[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D697-D708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 26 public bills, H.R. 4569-
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Report Filed: A reports was filed today as follows: H. Res. 582, 
providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2670) to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and 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 (H. Rept. 118-
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Miller-Meeks to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:58 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 1:15 p.m. and reconvened at 1:30 p.m. 
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  National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024: The House 
considered H.R. 2670, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 
for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, July 13th. 
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  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-10, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-141, shall be considered as 
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, in lieu of the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Armed Services now printed in the bill.               
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Agreed to:
  Rogers (AL) en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-141: Alford (No. 1) that 
increases the authorized amount of funding for Army Ground Technology 
by $2.6 million; Allred (No. 2) that expresses a sense of Congress on 
how the Secretary of Defense should prioritize critical and emergency 
technology partnerships in an effort to bolster U.S. defense alliances 
and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region; Amodei (No. 3) that amends 
the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 to clarify the universe of 
military activities authorized to be conducted at the Nevada Test and 
Training Range (NTTR) to include the establishment of up to 15 small 
pads for radar emitters, and the use and maintenance of existing roads; 
Bacon (No. 4) that amends pilot program to improve rate calculation for 
Basic Allowance for Housing by specifying focus on single-family 
housing; Bacon (No. 5) that directs the Secretary of Defense to require 
consideration of affiliate past performance for small business contract 
consideration; Bacon (No. 6) that directs the Secretary of the Air 
Force to provide the congressional defense committees a future force 
design for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force 
projected through 2050; Balderson (No. 7) that requires the Department 
of Defense to submit a report on Department policies regarding the 
consideration and approval of easements for certain energy 
infrastructure; Banks (No. 8) that gives the President the authority to 
transfer retired or nearly-retired U.S. aerial refueling tankers to 
Israel in the event of an emergency; Banks (No. 9) that prohibits any 
funds authorized by the NOAA from going to any entity owned or 
controlled by the Iranian government or on relevant blacklists; Banks 
(No. 10) that expands the annual China Military Power Report to include

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China's security cooperation with Iran and Russia; Banks (No. 11) that 
requires a DOD assessment of the precision-guided munitions Israel 
needs in the event of conflict with regional actors; Banks (No. 12) 
that prohibits any funds authorized in this bill from being made 
available directly or indirectly to the Badr Organization; Barr (No. 
13) that directs the Department of Defense, in conjunction with the 
United States Coast Guard and the Secretary of State, to conduct a 
feasibility study on the establishment of a Indo-Pacific Maritime 
Governance Center of Excellence; Barr (No. 14) that directs the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the relevant federal 
agencies, to conduct a study on the impacts to United States national 
security from Chinese influence in the electric vehicle supply chain; 
Barr (No. 15) that expresses a sense of Congress Regarding the 
Feasibility Study for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot 
Plant; Barr (No. 16) that awards certain medals to Members of the Armed 
Forces serving in Afghanistan during Operation Allies Refuge; Bergman 
(No. 17) that increases funding for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle 
family for vehicle safety data recorders with predictive logistics for 
weapons and vehicles; Bice (No. 18) that Requires a report on airborne 
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) requirements 
within the United States Africa Command area of responsibility; Bice 
(No. 19) that requires the Secretary of Defense to develop a strategy 
to disrupt fentanyl trafficking, and report to Congress on efforts to 
enhance counter-fentanyl cooperation with Mexico; Bice (No. 20) that 
requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress with 
an updated supply chain assessment of certain semiconductor metals with 
national security applications; Biggs (No. 21) that expresses a sense 
of Congress about the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship and 
the need to continue offering security assistance and related support; 
Blunt Rochester (No. 22) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
conduct a study to identify health care provider training gaps in 
screening and treating maternal mental health conditions; Blunt 
Rochester (No. 23) that requires the Secretary of Defense to update the 
registry and provider lists under subsection (b) of section 717 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2016 and submit to Congress a 
report on mental health provider readiness designations; Boebert (No. 
