Congressional Record, Volume 168 Issue 115 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)

[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 13, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H6302-H6333]
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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further
consideration of the bill (H.R. 7900) to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense
and for military construction, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, will now
resume.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.

Amendment No. 49 Offered by Ms. Speier

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment No.
49 printed in part A of House Report 117-405.
Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:
At the appropriate place in title LVIII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. GENDER ANALYSIS IN FOREIGN TRAINING PROGRAMS.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the President should encourage the increased participation of
women in existing programs funded by the United States
Government that provide training to foreign nationals
regarding law enforcement, the rule of law, or professional
military education, and should expand and apply gender
analysis to improve program design and implementation.
(b) Gender Analysis of International Training Programs.--
The Department of Defense, in coordination with the
Department of State and other relevant departments, shall
conduct a gender analysis of International Education and
Training Programs offered to allied and partner forces to
ensure the programs are equitable and address issues
experienced by all participants.
(c) Gender Analysis Training.--The Department of Defense,
in coordination with the Department of State, shall develop
and include gender analysis training to be included in the
International Education and Training Programs at United
States military schools and training institutions.
(d) Briefing Required.--No later than two years after
enactment of this act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall brief the
appropriate congressional committees on the Department of
Defense and Department of State's actions and progress in
implementing the requirements under subsection (b) and
subsection (c).
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate.

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(f) Gender Analysis Defined.--In this section, the term
``gender analysis'' has the meaning given such term in
section 3 of the Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic
Empowerment Act (22 U.S.C. 2151-2).

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1224, the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I rise today in support of amendment No. 49 on the International
Military Education and Training Program. IMET is, as we all know, a
prestigious and competitive program that trains the next generation of
senior leadership in our allies' militaries around the globe and
enables us to maximize the competitive advantage our alliances and
partnerships provide.
However, as of 2019, approximately only 8 percent of the IMET's
participants were women. That percentage increase was only 2 points
since 2015.
We can and must do better to ensure that we continue to provide this
world-class training to our female military leaders around the world.
This amendment would simply require a gender analysis assessment of
the program to better understand the impediments to increasing the
number of female participants and address any specific needs the women
in the program may have.
By signaling the importance of including more gender diversity in the
program, we are encouraging our partners and allied militaries to
invest more heavily in the recruitment, training, and promotion of
women within their security forces.
We do know that this is not just important; it is smart. We know that
our world is more peaceful and prosperous when women are involved in
national security and defense decisionmaking processes.
I also want to point out that this will continue the work that was
begun under former President Trump when he signed the Women, Peace, and
Security Act during his administration. It received bipartisan support
then. It is also supported by President Biden.
It will also improve military effectiveness of our security partners
and, thereby, advance implementation of the National Defense Strategy.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GALLAGHER. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin is recognized
for 5 minutes.
Mr. GALLAGHER. Madam Speaker, first, let me say at the outset that I
very much appreciate the way the chairwoman and I have been able to
work together on the issue of military education in general. But I have
to oppose this amendment.
International Military Education and Training, or IMET, is a vital
pillar of our national security. In recent years, Ukrainian
servicemembers have benefited from IMET to enhance their combat
readiness and lethality.
As we have seen in the aftermath of Putin's invasion of Ukraine,
security partnerships like IMET can help make the difference between
life and death and the ability of our allies and partners to withstand
foreign aggression.
Since 2014, in fact, the U.S. military has played a key role in
boosting Ukrainian military capabilities, training alongside them,
providing Ukraine with critical weapons and munitions, enabling its
reserve component, and more. Our security focus, however, was laser-
focused on enhancing Ukraine's ability to defend itself against the
Russian invasion.
My concern is that the amendment would broaden the scope of IMET and
end up watering down the results for both the United States and for our
security partners. Promoting human rights, including the rights of
women, is a well-established goal of U.S. foreign and development
policy. I don't deny that. Instruction on gender roles, female
opportunity, and narrowing gaps between men and women should, however,
not be a part of the U.S. military's mandate when it comes to teaching
allied and partner nations the art of war.
As I said earlier tonight, all of our instruction for warfighting
needs to be focused on the actual fighting of wars, which will, in
turn, allow us to deter wars.
This is not to discount the importance of other issues, but the
military is simply not the right tool for advancing this objective. As
former Obama administration official Rosa Brooks notes in her book,
``How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything,'' the
military has in recent years taken on missions that depart from its
core responsibility of fighting and winning the Nation's wars.
My concern is this amendment would exacerbate this trend, so,
therefore, I oppose this amendment.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Madam Speaker, I, too, share a position of working well with my
colleague as the ranking member of the Military Personnel Subcommittee.
I just feel that he is not appreciating, with all due respect, what
this amendment does.

We already say that women, peace, and security should be part of it.
That was something that was signed by President Trump, and it was
bipartisan then. It is something that has also been embraced by
President Biden.
This is only looking at the fact that very few women in the military
of our allies have been participating in this program. This program
exists to provide military education and training to our allies, and we
are talking about only 6 to 8 percent of them being women who are
participating.
This is an analysis. That is all this amendment does is analyze
whether or not we have promoted this properly to encourage our allies
to have servicewomen in their countries participate.
We do know that when you have women in the military, it adds to our
success. It does not degrade it.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GALLAGHER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
I certainly don't deny the fact that having women in the military is
a huge asset, as the gentlewoman said. I have served in the Marine
Corps with women I greatly admire, to whom I am greatly indebted.
I just think we have to strike the right balance here between
widening the aperture for our military education, our training
programs, such that they get distracted from the core focus on
warfighting, as well as foisting some of our own requirements and the
higher standards that the United States sets on some of our allied
partners.
I appreciate the gentlewoman's argument, but I remain in firm
opposition to this amendment, and I urge my colleagues to join me in
opposing the amendment.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1224, the
previous question is ordered on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier).
The question is on the amendment.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The
SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8,
the yeas and nays are ordered.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question
are postponed. The Chair understands that amendment Nos. 53 and 65 will
not be offered.

Amendment No. 79 Offered by Mr. Levin of Michigan

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment No.
79 printed in part A of House Report 117-405.
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I have an amendment at the
desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. DESTRUCTION OF MATERIALS CONTAINING PFAS WITH
TECHNOLOGIES NOT REQUIRING INCINERATION.

(a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on

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the progress of the Department of Defense in implementing on-
site PFAS destruction technologies not requiring
incineration. The report shall include the following:
(1) A list of technologies that modify the characteristics
of the waste such that it is no longer classified as
hazardous waste and can be disposed of through more cost-
effective mixed waste protocols.
(2) An identification of any such technologies that have
undergone, are undergoing, or will undergo testing by the
Environmental Security Technology Certification Program and
the status of such testing.
(3) The results of any such testing.
(b) Guidance.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment shall prescribe guidance on best
practices and preferred methods for destruction and disposal
of PFAS wastes with an emphasis on alternatives to
incineration.
(c) Extension of Moratorium.--The Secretary of Defense
shall prohibit the incineration of covered materials under
section 343 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (10 U.S.C. 2701 note) until the date on
which the Secretary prescribes the guidance required under
subsection (b).

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1224, the
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I would like to begin by
thanking Chair Adam Smith for his leadership on H.R. 7900, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and for working with my
team over the past few years to strengthen provisions to address toxic
PFAS exposures at the Department of Defense.
I thank Representatives Slotkin and Khanna for working with me on
this as well.

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Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. For more than 50 years, the military required
the use of firefighting foam made with dangerous PFAS chemicals known
as aqueous film-forming foam or AFFF, despite having known since the
1970s that it was toxic to people and the environment.
The Department of Defense has historically disposed of or destroyed
these chemicals through incineration or burning. However, PFAS does not
break down under typical incineration conditions.
Research shows that PFAS emitted through air stacks can travel
several miles downwind from facilities emitting PFAS, like
incinerators. That PFAS then deposits in soil and in drinking water
supplies in downwind communities, exposing unsuspecting Americans to
these dangerous chemicals.
Research also shows that in practice, incinerators are likely not
destroying PFAS completely, but rather, emitting PFAS and other toxic
chemical byproducts in our air, drinking water, and other local
surroundings.
Madam Speaker, that is why PFAS substances have often been called
``forever chemicals.''
Why are we disposing of PFAS through incineration without evidence
that the chemical is, in fact, being destroyed and not causing further
harm to our communities?
That is why my amendment is critical. It builds on a provision
enacted under last year's NDAA, which placed a prohibition on the
incineration of PFAS by the Department of Defense until the
Environmental Protection Agency completed guidance or a final rule on
the safe disposal of PFAS.
This amendment simply extends the prohibition and requires the
Pentagon to submit a report to Congress on the progress of its
implementation of other safe disposal methods such as onsite PFAS
destruction technologies not requiring incineration.
There is no doubt that we need to dispose of dangerous PFAS
chemicals, but we cannot pursue disposal methods that cause more harm.
This amendment protects our communities and our environment and ensures
we are pursuing disposal methods that are safe.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in protecting our
communities and our planet from dangerous PFAS exposure by supporting
this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, the report required in this
amendment is well intentioned, but the preference against incineration
chooses sides on destruction technology.
We want to make sure the DOD destroys PFAS material using whatever
technology performs the best and conforms to the technical standards
used throughout the Federal Government.
There is a current moratorium on incineration of PFAS material until
guidance on destruction and disposal is published by the administrator
of the EPA.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko), my distinguished colleague.
Mr. TONKO. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for offering this
commonsense amendment. The reality is, we have a lot of waste
containing PFAS spread out all across the country. We need a plan to
make certain that it is handled and disposed of safely.
In the past, I have strongly opposed efforts--including efforts in my
district--to incinerate these materials without any proper evaluation
of whether it was--or even could be--done safely.
This amendment is the right approach. It requires DOD to study and
report on the technological options to destroy PFAS before we commit to
incinerating it in a manner that could put public health and the
environment at risk.
There needs to be much greater transparency on what DOD has done to
date and how DOD is planning to deal with PFAS waste in the future, and
I believe Congress has a responsibility to ensure that the methods used
are protective of public health.
Madam Speaker, I urge Members to support this amendment.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson).
Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for
yielding time.
Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition and urge my colleagues to oppose
the Levin amendment. What most concerns me about this amendment is
subsection (c), which extends last year's incineration moratorium on
all PFAS in firefighting foam and does not fix the underlying drafting
problems from that enactment.

Specifically, the scoping provisions in section 343 do not limit the
moratorium only to the Department of Defense but captures ``materials
sent to another entity or entities.''
In doing so, this ban continues to present ambiguity about who is
subject to the incineration moratorium, potentially extending the
temporary ban from just the military to any entity or person.
Moreover, this amendment contravenes the Federal law governing these
matters: The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Practically
speaking, if the executive or judicial branches of our government adopt
this interpretation, it would have profound policy implications on
waste, storage, and disposal practices in our country.
Of greatest concern, a policy like this has the real potential to
overwhelming existing landfill capacity and leave few viable disposal
options for Americans.
Again, I urge my colleagues to oppose the Levin amendment.
Mr. LEVIN of Michigan. Madam Speaker, I want to be clear: This is not
a permanent ban on the incineration of PFAS. It is a moratorium until
guidelines for safe disposal can be produced.
Unfortunately, Congress was forced to place a moratorium on
incinerating PFAS because DOD flagrantly ignored the directives
requiring DOD to satisfy certain requirements before incinerating PFAS
to ensure it did not cause further harm.
EPA's scientists reviewed non-incineration technologies; namely,
three commercial systems using supercritical water oxidation, and found
a high level of AFFF destruction, well over 99.99 percent. EPA has
suggested these technologies could replace incineration for AFFF.
We know there are better technologies; we are simply extending this

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so that the Department of Defense can come up with a plan to dispose of
PFAS safely.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, again, I oppose this amendment
and urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1224, the
previous question is ordered on the amendment offered by the gentleman
from Michigan (Mr. Levin).
The question is on the amendment.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The
SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8,
the yeas and nays are ordered.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question
are postponed.

Amendment No. 81 Offered by Ms. Speier

The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment No.
81 printed in part A of House Report 117-405.
Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

At the end of subtitle J of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. PILOT PROGRAM ON SAFE STORAGE OF PERSONALLY OWNED
FIREARMS.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish a voluntary pilot program to promote the safe
storage of personally owned firearms.
(b) Elements.--Under the pilot program under subsection
(a), the Secretary of Defense shall furnish to members of the
Armed Forces described in subsection (c) secure gun storage
or safety devices for the purpose of securing personally
owned firearms when not in use (including by directly
providing, subsidizing, or otherwise making available such
devices).
(c) Voluntary Participants.--A member of the Armed Forces
described in this subsection is a member of the Armed Forces
who elects to participate in the pilot program under
subsection (a) and is stationed at a military installation
selected under subsection (e).
(d) Plan.--Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a plan for the
implementation of the pilot program under subsection (a).
(e) Selection of Installations.--Not later than two years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall select not fewer than five military
installations at which to carry out the pilot program under
subsection (a).
(f) Duration.--The duration of the pilot program under
subsection (a) shall be for a period of six years.
(g) Report.--Upon the termination of the pilot program
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report containing
the following information:
(1) The number and type of secure gun storage or safety
devices furnished to members of the Armed Forces under such
pilot program.
(2) The cost of such pilot program.
(3) An analysis of the effect of such pilot program on
suicide prevention.
(4) Such other information as the Secretary may determine
appropriate, except that such information may not include the
personally identifiable information of a participant in such
pilot program.
(h) Secure Gun Storage or Safety Device Defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``secure gun storage or safety device''
means--
(1) a device that, when installed on a firearm, is designed
to prevent the firearm from being operated without first
deactivating the device;
(2) a device incorporated into the design of the firearm
that is designed to prevent the operation of the firearm by
any individual without access to the device; or
(3) a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box, or other device
that may be used to store a firearm and is designed to be
unlocked only by a key, combination, or other similar means.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1224, the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier) and a Member opposed each will
control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from California.
Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I say to my colleagues, this is a really
important amendment. This deals with suicide and securing guns.
This program will be a pilot. It will be at five installations. It
will be voluntary. It is bipartisan and bicameral.
Senator Dan Sullivan is my co-lead on the Senate side. It is already
in the Senate NDAA. The NRA is satisfied with this amendment.
So what does it do?
This year, my subcommittee has spent over 100 hours on the issue of
suicide in the military. I have personally spoken to parents and
spouses of servicemembers who have died by suicide.

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We have seen an extraordinary increase in suicide in our Active-Duty
servicemembers, some 40 percent increase in the past 5 years, and we
have hot spots in areas like Alaska and on the USS George Washington,
where most recently seven sailors have died by suicide. In Alaska we
have seen the suicide rate double in 2021.
Since then, I have traveled to Alaska with Senator Sullivan to visit
soldiers in Anchorage and Fairbanks. We have heard from junior enlisted
soldiers who feel isolated, stressed out, and disconnected, who must
wait 2 to 3 months to see a behavioral health provider. The providers
are overwhelmed by demand from suicidal servicemembers. It is a
challenging problem.
Earlier in March, the subcommittee had a hearing, and one of the
experts said that one of the best things we can do is deal with the
issue that many persons who are contemplating suicide are making that
decision impulsively. A few seconds makes a difference.
The experts are saying to us, if we have a simple process by which,
voluntarily, servicemembers can request a gun safe or a firearm lock
and have it paid for, that will save lives because ideations can come
and go so quickly.
We must create a new norm, not through mandates, but by
encouragement. This amendment would create a voluntary pilot program at
five installations, as I already mentioned. Safe storage has bipartisan
support from both Presidents Trump and Biden, and I would really
request a resounding bipartisan vote for this amendment.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, this amendment requires the
Department of Defense to establish a voluntary pilot program to provide
secure gun storage or safety devices for personally owned firearms. I
don't think it is the DOD's responsibility. This should be the
responsibility of the servicemember who owns the firearm.
Most firearm manufacturers provide gun locks with the sale of a
firearm. They also are readily available at very low cost at many
sporting goods stores around the country.
Madam Speaker, I urge all Members to oppose the amendment, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Madam Speaker, I have great admiration for the ranking member of the
committee. A lot of things aren't DOD's responsibility, except for the
fact that servicemembers are their responsibility, and we have an
obligation to address this extraordinary rate of suicide in the
military.
This is one modest step, as a pilot program, to determine whether or
not it is effective. We have experts telling us it is, and we have a
crisis of servicemembers who are taking their lives. There does not
appear to be rhyme or reason to it but for the fact that they have
suicidal ideations or because they can't see behavioral health experts,
which we are trying to address through other elements of the NDAA. I
feel very strongly that this is really a key.
Again, it is bipartisan, it is bicameral, and the NRA is fine with
the amendment.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I continue to reserve the
balance of my time.
Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I think I have said enough, and I will
close. I ask for a ``yes'' vote.
Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I still oppose the amendment. I
urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1224, the
previous question is ordered on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier).

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The question is on the amendment.
The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that
the ayes appeared to have it.
Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question
are postponed.

Amendments En Bloc No. 2 Offered by Mr. Smith of Washington

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution
1224, I offer amendments en bloc.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en
bloc.
Amendments en bloc No. 2, consisting of amendment Nos. 34, 40, 47,
70, 75, 77, 113, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174,
175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188,
189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202,
203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216,
217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230,
231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244,
245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258,
259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272,
273, 274, 275, 276, 277, and 278, printed in part A of House Report
117-405, offered by Mr. Smith of Washington:

Amendment No. 34 offered by Ms. Jacobs of California

At the end of subtitle D of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. CONSIDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS OF
RECIPIENTS OF SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO
COMBAT TERRORISM.

Section 127e of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(2) by adding at the end of the
following new subparagraph--
``(D) The processes through which the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall ensure that,
prior to a decision to provide any support to foreign forces,
irregular forces, groups, or individuals, full consideration
is given to any credible information available to the
Department of State relating to violations of human rights by
such entities.''.
(2) in subsection (d)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``, including the
promotion of good governance and rule of law and the
protection of civilians and human rights'' before the period
at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (I)--
(i) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``or
violations of the laws of armed conflict, including the
Geneva Conventions of 1949, including--''; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
``(i) vetting units receiving such support for violations
of human rights;
``(ii) providing human rights training to units receiving
such support; and
``(iii) providing for the investigation of allegations of
gross violations of human rights and termination of such
support in cases of credible information of such
violations.''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(J) A description of the human rights record of the
recipient, including for purposes of section 362 of this
title, and any relevant attempts by such recipient to remedy
such record.'';
(3) in subsection (i)(3) by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
``(I) An assessment of how support provided under this
section advances United States national security priorities
and aligns with other United States Government efforts to
address underlying risk factors of terrorism and violent
extremism, including repression, human rights abuses, and
corruption.''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(j) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--(1) Except as provided
in paragraphs (2) and (3), no funds may be used to provide
support to any foreign forces, irregular forces, groups, or
individuals if the Secretary of Defense has credible
information that the unit has committed a gross violation of
human rights.
``(2) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the
Secretary of State, may waive the prohibition under paragraph
(1) if the Secretary determines that the waiver is required
by extraordinary circumstances.
``(3) The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall not apply
with respect to the foreign forces, irregular forces, groups,
or individuals of a country if the Secretary of Defense
determines that--
``(A) the government of such country has taken all
necessary corrective steps; or
``(B) the support is necessary to assist in disaster relief
operations or other humanitarian or national security
emergencies.
``(k) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to constitute a specific statutory authorization
for any of the following:
``(1) The conduct of a covert action, as such term is
defined in section 503(e) of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093).
``(2) The introduction of United States armed forces,
within the meaning of section 5(b) of the War Powers
Resolution, into hostilities or into situations wherein
hostilities are clearly indicated by the circumstances.
``(3) The provision of support to regular forces, irregular
forces, groups, or individuals for the conduct of operations
that United States Special Operations Forces are not
otherwise legally authorized to conduct themselves.
``(4) The conduct or support of activities, directly or
indirectly, that are inconsistent with the laws of armed
conflict.''.

SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS RECORDS OF RECIPIENTS
OF SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR IRREGULAR
WARFARE.

Section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1639) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end of the
following new subparagraph:
``(D) The processes through which the Secretary shall, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, ensure that prior
to a decision to provide support to individual members or
units of foreign forces, irregular forces, or groups in a
foreign country full consideration is given to any credible
information available to the Department of State relating to
gross violations of human rights by such individuals or
units.'';
(2) in subsection (d)(2) of such section--
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (H);
and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new
subparagraph (G):
``(G) A description of the human rights record of the
recipient, including for purposes of section 362 of title 10,
United States Code, and any relevant attempts by such
recipient to remedy such record.'';
(3) in subsection (h)(3), by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
``(I) An assessment of how support provided under this
section advances United States national security priorities
and aligns with other United States Government interests in
countries in which activities under the authority in this
section are ongoing.'';
(4) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
(5) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new
subsection (i):
``(i) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and
(3), no funds may be used to provide support to any
individual member or unit of a foreign force, irregular
force, or group in a foreign country if the Secretary of
Defense has credible information that such individual or unit
has committed a gross violation of human rights.
``(2) Waiver authority.--The Secretary of Defense, after
consultation with the Secretary of State, may waive the
prohibition under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines
that the waiver is required by extraordinary circumstances.
``(3) Exception.--The prohibition under paragraph (1) shall
not apply with respect to individual members or units of such
foreign forces, irregular forces, or groups if the Secretary
of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary of State,
determines that--
``(A) the government of such country has taken all
necessary corrective steps; or
``(B) the support is necessary to assist in disaster relief
operations or other humanitarian or national security
emergencies.''.

Amendment No. 40 offered by Ms. Sanchez of California

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12_. MATTERS RELATING TO CLIMATE CHANGE AT NATO.

The President shall direct the United States Permanent
Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) to--
(1) advocate for adequate resources towards understanding
and communicating the threat posed by climate change to
allied civil security (specifically for the climate action
and resilience agendas);
(2) support the establishment of a NATO Center of
Excellence for Climate and Security;
(3) advocate for an in-depth critical assessment of NATO's
vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, building upon
the Secretary General's 2022 climate change and security
impact assessment, that evaluates and analyzes NATO's
resilience in responding to the threat climate change will
pose on migration, food insecurity, and housing insecurity;
and
(4) communicate the core security challenge posed by
climate change as articulated in NATO's strategic concept.

Amendment No. 47 offered by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez of New York

At the appropriate place in title LVIII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON COLUMBIAN MILITARY FORCES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall submit to
Congress a report--
(1) documenting knowledge and intelligence from 1980--2010
regarding--
(A) Colombian military involvement in assassinations and
disappearances, and collaboration in paramilitary offensives;
(B) military conduct in the false positives initiative from
2002---2008; and
(C) any gross violations of human rights resulting from the
Colombian military's partnerships with private companies for
security; and

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(2) including an overview of the United States--Colombia
military partnership during 1980--2010, specifying periods of
deepened collaboration and coordination; and
(3) a discussion of the specifics regarding increases in
military support, training, logistics, and weapons transfers
on the part of the United States during such time period and
the manner and extent of compliance on the part of Colunbian
forces with the requirements of section 620M of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, section 362 of title 10, United
States Code, and other prohibitions on the provision of
security assistance to units of foreign forces on the basis
of gross violations of human rights.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.

