[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 116 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D759-D782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 8371-
8392; and 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 90; H. Con. Res. 100; and H. Res. 
1227-1229 were introduced.                               
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 164, to authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or 
transfer certain land, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-407);
  H.R. 1286, to establish in the States of North Carolina and South 
Carolina the Southern Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage 
Corridor, and for other purposes, with amendments (H. Rept. 117-408);
  H.R. 2024, to establish the Southern Maryland National Heritage Area, 
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-409);
  H.R. 2107, to establish the Nation's Oldest Port National Heritage 
Area in the State of Florida, and for other purposes, with an amendment 
(H. Rept. 117-410);
  H.R. 3222, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National Heritage 
Area, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 117-411); and
  H.R. 7361, to upgrade the communications service used by the National 
Weather Service, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 117-412). 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:27 a.m. and reconvened at 11:31 a.m. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 3:12 p.m. and reconvened at 4:30 p.m. 
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023: The House 
passed 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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 329 yeas to 101 nays, Roll No. 350. 
Consideration began yesterday, July 13th.             
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Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.''.                 
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  Agreed by unanimous consent that the ordering of the yeas and nays on 
amendment number 451 printed in part A of House Report 117-40 5 be 
vitiated to the end that the amendment be withdrawn.         
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Agreed to:
  Smith (WA) amendment en bloc No. 5 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405: Jayapal (No. 413) 
that requires that federal agencies begin debarment proceedings against 
federal contractors that have committed two or more violations of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act within the past five years; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 
415) that allows the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs 
at the Department of Labor to establish compliance procedures for the 
prohibition on criminal history inquiries by Federal contractors and 
allows the Department of Labor to investigate compliance by a 
contractor by conducting a compliance evaluation; Wild (No. 440) that 
requires a report from the Secretary of State focusing on human rights 
violations committed by Philippines police, military, and paramilitary 
forces and assessing these forces' role in the current Philippines 
human rights climate; Quigley (No. 444) that authorizes the hiring and 
international deployment of fifty U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law 
Enforcement attachs to disrupt illegal wildlife trafficking abroad; 
DeFazio (No. 465) that adds the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act 
of 2022, which reauthorizes the Coast Guard and includes report 
requirements, demonstration program authorizations, and new regulatory 
mandates for the Coast Guard that will help them better execute their 
missions; Katko (No. 543) that adds the text of the Preliminary Damage 
Assessment (PDA) Improvement Act, which directs the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency (FEMA) to report to Congress on their efforts to 
assess damages in the aftermath of a disaster and convenes an advisory

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panel to assist FEMA in improving critical components of the damage 
assessment process; Katko (No. 544) that adds the text of the Small 
State and Rural Rescue Act; Katko (No. 545) that revises HUD's Annual 
Fair Housing Report to specifically report sexual harassment 
complaints; Katko (No. 546) that provides for the Department of Labor 
to conduct a study on obstacles to employment facing certain Afghan 
SIVs, Ukrainian refugees, and other eligible populations legally 
present in the United States; Keating (No. 547) that states that it is 
U.S. policy to prevent Russia from joining the G7 or reconstituting a 
G8 to include Russia, and states that no federal funds are authorized 
to be appropriated or made available to support or facilitate the 
participation of Russia in the G7 or any G8 to be created with their 
inclusion; Keating (No. 548) that expresses a Sense of Congress calling 
for the immediate release of Vladimir Kara-Murza and ondemning his 
unjust detention and indictment, expressing solidarity with him and his 
family and all individuals in Russia imprisoned for exercising their 
fundamental freedoms of speech, assembly, and belief, urging the U.S. 
government to secure his immediate release as well as the release of 
Navalny and other citizens imprisoned for opposing the Putin regime and 
the war in Ukraine, and calling on the President of the U.S. to 
increase government support for those advocating for democracy and 
independent media in Russia; Kilmer (No. 549) that removes the 180-day 
delay for hiring military retirees into the military healthcare system, 
to combat nationwide healthcare shortages and allow continued 
uninterrupted service to Servicemembers, Veterans, and beneficiaries; 
La Malfa (No. 550) that includes the text of H.R. 539, which waives 
requirements for disaster victims to repay FEMA for overpayments and 
duplication of benefits as a result of agency error or survivor claims; 
Lamb (No. 551) that ensures veterans' service-connected medical 
qualifications and expertise are utilized by the VA and civilian 
healthcare facilities to meet challenges during public health 
emergencies; Lamb (No. 552) that directs the Secretary of Veterans' 
Affairs to establish a two-year pilot program to employ veterans for 
projects of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture; Langevin 
(No. 553) that requires the Department of Homeland Security to 
designate Critical Technology Security Centers to evaluate and test the 
security of technologies essential to national critical functions; 
Langevin (No. 554) that designates certain critical infrastructure 
entities as systemically important to the continuity of national 
critical functions and establishes unique benefits and requirements for 
such entities; Levin (MI) (No. 555) that establishes a Sense of 
Congress that companies must Stop Profits for Putin by urging Americans 
to exercise their free speech right to boycott companies operating in 
Russia that don't provide life-saving or health-related goods and 
services to the Russian people, condemning those companies still 
operating there, and commending those companies that have suspended or 
withdrawn; Levin (MI) (No. 556) that requires the Secretary of State in 
consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Attorney General to 
submit a report on arms trafficking in Haiti on the number and category 
of U.S.-origin weapons in Haiti, including those possessed by the 
Haitian National Police and diverted outside of their control and those 
illegally trafficked from the United States, among other matters; Levin 
(MI) (No. 557) that establishes that it is the sense of Congress that 
the security, freedom and well-being of the people of Haiti are 
intertwined with that of the people of the United States and that U.S. 
interests are not served by an unstable, unsafe and undemocratic Haiti 
and makes it the policy of the United States to support a Haitian-led 
solution to the current crisis and that the Haitian people must be 
empowered to choose their leaders and govern Haiti free from foreign 
interference; Lieu (No. 558) that adds the text of H.R. 4526, City and 
State Diplomacy Act, establishing within the Department of State the 
Office of City and State Diplomacy, which shall coordinate federal 
support for engagement by state and municipal governments with foreign 
governments; Lieu (No. 559) that tasks the Government Accountability 
Office with conducting a report on the Department of Homeland 
Security's progress in evaluating space as a sector of critical 
infrastructure and what gaps in space coverage exist among the 16 
current critical infrastructure sectors; Lieu (No. 560) that adds the 
text of H.R. 7940, the Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act, 
requiring the Bureau of Prisons to submit to Congress an annual summary 
report of disaster damage in order to improve oversight of disaster 
readiness; Lynch (No. 561) that establishes OFAC Exchange within OFAC 
to advance information sharing between law enforcement agencies, 
national security agencies, financial institutions, and OFAC and 
facilitate sanctions administration and enforcement targeting foreign 
countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, 
and other threats to national security, foreign policy, or the U.S. 
economy; Lynch (No. 562) that requires Secretary of Treasury to brief 
Congress on the identification and analysis of Chinese economic, 
commercial, and financial connections to Afghanistan which fuel both 
Chinese and Taliban interests, to include illicit financial networks 
involved in narcotics trafficking, illicit financial transactions, 
official corruption, natural resources exploitation, and terrorist 
networks; Mace (No. 563) that establishes

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safe harbor for Veterans accessing State legal cannabis programs and 
protects VA benefits already in place; Malinowski (No. 564) that 
requires the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to 
maintain a publicly available clearinghouse of resources concerning the 
cybersecurity of commercial satellite systems; Malinowski (No. 565) 
that requires Secretary of State and DNI to report on additional 
entities tied to the individuals listed in the ODNI report on parties 
responsible for the Khashoggi murder; Malinowski (No. 566) that 
requires the President to review certain credibly reported arms embargo 
violators for sanction under Executive Order 13726 (81 Fed. Reg. 23559; 
relating to blocking property and suspending entry into the United 
States of persons contributing to the situation in Libya); Malinowski 
(No. 567) that revises existing requirements on congressional 
notifications on arms sales to include a notification by the President 
at least 30 days prior to the first and last shipment of a sale of 
defense articles pursuant to requirements under the Arms Export Control 
Act; Malinowski (No. 568) that requires a feasibility study from the 
Secretary of Commerce and other departments on whether executive 
agencies have the authority to suspend the acquisition of any foreign 
surveillance company on the Entity List by a U.S. company pending a 
review on the counterintelligence and national security risks of the 
sale; Malinowski (No. 569) that requires a report from the State 
Department on the status and number of political prisoners in Egypt; 
Malinowski (No. 570) that provides the President one-time authorities 
to not just sanction Putin-connected cronies, but to use their assets 
forfeited under criminal procedures (eg. money-laundering) to help 
rebuild Ukraine; Malinowski (No. 571) that Sense of Congress expressing 
desire for State Department and other relevant agencies to use their 
voice and vote to remove Russia from the Kimberley Process and requires 
a report from relevant agencies on the implementation of sanctions on 
Russian diamond companies by our allies and partners; Malinowski (No. 
572) that authorizes transfer of two excess naval vessels to the 
Egyptian Navy, subject to certification from the President that the 
Government of Egypt is not engaged in activity subject to sanctions 
under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act; 
Malinowski (No. 573) that requires a report from the State Department 
on the Iranian government's use of digital surveillance and censorship 
of the internet, and an assessment of whether alterations to existing 
general licenses are needed to support Iranians access to the internet; 
Malinowski (No. 574) that authorizes funds for a State Department 
program to provide money to rural and under-served American 
universities to study Mandarin, Uyghur, Tibetan, Cantonese, and other 
East Asian languages named after Chinese Nobel Prize-winning dissident 
Liu Xiaobo; Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) (No. 575) that implements a 
tangible plan for the National Archives and Records Administration to 
eliminate the backlog of veterans' records requests at the National 
Personnel Records Center, while allocating money to digitize records 
and establish effective records retrieval infrastructure; Malinowski 
(No. 576) that requires federal financial regulatory agencies to adopt 
specified data standards with respect to format, searchability, and 
transparency; Matsui (No. 577) that permanently reauthorizes the JACS 
program for the preservation and interpretation of the U.S. confinement 
sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II; 
McGovern (No. 578) that requires the State Department's annual Country 
Reports on Human Rights include a list of reports published by U.S. 
government agencies on the status of internationally recognized human 
rights in the United States; McGovern (No. 579) that extends the sunset 
on ``An Act to prohibit the commercial export of covered munitions 
items to the Hong Kong Police Force''; McGovern (No. 580) that 
eliminates the VA Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission; McGovern 
(No. 581) that strengthens monitoring, reporting, oversight, and 
determinations on arms sales and human rights; McMorris Rodgers (No. 
582) that amends eligibility requirements for emergency care coverage 
when servicemembers transition out of the service and onto VA care; 
Meeks (No. 583) that provides for greater congressional oversight of 
the State Department's rewards program; Meeks (No. 584) that authorizes 
humanitarian assistance and civil society support, promotes democracy 
and human rights, and imposes targeted sanctions with respect to human 
rights abuses in Burma; Meng (No. 585) that requires that menstrual 
products are stocked in and made available free of charge in all 
restrooms in public buildings, including the Smithsonian Institution, 
the National Gallery of Art, and the U.S. Capitol; Meng (No. 586) that 
urges the U.S. Secretary of State to consult with South Korean 
officials on potential opportunities to reunite Korean Americans with 
family members in North Korea, including by video; Meng (No. 588) that 
ensures recipients of U.S. aid provide safe and secure access to 
sanitation facilities, with a special emphasis on women and girls, and 
vulnerable populations; Mfume (No. 589) that extends the deadline for 
the transfer of the certification process for the Service-Disabled 
Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) program from the Department of 
Veterans Affairs to the Small Business Administration; Neguse (No. 590) 
that establishes a Community Resilience and

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Restoration Fund and competitive grant program administered by the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to conserve restoration and 
resilience lands and help communities respond to natural disasters and 
threats, and authorizes $100 million per year for Fiscal Years 23-28; 
Neguse (No. 591) that requires the Veterans Benefits Administration 
(VBA) within the Department of Veterans Affairs to update an ongoing 
national training program for claims processors who review compensation 
claims for service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder; Newman 
(No. 592) that amends the Small Business Act to clarify that the 
HUBZone Price Evaluation Preference applies to certain contracts; 
Ocasio-Cortez (No. 593) that provides support for international 
initiatives to provide debt relief to developing countries with 
unsustainable levels of debt; O'Halleran (No. 594) that inserts the 
text of the Blackwater Trading Post Land Transfer Act (H.R. 478), plus 
CERCLA protections; Pappas (No. 595) that creates a national database 
for service members and veterans experiencing health problems possibly 
due to contamination PFAS; Payne (No. 596) that adds the text of the 
bipartisan Payment Choice Act, which protects the right to pay in cash 
at all retail establishments for transactions under $2,000; Peters (No. 
