Realty Governance 
Board and an assessment of the impact such projects would have on the 
overall security of the requesting installation; Kaptur (No. 212) that 
expands DOD's authority to operate the youth civil-military STEM 
program, STARBASE, to allow participation and collaboration with the 
Coast Guard; Keating (No. 213) that requires the Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Secretary of State, to ensure the meaningful 
inclusion of Afghan women in peace negotiations; Keating (No. 214) that 
establishes a coordinator for ISIS detainee issues; and Kelly (IL) (No. 
215) that requires the Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
to submit a report to Congress on military spouse financial literacy 
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  Kendra Horn (OK) en bloc amendment No. 9 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Khanna (No. 216) that 
authorizes $10M to be available to develop and prepare a monitoring and 
verification program related to the phased denuclearization of North 
Korea, in coordination with relevant international partners and 
organizations; Kildee (No. 219) that requires the DoD to train service 
members on the threat posed by foreign misinformation campaigns, 
including by Russia, that actively target service members and their 
families; Kildee (No. 220) that requires the DoD certify that it is 
complying with HUD's regulations to protect service members and their 
families against lead-based paint in military housing; would also 
require the DoD to create regulations to allow independent testing of 
lead hazards in military housing; Kildee (No. 221) that requires the 
DoD to report to Congress on civilian casualties caused by Saudi 
airstrikes in Yemen and whether the Saudi strikes would have complied 
with the DoD's rules of engagement and interpretation of international 
law; Kilmer (No. 222) that directs the Secretary of the Defense to 
conduct a study on the status of the transition from the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to the National Reconnaissance Office of 
the leadership role in acquiring commercial satellite remote sensing 
data on behalf of the Department of Defense and the Intelligence 
Community; Kilmer (No. 223) that directs the Secretary of the Navy to 
enter into an agreement with a Federally funded research and 
development center with relevant expertise to conduct an assessment of 
the impacts resulting from the Navy's suspension in 2016 of the 
Accelerated Promotion Program; the Secretary shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the results of the 
evaluation by not later than June 1, 2020, and shall provide interim 
briefings upon request; King (IA) (No. 224) that requires an additional 
requirement in ``Matters to be Included'' under Section 1246 to require 
an assessment of China's expansion of its surveillance state; any 
correlation of such expansion with its oppression of its citizens and 
its threat to United States national security interests around the 
world; and an overview of the extent to which such surveillance 
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within its own borders; Kinzinger (No. 225) that prohibits divestiture 
from the RC-26B manned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
(ISR) platform, permits the use of resources authorized by the 
legislation for support of the RC-26B, allows the National Guard to 
enter into at least one memorandum of agreement with other federal 
entities for the purposes of mission support, and requires a re-port 
detailing how the Air Force intends to provide manned or un-manned ISR 
mission support in the event the platform is divested; Krishnamoorthi 
(No. 226) that requires the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to 
Congress on the effectiveness of readiness contracts in meeting the 
military's prescription drug supply needs and how the contractual 
approach can be a model for responding to drug shortages in the 
civilian health care market; Krishnamoorthi (No. 227) that adds 
``carbon monoxide'', to Section 2815 of the bill on page 1008; 
Krishnamoorthi (No. 228) that allows the Secretary of Defense to 
coordinate with workforce development organizations in implementing the 
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) Computer Science and 
Cybersecurity Program; Kuster (NH) (No. 229) that requires board for 
the correction of military records and discharge review boards to 
consult with a expert in trauma specific to sexual assault, intimate 
partner violence, or spousal abuse when reviewing applicant claims 
based on sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or spousal abuse; 
Kuster (NH) (No. 230) that requires members of boards for the 
correction of military records and discharge review boards receive 
training in sexual trauma, intimate partner violence, spousal abuse, 
and the various responses of individuals to trauma; Kuster (NH) (No. 
231) that requires the Secretary of Defense enact policies and 
procedures to register civilian protection orders on military bases; 
Kuster (NH) (No. 232) that requires the Undersecretary for Acquisition 
and Sustainment submit a report to Congress evaluating service-level 
best practices for collecting real property data and implement service-
wide guidance based off these best practices; Kuster (NH) (No. 233) 
that requires GAO complete a study on partnerships between military 
installations and civilian domestic and sexual violence response 
organizations to improve collaboration and services provided to 
survivors of sexual and domestic violence; LaMalfa (No. 234) that 
reaffirms the action of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into 
trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 
Indians; Lamb (No. 235) that directs the Secretary of Defense to carry 
out a program on musculoskeletal injury prevention research to identify 
risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries among members of the Armed 
Forces and to create a better understanding for adaptive bone formation 
during initial entry military training; Lamb (No. 236) that requires 
the Interagency Program Office of the Department of Defense and 
Department of Veterans Affairs to demonstrate that it has achieved 
interoperability in the implementation of electronic health records; 
requires the Office to manage the configuration of the electronic 
health records, consult with clinicians, and survey clinicians and 
patients; defines ``interoperability'' and ``seamless health care''; 
Lamborn (No. 237) that requires a report and brief from Under Secretary 
of Defense for R&E on potential need for a multi-object kill vehicle 
(MOKV) in future architecture of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, 
including: an assessment of technology readiness level of needed 
components and operational system; cost and comprehensive development 
and testing schedule to deploy such system by 2025; an assessment of if 
MOKV was considered in the Redesigned Kill Vehicle program re-baseline 
as a replacement for future Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) kill 
vehicles; a concept of operations of how an MOKV capability could be 
employed and how it compares to alternative GMD interceptors; and 
Lamborn (No. 238) that modifies the current bill language to prohibit 
the use of funds to enter into a global household goods contract until 
after the Comptroller General reports back to congressional defense 
committees on a comprehensive study analyzing the effects of 
outsourcing the defense personal property program to a private entity 
or entities, a cost-benefit analysis, and recommendations for changes 
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  Kendra Horn (OK) en bloc amendment No. 10 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Langevin (No. 239) 
that adds cybersecurity metrics as a required component of acquisitions 
using the new Section 801 authority: ``ESTABLISHMENT OF ACQUISITION 
PATHWAYS FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE UPGRADES''; Langevin 
(No. 240) that requires the President to provide the congressional 
defense committees with a copy of all National Security Presidential 
Memorandums relating to DoD operations in cyberspace; Langevin (No. 