Amendment No. 70 offered by Mr. Vincente Gonzalez of Texas

At the appropriate place in subtitle J of title V, insert
the following new section:

SEC. 5__ REPORT ON NON-CITIZEN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Section 147(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new
paragraph:
``(9) shall submit to the congressional defense committees
an annual report on--
``(A) the number of members of the Armed Forces who are not
citizens of the United States during the year covered by such
report;
``(B) the immigration status of such members; and
``(C) the number of such members naturalized; and''.

Amendment No. 75 offered by Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York

At the end of division E, insert the following:

SEC. 5806. FEDERAL CONTRACTING FOR PEACE AND SECURITY.

(a) Purpose.--It is the policy of the Federal Government
not to conduct business with companies that undermine United
States national security interests by continuing to operate
in the Russian Federation during its ongoing war of
aggression against Ukraine.
(b) Contracting Prohibition.--
(1) Prohibition.--The head of an executive agency may not
enter into, extend, or renew a covered contract with a
company that continues to conduct business operations in
territory internationally recognized as the Russian
Federation during the covered period.
(2) Exceptions.--
(A) Good faith exemption.--The Office of Management and
Budget, in consultation with the General Services
Administration, may exempt a contractor from the prohibition
in paragraph (1) if the contractor has--
(i) pursued and continues to pursue all reasonable steps in
demonstrating a good faith effort to comply with the
requirements of this Act; and
(ii) provided to the executive agency a reasonable, written
plan to achieve compliance with such requirements.
(B) Permissible operations.--The prohibition in paragraph
(1) shall not apply to business operations in Russia
authorized by a license issued by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control or the Bureau of Industry and Security or is
otherwise allowed to operate notwithstanding the imposition
of sanctions.
(C) American diplomatic mission in russia.--The prohibition
in paragraph (1) shall not apply to contracts related to the
operation and maintenance of the United States Government's
consular offices and diplomatic posts in Russia.
(D) Individual contracts.--The prohibition under paragraph
(1) shall not apply to any contract that is any of the
following:
(i) For the benefit, either directly or through the efforts
of regional allies, of the country of Ukraine.
(ii) For humanitarian purposes to meet basic human needs.
(3) National security and public interest waivers.--
(A) In general.--The head of an executive agency is
authorized to waive the prohibition under paragraph (1) with
respect to a covered contract if the head of the agency
certifies in writing to the President that such waiver is for
the national security of the United States or in the public
interest of the United States, and includes in such
certification a justification for the waiver and description
of the contract to which the waiver applies. The authority in
this subparagraph may not be delegated below the level of the
senior procurement executive of the agency.
(B) Congressional notification.--The head of an executive
agency shall, not later than 7 days before issuing a waiver
described in subparagraph (A), submit to the appropriate
congressional committees the certification described in such
subparagraph.
(4) Emergency rulemaking authority.--Not later than 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the
Administrator of General Services and the Secretary of
Defense, shall promulgate regulations for agency
implementation of this Act using emergency rulemaking
procedures while considering public comment to the greatest
extent practicable, that includes the following:
(A) A list of equipment, facilities, personnel, products,
services, or other items or activities, the engagement with
which would be considered business operations, subject to the
prohibition under paragraph (1).
(B) A requirement for a contractor or offeror to represent
whether such contractor or offeror uses any of the items on
the list described in subparagraph (A).
(C) A description of the process for determining a good
faith exemption described under paragraph (2).
(5) Definitions.--In this section:
(A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate
and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of
Representatives.
(B) Business operations.--
(i) In general.--Except as provided in clauses (ii) and
(iii), the term ``business operations'' means engaging in
commerce in any form, including acquiring, developing,
selling, leasing, or operating equipment, facilities,
personnel, products, services, personal property, real
property, or any other apparatus of business or commerce.
(ii) Exceptions.--The term ``business operations'' does not
include any of the following:

(I) Action taken for the benefit of the country of Ukraine.
(II) Action serving humanitarian purposes to meet basic
human needs, including through a hospital, school, or non-
profit organization.
(III) The provision of products or services for compliance
with legal, reporting, or other requirements of the laws or
standards of countries other than the Russian Federation.
(IV) Journalistic and publishing activities, news
reporting, or the gathering and dissemination of information,
informational materials, related services, or transactions
ordinarily incident to journalistic and publishing
activities.

(iii) Exception for suspension or termination actions.--The
term ``business operations'' does not include action taken to
support the suspension or termination of business operations
(as described in clause (i)) for the duration of the covered
period, including--

(I) an action to secure or divest from facilities,
property, or equipment;
(II) the provision of products or services provided to
reduce or eliminate operations in territory internationally
recognized as the Russian Federation or to comply with
sanctions relating to the Russian Federation; and
(III) activities that are incident to liquidating,
dissolving, or winding down a subsidiary or legal entity in
Russia through which operations had been conducted.

(C) Covered contract.--The term ``covered contract'' means
a prime contract entered into by an executive agency with a
company conducting business operations in territory
internationally recognized as the Russian Federation during
the covered period.
(D) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' means the
period of time beginning 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and ending on a date that is determined
by the Secretary of State based on steps taken by the Russian
Federation to restore the safety, sovereignty, and condition
of the country of Ukraine, or 10 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, whichever is sooner.
(E) Executive agency.--The term ``executive agency'' has
the meaning given the term in section 133 of title 41, United
States Code.

amendment no. 77 offered by Mr. Khana of California

Page 857, after line 6, insert the following:

SEC. 1336. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP.

(a) Strong United States-India Defense Partnership.--It is
the sense of Congress that--
(1) a strong United States-India defense partnership,
rooted in shared democratic values, is critical in order to
advance United States interests in the Indo-Pacific region;
and
(2) this partnership between the world's oldest and largest
democracies is critical and must continue to be strengthened
in response to increasing threats in the Indo-Pacific
regions, sending an unequivocal signal that sovereignty and
international law must be respected.
(b) United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging
Technologies (iCET).--The Congress finds that the United
States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies
(iCET) is a welcome and essential step to developing closer
partnerships between governments, academia, and industry in
the United States and India to address the latest advances in
artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology,
aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing. Such
collaborations between engineers and computer scientists are
vital to help ensure that the United States and India, as
well as other democracies around the world, foster innovation
and facilitate technological advances which continue to far
outpace Russian and Chinese technology.
(c) Border Threats From China and Reliance on Russian-built
Weapons.--Congress recognizes that--

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(1) India faces immediate and serious regional border
threats from China, with continued military aggression by the
Government of China along the India-China border,
(2) India relies on Russian-built weapons for its national
defense, and
(3) the United States should take additional steps to
encourage India to accelerate India's transition off Russian-
built weapons and defense systems while strongly supporting
India's immediate defense needs.
(d) Waiver of CAATSA Sanctions in Best Interests of United
States and the United States-India Defense Partnership.--
While India faces immediate needs to maintain its heavily
Russian-built weapons systems, a waiver to sanctions under
the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
during this transition period is in the best interests of the
United States and the United States-India defense partnership
to deter aggressors in light of Russia and China's close
partnership.

amendment no. 143 offered by Mr. Budd of North Carolina

At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following new
section:

SEC. 5__. ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST THE TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS INTO CAREERS IN
EDUCATION.

(a) Veterans-to-Classrooms Program.--
(1) Modification and redesignation of program.--Section
1154 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in the section heading, by striking: ``employment as
teachers: Troops-to-Teachers Program'' and inserting
``employment in schools: Veterans-to-Classrooms Program'';
(B) in subsection (a)--
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as
paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively;
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
paragraphs:
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
of Defense.
``(3) Covered position.--
``(A) The term `covered position' means a full-time
position in an eligible school as--
``(i) a teacher, including an elementary school teacher, a
secondary school teacher, and a career and technical
education teacher;
``(ii) a school leader;
``(iii) a school administrator;
``(iv) a nurse;
``(v) a principal;
``(vi) a counselor;
``(vii) a teaching aide;
``(viii) specialized instructional support personnel;
``(ix) a school resource officer; or
``(x) a contractor who performs the functions of a position
described in any of clauses (i) through (viii).'';
(iii) by amending paragraph (4), as so redesignated, to
read as follows:
``(4) Eligible school.--The term `eligible school' means--
``(A) a public elementary school, including a public
elementary charter school;
``(B) a public secondary school, including a public
secondary charter school; or
``(C) a Bureau-funded school as defined in section 1141(3)
of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021(3)).'';
(iv) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated, by striking
``Troops-to-Teachers'' and inserting ``Veterans-to-
Classrooms'';
(v) by striking paragraph (9), as so redesignated, and
inserting the following new paragraph (9):
``(9) School resource officer.--The term `school resource
officer' has the meaning given that term in section 1709(4)
of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34
U.S.C. 10389(4)).''; and
(vi) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated, by striking
``and `State' '' and inserting `` `specialized instructional
support personnel', and `State' '';
(C) in subsection (b)--
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
``Secretary of Defense may carry out a Troops-to-Teachers
Program'' and inserting ``The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Education, may carry out a
Veterans-to-Classrooms Program'';
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``become a teacher'' and
inserting ``obtain a covered position''; and
(iii) by amending subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) to read
as follows:
``(A) by local educational agencies or charter schools in
States with a shortage of individuals to fill covered
positions, as determined by the Secretary of Education.'';
(D) in subsection (d)(4)(A)--
(i) in clause (i), by striking ``or career or technical
subjects'' and inserting ``career and technical education, or
subjects relating to a covered position''; and
(ii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``in a covered position
or'' after ``seek employment'';
(E) in subsection (e)--
(i) in paragraph (1)(A)--

(I) in clause (i), by striking ``become a teacher'' and
inserting ``obtain a covered position''; and
(II) in clause (ii), by striking ``as an elementary school
teacher'' and all that follows through the period at the end
and inserting ``in a covered position for not less than three
school years in an eligible school to begin the school year
after the member obtains the professional credentials
required for the position involved''; and

(ii) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ``as a teacher in an
eligible elementary school or secondary school or as a career
or technical teacher'' and inserting ``in a covered
position''; and
(iii) in paragraph (3)--

(I) in subparagraph (A)--

(aa) in the first sentence, by striking ``educational
level, certification, or licensing'' and inserting
``educational level, certification, licensing, or other
professional credentials''; and
(bb) in the second sentence, by striking ``$5,000'' and
inserting ``$9,000 (except as adjusted by the Secretary in
accordance with subparagraph (D))'';

(II) in subparagraph (B)--

(aa) in clause (i), by striking ``as an elementary school
teacher, secondary school teacher, or career or technical
teacher'' and inserting ``in a covered position''; and
(bb) in clause (ii), by striking ``may not exceed $5,000,
unless the eligible school is a high-need school, in which
case the amount of the bonus may not exceed $10,000'' and
inserting ``may not exceed $9,000 (except as adjusted by the
Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (D)), unless the
eligible school is a high-need school, in which case the
amount of the bonus may not exceed $18,000 (except as so
adjusted)'';

(III) in subparagraph (C)--

(aa) in clause (i), by striking ``5,000'' and inserting
``20,000'';
(bb) in clause (ii), by striking ``3,000'' and inserting
``5,000''; and
(cc) in clause (iv), by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting
``$18,000 (except as adjusted by the Secretary in accordance
with subparagraph (D))''; and

(IV) by adding at the end the following:

``(D)(i) The Secretary may adjust the dollar amounts set
forth in subparagraphs (A), (B)(ii), and (C)(iv) to reflect
changes in the Consumer Price Index over the applicable
period.
``(ii) In this subparagraph, the term `applicable period'
means--
``(I) with respect to an initial adjustment under clause
(i), the period that has elapsed since the date of the
enactment of the TEAMS Act; or
``(II) with respect to any adjustment after the initial
adjustment, the period that has elapsed since the date of the
most recent adjustment under clause (i).'';
(F) in subsection (f)(1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--

(I) by striking ``become a teacher'' and inserting ``obtain
a covered position''; and
(II) by striking ``as an elementary school teacher,
secondary school teacher, or career or technical teacher''
and insert ``in a covered position''; and

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``(2) Information from covered entities.--Each State, local
educational agency, and covered entity that enters into a
partnership with the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall make
available, on a publicly accessible website, the information
described in paragraph (3).
``(3) Information described.--The information described in
this subparagraph is information on the Veterans-to-
Classrooms program authorized under this section, including a
description of the application process for the program and
the potential benefits of participating in the program.
``(l) Biennial Review.--Not less frequently than once every
two years, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on
the Veterans-to-Classrooms Program. At minimum, the report
shall include a comparison of the number of participants in
the Program during the period covered by the report relative
to the number of stipends authorized under the Program during
such period.
``(m) Process to Streamline Applications.--Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of the TEAMS Act,
the Secretary shall implement a process to simplify the
submission of applications under subsection (d)(2).''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 58 of such title is amended by striking
the item relating to section 1154 and inserting the following
new item:
``1154. Assistance to eligible members and former members to obtain
employment in schools: Veterans-to-Classrooms Program.''.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraphs (1)
and (2) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(4) References.--Beginning on the effective date specified
in paragraph (3), any reference in Federal law (other than
this Act), regulations, guidance, instructions, or other
documents of the Federal Government to the Troops-to-Teachers
Program shall be deemed to be a reference to the Veterans-to-
Classrooms Program.
(b) Veterans Employable as School Resource Officers.--
Section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389(4)) is amended by inserting
after ``a career law enforcement officer, with sworn
authority,'' the following: ``or a veteran (as such term is
defined in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code)
who is hired by a State or local public agency as a law
enforcement officer for purposes of serving as a school
resource officer, who is''.
(c) Task Force on Education Careers for Veterans.--
(1) Task force.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall convene a task
force to identify strategies that may be used to assist
veterans in obtaining employment in the field of education.
(2) Responsibilities.--The task force convened under
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) consult regularly with veterans service organizations
in performing the duties of the task force; and
(B) coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and
develop proposals to--
(i) identify State licensing and certification requirements
that are excessive and unnecessarily burdensome for veterans
seeking to transition into careers in education;
(ii) identify potential compensation structures for
educational employment that include salary credit for prior
military and law enforcement experience;
(iii) recommend incentives to encourage educational
employers to hire veterans;
(iv) assess the feasibility of establishing dedicated
military veteran liaison positions in school districts;
(v) examine how funds made available for the Veterans-to-
Classrooms Program under section 1154 of title 10, United
States Code, may be used to conduct outreach, provide
certification support, and help States establish outreach
centers for veterans; and
(vi) explore how partnerships entered by the Secretary
under subsection (j) of such section may be used to promote
careers in education among veterans through collaboration
with relevant employment transition programs, including the
Transition Assistance Program, the SkillBridge and Career
Skills Programs of the Department of Defense, and the
AmeriCorps program.
(3) Membership.--The task force shall consist of--
(A) the Secretary of Defense, or the designee of the
Secretary, who shall be the head of the task force;
(B) the Secretary of Education, or the designee of the
Secretary;
(C) the Attorney General, or the designee of the Attorney
General;
(D) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the designee of
the Secretary;
(E) the Secretary of Labor, or the designee of the
Secretary;
(F) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or
the designee of the Director;
(G) four representatives from a veterans service
organization, selected by the President;
(H) a representative of the Administrative Conference of
the United States; and
(I) representatives of State and local governments selected
by the President, which may include representatives of State
boards of education and relevant State licensing agencies.
(4) Report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than one year after the date on
which the task force is convened under paragraph (1), the
task force shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
(i) a description of actions that may be carried out by
State and local governments to reduce barriers that interfere
with the ability of veterans to transition into careers in
education; and
(ii) recommendations for specific legislative and
regulatory actions that may be carried out to reduce such
barriers.
(B) Public availability.--The report under subparagraph (A)
shall be made available on a publicly accessible website of
the Department of Defense.
(5) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``veterans
service organization'' means any organization recognized by
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of
veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.
(d) Funding.--
(1) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, there are authorized to
be appropriated $240,000,000 to carry out the Veterans-to-
Classrooms Program under section 1154 of title 10, United
States Code (as amended by subsection (a)).
(2) Offsets.--
(A) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding
tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 3102 for defense environmental
cleanup, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4701, is hereby reduced by $217,500,0000.
(B) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding
tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation,
Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4201, for applied research, force protection applied
research (PE 0602123N), line 005--
(i) for CFP-Resilient Autonomous System Research and
Workforce Diversity is hereby reduced by $4,000,000;
(ii) for Direct air capture and carbon removal technology
program is hereby reduced by $10,000,000; and
(iii) for Resilient Autonomous Systems Research &Workforce
Diversity is hereby reduced by $8,500,000.

amendment no. 164 offered by Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico.

At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. AVAILABILITY OF MODULAR SMALL ARMS RANGE FOR ARMY
RESERVE IN PUERTO RICO.

The Secretary of Army shall ensure that a modular small
arms range is made available for the Army Reserve in Puerto
Rico.

amendment no. 165 offered by Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico.

Add at the end of subtitle G of title X the following new
section:

SEC. 10__. INDEPENDENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HEALTH
EFFECTS FROM EXPOSURE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ACTIVITIES IN VIEQUES.

(a) Agreement.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to
enter into an agreement with the National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to perform
the services covered by this section.
(2) Timing.--The Secretary shall seek to enter into the
agreement described in paragraph (1) not later than 60 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Studies.--
(1) In general.--Under an agreement between the Secretary
and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine under this section, the National Academies of
Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall carry out
epidemiological studies of the short-term, long-term,
primary, and secondary health effects caused or sufficiently
correlated to exposure to chemicals and radioactive materials
from activities of the Department of Defense in the
communities of concern, including any recommendations. In
carrying out such studies, the National Academies may
incorporate the research generated pursuant to funding
opportunity number EPA-G2019-ORD-A1.
(2) Elements.--The epidemiological studies carried out
under paragraph (1) and the recommendations developed under
such paragraph shall include the following:
(A) A list of known contaminants and their locations that
have been left by the Department of Defense in the
communities of concern.
(B) For each contaminant under subparagraph (A), an
epidemiological study that--
(i) estimates the disease burden of current and past
residents of Vieques, Puerto Rico, from such contaminants;
(ii) incorporates historical estimates of residents'
groundwater exposure to contaminants of concern that--

(I) predate the completion of the water-supply pipeline in
1978;
(II) include exposure to groundwater from Atlantic Weapons
Fleet Weapons Training Area ``Area of Concern E'' and any
other exposures that the National Academies determine
necessary;
(III) consider differences between the aquifers of Vieques;
and
(IV) consider the differences between public and private
wells, and possible exposures from commercial or agricultural
uses; and

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(iii) includes estimates of current residents' exposure to
chemicals and radiation which may affect the groundwater,
food, air, or soil, that--

(I) include current residents' groundwater exposure in the
event of the water-supply pipeline being temporarily lost;
and
(II) is based on the actual practices of residents in
Vieques during times of duress, for example the use of wells
for fresh water following Hurricane Maria.

(C) An identification of Military Munitions Response
Program sites that have not fully investigated whether
contaminants identified at other sites are present or the
degree of contamination present.
(D) The production of separate, peer-reviewed quality
research into adverse health outcomes, including cancer, from
exposure to drinking water contaminated with methyl tert-
butyl ether (MTBE).
(E) Any other factors the National Academies determine
necessary.
(c) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than two years after the date of
the execution of an agreement under subsection (a), the
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
shall--
(A) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on the findings of the National Academies under
subsection (b); and
(B) make available to the public on a publicly accessible
website a version of the report that is suitable for public
viewing.
(2) Form.--The report submitted under paragraph (1)(A)
shall be submitted in unclassified form.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate.
(2) The term ``communities of concern'' means Naval Station
Roosevelt Roads and the former Atlantic Fleet Weapons
Training Area.

amendment no. 166 offered by miss gonzalez-colon of puerto rico

At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following
new section:

SEC. 7__. HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS SURVEY AND REPORT.

(a) Survey.--The Director of the Defense Health Agency
shall conduct a health-related behaviors survey among the
members of the Armed Forces.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Health
Agency shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report
containing the results of the survey under subsection (a).

amendment no. 167 offered by mr. gottheimer of new jersey

At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4201, for basic
research, National Defense Education Program, line 006, is
hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance,
Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4301, for administration and service-wide
activities, Washington Headquarters Services, line 500, is
hereby reduced by $5,000,000.

amendment no. 168 offered by mr. gottheimer of new jersey

At the appropriate place in subtitle J of title V, insert
the following:

SEC. 5__ REPORT ON INSTANCES OF ANTISEMITISM.

The Secretaries concerned shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report that identifies, with respect to
the equal opportunity programs under the jurisdiction of each
Secretary concerned--
(1) all administrative investigations into allegations of
antisemitism; and
(2) all substantiated instances of antisemitism.

amendment no. 169 offered by mr. gottheimer of new jersey

At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BY FOREIGN
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) Annual Report.--The Director of National Intelligence,
in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary
of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an annual report on--
(1) the use of online social media platforms by entities
designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the
Department of State for recruitment, fundraising, and the
dissemination of information; and
(2) the threat posed to the national security of the United
States by the online radicalization of terrorists and violent
extremists.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section,
the appropriate congressional committees are--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate.

amendment no. 170 offered by mr. gottheimer of new jersey

At the end of subtitle J of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING COST OF LIVING FOR MEMBERS
AND EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

Section 136 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(e) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness shall submit annually to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report
containing an analysis of the costs of living, nationwide,
for
``(1) members of the Armed Forces on active duty; and
``(2) employees of the Department of Defense.''.

amendment no. 171 offered by mr. gottheimer of new jersey

At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. FUNDING FOR SKILLBRIDGE.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 4301, line 440 for Office of
Secretary of Defense, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4301, is hereby increased by
$5,000,000 for the Skillbridge program.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide, for Washington Headquarters Services, Line 500,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.

amendment no. 172 offered by mr. gottheimer of new jersey

At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. FUNDING FOR SKILLBRIDGE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 4301, line 440 for Office of
Secretary of Defense, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4301, is hereby increased by
$5,000,000. Such additional amounts shall be for the
Skillbridge program under section 1143(e) of title 10, United
States Code, to provide training to members of the Armed
Forces to become law enforcement officers.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide, for Washington Headquarters Services, Line 500,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.

amendment no. 173 offered by mr. gottheimer of new jersey

At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. NUMBERS OF CERTAIN NOMINATIONS FOR CADETS AT THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.

Section 7442 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter following paragraph
(10), by striking ``10'' and inserting ``15''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ``150'' and inserting
``200''.

Amendment NO. 174 Offered by MR. Graves of Louisiana

At the end of subtitle I of title V, add the following:

SEC. 5__. ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS OF OPERATION END SWEEP FOR
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL.

The Secretary of the military department concerned may,
upon the application of an individual who is a veteran who
participated in Operation End Sweep, award that individual
the Vietnam Service Medal.

Amendment NO. 175 Offered by MR. Green of Tennessee

At the end of subtitle A of title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 12__. GENERAL THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

(a) Authority.--The Commander of United States Army Special
Operations Command shall seek to carry out a training program
pursuant to section 322 of title 10, United States Code,
between special operations forces under the jurisdiction of
the Commander and special operations forces of the Polish
Army. Such program shall be known as the ``General Thaddeus
Kosciuszko Memorial Exchange Program for Polish-American
Defense Cooperation''.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the program include the
following:
(1) To create an enduring training cooperation program to
enhance the national security and defensive capabilities of
the United States and Poland.