597) that codifies the Small Business Procurement Scorecard in the 
Small Business Act and requires additional information in them to 
provide more transparency regarding the contracting programs; Phillips 
(No. 598) that creates an overseas rabies vaccine program to be 
administered by the Department of State and the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC) for the pets of U.S. government employees 
assigned overseas (including uniformed military and Peace Corps 
Volunteers) in the 113 countries from which the CDC banned dog 
importation due to rabies concerns; Phillips (No. 599) that modifies 
the Fly America Act to provide an exception for government employees 
overseas trying to fly their pets home; Phillips (No. 600) that 
relieves the prohibition on the State Department from spending funds 
for building U.S. pavilions at World Expositions temporarily until 
after the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka Japan; Phillips (No. 601) that 
directs the U.S. Coast Guard to establish a pilot program to issue 
AMBER Alert-style alerts to the public to facilitate the public's 
cooperation in rendering aid to distressed individuals on and under the 
high seas, on and under the waters over which the U.S. has 
jurisdiction, and imperiled by flood; Pressley (No. 602) that provides 
mental health support for survivors and first responders after 
emergencies and disasters; Ross (No. 603) that adds the text of the IG 
Access Act, which transfers responsibility for investigating certain 
allegations of misconduct from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office 
of Professional Responsibility to the DOJ Office of the Inspector 
General; Ruiz (No. 604) that requires the DOD and the VA to develop an 
informative outreach program for servicemembers and their families 
transitioning home on illnesses that may be related to toxic exposure, 
including outreach with respect to new benefits, eligibility 
requirements, timelines, and support programs; Ruiz (No. 605) that 
withdraws lands in the California desert defined as conservation lands 
from prohibited uses as intended under the John D. Dingell Jr 
Conservation, Management and Recreation Act; Sablan (No. 606) that 
requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the 
Advisory Committee on United States Outlying Areas and Freely 
Associated States to provide advice and guidance to the VA on matters 
relating to veterans residing in American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, 
the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, and the Republic of Palau; Salazar (No. 607) that raises sole 
source contracting thresholds for certain small business concerns 
(8(a), HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, and women-owned) from 
current levels to $10,000,000 for manufacturing contracts and 
$8,000,000 for other types; Salazar (No. 608) that amends the Small 
Business Administration's (SBA) nonmanufacturer rule waiver process to 
ensure that small business contractors have the maximum practicable 
opportunity to participate in the federal supply chain; Sanchez (No. 
609) that requires a report from the Secretary of the VA in conjunction 
with the secretary of HUD to be sent within one year to HVAC, FSC and 
all relevant parties related to barriers that veterans who are members 
of protected classes face in accessing housing programs; Sanchez (No. 
610) that requires a report from the Secretary of the VA in 
coordination with the secretaries of HUD and DOL to report on how often 
and what type of supportive services (such as career transition and 
mental health services) are being offered to and used by veterans, and 
additionally requires the report to include data on how many veterans 
fall back into housing insecurity after receiving supportive services; 
Schiff (No. 611) that expresses the sense of Congress that the 
government of Azerbaijan should immediately return all Armenian 
prisoners of war and captured civilians; Schiff (No. 612) that 
establishes measures to protect the human rights of journalists; Schiff 
(No. 613) that requires the GAO to conduct a study and issue a report 
on the implementation of the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act of 
2009; Schiff (No. 614) that calls on the Islamic Republic of Iran to 
immediately end violations of the human rights, and facilitate the 
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release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience and 
authorizes the Secretary of State to continue to provide assistance to 
civil society organizations that support political prisoners and 
prisoners of conscience; Schiff (No. 615) that requires the Secretary 
of Defense to order the names of the 74 sailors who died in the USS 
Frank E. Evans disaster in 1969 be added to the Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial Wall; Schneider (No. 616) that expresses a sense of Congress 
reiterating Congress's commitment to ensuring Iran will never acquire a 
nuclear weapon and condemning Iran for its lack of cooperation with the 
IAEA on the unresolved matter of uranium particles discovered at 
undeclared sites in Iran; Schrier (No. 617) that directs the Secretary 
of Defense, in collaboration with the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans 
and Atmosphere, to assess and develop a plan to maximize the 
functionality of the automated surface observing systems across the 
agencies; Scott (VA) (No. 618) that transfers NOAA property in Norfolk, 
Virginia to the City of Norfolk not later than the earlier of a) the 
date that employees have been transferred or b) 5 years after the date 
of enactment; Sherman (No. 619) that requires China-based issuers of 
securities which fulfill certain exemptions from registration with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to submit basic information to 
the SEC regarding the issuer; Sherman (No. 620) that requires a U.S. 
financial institution to ensure any entity or person owned or 
controlled by such institution comply with U.S. financial sanctions 
applicable to Russia or Belarus to the same extent required of that 
institution; Sherman (No. 621) that modifies requirements for 
appraisers of Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgages by 
allowing an appraiser for a mortgage for single-family housing to be 
state-licensed rather than state-certified to meet requirements; 
Sherrill (No. 622) that amends the bill to include a provision 
eliminating the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses 
involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine; Slotkin (No. 623) that 
closes a loophole that allowed Russia to use its gold reserves to 
circumvent sanctions; Slotkin (No. 624) that requires the State 
Department to surge capacity to process Afghan special immigrant visas 
and P1, P2 visa applications; Smith (NJ) (No. 625) that directs the 
Army Corps of Engineers to provide each Army Corps district with 
clarifying and uniform guidance that conforms with USDOL's regulations 
and guidance with respect to proper implementation and enforcement of 
existing laws regarding worker classification by federal construction 
contractors and subcontractors; Spanberger (No. 626) that requires the 
Treasury Department to study and issue a report that assesses the 
effects of reforms to the financial sector of the People's Republic of 
China on the US and global financial system, describes the US 
government's policies to protect US interests during these financial 
system reforms, analyzes risks to U.S. financial stability and the 
global economy emanating from the People's Republic of China, and 
provides recommendations for further actions the US government can take 
to strengthen international cooperation to monitor and mitigate 
financial risks; Spanberger (No. 627) that requires the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to research additional technological solutions to 
target and detect illicit fentanyl and its precursors, enhance 
targeting of counterfeit pills and illicit pill presses through 
nonintrusive, noninvasive, and other visual screening technologies, and 
enhance data-driven targeting to increase seizure rates of fentanyl and 
its precursors; Speier (No. 628) that strengthens the requirement for 
contractors with more than $10 million in contracts to report 
beneficial ownership by closing a loophole, establishing penalties for 
noncompliance, and requiring the General Services Administration to 
report to Congress on implementation; Speier (No. 629) that requires 
GAO to conduct a study on government contractors that supply goods to 
executive agencies using distributors or other intermediaries and the 
impact of this practice on the ability of the U.S. government to 
acquire needed goods at reasonable prices; Speier (No. 630) that 
requires OPM to create a supplement to the Federal Employee Viewpoint 
Survey to assess federal employee experiences with harassment and 
discrimination; Speier (No. 631) that addresses the nonconsensual 
sharing of intimate images; Stauber (No. 632) that allows small 
businesses to request an equitable adjustment to the contracting 
officer if the contracting officer places a change order without the 
agreement of the small business; Steube (No. 633) that waives the 
application fee for any special use permit for veterans' demonstrations 
and special events at war memorials on Federal land; Strickland (No. 
634) that adds a finding encouraging FEMA to study integrating 
collapsible shelters for appropriate non-congregate sheltering needs 
into the disaster preparedness stockpile; Strickland (No. 635) that 
includes the definition of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) in 
the NDAA so that these projects can be eligible for federal funds; 
Strickland (No. 636) that codifies the federal task force for Puget 
Sound and establishes a Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office 
within the Environmental Protection Agency, establishes a San Francisco 
Bay Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency that 
awards grants to advance conservation, climate change adaptation, and 
water quality improvement projects for the San Francisco Bay estuary, 
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Pontchartrain Basin Restoration Program; Tlaib (No. 638) that directs 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to report on 
barriers to making Federal Housing Administration (FHA) single-family 
mortgage insurance available for small dollar mortgages; Torres (CA) 
(No. 639) that reinstates standard Congressional Notification 
procedures for the export of certain items to foreign countries; Torres 
(CA) (No. 640) that requires the Dir. of OMB to categorize public 
safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the 
Standard Occupational Classification System; Torres (NY) (No. 641) that 
inserts the text of H.R. 7077, Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration 
Act; Torres (NY) (No. 642) that requires a report on Puerto Rico's 
progress toward rebuilding the electric grid and detailing the efforts 
the Federal Government is undertaking to expedite such rebuilding, and 
for other purposes; Torres (NY) (No. 643) that requires U.S. companies 
to publicly disclose if they have business ties to Russia; Torres (NY) 
(No. 644) that requires financial institutions to report certain credit 
application data to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for the 
purposes to enforcing fair lending laws; Trahan (No. 645) that directs 
the State Department negotiate an agreement on a multilateral basis 
with countries that are allies or partners of the United States, 
including countries that are members of the Group of Seven (G7), to 
establish an independent international center for research on the 
information environment; Trone (No. 646) that prioritizes efforts of 
the Department of State to combat international trafficking in covered 
synthetic drugs; Van Duyne (No. 647) that requires the Government 
Accountability Office to study and report on the amount of small 
business assistance that has been received by foreign-based small 
businesses during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on 
the bill's date of enactment; Vargas (No. 648) that expands certain 
authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 (DPA) and 
authorizes the President and federal agencies to take specific actions 
to support the production of critical medical supplies during a 
nationwide emergency declaration; and (No. 649) that requires the 
Department of the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and 
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to take all 
necessary steps to exclude Russian government officials from certain 
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  Takano amendment (No. 637 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
expands access to hospital and domiciliary care and medical services to 
South Korean veterans now living in the United States who served as a 
member of the Korean Armed Forces during the Vietnam War under VA's 
existing authority to serve allied beneficiaries;        
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  Wild amendment (No. 650 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
states that no funding to the Department of State can be made available 
to the Philippines National Police until the Administration has 
certified that the Philippines government is meeting basic human rights 
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  Aguilar amendment (No. 33 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
was debated on July 13th that requires DoD to update Congress on the 
status of implementing the recommendations from the October 2021 report 
on screening individuals entering the military (by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 217 yeas to 206 nays, Roll No. 327);                      
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  Speier amendment (No. 49 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
was debated on July 13th that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
conduct a gender analysis of the IMET programs and to offer training on 
gender analysis to partner military personnel participating in IMET 
programs (by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 211 nays, Roll No. 329);
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  Levin (MI) amendment (No. 79 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that requires the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment to submit a report to Congress 
on the progress of the Department's implementation of on- site PFAS 
destruction technologies not requiring incineration and extends the 
moratorium on PFAS incineration enacted in the FY22 NDAA (by a yea-and-
nay vote of 233 yeas to 196 nays, Roll No, 330);             
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  Speier amendment (No. 81 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
was debated on July 13th that establishes a voluntary, opt-in pilot 
program for the purpose of suicide prevention (by a yea-and-nay vote of 
226 yeas to 203 nays, Roll No. 331);                     
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  Smith (WA) amendment en bloc No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405 that was debated on 
July 13th: Jacobs (CA) (No. 34) that requires Leahy human rights 
vetting on DOD Section 127e and Section 1202 security cooperation 
programs; Sanchez (No. 40) that directs the Permanent Representative to 
NATO to advocate for adequate resources towards understanding and 
communicating the threat posed by climate change to allied civil 
security, support the establishment of a NATO Centre of Excellence for 
Climate and Security, advocate for an in-depth critical assessment of 
NATO's vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, and communicate 
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articulated in NATO's strategic concept; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 47) that 
directs the Department of State to submit to Congress a report 
documenting knowledge from 1980-2010 regarding Colombian military 
involvement in assassinations, disappearances, collaboration in 
paramilitary offensives, military conduct in the false positives 
initiative from 2002-2008, and any gross violations of human rights; 
Gonzalez (TX) (No. 70) that requires the Department of Defense to 
annually report to the House Armed Services Committee the numbers of 
non-citizen service members, their immigration status, and the annual 
naturalization numbers of those serving; Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) (No. 