24) that requires DoD to report on institutions of higher education 
which have received DoD funding and hosted a Confucius Institute funded 
by the People's Republic of China; Bost (No. 25) that requires the DoD 
to report to Congress on current footwear regulations and indicate 
potential regulation improvements that support the needs of the 
warfighter and the domestic industrial base; Bowman (No. 26) that 
requires public disclosure about the cost of the United States overseas 
military footprint; Bowman (No. 27) that requires a report on military 
recruitment practices in public secondary schools; Breechen (No. 28) 
that requires the Special Inspector General to Ukraine to investigate 
the accuracy and consistency with which weapons were fiscally evaluated 
to be fiscally worth by the DOD since the start of the Ukraine-Russia 
war; Brownley (No. 29) that requires DOD to report on food purchasing; 
Buchanan (No. 30) that requires Sec. Def. to submit a report the HASC 
on the effectiveness of Department of Defense Instruction 6025.25 
titled the ``Drug Take Back Program'' and include recommendations on 
actions to improve or expand the program; Buchanan (No. 31) that 
requires a GAO study to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of 
equipping all tactical vehicles of the Armed Forces with black box data 
recorders; Buchanan (No. 32) that requires a Department of Defense 
study on the accessibility of mental health care providers and services 
for members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty; Buchanan (No. 
33) that mandates the Department of Defense promptly notify the 
Department of Veterans Affairs about someone transitioning from active 
duty to a veteran with an opioid use disorder; Buck (No. 34) that 
requires categorization and tracking of F-35 aircraft parts; Buck (No. 
35) that manages fragmentation among entities involved in artificial 
intelligence across the Department of Defense; Buck (No. 36) that 
establishes a process for carrying out demilitarization and disposition 
of major end items; Buck (No. 37) that designates a single entity to 
oversee the implementation of predictive maintenance procedures;
Budzinski (No. 38) that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a 
    report to Congressional Defense Committees on FY23 expenditures for 
    the Child Development Center at Scott Air Force Base and an 
    assessment of future fiscal needs; Budzinski (No. 39) that requires 
    the Secretary of the Air Force to submit a report to Congressional 
    Defense Committees on the infrastructure upgrades needed to support 
    mobility aircraft operations; Budzinski (No. 40) that requires the 
    Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congressional Defense 
    Committees on the risks of flooding and other natural weather 
    phenomenon that threaten to endanger military installations; 
    Burchett (No. 41) that requires cost sharing for RDT&E contracts; 
    Burchett (No. 42) that declassifies any documents relating to 
    publicly known sightings of UAPs; Burlison (No. 43) that requires 
    that the Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract for 
    online tutoring services which could result in personal data of 
    citizens of the United States being transferred to the control of 
    the People's Republic of China; Cammack

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    (No. 44) that establishes a Working Group to identify potential 
    applications for blockchain technology, smart contracts, or 
    distributed ledger technologies to improve efficiencies or 
    functions at the Department of Defense; Caraveo (No. 45) that 
    allows transitioning service members to learn about agriculture 
    through the Transition Assistance Program; Caraveo (No. 46) that 
    requires the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
    Secretary of Health and Human Services, to conduct a report on the 
    transition process for service members with healthcare backgrounds 
    and the number of transitioning service members that join the 
    Medical Reserve Corps; Carbajal (No. 47) that prohibits the 
    official display of a cut flower or green in any public area of a 
    building of the Executive Office of the President, the Department 
    of State, or the Department of Defense unless it is produced in the 
    United States; Carey (No. 48) that prohibits the decommissioning of 
    any KC-135 Stratotankers in Fisal Year 2024; Carter (GA) (No. 49) 
    that adds the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
    Representatives to the list of committees that the Secretary of 
    Defense must submit justification to when U.S. Department of 
    Defense funds are used by EcoHealth Alliance for research; Carter 
    (TX) (No. 50) that directs the Secretary of Defense to assess the 
    capacity of the Department of Defense to test, evaluate, and use 
    additive fabrication technology to supplement maintenance parts in 