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(2) To enable both countries to effectively respond to
emerging threats and future challenges in Eastern Europe and
around the globe.
(3) To increase the interoperability, combined readiness,
joint planning capabilities, and shared situational awareness
between special operations forces described in subsection
(a).
(4) To provide a program for the exchange of such special
operations forces that will increase readiness and capacity
to counter adversarial operations, including--
(A) enhancing and increasing the capability to counter
irregular and asymmetrical warfare;
(B) enhancing and increasing the capability to respond to,
and conduct, information operations;
(C) enhancing and increasing the capability to counter land
and air assaults, including the capacity to conduct urban
warfare; and
(D) any other relevant training that the Secretary of
Defense determines relevant, including training at military
training centers and professional military education
institutions of the Department of Defense.
(5) To encourage the deepening and number of training
programs among NATO allies and partners to strengthen joint
resiliency, readiness, and deterrence capabilities, to
facilitate peace in the transatlantic region.
(c) Eligibility.--Officers and enlisted members of such
special operations forces may participate in the program
under this section.
(d) Progress Report.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander shall submit
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House
of Representatives a report regarding progress of the
Commander in carrying out the training program.

Amendment NO. 176 Offered by MR. Guest of mississippi

At the end of subtitle B of title V of division A of the
bill, add the following:

SEC. ___. DIVESTITURE OF TACTICAL CONTROL PARTY.

No divestiture of any Tactical Control Party specialist
force structure from the Air National Guard may occur until
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau provides a report to
the congressional defense committees describing--
(1) the capability gaps caused by divestiture of Tactical
Control Party force structure from the Air National Guard and
its impact on the Department of Defense to execute the
National Defense Strategy; and
(2) the impacts of such divestiture to the operational
capabilities of the Army National Guard.

Amendment NO. 177 Offered by MRs. Hayes of connecticut

At the end of subtitle D of title VII, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 7__. ANNUAL REVIEW AND UPDATE OF ONLINE INFORMATION
RELATING TO SUICIDE PREVENTION.

Not later than September 30, 2023, and on an annual basis
thereafter, each Secretary of a military department shall--
(1) review any information relating to suicide prevention
or behavioral health, including any contact information for
related resources, that is published on an Internet website
of the military department at the installation level;
(2) make updates to such information as may be necessary;
and
(3) submit to the congressional defense committees a
certification that such information is up-to-date.

Amendment NO. 178 Offered by MR. Himes of Connecticut

At the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XII, insert
the following:

SEC. __. TASK FORCE TO TRACK SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on best practices
for creating a Task Force or Working Group to determine how
to track and monitor United States defense articles and
defense services made available to Ukraine. Such report shall
also identify gaps or needs for greater research investment
in developing predictive modeling that can forecast the
movement of weapons, to be used for weapons tracking in
Ukraine and in future conflicts where the United States
provides security assistance.
(b) Implementation.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the submission of the report required by subsection (a),
the best practices and recommendations identified in such
report shall be implemented.
(c) Update.--The President shall provide to the
congressional defense committees quarterly updates on the
progress of implementation in accordance with subsection (b).

Amendment no. 179 Offered by Mr. Horsford of Nevada

At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. 1609. REPORT ON HYPERSPECTRAL SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on how
hyperspectral satellite technology being developed and tested
by domestic commercial satellite companies may be
incorporated in the Department of Defense's existing and
future greenhouse gas reduction efforts.

Amendment no. 180 Offered by Mr. Horsford of Nevada

At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR HIGH ENERGY LASER AND CERTAIN EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES.

(a) Funding for High Energy Laser.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, Army, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4201, for advanced technology
development, air and missile defense advanced technology (PE
0603466A), line 048, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems
Palatized-High Energy Laser is hereby increased by
$25,000,000.
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, Army, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4201, for advanced technology
development, air and missile defense advanced technology (PE
0603466A), line 048, Program Increase is hereby reduced by
$25,000,000.
(b) Funding for Emerging Technology Initiatives.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, Army, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4201, for system development &
demonstration, emerging technology initiatives (PE 0605054A),
line 136, Program Increase (10kw-50kw DE-MSHORAD) is hereby
increased by $70,000,000.
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, Army, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4201, for system development &
demonstration, emerging technology initiatives (PE 0605054A),
line 136, Program increase (10kw-50kw DE- MSHORAD) and C-UAS
P-HEL is hereby reduced by $70,000,000.

Amendment no. 181 Offered by Ms. Houlahan of Pennsylvania

At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
INVESTMENT INCENTIVE PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations for this purpose, the Secretary of Defense
shall carry out a pilot program to accelerate the development
of advanced technology for national security by creating
incentives for trusted private capital in domestic small
businesses or nontraditional businesses that are developing
technology that the Secretary considers necessary to support
the modernization of the Department of Defense and national
security priorities.
(2) Purposes.--The purposes of the pilot program required
by this subsection are as follows:
(A) To promote the global superiority of the United States
in advanced technologies of importance to national security,
which are not adequately supported by private sector
investment.
(B) To accelerate the transition and deployment of advanced
technologies into the Armed Forces.
(C) To support Department spending through a loan guarantee
to accelerate development of advanced technology as described
in paragraph (1).
(b) Public-private Partnership.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary shall enter into a public-private partnership with
one or more persons using criteria that the Secretary shall
establish for purposes of this subsection.
(2) Criteria.--The criteria established under paragraph (1)
for entering into a public-private partnership with a person
shall include the following:
(A) The person shall be independent.
(B) The person shall be free from foreign oversight,
control, influence, or beneficial ownership.
(C) The person shall have commercial private capital fund
experience with technology development in the defense and
commercial sectors.
(D) The person shall be eligible for access to classified
information (as defined in the procedures established
pursuant to section 801(a) of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3161(a))).
(3) Operating agreement.--The Secretary and a person with
whom the Secretary enters a partnership under paragraph (1)
shall enter into an operating agreement that sets forth the
roles, responsibilities, authorities, reporting requirements,
and governance framework for the partnership and its
operations.
(c) Investment of Equity.--
(1) Pursuant to a public-private partnership entered into
under subsection (c), a person with whom the Secretary has
entered the partnership shall invest equity in domestic small
businesses or nontraditional businesses consistent with
subsection (a).
(2) Investments under paragraph (1) shall be selected based
on their technical merit,

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economic considerations, and ability to support modernization
goals of the Department.
(d) Briefings and Reports.--
(1) Initial briefing and report.--Not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall provide to the congressional defense committees a
briefing on the implementation of this section and a report
on the feasibility of implementing loan guarantees to enhance
the effectiveness of the pilot program under subsection (a),
including--
(A) a detailed description of how loan guarantees would be
vetted, approved, and managed, including mechanisms to
protect the government's interests; and
(B) how such loan guarantees would be coordinated with
other government invest mechanisms or other private sector
financing.
(2) Final briefing.--Not later than five years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on
the outcomes of the pilot program under subsection (a) and
the feasibility and advisability of making it permanent.
(e) Termination.--The authority to carry out the pilot
program under subsection (a) shall terminate on the date that
is five years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``domestic business'' has the meaning given
the term ``U.S. business'' in section 800.252 of title 31,
Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulation.
(2) The term ``domestic small businesses or nontraditional
businesses'' means--
(A) a small businesses that is a domestic business; or
(B) a nontraditional business that is a domestic business.
(3) The term ``free from foreign oversight, control,
influence, or beneficial ownership'', with respect to a
person, means a person who has not raised and managed capital
from a person or entity that is not trusted and is otherwise
free from foreign oversight, control, influence, or
beneficial ownership.
(4) The term ``independent'', with respect to a person,
means a person who lacks a conflict of interest accomplished
by not having entity or manager affiliation or ownership with
an existing fund.
(5) The term ``nontraditional business'' has the meaning
given the term ``nontraditional defense contractors'' in
section 3014 of title 10, United States Code.
(6) The term ``small business'' has the meaning given the
term ``small business concern'' in section 3 of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

Amendment No. 182 offered by Ms. Houlahan of Pennsylvania

Add at the end of subtitle E of title VIII the following:

SEC. 8__. REPORT ON STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that the annex provided by
the Department of Defense under section 851 of the William M.
(Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3773) did not
contain every element required under such section.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than June 1, 2023, the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report describing
strategic and critical materials requirements of the
Department of Defense, including the gaps and vulnerabilities
in supply chains of such materials.
(c) Elements.--The Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment shall include in the report
required by subsection (b) the following:
(1) The overall annual tonnage of each strategic or
critical material used by the Department of Defense during
the 10-year period ending on December 31, 2021.
(2) An evaluation of the benefits of a robust domestic
supply chain for strategic and critical materials.
(3) An evaluation of the effects of the use of waivers by
the Strategic Materials Protection Board established under
section 187 of title 10, United States Code, on the domestic
supply of strategic and critical materials.
(4) An identification of the improvements to the National
Defense Stockpile that are required to further ensure that
the Department of Defense has access to strategic and
critical materials, aligning the goals of the stockpile with
those of the Department and prioritize existing and future
needs for emerging technologies.
(5) An evaluation of the domestic processing and
manufacturing capacity required to supply strategic and
critical materials to the Department of Defense, including
identifying, in consultation with the Director of the United
States Geological Survey, domestic locations of proven
sources of such strategic and critical materials with
existing commercial manufacturing capabilities.
(6) An identification of all minerals that are strategic
and critical materials, and supply chains for such minerals,
that originate in or pass through the Russian Federation.
(7) An evaluation of the process required to immediately
halt the procurement of minerals described in paragraph (6)
or products by the Government without adversely affecting
national security.
(8) Any limits on the availability of information
preventing or limiting the Under Secretary from fully
addressing an element described in paragraphs (1) through (7)
in the report.
(9) Any legislative recommendations, statutory authority,
or appropriations necessary to improve the ability of the
Department to monitor and address its strategic and critical
materials requirements.
(d) Form.--The report required in subsection (b) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(e) Strategic and Critical Materials Defined.--In this
section, the term ``strategic and critical materials'' has
the meaning given such term in section 12 of the Strategic
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. Sec. 98h-
3).

Amendment No. 183 offered by Ms. Houlahan of Pennsylvania

At the end of title LVIII of division E, add the following:

SEC. __. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CYBER AND DIGITAL SERVICE
ACADEMY.

(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management, shall establish a program
to provide financial support for pursuit of programs of
education at institutions of higher education that have been
designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber
Education as defined in section 2200e of title 10, United
States Code, in covered disciplines.
(2) Designation.--The program established under paragraph
(1) shall be known as the ``Department of Defense Cyber and
Digital Service Academy'' (in this section the ``Program'').
(3) Covered disciplines.--For purposes of the Program, a
covered discipline is a discipline that the Secretary of
Defense determines is critically needed and is cyber- or
digital technology-related, including the following:
(A) Cyber-related arts and sciences.
(B) Cyber-related engineering.
(C) Cyber-related law and policy.
(D) Applied analysts-related sciences, data management, and
digital engineering, including artificial intelligence and
machine learning.
(E) Such other disciplines relating to cyber,
cybersecurity, digital technology, or supporting functions as
the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
(b) Program Description and Components.--The Program
shall--
(1) provide scholarships through institutions of higher
education described in subsection (a)(1) to students who are
enrolled in programs of education at such institutions
leading to degrees or specialized program certifications in
covered disciplines;
(2) prioritize the placement of scholarship recipients
fulfilling the post-award employment obligation under this
section; and
(3) coordinate with the Cyber Scholarship Program as
authorized in chapter 112 of title 10, United States Code.
(c) Scholarship Amounts.--
(1) Amount of assistance.--Each scholarship under the
Program shall be in such amount as the Secretary determines
is necessary to pay all educational expenses incurred by that
person, including tuition, fees, cost of books, laboratory
expenses, and expenses of room and board, for the pursuit of
the program of education for which the assistance is provided
under the Program. The Secretary shall ensure that expenses
paid are limited to those educational expenses normally
incurred by students at the institution of higher education
involved.
(2) Support for internship activities.--The financial
assistance for a person under this section may also be
provided to support internship activities of the person in
the Department of Defense in periods between the academic
years leading to the degree for which assistance is provided
the person under the Program.
(3) Period of support.--Each scholarship under the Program
shall be for not more than 5 years.
(4) Additional stipend.--Students demonstrating financial
need, as determined by the Secretary, may be provided with an
additional stipend under the Program.
(d) Post-award Employment Obligations.--Each scholarship
recipient, as a condition of receiving a scholarship under
the Program, shall enter into an agreement under which the
recipient agrees to work for a period equal to the length of
the scholarship, following receipt of the student's degree or
specialized program certification, in the cyber- and digital
technology-related missions of the Department, in accordance
with the terms and conditions specified by the Secretary in
regulations the Secretary shall promulgate to carry out this
subsection.
(e) Hiring Authority.--In carrying out this section,
specifically with respect to enforcing the obligations and
conditions of employment under subsection (d), the Secretary
may use an authority otherwise available to the Secretary for
the recruitment, employment, and retention of civilian
personnel within the Department, including authority under
section 1588f of title 10, United States Code.
(f) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a scholarship
under this section, an individual shall--
(1) be a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United
States;
(2) demonstrate a commitment to a career in improving the
security of information technology;
(3) have demonstrated a high level of competency in
relevant knowledge, skills, and

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abilities, as defined by the national cybersecurity awareness
and education program under section 303 of the Cybersecurity
Enhancement Act of 2014 (15 U.S.C. 7443);
(4) be a full-time student, or have been accepted as a
full-time student, in a program leading to a degree or
specialized program certification in a covered discipline at
an institution of higher education;
(5) enter into an agreement accepting and acknowledging the
post award employment obligations, pursuant to section (d);
(6) accept and acknowledge the conditions of support under
section (g); and
(7) accept all terms and conditions of a scholarship under
this section and meet such other requirements for a
scholarship as determined by the Secretary.
(g) Conditions of Support.--
(1) In general.--As a condition of receiving a scholarship
under this section, a recipient shall agree to provide the
Office of Personnel Management (in coordination with the
Department of Defense) and the institutions of higher
education described in subsection (a)(1) with annual
verifiable documentation of post-award employment and up-to-
date contact information.
(2) Terms.--A scholarship recipient under the Program shall
be liable to the United States as provided in subsection (i)
if the individual--
(A) fails to maintain an acceptable level of academic
standing at the applicable institution of higher education,
as determined by the Secretary;
(B) is dismissed from the applicable institution of higher
education for disciplinary reasons;
(C) withdraws from the eligible degree program before
completing the Program;
(D) declares that the individual does not intend to fulfill
the post-award employment obligation under this section;
(E) fails to maintain or fulfill any of the post-graduation
or post-award obligations or requirements of the individual;
or
(F) fails to fulfill the requirements of paragraph (1).
(h) Monitoring Compliance.--As a condition of participating
in the Program, an institution of higher education described
in subsection (a)(1) shall--
(1) enter into an agreement with the Secretary to monitor
the compliance of scholarship recipients with respect to
their post-award employment obligations; and
(2) provide to the Secretary and the Director of the Office
of Personnel Management, on an annual basis, the post-award
employment documentation required under subsection (g)(1) for
scholarship recipients through the completion of their post-
award employment obligations.
(i) Amount of Repayment.--
(1) Less than 1 year of service.--If a circumstance
described in subsection (g)(2) occurs before the completion
of 1 year of a post-award employment obligation under the
Program, the total amount of scholarship awards received by
the individual under the Program shall be considered a debt
to the Government and repaid in its entirety.
(2) 1 or more years of service.--If a circumstance
described in subparagraph (D) or (E) of subsection (g)(2)
occurs after the completion of 1 or more years of a post-
award employment obligation under the Program, the total
amount of scholarship awards received by the individual under
the Program, reduced by the ratio of the number of years of
service completed divided by the number of years of service
required, shall be considered a debt to the Government and
repaid in accordance with subsection (j).
(j) Repayments.--A debt described in subsection (i) shall
be subject to repayment, together with interest thereon
accruing from the date of the scholarship award, in
accordance with terms and conditions specified by the
Secretary in regulations promulgated to carry out this
subsection.
(k) Collection of Repayment.--
(1) In general.--In the event that a scholarship recipient
is required to repay the scholarship award under the Program,
the institution of higher education providing the scholarship
shall--
(A) determine the repayment amounts and notify the
recipient, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management of the amounts owed; and
(B) collect the repayment amounts within a period of time
as determined by the Secretary.
(2) Returned to treasury.--Except as provided in paragraph
(3), any repayment under this subsection shall be returned to
the Treasury of the United States.
(3) Retain percentage.--An institution of higher education
may retain a percentage of any repayment the institution
collects under this subsection to defray administrative costs
associated with the collection. The Secretary shall establish
a single, fixed percentage that will apply to all eligible
entities.
(l) Public Information.--
(1) Evaluation.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall
periodically evaluate and make public, in a manner that
protects the personally identifiable information of
scholarship recipients, information on the success of
recruiting individuals for scholarships under the Program and
on hiring and retaining those individuals in the Department
of Defense workforce, including information on--
(A) placement rates;
(B) where students are placed, including job titles and
descriptions;
(C) salary ranges for students not released from
obligations under this section;
(D) how long after graduation students are placed;
(E) how long students stay in the positions they enter upon
graduation;
(F) how many students are released from obligations; and
(G) what, if any, remedial training is required.
(2) Reports.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Office of Personnel Management, shall submit, not less
frequently than once every two years, to Congress a report,
including--
(A) the results of the evaluation under paragraph (1);
(B) the disparity in any reporting between scholarship
recipients and their respective institutions of higher
education; and
(C) any recent statistics regarding the size, composition,
and educational requirements of the relevant Department of
Defense workforce.
(3) Resources.--The Secretary, in coordination with the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall provide
consolidated and user-friendly online resources for
prospective scholarship recipients, including, to the extent
practicable--
(A) searchable, up-to-date, and accurate information about
participating institutions of higher education and job
opportunities related to the field of cybersecurity; and
(B) a modernized description of cybersecurity careers.
(m) Allocation of Funding.--
(1) In general.--Not less than 50 percent of the amount
available for financial assistance under this section for a
fiscal year shall be available only for providing financial
assistance for the pursuit of programs of education referred
to in subsection (b)(1) at institutions of higher education
that have established, improved, or are administering
programs of education in cyber disciplines under the grant
program established in section 2200b of title 10, United
States Code, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
(2) Associates degrees.--Not less than five percent of the
amount available for financial assistance under this section
for a fiscal year shall be available for providing financial
assistance for the pursuit of an associate degree at an
institution described in paragraph (1).
(n) Board of Directors.--In order to help identify
workforce needs and trends relevant to the Program, the
Secretary may establish a board of directors for the Program
that consists of representatives of Federal departments and
agencies.
(o) Commencement of Program.--The Secretary shall commence
the Program as early as practicable, with the first
scholarships awarded under the Program for the academic year
beginning not later than the Fall semester of 2024.

Amendment No. 184 offered by Ms. Houlahan of Pennsylvania

At the end of subtitle C of title XV add the following:

SEC. 1535. ESTABLISHMENT OF HACKING FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND
PUBLIC SERVICE INNOVATION PROGRAM.

(a) Support Authorized.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
Hacking for National Security and Public Service Innovation
Program (in this section referred to as the ``H4NSPSI
program'') within the National Security Innovation Network
(in this section referred to as the ``NSIN'').
(2) Coordinating authority.--The NSIN shall serve as the
coordinating authority for the H4NSPSI program and activities
under such program.
(3) Elements.--H4NSPSI program activities shall include the
following:
(A) Source problems at scale for the agencies associated
with the programs specified in subsection (e).
(B) Recruit universities located in the United States or in
partner or allied nations to work on the problems described
in subparagraph (A).
(C) Train universities described in subparagraph (B) on the
methodology of Hacking for Defense.
(D) Support the universities described in subparagraph (B)
with content, curriculum, and other support to develop
solutions to the problems described in subparagraph (A).
(E) Support the United States Government adoption of
solutions developed through the programs specified in
subsection (e).
(F) Support the development and acquisition of talent
within the agencies associated with the programs specified in
subsection (e).
(4) Objectives.--The H4NSPSI program may include the
following objectives:
(A) Increase funding for successful innovation efforts that
bridge the gap between innovative organizations and the
United States military.
(B) Increase funding for established drivers of national
security innovation within the Department of Defense and
other Federal agencies, including the programs specified in
subsection (e).
(C) Improve the ability of the Department of Defense to
maintain technological advantage over competitors by
leveraging private sector innovation at scale.
(D) Through the use of existing authorities--
(i) strengthen United States national security innovation
efforts and activities; and
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the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, the
private sector, and academia through the expansion of
existing programs, partnerships, and activities, including
those specified in subsection (e).
(E) Grow and sustain the innovation edge of the United
States by building and strengthening the national security
innovation base through collaboration between the private
sector, academia, the Department of Defense, the Armed
Forces, and other Federal agencies.
(F) Invest in the future of national security innovation by
inspiring a new generation to public service, supporting the
diversity of the United States national security innovation
workforce, and modernizing government decision-making
processes.
(G) Expand the United States science and technology
workforce by investing in STEM education and exposing the
national security workforce to cutting-edge, innovative
problem validation and solution development practices.
(H) Develop best practices for the conduct of such
activities and programs.
(I) Identify experimental learning opportunities for
activity and program participants to interact with
operational forces and better understand national security
challenges.
(J) Participate in exchanges and partnerships with
Department of Defense science and technology activities, as
well as the science and technology activities of other
Federal agencies.
(b) Consultation.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary of Defense may consult with the heads of such
Federal agencies, universities, and public and private
entities engaged in the development of advanced technologies,
as well as in the validation of problems and adoption of
solutions in response to national security challenges, as the
Secretary of Defense determines to be appropriate.
(c) Authorities.--The Secretary of Defense may develop and
maintain metrics to assess national security and public
service innovation programs and activities to ensure
standards for programs supported under subsection (a) are
consistent and being met.
(d) Participation by Federal Employees and Members of the
Armed Forces.--The Secretary of Defense shall encourage
Federal employees and members of the Armed Forces through the
service secretaries and service chiefs and their counterparts
in agencies associated with the programs specified in
subsection (e) to participate in the H4NSPSI program in order
to gain exposure to modern innovation and entrepreneurial
methodologies.
(e) Coordination.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary of Defense shall consider coordinating and
partnering with activities and organizations involved in the
following:
(1) Hacking for Defense.
(2) Hacking for Homeland Security.
(3) Hacking for Diplomacy.
(4) Hacking for Space.
(5) Hacking for Manufacturing.

Amendment No. 185 offered by Mr. Hudson of North carolina

At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES TO PREVENT
INFECTIONS CAUSED BY SEVERE FRACTURES.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, Army, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4201, for advanced technology
development, medical advanced technology (PE 0603002A), line
027, is hereby increased by $5,000,000 (with the amount of
such increase to be used to support the development of
procedures and tools to prevent infections in members of the
Armed Forces who experience severe bone fractures).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance,
Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4301, for administration and service-wide
activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line 440, is
hereby reduced by $5,000,000.

Amendment No. 186 offered by Mr. Hudson of north carolina

At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS OF HEAD-
SUPPORTED MASS ON CERVICAL SPINE HEALTH.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, Army, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4201, for advanced technology
development, medical advanced technology (PE 0603002A), line
027, is hereby increased by $5,000,000 (with the amount of
such increase to be used to support the advancement of
research into the effects of head-supported mass on cervical
spine health).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance,
Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4301, for administration and service-wide
activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line 440, is
hereby reduced by $5,000,000.