75) that prohibits new, extended, or renewed federal contracts with 
contractors conducting business operations in Russia during its war 
against Ukraine. Includes reasonable exceptions, including for 
contractors making good faith efforts to cease business operations in 
Russia; Khanna (No. 77) that expresses the sense of Congress that 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; Budd (No. 113) that renames the 
Troops-to-Teachers program the Veterans-to-Classrooms program; 
Gonzalez-Colon (No. 164) that directs the Secretary of Army to ensure 
that a modular small arms range is made available for the Army Reserve 
in Puerto Rico; Gonzalez-Colon (No. 165) that requires Department of 
Defense to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of 
Sciences to identify whether any scientific evidence exists linking 
exposure to Department of Defense activities with adverse health 
outcomes, like cancer, on the island of Vieques; Gonzalez-Colon (No. 
166) that directs the Director of the Defense Health Agency to conduct 
a health-related behaviors survey among the members of the Armed 
Forces; Gottheimer (No. 167) that increases the National Defense 
Education Program by $5 million to strengthen and expand STEM education 
opportunities and workforce initiatives targeted at military students; 
Gottheimer (No. 168) that requires each military service to report on 
all substantiated administrative investigations or instances of 
antisemitism within the Equal Opportunity Program; Gottheimer (No. 169) 
that requires the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, to report to Congress on the use of online social 
media by U.S. State Department-designated foreign terrorist 
organizations, and the threat posed to U.S. national security by online 
radicalization; Gottheimer (No. 170) that requires the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to prepare an annual report to 
Congress about analysis of the nationwide costs of living for members 
of the Department of Defense; Gottheimer (No. 171) that increases the 
DoD SkillBridge Program by $5 million, funds will be specifically used 
for employers to train service members transitioning to civilian life 
for supply chain and transportation related employment; Gottheimer (No. 
172) that increases the DoD SkillBridge Program by $5 million, funds 
will be specifically used for law enforcement agencies to implement 
hiring programs for members of the military transitioning from service 
in the Armed Forces; Gottheimer (No. 173) that increases the number of 
service academy nominees to the United States Military Academy for each 
Senator or Member of Congress from ten to fifteen and increases the 
number of qualified alternates from 150 to 200; Graves (LA) (No. 174) 
that adds eligibility for the Vietnam Service Medal for veterans who 
participated in Operation End Sweep; Green (TN) (No. 175) that directs 
the Commander of U.S. Army Special Operations Command to establish a 
training program between the Army Special Operations Forces of the 
United States and Poland; Guest (No. 176) that prohibits divestiture of 
any Tactical Control Party specialist force structure from the Air 
National Guard until the Chief of the National Guard Bureau provides a 
report to the congressional defense committees describing the 
capability gaps caused by such divestiture and its impact on the 
Department of Defense to execute the National Defense Strategy, as well 
as the impacts on the Army National Guard's operational capabilities; 
Hayes (No. 177) that requires the military departments to review all 
installation-level web information about suicide prevention and 
behavioral health and ensure that contact information is up to date, 
certifying this annually to Congress; Himes (No. 178) that requires a 
report to be summitted to Congressional defense committees on best 
practices to determine how to track and monitor United States defense 
articles and defense services made available to Ukraine; Horsford (No. 
179) that requires a report from the Secretary of Defense on 
hyperspectral satellite technology; Horsford (No. 180) that authorizes 
a $25 million increase for Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) 
Palatized-High Energy Laser (P-HEL) to increase the number of 
deliverable units and accelerate product fielding; Houlahan (No. 181) 
that directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a pilot program to 
accelerate the development of advanced technology for national security 
by creating incentives or 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; Houlahan (No. 182) that requires the Under 
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submit a report describing strategic and critical materials 
requirements of the Department of Defense, including the gaps and 
vulnerabilities in supply chains of such materials; Houlahan (No. 183) 
that directs the Secretary of Defense to 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; Houlahan (No. 184) that requires the 
Secretary of Defense to establish a Hacking for National Security and 
Public Service Innovation Program within the National Security 
Innovation Network; Hudson (No. 185) that authorizes a $5 million 
increase in funding to support the development of procedures and tools 
to prevent infections in Servicemembers who experience a severe bone 
fracture; Hudson (No. 186) that authorizes a $5 million increase in 
funding to support the advancement of research into the effects of 
headsupported mass on cervical spine health; Issa (No. 187) that 
authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to E. Royce 
Williams for acts of valor beyond the call of duty during the Korean 
War on November 18, 1952, while a member of the US Navy; Jackson Lee 
(No. 188) that directs Secretary to submit to Congress within 180 days 
a report on the recognition of African Americans who have served in the 
Armed Forces in DOD naming practices and conventions for military 
installations, infrastructure, vessels, and weapon systems; Jackson Lee 
(No. 189) that requires report to be submitted by the Secretary of 
Defense within 220 days following enactment on Capacity to Provide 
Disaster Survivors with Emergency Short Term Housing; Jackson Lee (No. 
190) that requires report to be submitted to Congress within 240 days 
following enactment on the risks posed by debris in low earth orbit and 
to make recommendations on remediation of risks and outline plans to 
reduce the incident of space debris; Jackson Lee (No. 191) that 
provides authorization for an additional $2.5 million increase in 
funding to combat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); Jackson Lee 
(No. 192) that requires Secretary of Defense to report to Congress 
programs and procedures employed to ensure students studying abroad 
through Department of Defense National Security Education Programs are 
trained to recognize, resist, and report against recruitment efforts by 
agents of foreign governments; Jackson Lee (No. 193) that 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; Jackson Lee (No. 194) 
that 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; Jackson Lee (No. 195) that requires 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; Jackson Lee (No. 196) that 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; Jackson Lee (No. 197) that requires the Secretary 
of the Navy, not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, to submit to the congressional defense committees 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; Jackson Lee (No. 198) that require the 
Chief of the National Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Defense, to submit to the congressional defense committees 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; Jackson Lee (No. 199) that directs the Secretary of Defense 
to promulgate regulations to ensure that candidates granted admission 
to attend a military academy undergo screening for speech disorders and 
be provided the results of the screening test and a list of warfare 
unrestricted line (URL) Officer positions and occupation specialists 
that require successful performance on the speech test; Jackson (No. 
200) that modifies the requirements for NNSA to no longer require a 
line item authorization from Congress prior to conducting Phase 1; 
Jacobs (CA) (No. 201) that requires a report on the processes the 
Department of Defense uses to assess, monitor, and evaluate programs 
and activities under Section 127e and Section 1202; Jacobs (CA) (No. 
202) that requires the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
Secretary of State, to submit a report outlining the process by which 
chief of mission concurrence is obtained for clandestine activities 
under Section 127f; Jayapal (No. 203) that authorizes the Department of 
Defense to engage in public manufacturing of insulin to meet the needs 
of military health programs; Jayapal (No. 204) that directs the Defense 
Department to provide a report on a risk assessment regarding 
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a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and whether such risk 
increases as the war continues; Jayapal (No. 205) that directs the 
Defense Department to provide a report on distribution and use of U.S. 
weaponry provided to Ukraine, including compliance with relevant laws 
and its efforts to prevent such arms from being sold on the black 
market or obtained by extremist groups; Johnson (SD) (No. 206) that 
modifies the DoD Impact Aid Large Scale Rebasing Program to increase 
the change in enrollment to 500 students between FY23-28, include 
projected enrollment growth per a signed record of decision, require at 
least 20 percent of enrolled students to be military dependents, and 
revise the maximum disbursement to a school district to $15 million; 
Jones (No. 207) that directs the Military Departments to establish 
operational energy programs that promote cost savings, enhance 
readiness, and reduce energy-related strategic vulnerabilities; Joyce 
(No. 208) that requires the Department of Defense to submit to Congress 
a plan to lessen the United States' dependence on rubber developed in 
foreign nations, including hostile actors like China, and to develop a 
consistent domestic supply of the material; Kelly (IL) (No. 209) that 
establishes a pilot program providing eligible military spouses with a 
spouse-specific Training Assistance Program focusing on employment 
services, offering guidance on available health care resources, and 
training in mental health first aid to learn crisis management 
strategies; Khanna (No. 210) that authorizes the Department of Defense 
to use Operations and Maintenance funds to remove munitions and 
explosives of concern from U.S. military installations in Guam; Khanna 
(No. 211) that adds additional reporting requirements to the ``Middle 
East Integrated Air and Missile Defense'' report required by Sec 1645 
including an assessment of the overall costs to taxpayers of United 
States support for establishing and sustaining such an architecture 
over the next five and ten year periods; Kildee (No. 212) that 
expresses a 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; Kildee (No. 213) that expresess a Sense of 
Congress that continued efforts are needed to address weaknesses 
identified in DOD's financial statement audits; Kildee (No. 214) that 
expresses a Sense of Congress that the Deputy Chief Financial Officer 
should ensure that DOD designate all representatives to the Fraud 
Reduction Task Force as quickly as possible; Kilmer (No. 215) that 
directs the Navy to coordinate with the Department of Transportation 
and public shipyards to improve participation in and access to the 
Federal Transportation Incentive Program; Kinzinger (No. 216) that 
provides that 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; Kirkpatrick (No. 
217) that increase funding for UH60 Main Engine Generators with an 
offset from Army O&M Other Service Support; Kirkpatrick (No. 218) that 
directs the Secretary of the Army to issue a report on the potential 
for increased utilization of the Electronic Proving Grounds testing 
range located at Ft. Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona; Kuster (No. 
219) that directs the Joint Committee on Military Justice to submit a 
report on how the Uniform Code of Military Justice's definition of 
``consent,'' as it pertains to incidents of sexual assault and 
misconduct, can be enhanced and clarified; Langevin (No. 220) that 
provides $20,000,000 in funding for the continued research and 
development of advanced naval nuclear fuel systems based on low-
enriched uranium; Larsen (WA) (No. 221) that amends Section 4801(1) of 
title 10, United States Code, by inserting ``New Zealand,'' after 
``Australia,''; Larsen (WA) (No. 222) that requests Secretary of 
Defense provide a robust analysis on the developments of the Space 
Systems Department and the Network Systems Department of Strategic 
Support Force of China by March 1, 2023; Larsen (WA) (No. 223) that 
requires Secretary of Defense provide an unclassified version of the 
Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy in all future updates of 
the plan; strengthen senior operational leadership; and provide 
coherent response to address persistent gaps in joint electromagnetic 
spectrum operations; Lawrence (No. 224) that adds wireless charging as 
an electric vehicle charging technology and defines wireless charging; 
Lawrence (No. 225) that states that 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; Lawrence (No. 226) that requires the 
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress evaluating programs 
aimed at increasing the recruitment of women for military service and 
provide recommendations to increase the recruitment of women in the 
armed services; Lawrence (No. 227) that requires the Secretary of 
Defense to report to Congress a summary of efforts to support pregnant 
service members and recommendations to improve support for pregnant 
service members; Lee (NV) (No. 228) that directs the Secretary of 
Defense to report to Congress on coordination, data sharing, and 
evaluation efforts to improve suicide prevention practices across 
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agencies; Lee (NV) (No. 229) that directs the Secretary of Defense to 
brief Congress on the state of housing for junior members of the Armed 
Services and on plans to better support these servicemembers in 
securing affordable, productive living situations; Leger Fernandez (No. 
230) that extends the deadline for the Secretary of Energy to clean up 
and convey certain parcels of land previously identified for transfer 
around Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico; Levin (CA) (No. 