241) that extends Section 1202 of Title 10, support of special 
operations for irregular warfare, for three years; Langevin (No. 242) 
that strengthens current written notifications of Section 127e of Title 
10, support of special operations to combat terrorism; Larsen (WA) (No. 
243) that increases funding for the Defense Language and National 
Security Education Office by $13,404,000 for Chinese language and 
culture studies; Larsen (No. 244) that amends Section 1089 to require 
the Interagency Working Group to provide best practices to grantees at 
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plan; Larsen (No. 245) that modifies Section 1091(b) of the Fiscal Year 
2019 National Defense Authorization Act to require that the Secretary 
of Defense develop a transition plan for institutions of higher 
education to develop independent Chinese language programs; Lawrence 
(No. 246) that requires the Secretary of Defense to share lessons 
learned and best practices on progress of gender integration 
implementation in the Armed Forces; Lawrence (No. 247) that states that 
the Secretary of Defense shall require each of the military departments 
to examine successful strategies in use by foreign military services to 
recruit and retain women, and to consider potential best practices for 
implementation in the United States Armed Forces, as recommended by the 
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services; Lee (NV) (No. 248) 
that requires DOD to update service branch abuse programs to explicitly 
include gambling disorder within six months of enactment; Lee (NV) (No. 
249) that clarifies the purpose of the interagency program office to 
include decision-making on functional, technical, and programmatic 
activities to promote interoperability of electronic health records and 
requires the Secretaries of the Departments to allocate sufficient 
resources and authorities for management of the activities of the 
office, including budget and staffing; mandates reports to Congress and 
the public on the activities of the office; Lesko (No. 250) that 
expresses a sense of the House of Representatives that it's critical 
for the Air Force to have the capability to train against advanced air 
adversary and that the Air Force's use of F-35As as aggressor aircraft 
reflects a recognition of the need to field a modernized aggressor 
fleet. Requires a report from the Air Force on strategy for modernizing 
the organic aggressor fleet; Levin (MI) (No. 252) that directs GAO to 
submit a report regarding the number of defense contractors in the last 
five years who have been found to have committed willful or repeat 
violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Fair Labor 
Standards Act; Levin (CA) (No. 253) that authorizes an additional $5 
million for Naval University Research Initiatives, which improve the 
quality of defense research at universities and support the education 
of engineers and scientists in disciplines critical to national defense 
needs; Levin (CA) (No. 254) that directs a 1-year independent 
assessment and 5-year longitudinal study of the Transition Assistance 
Program, as in Sections 6 and 7 of H.R. 2326; Levin (CA) (No. 255) that 
directs the Secretary of Defense to report on the Department's 
Combating Trafficking Persons Initiative; Ted Lieu (CA) (No. 256) that 
prohibits in-flight refueling to non-United States aircraft that engage 
in hostilities in the ongoing civil war in Yemen for two years, or 
until a specific authorization has been enacted; Ted Lieu (CA) (No. 
257) that requires a report to Congress detailing the U.S. strategy for 
Libya; Loebsack (No. 258) that extends Temporary Installation 
Reutilization Authority for leasing excess space at Army arsenals, 
depots, and plants through September 30, 2025; requires the Secretary 
of the Army to determine the logistical, information technology, and 
security requirements to create an internal listing service of Army 
assets available for lease at Arsenals, depots, and plants; Loebsack 
(No. 259) that requires the Secretary of Defense to perform an 
assessment of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, as well 
as Maintenance and Manufacturing (STEM) workforce for organizations 
within the DOD, identify the types and quantities of STEM jobs needed 
to support future mission work, and identify a plan of action to 
address the STEM jobs gap; Lowenthal (No. 260) that notwithstanding any 
provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Defense may 
continue to consider and select heating, ventilation, and air 
conditioning systems that utilize variable refrigerant flow as an 
option for use in Department of Defense facilities; Lucas (No. 261) 
that expands an already existing Department of Defense reporting 
requirement on solid rocket motors to include the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration; Lujan (No. 262) that expresses the sense of 
Congress that the Secretary of Energy should ensure that each 
laboratory operating contractor or plant or site manager of a National 
Nuclear Security Administration facility adopt generally accepted and 
consistent accounting practices for laboratory, plant, or site directed 
research and development; Lujan (No. 263) that directs Under Secretary 
of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Director of the 
Advanced Manufacturing Office to write a report on the feasibility and 
benefits of a multiyear entrepreneurial fellowship program; report will 
include information on the program's costs, benefits, and plan for 
implementation; and Lujan (No. 264) that amends the Radiation Exposure 
Compensation Act to include a Congressional apology to the states of 
New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Wyoming, Oregon, 
Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nevada, Guam, and the Northern 
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  Kendra Horn (OK) en bloc amendment No. 11 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Luria (No. 265) that 
calls attention to musculoskeletal injuries, one of the top injuries 
facing warfighters, recognizes the importance of tissue repair 
innovations for these injuries, and encourages continued research and 
innovation that is occurring within the Navy's Wound Care Research 
program; Luria (No. 266) that directs the Department of Defense to 
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could enter into more energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs); 
Lynch (No. 267) that reestablishes the Commission on Wartime 
Contracting and requires it to to examine federal agency contracting 
funded by OCO; federal agency contracting for the logistical support of 
coalition forces operating under the 2001 or 2002 AUMF; and federal 
agency contracting for the performance of security functions in 
countries where coalition forces are operating under the 2001 or 2002 
AUMF; Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) (No. 268) that improves the ability of 
separating or retiring members of the Armed Forces to seek state 
veterans services by enabling them to elect to have their DD-214 shared 
with county veterans service officers; Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) (No. 