    support of weapon systems and associated support equipment; Case 
    (No. 51) that modifies 10 USC 1781 to add a requirement that 
    requires the Department of Defense to determine the market capacity 
    for applicable medical care and educational services to support 
    Exceptional Family Member Program-enrolled families and provide a 
    report to the Services on a quarterly basis to prevent access to 
    care issues; Case (No. 52) that seeks a study to reexamine the 
    calculation of weighted student units for impact aid payments for 
    eligible federally connected children with disabilities to better 
    support local educational agencies in providing quality education; 
    Case (No. 53) that directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
    Indo-Pacific Security Affairs to assess and develop plans for Civic 
    Action Teams in the Pacific Islands; Case (No. 54) that amends the 
    DOD Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) to 
    ensure that regionally associated installations can better 
    coordinate and enter into agreements with projects that are in 
    vicinity to other installations but effect current or anticipated 
    military training, testing, or operations within the region; Case 
    (No. 55) that directs the military to provide a report on efforts 
    to renew critical training land leases in the State of Hawaii; and 
    Case (No. 56) that modifies the Pilot Program to Develop Young 
    Civilian Defense Leaders in the Indo-Pacific to also include 
    civilians working for ministries with a security mission, so that 
    countries without militaries can participate;        
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  Rogers (AL) en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-141: Casten (No. 57) that 
calls for the DOD and HHS to work together to study and report to 
Congress the barriers to mental health care for military pilots, and to 
provide recommendations to Congress on how best to: Improve Access to 
Mental Health Care for military pilots, Improve the process by which 
pilots are receiving mental health care are cleared to fly; Castor (FL) 
(No. 58) that ensures interstate reciprocity of Individualized 
Education Program (IEP) for military dependent students when a parent/
guardian receives PCS orders; Castor (FL) (No. 59) that directs the 
Department of Defense to provide temporary daycare accommodations for 
military dependents when a servicemember is on Permanent Change of 
Station, Temporary Duty or any other similar deployment; Crenshaw (No. 
61) that directs the Secretary of Defense to allow those injured in the 
line of duty and eligible for medical retirement to continue service 
while receiving hostile fire/imminent danger pay; Crow (No. 62) that 
requires DOD to develop a strategy to address medical research and 
development gaps essential to caring for casualties experiencing 
combined traumatic injuries across chemical, biological, radiological, 
and nuclear (CBRN) spectrum; Curtis (No. 63) that requires an 
assessment of Cable Security Fleet's ability and preparedness to repair 
transoceanic submarine fiber optic cables that may be damaged or cut by 
adversaries; Curtis (No. 64) that asks for an assessment of Russia's 
information operations capabilities and an assessment of current 
efforts taken by the Department of Defense and allied and partner 
militaries' information operations components to target and otherwise 
coordinate efforts against Russian military information operations; 
Curtis (No. 65) that asks for a report on the sophistication of Iranian 
missile capabilities and details of Iranian ballistic missile testing; 
Curtis (No. 66) that asks for a classified report on Iranian 
involvement in the narcotics trade, the entities associated with the 
trade, and an assessment on the financial benefits of involvement in 
the trade & what the money is used for; Davis (NC) (No. 67) that 
requires a report from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health 
Affairs on innovative prevention and treatment methods for military 
personnel suffering from migraines; De La Cruz (No. 68) that provides 
funding in the amount of $5 million each for the following programs: 
the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) Maritime Intelligence Support; 
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Cooperation; and the Advanced Analytics for Global Threat Network 
Disruption for U.S. Northern Command; DesJarlais (No. 69) that codifies 
NNSA as the interagency lead on nuclear forensics, making NNSA 
responsible for integrating the National Technical Nuclear Forensics 
(NTNF) activities in a consistent, unified strategic direction; Donalds 
(No. 70) that expresses the Sense of Congress that Congress supports 
Project Pele, a DOD SCO program that seeks to develop, demonstrate, and 
deploy a portable nuclear microreactor to bolster American national 
security and reduce fuel-related logistical challenges; Donalds (No. 