231) that adds and make technical changes to DoD Transition Assistance 
Program (TAP) counseling pathway factors; Lieu (No. 232) that expresses 
the sense of Congress that the Army's ongoing research effort related 
to working dogs detecting infectious diseases, including COVID-19, is 
showing promising results and should continue to receive funding; Luria 
(No. 233) that requires the Secretary of the Navy to submit a report on 
the cost and feasibility of a 2- and 3-year advanced procurement 
strategy for the next 2 Ford-class carriers; Luria (No. 234) that 
requires SECNAV to report to Congress on the service's Multiple Award 
Contract-Multi Order strategy; Lynch (No. 235) that clarifies that the 
DOD has the authority to solicit gifts to be used by the Defense POW/
MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to expand its capability in accounting for 
persons missing from designated past conflicts; Lynch (No. 236) that 
reauthorizes the Commission on Wartime Contracting to conduct oversight 
of U.S. contracting and reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan and other 
areas of contingency operations; Lynch (No. 237) that requires 
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, to establish Interagency Task Force on Financial Fraud to 
identify, prevent, and combat financial fraud targeting service 
members, veterans, and military families; Mace (No. 238) that 
establishes a pilot program to improve military readiness through 
nutrition and wellness initiatives; Mace (No. 239) that amends Sec. 133 
for Requirements of the Study and Acquisition Strategy for the Combat 
Search and Rescue Mission of the Air Force to include electric short 
take-off and landing with the assessment of key current, emerging, and 
future technologies; Malinowski (No. 240) that requires a report from 
the State Department and other agencies on the disruption of democracy 
and support for authoritarian leaders in the CENTCOM and AFRICOM area 
of responsibility by certain foreign governments; Manning (No. 241) 
that permits the Secretary of Defense to consult with the President's 
Board of Advisors on HBCUs in designing the pilot program to increase 
the research activity status of HBCUs; Manning (No. 242) that ensures 
that the Department of Defense American Sustainable Battery Production 
Technologies Program takes into consideration the potential military 
applications of battery technologies developed with U.S. Department of 
Energy grants; Manning (No. 243) that includes goods containing 
materials made with forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous 
Region (XUAR) in the prohibition on the sale of Chinese goods in 
commissary stores and military exchanges; Manning (No. 244) that adds 
Army Heavy Tactical Wheeled Vehicles to the pilot program for tactical 
vehicle safety data collection; Manning (No. 245) that clarifies that 
parents of children at Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) 
schools have the right to be informed of the results of drinking water 
testing at school facilities; McBath (No. 246) that requires GAO to 
submit to Congress a report on initiatives of the Department of Defense 
to source locally and regionally produced foods for consumption or 
distribution at installations of the Department of Defense; McCaul (No. 
247) that requires a report on DoD efforts to increase competitive 
opportunities for innovative companies to partner with DoD in 
developing end items of critical technologies in support of the defense 
industrial base; McGovern (No. 248) that requires the Department of 
Defense, in coordination with USDA, to collect data on food insecurity 
and usage of federal anti-hunger programs among active duty 
servicemembers and their families, and to report to Congress on their 
findings; McMorris Rodgers (No. 249) that changes the way the Soldier's 
Medal affects military retirement pay; Meeks (No. 250) that provides 
for the State Department's concurrence and involvement in appropriate 
areas; Meeks (No. 251) that requires a report to Congress on processes 
related to State Department Chief of Mission concurrence for ongoing 
programs under existing statutory authorities; Meeks (No. 252) that 
requires the Department of State, in coordination with the Department 
of Defense, to submit to relevant committees a feasibility study on 
United States support for and participation in the International 
Counterterrorism Academy in Cote d'Ivoire (AILCT); Miller (No. 253) 
that recognizes AITEC (Army Interagency Training and Education Center); 
Miller (No. 254) that directs the Department of Defense to create a 
memorial to the 13 service members who lost their lives at the Hamid 
Karzai International Airport; Moore (WI) (No. 255) that requires GAO to 
review the breast cancer screening and treatment efforts of the Defense 
Department and DoD, with an emphasis on how well they serve women with 
dense breasts; Moore (WI) (No. 256) that requires Secretary of Defense 
to disseminate guidance provided by TRICARE on healthy relationships 
and routine assessment on intimate partner violence; Morelle (No. 257) 
that codifies NNSA as the interagency lead on nuclear forensics, making 
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for integrating the National Technical Nuclear Forensics (NTNF) 
activities in a consistent, unified strategic direction; Moulton (No. 
258) that establishes a uniform allowance for Department of Defense 
Officers and requires the Department to begin tracking uniform costs 
for both Officers and Enlisted servicemembers for the purposes of 
tracking out-of-pocket expenses; Moulton (No. 259) that requires a 
report of lessons learned from the Russia-Ukraine War to include an 
analysis of the capabilities, tactics, and techniques used by both 
parties; Moulton (No. 260) that requires the secretaries of the 
military services and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special 
Operations and Irregular Warfare to provide a brief on their abilities 
to establish Tailored Cyberspace Operations Organizations utilizing the 
authority provided under FY21 NDAA; Murphy (No. 261) that establishes a 
reward program for cybersecurity operations and authorizes the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretaries of the military departments to 
present honorary recognitions and monetary awards (up to $2,500) for 
innovation in cyberspace operations to members of the armed forces; 
Murphy (No. 262) that requires the Secretary of the Air Force, in 
coordination with the Chief of Space Operations, to prepare and submit 
to Congress a review of the staffing requirements for current and 
planned cyber squadrons of the Space Force; Napolitano (No. 263) that 
supports the National Guard Youth Challenge Programs (NGYCP) by 
instructing the Department of Defense to issue non-state matched 
funding in limited circumstances of up to $5 million of the funds 
appropriated for the NGYCP for fiscal year 2023 to provide support for 
new program start-up costs, special projects, workforce development 
programs, and emergency unforeseen costs, all at the Secretary's 
discretion; Neguse (No. 264) that directs the Department of Labor to 
carry out a five-year program of grants to nonprofit organizations that 
assist the transition of service members to civilian life; Neguse (No. 
265) that adds ``the benefits of portable licenses interstate licensure 
compacts for military spouses'' to the list of elements discussed at an 
industry roundtable convened by the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness; Neguse (No. 266) that defines a covered 
civilian behavioral health provider as a licensed professional 
counselor, licensed mental health counselor, licensed clinical 
professional counselor, licensed professional clinical counselor of 
mental health, licensed clinical mental health counselor, or licensed 
mental health practitioner; Neguse (No. 267) that inventories large-
scale military installations for the ``heat island'' effect and directs 
installations with significant ``heat islands'' to increase greenery to 
mitigate the ``heat island'' effect; Norman (No. 268) that authorizes 
the award of the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr. for acts of valor 
as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War; Norman (No. 
269) that seeks to request a report on military spouse employment; 
Norman (No. 270) that requests a report on substance abuse within the 
military; Norman (No. 271) that provides that 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; Obernolte (No. 272) that requires GAO to 
report on difficultly of filling civilian support services jobs at 
remote or isolated military installations; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 273) that 
requests a GAO report on the status of the Federal environmental 
cleanup and decontamination process in Vieques and Culebra, Puerto 
Rico; Ocasio-Cortez (No. 274) that prohibits funds from being used to 
conduct aerial fumigation of crops in Colombia; O'Halleran (No. 275) 
that instructs the Department of Defense to conduct a study on what the 
effects of wildfire and persistent drought conditions at the United 
States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station are to the mission and 
operations of the facility; O'Halleran (No. 276) that requires the 
Defense Suicide Prevention Office to establish a procedure for 
assessing suicide risk at military installations; Panetta (No. 277) 
that requests a review of the definition, ``Department of Defense 
Cyberspace Operations Forces,'' to include an assessment of DoD 
components conducting defensive cyberspace operations which are not 
currently included in such definition; and Panetta (No. 278) that 
requires the ASD for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, in 
coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, to 
submit a plan for a pilot program to deploy dedicated X-band small 
satellite communications technologies that may support current and 
future requirements of special operations forces (by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 330 yeas to 99 nays, Roll No. 332);                   
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  Smith (WA) amendment en bloc No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405 that was debated on 
July 13th: Pappas (No. 279) that establishes a standard record of 
military service for all members of the armed forces (including the 
reserve components; Pappas (No. 280) that requires DoD and VA, in 
consultation with HHS and EPA, to jointly coordinate and establish 
guidelines to be used during training of members of the Armed Forces 
serving on active duty to provide the members awareness of the 
potential risks of toxic exposures and ways to prevent being exposed 
during combat; Pappas (No. 281) that directs DoD to conduct, or enter 
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an appropriate federally funded research and development center to 
conduct, a study to assess whether individuals (including individuals 
on active duty or in a reserve component or the National Guard) 
assigned to the Pease Air Force Base and Pease Air National Guard Base 
during the period of 1970 through 2020 experience a higherthan-expected 
rate of cancer-related morbidity and mortality as a result of time on 
base or exposures associated with time on base compared to the rate of 
cancer-related morbidity and mortality of the general population of the 
United States, accounting for differences in sex, age, and race; Peters 
(No. 282) that amends the Combatant Commander Initiative Fund to (1) 
include climate resilience of military facilities and essential 
civilian infrastructure and (2) military support to relevant 
authorities to combat illegal wildlife trafficking and illegal, 
unreported, or unregulated fishing; Peters (No. 283) that requires GAO 
to conduct a report on the ability of servicemembers assigned to 
Special Operations units to utilize Department of Defense transition 
programs, challenges those servicemembers face when transitioning to 
civilian life and the utility of existing DoD transition programs to 
address those challenges, and the extent to which such servicemembers 
utilize transition resources offered by non-governmental entities; 
Pfluger (No. 284) that directs the Secretary of the VA to work with the 
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study the 
incidence of and mortality of cancer among individuals who served in 
the Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps as aviators and aircrew; Pfluger 
(No. 285) that requires DoD to submit a report to Congress an 
assessment of the military requirements of North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) members and countries in the Baltic region that 
would allow such countries to deter and resist Russian aggression; 
Pfluger (No. 286) that requires the Secretary of Defense to include 
information in its reporting to Congress on (1) how Russian private 
military companies are being utilized to advance the political, 
economic, and military interests of the Russian Federation; (2) the 
direct or indirect threats Russian private military companies present 
to United States security interests; and (3) how sanctions that are 
currently in place to impede or deter Russian PMCs from continuing 
their malign activities have impacted the Russian PMCs' behavior; and 
list any foreign persons engaged significantly with Russian PMCs; 
Phillips (No. 287) that requires the Comptroller General to conduct a 
study on the use and implementation of the authority of section 385 of 
title 10, United States Code, relating to Department of Defense support 
for other departments and agencies of the United States Government that 
advance Department of Defense security cooperation objectives; Phillips 
(No. 288) that authorizes GAO study on the Foreign Service Institute's 
School of Language Studies to provide best practices and curriculum 
improvements to prepare government employees to advance U.S. diplomatic 
and national security priorities abroad; Phillips (No. 289) that 
ensures that a remarried former spouse of a member of a uniformed 
service retains electronic access to the privileged medical records of 
their dependent child; Plaskett (No. 290) that seeks to require a 
Department of Defense report to Congress on U.S. military capabilities 
in the Caribbean basin; Porter (No. 291) that requires the screening 
and registry of individuals with health conditions resulting from 
unsafe housing units; Porter (No. 292) that requires landlords to 
disclose the presence of life-threatening mold and health effects of 
mycotoxins before a lease is signed for privatized military housing; 
Porter (No. 293) that prohibits the ownership or trading of stocks by 
senior officials at the Department of Defense for any company that 
received over $1,000,000,000 in revenue from the Department of Defense 
during the preceding calendar year; Radewagen (No. 294) that requires 
the Department of Defense to include analysis of PRC influence in the 
Pacific Islands region in their annual Report on Military and Security 
Developments Involving the Peoples Republic of China; Raskin (No. 295) 
that directs the Navy to include a multi-medicine manufacturing 
platform program element in the Department's Budget Request starting in 
Fiscal Year 2025; Reschenthaler (No. 296) that seeks procurement 
authority for the Air Force, establishes program element dedicated to 
the procurement and management of commercial engineering software, and 
requires a report regarding the benefits of commercial physics-based 
modeling and simulation; Reschenthaler (No. 297) that includes Purple 
Heart award recipients on the DOD military valor website who receive 
the award after the enactment of this Act; Reschenthaler (No. 298) that 
adds a sense of Congress to ensure the Air Force does not retire KC-135 
aircraft without equal replacement with KC-46A aircraft; Reschenthaler 
(No. 299) that provides for a report from the Army Space and Missile 
Defense Command on the need and cost of gun launched interceptor 
technologies; Reschenthaler (No. 300) that requires a report from the 
Missile Defense Agency on the need and cost of radiation hardened, 
thermally insensitive sensors for missile defense; Reschenthaler (No. 