269) that ensures the availability of certain medical services at U.S. 
Service Academies, including emergency room services, orthopedic 
services, general surgery services and gynecological services; Mast 
(No. 270) that expands eligibility of military MWR housing in order to 
give financial relief to allow Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) who 
temporarily lose housing allowance while on mandatory Home Leave status 
to rent military housing; McBath (No. 271) that exempts from the 
calculation of monthly income a disabled veteran's disability payments 
from the VA and DoD during bankruptcy proceedings; McGovern (No. 272) 
that authorizes and increases by $11 million the Wounded Warrior 
Service Dog Program, decreases Operations and Maintenance Defense-Wise 
by $11 million; McKinley (No. 273) that adds the Secretary of Energy to 
the list of people the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment should consult when establishing guidance as outlined in 
Section 807--Acquisition and Disposal of Certain Rare Earth Materials; 
McKinley (No. 274) that clarifies that the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment should not acquire items simply 
containing rare earth materials, but should instead focus on acquiring 
materials with high concentrations of rare earth materials; McKinley 
(No. 275) that clarifies that the guidance for best value contracting 
methods should consider if and when sole source contracts with 
universities or other entities are appropriate; McKinley (No. 276) that 
requires the Department of Defense to submit a report to Congress 
regarding the resources and authorities the Secretary determines 
necessary to identify the effects of the National Guard Youth Challenge 
Program on graduates of that program during the five years immediately 
preceding the date of the report; McNerney (No. 277) that requires the 
Department of Defense to submit a plan to reduce facility water 
consumption intensity by 2 percent annually through the end of fiscal 
year 2025; Meadows (No. 278) that requires a report on the feasibility 
of revising the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to 
include requirements relating to ``consumption-based solutions'' to 
provide capabilities that are metered and billed based on actual usage, 
with the ability to scale capacity up or down, in line with defense 
acquisition system reforms identified by the Section 809 Panel created 
by the FY2016 NDAA; Meadows (No. 279) that makes delinquent or unpaid 
federal taxes one of the data elements federal contractors are required 
to disclose and periodically update in the Federal Awardee Performance 
and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS); Meadows (No. 280) that 
authorizes the service acquisition executive of the relevant military 
department, in administering software acquisition pathways, to delegate 
responsibilities under Sec. 801(d) to a program executive officer (or 
equivalent) to facilitate more rapid acquisition of software 
applications and software upgrades; Meadows (No. 281) that requires a 
briefing from the Secretary of Defense detailing how the Trusted 
Capital Marketplace pilot program will 1) align with critical defense 
requirements and 2) become self-sustaining; Meadows (No. 282) that 
establishes that it is the policy of the United States to prevent the 
financing of al-Shabaab by combatting illicit trafficking and 
encouraging compliance with international bans on trafficked goods 
which finance al-Shabaab; requires a Defense and State Department 
report on: a) the previous and current engagement of the departments 
with relevant national and subnational governments, b) recommendations 
to end trafficking that finances al-Shabaab, and c) the underlying 
forces leading to continued widespread trafficking; Meadows (No. 283) 
that expresses the sense of Congress that the ability of Mongolia, a 
consistent troop contributor to United States combat operations and 
partner of NATO, to protect its sovereignty, democracy, and ability to 
pursue an independent foreign policy is relevant to the national 
security interests of the United States; Meng (No. 284) that requires 
the Department of Defense to submit a report on the number of military 
installations that may have lead service lines, what steps DOD has 
taken to replace such lines, and whether DOD has established an 
awareness campaign to inform military service members and their 
families of these service lines; Meng (No. 285) that permits any member 
of the armed services who gives birth to be exempt from deployment for 
12 months after such birth unless they request deployment; Meng (No. 
286) that permanently authorizes the Suicide Prevention and Resilience 
Program; Miller (No. 287) that adds a provision stating that the last 
surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient will be permitted to 
lay in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol upon death; Mitchell (No. 
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FY18 NDAA's increase of the micro-purchase threshold to acquisitions 
conducted through the issuance of task and delivery orders under 
multiple award contracts; Moore (No. 289) that expresses the Sense of 
Congress about the need for the leadership of the National Capital 
Consortium Psychiatry Residency program to maintain a workplace free of 
racial, gender or other forms of discrimination or harassment; and 
Moore (No. 290) that calls for a report and recommendations from the 
Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency on the need for and/or benefits 
of constructing new or maintaining direct fuel pipeline connections at 
appropriate Air National Guard and Reserve Installations including any 
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Pages H5673-77
  Kendra Horn (OK) en bloc amendment No. 12 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Morelle (No. 291) 
that increases funding for the facility operations and target 
production within the Inertial Confinement Fusion ignition and High 
Yield program by $5,000,000 to support laser direct drive; decreases 
funding for management, technology, and production within the Stockpile 
Services by $5,000,000; Mullin (No. 292) that requires the Department 
of Defense to report to Congress on the number of its medical providers 
who were dropped by their medical malpractice insurers prior to being 
employed by DOD; Murphy (No. 293) that adds a new section to Title II 
(RDT&E), Sub-title C (Reports and Other Matters) requiring the 
Secretary of Defense to contract with a federally funded research and 
development center to prepare a report for the congressional defense 
committees on the development of hypersonic weapons capabilities by 
foreign nations and the threat posed by such capabilities to United 
States territory, forces and overseas bases, and allies; Murphy (No. 