71) that directs several government entities, including the Army Corps 
of Engineers and the National Guard, to develop a national strategy to 
deploy nuclear microreactors to respond to the impacts of a natural 
disaster; Donalds (No. 72) that directs the U.S. Space Force to submit 
a report pertaining to its current and future potential use of nuclear 
thermal propulsion space vehicles and nuclear electric propulsion space 
vehicles, and how these nuclear-powered space vehicles can bolster 
America's national security; Donalds (No. 73) that adds Sense of 
Congress that Congress understands the benefits that advanced nuclear 
reactors can provide to domestic and international military operations, 
while reducing fuel-related logistical challenges; Donalds (No. 74) 
that directs the DOD to submit a confidential report evaluating the 
American national security risks associated with Chinese and Russian 
interest in space (e.g. satellites; space stations; moon exploration; 
moon mineral acquisition; etc.); Donalds (No. 75) that adds a Sense of 
Congress that Congress encourages the U.S. Armed Forces to utilize 
innovative technological capabilities, such as artificial intelligence, 
quantum information science, advanced air mobility, counter-uas, to 
ultimately defend the national security of the United States; Duncan 
(SC) (No. 76) that grants the Secretary of Defense the authority to 
transfer data and technology developed under the MOSAICS program to 
eligible private sector entities; Dunn (FL) (No. 77) that provides for 
flexibility in Humanitarian Aid as part of the Denton Program; Edwards 
(No. 78) that requires the Department of Defense to report to Congress 
on the status of the formulation of policies by the Director of the 
Defense Security Cooperation Agency to record and track alleged 
incidents of misuse of U.S.-provided equipment in El Salvador, 
Guatemala and Honduras; Eshoo (No. 79) that expresses the sense of 
Congress that the Navy should name a future commissioned ship after 
William B. Gould, a formerly enslaved sailor who served in the Navy 
during the Civil War; Fallon (No. 80) that expresses the Sense of 
Congress that the US and Taiwan should explore efforts to expand energy 
sources and harden existing facilities; Fitzgerald (No. 81) that 
requires elementary and secondary schools operated by the Department of 
Defense Education Activity (DODEA) to publish the curriculum on a 
publicly available website; Foster (No. 82) that assessment of the 
ability of the United States to detect and monitor supercritical 
nuclear weapon tests conducted at very low yields; Franklin (No. 83) 
that provides funding for Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management program; 
Frost (No. 84) that requires a report from the Department of Defense 
and Armed
Services Inspectors General evaluating the cost of financial 
    investigations and the amount directly or indirectly recovered 
    through financial investigations; Fry (No. 85) that directs the 
    Secretary of Defense to issue a report, within 1 year of enactment, 
    on the impact of ROTC programs on military recruitment efforts; Fry 
    (No. 86) that prohibits the availability of funds for elimination 
    of ROTC programs at institutions of higher education; Gaetz (No. 
    87) that changes the votes required for conviction, sentencing, and 
    other matters in general and special courts-martial Gallagher (No. 
    88) that mandates a study of the feasibility and advisability of 
    establishing a combined planning group or alternative mechanism 
    with Taiwan; Gallagher (No. 89) that tasks DoD to assess 
    vulnerabilities in its supply chain, identify and recommend changes 
    to acquisition laws, regulations, and policies, and prioritize 
    recommendations to achieve critical mineral supply chain 
    independence; Gallagher (No. 90) that requires the annual China 
    Military Power report to provide an assessment of the PRC's 
    development in critical and emerging technologies and identify at 
    least 10 PRC entities that are operating in each technology with 
    their known affiliation with the PLA; Gallagher (No. 91) that 
    directs the Secretary of Defense to designate priority theaters of 
    operation and priority combatant commands for each fiscal year no 
    later than October 31st; directs the President and the Secretary of 
    State to give priority in procurement of defense articles and in 
    foreign military sales to countries located in the theaters 
    designated as priority; Gallagher (No. 92) that directs an 
    assessment of the feasibility, effectiveness, and value of 
    developing low-cost anti-ship weapons; Gallagher (No. 93) that bars 
    DoD from contracting or procuring goods or services, directly or 
    indirectly, from entities on the 1260H list and their subsidiaries; 
    Garamendi (No. 94) that allows the Maritime Administration's 
    (MARAD) Federal Ship Financing (Title XI) Program to also provide 
    low-interest loans and loan guarantees for re-flagging commercial 
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    the U.S. registry and repairs, retrofits, and reconfigurations of 
    civilian vessels in domestic shipyards; Garcia (TX) (No. 95) that 
    provides an evidentiary whistleblower standard provision for 
    clarification in investigation procedures; Garcia (TX) (No. 96) 
    that expands bereavement leave to the death of a parent, spouse, or 
    child to include language of non-biological relatives (e.g., 
    adopted, or foster children); Gimenez (No. 97) that requires a 
    report from the President on Iran's military assistance and 
    cooperation with Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela to be submitted to 
    appropriate Congressional committees; Gluesenkamp Perez (No. 98) 
    that expresses the sense that it is important for readiness that 
    the military be able to fix its own equipment and directs the 
    Secretary of Defense to submit the report required under EO 14036 
    related to DOD repairing its own equipment; Tony Gonzales (TX) (No. 