301) that expresses a Sense of Congress that the additive manufacturing 
and machine learning initiative of the Army has the potential to 
accelerate the ability to deploy additive manufacturing capabilities in 
expeditionary settings and strengthen the United States defense 
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(No. 302) that increases funding for Robotics Supply Chain Research; 
Reschenthaler (No. 303) that increases funding for Enterprise Digital 
Transformation with Commercial Physics Simulation; Rouzer (No. 304) 
that requires DOD to provide a report to the House and Senate Armed 
Services Committees on its flood mapping efforts, how frequently they 
update their flood maps, what resources they utilize to undertake flood 
mapping projects, and how those maps are incorporated into broader FEMA 
flood maps; Ryan (OH) (No. 305) that requires a GAO study to identify 
barriers in accessing EFMP benefits within the Guard and Reserve; 
Salazar (No. 306) that requires the Air Force, in consultation with the 
Department of State, to produce a report that identifies opportunities 
to deploy stratospheric balloons, aerostats, or satellite technology 
capable of rapidly delivering wireless internet anywhere on the planet 
from high altitudes; Salazar (No. 307) that encourages the Navy to 
explore and solicit more artificial reefing opportunities for retired 
Navy ships; San Nicolas (No. 308) that grants officers or employees of 
U.S. Homeland Security Investigations the same acccess to military 
installations on Guam as already granted to officers or employees of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation; San Nicolas (No. 309) that requires biannual leak 
inspections of Navy and Air Force-owned underground fuel storage tanks 
on Guam; Sanchez (No. 310) that states that it is the sense of Congress 
that the United States should prioritize countering misinformation, 
support an increase in NATO resources, support building technological 
resilience, and support NATO and NATO PA's role in countering 
misinformation; Sanchez (No. 311) that requires a report from the 
Secretary of Defense to assess efforts of NATO to counter 
misinformation and disinformation and offer recommendations; Sanchez 
(No. 312) that requires both a briefing and a report be delivered to 
Members on HASC, HFAC, and NATO PA's US delegation on how the DoD is 
working with the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence to 
improve NATO's ability to counter and mitigate disinformation; Schiff 
(No. 313) that requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a 
feasibility study on adding the names of the 74 sailors who died in the 
USS Frank E. Evans disaster in 1969 to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
Wall; Schneider (No. 314) that directs the Department of Defense to 
continue its work to modernize its supply chain and to prioritize 
digital solutions that use durable devices and technologies to operate 
in austere combat environments; Schrier (No. 315) directs GAO to report 
on the effectiveness of current health screenings administered to 
servicemembers separating from the military to identify the risk of 
social isolation and other health and behavioral health concerns; 
Schrier (No. 316) that requires quarterly and publicly accessible data 
reporting on the Department of Defense's Military Child Care in Your 
Neighborhood and Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood-Plus 
programs; Scott (GA) (No. 317) that expresses the Sense of Congress on 
the importance of enhancing the strategic partnership and defense and 
security cooperation with the country of Georgia; Scott (GA) (No. 318) 
that removes the $15 million cap on demining assistance provided by the 
Department of Defense under 10 USC 407; Scott (GA) (No. 319) that 
authorizes the Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to 
submit an Unfunded Priorities List to Congress; Scott (GA) (No. 320) 
that modifies 10 USC 345 (Regional Defense Combating Terrorism and 
Irregular Warfare Fellowship Program) to include training on Urban 
Warfare; Scott (VA) (No. 321) that establishes a pilot project to 
enhance resilience in defense communities by appointing four 
Interagency Regional Coordinators for Resilience; Scott (VA) (No. 322) 
that directs the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to 
publish a report on suicide, suicide prevention, and response within 
the Navy on installations and ships, including ships undergoing a 
Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH); Scott (VA) (No. 323) that 
directs the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to publish a 
report and survey of active Department of Defense programs through 
which members of the armed forces may file anonymous concerns; Sherrill 
(No. 324) that amends the DoD's OTA authority to allow for prototyping 
for DoD installations and facilities engineering; Slotkin (No. 325) 
that requires the creation of a decoration or recognition to recognize 
military working dogs that are killed in action or that perform an 
exceptionally meritorious or courageous act in services to the United 
States; Smith (WA) (No. 326) that authorizes the Secretary of Defense 
to establish a revolving fund to procure high-demand munitions in 
advance of the transfer of such munitions to eligible foreign countries 
in anticipation of supporting sustained contingency operations in 
Ukraine; Smith (NJ) (No. 327) that requires the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, to conduct a feasibility 
study with regard to greater engagement with Somaliland, a self-
governing, de facto independent entity strategically-located on the 
Horn of Africa; Smith (NJ) (No. 328) that directs the Secretary of 
Defense to conduct an appraisal of current standards and provide 
recommendations for improved medical care and oversight of individuals 
engaged in high stress training environments, specifically Navy 
training programs; Smith (NJ) (No. 329) that directs the Secretary of 
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with the intent of Congress regarding a study of submersibles published 
November 1, 2021 as directed by the FY2021 National Defense 
Authorization Act conference report; Soto (No. 330) that adds areas 
with ``significant space launch or mission control facilities'' to be 
included as locations that Space National Guard are established; Soto 
(No. 331) that adds language to the Sense of Congress on the Range of 
the Future and Support to Commercial Space Launch Activity that states 
that it is critical to the Nation's national security and economic 
vitality that we continue to encourage and enable the expansion of 
commercial space launch activity; Soto (No. 332) that inserts 
distributed ledger technology into the curricula on software 
acquisitions and cybersecurity or hardware acquisitions for covered 
individuals; Soto (No. 333) that adds distributed ledger technology to 
the definition of covered technologies considered for prototype and 
demonstration energy resilience projects at certain military bases; 
Soto (FL) (No. 334) that adds artificial intelligence as a specific 
``new technology'' considered in the development of the consortium for 
curricula being developed for institutions of military education in 
order to improve military education; Spanberger (No. 335) that requires 
the Chairperson of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity 
and Efficiency to submit a report to Congress on the oversight 
infrastructure established with respect to U.S. assistance to Ukraine; 
Speier (No. 336) that extends the deadline for the GAO review of the 
military services, administrative separation processes required by Sec. 
529B of the FY22 NDAA from December 27, 2022, to May 31, 2023; Speier 
(No. 337) that directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
the Secretary of State, to document details of the consideration of the 
waiver requirements to Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act and 
report on whether security assistance to the government of Azerbaijan 
undermines a peaceful settlement to the conflict between Armenia and 
Azerbaijan; Stauber (No. 338) that allows the Secretary of the Navy to 
solicit contracts from non-homeport shipyards for maintenance work 
should the shipyards meet the Navy's requirements for ship repair work; 
Steel (No. 339) that prohibits the Department of Defense and defense 
contractors from using LOGINK; Strickland (No. 340) that requires a 
feasibility study on adding au pairs to the in-home child care fee 
assistance program and expresses the sense of Congress that members of 
the Armed Forces who participate in the au pair exchange visitor 
program should be eligible for assistance; Swalwell (No. 341) that adds 
a reporting requirement to encourage and inform a more focused DoD 
effort on stockpiling rare earth magnets to reduce dependence on 
foreign countries; Takano (No. 342) that requires the comptroller 
general of the US to study the feasibility of establishing a strategic 
stockpile of materials required to manufacture batteries, battery 
cells, and other energy storage components to meet national security 
requirements in the event of a national emergency; Tenney (No. 343) 
that requires a report on the U.N. arms embargo on its effectiveness in 
constraining Iran's ability to supply, sell, or transfer, directly or 
indirectly, arms or related material when the arms embargo was in 
place. Requires an assessment on the measures that DoD and DoS are 
taking, in the absence of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, to constrain 
Iranian arms proliferation; Tenney (No. 344) that requires a report on 
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-affiliated operatives abroad and the 
ways in which DoD, in coordination with DoS, is working with partner 
nations to inform them of the threat posed by Islamic Revolutionary 
Guards Corpsaffiliated officials, who are operatives of a U.S.-
designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO); Tenney (No. 345) that 
requires a report on the threat of aerial drones and unmanned aircraft 
to United States national security and an assessment of the unmanned 
traffic management systems of every military base and installation 
(within and outside the United States) to determine whether the base or 
installation is adequately equipped to detect, disable, and disarm 
hostile or unidentified unmanned aerial systems; Thompson (No. 346) 
that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress 
detailing Department of Defense spending on fuel from non-domestic 
sources; Thompson (No. 347) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
submit a report on the impacts low recruitment and retention in the 
Armed Forces are having on current operations, including the physical 
and mental health of servicemembers; Thompson (No. 348) that requires 
the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress detailing the 
effects of inflation on military families; Titus (No. 349) that amends 
the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 to require the President to 
establish a semiconductor supply chain working group in response to the 
Russian invasion of Ukraine and submit reports to Congress on potential 
future global or geopolitical development that could severely disrupt 
the semiconductor supply chain; Titus (No. 350) that requires a report 
on how maternal mortality rates may disproportionately affect female 
members of the Armed Forces, including identification of barriers to 
access to maternal health care and any recommendations for improvement; 
Titus (No. 351) that requires a report on the extent to which military 
families have access to infant formula and have been affected by the 
nationwide infant formula shortage; Titus (No. 352) that requires

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a report from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Sustainment on status of certification efforts to replace AFFF on 
military installations (as required by 2020 NDAA); as well as a report 
on the prevalence of PFAS contamination from non-AFFF sources on 
military installations; Titus (No. 353) that orders quarterly briefings 
for Congressional defense committees, tracking Department of Defense 
efforts to support replenishment and revitalization of stocks of 
defensive and offensive weaponry provided to Ukraine by the United 
States; Titus (No. 354) that requires a report to congressional defense 
and foreign affairs committees from DOD and State Department on human 
trafficking as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; Tlaib (No. 
355) that requires the new Military Housing Feedback Tool to include 
resources to help tenants identify potential serious safety hazards 
(lead paint, mold, non-functioning safety equipment, etc) and a 
functionality to report said potential issues; Tlaib (No. 356) that 
adds additional sections to the report required for Sec. 544. Pilot 
program on financial assistance for victims of domestic violence; Tlaib 
(No. 357) that directs the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Sustainment to issue a report to Congress on the Department's 
compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule in military installations, 
military housing, and privatized military housing within one year of 
enactment; Tlaib (No. 358) adds a requirement to screen eligible 
individuals for potential covered lead exposure from unsafe housing 
units; Torres (CA) (No. 359) that directs the Government Accountability 
Office to review the implementation by the Department of Defense and 
the Department of State of end-use monitoring; Torres (CA) (No. 360) 
that improves military cold case reviews and oversight measures to help 
ensure military families receive justice; Torres (NY) (No. 361) that 
prescribes limitations on the sale and use of unsafe portable heating 
devices on military installations, according to the guidelines of the 
applicable voluntary standard; Torres (NY) (No. 362) that directs the 
Secretary of Defense to ensure that the Department of Defense shares 
best practices and training to first responders so that they can best 
aid victims experiencing trauma related injuries; Torres (NY) (No. 363) 
that required a feasibility study into the establishment of a U.S. 
military instillation in Albania; Trahan (No. 364) that requires the 
Navy to issue a report on the power and propulsion requirements for the 
DDG(X) destroyer and whether the Navy can leverage existing investments 
in the electric-drive propulsion system developed for the DDG(X) to 
reduce cost and risk; Trahan (No. 365) that directs the Secretary of 
Defense to submit a report on potential national security applications 
for fusion energy technology; Turner (OH) (No. 366) that directs the 
DoD to submit a report on the feasibility of terminating energy 
procurement from foreign entities of concern; Van Duyne (No. 367) that 
requires a study and report to identify monetary and government 
benefits received through misrepresentation of military decorations or 
medals; Van Duyne (No. 368) that requires a DOD report on the 
feasibility of partnerships with companies providing third-party job 
search software in assisting service members and veterans find 
employment following their active duty service; Wagner (No. 369) that 
honors the life and legacy of Ulysses S. Grant in commemoration of his 
200th birthday on April 27, 2022; Waltz (No. 370) that makes a clerical 
change to Section 624 to reference the appropriate subsection; Waltz 
(No. 371) that clarifies the authority of the National Defense 
Stockpile Manager to acquire strategic and critical materials to also 
include scandium; Wasserman Schultz (No. 372) that requires the Air 
Force and Army to provide a briefing within 90 days of the enactment of 
this bill, to the House Armed Services Committee and Appropriations 
Committee, on the way ahead for providing appropriate childcare at Camp 
Bull Simons, Eglin Air Force Base; Wexton (No. 373) that requires the 
Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the feasibility and benefits 
of establishing returnship programs for the DOD civilian workforce; 
Wild (No. 374) that requires transparency for and accountability to the 
families of servicemembers who have lost their lives or suffered 
serious injuries in operational or training accidents by requiring that 
the Department of Defense provide briefings on the status of the 
implementation of recommendations relating to improving safety for 
servicemembers and the prevention of accidents; Wild (No. 375) that 
requires the Joint Safety Council, which was created in last year's 
NDAA, to create and maintain a website with information for the 
families of deceased members of the armed forces who died in a fatal 
operational or training accident, information on the findings of each 
review or assessment conducted by the Council, identification of any 
recommendation of the Council relating to the prevention of fatal 
accidents among members of the Armed Forces, and information on the 
progress of the implementation of any such recommendation; Williams 
(No. 376) that modernizes the bipartisan 2017 law passed by Congressman 
John Lewis--which currently requires public posting of the costs to 
each American taxpayer of the costs of the Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, 
and Syria--to include cost transparency for all wars since 9/11 and 
future wars, ensuring taxpayers fully understand how their government 
uses taxpayer dollars abroad; Williams (No. 377) that expresses that 
Congress has heard with profound sorrow of the death

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of the Honorable Joseph Maxwell Cleland, who served with courage and 
sacrifice in combat in the Vietnam War; unwavering dedication to 
Georgia as a State Senator, Secretary of State, and Senator; and 
honorable service to the United States and veterans of the United 
States through his lifetime of public service and tenure as 
Administrator of the Veterans Administration; Wittman (No. 378) that 
prohibits the disposal of Littoral Combat Ships unless the ships are 
transferred to the military forces of a nation that is an ally or 
partner of the United States; Wittman (No. 379) that seeks to require 
additional data on Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III awards under the 
SBIR and STTR programs within each military department; Wittman (No. 