294) that makes a technical correction to Section 1108 of the Fiscal 
Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 115-232) to enable 
federal agencies to use expedited hiring authority for post-secondary 
students in the manner intended by Section 1108; Napolitano (No. 295) 
that increases funding for the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program 
by $50 million; Norman (No. 296) that revises the effective date of a 
DoD pilot program on bid protests to ensure DoD has audited business 
systems in place prior to initiating the pilot program; Norman (No. 
297) that authorizes a public-private pilot program to train and place 
veterans as cybersecurity personnel with the DoD; O'Halleran (No. 298) 
that Includes the U.S. Naval Observatory and its associated facilities 
in the DOD's ``Master Plan for Infrastructure Required to Support 
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Missions (Title II, 
Subtitle C, Sec. 232)''; O'Halleran (No. 299) that requires DOD and the 
Defense Health Agency (DHA) to submit a report to Congress on the 
implementation and results of DHA's June 2018 guidance on first fill 
opioid prescriptions to TRICARE beneficiaries for acute post-operative 
pain; Omar (No. 300) that requires contractors performing DoD contracts 
in foreign countries to report possible cases of gross violations of 
human rights; Omar (No. 301) that prohibits the use of funds to 
establish any permanent military base or installation in Somalia; 
Panetta (No. 302) that authorizes the Army to carry out a pilot program 
to construct new military housing in diverse climate regions in the 
United States utilizing the All-American Abode design by the United 
States Military Academy; Panetta (No. 303) that requires a report on 
the legal services the Department of Defense may provide to 
servicemembers harmed by a health or environmental hazard while living 
in military housing and dissemination of the information at all U.S. 
installations; Panetta (No. 304) that requires the Department of 
Defense to provide a plan to improve the collection and monitoring of 
information, both financial and non-financial, regarding 
intergovernmental support agreements; Panetta (No. 305) that requires a 
report on the efforts of the Department of Defense to improve 
innovation investments and management; Panetta (No. 306) that expresses 
sense of Congress that the Army should continue to invest in research, 
development, test, and evaluation programs to mature future vertical 
lift technologies; Panetta (No. 307) that provides a full military 
honors ceremony--including funeral escort platoon, military band, 
firing party, and horse-drawn caisson--to Medal of Honor recipients and 
Prisoners of War eligible for burial at Arlington National Cemetery; 
Panetta (No. 308) that reaffirms strong Congressional support for NATO 
and prohibits the use of funds to withdraw from the alliance; Panetta 
(No. 309) that improves coordination between the federal government, 
industry, and academia to ensure global superiority of the United 
States in quantum information science necessary for meeting national 
security requirements; Perlmutter (No. 311) that makes technical 
changes to the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health 
within the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 
Act and extends the authorization for the Office of the Ombudsman; 
Perry (No. 312) that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a 
report to Congress on the threat information sharing between the 
Department and the Defense Industrial Base, including academic 
institutions; Peters (No. 313) that establishes a pilot program to 
provide friends and family of servicemembers a better understanding of 
the rigors, challenges, and needs associated with military service; 
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instructs the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide a report to the 
Committee on Armed Services and other committees, describing the 
detailed military capabilities of China and Russia; the report must 
include a survey of any national training centers and an evaluation of 
the respective nation's military and logistical readiness relative to 
those of the United States; the Defense Intelligence Agency may make 
use of or add to any existing reports completed by the Agency in order 
to respond to the reporting requirement; Phillips (No. 315) that 
requires the Secretary of the Army to submit a report to congress, 
listing any areas, such as Nike missile sites, that were once used by 
the military and that have since been reassigned to local governments, 
as well as the nature of any pollutants that remain on these lands as a 
result of the military's activities; and Pingree (No. 316) that directs 
DOD to ensure that Sexual Assault Response Coordinators advise 
servicemembers who report instances of military sexual trauma about the 
eligibility of such members for health and benefits services at the 
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Pages H5677-82
  Kendra Horn (OK) en bloc amendment No. 13 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Plaskett (No. 317) 
that requires a report regarding transition from Overseas Housing 
Allowance to Basic Allowance for Housing for servicemembers in the U.S. 
territories; Price (No. 318) that requires a report from the President 
on the status of deconfliction channels with Iran to prevent 
miscalculation; Porter (No. 319) that requires the Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Sustainment to investigate all reports of reprisals 
against a member of the Armed Forces for reporting an issue relating to 
a privatized military housing unit; Porter (No. 320) that preserves the 
requirement for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to 
produce a public annual report; Porter (No. 321) that increases funding 
for Army University Research Initiatives by $5,000,000; Porter (No. 