    99) that increases the Family Separation Allowance to $400 from 
    $250; Gonzalez-Colon (No. 100) that amends Section 204(c) of the 
    Military Construction Authorization Act of 197 4 by striking a 
    sentence that hindered federal clean-up work in the Culebra nature 
    reserve; Gooden (TX) (No. 101) that requires the Secretary of 
    Defense to annually report the total cost to procure technical data 
    that would be used by the government in an effort to promote vendor 
    competition and allow control over specific elements of 
    sustainment; Gosar (No. 102) that authorizes employees at the Yuma 
    Proving Grounds to use nonelectric vehicles in the performance of 
    their duties; Gottheimer (No. 103) 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. 104) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
    report on the status of U.S.-Israel cooperation on efforts to 
    counter threats by Iran in the form of unmanned aerial systems 
    (UAS), including loitering munitions, otherwise known as 
    ``suicide'' and ``kamikaze'' drones; Gottheimer (No. 105) 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. 106) 
    that expresses support for joint U.S.-Israel cooperation in the 
    space arena between NASA and the Israel Space Agency, as well as 
    between the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and the Israeli Air 
    Force in areas of research, development, test, and evaluation; 
    Gottheimer (No. 107) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
    include in their annual report on Military and Security 
    Developments Involving the People's Republic of China information 
    on the PRC's burgeoning relationship with the Islamic Republic of 
    Iran; Gottheimer (No. 108) that directs the Secretary of Defense, 
    in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, to 
    report to Congress ways it protects U.S. defense technology sold to 
    foreign partners; Graves (LA) (No. 109) that makes veterans of 
    Operation End Sweep eligible for the Vietnam Service Medal; Graves 
    (LA)(No. 110) that extends the sunset of the no-cost contracts 
    provision of the 2019 NOAA to December 31, 2032; Graves (LA) (No. 
    111) that adds countering illegal, unreported, and unregulated 
    fishing as an authorization for which the Secretary may support 
    foreign security capacity building; Green (TN) (No. 112) that 
    directs the Commander of Army Special Operations Command to 
    establish an exchange program between Army special operations 
    forces and the special operations forces of the Polish Army; Green 
    (TN) (No. 113) that mandates that the Department of Defense produce 
    a report to Congress on the feasibility of furnishing the national 
    guard of every state a cyber unit to ensure the state has the 
    ability to quickly respond to cyber attacks; and Green (TN) (No. 
    114) that requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure that the 
    Department maintains access to a top-tier subterranean training 
    facility for the improvement of training for Special Operations 
    Forces (SOF) units;                                  
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  Rogers (AL) en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-141: Grijalva (No. 115) 
that extends the protections necessary for the continued use by the Air 
Force of the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona; Grothman (No. 116) 
that requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure that, to the extent 
practicable, commercial positions in the Department of Defense are 
filled by civilian employees or contractors rather than a member of the 
Armed Forces; Guthrie (No. 117) that directs the Secretary of the Army 
to report to Congress on the Army Human Resources Command 2030 
Transformation Plan, including timelines, milestones, and resource 
needs; Hageman (No. 118) that requires the DoD to report on the Ukraine 
Lend-Lease program's impact on U.S. defense stockpiles and how all 
equipment will be recovered when the authority expires; Hageman (No. 