Amendment No. 187 offered by MR. ISSA OF CALIFORNIA

At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO E.
ROYCE WILLIAMS FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE
KOREAN WAR.

(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time
limitations specified in section 8298 of title 10, United
States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed
Forces, the President may award the Medal of Honor under
section 8291 of such title to E. Royce Williams for the acts
of valor described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described
in this subsection are the actions of E. Royce Williams, as a
lieutenant in the Navy, on November 18, 1952, for which he
was previously awarded the Silver Star.

Amendment No. 188 offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle G of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:

SEC. 28_. REPORT ON RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN
SERVICEMEMBERS IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NAMING
PRACTICES.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report containing the
following information:
(1) A description of current Department of Defense naming
conventions for military installations, infrastructure,
vessels, and weapon systems.
(2) A list of all military installations (including reserve
component facilities), infrastructure (including reserve
component infrastructure), vessels, and weapon systems that
are currently named after African Americans who served in the
Armed Forces.
(3) An explanation of the steps being taken to recognize
the service of African Americans who have served in the Armed
Forces with honor, heroism, and distinction by increasing the
number of military installations, infrastructure, vessels,
and weapon systems named after deserving African American
members of the Armed Forces.

Amendment No. 189 offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle G of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:

SEC. 28__. REPORT ON CAPACITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO
PROVIDE SURVIVORS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WITH
EMERGENCY SHORT-TERM HOUSING.

Not later than 220 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report analyzing the
capacity of the Department of Defense to provide survivors of
natural disasters with emergency short-term housing.

Amendment No. 190 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, add the following
new section:

SEC. 16__. REPORT ON SPACE DEBRIS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 240 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on the risks posed by man-made space debris in low-earth
orbit, including--
(1) recommendations with respect to the remediation of such
risks; and
(2) outlines of plans to reduce the incident of such space
debris.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.

Amendment No. 191 offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following
new section:

SEC. 7__. FUNDING FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

(a) Funding.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 1405 for the Defense Health Program,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in such
division, is hereby increased by $2,500,000 for post-
traumatic stress disorder.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 1405 for the Defense Health Program,
as specified in the corresponding funding tables in division
D, for Private Sector Care is hereby reduced by $2,500,000.

Amendment No. 192 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

Add at the end of subtitle B of title XIII the following:

SEC. 13__. BRIEFING ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM TO
PROTECT UNITED STATES STUDENTS AGAINST FOREIGN
AGENTS.

Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing
to the congressional defense committees on the program
described in section 1277 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal

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Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), including an assessment on
whether the program is beneficial to students interning,
working part time, or in a program that will result in
employment post-graduation with Department of Defense
components and contractors.

Amendment No. 193 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

Add at the end of title XIII the following:

SEC. 13__. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT BOKO HARAM IN NIGERIA
AND THE LAKE CHAD BASIN.

(a) Statement of Congress.--Congress--
(1) strongly condemns the ongoing violence and the
systematic gross human rights violations against the people
of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin carried out by Boko Haram;
(2) expresses its support for the people of Nigeria and the
Lake Chad Basin who wish to live in a peaceful, economically
prosperous, and democratic region; and
(3) calls on the President to support Nigerian, Lake Chad
Basin, and international community efforts to ensure
accountability for crimes against humanity committed by Boko
Haram against the people of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin,
particularly the young girls kidnapped from Chibok and other
internally displaced persons affected by the actions of Boko
Haram.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney
General, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
the Judiciary of the Senate a report on efforts to combat
Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall include the following elements:
(A) A description of initiatives undertaken by the
Department of State and the Department of Defense to assist
the Government of Nigeria and countries in the Lake Chad
Basin to combat Boko Haram.
(B) A description of United States activities to enhance
the capacity of Nigeria and countries in the Lake Chad Basin
to investigate and prosecute human rights violations
perpetrated against the people of Nigeria and the Lake Chad
Basin by Boko Haram, al-Qaeda affiliates, and other terrorist
organizations, in order to promote respect for rule of law in
Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin.

Amendment No. 194 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:

SEC. 7__. INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH NIH TO COMBAT TRIPLE
NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER.

(a) In General.--The Office of Health of the Department of
Defense shall work in collaboration with the National
Institutes of Health to--
(1) identify specific genetic and molecular targets and
biomarkers for triple negative breast cancer; and
(2) provide information useful in biomarker selection, drug
discovery, and clinical trials design that will enable both--
(A) triple negative breast cancer patients to be identified
earlier in the progression of their disease; and
(B) the development of multiple targeted therapies for the
disease.
(b) Funding.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 1405 for the Defense Health Program,
as specified in the corresponding funding tables in division
D, is hereby increased by $10,000,000 to carry out subsection
(a).
(c) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 1405 for the Defense Health Program,
as specified in the corresponding funding tables in division
D, for Private Sector Care is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.

Amendment NO. 195 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following new
section:

SEC. 5__. REVIEW AND REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT CLAIMS.

(a) Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall review the
practices of the Department of Defense pertaining to the
administration of sexual harassment claims. As part of the
review, the Secretary shall--
(1) assess the efforts of the Department to prevent sexual
harassment and protect members of the Armed Forces who submit
sexual harassment claims; and
(2) compile data and research on the prevalence of sexual
harassment in the military, including--
(A) the number of sexual harassment incidents reported;
(B) the number and percentage of such reports that resulted
in the initiation of legal proceedings against the alleged
perpetrator; and
(C) the number and percentage of such cases leading to
convictions or other adverse action against the alleged
perpetrator.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the
results of the review conducted under subsection (a).

Amendment NO. 196 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON PROTECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES FROM RUSSIAN-SPONSORED ARMED ATTACKS.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
report on the actions taken to protect members of the Armed
Forces of the United States from armed attacks conducted by
militants and terrorists in pursuit of bounties and
inducements the agencies, organizations, or entities aligned
with the Russian Federation.

Amendment NO. 197 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON DESALINIZATION TECHNOLOGY.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the application
of desalinization technology for defense and national
security purposes to provide drought relief to areas affected
by sharp declines in water resources.

Amendment NO. 198 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

Page 227, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. 389. REVIVAL OF REPORT ON NON-FEDERALIZED NATIONAL GUARD
PERSONNEL, TRAINING, AND EQUIPMENT
REQUIREMENTS.

Section 10504(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``years 2018 through 2020'' and inserting
``years 2023 through 2025''

Amendment NO. 199 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:

SEC. 5__. SPEECH DISORDERS OF CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN.

(a) Testing.--The Superintendent of a military service
academy shall provide testing for speech disorders to
incoming cadets or midshipmen under the jurisdiction of that
Superintendent.
(b) No Effect on Admission.--The testing under subsection
(a) may not have any affect on admission to a military
service academy.
(c) Results.--The Superintendent shall provide each cadet
or midshipman under the jurisdiction of that Superintendent
the result of the testing under subsection (a) and a list of
warfare unrestricted line officer positions and occupation
specialists that require successful performance on the speech
test.
(d) Therapy.--The Superintendent shall furnish speech
therapy to a cadet or midshipman under the jurisdiction of
that Superintendent at the election of the cadet or
midshipman.
(e) Retaking.--A cadet or midshipman whose testing indicate
a speech disorder or impediment may elect to retake the
testing once each academic year while enrolled at the
military service academy.

Amendment NO. 200 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. 31__. REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR NEW OR
MODIFIED NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

(a) Activities Covered.--Subsection (a)(2) of section 4209
of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 2529) is amended
by striking ``research and development which could lead to
the production'' both places it appears and inserting
``research and development for the production''.
(b) Modification to Funding Request Format.--Subsection
(b)(1) of such section is amended by striking ``, or any
concept work prior to phase 1 or 6.1 (as the case may be),''.
(c) Exceptions.--Subsection (c) of such section is amended
to read as follows:
``(c) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to funds
for purposes of conducting, or providing for the conduct of,
any of the following:
``(1) Research and development, or manufacturing and
engineering, determined by the Secretary to be necessary to
address proliferation concerns.
``(2) Research and development for exploratory concept work
relating to nuclear weapons.''.

Amendment NO. 201 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following
new section:

SEC. 12__. ASSESSMENT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a
report on the processes that the Department of Defense uses
to assess, monitor, and evaluate programs and activities
under section 127e of title 10, United States Code, and
section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1639). The
report shall include--
(1) an evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of
such programs and activities in achieving desired outcomes;
(2) identification of lessons learned and best practices in
carrying out such programs and activities; and

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(3) an explanation of the extent to which such lessons are
used to improve future programs and activities carried out
under such authorities of the Department of Defense.

Amendment NO. 202 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas

At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XIII,
insert the following:

SEC. __. CHIEF OF MISSION CONCURRENCE.

The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives,
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report
outlining the process by which chief of mission concurrence
is obtained for Department of Defense clandestine activities
under section 127(f) of title 10, United States Code.

Amendment No. 203 Offered by Ms. Jayapal of Washington

At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, insert the
following new section:

SEC. 8__. MANUFACTURING OF INSULIN.

(a) Manufacturing of Insulin.--For the purposes of
manufacturing insulin for use under the military health
system, including under the TRICARE program, the Secretary of
Defense may--
(1) select one or more Government-owned, contractor-
operated facilities to manufacture insulin;
(2) use existing pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities of
the Department of Defense to produce insulin; or
(3) establish new pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities
to produce insulin.
(b) Sale.--Any insulin manufactured under the authority of
this section may be provided at a price not to exceed the
cost to manufacture and distribute the insulin.

Amendment No. 204 offered by Ms. Jayapal of Washington

Add at the end of subtitle D of title XII the following
new section:

SEC. 1236. REPORT ON RISK OF NUCLEAR WAR IN UKRAINE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense Department shall
provide Congress with a risk assessment on the likelihood of
the use of a nuclear weapon as a result of the Russian
invasion of Ukraine and whether and by how much this risk
increases the longer that the war continues.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.

Amendment No. 205 offered by Ms. Jayapal of Washington

Add at the end of subtitle D of title XII the following new
section:

SEC. 1236. REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF WEAPONS IN
UKRAINE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit a
report to Congress describing--
(1) the distribution and use of United States weaponry
provided to the Ukrainian military including compliance with
United States law, including those prohibiting such weaponry
from being provided to extremist groups; and
(2) any efforts underway to prevent the illicit
distribution or use of such weapons and the effectiveness of
any such efforts.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.

Amendment No. 206 Offered by Mr. Johnson of South Dakota

At the end of subtitle H of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT
BENEFIT DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES WITH ENROLLMENT CHANGES DUE TO BASE
CLOSURES, FORCE STRUCTURE CHANGES, OR FORCE
RELOCATIONS.

(a) Assistance Authorized.--To assist communities in making
adjustments resulting from changes in the size or location of
the Armed Forces, the Secretary of Defense shall provide
financial assistance to an eligible local educational agency
described in subsection (b) if, during the period between the
end of the school year preceding the fiscal year for which
the assistance is authorized and the beginning of the school
year immediately preceding that school year, the local
educational agency--
(1) had (as determined by the Secretary of Defense in
consultation with the Secretary of Education) an overall
increase or reduction of--
(A) not less than five percent in the average daily
attendance of military dependent students in the schools of
the local educational agency; or
(B) not less than 500 military dependent students in
average daily attendance in the schools of the local
educational agency; or
(2) is projected to have an overall increase, between
fiscal years 2023 and 2028, of not less than 500 military
dependent students in average daily attendance in the schools
of the local educational agency as the result of a signed
record of decision.
(b) Eligible Local Educational Agencies.--A local
educational agency is eligible for assistance under
subsection (a) for a fiscal year if--
(1) 20 percent or more of students enrolled in schools of
the local educational agency are military dependent students;
and
(2) in the case of assistance described in subsection
(a)(1), the overall increase or reduction in military
dependent students in schools of the local educational agency
is the result of one or more of the following:
(A) The global rebasing plan of the Department of Defense.
(B) The official creation or activation of one or more new
military units.
(C) The realignment of forces as a result of the base
closure process.
(D) A change in the number of housing units on a military
installation.
(E) A signed record of decision.
(c) Calculation of Amount of Assistance.--
(1) Pro rata distribution.--The amount of the assistance
provided under subsection (a) to a local educational agency
that is eligible for such assistance for a fiscal year shall
be equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
(A) the per-student rate determined under paragraph (2) for
that fiscal year; by
(B) the net of the overall increases and reductions in the
number of military dependent students in schools of the local
educational agency, as determined under subsection (a).
(2) Per-student rate.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(A),
the per-student rate for a fiscal year shall be equal to the
dollar amount obtained by dividing--
(A) the total amount of funds made available for that
fiscal year to provide assistance under subsection (a); by
(B) the sum of the overall increases and reductions in the
number of military dependent students in schools of all
eligible local educational agencies for that fiscal year
under that subsection.
(3) Maximum amount of assistance.--A local educational
agency may not receive more than $15,000,000 in assistance
under subsection (a) for any fiscal year.
(d) Duration.--Assistance may not be provided under
subsection (a) after September 30, 2028.
(e) Notification.--Not later than June 30, 2023, and June
30 of each fiscal year thereafter for which funds are made
available to carry out this section, the Secretary of Defense
shall notify each local educational agency that is eligible
for assistance under subsection (a) for that fiscal year of--
(1) the eligibility of the local educational agency for the
assistance; and
(2) the amount of the assistance for which the local
educational agency is eligible.
(f) Disbursement of Funds.--The Secretary of Defense shall
disburse assistance made available under subsection (a) for a
fiscal year not later than 30 days after the date on which
notification to the eligible local educational agencies is
provided pursuant to subsection (e) for that fiscal year.
(g) Briefing Required.--Not later than March 1, 2023, the
Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on
the estimated cost of providing assistance to local
educational agencies under subsection (a) through September
30, 2028.
(h) Eligible Uses.--Amounts disbursed to a local education
agency under subsection (f) may be used by such local
educational agency for--
(1) general fund purposes;
(2) special education;
(3) school maintenance and operation;
(4) school expansion; or
(5) new school construction.
(i) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide, Department of Defense Education Activity, Line
390, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4301, is hereby increased by $15,000,000 for purposes
of this section.
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide, for Washington Headquarters Services, Line 500,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $15,000,000.
(j) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Base closure process.--The term ``base closure
process'' means any base closure and realignment process
conducted after the date of the enactment of this Act under
section 2687 of title 10, United States Code, or any other
similar law enacted after that date.
(2) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational
agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 7013(9)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7713(9)).
(3) Military dependent students.--The term ``military
dependent students'' means--
(A) elementary and secondary school students who are
dependents of members of the Armed Forces; and
(B) elementary and secondary school students who are
dependents of civilian employees of the Department of
Defense.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States
and the District of Columbia.

Amendment No. 207 Offered by Mr. Jones of New York

At the end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3__. PROGRAMS OF MILITARY DEPARTMENTS ON REDUCTION OF
FUEL RELIANCE AND PROMOTION OF ENERGY-AWARE
BEHAVIORS.

(a) Establishment.--Subchapter III of chapter 173 of title
10, United States Code, is

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amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 2928. Programs on reduction of fuel reliance and
promotion of energy-aware behaviors

``(a) Establishment.--Each Secretary of a military
department shall establish a program for the promotion of
energy-aware behaviors within that military department and
the reduction of unnecessary fuel consumption in support of
the goals under subsection (b).
``(b) Goals.--The goals of the programs established under
subsection (a) shall be as follows:
``(1) To reduce the reliance of the Department of Defense
on fossil fuels.
``(2) To decrease energy-related strategic vulnerabilities
and enhance military readiness.
``(3) To integrate sustainability features for new and
existing military installations and other facilities of the
Department.
``(c) Minimum Required Elements.--Under the program of a
military department under subsection (a), the Secretary of
such military department shall carry out, with respect to the
military department, and at a minimum, the following:
``(1) The development and implementation of a strategy for
the collection and analysis of data on fuel consumption, to
identify operational inefficiencies and enable data-driven
decision-making with respect to the reduction of fuel
consumption and fuel logistics.
``(2) The fostering of an energy-aware culture across the
military department to reduce fuel consumption, including
through--
``(A) the provision of educational and training materials,
including such materials that provide information on the
importance of operational energy security and energy-aware
behavior for military readiness and combat capability; and
``(B) the pursuit of relevant research opportunities with
civilian institutions of higher education and postsecondary
educational institutions within the Department of Defense.
``(3) The integration of operational energy factors into
the wargaming of the military department and other related
training activities that involve the modeling of scenarios,
in accordance with subsection (d), to provide to participants
in such activities realistic data on the risks and challenges
relating to operational energy and fuel logistics.
``(4) The implementation of data-driven operations planning
and logistics, to optimize cargo transport, streamline
operations, and reduce fuel demand and reliance within the
military department.
``(d) Wargaming Elements.--In integrating operational
energy factors into the wargaming and related training
activities of a military department under subsection (c)(4),
the Secretary of the military department shall seek to ensure
that the planning, design, and execution of such activities
include--
``(1) coordination with the elements of the military
department responsible for fuel and logistics matters, to
ensure the modeling of energy demand and network risk during
such activities are accurate, taking into account shortfalls
and the direct and indirect effects of the efforts of foreign
adversaries to target fuel supply chains; and
``(2) a focus on improving integrated life-cycle management
processes and fuel supply logistics.''.
(b) Deadline for Establishment.--The programs required
under section 2928 of title 10, United States Code, as added
by subsection (a), shall be established by not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military
department shall provide to the congressional defense
committees a briefing on the establishment of the program of
the military department required under such section 2928.

Amendment No. 208 Offered by Mr. Joyce of Ohio

At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 8__. NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION OF NATURAL
RUBBER FROM DOMESTIC HERBACIOUS PLANT SOURCES.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition and Sustainment, in consultation with the
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy,
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan
for future investment by the Department of Defense in the
development, testing, and evaluation of domestic natural
rubber from herbaceous plants for military applications,
including a timeline for acquiring critical defense
components and products using natural rubber from domestic
sources.
(b) Contents.--The plan submitted under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An unclassified assessment of the direct and indirect
influence of China on the commercial availability of natural
rubber, including the effects on national security and the
long-term implications for the defense supply chain,
specifically for military aircraft and vehicle tires.
(2) An overview of the current investment of the Department
of Defense in domestic natural rubber production and the
plans of the Department for scaling and expanding such
production to offset one percent of the annual importation of
natural rubber into the United States.
(3) A plan to provide additional funding for the
initiatives identified in paragraph (2) to achieve fielding
of products and components with natural rubber from domestic
sources not later than the end of fiscal year 2027.
(4) A strategy of United States-based rubber industry
partners and component manufacturers for collaboration,
codevelopment, and joint interest.
(5) A detailed description of the policies, procedures,
budgets, and accelerated acquisition and contracting
mechanisms of the Department of Defense for near-term
insertion of domestic natural rubber content to test and
evaluate performance of natural rubber from domestic sources
for tactical aircraft performance.

Amendment No. 209 Offered by Ms. Kelly of Illinois

At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. PILOT TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR MILITARY
SPOUSES.

(a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish a pilot transition assistance program for covered
individuals (in this section referred to as the ``pilot
program'').
(b) Services.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide to a
covered individual, who elects to participate in the pilot
program, services similar to those available under TAP to
members of the Armed Forces, including the following:
(1) Assessments of prior education, work history, and
employment aspirations of covered individuals, to tailor
appropriate employment services.
(2) Preparation for employment through services like mock
interviews and salary negotiations, training on professional
networking platforms, and company research.
(3) Job placement services.
(4) Services offering guidance on available health care
resources, mental health resources, and financial assistance
resources.
(5) Training in mental health first aid to learn how to
assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use-
related crisis.
(c) Locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the pilot
program at 12 military installations located in the United
States.
(d) Duration.--The pilot program shall terminate five years
after enactment.
(e) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the and House of
Representatives a report that includes--
(1) a description of the pilot program, including a
description of specific activities carried out under this
section; and
(2) the metrics and evaluations used to assess the
effectiveness of the pilot program.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered individual'' means a spouse of a
member of the Armed Forces eligible for TAP.
(2) The term ``military installation'' has the meaning
given such term in section 2801 of title 10, United States
Code.
(3) The term ``TAP'' means the Transition Assistance
Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10, United
States Code.

Amendment No. 210 Offered by Mr. Khanna of California

At the end of subtitle H of title III, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 3__. USE OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR REMOVAL OF
MUNITIONS AND EXPLOSIVES OF CONCERN IN GUAM.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may use amounts
available to the Department of Defense for operation and
maintenance to remove munitions and explosives of concern
from military installations in Guam.
(b) Monitoring of Removal.--The Secretary shall monitor and
assess the removal by the Department of munitions and
explosives of concern from military installations in Guam and
shall constantly update processes for such removal to
mitigate any issues relating to such removal.
(c) Report on Amounts Necessary.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report indicating the amounts necessary to conduct removal
of munitions and explosives of concern from military
installations in Guam.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``munitions and
explosives of concern'' has the meaning given that term in
section 179.3 of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, or
successor regulations.

Amendment No. 211 Offered by Mr. Khanna of California

Page 971, strike lines 1 through 8, and insert the
following new subparagraphs (and redesignate the subsequent
subparagraph accordingly):
(F) An identification of any challenges in establishing an
integrated air and missile defense architecture with
specified foreign partners, including assessments of the
capacity of specified foreign partners to--
(i) rapidly share and respond to intelligence on ballistic
and cruise missiles, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and
rocket attacks from Iran, and their ability

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to develop such capacity independent of direct United States
support and oversight;
(ii) independently operate key technical components of such
an architecture, including satellite sensors, ground- or sea-
based radars, and interceptors; and
(iii) operate command and control centers directing the
operation of such an architecture.
(G) An assessment of the overall cost to the United States
for providing support for the establishment and sustainment
of such an architecture over 5 and 10-year periods.
(H) A description of relevant coordination with the
Secretary of State and the ways in which such an architecture
advances United States regional diplomatic goals and
objectives.

Amendment No. 212 Offered by Mr. Kildee of Michigan

Add at the end of subtitle A of title X the following new
section:

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO ENLISTED PERSONNEL
SUBSISTENCE.

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense
should establish clear and consistent definitions of key
terms for use in reporting budgetary and financial
information related to enlisted personnel subsistence. This
information should be provided to Congress as part of the
Department of Defense budget justification materials relating
to military personnel.

Amendment No. 213 Offered by Mr. Kildee of Michigan

Add at the end of subtitle A of title X the following new
section:

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE CORRECTIVE
ACTION PLANS REVIEW PROCESS.

It is the sense of Congress that the Deputy Chief Financial
Officer should incorporate appropriate steps to improve its
corrective action plans review process, including notices of
findings and recommendations are appropriately linked to the
correct corrective action plans to address such notices. The
Deputy Chief Financial Officer should also update Department
of Defense guidance to instruct the Department and components
of the Department to document root cause analysis when needed
to address deficiencies auditors identified. The Deputy Chief
Financial Officer must provide a briefing to the relevant
congressional committees on the efforts of the Department of
Defense to link notices of findings and recommendations with
the correct corrective action plans.

Amendment No. 214 Offered by Mr. Kildee of Michigan

Add at the end of subtitle A of title X the following new
section:

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE FRAUD REDUCTION
TASK FORCE.

It is the sense of Congress that the Deputy Chief
Financial Officer should ensure that the Secretary of Defense
designates all representatives to the Fraud Reduction Task
Force as quickly as possible.