322) that allows servicemembers to have a private right of action in 
the event that credit reporting bureaus engage in misconduct related to 
free credit monitoring; Porter (No. 323) that requires the Secretary of 
Defense to develop partnerships with civilian academic medical centers 
and teaching hospitals to improve combat casualty care for personnel of 
the Armed Forces; Porter (No. 324) that makes spouses and other 
dependents of active duty members of the Armed Forces eligible for the 
Direct Employment Pilot Program; Price (No. 325) that enables DOD to 
award three-year competitive grants to DODEA schools and to local 
education agencies that host a JROTC program for the establishment, 
improvement, or expansion of world language programs in elementary and 
secondary schools; Quigley (No. 326) that establishes a pilot program 
on partnerships with civilian organizations for specialized medical 
skills training program and advanced orthopedic skills training; 
Ratcliffe (No. 327) that requires DOD to provide a report looking into 
the feasibility of establishing a high-level, interagency U.S.-Taiwan 
working group for coordinating responses to merging issues related to 
cybersecurity; Rice (NY) (No. 328) that requires the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to 
conduct an assessment of the impact that the construction of any 
planned or proposed border wall would have on the volume of illegal 
narcotics entering the United States; Riggleman (No. 329) that directs 
the Secretary of Defense to Develop a plan, cost estimate, and schedule 
for a pilot program to train skilled technicians for immediate 
placement in the defense industrial base, including critical 
shipbuilding skills such as welding, metrology, quality assurance, 
machining, and additive manufacturing; Roby (No. 330) that provides 
clarity that the authority in section 1521 can be used for the specific 
purposes enumerated in (H) and (I) in order to give more flexibility 
for CSTC-A to pursue some of the programs they believe will be helpful; 
Ruiz (No. 331) that requires DOD to conduct an implementation plan to 
phase out the use of the 9 burn pits included in the DOD report on burn 
pits to Congress issued in April 2019; Ruiz (No. 332) that requires DOD 
to provide Congress and the VA with a list of the locations of military 
bases, posts, forward operating bases, combat outposts, and any other 
locations at which open-air burn pits have been used; Ruiz (No. 333) 
that requires DOD to provide a detailed report to Congress on the 
status, methodology, and culmination timeline of all the research and 
studies being conducted to assess the health effects of burn pits; Ruiz 
(No. 334) that requires DOD to implement mandatory training for all 
medical providers working under DOD on the potential health effects of 
burn pits and its early detection, as well as other airborne hazards, 
such as PFAS, mold, or depleted uranium; Rutherford (No. 335) that 
amends the recurring report required by the FY 2019 NDAA to include an 
evaluation on the effectiveness of the Transition Assistance Program 
for female members of the Armed Forces; Rutherford (No. 336) that 
provides U.S. Special Operations Command procurement authority for 
Light Attack aircraft in support of the Air Force Special Operations 
Command (AFSOC) Combat Air Advisor (CAA) mission; also directs the 
Secretary of the Air Force to obligate, or transfer to USSOCOM, the 
necessary funds that have been made available for light attack aircraft 
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Command's Air Ground Operations School and AFSOC's CAA mission; Sablan 
(No. 337) that allows community college students holding or expecting 
to receive an associate degree to apply for the new Technology and 
National Security Fellowship program authorized in Section 239 of the 
bill; Schakowsky (No. 338) that tasks the Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense to analyze all contracts and task orders that 
provide private security firms access to U.S. theaters of military 
operations in order to compile a report that will inform Congress about 
the size of the contracting force; the total value of the contracts; 
the number of persons operating on the contracts that have been wounded 
or killed; and the disciplinary actions that have been taken against 
individual contractors; Schiff (No. 339) that authorizes inclusion on 
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of the names of seventy-four crew members 
of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969; Schiff (No. 340) that 
authorizes military judges in any proceeding of a military commission 
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to order 
arrangements for remote public viewing of the proceedings via internet; 
Schneider (No. 341) that authorizes for five years the Boots to 
Business program which helps transitioning service members and veterans 
become entrepreneurs and create jobs through a standardized three-step 
entrepreneurship training track while giving access to resources in 
their local communities; and Schrader (No. 342) that exempts members of 
the Armed Forces who voluntarily separated from active duty, are 
involuntarily recalled, and incur a 100 percent service-connected 
disability during that time from the requirement to repay voluntary 
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  Kendra Horn (OK) en bloc amendment No. 14 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Schrader (No. 343) 
that calls for recently separated servicemembers to receive a notice of 
their rights under the Servicemember Civil Relief Act 180 days 
following the end of their military service; Schrader (No. 344) that 
requires the DOD Chief Management Officer to release public versions of 
the mandated cost savings reports submitted to Congress; Schrier (No. 
345) that directs the Secretary of the Navy to adhere to competitive 
procedures to better ensure small and medium defense contractors can 
compete with respect to any task order or delivery order issued for a 
dual aircraft carrier contract for CVN-80 and CVN-81; Austin Scott (GA) 
(No. 346) that requires all military chaplains receive their religious 
endorsement badge or insignia upon their commissioning; Scott (VA) (No. 
347) that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to 
Congress on the status of each of the 91 priority recommendations that 
the Secretary has not implemented in report GAO-19-366SP; Shalala (No. 