119) that enhances fentanyl threat reporting to include a review of 
U.S. laws and policies which may be facilitating fentanyl trafficking 
over the southern border; Hageman (No. 120) that requires the 
Department of Defense to ensure authorized funds for energy resilience 
under the NATO DIANA initiative considers all energy sources that are 
capable of providing sufficient baseload power; Hayes (No. 121) that 
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installation-level web information about suicide prevention and 
behavioral health and ensure that contact information is up to date, 
certifying this annually to Congress; Hill (No. 122) that requires the 
Secretary of Defense to submit a report on threats Iran poses to United 
States and partner military bases; Houlahan (No. 123) that prohibits 
export or sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran or any country subject to 
sanctions imposed by the United States; Huffman (No. 124) that requires 
the Secretary to publish the most recent list of chaplain endorsements 
submitted to the Armed Forces Chaplain Board and the list of known 
endorsements used by AFCB to verify submissions; Huizenga (No. 125) 
that requires a study by the Secretary of Defense on alternative vessel 
design for improved operations and shock impact mitigation on special 
operations personnel health and fatigue; Huizenga (No. 126) that 
expresses the sense of Congress that NATO member states should commit 
to providing, at a minimum, 2 percent of its GDP to defense; Huizenga 
(No. 127) that requires a report to Congress on military activities of 
the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China in the Arctic 
Region; Hunt (No. 128) that recommends the Secretary of Defense 
continue to support and fully fund the existing Energy Functional 
Specialist Civil Affairs Officer Program and its academic partnership 
and assess opportunities to expand the program to other services and 
across the Combatant Commands; Issa (No. 129) that upgrades the Navy 
Cross of CAPT E. Royce Williams (Ret.) to the Medal of Honor; Issa (No. 
130) that requires a report on the nuclear cooperation between Iran and 
Russia; Ivey (No. 131) that enables the Defense Innovation Unit within 
the DoD to identify, support, and collaborate with multi-stakeholder 
research and innovation partnerships that have the potential to 
generate key technologies, products, or other solutions that address 
national defense or security needs; Ivey (No. 132) that directs the 
Secretary of Defense, through the Defense-State Liaison Office, to 
consult with state authorities that administer professional licenses to 
increase awareness among state agencies, service members, and their 
spouses regarding portability of professional licenses when deployed to 
another state; and directs the GAO to study and report on the 
implementation and efficacy of
portability rights; Jackson (TX) (No. 133) that requires the Secretary 
    of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture to 
    submit to Congress a report on foreign-owned agricultural land 
    located within 50 miles of a United States military installation; 
    Jackson (TX) (No. 134) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
    develop a comprehensive Pacific Islands security strategy; Jackson 
    (TX) (No. 135) that requires a report on college-level credits for 
    military recruits; Jackson Lee (No. 136) that adds report to be 
    submitted within 220 days following enactment on Capacity to 
    Provide Disaster Survivors with Emergency Short Term Housing; 
    Jacobs (No. 137) that requires the Department of Defense to provide 
    public and congressional notice when certain reports are withheld 
    from public notice, and requires a report on the Department's 
    implementation of this requirement; James (No. 138) that adds 
    additional funding for advanced procurement of F-15EX Aircraft; 
    James (No. 139) that requires DOD and State to do a joint 
    assessment on current and future constraints to our defense supply 
    chain; Joyce (OH) (No. 140) that expresses the sense of Congress 
    that the United States is dangerously dependent upon foreign 
    adversaries for the procurement of natural rubber; Kaptur (No. 141) 
    that authorizes the Secretary of Defense to create a new Last 
    Member Standing Medal, to be awarded to members of the Armed Forces 
    who served honorably and as a result of combat with a force hostile 
    to the United States was the last surviving member of their unit; 
    Keating (No. 142) that prohibits the Air Force from renewing the 
    Chiller Class J&A until it develops a methodology to compare the 
    cost differential between initial procurement costs of chillers and 
    ancillary equipment with and without competition; Krishnamoorthi 
    (No. 143) that expresses a sense of Congress that building trust 
    and familiarity between the United States and Taiwan is an 