380) that establishes that any contract, transaction, agreement, or 
grant awarded on or after March 1, 2020, to address the COVID-19 
pandemic through vaccines and other therapeutic measures, using funds 
made available under certain awards shall not be counted toward any 
limit on the total estimated amount of all projects to be issued 
established prior to March 1, 2020 (except that such funds shall count 
toward meeting any guaranteed minimum value) for the award; Wittman 
(No. 381) that directs the Director of the Defense Health Agency to 
submit to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees a report on 
contracts awarded by DHA in Fiscal Years 2020, 2021, and 2022, 
including the number and percent of contracts meeting certain criteria; 
and Wittman (No. 382) that requires a report on opportunities to 
improve the ability of the Department of Defense to compete in a 
contested information environment (by a yea-and-nay vote of 362 yeas to 
64 nays, Roll No. 333);                                  
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  Smith (WA) amendment en bloc No. 4 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405 that was debated on 
July 13th: Lee (CA) (No. 383) that repeals the 2002 Authorization for 
Use of Military Force Against Iraq; Spanberger (No. 385) that repeals 
the 1991 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq 
Resolution; Meijer (No. 386) that repeals the joint resolution of March 
9, 1957, that provided for the use of certain funds to promote peace 
and stability in the Middle East; Lee (CA) (No. 387) that expresses the 
Sense of Congress that Authorizations for the Use of Military Force 
(AUMFs) should include a sunset provision; Spanberger (No. 388) that 
directs the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to 
develop performance measures and targets for the National Drug Control 
Strategy for the Southwest Border, Northern Border, and Caribbean 
Border Counternarcotics Supplemental Strategies to effectively evaluate 
region specific goals; Arrington (No. 389) that requires the President 
to report to Congress on security relationship with Mexico as it 
relates to cartel activity along southern border and impacts on 
national security; Thompson (MS) (No. 390) that enhances the security 
operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability 
of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel 
system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the 
Transportation Security Administration; Himes (No. 393) that modernizes 
FinCENs special measures authorities to empower FinCEN to adapt its 
existing tools, monitor and obstruct global financial threats, and meet 
the challenges of combating 21st-century financial crime; Meeks (No. 
394) that requires public companies to annually disclose the racial, 
ethnic, gender identity, sexual orientation, and veteran status of 
their board directors, nominees, and senior executive officers; 
empowers the SECs Office of Minority and Women Inclusion to publish 
best diversity disclosure practices; and creates an advisory group that 
would study and report on increasing corporate diversity; Brownley (No. 
396) that eliminates contraception co-pays at the VA, ensuring veterans 
do not face unnecessary barriers to access; Garamendi (No. 397) that 
clarifies the Department of Defense definition of biomass and biogas so 
that it aligns with the Clean Air Act and requires that it be 
considered a renewable energy source; Ross (No. 398) that restores the 
Department of Interior's authority to hold offshore wind lease sales in 
federal waters off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, 
Georgia, and Florida, while leaving the leasing moratorium in place in 
the Eastern Gulf of Mexico at the request of the Department of Defense; 
Williams (GA) (No. 400) that allows funds from the Surface 
Transportation Block Grant Program to be used to build sound barriers 
in older residential areas, allowing people in military housing and 
other impacted neighborhoods who bought their homes years before the 
construction of nearby interstate highways to live and raise their 
families in quiet neighborhoods; Beatty (No. 401) that gives first-time 
homebuyers a 25-basis point reduction on their FHA mortgage insurance 
premium if they complete a certified financial literacy housing 
counseling course; Slotkin (No. 402) that creates an exception for 
Afghan student visa applicants so they do not have to demonstrate 
intent to return to Afghanistan after completing their studies in the 
US; Ross (No. 403) that amends the Child Status Protection Act to 
protect dependent children of green card applicants and long-term 
dependent children of employment-based nonimmigrants from aging out of 
our legal immigration system; Cicilline (No. 404) that establishes the 
Southern New England Regional Commission, which would assist in the 
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Pappas (No. 405) that require the EPA to develop water quality criteria 
under the Clean Water Act for all measurable PFAS or classes of PFAS 
within two years and develop effluent limitations guidelines and 
standards for all measurable PFAS or classes of PFAS within four years; 
Golden (No. 407) that allows the Wabanaki Nations in Maine to access 
future federal laws that are passed by Congress for the benefit of 
Indian tribes. Four Indian tribes (Maliseet, Micmac, Penobscot, and 
Passamaquoddy) make up the Wabanaki Nations; Perlmutter (No. 408) that 
adds the bipartisan SAFE Banking Act which would allow state-legal 
cannabis businesses to access the banking system and help improve 
public safety by reducing the amount of cash at these businesses; Clark 
(MA) (No. 409) that expresses the sense of Congress that veterans 
should not be denied Veterans Affairs Administration home loan benefits 
due to their legal employment in the cannabis industry and that the VA 
should improve communication with eligible lending institutions to 
reduce confusion among lenders and borrowers on this matter; Neguse 
(No. 411) that adds the text of H.R. 7476, the REPLACE Act to the bill, 
which automatically waives fees for replacing critical documents after 
major disasters; Leger Fernandez (No. 412) that provides assistance to 
victims of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire that was started by the 
federal government; Johnson (GA) (No. 414) that removes the size 
limitation of average annual gross receipts for the last three years 
not to exceed $26.29 million in the Department of Transportation's 
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program; Waters (No. 416) that brings 
services which facilitate anonymity or evasion of anti-money laundering 
provisions into Bank Secrecy Act compliance; Waters (No. 417) that 
provides that the CARES Act enhancements to NCUA's Central Liquidity 
Facility are temporarily reauthorized to allow smaller credit unions to 
have access to emergency liquidity through 2023; Waters (No. 418) that 
directs the Treasury to vote against the provision of any assistance to 
China from the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank unless the 
Secretary of Treasury has certified that China has demonstrated a 
commitment to participate in multilateral debt relief initiatives on 
terms comparable to other G-20 governments; Torres (NY) (Mo. 419) that 
requires the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Transportation, and Secretary of Homeland Security, to 
issue a report on improving supply chain shortfalls and infrastructure 
needs at wholesale produce markets; Thompson (MS) (No. 420) that adds a 
new title with measures related to the Department of Homeland Security 
(DHS), comprised of House-passed legislative provisions to strengthen 
community security, enhance DHS acquisitions and supply chains, and 
enhance DHS operations; Courtney (No. 421) that adds the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Australia to the definition 
of a ``Domestic Source'' under the Defense Production Act (DPA); Tenney 
(No. 422) that restricts the ability of covered entities (owned, 
directed, controlled, financed, or influenced directly or indirectly by 
the Government of the People's Republic of China, the CCP, or the 
Chinese military) from using federal funds from engaging, entering 
into, and awarding public works contracts; Garcia (TX) (No. 423) that 
changes the start date of the referenced anti-money laundering pilot 
program from 3 years after the date of enactment (January 1, 2021), to 
3 years after the date that the Secretary of the Treasury actually 
starts the program; Demings (No. 424) that authorizes the Open 
Technology Fund of the United States Agency for Global Media to make 
grants to surge and sustain support for internet freedom technologies 
to counter acute escalations in censorship in closed countries; Torres 
(NY) (No. 425) that requires the Director of CISA to conduct an 
investigation on the SolarWinds incident to evaluate the impact of the 
SolarWinds incident and issue a report to Congress on the findings and 
recommendations to address security gaps, improve incident response 
efforts, and prevent similar cyber incidents; Langevin (No. 426) that 
allows for admission of essential scientists and technical experts to 
promote and protect the national security innovation base; Garbarino 
(No. 427) that adds the CISA Leadership Act, which establishes a five-
year term limit and specifies the appointment process for the Director 
of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the 
Department of Homeland Security; 428. Lamb that directs the Secretary 
of Energy to establish a plan for reducing the vulnerability of the 
electric grid, including by creating a strategic transformer reserve; 
Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) (No. 429) that seeks to strengthen the ability 
of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to provide 
meaningful oversight of artificial intelligence for counterterrorism 
purposes; Cicilline (No. 430) that extends the life of the State 
Department's Global Engagement Center; Cicilline (No. 431) that 
prevents the enforcement of predispute forced arbitration clauses in 
any dispute covered under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act; Tlaib 
(No. 432) that strengthens servicemember consumer protections with 
regards to medical debt collections and credit reporting, including 
prohibiting the collection of medical debt for the first two years and 
prohibiting debt arising from medically necessary procedures from ever 
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Sanchez (No. 433) that extends consumer credit protections to active 
duty armed and uniformed consumers in a combat zone, aboard a U.S. 
vessel, or away from their usual duty stations and prohibits the 
inclusion on a consumer report of adverse credit information that 
occurred while a uniformed consumer was serving; Dean (No. 434) that 
prohibits a debt collector from representing to service members that 
failure to cooperate with a debt collector will result in a reduction 
of rank, a revocation of security clearance, or military prosecution; 
Beatty (No. 435) that expands employment opportunities at federally 
insured financial institutions by reducing barriers to employment based 
on past criminal offenses; Lieu (No. 436) that authorizes the 
Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) to use any funds collected 
pursuant to easements, or other use agreements at the West LA VA for 
the development of supportive housing and services on campus for 
homeless veterans; Escobar (No. 437) that prohibits certain types of 
fraud or misrepresentations in the provision of immigration services 
and provides for criminal penalties for such actions; Steil (No. 438) 
that requires the U.S. Treasury Department to regularly report to 
Congress any sanctions waivers provided to allow transactions between 
financial institutions and targeted individuals; Norcross (No. 439) 
that urges the Secretary of State to take action concerning unpaid 
Peruvian agrarian reform bonds to ensure pension funds receive payment; 
Thompson (MS) (No. 441) that adds a new title to ensure greater equity 
in Federal disaster assistance policies and programs by authorizing an 
equity steering group and equity advisor within the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, improving data collection to measure disparate 
outcomes and participation barriers, and requiring equity criteria to 
be applied to policies and programs; Phillips (No. 442) that authorizes 
a GAO report to be submitted within 180 days on the use of data and 
data science at the Department of State and USAID in the following 
areas: foreign policy analysis and decision making at State; 
development assistance policy and program design and execution at 
USAID; and recruitment, hiring, retention, and personnel decisions at 
the Department of State and United States Agency for International 
Development; McGovern (No. 443) that modifies reports to Congress under 
the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to include actions 
taken to (1) address underlying causes of the sanctioned conduct and 
(2) pursue judicial accountability in appropriate jurisdictions for 
sanctioned individuals or entities; Torres (CA) (No. 445) that creates 
the Central American Network for Democracy program to support a 
regional corps of human rights defenders whose work has put them at 
risk; Torres (NY) (No. 449) that requires the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, to 
issue a report on measures to improve counter terrorism measures at 
passenger rail stations; Garcia (IL) (No. 450) that directs the 
Department of Treasury to use the voice, vote, and influence of the 
U.S. at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and 
other relevant multilateral development banks to advocate for the 
immediate suspension of all debt service payments owed to these 
institutions by Ukraine; Garcia (IL) (No. 452) that requires a report 
on the humanitarian impacts of US sanctions; Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) 
(No. 453) that requires the Office of Personnel Management to establish 
and maintain a current, publicly available directory of senior 
government leaders online; Neguse (No. 457) that adds the text of H.R. 