348) that requires that all OC-135B Open Skies Treaty aircraft 
recapitalization request for proposals (RFP) be open to a full 
competitive bidding process from a wide variety of contracts, including 
those that prioritize existing recently manufactured low hour/low-cycle 
aircraft; Sherman (No. 349) that adds a sense of Congress regarding 
improving U.S.-India defense cooperation and requires a report on 
cooperation in the Western Indian Ocean; Sherrill (No. 350) that 
expresses the Sense of Congress that Army Contracting Command--New 
Jersey plays a vital role in support of major weapons, armaments, and 
ammunition systems for the Army and other Department of Defense 
customers; Shimkus (No. 351) that expands U.S. funding for the Baltic 
States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to $125 million in order to 
expand their military and cyber-security infrastructure; Smith (WA) 
(No. 352) that authorizes the Department of Energy to impose civil 
penalties on contractors who retaliate against nuclear safety 
whistleblowers; Smith (WA) (No. 353) that prohibits the use of funds by 
the Department of Energy for applying its interpretation of high-level 
radioactive waste with respect to waste located in the State of 
Washington; Smith (NJ) (No. 354) that requires a pilot program on a 
one-stop online application to assist members of the Armed Forces and 
veterans participating in the Transition Assistance Program; Smith (NJ) 
(No. 355) that directs the Inspector General of the Department of 
Defense to initiate an investigation into the Department's possible 
involvement in the bioweaponization of ticks and other insects; Smith 
(NJ) (No. 356) that requires GAO to conduct a study of the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers and its practices and protocols for identifying 
misclassification at federal construction projects; Soto (No. 357) that 
increases funding for the manufacturing science and technology program 
by $5 million for anti-tamper heterogeneous integrated 
microelectronics; reduces funding for Army procurement by the same 
amount; Soto (No. 358) that directs the Secretary of Defense to 
establish trusted supply chain and operational security standards for 
the purchase of microelectronics products and services by the 
Department; Soto (No. 359) that directs the Secretary of Defense to 
conduct, and submit to Congress, an assessment to determine the 
required size and composition of its operational medical and dental 
personnel who support the wartime mission; Soto (No. 360) that directs 
the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to provide 
to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the potential use 
of distributed ledger technology for defense purposes; Spanberger (No. 
361) that requires the President's report under Sec. 1264

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of the NDAA for FY18 include a list of foreign forces, groups, and 
individuals for which a determination has been made that force could 
legally be used under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, 
including the legal and factual basis, whether force has been used, and 
the criteria for designating an individual as lawfully targetable; 
Spanberger (No. 362) that requires that the Secretary of Defense 
upgrade the capacity of military criminal investigative organizations 
in order to confront the misuse of DoD computer networks to access and 
trade child pornography; also requires DoD to enter into collaborative 
agreements with appropriate government and child protection and other 
organizations; Speier (No. 363) that increases funding for the Defense 
Security Service by $5,206,997 for the purposes of procurement of 
advanced cyber threat detection sensors, hunt and response mechanisms, 
and commercial cyber threat intelligence to ensure Defense Industrial 
Base networks remain protected from nation state adversaries; Speier 
(No. 364) that allows the Secretary of Defense to refer military 
members for mental health services within the TRICARE network if 
services cannot be provided at a military medical facility within 15 
days; Speier (No. 365) that renames the Lejeune High School at Camp 
Lejeune for recently deceased Congressman and member of the House Armed 
Services Committee, Walter B. Jones; Stanton (No. 366) that allows 
certain veterans who are enrolled in their respective service's Wounded 
Warriors Program to continue their enrollment in the Military Services 
Adaptive Sports Programs for an additional year after separation; 
Stauber (No. 367) that requires the Secretary of the Navy to submit a 
report to the appropriate congressional defense committees a report on 
the feasibility of doing maintenance work on naval vessels at shipyards 
other than shipyards in the vessels' homeport; and Zeldin (No. 417) 
that requires a report on the relationship between the Lebanese Armed 
Forces and Hizballah;                                    
Pages H5686-92
  Kendra Horn (OK) en bloc amendment No. 15 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Stefanik (No. 369) 
that provides a technical correction to the Catch a Serial Offender 
Program and preserves the nature of a restricted report of military 
sexual assault; Stefanik (No. 370) that makes a technical change to a 
provision in last year's NDAA that requires a consolidated budget 
display for small business research grants; the clarification adds 
Under Secretary of Defense; Stivers (No. 371) that directs the 
Department of Defense to submit an annual report on findings of the 
Millennium Cohort Study regarding the gynecological and perinatal 
health of servicewomen; Suozzi (No. 372) that requires the Secretary of 
the Navy to conduct a third-party quality review of all radium testing 
conducted by contractors at locations where the Navy is undertaking 
projects and activities relating to environmental cleanup; Takano (No. 