Amendment No. 215 Offered by Mr. Kilmer of Washington

At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION INCENTIVE
PROGRAM.

The Secretary of Navy shall coordinate with the Secretary
of Transportation and public shipyards to increase
participation in the Federal Transportation Incentive Program
by--
(1) identifying current challenges in the Program
structure; and
(2) implementing modifications that would reduce
impediments to use and provide incentives for increased use
by Federal employees.

Amendment No. 216 Offered by Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois

At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following new
section:

SEC. 1__. REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN FLEET OF MANNED
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT.

(a) Manned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
Aircraft.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Air Force, in
coordination with Director of the Air National Guard, shall
maintain a fleet of fixed wing, manned ISR/IAA aircraft to
conduct operations pursuant to the provisions of law
specified in paragraph (2).
(2) Provisions specified.--The provisions of law specified
in this paragraph are the following:
(A) Sections 124 and 284 of title 10, United States Code.
(B) Section 112 of title 32, United States Code.
(C) Section 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2004 (Public Law 108-136; 10 U.S.C. 271
note).
(b) Limitation.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), none
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2023 for the Air
Force may be obligated or expended to retire, divest,
realign, or placed in storage or on backup aircraft inventory
status, or to prepare to retire, divest, realign, or place in
storage or on backup aircraft inventory status, any RC-26B
aircraft.
(2) Exception.--
(A) In general.--The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not
apply to individual RC-26 aircraft that the Secretary of the
Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no
longer mission capable because of a Class A mishap.
(B) Certification required.--If the Secretary of the Air
Force determines under subparagraph (A) that an aircraft is
no longer mission capable, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a certification that the
status of such aircraft is due to a Class A mishap and not
due to lack of maintenance or repairs or other reasons.
(c) Funding for RC-26B Manned Intelligence, Surveillance,
and Reconnaissance Platform.--
(1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section
301 for operation and maintenance as specified in the
corresponding funding in section 4301, for operation and
maintenance, Air National Guard, the Secretary of the Air
Force shall transfer up to $18,500,000 for the purposes of
the RC-26B manned intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance platform.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in section
421 for military personnel, as specified in the corresponding
finding table in section 4401, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall transfer up to $13,000,000 from military personnel, Air
National Guard for personnel who operate and maintain the RC-
26B manned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
platform.
(d) Memorandum of Agreement.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Defense may enter into one
or more memoranda of agreement or cost sharing agreements
with other Federal entities for the purposes of assisting
with the missions and activities of such entities.
(e) Independent Assessment.--Not later than 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of Cost
Assessment and Program Evaluation shall conduct an
independent assessment to determine how the Air Force can--
(1) provide manned ISR/IAA capabilities for the purposes of
conducting operations pursuant to the provisions of law
specified in subsection (a)(2); and
(2) maintain and modernize the manned ISR/IAA aircraft
fleet over the period of ten years following the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(f) Comptroller General Study.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct an independent study of the platforms used to
conduct title 32 operations by manned ISR/IAA aircraft in
light of the proposal of the Air Force to retire and divest
the RC-26B aircraft fleet.
(2) Briefing.--Not later than September 31, 2023, the
Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional
defense committees a briefing on the preliminary findings of
the study under paragraph (1). The briefing shall include an
assessment of--
(A) the alternatives considered by the Air Force that led
to the recommendation to retire the RC-26B aircraft,
including the relative costs, benefits, and assumptions
associated with the alternatives to such retirement;
(B) any capability gaps in manned ISR/IAA that would be
created by such retirement;
(C) the extent to which the Department of Defense has plans
to address any capability gaps identified under subparagraph
(B); and
(D) any capability gaps in manned ISR/IAA that could be
created by the added cost to the Air Force of retaining the
RC-26B fleet.
(3) Report.--As soon as practicable after the date of the
briefing under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
the final results of the study conducted under paragraph (1).
(g) ISR/IAA Defined.--In this section, the term ``ISR/IAA''
means--
(1) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; and
(2) incident awareness and assessment.

Amendment No. 217 Offered by Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona

At the end of subtitle H of title III, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 3__. FUNDING FOR UTILITY HELICOPTER MODS.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 101 for Aircraft Procurement, Army,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for Utility Helicopter Mods, Line 026, is hereby
increased by $10,000,000 for 60kVA Generators.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operations and Maintenance,
Army, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4301, for Other Service Support, Line 490, is hereby
reduced by $10,000,000.

Amendment No. 218 Offered by Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Arizona

At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2__. REPORT ON POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED UTILIZATION OF
THE ELECTRONIC PROVING GROUNDS TESTING RANGE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Electronic Proving Grounds located at Fort
Huachuca, Arizona is unique within the Department of Defense
because of its naturally quiet electromagnetic environment,
its specialized facilities, its close relationship with the
Army training community,

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and its access to the expansive real-estate of southern
Arizona.
(2) The Electronic Proving Grounds has access to 70,000
acres at Ft. Huachuca, 23,000 acres on Wilcox Dry Lake, more
than 100,000 acres at Gila Bend, and with prior coordination,
approximately 62 million acres of Federal and State-owned
land.
(3) Live electronic warfare training is not possible at the
majority of military installations in the continental United
States including the National Training Center.
(4) The Electronic Proving Grounds has the capacity to
handle additional testing as well as the capability for
realistic electronic warfare training
(b) Report Required.--Not later than February 1, 2023, the
Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the Electronic Proving Grounds
testing range located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
(c) Elements.--The report under subsection (b) shall
address--
(1) the amount and types of testing activities conducted at
the Electronic Proving Grounds testing range;
(2) any shortfalls in the facilities and equipment of the
range;
(3) the capacity of the range to be used for additional
testing activities;
(4) the possibility of using the range for the testing
activities of other Armed Forces, Federal agencies, and
domestic companies;
(5) the capacity of the range to be used for realistic
electronic warfare training;
(6) electronic warfare training restrictions at domestic
military installations generally; and
(7) the feasibility and advisability of providing a
dedicated training area for electronic warfare units.
(d) Coordination.--In preparing the report under subsection
(b), the Secretary of the Army shall coordinate with the
following:
(1) The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the
Department of Defense.
(2) The governments of Cochise County and Sierra Vista,
Arizona.

Amendment No. 219 Offered by Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire

At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following new
section:

SEC. 5__. REVIEW AND REPORT ON THE DEFINITION OF CONSENT FOR
PURPOSES OF THE OFFENSES OF RAPE AND SEXUAL
ASSAULT UNDER THE UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY
JUSTICE.

(a) Evaluation and Review.--Not later than 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Joint Service
Committee on Military Justice shall commission a
comprehensive evaluation and review of the definition of
consent, as set forth in section 920(g)(7) of title 10,
United States Code (article 120(g)(7) of the Uniform Code of
Military Justice).
(b) Elements.--The review and evaluation conducted under
subsection (a) shall assess how the definition of consent set
forth in section 920(g)(7) of title 10, United States Code
(article 120(g)(7) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice)
can be--
(1) expanded to require knowledgeable and informed
agreement, freely entered into, without any malicious factors
or influences such as force, coercion, fear, fraud or false
identity, or exploitation of a person's incapacity;
(2) enhanced through consultation with other recognized
standards for the definition of such term; and
(3) clarified to state clearly that--
(A) the circumstances surrounding an incident of sexual
contact are irrelevant when malicious factors induced
compliance;
(B) consent for a sexual act does not constitute consent
for all sexual acts; and
(C) consent is revocable by either party during sexual
conduct.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the commencement
of the evaluation and review under subsection (a), the Joint
Service Committee on Military Justice shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the results of
the evaluation and review.

amendment no. 220 offered by mr. langevin of rhode island

At the end of subtitle B of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 16__. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED
NAVAL NUCLEAR FUEL SYSTEM BASED ON LOW-ENRICHED
URANIUM.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by this title for the National Nuclear Security
Administration, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4701, for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation,
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation R&D is hereby increased by
$20,000,000 for the purpose of LEU Research and Development
for Naval Pressurized Water Reactors.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by this title for the National Nuclear Security
Administration, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4701, for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
is hereby reduced--
(1) by $10,000,000 for the amount for nuclear smuggling
detection and deterrence; and
(2) by $10,000,000 for the amount for nuclear detonation
detection.

amendment no. 221 offered by mr. larsen of washington

Add at the end of subtitle E of title VIII the following
new section:

SEC. 8__. REPORT AND MODIFICATION TO THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.

(a) Modification to the National Technology and Industrial
Base.--Section 4801(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ``New Zealand,'' after ``Australia,''.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2023, the
Secretary of Defense (or a designee) shall brief the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
and the Senate on integration of the national technology and
industrial base (as defined in section 4801 of title 10,
United States Code). The report shall include, at a minimum,
the following elements:
(1) Progress towards implementation of the plan to increase
integration of the national technology and industrial base
developed pursuant to section 881(a) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328;
10 U.S.C. 2501 note).
(2) Examples of successful cross border integration under
the national technology and industrial base that has enhanced
national security and reduced barriers to collaboration.
(3) Recommendations for improving the integration of the
national technology and industrial base.

amendment no. 222 offered by mr. larsen of washington

At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XIII,
insert the following:

SEC. __. ADDITION TO NEXT ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND
SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING CHINA.

The Secretary of Defense shall include, in the next report
submitted on or before March 1, 2023, to fulfill the
requirements under section 1202 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note),
a robust analysis of developments in both the Space Systems
Department and the Network Systems Department of the
Strategic Support Force of China.

amendment no. 223 offered by mr. larsen of washington

At the end of subtitle B of title IX, add the following new
section:

SEC. 9__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
SUPERIORITY STRATEGY.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Department of Defense released the Electromagnetic
Spectrum Superiority Strategy (October 2020) and an
Implementation Plan for such strategy (August 2021);
(2) the purpose of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority
Strategy is to align electromagnetic spectrum activities
across the Department of Defense to solve persistent gaps in
the ability of the United States to project, achieve, and
sustain electromagnetic spectrum superiority against
adversaries and peer competitors, most notably Russia and
People's Republic of China;
(3) a goal of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority
Strategy is to ``Establish Effective EMS Governance'' to
unify Department of Defense-wide electromagnetic spectrum
enterprise activities, develop a continuous process
improvement culture, and promote policies that support
Department of Defense electromagnetic spectrum capabilities
and operations;
(4) electromagnetic spectrum superiority underpins each of
the four priorities of the 2022 National Defense Strategy of
the Department of Defense;
(5) the projecting, achievement, and sustainment of
electromagnetic spectrum superiority is inherently a joint
operational mission that is fundamental to the success of
military missions carried out by the United States and its
allies across all warfighting domains;
(6) electromagnetic spectrum operations leadership in the
Pentagon must be consolidated and unambiguous to address
persistent gaps in coordination of joint electronic warfare
among the services and fragmentation in guidance from
leadership in the Department of Defense; and
(7) the Secretary of Defense--
(A) should provide to Congress an unclassified version of
the Implementation Plan for the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Superiority Strategy in all future updates to the plan; and
(B) as part of implementing the Electromagnetic Spectrum
Superiority Strategy, should--
(i) strengthen governance reforms to ensure necessary
senior operational leadership; and
(ii) provide a coherent response to persistent gaps in
joint electromagnetic spectrum operations across the areas of
Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership,
Personnel, Facilities and Policy (DOTMLPF-P);

amendment no. 224 offered by mrs. lawrence of michigan

Page 149, line 9, insert ``, including wireless charging
technologies'' before the period at the end.
Page 150, after line 11, insert the following:
(10) The term ``wireless charging'' means the charging of a
battery by inductive charging or by any means in which a
battery is charged without a wire, or plug-in wire,
connecting the power source and battery.

amendment no. 225 offered by mrs. lawrence of michigan

At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:

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SEC. 5__. BEST PRACTICES FOR THE RETENTION OF CERTAIN FEMALE
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

The Secretaries of the military departments shall share and
implement best practices (including use of civilian industry
best practices) regarding the use of retention and exit
survey data to identify barriers and lessons learned to
improve the retention of female members of the Armed Forces
under the jurisdiction of such Secretaries.

amendment no. 226 offered by mrs. lawrence of michigan

At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following:

SEC. 5__. REVIEW OF RECRUITING EFFORTS FOR WOMEN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
evaluate the effectiveness and scale of existing outreach
programs, with the objective of creating new programs or
adjusting the existing programs to increase the recruitment
of women, including young women, for service in the Armed
Forces.
(b) Report.--Not later than 365 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Department shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a report that includes--
(1) evaluations of existing marketing and recruitment
efforts to increase recruitment of women in the Armed Forces;
and
(2) recommendations on new initiatives, programs, or
practices to increase the recruitment of women in the Armed
Forces.

amendment no. 227 offered by mrs. lawrence of michigan

At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following:

SEC. 5__. REPORT ON SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT MEMBERS.

The Secretary of Defense shall report to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a
summary of past, current, and future efforts to support
pregnant members of the Armed Forces, including--
(1) the number of pregnant members who served at least one
day of active duty in a calendar year;
(2) recommendations to improve efforts to support pregnant
members.

amendment no. 228 offered by mrs. lee of nevada

Add at the end of subtitle C of title VII the following:

SEC. 782. REPORT ON COORDINATION, DATA SHARING, AND
EVALUATION EFFORTS FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION.

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, shall submit to each congressional
committee with jurisdiction over the Department of Defense,
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of
Health and Human Services, a report on the coordination, data
sharing, and evaluation efforts on suicide prevention across
these departments. The report shall include:
(1) An overview of the functioning and core findings of the
Interagency Task Force on Military and Veterans Mental Health
since its creation in 2012.
(2) An accounting of the funding each Department has
obligated towards suicide prevention related research.
(3) An outline of methods of comparing programs and sharing
best practices for suicide prevention by each Department.
(4) An outline of the work to actively develop and improve
joint suicide prevention practices based on information
compiled and shared by each Department.
(5) An outline of the plan each Department has to achieve
greater government efficiency and cross-agency coordination,
data sharing, and evaluation in Federal suicide prevention
efforts, in line with Priority Goal 5 of the plan entitled,
``Reducing Military and Veteran Suicide'', published by the
White House in November 2021.
(6) Any other information the Secretary of Defense,
Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs determines to be appropriate.

amendment no. 229 offered by mrs. lee of nevada

Add at the end of subtitle G of title XXVIII the following:

SEC. 2862. DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO DELIVER A
BRIEFING ON HOUSING WITH RESPECT TO JUNIOR
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall deliver a briefing
on the housing realities, difficulties, and needs facing
junior members of the Armed Forces to the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives. The briefing shall
include:
(1) An overview of the available on-base housing stock,
military services' and individual bases' housing requirements
and practices, as well as other possible options for housing
junior members of the Armed Forces.
(2) An outline of Department plans for identifying
installations with a shortage of on-base or off-base housing
for junior enlisted members of the Armed Forces and plans to
address any shortages in order to enable bases to house their
junior members of the Armed Forces more productively, cost-
effectively, and safely, with an eye to quality of life and
force readiness.
(3) Any other information the Secretary determines to be
relevant.

amendment no. 230 offered by ms. leger fernandez of new mexico

At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:

SEC. __. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR TRANSFER OF PARCELS OF
LAND IN NEW MEXICO.

Section 3120 of the Ike Skelton National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (42 U.S.C. 2391 note)
is amended by striking ``2022'' each place that it appears
and inserting ``2032''.

amendment no. 231 offered by mr. levin of california

At the end of subtitle F of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. AMENDMENTS TO PATHWAYS FOR COUNSELING IN THE
TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Section 1142(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``Disability'' and
inserting ``Potential or confirmed disability'';
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``Character'' and
inserting ``Potential or confirmed character'';
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (M) as subparagraph (R);
and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the following:
``(M) Child care requirements of the member (including
whether a dependent of the member is enrolled in the
Exceptional Family Member Program).
``(N) The employment status of other adults in the
household of the member.
``(O) The location of the duty station of the member
(including whether the member was separated from family while
on duty).
``(P) The effects of operating tempo and personnel tempo on
the member and the household of the member.
``(Q) Whether the member is an Indian or urban Indian, as
those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health
Care Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437; 25 U.S.C. 1603).''.

amendment no. 232 offered by mr. lieu of california

Add at the end of subtitle H of title III the following:

SEC. 389. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE USE OF WORKING DOGS
TO DETECT EARLY STAGES OF DISEASES.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the ongoing research effort conducted by the Department
of the Army, in partnership with the University of
Pennsylvania, titled Training Aid Delivery Device 2.0
Training Support for COVID-19 Detection, is exploring the
effectiveness of using scent detection working dogs to detect
the early stages of diseases, including the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19);
(2) this research effort will soon complete Phase 2 and has
shown promising results, including an accuracy rate of 89
percent in COVID-19 detection from t-shirt samples; and
(3) it is important that the Department of Defense funds
Phase 3 of this research effort to determine whether the use
of working dogs is a feasible method of responding to
emerging disease threats in a low-cost, low-burden, timely,
and widely applicable manner.

amendment no. 233 offered by mrs. luria of virginia

At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following new
section:

SEC. 1__. REPORT ON ADVANCE PROCUREMENT FOR CVN-82 AND CVN-
83.

(a) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2023, the Secretary
of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the plan of the Navy for advance
procurement for the aircraft carriers designated CVN-82 and
CVN-83.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include an assessment of--
(1) the value, cost, and feasibility of a two-year advance
procurement for a single aircraft carrier acquisition
strategy;
(2) the value, cost, and feasibility of a three-year
advance procurement for a single aircraft carrier acquisition
strategy;
(3) the value, cost, and feasibility of a two-year advance
procurement for a two aircraft carrier acquisition strategy;
(4) the value, cost, and feasibility of a three-year
advance procurement for a two aircraft carrier acquisition
strategy; and
(5) the effect of a multiple carrier acquisition plan on
force development and fleet capability.

amendment no. 234 offered by mrs. luria of virginia

At the end of subtitle C of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACT-MULTI
ORDER CONTRACTING.

(a) In General.--Not later than October 1, 2023, the
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a comprehensive report on the effects of
Multiple Award Contract-multi Order contracting (in this
section referred to as ``MAC-MO'') on battle force ship
availability and maintenance costs.
(b) Matters for Inclusion.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include each of the following:
(1) An analysis plan for the MAC-MO strategy.

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(2) Lessons learned from the MAC-MO strategy
implementation.
(3) A description of the effects of competition
opportunities following the shift to MAC-MO.
(4) An identification of best practices from the previous
Multi-ship Multi-Option strategy that have been identified
and applied to the MAC-MO strategy.
(5) An assessment of current perform-to-plan metrics and
how such metrics have influenced ongoing contracting
processes.
(6) An assessment of MAC-MO strategy on ship maintenance
availabilities.
(7) An assessment of ship maintenance workload
predictability under the MAC-MO strategy.
(8) An identification of any planned changes to account for
schedule delays.
(9) An assessment of possible maintenance delays due to
contract award processing that cross fiscal years.

amendment no. 235 offered by mr. lynch of massachusetts

Page 398, insert after line 17 (and conform the table of
contents accordingly):

SEC. 599. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO SOLICIT GIFTS IN
SUPPORT OF THE MISSION OF THE DEFENSE POW/MIA
ACCOUNTING AGENCY TO ACCOUNT FOR MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES LISTED AS MISSING.

Section 1501a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ``solicit,'' after
``the Secretary may''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(2)--
(A) by inserting ``solicitation or'' after ``provide
that''; and
(B) by striking ``acceptance or use'' and inserting
``solicitation, acceptance, or use''.

amendment no. 236 offered by Mr. Lynch of Massachusetts

Add at the end of subtitle B of title VIII the following
new section:

SEC. 8__. REESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON WARTIME
CONTRACTING.

(a) In General.--There is hereby reestablished in the
legislative branch under section 841 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181;
122 Stat. 230) the Commission on Wartime Contracting.
(b) Amendment to Duties.--Section 841(c)(1) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law
110-181; 122 Stat. 231) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) General duties.--The Commission shall study the
following matters:
``(A) Federal agency contracting funded by overseas
contingency operations funds.
``(B) Federal agency contracting for the logistical support
of coalition forces operating under the authority of the 2001
or 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force.
``(C) Federal agency contracting for the performance of
security functions in countries where coalition forces
operate under the authority of the 2001 or 2002 Authorization
for the Use of Military Force.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 841 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law
110-181; 122 Stat. 230) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform'' each place it appears and
inserting ``the Committee on Oversight and Reform'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``of this Act'' and
inserting ``of the date of the enactment of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023''; and
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``was first established''
each place it appears and inserting ``was reestablished by
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2023''; and
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``On March 1, 2009''
and inserting ``Not later than one year after the date of
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023''.

amendment no. 237 offered by Mr. Lynch of Massachusetts

At the end of subtitle E of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO PROTECT MEMBERS,
VETERANS, AND MILITARY FAMILIES FROM FINANCIAL
FRAUD.

(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall
establish an Interagency Task Force on Financial Fraud
targeting members of the Armed Forces and veterans (referred
to in this section as the ``Task Force'').
(b) Membership.--The Task Force established under this
section shall include representatives from the following:
(1) The Department of Defense.
(2) The Department of Veterans Affairs,
(3) The Federal Trade Commission.
(4) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
(5) The Department of Justice.
(6) The Federal Communications Commission.
(7) The Postal Inspection Service.
(8) Three representatives, appointed by the Secretary of
Defense in consultation with the Secretary of the Department
of Veterans Affairs, of non-governmental organizations (at
least one of whom is a representative of a veterans' service
organization) with expertise in identifying, preventing, and
combatting financial fraud targeting members of the Armed
Forces, veterans, and military families.
(c) Consultation.--The Task Force shall regularly consult
with the following:
(1) Members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and members of
military families that have been victims of financial fraud.
(2) Relevant Federal agencies and departments that are not
represented on the Task Force.
(3) Other relevant public and private sector stakeholders,
including State and local law enforcement agencies, financial
services providers, technology companies, and social media
platforms.
(d) Meetings.--The Task Force shall not meet less
frequently than three times per calendar year.
(e) Purpose.--The purpose of the Task Force is to identify
and examine current and developing methods of financial fraud
targeting members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and military
families and issue recommendations to enhance efforts
undertaken by Federal agencies to identify, prevent, and
combat such financial fraud.
(f) Duties.--The duties of the Task Force shall include the
following:
(1) Collecting and reviewing robust data pertaining to
medical billing, credit reporting, debt collection, and other
serious financial challenges facing members of the Armed
Forces, veterans, and military families.
(2) Identifying and reviewing current methods of financial
exploitation targeting members of the Armed Forces, veterans,
and military families, including--
(A) imposter or phishing scams;
(B) investment-related fraud;
(C) pension poaching;
(D) veterans benefit fraud;
(E) fraudulent offers pertaining to employment or business
opportunities;
(F) predatory lending;
(G) veteran charity schemes;
(H) foreign money offers and fake check scams;
(I) mortgage foreclosure relief and debt management fraud;
(J) military allotment system abuse; and
(K) military records fraud.
(3) Identifying and evaluating the new financial risks that
emerging financial technologies, including buy-now-pay-later
credit and digital payment ecosystems, may present to members
of the Armed Forces, veterans, and military families.
(4) Evaluating the efficacy of current Federal programs,
educational campaigns, policies, and statutes, including the
Military Lending Act and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act,
in preventing and combatting financial fraud targeting
members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and military families.
(5) Developing recommendations to enhance efforts of
Federal agencies to detect, prevent, and combat financial
fraud targeting members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and
military families.
(g) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Task Force
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on its findings to date and recommendations to enhance
the efforts of Federal agencies to identify, prevent, and
combat financial fraud targeting members of the Armed Forces,
veterans, and military families.
(h) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means the following:
(1) The Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of
Representatives.
(2) The Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
(3) The Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(4) The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate.
(5) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
(6) The Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.

amendment no. 238 offered by Ms. Mace of south carolina

At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following
new section:

SEC. 7__. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MILITARY READINESS THROUGH
NUTRITION AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES.