5118, the Continental Divide Completion Act, which directs maximum 
completion of the Continental Divide Trail by 2028; Garamendi (No. 458) 
that provides that the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage 
Area shall include the area depicted as the Rio Vista/Expansion Area; 
McGovern (No. 459) that creates a grant program to support grandparents 
raising grandchildren by funding nonprofits and local housing 
authorities to provide a safe living space for grandfamilies and employ 
a Grandfamily Resident Service Coordinator; Escobar (No. 460) that 
reauthorizes the Wastewater Assistance to Colonias program and 
increases funding for the program; Clark (MA) (No. 462) that adds the 
President, Vice President, and any Cabinet member to the current 
statutory prohibition on members of Congress contracting with the 
Federal Government; Tonko (No. 463) that establishes a grant program to 
coordinate and fund restoration activities that increase coastal 
resilience, promote healthy fish and wildlife habitats, improve water 
quality, increase public access, and support monitoring and research in 
the New York-New Jersey Watershed, and authorizes $20 million per year 
for Fiscal Years 23-28; Higgins (NY) (No. 464) that amends Section 
308703 of title 54, United States Code, to authorize the appropriation 
of $10,000,000 for the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program for 
FY23 and FY24; Axne (No. 466) that inserts the text of the Flexibility 
in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act (H.R. 7196), to expand eligible 
uses of homelessness funding in rural areas; Baird (No. 467) that 
directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure the timely 
scheduling of appointments for health care at medical facilities of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Barr (No. 468) that requires the 
Secretary of State to report on Chinese support to Russia with respect 
to its unprovoked invasion of and full-scale war against Ukraine; Bass 
(No. 469) that requires the Secretary of State to issue a report

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to Congress within 180 days on U.S. efforts to enhance engagement with 
Niger by advancing democracy and human rights, regional security and 
counter terrorism, and food security as a key component of U.S. 
strategy toward the Sahel region of Africa, given that Niger is a model 
in the Sahel for transitioning from longstanding military governance 
and a cycle of coups to a democratic, civilian-led form of government; 
Bera (No. 470) that directs the Assistant Secretaries for East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs and South and Central Asian Affairs at the State 
Department, along with the Assistant Administrator for the Asia Bureau 
at USAID, to provide an independent assessment of the resources they 
need to fulfill the IndoPacific Strategy; Bera (No. 471) that creates 
an interagency taskforce to streamline U.S. tools and mechanisms for 
deterring and addressing Beijing's economic coercion and expand 
cooperation with the private sector as well as U.S. allies and partners 
on this important matter; Bera (No. 472) that establishes a fellowship 
exchange program for eligible U.S. federal government employees to 
learn, live, and work in Taiwan for up to two years; Blumenauer (No. 
473) that authorizes Department of Veterans Affairs providers to assist 
veterans in providing recommendations, opinions, and completion of the 
forms reflecting these recommendations or opinions in compliance with 
state-legal medical cannabis programs; Blumenauer (No. 474) that helps 
protect communities around the country by improving the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency's preparation for, and response to, climate 
disasters; Brown (MD) (No. 475) that provides a limited, targeted 
waiver of the FAR provision only as it applies to forgiven PPP loans 
received by engineering firms doing work on federally funded 
transportation projects; Brownley (No. 476) that requires the Advisory 
Committee on Women Veterans to report annually on women veterans 
programs, instead of biannually; Brownley (No. 477) that establishes a 
grant program at the Department of Education for States to expand or 
create Seal of Biliteracy programs, which recognize high levels of 
proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English and a second 
language (or an official Native American language in lieu of English) 
among graduating high school seniors; Brownley (No. 478) that requires 
VA to update Beneficiary Travel reimbursement rate for veterans; 
Cammack (No. 479) that requires a report on the feasibility of 
establishing a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance 
Facility on Taiwan; Cammack (No. 480) that authorizes the Director of 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) under the 
Department of Homeland Security to establish a human trafficking 
awareness training program for State, local, Tribal, territorial, and 
educational institution law enforcement personnel within FLETC; 
Carbajal (No. 481) that adds the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act to 
the bill (H.R. 2499), which would create the presumption that federal 
firefighters who become disabled by certain serious diseases contracted 
the illness on the job; Carbajal (No. 482) that reauthorizes the marine 
debris and fishing vessel safety programs; Carter (LA) (No. 483) that 
allows small businesses to extend their participation in an SBA 
contracting program for an additional year; Castro (TX) (No. 484) that 
requires the Department of State's annual Country Reports on Human 
Rights Practices to include information on the treatment of migrants; 
Castro (TX) (No. 485) that grants the Office of Inspector General for 
the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation certain law 
enforcement authorities comparable to other Inspectors General; 
Cicilline (No. 486) that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs 
(VA) to evaluate productivity expectations for readjustment counselors 
of Vet Centers, including by obtaining feedback from counselors that 
must be audited annually for five years by the Government 
Accountability Office; Cicilline (No. 487) that modifies Section 1316 
subsection b of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2022 PL 117-81 to include the House as part of the Cyprus, Greece, 
Israel, and the United States 3+1 Interparliamentary Group; Cleaver 
(No. 488) that establishes a grant program for states, nonprofit 
organizations, and institutions of higher education to promote 
diversity and inclusion in the appraisal profession; Cohen (No. 489) 
that extends the statute of limitations for certain money laundering 
offenses to provide DOJ with the time to prosecute cases against 
Russian oligarchs who may be laundering and hiding assets in the United 
States; Cohen (No. 490) that adds the Justice for Victims of 
Kleptocracy Act, which directs the Department of Justice to create a 
website that lists by country the amount of money that has been stolen 
from the citizens of kleptocratic regimes and recovered by US law 
enforcement; Connolly (No. 491) that directs the United States to 
implement a strategy to strengthen global health security, including by 
requiring the President to create the Global Health Security Agenda 
Interagency Review Council to implement the Global Health Security 
Agenda; Connolly (No. 492) that imposes temporary limits on arms sales 
to Saudi Arabia and requires various reports and actions related to the 
death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi; Connolly (No. 493) 
that codifies the FedRAMP program and enhances it through: (1) 
Accelerating the adoption of secure cloud solutions through reuse of 
assessments and authorizations; (2) Achieving consistent security 
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standards for cloud product approval; and (3) Ensuring consistent 
application of existing security practices; Connolly (No. 494) that 
ensures that key stakeholders and resources are not left out of the 
creation of agency performance plans, the Performance Enhancement 
Reform Act would amend Section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, 
to: (1) Require agencies' Performance Improvement Officers, where 
applicable, to work in consultation with other C-Suite officials to 
prepare the annual performance plans; (2) Require performance plans to 
include descriptions of human capital, training, data and evidence, 
information technology, and skill sets needed for the agency to meet 
the agency's performance goals; and (3) Require performance plans to 
include descriptions of technology modernization investments, system 
upgrades, staff technology skills and expertise, stakeholder input and 
feedback, and other resources and strategies needed to meet the 
agency's performance goals; Connolly (No. 495) that reduces the sunset 
provision for Section 5112(c) of the Department of State Authorization 
Act of 2021 (Division E of Public Law 117-81) from 2 years to 1 year; 
Costa (No. 496) that reauthorizes the Victims of Child Abuse Act 
programs for another five years, updates the statute to better reflect 
the current program, and authorizes up to $40 million each fiscal year 
for Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) and their associated support 
organizations; Crenshaw (No. 497) that expresses the sense of Congress 
that the People's Republic of China is a fully industrialized nation 
and that all international agreements that provide benefit to the PRC 
as a ``developing nation'' should be updated; Crenshaw (No. 498) that 
requires Sec. of State reporting on what is needed to provide access to 
free and uncensored media in the Chinese market; Dean (No. 499) that 
expresses the sense of Congress that the activities of transnational 
criminal organizations, including the use of illicit economies, illicit 
trade, and trade-based money laundering, pose a threat to the national 
interests and national security of the United States and allies and 
partners of the United States around the world; DeFazio (No. 500) that 
extends by 18 months a statutory deadline included in the Disaster 
Recovery Reform Act; Demings (No. 501) that establishes a program under 
the Administrator of General Services which a Federal law enforcement 
officer may purchase a retired handgun from the Federal agency that 
issued the handgun to such officer, and reduces the amount of 
potentially hazardous materials in landfills and increases federal 
revenue; DeSaulnier (No. 502) that adds veteran status to the list of 
demographic information that must be collected under the Home Mortgage 
Disclosure Act; DeSaulnier (No. 503) that requires the VA to report to 
Congress on how veterans and lenders are notified about the VA home 
loan benefit to increase awareness about the program; Dingell (No. 504) 
that requires a report within 90 days of enactment that contains an 
evaluation of the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, as well as the 
impact of the deficit of wheat imports to the country due to Russia's 
further invasion of Ukraine, initiated on February 24, 2022; Dingell 
(No. 505) that requires the GAO to conduct a study on the efforts of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to post-market surveillance 
of implantable medical devices; Escobar (No. 506) that designates the 
Healing Garden located in El Paso, Texas, honoring the victims of the 
August 3, 2019 mass shooting, as the El Paso Community Healing Garden 
National Memorial; Escobar (No. 507) that requires a study to be 
conducted to track counterfeit items on the e-commerce platforms of the 
General Services Administration; Espaillat (No. 508) that requires the 
Department of Homeland Security to issue a report on cases involving 
noncitizen service members, veterans and immediate family members of 
service members in order to connect them with services and resources to 
assist military members, veterans, and their families; Espaillat (No. 
509) that requires that Veterans Affairs Hospitals submit a Locality 
Pay Survey to ensure that VA nurse pay stays competitive; Fitzgerald 
(No. 510) that strengthens SBA's report on contract consolidation under 
Section 15(p)(4) of the Small Business Act by requiring federal 
agencies to share bundling data with the SBA; Foster (No. 511) that 
adds Section 2 of the Strengthening Cybersecurity for the Financial 
Sector Act, which would empower the National Credit Union 
Administration (NCUA) to oversee the cybersecurity practices of third 
party vendors employed by the entities under their purview; Foxx (No. 
512) that creates an Inspector General for the Office of Management and 
Budget to bring transparency and accountability to the agency; Frankel 
(FL) (No. 513) that prohibits federal funding for contracts or grants 
with companies that require employees to sign predispute nondisclosure 
agreements covering sexual harassment or assault as a condition of 
employment; Garamendi (No. 514) that inserts the text of the Berryessa 
Snow Mountain National Monument Expansion Act; Garbarino (No. 515) that 
requires the SBA to establish a program for certifying at least 5 or 
10% of the total number of employees of a small business development 
center to provide cybersecurity planning assistance to small 
businesses; Garbarino (No. 516) that requires the secretary of Veterans 
Affairs (VA) to carry out a program to provide grants to certain 
veteran service organizations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; Garcia 
(IL) (No. 517) that directs the Treasury Department to use the voice 
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States at the International Monetary Fund to support a one-year review 
of the Fund's Surcharge Policy and a suspension of surcharges for the 
duration of the review; Garcia (TX) (No. 518) that authorizes $30 
million for the Small Shipyard Grant program and authorizes $30 million 
for the Centers of Excellence for domestic maritime workforce training 
and education program to prepare the next generation of maritime 
workers; Gonzales (TX) (No. 519) that establishes the National Digital 
Reserve Corps to allow private sector cybersecurity, AI, and digital 
experts to work for the federal government on a temporary basis; 
Gottheimer (No. 520) that creates a Senior Investor Protection Grant 
Program at the SEC to provide resources to States for the purpose of 
hiring new investigative staff; making investments in technology and 
training for law enforcement and regulators; and to support activities 
to educate seniors on investment fraud and scams; Gottheimer (No. 521) 
that requires the Secretary of the Treasury to submit to Congress (1) a 
copy of licenses authorizing financial institutions to provide services 
benefitting a state sponsor of terrorism, and (2) a report on foreign 
financial institutions conducting significant transactions for persons 
sanctioned for international terrorism and human rights violations; 
Gottheimer (No. 522) that establishes a credit reporting ombudsman at 
the CFPB to assist servicemen and veterans in resolving credit 
reporting errors not resolved in a timely manner by a credit reporting 
agency as well as to enhance oversight of consumer reporting agencies 
and reporting any violations of the law in relation to servicemen and 
veterans; Gottheimer (No. 523) that establishes the Senior Investor 
Taskforce within the SEC to report and make recommendations to Congress 
to address issues affecting investors over the age of 65, including 
problems associated with financial exploitation and cognitive decline; 
Graves (LA) (No. 524) that corrects the implementation of duplication 
of benefits (Sec. 1210 of P.L. 115-254) to conform with Congressional 
Intent; Graves (MO) (No. 525) that ensures that general aviation (GA) 
pilots receive flight training in the aircraft they will be operating 
in the National Airspace System (NAS); Green (TX) (No. 526) that amends 
the NDAA to strengthen the Department of Homeland Security's Office of 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) to ensure the protection of 
individual rights for those affected by DHS programs and activities; 
Green (TX) (No. 527) that requires public housing agencies to consider 
the housing needs of veterans when creating their annual plans and 
housing strategies, the latter in consultation with agencies that serve 
veterans; Green (TX) (No. 528) that creates a general fund to be known 
as the ``Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund.''; Green (TX) (No. 