373) that requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on 
its current and future plans to consolidate Defense Media Activity; 
Thompson (CA) (No. 374) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
report to Congress on its current and future plans to consolidate 
Defense Media Activity; prohibits funding for such consolidation until 
at least 180 days have elapsed following the day on which the Secretary 
of Defense submits the required report; Torres Small (NM) (No. 376) 
that requires the DoD to establish a pilot program to provide broadband 
access to military families and medical facilities on remote or 
isolated military installation; Torres (CA) (No. 377) that directs the 
National Security Commission on Defense Research at Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Serving Institutions, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Education, to make available a list 
identifying eligible institutions; Torres (CA) (No. 378) that requires 
the President to impose sanctions on Central American officials 
previously named in reports to Congress; Torres (CA) (No. 379) that 
prohibits the provision of vehicles to joint task forces including the 
Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of the Interior of Guatemala, 
unless the Secretary of Defense has certified to appropriate 
Congressional committees that such ministries have made a credible 
commitment to only use such vehicles for their intended purpose; Torres 
(CA) (No. 380) that mandates the Department of Defense provide a 
briefing on its efforts to address manipulated media content, 
specifically deepfakes, from adversarial sources, and provides a $5 
million increase for the Department of Defense's Media Forensics 
Program; Torres (CA) (No. 381) that requires the Department of Defense, 
in consultation with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership program, 
to develop policies to assist small- and mid-sized manufacturers to 
meet cybersecurity requirements; Turner (No. 383) that requires the 
President to prescribe regulations pertaining to the expansion of 
matters that may be reviewed by military judges and military 
magistrates prior to the referral of charges in the interest of 
efficiency in military justice; Turner (No. 384) that directs the 
Secretary of Defense to establish a policy that preserves the victims 
preference for a restricted report in the event a sexual assault 
allegation was inadvertantly disclosed or reported by an unprotected 
third party; Turner (No. 385) that directs the Secretary of Defense to 
establish comprehensive training standards for Commanders on their role 
as it pertains to all stages of military justice in connection with the 
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servicemembers against servicemembers; Velazquez (No. 387) that 
requires a report as to the number of contracts awarded to program 
participants under the Small Business Program prescribed in 15 USC 
637(a); Velazquez (No. 388) that provides permanent authorization to 
the Department of Defense Mentor Protege Program and requires annual 
submission of reports regarding the Program; Velazquez (No. 389) that 
amends subsection 15(x) of the Small Business Act to allow prime 
contractors the ability to double the value of a subcontract for 
purposes of the subcontracting goals; Velazquez (No. 390) that amends 
subsection 15(x) of the Small Business Act granting small businesses in 
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana 
Islands the contracting credit provided therein; Wagner (No. 391) that 
instructs the Secretary of Defense to brief the Committee on Armed 
Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the utility and feasibility of 
establishing a multinational regional security education center based 
in Southeast Asia to offer year-round training and educational courses 
for Indo-Pacific civilian and military security personnel, including 
English-language training, rule of law and legal studies, security, 
governance and institution-building courses, and budget and procurement 
training; Wagner (No. 392) that requires that all foreign persons 
receiving training in IMET professional military education programs 
participate in human rights training; Walden (No. 393) that allows Air 
Force reserve component personnel to provide pilot training and 
instruction to address our nation's pilot shortage; and Walorski (No. 
394) that recognizes the honorable service of military working dogs and 
soldier handlers in the Tactical Explosive Detection Dog (TEDD) program 
and encourages the Army to prioritize adoption of the dogs to former 
TEDD handlers;                                           
Pages H5692-97
  Smith (WA) en bloc amendment No. 16 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143: Waters (No. 395) that 
increases funding for assistance to schools with significant numbers of 
military dependent students by $10,000,000 in order to further support 
local educational agencies that serve military communities and 
families; Waters (No. 396) that directs the Department of Defense to 
produce an assessment of the Direct Employment Pilot Program's minority 
outreach efforts, participation outcomes, and participation rates for 
individuals specified under subsection (a); Waters (No. 397) that 
requires applicable emerging technologies procured and used by the 
Department of Defense to be tested for algorithmic bias and potential 
discriminatory outcome; Welch (No. 398) that requires the Department of 
Defense to semi-annually report on monitoring and evaluation measures 
of direct government-to-government assistance provided to the 
government of Afghanistan; Welch (No. 399) that requires the Department 
of Defense to annually report on direct government-to-government 
assistance provided to the government of Afghanistan; Welch (No. 400) 
that authorizes assistance for deployment-related support of members of 
the Armed Forces undergoing deployment and their families beyond the 
Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program; Wexton (No. 401) that requires a 
GAO report on the feasibility of establishing a program for members of 
the Armed Forces transitioning to civilian intelligence employment; 
Wild (No. 402) that requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs to establish a University Affiliated Research Center 
(UARC) and partner with Academic Health Centers to focus on the unique 
challenges wounded servicemembers experience; Wittman (No. 403) that 
Establishes a Cable Security Fleet of United States-documented cable 
vessels in order to provide installation, maintenance, and repair of 
submarine cables and related equipment; Yoho (No. 404) technical change 
to counter-UAS provision ensuring Congressional oversight; Young (No. 
405) that provides for a strategic Arctic port designation following a 
comprehensive DoD evaluation and report; Young (No. 406) that requires 
the Secretary of the Army to assess cold weather training requirements 
and develop a plan to increase and expand cold weather training 
opportunities; Young (No. 407) that requires an independent study and 
report of Chinese Arctic foreign direct investment, with a focus on the 
effects of Chinese foreign direct investment on U.S. national security 
and near peer competition in the Arctic; McCarthy (No. 408) that 
authorizes funding to assist military installations recovering from 
earthquakes and other natural disasters in 2019 and requires an 
earthquake damaged infrastructure restoration master plan be submitted 
to Congress; Sherrill (No. 409) that increases the authorized funding 
in the Defense Health Program for TRICARE lead level screening and 
testing for children by $5 million; LaMalfa (No. 411) that prohibits 
funds from being used by the U.S. Air Force for the removal of the 
Over-the-Horizon-Backscatter Radar (OTHB) station located in Modoc 
County, CA; Luria (No. 412) that assists employees during the 
relocation process; Phillips (No. 413) that instructs SECDEF to author 
a report that prioritizes the list of agencies and/or programs in need 
of funds under Section 385 to Title 10 of U.S. Code, as well as a 
justification as to why the money is necessary/beneficial; Porter (No. 