(a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretaries of the military
departments, shall carry out a pilot program to improve
military readiness through nutrition and wellness
initiatives.
(b) Unit Selection.--The Secretary of Defense shall select
for participation in the pilot program under subsection (a) a
unit at a basic training facility or an early instructional
facility of a military department.
(c) Elements.--The pilot program under subsection (a) shall
include the following activities:
(1) The development, and administration to the unit
selected pursuant to subsection (b), of an educational
curriculum relating to nutrition, physical fitness, the
proper use of supplements, and any other human performance
elements determined relevant by the Secretary of the military
department with jurisdiction over the unit.
(2) The provision to the unit of health-related testing.
(3) The provision to the unit of dietary supplements.
(d) Implementing Partner.--
(1) Selection.--The Secretary of Defense shall select as an
implementing partner a

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single contractor to both carry out all of the activities
under subsection (c) and manufacture at a manufacturing
facility owned by the contractor the dietary supplements to
be provided pursuant to subsection (c)(3). In making such
selection, the Secretary shall ensure that the contractor
enforces an appropriate level of third-party review with
respect to the quality and safety of products manufactured,
as determined by the Secretary.
(2) Considerations.-- In selecting the contractor under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the following:
(A) Whether the contractor has the ability to carry out
each activity under subsection (c), in addition to the
ability to manufacture the dietary supplements to be provided
pursuant to subsection (c)(3).
(B) Whether the manufacturing facility of the contractor is
a fully independent, third-party certified, manufacturing
facility that holds the highest ``Good Manufacturing
Practice'' certification or rating possible, as issued by a
regulatory agency of the Federal government.
(C) Whether the manufacturing facility of the contractor,
and all finished products manufactured therein, have been
verified by a third-party as free from banned substances and
contaminants.
(D) Whether the contractor is in compliance with the
adverse event reporting policy and third-party adverse event
monitoring policy of the Food and Drug Administration.
(E) Whether the contractor implements a stability testing
program that supports product expiration dating.
(F) Whether the contractor has a credible and robust
environment, social, and governance policy that articulates
responsibilities and annual goals.
(G) Whether the contractor has demonstrated at least five
years of operation as a business in good standing in the
industry.
(H) Whether the contractor has a demonstrated history of
maintaining relationships with nationally-recognized medical
and health organizations.
(e) Coordination.--In carrying out the pilot program under
subsection (a), the contractor selected under subsection (d)
shall coordinate with the following:
(1) Command, training, and medical officers and
noncommissioned officers.
(2) Outside experts (including experts with relevant
experience from research and testing organizations, credible
medical committees, or hospitals) that may lend personalized
support, capture data, and facilitate third-party adverse
event reporting.
(f) Duration.--The pilot program under subsection (a) shall
be for a period of six months.
(g) Report.--Upon the termination of the pilot program
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the
results of the pilot program, including any findings or data
from the pilot program, and a recommendation by the Secretary
of Defense for improvements to the readiness of the Armed
Forces based on such findings and data.

amendment no. 239 offered by Ms. Mace of South carolina

Page 52, line 20, insert ``electric short take-off and
landing,'' before ``or a combination''.

amendment no. 240 offered by Mr. Malinowski of New jersey

At the end of title LVIII, add the following:

SEC. 58_. DEMOCRACY DISRUPTION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA.

(a) In General.-- Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter for 5
fiscal years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense and Director of National
Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report describing actions by relevant foreign
governments that act to undermine democracy in the United
States Central Command or United States Africa Command area
of responsibility, including through the disruption of
nascent democratic movements, transnational repression, or
bolstering authoritarian governments in countries other than
their own.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of whether and the extent to which
relevant governments provide financial or other economic
support, or technical assistance, to authoritarian leaders
with the purpose of supporting--
(A) the short, medium, and long-term viability of
authoritarians as head of states; or
(B) heads of states who have--
(i) conducted a coup d'etat or other seizure of power in
which the military played a decisive role;
(ii) undermined the independence of the judiciary;
(iii) facilitated the unconstitutional removal of a portion
or entirety of a democratically elected government or
legislature; or
(iv) removed term limits or consolidated executive
authority through the unilateral cancellation or revision of
a country's constitution.
(2) A determination of whether relevant governments either
directly or through third parties, throughout the United
States Central Command or United States Africa Command area
of responsibility--
(A) undermine electoral systems or act to discredit or
overturn the results of democratic elections in other
countries;
(B) assist authoritarian governments in intimidating or
harassing members of civil society or in limiting the ability
of members of civil society to operate without fear of
criminal charges or detention; or
(C) violate international principles of nonrefoulment and
the rights of asylum seekers.
(3) A list of armed groups, including militias, private
military corporations, mercenaries, or paramilitaries, that
receive monetary, military, or other material support from
relevant foreign governments.
(4) An assessment of whether actors in the list in
paragraph (3) have committed gross violations of
international recognized human rights.
(5) A detailed analysis of relevant foreign governments'
diplomatic support, whether bilaterally or in international
organizations, for military or civilian leaders who meet
criteria in paragraph (1)(B).
(6) An assessment of whether relevant foreign governments
engage in a consistent pattern of acts of transnational
repression and intimidation or harassment directed against
individuals in the United States, including--
(A) funding, either directly or through third parties, the
use of inauthentic social media accounts which target
specific individuals in an attempt to silence, intimidate, or
harass nonviolent critics or dissenters;
(B) targeted imprisonment of family members on politically
motivated charges; or
(C) any other form of intimidation or harassment.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but the portions of the
report described in section (b) may contain a classified
annex, so long as such annex is provided separately from the
unclassified report.
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of
the Senate; and
(2) the term ``relevant foreign government'' means the
government of a country in the United States Central Command
or United States Africa Command area of responsibility that--
(A) received United States security assistance, including
under authorities of title 10, United States Code, during the
previous 10 fiscal years; or
(B) hosts United States military personnel other than those
permanently assigned to a United States Embassy in their
respective countries.

amendment no. 241 Offered by Ms. Manning of North Carolina

Page 99, after line 23, insert the following:
(c) Consultation.--In designing the program under this
section, the Secretary of Defense may consult with the
President's Board of Advisors on historically Black colleges
and universities.
Page 99, line 24, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(d)''.

Amendment No. 242 offered by Ms. Manning of North Carolina

Page 104, line 19, insert ``, including by taking into
consideration the potential military application of battery
technologies developed by entities awarded grants by the
Department under section 40207 of the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (Public law 117-58; 42 U.S.C.
18741)'' before the period at the end.

Amendment no. 243 Offered by Ms. Manning of North Carolina

Page 448, line 2, strike ``or''.
Page 448, line 4, strike ``China.'' and insert ``China;
or''.
Page 448, after line 4 insert the following:
(4) containing materials from the Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

Amendment no. 244 Offered by Ms. Manning of North Carolina

Page 223, after line 20, insert the following:
(9) Army Heavy Tactical Wheeled Vehicles.

Amendment no. 245 Offered by Ms. Manning of North CarolinaS0634

Page 361, after line 24, insert the following:
``(10) The right to be informed of the results of drinking
water testing at school facilities.''.
Page 362, after line 17, insert the following:
``(E) the results of drinking water testing at school
facilities;''.

Amendment no. 246 Offered by Mrs. McBath of Georgia

At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON INITIATIVES OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO
SOURCE LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY PRODUCED FOODS
FOR INSTALLATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report detailing--
(1) current procurement practices of the Department of
Defense regarding food for consumption or distribution on
installations of the Department;

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(2) efforts by the Department of Defense to establish and
strengthen ``farm to base'' initiatives to source locally and
regionally produced foods, including seafood, for consumption
or distribution at installations of the Department;
(3) efforts by the Department to collaborate with relevant
Federal agencies, including the Department of Veterans
Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of
Commerce, to procure locally and regionally produced foods;
(4) opportunities where procurement of locally and
regionally produced foods would be beneficial to members of
the Armed Forces, their families, military readiness by
improving health outcomes, and farmers near installations of
the Department;
(5) barriers currently preventing the Department from
increasing procurement of locally and regionally produced
foods or preventing producers from partnering with nearby
installations of the Department; and
(6) recommendations for how the Department can improve
procurement practices to increase offerings of locally and
regionally produced foods.
(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Natural Resources, and the Committee on Agriculture of the
House of Representatives.

Amendment no. 247 Offered by Mr. McCaul of Texas

Add at the end of subtitle F of title VIII the following
new section:

SEC. 8__. INCREASED COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGY
FOR CERTAIN CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTORS.

(a) Authorities.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to
increase competitive opportunities for appropriate U.S.
companies to be awarded prime contracts, grants, cooperative
agreements, or other transactions for commercial products or
dual-use capabilities of which any component primarily
relates to critical technology.
(2) Strategy.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to increase
competitive opportunities available for appropriate U.S.
companies and protect the integrity of the defense industrial
base. The strategy shall include the following:
(A) A description of methods to enhance the availability of
funds authorized by sections 4021 and 4022 of title 10,
United States Code, for appropriate U.S. companies to develop
end items of critical technologies, to rapidly prototype such
end items, to conduct continuous experimentation to improve
such end items, and to deliver capabilities to the Department
of Defense.
(B) Processes to monitor and mitigate risks to the defense
industrial base.
(C) Processes to improve coordination by the military
departments and other elements of the Department of Defense
to carry out subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(b) Report.--Along with the report required under section
4814 of title 10, United States Code, that is due after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with appropriate U.S. companies, shall submit
a report on the implementation of the strategy required in
subsection (a)(2) and progress made to monitor and mitigate
risks to the defense industrial base.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate U.S. company'' means--
(A) a nontraditional defense contractor, as defined in
section 3014 of title 10, United States Code; or
(B) a prime contractor that has entered into a cooperative
agreement with a nontraditional defense contractor with the
express intent to pursue funding authorized by sections 4021
and 4022 of title 10, United States Code, in the development,
testing, or prototyping of critical technologies.
(2) The term ``commercial product'' has the meaning given
in section 3011 of title 10, United States Code.
(3) The term ``dual-use'' has the meaning given in section
4801 of title 10, United States Code.
(4) The term ``critical technology'' means a technology
identified as critical by the Secretary of Defense, which
shall include--
(A) biotechnology;
(B) quantum science;
(C) advanced materials;
(D) artificial intelligence and machine learning;
(E) microelectronics;
(F) space technology;
(G) advanced computing and software;
(H) hypersonics;
(I) integrated sensing and cyber;
(J) autonomous systems;
(K) unmanned systems;
(L) advanced sensing systems; and
(M) advanced communications systems.

Amendment no. 248 Offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts

At the end of subtitle C of title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 6__. HUNGER AMONG MILITARY FAMILIES: DATA COLLECTION;
TRAINING; REPORT.

(a) Data Collection.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness, acting through the
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Community and Family
Policy, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Food,
Nutrition, and Consumer Services of the Department of
Agriculture, shall--
(1) develop a survey, in collaboration with the Department
of Agriculture, to determine how many members of the Armed
Forces serving on active duty, and dependents of such
members, are food insecure;
(2) issue the survey to such members and dependents;
(3) collect data from the survey on the use, by such
members and dependents, of Federal nutrition assistance
programs, including the supplemental nutrition assistance
program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.), the special supplemental nutrition program for
women, infants, and children under section 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), the school lunch
program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), and the school breakfast
program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1773); and
(4) collect data related to the number of such members and
dependents who--
(A) are eligible for the basic needs allowance under
section 402b of title 37, United States Code; and
(B) receive such basic needs allowance;
(5) develop and carry out a plan to train and designate an
individual who will assist members at military installations
on how and where to refer such members and their dependents
for participation in Federal nutrition assistance programs
described in paragraph (3); and
(6) coordinate Department of Defense efforts to address
food insecurity and nutrition.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Under
Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness shall submit
to the congressional defense committees, the Committees on
Agriculture and Education and Labor of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry of the Senate a report including the following:
(1) The number of members of the Armed Forces serving on
active duty and their dependents who are food insecure.
(2) The number of such members and their dependents who use
the Federal nutrition assistance programs described in
subsection (a)(3).
(3) The number of such members and their dependents
described in subsection (a)(3).
(4) The status of implementation of the plan under
subsection (a)(5).

Amendment no. 249 Offered by Mrs. Rodgers of Washington

At the end of title VI, insert the following new subtitle:

Subtitle F--Disability and Retired Pay

SEC. 651. ELIMINATION OF CAP ON ADDITIONAL RETIRED PAY FOR
EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMY
AND AIR FORCE WHO SERVED DURING THE VIETNAM
ERA.

Title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 1402(f)(2), by striking ``The amount'' and
inserting ``Except in the case of a member who served during
the Vietnam Era (as that term is defined in section 12731 of
this title), the amount'';
(2) in section 7361(a)(2), by inserting ``(except in the
case of a member who served during the Vietnam Era, as that
term is defined in section 12731 of this title)'' after
``based''; and
(3) in section 9361(a)(2), by inserting ``(except in the
case of a member who served during the Vietnam Era, as that
term is defined in section 12731 of this title)'' after
``based''.

Amendment no. 250 Offered by Mr. Meeks of New York

Page 813, line 22, after ``The Secretary of Defense''
insert ``, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State,''.

Amendment no. 251 Offered by Mr. Meeks of New York

At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12_. REPORT ON CHIEF OF MISSION CONCURRENCE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report evaluating the
processes by which chiefs of mission provide concurrence to
the exercise of the authority pursuant to section 127e of
title 10, United States Code, and section 1202 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the most significant impediments to each relevant chief
of mission's ability to inform and consult in a timely manner
with relevant individuals at relevant missions or bureaus of
the Department of State;
(2) the lessons learned from such consultations;
(3) procedures and agreements between departments that
enable Secretary of State to take such steps as may be
necessary to ensure that such relevant individuals have the
security clearances necessary and access to relevant
compartmented and special programs to so consult in a timely
manner with respect to such concurrence; and

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(4) the lessons learned from such procedures and agreements
and required improvements so identified.
(c) Form.--The report required by section (a) may be
provided in classified form.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate.

Amendment no. 252 Offered by Mr. Meeks of New York

At the appropriate place in title LVIII, insert the
following:

SEC. __. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR AND
PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL
COUNTERTERRORISM ACADEMY IN COTE D'IVOIRE.

(a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States to partner with West African governments where
possible to mitigate and counter growing regional insecurity
resulting from the spread of armed conflict and terrorism,
including by providing assistance to train, equip, and mentor
West African security services to counter threats to regional
and national security through a whole-of-government approach.
(b) Feasibility Study.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall conduct a
feasibility study regarding the provision of U.S. assistance
for infrastructure, training, equipment, and other forms of
support to institutionalize the International
Counterterrorism Academy (Academie Internationale de Lutte
Contre le Terrorisme or AILCT) in Jacqueville, Cote D'Ivoire
that--
(1) Provides a legal analysis of existing authorities to
provide U.S. foreign assistance dedicated to the development
and establishment of AILCT programs, initiatives, and
infrastructure for the purposes of training, equipping, and
mentoring eligible West African security services bilaterally
or in coordination with partners and allies;
(2) Identifies opportunities for the United States to
leverage and support the AILCT facility to pursue national
security interests in West Africa, the Sahel, Sub-Saharan
Africa, and the strategic Atlantic Ocean coastal and maritime
environments, including through training and research
activities, infrastructure development, combatting
transnational terrorist and organized crime threats, and
countering foreign malign influence throughout the region;
(3) Assesses any planned and pledged contributions from
other countries to ensure appropriate sustainment of the
facilities and burden sharing.
(c) Forms.--The feasibility study required under subsection
(b) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain
a classified annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives;
(2) the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of
the House of Representatives; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of
the House of Representatives.

Amendment no. 253 Offered by Mrs. Miller of West Virginia

At the end of subtitle B of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. RECOGNITION OF THE ARMY INTERAGENCY TRAINING AND
EDUCATION CENTER AS A JOINT ACTIVITY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD; REPORT.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) AITEC has been designated by the National Guard Bureau
as a joint activity of the Army and Air National Guard
responsible for the following activities:
(A) Mission assurance and other critical infrastructure
protection activities in support of the Department of Defense
and Department of Homeland Security entities.
(B) All-hazards disaster response training and exercises
for the National Guard in partnership with Federal, State,
local, territorial, and Tribal response enterprise
organizations.
(2) AITEC is composed of members of the Army and Air
National Guard who possess relevant private-sector critical
skills and experience in the fields of emergency response,
engineering, cybersecurity, electric power, logistics,
telecommunications, utilities, medical, rescue, or such other
fields as determined by evolving mission requirements.
(3) The National Guard Bureau has designated AITEC as
having the following duties:
(A) Providing the Department of Defense with--
(i) unique civilian expertise and experience of critical
infrastructure protection, Chemical, Biological,
Radiological, and Nuclear response, emergency management,
control systems cybersecurity, and incident management;
(ii) training and exercise support of Joint Interagency
Training Capability, including Joint Force Headquarters-State
and Joint Task Force-State Headquarters elements, National
Guard Reaction Forces, Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil
Support Teams, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological,
Nuclear, or High-Yield Explosive Emergency Response Force
Packages, and Homeland Response Forces; and
(iii) personnel to conduct Mission Assurance,
Cybersecurity, Port Security & Resiliency, and other critical
infrastructure assessments and training along with Counter-
IED and bombing prevention training to intergovernmental
partners and first responders.
(B) On an ongoing basis, partnering with the military
departments, the combatant commands, other Department of
Defense agencies, the Department of Homeland Security, and
State, local, territorial, and Tribal governments to
conduct--
(i) all-threats, all-hazards Mission Assurance assessments
in the areas of Mission Assurance Related Programs and
Activities, including cyber supply chain risk management,
position, navigation, and timing, and unmanned systems on
Defense Critical Infrastructure;
(ii) all-hazards and disaster response training and
exercise support;
(iii) infrastructure protection assessment activities,
cybersecurity, and counter-IED and bombing prevention
training for the Department of Homeland Security; and
(iv) Port Security & Resiliency assessments for the Coast
Guard.
(b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Homeland Defense and Global Security and the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes--
(1) an organizational plan and an estimate of the annual
costs necessary for AITEC to complete its duties as described
in subsection (a)(3); and
(2) the manpower requirements needed to adequately staff
such duties.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``AITEC'' means the Army Interagency Training
and Education Center.
(2) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
(3) The term ``critical infrastructure'' has the meaning
given the term in section 702 of the Defense Production Act
of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4552).

Amendment no. 254 Offered by Mrs. Miller of West Virginia

Page 1348, insert after line 23 the following (and conform
the table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 5806. MEMORIAL FOR THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE
ATTACK ON HAMID KARZAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
AUGUST 26, 2021.

Section 1087 of National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (40 U.S.C. 8903 note) is amended by striking
``The Secretary of Defense may'' and inserting ``The
Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2023,''.

Amendment no. 255 Offered by Ms. Moore of Wisconsin

Page 509, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. 746. GAO STUDY ON DOD AND VA MAMMOGRAM AND BREAST CANCER
SCREENING POLICIES.

(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a review, beginning not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, to examine and
determine whether current Department of Defense and
Department of Veterans Affairs policies allow individuals
with dense breast, regardless of age, with no-cost or low-
cost access through their health programs to all the
screening and diagnostic tools needed to confirm breast
cancer, including when standard mammograms are inconclusive
or ineffective in doing so.
(b) Contents.--The study conducted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall--
(1) examine the utilization of existing screening and
diagnosis tools by participants in health programs
administered by the Department of Defense and Department of
Veterans Affairs, disaggregated by demographic
characteristics;
(2) identify and examine barriers to greater access to such
tools in each such agency, including whether cost prevents
individuals from receiving additional breast cancer
diagnostic or screening exams that may confirm the presence
of breast cancer;
(3) make recommendations on how each such agency can
improve policies to best address the unique challenges
identifying breast cancer in those with dense breasts;
(4) analyze how well such agencies' policies regarding
breast cancer screening and diagnoses for those with dense
breast align with coverage under other Federal health care
programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, coverage on the
Affordable Care Act health care marketplace, and the
recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task
Force;
(5) identify the most recent time that relevant policies
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agency and how often they are currently reviewed or updated;
(6) analyze how well existing policies reflect or include
the best available science on helping women with dense breast
receive accurate diagnosis regarding the presence or absence
of cancer; and
(7) identify any efforts by each such agency to educate
health care providers who provide cancer screening,
treatment, or diagnosis services and patients receiving such
services on the limitations of mammograms in confirming
breast cancer for those with dense breasts.
(c) Consultation.--In conducting the study pursuant to
subsection (a), the Comptroller General may consult with
breast cancer patients or their advocates receiving care
through the health care systems of the Department of Defense
and Department of Veterans Affairs, health care providers
supporting breast cancer care or organizations representing
such providers, other Federal agencies, and other
stakeholders, as appropriate.
(d) Study.--Not later than September 30, 2024, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a report on
the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) containing a
description of the study and any findings and conclusions of
the study.

Amendment no. 256 Offered by Ms. Moore of Wisconsin

At the end of subtitle D of title VII, add the following:

SEC. __. GUIDANCE FOR ADDRESSING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE THROUGH TRICARE
PROGRAM.

The Secretary of Defense shall disseminate guidance on--
(1) the provision through the TRICARE Program of universal
education on healthy relationships and intimate partner
violence; and
(2) implementation of protocols through the TRICARE Program
for--
(A) routine assessment of intimate partner violence and
sexual assault; and
(B) promotion and strategies for trauma-informed care
plans.

Amendment no. 257 Offered by Mr. Morelle of New York

Add at the end of subtitle B of title XXXI the following:

SEC. 31__. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION AS TECHNICAL NUCLEAR FORENSICS
LEAD.

(a) In General.--Section 3211(b) of the National Nuclear
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401(b)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7) To lead the technical nuclear forensics efforts of
the United States.''.
(b) Rule of Construction.--The amendment made by this
section may not be construed to alter the functions vested in
any department or agency of the Federal Government by statute
other than the National Nuclear Security Administration
pursuant to such amendment.

Amendment no. 258 Offered by Mr. Moulton of Massachusetts

At the end of subtitle H of title III, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 3__. REQUIREMENTS TO REDUCE OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS OF
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR UNIFORM ITEMS.