529) that requires the uniform residential loan application to include 
a military service question; Green (TX) (No. 530) that creates 
specified duties for market makers and sets forth penalties for 
violations of those duties; Guest (No. 531) that removes barriers 
preventing rural communities from using Economic Development Authority 
(EDA) grants to expand access to high-speed broadband internet; Harder 
(No. 532) that expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to include 
veterans of World War II who are not already covered; Hill (No. 533) 
that requires the creation of an interagency to disrupt and dismantle 
narcotics production and trafficking and affiliated networks linked to 
the regime of Bashar alAssad in Syria; Hill (No. 534) that amends the 
Defense Production Act to insert that the authorities under this Act 
may be used to support the emergency production of medical materials 
and drugs essential to national defense; Hill (No. 535) that prohibits 
the Treasury Secretary from engaging in any transaction involving the 
exchange of International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Right 
(SDR) assets held by Russia or Belarus and requires the U.S. 
representative to the IMF to use their voice and vote to advocate for 
other IMF member countries to deny these transactions as well; Himes 
(No. 536) that establishes an unambiguous statutory prohibition on 
insider trading; Houlahan (No. 537) that requires the Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, to establish a pilot program to provide cybersecurity training 
to eligible veterans and military spouses; Houlihan (No. 538) that 
amends the Small Business Act to require the Small Business 
Administration to report information about the number and total dollar 
amount of contracts awarded under the Women-Owned Small Business 
Federal Contracting program; Jacobs (CA) (No. 539) that modifies 
Department of State reporting requirements on assistance provided under 
the Peacekeeping Operations Account; Jayapal (No. 540) that requires 
the State Department to prepare a report to Congress analyzing the 
effects of government ordered internet or telecommunications shutdowns 
on human rights and global security; Jayapal (No. 541) that requires 
the Secretary of HUD to report to Congress (House Financial Services 
Committee, Senate Banking Housing and Urban Development Affairs) on the 
effectiveness and success of ``Housing First'' strategies for reducing 
homelessness within 180 days; and Kahele (No. 542) that amends section 
8020 of the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and 
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2006 (by a yea-and-nay vote of 277 yeas to 115 nays, Roll No. 334); 
                                                             Page H6592
  Speier amendment (No. 395 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
was debated on July 13th that incentivizes states to enact, at a 
minimum, the rights afforded to victims in the Survivors Bill of Rights 
Act (by a yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas to 195 nays, Roll No. 338); 
                                                             Page H6595
  Pallone amendment (No. 399 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that prohibits the President from selling 
or exporting new F-16s or F-16 upgrade technology or modernization kits 
to Turkey unless the President provides a certification to Congress 
that such a transfer is in the national interest of the United States 
and includes a detailed description of concrete steps taken to ensure 
that such F-16s are not used by Turkey for repeated unauthorized 
territorial overflights of Greece (by a yea-and-nay vote of 244 yeas to 
179 nays, Roll No. 339);                                 
Pages H6595-96
  Langevin amendment (No. 426 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that allows for admission of essential 
scientists and technical experts to promote and protect the national 
security innovation base (by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 201 
nays, Roll No. 341);                                     
Pages H6597-98
  Schiff amendment (No. 447 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
was debated on July 13th that prohibits the use of evidence obtained by 
or with the assistance of a member of the Armed Forces in violation of 
the Posse Comitatus Act in a court or other legal proceeding (by a yea-
and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 213 nays, Roll No. 342);     
Pages H6598-99
  Green (TX) amendment (No. 448 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that provides statutory authority for 
certain procedures related to the Community Development Block Grant--
Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program and adds new program requirements 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 216 yeas to 208 nays, Roll No. 343); 
                                                             Page H6599
  Connolly amendment (No. 454 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that prevents any position in the 
competitive service from being reclassified to an excepted service 
schedule that was created after September 30, 2020 and limits federal 
employee reclassifications to the five excepted service schedules in 
use prior to fiscal year 2021 (by a yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 201 
nays, Roll No. 344);                                  
Pages H6599-H6600
  Neguse amendment (No. 455 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
was debated on July 13th that adds the text of the Colorado Outdoor 
Recreation and Economy Act and the Grand Canyon Protection Act to the 
bill (by a yea-and-nay vote of 214 yeas to 201 nays, Roll No. 345); 
                                                         Pages H6600-01
  DeGette amendment (No. 456 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that adds the text of Titles I-VI of the 
Protecting America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act, and adds the text 
of the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness Establishment Act (by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 219 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 346);             
Pages H6601-02
  Evans amendment (No. 461 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
was debated on July 13th that reauthorizes the Delaware River Basin 
Restoration Program and increases the federal cost share for certain 
grant projects (by a yea-and-nay vote of 220 yeas to 206 nays, Roll No. 
347); and                                                 
Page H6602-03
  Meng amendment (No. 587 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
directs the VA to conduct an awareness campaign regarding the types of 
fertility treatments, procedures, and services that are available to 
veterans experiencing issues with fertility, covered under the VA 
medical benefits package (by a yea-and-nay vote of 243 yeas to 187 
nays, Roll No. 349).                              
Pages H6583-84, H6604
Rejected:
  Torres (CA) amendment (No. 48 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that sought to require additional 
notifications and oversight of Section 333 funding for the governments 
of the Northern Triangle (by a recorded vote of 209 yeas to 217 nays, 
Roll No. 328);                                           
Pages H6587-88
  Bowman amendment (No. 384 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) that 
was debated on July 13th that sought to prohibit U.S. military presence 
in Syria without Congressional approval within one year of enactment 
(by a recorded vote of 155 yeas to 273 nays, Roll No. 335); 
                                                         Pages H6592-93
  Keating amendment (No. 391 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that sought to require the State 
Department to establish and staff Climate Change Officer positions to 
be posted at U.S. embassies, consulates, or diplomatic missions to 
provide climate change mitigation expertise, engage with international 
entities on climate change, and facilitate bilateral and multilateral 
cooperation on climate change, taking specific actions to develop a 
strategy to improve and increase the study of, mitigation of, and 
adaptation to climate change and certify that considerations related to 
the climate are incorporated at U.S. embassies or other diplomatic 
posts, while also establishing a curriculum at the Foreign Service 
Institute to provide employees with specialized climate change training 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 208 yeas to 217 nays, Roll No. 336); 
                                                         Pages H6593-94
  Jayapal amendment (No. 392 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
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that sought to establish an Office of Climate Resilience (by a yea-and-
nay vote of 207 yeas to 219 nays, Roll No. 337);             
Page H6594
  Garamendi amendment (No. 410 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that sought to waive current law's 
requirement that FEMA or federal land management agencies reimburse DOD 
(with civilian funds) for cost of military support for disaster 
response to major wildfires or federally declared disasters/emergencies 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 195 yeas to 232 nays, Roll No. 340); and 
                                                         Pages H6596-97
  Connolly amendment (No. 495 printed in part A of H. Rept. 117-405) 
that was debated on July 13th that sought to reduce the sunset 
provision for Section 5112(c) of the Department of State Authorization 
Act of 2021 (Division E of Public Law 117-81) from 2 years to 1 year 
(by a yea-and-nay vote of 170 yeas to 257 nays, Roll No. 348). 
                                                             Page H6603
  H. Res. 1224, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
7900), (S. 3373), (H.R. 8296), (H.R. 8297), and (H.R. 6538) was agreed 
to yesterday, July 13th.
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Tuesday, June 
21st.
  Promoting United States International Leadership in 5G Act: H.R. 
1934, amended, to direct the Federal Government to provide assistance 
and technical expertise to enhance the representation and leadership of 
the United States at international standards-setting bodies that set 
standards for equipment, systems, software, and virtually defined 
networks that support 5th and future generations mobile 
telecommunications systems and infrastructure, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay 
vote of 405 yeas to 20 nays, Roll No. 351;               
  Pages H6605-06
  Condemning the October 25, 2021, military coup in Sudan and standing 
with the people of Sudan: H. Con. Res. 59, condemning the October 25, 
2021, military coup in Sudan and standing with the people of Sudan, by 
a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 417 yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 352; 
                                                         Pages H6606-07
  Calling for stability and the cessation of violence and condemning 
ISIS-affiliated terrorist activity in northern Mozambique, including 
the Cabo Delgado Province: H. Res. 720, calling for stability and the 
cessation of violence and condemning ISIS-affiliated terrorist activity 
in northern Mozambique, including the Cabo Delgado Province, by a \2/3\ 
yea-and-nay vote of 409 yeas to 18 nays, Roll No. 353;       
  Page H6607
  Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the execution-style 
murders of United States citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the 
Republic of Serbia in July 1999: H. Con. Res. 45, expressing the sense 
of Congress regarding the execution-style murders of United States 
citizens Ylli, Agron, and Mehmet Bytyqi in the Republic of Serbia in 
July 1999, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 423 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 
354; and                                                     
  Page H6608
  Calling on the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to release Paul 
Rusesabagina on humanitarian grounds: H. Res. 892, amended, calling on 
the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to release Paul Rusesabagina 
on humanitarian grounds, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 413 yeas to 8 
nays, Roll No. 355.                                      
  Pages H6608-09
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measures. Consideration began Tuesday, July 
12th.
  Access for Veterans to Records Act: H.R. 7337, amended, to require 
the Archivist of the United States to submit a plan to Congress to 
eliminate the records backlog at the National Personnel Records Center, 
by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 406 yeas to 21 nays, Roll No. 356; 
                                                         Pages H6609-10
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 4020 Broadway Street in Houston, Texas, as the ``Benny C. Martinez 
Post Office Building'': H.R. 203, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 4020 Broadway Street in 
Houston, Texas, as the ``Benny C. Martinez Post Office Building'', by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 386 yeas to 35 nays with 4 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 357; and                           
  Pages H6610-11
  Designating the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, California, as the ``John R. Hatcher 
III Post Office Building'': H.R. 5659, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1961 North C Street in Oxnard, 
California, as the ``John R. Hatcher III Post Office Building'', by a 
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 348 yeas to 63 nays with 5 answering 
``present'', Roll No. 358.                                   
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Clerk to Correct: Agreed by unanimous consent that the Clerk be 
authorized to make technical corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 
7900, including corrections in spelling, punctuation, section and title 
numbering, cross referencing, conforming amendments to the table of 
contents and short titles, and the insertion of appropriate headings. 
                                                         Pages H6611-12
Senate Referral: S. 3470 was held at the desk.               
  Page H6511
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Thirty-three yea-and-nay votes developed during 
the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6587, H6587-88, H6588-89, 
H6589, H6590, H6590-91, H6591-92, H6592, H6592-93, H6593-94, H6594, 
H6595, H6595-96, H6596-97, H6597, H6598-99, H6599, H6600, H6601, H6601-
02, H6602-03, H6603, H6604, H6604-05, H6605-06, H6606-07, H6607, H6608, 
H6608-09, H6609-10, H6610-11, and H6611.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:17 p.m.