414) that requires a study on the feasibility and effectiveness of 
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and prevention of brain injury among servicemembers due to blast 
pressure exposure during combat and training; Porter (No. 415) that 
requires a GAO report on defense business processes including analyzing 
the DOD's development of a culture that recognizes the important of 
business processes and re-engineering initiatives necessary to achieve 
improved financial management; Tonko (No. 416) that increases by $2 
million the funding limitation for the Erie Canalway National Heritage 
Corridor; Cunningham (No. 419) that makes changes to the Defense Access 
Roads program to authorize funding towards water management 
infrastructure; the enhancement or improvement of eligible 
infrastructure; and infrastructure affected, or projected to be 
affected, by natural disasters, recurrent flooding, or other 
environmental conditions; expands funding eligibility to roads to air 
or sea ports that are necessary for the deployment or sustainment of 
troops, equipment, or supplies; Rose (No. 420) that requires imposition 
of sanctions on drug manufacturers who knowingly provide synthetic 
opioids to traffickers, transnational criminal organizations who mix 
fentanyl with other drugs and traffic them into the U.S., and financial 
institutions that assist such entities; authorizes new funding to U.S. 
law enforcement and intelligence agencies while establishing a 
Commission on Synthetic Opioid Trafficking to monitor U.S. efforts; 
Barr (No. 422) that imposes secondary sanctions to cut off Pyongyang's 
ability to finance its weapons programs by requiring the Secretary of 
the Treasury to prohibit, or impose strict conditions on, correspondent 
or payable-through accounts held in the U.S. by foreign financial 
institutions that knowingly deal with persons involved in trade or 
other support for North Korea; Engel (No. 426) that ensures reporting 
to Congress when U.S. forces are involved in hostilities if the 
President has not determined that the involvement is authorized by 
Congress and has not reported it pursuant to the War Powers Resolution; 
Engel (No. 427) that improves congressional oversight of the 2001 
Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) by requiring the 
President to submit reports and provide briefings on actions related to 
that authority; and Peters (No. 431) that directs the Secretary of 
Defense to coordinate with oversight entities, such as the HHS 
Inspector General, to establish a process for military base access in 
order to perform surprise inspections of facilities used to house, 
detain, screen, or review migrants, refuges or other persons recently 
arriving the in United States; and                     
Pages H5697-5711
  Khanna amendment (No. 217 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
expresses a Sense of Congress that diplomacy is essential for 
addressing North Korea's nuclear program as a military confrontation 
would pose extreme risks, and the U.S. should pursue a sustained and 
credible diplomatic process to achieve the denuclearization of North 
Korea and an end to the 69-year-long Korean War.             
Page H5711
Rejected:
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 32 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that sought to require an independent study on options to extend the 
life of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles and 
delaying the ground-based strategic deterrent program (GBSD); prevent 
10% of funds for the Secretary of Defense from being distributed until 
the study is submitted (by a recorded vote of 164 ayes to 264 noes, 
Roll No. 454); and                                
Pages H5616-18, H5638
  Blumenauer amendment (No. 33 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that sought to require the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security to 
conduct a study on the unexpected cost increases for the W80-4 nuclear 
warhead life extension program and prevents $185 million from being 
obligated or expended until the study is completed (by a recorded vote 
of 198 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 455).        
Pages H5618-20, H5638-39
Proceedings Postponed:
  Lee (CA) amendment (No. 49 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that seeks to reduce funding from the Overseas Contingency Operations 
(OCO) account by $16.8 billion;                          
Pages H5642-44
  Amash amendment (No. 50 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to repeal section 1022 of the FY2012 NDAA and amend Section 1021 
of the FY2012 NDAA to eliminate indefinite military detention of any 
person detained under AUMF authority in the U.S., territories, or 
possessions by providing immediate transfer to trial and proceedings by 
a court established under Article III of the Constitution of the United 
states or by an appropriate State court;                 
Pages H5644-46
  Tipton amendment (No. 375 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to express the sense of Congress that military aviation training 
in Colorado, including the training conducted at the High-Altitude Army 
National Guard Aviation Training Site, is critical to the national 
security of the United States and the readiness of the Armed Forces; 
                                                         Pages H5712-13
  Turner amendment (No. 386 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to strike the provision relating to the prohibition on the use of 
funds for the deployment of low-yield ballistic missile warheads and 
requires the Secretary of Defense to certify on the availability of 
proportional response options;                           
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  Khanna amendment (No. 423 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to prohibit unauthorized military force in or against Iran; 
                                                         Pages H5714-18
  Lee (CA) amendment (No. 424 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that seeks to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002;                         
Pages H5718-19
  Lee (CA) amendment (No. 425 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) 
that seeks to express the sense of Congress that the 2001 AUMF has been 
utilized beyond the scope that Congress intended; and that any new 
authorization for the use of military force to replace the 2001 AUMF 
should include a sunset clause, a clear and specific expression of 
objectives, targets, and geographic scope, and reporting requirements; 
                                                         Pages H5719-20
  Garcia amendment (No. 428 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-143) that 
seeks to prevent DOD facilities from being used to house or detain 
unaccompanied migrant children;                          
Pages H5721-22
  Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 429 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
143) that seeks to prohibit the President from deploying troops on the 
southern border if the purpose of this deployment is to enforce 
immigration law; and                                     
Pages H5722-23
  Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 430 printed in part B of H. Rept. 116-
143) that seeks to prohibit the President from using the authorized 
funds to detain undocumented immigrants in Department of Defense 
facilities.                                              
Pages H5723-24
  H. Res. 476, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2500) was agreed to yesterday, July 10th.
Senate Referral: S. 1811 was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural 
Resources.                                                   
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H5594.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Twenty-one recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H5606, H5607, H5607-08, H5608, 
H5609, H5609-10, H5610, H5611, H5611-12, H5612, H5613, H5613-14, H5614, 
H5615, H5615-16, H5616, H5638, H5639, H5639-40, H5640, and H5641. There 
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:12 p.m.