(a) Tracking Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall
take such steps as may be necessary to track the expected
useful life of uniform items for officers and enlisted
members of the Armed Forces, for the purposes of--
(1) estimating the rate at which such uniform items are
replaced; and
(2) determining the resulting out-of-pocket costs for such
members over time.
(b) Uniform Replacement Allowance for Certain Officers.--
(1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish a uniform replacement allowance under which each
officer of the Armed Forces, upon promotion to the grade of
O-4, and once every three years thereafter for such time as
the officer is in a grade of O-4 or above, shall be eligible
to receive the allowance described in paragraph (2) for the
purpose of replacing required uniform items that have
exceeded the useful life of such items.
(2) Allowance.--The allowance described in this paragraph
is a cash allowance that the Secretary shall calculate by
multiplying the annual replacement cost of each required
uniform item of an officer (taking into account the expected
useful life of the item pursuant to subsection (a) and the
price of the item set by the Defense Logistics Agency as of
the date of the calculation) by three.
(c) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the
expected useful life of required uniform items, projected
changes to such required uniform items, and related costs
anticipated by the Secretary (disaggregated by Armed Force).
Such report shall include pricing information for each such
item, including items that are not considered uniquely
military.

Amendment no. 259 Offered by Mr. Moulton of Massachusetts

Page 820, after line 3, insert the following:
(e) Report on Lessons Learned From War.--Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
each military department, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees an assessment of lessons learned by
the respective military departments from the conflict
following the Russian invasion of Ukraine that includes the
following:
(1) Lessons learned from intelligence-sharing activities
conducted between the United States, NATO, the European
Union, and Ukraine throughout the conflict.
(2) Observed tactics and techniques of information-related
capabilities and the integration of information-related
capabilities in supporting Ukraine objectives.
(3) Analysis of the capabilities, tactics, and techniques
implemented throughout the conflict following the Russian
invasion of Ukraine, from each military department, with a
focus on the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
(4) Analysis of all collected information to identify
recurring strengths and weaknesses in United States and NATO
tactics, training, and equipment.
(5) Recommendations to address any corrective actions.
(f) Form; Publication.--The report required by subsection
(e) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex. The unclassified portion of such report
shall be published on a publicly accessible website of the
Department of Defense.
(g) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States could greatly benefit from on-the-
ground combat observations of the conflict following the
Russian invasion of Ukraine to learn lessons about modern
warfare between near-peer adversaries, and successful and
unsuccessful aspects of both sides' tactics, operations, and
strategy;
(2) expert projections of how this conflict was likely to
unfold were inaccurate, suggesting the United States has many
lessons to learn from this conflict;
(3) the Department of Defense should, when feasible,
organize Combat Observation Teams, who should be given
battlefield access as non-combatants, with specialized skill
sets to collect information, including by conducting first-
person interviews, or other conflict-specific assessments and
observations;
(4) such collection and observations should occur after the
conflict has largely subsided, and the physical, political,
and escalatory risk of sending an American combat observer
team is sufficiently low;
(5) such teams should consist of talented senior officers
and non-commissioned officers with appropriate experience and
specialties for their task;
(6) Combat Observation Teams should be encouraged to
interview Ukrainian military members, and civilians, conduct
site surveys, and work with the United States embassy and
other allied countries as appropriate; and
(7) the time is ripe for an infusion of lessons from
Ukraine, and observations could ensure the United States is
prepared for the future of modern warfare and conflict.

Amendment No. 260 Offered by mr. Moulton of Massachusetts

At the end of subtitle C of title XV add the following:

SEC. 15__. TAILORED CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS ORGANIZATIONS.

Section 1723 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law
116-283; 10 U.S.C. 394 note) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsections:
``(e) Update to Congress.--Not later than July 1, 2023, the
secretaries of the military services and the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Irregular
Warfare shall brief the congressional defense committees on
activities taken during the period following the date of the
briefing under subsection (d), including an examination of
establishing Tailored Cyberspace Operations Organizations and
utilization of the authority provided pursuant to subsection
(c)
``(f) Air Force Actions.--Not later than July 1, 2023, the
Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a review of the activities of the Navy
Cyber Warfare Development Group, including with respect to
the authorities of the Group. The review shall include the
following:
``(1) An assessment of whether such authorities shall be
conferred to the 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron of the
United States Air Force.
``(2) A consideration of whether the 90th Cyberspace
Operations Squadron should be designated a controlled tour,
as defined by the Secretary.''.

Amendment No. 261 Offered by Mrs. Murphy of Florida

At the end of subtitle C of title XV add the following:

SEC. 15__. CYBER OPERATIONS-PECULIAR AWARDS.

Chapter 57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 1124 the following new section:

``Sec. 1124a. Cyber operations-peculiar awards

``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretaries of the military departments may authorize the
payment of a cash award to, and incur necessary expense for
the honorary recognition of, a member of the covered armed
forces whose novel actions, invention, or technical
achievement enables or ensures operational outcomes in or
through cyberspace against threats to national security.

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``(b) Actions During Service.--An award under this section
may be paid notwithstanding the member's death, separation,
or retirement from the covered armed forces. However, the
novel action, invention, or technical achievement forming the
basis for the award must have been made while the member was
on active duty or in an active reserve status and not
otherwise eligible for an award under chapter 45 of title 5.
``(c) Payment.--Awards to, and expenses for the honorary
recognition of, members of the covered armed forces under
this section may be paid from--
``(1) the funds or appropriations available to the activity
primarily benefiting from the novel action, invention, or
technical achievement; or
``(2) the several funds or appropriations of the various
activities benefiting from the novel action, invention, or
technical achievement.
``(d) Amounts.--The total amount of the award, or awards,
made under this section for a novel action, invention, or
technical achievement may not exceed $2,500, regardless of
the number of persons who may be entitled to share therein.
``(e) Regulations.--Awards under this section shall be made
under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of
Defense or by the Secretaries of the military departments.
``(f) Covered Armed Forces Defined.--In this section, the
term `covered armed forces' means the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps, and Space Force.''.

Amendment No. 262 Offered by Mrs. Murphy of Florida

At the end of subtitle C of title XV add the following:

SEC. 15__. MANNING REVIEW OF SPACE FORCE CYBER SQUADRONS.

(a) Requirement.--Not later than 195 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in
coordination with the Chief of Space Operations, shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a review of the
manning required to fully staff the current and planned cyber
squadrons of the Space Force.
(b) Matters Included.--
(1) Elements.--The review under subsection (a) shall
include considerations of the following:
(A) The specific sourcing of existing billets of the Space
Force optimally postured for transfer to cyber squadrons.
(B) The administrative processes required to shift billets
and existing funding to cyber squadrons.
(C) The responsibilities and functions performed by
military personnel and civilian personnel.
(D) The cumulative benefit for the Space Force of
transferring billets to cyber squadrons.
(2) Roadmap.--The review under subsection (a) shall include
a transition roadmap that outlines a comprehensive transition
for the transfer of billets described in paragraph (1) by not
later than September 30, 2024.

Amendment No. 263 Offered by Mrs. Napolitano of California

At the end of subtitle B of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. ENHANCEMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE
PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--During fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of
Defense may provide assistance in addition to assistance
under subsection (d) of section 509 of title 32, United
States Code, to a National Guard Youth Challenge Program of a
State for the following purposes:
(1) New program start-up costs.
(2) Special projects.
(3) Workforce development programs.
(4) Emergency costs.
(b) Limitations.--
(1) Matching.--Before the Secretary may use the authority
under this section, the State shall comply with the matching
requirement under such subsection.
(2) Total assistance.--Total assistance under this section
may not exceed $5,000,000.
(c) Reporting.--Any assistance provided under this section
shall be included in the annual report under subsection (k)
of such section.

Amendment No. 264 Offered by Mr. Neguse of Colorado

Page 1236, after line 17, insert the following:

SEC. ____ GRANTS FOR PROVISION OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE TO
MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
AFTER SEPARATION, RETIREMENT, OR DISCHARGE.

(a) In General.--Commencing not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor
shall, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, carry out a program to award grants to eligible
organizations for the provision of assistance to covered
individuals on the transition of a member or former member of
the Armed Forces from service in the Armed Forces to civilian
life.
(b) Covered Individuals.--For purposes of this section, a
covered individual is--
(1) a member of the Armed Forces who is eligible for
preseparation counseling under sections 1142 and 1144 of
title 10, United States Code;
(2) a former member of the Armed Forces who is
transitioning from service in the Armed Forces to civilian
life; or
(3) a spouse of a member described in paragraph (1) or a
former member described in paragraph (2).
(c) Duration of Program.--The Secretary of Labor shall
carry out the program during the 5-year period beginning on
the date of the commencement of the program.
(d) Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Labor shall carry out the
program through the award of grants to eligible organizations
for the provision of assistance described in subsection (a).
(2) Matching funds required.--A grant under this section
shall be in an amount that does not exceed 50 percent of the
amount required by the organization to provide the services
described in subsection (g).
(e) Eligible Organizations.--For purposes of this section,
an eligible organization is any nonprofit organization,
including workforce boards or Veterans Service Organizations,
that the Secretary of Labor determines, in consultation with
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, is suitable for receipt of
a grant under the program pursuant to receipt by the
Secretary of Labor of an application submitted under
subsection (f)(1).
(f) Selection of Grant Recipients.--
(1) Applications.--An organization seeking a grant under
the program shall submit to the Secretary of Labor an
application therefor at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information and assurances as the Secretary,
in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, may
require.
(2) Priority for hubs of services.--In awarding grants
under the program, the Secretary of Labor shall give priority
to an organization that provides multiple forms of services
described in subsection (g).
(g) Use of Funds.--The recipient of a grant under the
program shall use the grant to coordinate for covered
individuals the following:
(1) Career and training services, including the provision
of such services available through the workforce development
system.
(2) Mental health services.
(3) Legal assistance.
(4) Supportive services.
(5) Assistance with accessing benefits provided under laws
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(6) Non-clinical case management.
(7) Entrepreneurship training.
(8) Such other services that may be related to the
assistance and services set forth in this subsection as the
Secretary of Labor determines may lead directly to successful
transition to civilian life.
(h) Inclusion in Transition Assistance Program
Counseling.--The Secretary concerned shall include in the
information provided to a member of the Armed Forces during
the Transition Assistance Program information regarding any
recipient of a grant under this section that is located in
the community in which that member will reside after
separation, retirement, or discharge from the Armed Forces.
(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out this section.
(j) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Except as otherwise provided, any term used in this Act
that is defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102) shall have the meaning given
to such term in such section.
(2) The term ``nonprofit organization'' is an organization
that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under
section 501(a) of such Code.
(3) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given
such term in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
(4) The term ``Transition Assistance Program'' means the
Transition Assistance Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of
title 10, United States Code.

Amendment No. 265 Offered by Mr. Neguse of Colorado

Page 381, after line 17, insert the following:
(6) The benefits of portable licenses and interstate
licensure compacts for military spouses.

Amendment No. 266 Offered by Mr. Neguse of Colorado

Page 535, after line 24, insert the following new paragraph
(and redesignate the following paragraphs accordingly):
(2) The term ``behavioral health provider'' includes the
following:
(A) A licensed professional counselor.
(B) A licensed mental health counselor.
(C) A licensed clinical professional counselor.
(D) A licensed professional clinical counselor of mental
health.
(E) A licensed clinical mental health counselor.
(F) A licensed mental health practitioner.

Amendment No. 267 Offered by Mr. Neguse of Colorado

At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. ANALYSIS AND PLAN FOR ADDRESSING HEAT ISLAND EFFECT
ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

(a) Installation Analysis.--At the direction of the
Secretary of Defense, the commander of each large military
installation (as determined by the Secretary) shall conduct
an analysis of--
(1) how the effect known as the ``heat island effect''
exacerbates summer heat conditions and necessitates the
increased use of air conditioning on the installation; and
(2) inventory on the percentage of tree cover and plant
shade trees on the property of the installation.
(b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2023, the
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installation shall submit to the Secretary of the analysis
conducted by the commander under subsection (a).
(c) Plan.--The Secretary shall--
(1) review the reports submitted under subsection (b);
(2) identify any installation that is a significant heat
island with large expanses of concrete or asphalt; and
(3) direct the commander of any installation so identified
to increase the tree coverage on the property of the
installation by 10 to 30 percent by not later than September
30, 2025.
(d) Heat Island Defined.--The term ``heat island'' means an
area with a high concentration of structures (such as
building, roads, and other infrastructure) that absorb and
re-emit the sun's heat more than natural landscapes such as
forests or bodies of water.

Amendment No. 268 Offered by Mr. Norman of South Carolina

At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO JAMES
CAPERS, JR. FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF
THE MARINE CORPS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

(a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations
specified in sections 8298(a) and 8300 of title 10, United
States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed
Forces, the President is authorized to award the Medal of
Honor, under section 8291 of such title, to James Capers, Jr.
for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described
in this subsection are the actions of James Capers, Jr., as a
member of the Marine Corps, during the period of March 31
through April 3, 1967, during the Vietnam War, for which he
was previously awarded the Silver Star.

Amendment No. 269 Offered by Mr. Norman of South Carolina

At the end of subtitle H of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. SURVEYS REGARDING MILITARY SPOUSES.

(a) Surveys.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
shall determine the feasibility of--
(1) measuring labor market outcomes and characteristics of
military spouses with existing data from surveys conducted by
the Department of Defense and Bureau of Labor Statistics; and
(2) modifying such surveys to capture more information
about military spouses.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
a report containing--
(1) determinations under subsection (a);
(2) ways to implement modifications described in subsection
(a) that comport with the Employment Situation Report of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(3) and estimated costs to implement such modifications.

Amendment No. 270 Offered by Mr. Norman of South Carolina

Page 1348, insert after line 23 the following (and conform
the table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 5806. REPORTS ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Inspector General of the Department of Defense.--Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy,
the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the
Marine Corp shall each submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives a
report on substance abuse disorder treatment concerns related
to service members and their dependents.
(b) Comptroller General of the United States.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the
Secretary of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the Marine
Corp shall submit to Congress a report regarding the use of
substance abuse disorder treatment programs located at or
around each installation. The report shall detail the number
of service members and dependents that are referred to
treatment programs, either residential or outpatient, and
either internal or contracted, the absence of treatment
capabilities within an installation or grouping of military
installations, and the costs associated with sending service
members or their dependents away from the immediate area for
substance use disorder treatment. The report shall also set
forth how the individual branches of the Armed Forces are
incorporating substance abuse disorder treatment into mental
health services both internal and contracted.

Amendment No. 271 Offered by Mr. Norman of South Carolina

At the end of subtitle H of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. REVIEW OF POLICIES REGARDING SINGLE PARENTS SERVING
AS MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Not later than September 30, 2023, the Secretary of Defense
shall review regulations and rules of the Department of
Defense regarding single parents serving as members of the
Armed Forces.

Amendment No. 272 Offered by Mr. Obernolte of California

Insert the following in the appropriate place in division
E:

SEC. __. GAO REPORT ON CIVILIAN SUPPORT POSITIONS AT REMOTE
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall assess
and submit a report to the Secretary of Defense on the
following:
(1) The average number of vacancies for civilian support
services positions at remote or isolated military
installations in comparison to vacancies for such positions
at other military installations. In carrying out this
paragraph, the Comptroller General shall account for the
differences in military population size.
(2) The average number of days required to fill such a
vacancy at a remote and isolated military installation in
comparison to filling a vacancy of a position with the same
duties (to the greatest extent practicable) at such other
installations.
(3) Any recommendations on additional hiring incentives for
civilian support services positions described in subsection
(b)(1)(A) at a remote or isolated installations, and any
recommendations on ways to ensure that such positions
described in subsection (b)(1)(B) are able to effectively
staff positions in order to meet the mission of their
applicable military installation.
(b) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``civilian support services positions''
means--
(A) any position within the civil service (as that term is
defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code),
including any nonappropriated fund (NAF) position; and
(B) any Federal contractor (or subcontractor at any tier);
and
(2) the term ``military installation'' has the meaning
given that term in section 2801 of title 10, United States
Code.

Amendment No. 273 Offered by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez of New York

At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the
following:

SEC. 3__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON ACCELERATION AND
IMPROVEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF VIEQUES
AND CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report containing the results of a study
conducted by the Comptroller General on the status of the
Federal cleanup and decontamination process in the island-
municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico.
(b) Contents.--The study shall include a comprehensive
analysis of the following:
(1) The pace of ongoing cleanup and environmental
restoration efforts in the former military training sites in
Vieques and Culebra.
(2) Any potential alternatives to accelerate the completion
of such efforts, including their associated costs.
(3) Any effects such alternatives might have on the public
health and safety of island residents and steps that can be
taken to mitigate risks.
(4) The views of residents of Vieques and Culebra regarding
actions that should be taken to achieve the cleanup process
more expeditiously and successfully.
(5) Any adverse health outcomes resulting from toxic matter
at the sites or cleanup procedure in and avenues to
compensate local communities for economic losses and medical
costs incurred.
(6) The economic impact that the cleanup process has had on
local residents due to restricted use of land for tourism and
other activities and avenues to compensate local communities
for economic losses.

Amendment No. 274 Offered by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez of New York

At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR AERIAL FUMIGATION
IN COLOMBIA.

None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this
Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense
for fiscal year 2022 may be used to directly conduct,
support, assist, or contribute to the performance of the
aerial fumigation of crops in Colombia.

Amendment No. 275 Offered by Mr. O'Halleran of Arizona

At the end of subtitle G of title III, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 3__. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT
CONDITIONS ON MILITARY READINESS AT UNITED
STATES NAVAL OBSERVATORY FLAGSTAFF STATION.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the effects of
wildfire and persistent drought conditions at the United
States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station. Such report shall
include the following:
(1) A detailed description of the threat that such
conditions pose to the United States Naval Observatory
Flagstaff Station, including with respect to the mission of
the facility, continued operations, military readiness,
military and civilian workforce, housing, and access to water
at the facility.

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(2) Recommendations for actions to be taken by the
Secretary of Defense, and by Congress, to ensure the
continued and safe operations of the facility.

Amendment no. 276 Offered by Mr. O'Halleran of Arizona

At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF SUICIDE RISK AT MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.

(a) Procedure.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
and in collaboration with the Defense Suicide Prevention
Office. shall establish a procedure for assessing suicide
risk at military installations.
(b) Report.-- Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on the
strategy and procedure for assessing suicide risk at military
installations.

Amendment no. 277 Offered by Mr. Panetta of California

At the end of subtitle C of title XV add the following:

SEC. 15__. REVIEW OF DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CYBERSPACE
OPERATIONS FORCES.

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Principal Cyber Advisor of the Department of Defense and the
Principal Cyber Advisors of the military departments, shall
review and update the memorandum of the Secretary of Defense
dated December 12, 2019, concerning the definition of the
term ``Department of Defense Cyberspace Operations Forces
(DoD COF)''. The review shall include--
(1) a comprehensive assessment of units and components of
the Department of Defense conducting defensive cyberspace
operations which are not currently included in such
definition; and
(2) a revised definition for such term that includes such
units and components within the Cyberspace Operations Forces.

Amendment no. 278 Offered by Mr. Panetta of California

At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 16__. PLAN ON PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF DEDICATED
X-BAND SMALL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS.

(a) Plans.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition
and Integration, shall jointly submit to the congressional
defense committees a plan for a pilot program for the
deployment of dedicated X-band small satellite communications
technologies that may support current and future requirements
of special operations forces.
(2) Plan elements.--The plan submitted under paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) A description of authorities that would be used to
execute the proposed pilot program.
(B) A timeline for the implementation and duration of the
proposed pilot program.
(C) An identification of the dedicated X-band small
satellite communication technologies required to implement
the proposed pilot program.
(D) The costs, per fiscal year, for the development,
deployment, and operations of the proposed pilot program.
(E) A comprehensive description and assessment of the
proposed pilot program.
(F) Such recommendations for legislative or administrative
action the Assistant Secretaries jointly determine
appropriate, including the feasibility of--
(i) extending the term of the proposed pilot program; or
(ii) expanding the proposed pilot program to other
activities of the Department of Defense beyond special
operations forces.
(b) Special Operations Forces Defined.--The term ``special
operations forces'' means forces described under section
167(j) of title 10, United States Code.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1224, the
gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith) and the gentleman from Alabama
(Mr. Rogers) each will control 15 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Washington.

Modification to Amendments En Bloc No. 2 Offered by Mr. Smith of
Washington

Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that
amendment No. 113, printed in part A of House Report 117-405, be
modified in the form I have placed at the desk.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the modification.
The Clerk read as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following new
section:

SEC. 5__. ACTIVITIES TO ASSIST THE TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS INTO CAREERS IN
EDUCATION.

(I) in subparagraph (A)--

(II) in subparagraph (B)--

(III) in subparagraph (C)--

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Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (D))''; and

(IV) by adding at the end the following:

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, employment as an
elementary school teacher, secondary school teacher, or
career or technical teacher'' and inserting ``employment in a
covered position'';
(G) in subsection (h)(2)(A), by striking ``as elementary
school teachers, secondary school teachers, and career or
technical teachers'' and inserting ``in covered positions'';
(H) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(j) Partnerships.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into one or more
partnerships with States, local educational agencies, or
covered entities--
``(A) to help sustain and expand the reach of the Veterans-
to-Classrooms Program to promote careers in education among
current and future veterans under this section;
``(B) to provide information on the Program in accordance
with subsection (k)(2) in widely available, user-friendly
formats;
``(C) to help recruit more veterans, including veterans who
are retired law enforcement officers, and service members who
are within 6 months of transitioning out of the military into
new careers in education;
``(D) to promote careers in education among current and
future veterans by providing veterans with information on
other employment transition programs, including--
``(i) the Veterans' Employment & Training Service and the
National Veterans' Training Institute of the Department of
Labor;
``(ii) the transition assistance programs established under
section 1144 of this title;
``(iii) the SkillBridge and Career Skills Programs of the
Department of Defense;
``(iv) the AmeriCorps program carried out under subtitle C
of title I of the National and Community Service Act of 1990
(42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.); and
``(v) other transitional or educational programs; and
``(E) to promote careers in education by helping veterans
learn about educational benefits available to them, including
Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, certification programs, and
applicable on-the-job training and apprenticeship programs,
to help veterans get into an educational career field.
``(2) Covered entity defined.--In this subsection, the term
`covered entity' means--
``(A) an entity qualifying as an exempt organization under
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
``(B) an veterans service organization recognized by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of
veterans under section 5902 of title 38.
``(k) Program Information.--
``(1) Information from secretary.--The Secretary shall make
available, on a publicly accessible website of the Department
of Defense, the information described in paragraph (3).
``(2) Information from covered entities.--Each State, local
educational agency, and covered entity that enters into a
partnership with the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall make
available, on a publicly accessible website, the information
described in paragraph (3).
``(3) Information described.--The information described in
this subparagraph is information on the Veterans-to-
Classrooms program authorized under this section, including a
description of the application process for the program and
the potential benefits of participating in the program.
``(l) Biennial Review.--Not less frequently than once every
two years, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on
the Veterans-to-Classrooms Program. At minimum, the report
shall include a comparison of the number of participants in
the Program during the period covered by the report relative
to the number of stipends authorized under the Program during
such period.
``(m) Process to Streamline Applications.--Not later than
one year after the date of the enactment of the TEAMS Act,
the Secretary shall implement a process to simplify the
submission of applications under subsection (d)(2).''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 58 of such title is amended by striking
the item relating to section 1154 and inserting the following
new item:

``1154. Assistance to eligible members and former members to obtain
employment in schools: Veterans-to-Classrooms Program.''.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraphs (1)
and (2) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(4) References.--Beginning on the effective date specified
in paragraph (3), any reference in Federal law (other than
this Act), regulations, guidance, instructions, or other
documents of the Federal Government to the Troops-to-Teachers
Program shall be deemed to be a reference to the Veterans-to-
Classrooms Program.
(b) Veterans Employable as School Resource Officers.--
Section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389(4)) is amended by inserting
after ``a career law enforcement officer, with sworn
authority,'' the following: ``or a veteran (as such term is
defined in section 101(2) of title 38, United States Code)
who is hired by a State or local public agency as a law
enforcement officer for purposes of serving as a school
resource officer, who is''.
(c) Task Force on Education Careers for Veterans.--
(1) Task force.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall convene a task
force to identify strategies that may be used to assist
veterans in obtaining employment in the field of education.
(2) Responsibilities.--The task force convened under
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) consult regularly with veterans service organizations
in performing the duties of the task force; and
(B) coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and
develop proposals to--
(i) identify State licensing and certification requirements
that are excessive and unnecessarily burdensome for veterans
seeking to transition into careers in education;
(ii) identify potential compensation structures for
educational employment that include salary credit for prior
military and law enforcement experience;
(iii) recommend incentives to encourage educational
employers to hire veterans;
(iv) assess the feasibility of establishing dedicated
military veteran liaison positions in school districts;
(v) examine how funds made available for the Veterans-to-
Classrooms Program under section 1154 of title 10, United
States Code, may be used to conduct outreach, provide
certification support, and help States establish outreach
centers for veterans; and
(vi) explore how partnerships entered by the Secretary
under subsection (j) of such section may be used to promote
careers in education among veterans through collaboration
with relevant employment transition programs, including the
Transition Assistance Program, the SkillBridge and Career
Skills Programs of the Department of Defense, and the
AmeriCorps program.
(3) Membership.--The task force shall consist of--
(A) the Secretary of Defense, or the designee of the
Secretary, who shall be the head of the task force;
(B) the Secretary of Education, or the designee of the
Secretary;
(C) the Attorney General, or the designee of the Attorney
General;
(D) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the designee of
the Secretary;
(E) the Secretary of Labor, or the designee of the
Secretary;
(F) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or
the designee of the Director;
(G) four representatives from a veterans service
organization, selected by the President;
(H) a representative of the Administrative Conference of
the United States; and
(I) representatives of State and local governments selected
by the President, which may include representatives of State
boards of education and relevant State licensing agencies.
(4) Report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than one year after the date on
which the task force is convened under paragraph (1), the
task force shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
(i) a description of actions that may be carried out by
State and local governments to reduce barriers that interfere
with the ability of veterans to transition into careers in
education; and
(ii) recommendations for specific legislative and
regulatory actions that may be carried out to reduce such
barriers.
(B) Public availability.--The report under subparagraph (A)
shall be made available on a publicly accessible website of
the Department of Defense.
(5) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``veterans
service organization'' means any organization recognized by
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of
veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.
(d) Funding.--
(1) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, there are authorized to
be appropriated $240,000,000 to carry out the Veterans-to-
Classrooms Program under section 1154 of title 10, United
States Code (as amended by subsection (a)).
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide, Administration and Service-wide Activities,
Line 500A, as specified in the

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corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby
reduced by $240,000,000.
Mr. SMITH of Washington (during the reading). Madam Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent that the reading of the modification be dispensed
with.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Washington?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the original request
of the gentleman from Washington?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The amendments en bloc No. 2 is modified.
There was no objection.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the
gentleman from California (Mr. Khanna), a member of the committee, to
speak on the amendments en bloc.
Mr. KHANNA. Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman Smith for his
extraordinary leadership and having a strong amendment to affirm the
U.S.-India defense partnership. I thank Ranking Member Rogers for
making this amendment truly bipartisan.
There is no relationship of greater significance to the United
States' strategic interests than the U.S.-India partnership. It is
necessary to affirm democracies; it is necessary to stop China's border
aggression; it is necessary for us to lead in critical technologies.
This gives a sense that while we are building this relationship, we
should not be sanctioning India under CAATSA, and it also will help
facilitate India getting more of their defense from the United States
and not Russia.
I thank again Chairman Smith for his leadership and making sure that
this is bipartisan. I thank Kate Gould for her work on our staff and
the HASC staff on this and all the other amendments.

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Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of these
amendments en bloc.
Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Puerto Rico
(Miss Gonzalez-Colon), my friend and colleague.
Miss GONZALEZ-COLON. Madam Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Rogers for
the work he and Chairman Smith did to put this bill together.
I rise in support of the en bloc package No. 2 for the National
Defense Authorization Act of 2023.
This bill includes three of my amendments that will directly benefit
our country's national security as well as the people of Puerto Rico.
My first amendment, 413, directs the Secretary of the Army to ensure
that a modular small arms range is made available for the Army Reserve
in Puerto Rico.
Currently, Puerto Rico only has a single firearms range for
Department of Defense personnel. It is located in Camp Santiago, which
is the south part of the island, which is managed by the Puerto Rico
National Guard, and it is hours away from some of our Army bases on the
island. This amendment was included in the House-passed version of the
NDAA last year.
Amendment 416 requires the Secretary of Defense to enter into an
agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to investigate the
health effects on the island of Vieques that may have been caused by
toxic waste left by the Navy after 70 years of live-fire training. This
amendment was also included in the House-passed version of the NDAA
last year.
My third and final amendment, 417, would require the director of the
Defense Health Agency to conduct a health-related behaviors survey
among the members of all Armed Forces.
This survey, which has been conducted for the past 30 years, was last
conducted in 2018. However, an updated survey is necessary to provide
the Department of Defense with up-to-date information to better
understand the health, health-related behaviors, and well-being of all
servicemembers.
Information on topics such as access to mental healthcare,
understanding the post-deployment needs, and promoting physical health
are needed to identify resources and continue to improve the support
provided to our servicemembers.
Lastly, I will end by expressing my support for the following
amendments that I cosponsored: 958, 968, and 1001, from my friend and
fellow Women's Caucus member, Representative Lawrence from Michigan,
that are included in the en bloc package.
Madam Speaker, I encourage all Members to vote in favor of this en
bloc package No. 2.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the
gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Hayes) for purposes to speak on the
amendments en bloc.
Mrs. HAYES. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the amendments en
bloc 2, which includes my amendment to support the mental health and
nutritional needs of servicemembers.
Servicemembers across the country and in my State who seek mental
healthcare often encounter outdated resources or a lack of information
on military websites. Without immediate and accurate access to mental
health providers, servicemembers and their families are left to
navigate a crisis on their own. Servicemembers already have insurance
hurdles that can make it difficult to find acceptable and covered
providers.
My amendment would help bridge this gap by requiring the military to
review all installation-level web information about suicide prevention
and behavioral health and ensure contact information is up to date. My
amendment also requires the military to certify their review to
Congress on a yearly basis.
Additionally, I urge my colleagues to support Chairman McGovern's
amendment, which would require the DOD and the USDA to collect data on
food insecurity among servicemembers. Representative McGovern's
amendment would require the Department of Defense to train and
designate a point person on all military bases to refer servicemembers
seeking nutritional assistance.
Last November, as chair of the House Agriculture Nutrition
Subcommittee, I hosted a hearing to address hunger among
servicemembers, and our witnesses pointed out the lack of consistent
data to address this issue. I support this amendment and will continue
to work with Chairman McGovern to ensure that no family, especially
military families, go hungry.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote in support of the
amendments en bloc 2 and the final National Defense Authorization Act.
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise to support amendments en bloc
2 and thank the chairman and ranking member for the combination of
amendments that we have worked on over the years that I believe are
crucial and important to the Nation's safety but also to the men and
women of the United States military.
The amendment I want to highlight, among others, is the amendment
that calls for the Secretary of Defense to evaluate and report to
Congress the extent of threat to national security posed by domestic
terrorist groups and organizations motivated by a belief system of
white supremacy, such as the Proud Boys and Boogaloo.
We know that those organizations certainly found themselves roving
around during January 6 and were actually called and motivated to come
to Washington by the former President of the United States.
We also know that Director Wray has indicated that domestic terrorism
is one of greatest threats to the United States. As reported in the
media and government intelligence reports, coupled with recent arrests
and successful violent attacks carried out by the Boogaloo Bois and
militia extremists, these representations are very troubling.
My concern is that as the Nation moves toward a historic national
election, the activity of violent influences, like the Boogaloo Bois
and Proud Boys, will increase and lead to attacks becoming more
frequent. I ask my colleagues to continue to support the amendments en
bloc 2 for that amendment.

I also want to highlight my amendment that asks for $10 million to
increase funding for increased collaboration between the DOD Office of
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for research to combat triple-negative breast cancer.
As a breast cancer survivor myself, I can tell you the enormous
impact that triple-negative breast cancer has. It is a particular form
of breast cancer that metastasizes very quickly. It accounts for
between 13 to 25 percent of all breast cancer in the United States, the
onset is at a younger age, and it is more aggressive and more likely to
metastasize. This work will help young women in the United States
military and young men, who also are sometimes diagnosed with breast
cancer.
Let me also ask for support for post-traumatic stress disorder. I
have worked on this for many, many years, even developed a center in my
district off campus from the veterans' hospital.
PTSD was first brought to public attention in relation to war
veterans, but it can result from a variety of traumatic incidents. The
increase, I believe, reaffirms the importance of helping those with
PTSD and restoring their lives.
I want to make sure as well that my amendment dealing with requiring
the chief of the National Guard, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense, to submit to Congress and other entities a report identifying
personnel training and equipment required by the non-federalized
National Guard to prevent, mitigate, respond, and recover from natural
and manmade disasters.
Houston is hurricane prone. I cannot tell you the kind of work and
leadership that the Texas National Guard has done on behalf of my
constituents and the entire State when we have been in trouble. The
huge trucks that have come in with MREs and the help during the
flooding has been enormous.
Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to support all of my amendments
and to highlight those that I have just highlighted.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
Mr. SMITH of Washington. Madam Speaker, I yield an additional 30
seconds to the gentlewoman from Texas.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I will just emphasize that the
National Guard has been enormously effective in helping us during
disaster.
But let me finish quickly with the amendment dealing with young
people in the academy, in particular a young cadet that had a
stuttering issue. My amendment says that cadets should be diagnosed
with whatever disability they may have, be assessed, do their 4 years,
and when it comes time for a command, don't push them out like this
young cadet was, but to ensure that they have the ability, with their
talents, to be able to accept a command. They want to serve their
Nation.
Madam Speaker, I ask support for the amendments en bloc 2 and all of
my amendments.
Thank you, Madam Speaker, for this opportunity to express my support
for H.R. 7900, the ``National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2023.''
Congress has the solemn duty to ensure that those who wear the
uniform of the United States--and those civilians who provide
logistical and operational support--have the equipment, training, and
resources needed to carry out and complete their mission.
And we must never forget that a grateful nation has a sacred
obligation, in the words of President Lincoln, ``to care for him who
has borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan.''
Many of my amendments were made in order by the Rules Committee. I
would like to summarize them, two of which were included in En Bloc 1:
First, amendment 59 recognizes that Black men and women have played
an integral role in our nation's defense from the bravery of Crispus
Attucks, an escaped slave, during the Boston Massacre, to the present
day. The amendment would address the historical and current barriers to
Black Americans' participation and equal treatment in the Armed
Services.
I would like to elaborate on the importance of Amendment 59, about
the lessons that can be learned about the social, cultural, legal, and
logistical impacts, as well as the advances made, by the integration of
African Americans into the warfighting capacity of our nation.
The racial inequality and mistreatment of Black men and women that
has historically permeated our military continues to this day, with
more than 750 complaints of racial or ethnic discrimination from
service members in fiscal year 2020 alone.
But discrimination doesn't exist just within the military rank-and-
file, as in that same fiscal year, civilians working in the financial,
technical and support sectors of the Army, Air Force and Navy also
filed 900 complaints of racial discrimination and over 350 complaints
of discrimination by skin color, data from the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission shows.
According to a report by the Defense Department's Diversity and
Inclusion Board, while the enlisted ranks of the active and reserve
military were ``slightly more racially and ethnically diverse than its
U.S. civilian counterparts,'' the opposite was true for the officer
corps.
We owe it to those brave men and women who have proven time and time
again to be an integral part of our military to examine the Armed
Services' history of discrimination and to determine the necessary
steps to repair the harm caused by these inequities.
Second, my amendment 28 directs the Secretary of Defense to evaluate,
and report to Congress, about the extent of the threat to national
security posed by domestic terrorist groups and organizations motivated
by a belief system of white supremacy, such as the Proud Boys and
Boogaloo.
In the past and with greater intensity, I have raised concerns over
the role that Boogaloo and Proud Boys have played in bringing an
element of violence into the otherwise peaceful protests following the
death of George Floyd.
The violence seen during the recent national movement to end the
deaths of unarmed black men while in police custody is not the start of
these violent activities associated with Boogaloo movement or Proud
Boys activity.
The threat posed by accelerationists and militia extremists--a range
of violent anti-government actors, movements, and organizations, some
of which branch out of decades-old ideologies and others which are
relatively new has led to violent engagement of law enforcement.
These varied threats range from decentralized and leaderless
accelerationist networks using social media platforms, such as the
Boogaloo movement, to more structured, far-right militia extremist
groups.
The ideologies undergirding these movements or groups have some
similarities to other anti-government and white supremacist beliefs but
are often not tied to a single, monolithic ideology.
In addition, in many cases, their adherents' decentralized and coded
use of digital tools poses unique challenges for law enforcement and
government officials to identify and track their activity.
These developments in domestic terrorism, as reported in the media
and government intelligence reports--coupled with recent arrests and
successful violent attacks carried out by ``Boogaloo boys'' and militia
extremists--are troubling.
My concern is that as the nation moves toward a historic national
election, the activity of violence influencers like Boogaloo Boys or
Proud Boys will increase and lead to attacks becoming more frequent.
In 2018, we saw too many instances of violent extremist searching for
opportunities to sow violence and disrupt democratic processes.
Boogaloo and Proud Boys are targeting constitutionally protected
activity for cooption or to provide cover for attacks.
This amendment will result in a report that will provide valuable
insight into activities associated with Boogaloo and Proud Boys.
Under the guidance that produced this report, there should not be any
activity directed at groups that are not known for violent activity or
have a history of engaging in violence directed at the United States
government.
My next amendments were adopted in En Bloc 2:
Amendment 194--Provides authorization for a $10 million increase in
funding for increased collaboration between the DoD Office of Health
and the National Institutes of Health to research and combat Triple
Negative Breast Cancer.
As a Member of Congress, a mother, a sister and a spouse, and a
breast cancer survivor, I feel a special responsibility to do all I can
to ensure every American can win in the fight against all types of
breast cancer but especially triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).
About 10-20 percent of breast cancers test negative for both hormone
receptors and HER2 in the lab, which means they are triple-negative.
What is Triple Negative Breast Cancer? The term triple negative
breast cancer refers to the fact that this form of breast cancer will
test negative, which means that each of the test will return negative
results for the presence of breast cancer for three types of breast
cancer tests:
Estrogen receptor;
Progesterone receptor; and
human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 or the HER2 test will be
negative.
To understand triple-negative breast cancer, it's important to
understand receptors, which are proteins found inside and on the
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of cells. These receptor proteins are the ``eyes'' and ``ears'' of the
cells, receiving messages from substances in the bloodstream and then
telling the cells what to do.
Hormone receptors inside and on the surface of healthy breast cells
receive messages from the hormones estrogen and progesterone. The
hormones attach to the receptors and provide instructions that help the
cells continue to grow and function well.
Most, but not all, breast cancer cells also have these hormone
receptors.
Roughly 2 out of 3 women have breast cancer that tests positive for
hormone receptors.
In 2013, the American Cancer Society Surveillance and Health Services
Institute estimated that 27,060 black women would be diagnosed with the
illness.
The rate of breast cancer is 10 percent lower in African American
women than white women--it is the type of breast cancer (Triple
Negative) that African American women contract that is alarming.
Because African American women are diagnosed in greater numbers with
Triple Negative Breast Cancer we have a five year survival rate of 78
percent after diagnosis as compared to 90 percent for white women.
The incidence rate of breast cancer among women under 45 is higher
for African American women compared to white women.
Triple Negative Breast Cancer:
Accounts for between 13 percent and 25 percent of all breast cancer
in the US;
Onset is at a younger age;
Is more aggressive; and
Is more likely to metastasize.
Currently, 70 percent of women with metastatic triple negative breast
cancer do not live more than five years after being diagnosed.
African American women are 3 times more likely to develop triple-
negative breast cancer than White women. African-American women have
prevalence TNBC of 26 percent vs. 16 percent in non-African-Americans
women.
The key to beating this cancer is not just early detection--but
detection period.
A 2007 study of more than 50,000 women with all stages of breast
cancer found that 77 percent of women with triple-negative breast
cancer survived at least 5 years, versus 93 percent of women with other
types of breast cancer.
Another study of more than 1,600 women published in 2007 found that
women with triple-negative breast cancer had a higher risk of death
within 5 years of diagnosis, but not after that time period.
The recurrence and survival figures in these and other studies are
averages for all women with triple-negative breast cancer.
The DoD needs to be prioritizing this very real and lethal condition
to ensure women are being protected.
Amendment 195 directs the Secretary of Defense to audit current
practices regarding administration of sexual harassment claims and
submit a report no later 180 days after passage detailing efforts to
prevent sexual harassment and protect service-members, and compiling
data and research on sexual harassment prevalence in the military,
cases reported, legal proceedings, and convictions.
Sexual assault is endemic in our military, especially for female
armed service members.
Streamlining and auditing the process of reporting sexual assault
protects victims and is a necessary step in weeding out abusers.
Amendment 191 provides authorization for $2.5 million increase in
funding to combat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
According to the NIH, an estimated 3.6 percent of U.S. adults had
PTSD in the past year.
PTSD was first brought to public attention in relation to war
veterans, but it can result from a variety of traumatic incidents, such
as torture, being kidnapped or held captive, bombings, or natural
disasters such as floods or earthquakes.
People with PTSD may startle easily, become emotionally numb
(especially in relation to people with whom they used to be close),
lose interest in things they used to enjoy, have trouble feeling
affectionate, be irritable, become more aggressive, or even become
violent.
They avoid situations that remind them of the original incident, and
anniversaries of the incident are often very difficult.
Most people with PTSD repeatedly relive the trauma in their thoughts
during the day and in nightmares when they sleep. These are called
flashbacks. A person having a flashback may lose touch with reality and
believe that the traumatic incident is happening all over again.
My amendment recognizes that these soldiers are first and foremost,
human. They carry their experiences with them.
Ask a veteran of Vietnam, Iraq, or Afghanistan about the frequency of
nightmares they experience, and one will realize that serving in the
Armed Forces leaves a lasting impression, whether good or bad.
My amendment will help ensure that ``no soldier is left behind'' by
addressing the urgent need for more outreach toward hard to reach
veterans suffering from PTSD, especially those who are homeless or
reside in underserved urban and rural areas of our country.
Amendment 199 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 should have the option of undergoing speech therapy
to reduce speech disorders or impediments.
Amendment 188 directs the Secretary to submit to Congress within 180
days a report on the recognition of African Americans who have served
in the Armed Forces and opportunities for their inclusion in DOD naming
practices and conventions for military installations, infrastructure,
vessels, and weapon systems.
In every war waged from the Battle of Lexington to the Battle for
Fallujah, African Americans have honorably answered the call to duty,
and served with valor and distinction in America's armed forces.
At decisive moments in our nation's history, the United States
military and its citizen warriors, were there and made the difference.
Our thanks to the military for being always ready to answer the call
of duty--whether that call comes in the dead of night or the light of
day--we know that we can count on you.
The fact that military bases have been named after Confederate
military leaders or soldiers is hard to imagine given that they were
fighting to end the United States. The Confederacy was not something
that should be held up for honor by the United States or our nation's
military.
There is no shortage of honorable replacement candidates to receive
the honor of having a military base, installation or facility named in
their honor.
Amendment 198 requires the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to submit to Congress and
other entities in 2023, 2024, and 2025 a report identifying the
personnel, training, and equipment required by the non-federalized
National Guard to prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from
natural and man-made disasters.
Hurricane Harvey's impact in Texas is still being felt more than 30
months later. The storm's footprint covered over 9,000 square miles,
including the city of Houston. Hurricane Harvey dropped over 52 inches
of rain in the Houston area and over 60 inches were recorded elsewhere
in the state.
At its peak on September 1, 2017, one-third of Houston, our nation's
fourth largest city, was underwater leaving 34,575 evacuees in shelters
across Texas. Before the flood waters had receded in Houston two other
monster Hurricanes were bearing down on citizens living in the U.S.
Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
The scope and magnitude of these dueling disasters tested the
National Guard and Reservists in ways that were new.
This amendment requires a readiness report by the National Guard and
Reservists to make sure they have what they need to assist communities
in need of disaster assistance during future Hurricane Seasons.
Many Texans are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, and the same
is true of residents of many other areas hit hard by disasters.
My amendment will help the National Guard help communities prepare
for disasters, respond to them, and rebuild from them.
It will improve the ability to support the important mission of the
National Guard and Reservists to engage in disaster response.
Amendment 197 requires the Secretary of the Navy, not later than 180
days after enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report on
desalinization technology's application for defense and national
security purposes to provide drought relief to areas impacted by sharp
declines in water resources.
In 2010, the United States consumed about 355,000 million gallons of
water per day.
Worldwide, some 700 million people do not have access to enough clean
water.
In 10 years the number is expected to more than double to 1.8
billion.
Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is water, but in fact less than 1
percent it is available for human use.
The rest of the water on our planet is either salt water found in
oceans, fresh water frozen in the polar ice caps, or too inaccessible
for practical usage.
While population and demand on freshwater resources are increasing,
supply will always remain constant.
And although the water cycle continuously returns water to Earth, it
is not always returned to the same place, or in the same quantity and
quality.
I offered this amendment because we must plan for the future water
needs of our nation and our defense facilities and operations
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There are serious water shortages in some regions of the country and
the prospects that sustained water shortages due to regional growth and
climate factors may make it necessary to develop alternative sources
for water intended for human and agricultural uses.
If we can harness the technology to convert ocean water into fresh
water the future of cities and rural communities that depend on water
can be much brighter.
Amendment 190 requires a 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.
Man-made objects in Earth's orbit that may no longer serve a useful
function can include nonfunctional spacecraft, abandoned launch vehicle
stages, mission-related debris and fragmentation debris.
Space debris travels at speeds up to 17,500 miles per hour is fast
enough for a small piece of man-made debris to damage to a satellite or
a spacecraft.
There are 500,000 pieces of debris the size of a marble or larger.
There are many millions of pieces of debris that are so small they
can't be tracked.
The Jackson Lee Amendment seeks a report from the Secretary of
Defense on the risks posed by man-made space debris, solutions for
reducing risks and strategies for reducing the incidence of more man-
made space debris being introduced into space.
Amendment 193 condemns the actions of Boko Haram and directs that
the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense
and the Attorney General, submit a report on efforts to combat Boko
Haram.
Amendment 189 requires a report to be submitted within 220 days
following enactment on Capacity to Provide Disaster Survivors with
Emergency Short Term Housing.
Amendment 196 directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress
in not less than 180 days the actions taken to protect U.S. armed
service personnel from armed attacks conducted by militants and
terrorists in pursuit of bounties and inducements the agencies,
organizations, or entities aligned with the Russian Federation.
Finally, amendment 192 requires the 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.

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