    important component of helping Taiwan improve its self-defense 
    capabilities and that the Secretary of Defense should utilize 
    existing authorities to strengthen working-level communication and 
    coordination between the United States and Taiwan, including 
    relating to conducting exercises; concepts of operation and 
    tactics, techniques, and procedures; and other measures to help 
    Taiwan meet its self-defense needs; Lamborn (No. 144) that requires 
    the Department of Defense to provide a strategy on the Precision 
    Strike Missile production capacity for FY24-25 and increasing 
    production capacity; Landsman (No. 145) that requires the 
    Department of Defense to submit confidential and non-confidential 
    reports to Congress on private military companies (PMCs); Landsman 
    (No. 146) that requires a study into the feasibility of providing 
    child care to National Guardsmen while on inactive-duty training; 
    Larsen (WA) (No. 147) that authorizes the Secretary of the Air 
    Force to transfer property rights to the county of Snohomish; Lee 
    (FL) (No. 148) that instructs the Secretary to consider the 
    unintended consequences of Defense Health Agency's recent decision 
    to reduce the footprint of the 6th Medical Group at MacDill Air 
    Force Base; Lee (NV) (No. 149) that requires the Secretary of the 
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    Force to conduct a behavioral health epidemiological consultation 
    focusing on the unique social and occupational stressors affecting 
    servicemembers and military families at Creech Air Force Base; Lee 
    (NV) (No. 150) that requires the Secretary of Defense to carry out 
    a study on the use of Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot 
    Program funds for supporting investments in childcare options 
    around military bases; Lee (NV) (No. 151) that requires the 
    Secretary of the Air Force to report on the feasibility and 
    potential impact of reinstating assignment incentive pay for Creech 
    Air Force Base; Lee (NV) (No. 152) that requires the Secretary of 
    Defense to carry out a report on at-home child care programs and 
    the feasibility study of streamlining licensing and certification 
    requirements across the Department of Defense's services and bases 
    to better support child care availability and spouse employment; 
    Lee (NV) (No. 153) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
    conduct a feasibility study into leveraging resources across states 
    and the private sector to better advance the Department of Defense 
    State Partnership Program; Loudermilk (No. 154) that requires the 
    Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Chief of the Navy 
    Reserve, to submit a report to the House Armed Services Committee 
    and the Senate Armed Services Committee on the status of Navy C-130 
    recapitalization and its impact on contested logistics and intra-
    theater airlift capacity; Luna (No. 155) that requires that 
    servicemembers receive a copy of their medical records no later 
    than 12 days after the separation or retirement from military; 
    Luttrell (No. 156) that requires a report on the Army and Air Force 
    programs to locally utilize small businesses; Lynch (No. 157) that 
    requires the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
    Director of the Defense Health Agency, to develop and implement a 
    centralized program to monitor and assist members of the Armed 
    Forces at risk of suicide who have been recently discharged from 
    health care, as recommended by the Suicide Prevention and Response 
    Independent Review Committee; Magaziner (No. 158) that requires the 
    Secretary of the Navy to report to the congressional defense 
    committees on the use and implementation of the Navy Shipbuilding 
    Workforce Development Special Initiative; Magaziner (No. 159) that 
    requires the Secretary of Defense to sell or make available for 
    rent sleepers and bassinets with advanced sleep technology through 
    military exchanges; Magaziner (No. 160) that requires TRICARE's 
    managed care support contractors to keep provider directories up to 
    date; Malliotakis (No. 161) that the Secretary of Defense to create 
    one Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) for all the Boroughs of New 
    York City; Manning (No. 162) that adds a description of the threat 
    posed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to Europe 
    to the Annual Report on Military Power of Iran; Massie (No. 163) 
    that reports on the casualty and equipment losses for both sides 
    involved in conflict in Ukraine; Mast (No. 164) that requires 
    report on U.S. Defense and Technological Industrial Base 
    specifically related to air and missile defense in CENTCOM; McCaul 
    (No. 165) that expresses a sense of Congress on the implementation 
    of the Advanced Capabilities Pillar of the Trilateral Security 
    Partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United 
    States and requires a report on efforts of the Department of State 
    to implement the advanced capabilities pillar of the AUKUS 
    partnership; McClain (No. 166) that amends Sec. 705 to include 
    Lactation Consultants in order to assist military spouses in need 
    of lactation services; McClain (No. 167) that requires a report 
    from Sec. Defense on (1) specific weapon systems Ukraine needs to 
    defend itself from Russia; (2) specific weapon systems Taiwan needs 
    to defend itself from the PLA; (3) assessment of weapon supply 
    chains; McClain (No. 168) that requires a report from Sec. of 
    Defense on efforts to expand the frequency of bilateral and 
    multilateral exercises involving Israel and US' Middle East 
    regional partners; McCormick (No. 169) that provides the flexible 
    hiring authority given to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of 
    the Department of Defense (DoD) to the OIGs of the Department of 
    State and the United States Agency for International Development 
    (USAID) for matters related to oversight of aid to Ukraine; 
    McGarvey (No. 170) that modifies an existing pilot program at the 
    Department of Defense on timeliness of SBIR awards to include the 
    military departments; McGovern (No. 171) that makes technical 
    changes to the Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program to clarify 
    congressional intent; Meeks (No. 172) that adds immediately family 
    members, including military spouses, to the Task Force of DOD on 
    Mental Health report as pertains to access to telehealth services; 
    Menendez (No. 173) that directs the Secretary of Defense to improve 
    outreach to departing servicemembers on career training 
    opportunities in the cybersecurity field, including online search 
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  Rogers (AL) en bloc amendment No. 4 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-141: Meng (No. 174) that 
Section 1303 of the base text and inserts a ``free, peaceful, and 
prosperous Indo-Pacific.''; Meng (No. 175) that requires a report on 
the security relationship between the United States and the Hellenic 
Republic; Meng (No. 176) that inserts the text of the ATRRS Act; Miller 
(IL) (No. 177) that expresses a sense of Congress on the importance of 
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(No. 178) that requires a report on DOD's electric waste containing 
critical minerals and rare earth elements and information detailing 
technologies from which these elements could be extracted from electric 
waste and returned to the U.S. supply chain; Mills (No. 179) that 
requires a report from the Secretary of Defense to the congressional 
defense committees, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on expediting fighter aircraft 
sales to Israel; Molinaro (No. 180) that directs the Secretary of the 
Army to submit a report on Block II of the Black Hawk helicopter 
program of the Army, including the requested funding for Black Hawk 
Block II for fiscal years 2025-2029 by year and appropriation, 
requirements for the program, and a program acquisition strategy; 
Molinaro (No. 181) that ensures trained and licensed mental and 
behavioral health professionals conduct routine mental health checkups 
to ensure the safety and well-being of children with intellectual and 
developmental disabilities;
Molinaro (No. 182) that requires an updated report on the U.S. 
    Biodefense Strategy, including an assessment on the current and 
    potential biological threats against the United States; Molinaro 
    (No. 183) that requires a GAO study on the effectiveness of the 
    Exceptional Family Member Program and how it currently supports 
    individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; 
    Molinaro (No. 184) that requires the Secretary to provide periodic 
    reports to Congress on how the Department is ensuring full, 
    adequate TRI CARE coverage of Narcan (Naloxone) for servicemembers 
    and their families; Molinaro (No. 185) that requires the Secretary 
    to report to Congress within 180 days following enactment on any 
    discrepancies between in home/nursing care between TRICARE and 
    CHAMPVA; Moskowitz (No. 186) that requires the Department of 
    Defense to conduct a study on the impact of the cancer drug 
    shortage on veterans and service members; Moulton (No. 187) that 
    directs SECDEF submit a report concurrent with the budget 
    submission and submission of future years defense planning that 
    provides a five-year projection of divestments the department plans 
    to make for major weapon systems (as defined in law); Moylan (No. 
    188) that requires a DOD study of the feasibility of dredging the 
    Port of Guam to determine if this would be a positive externality 
    for DOD operations on Guam; Moylan (No. 189) that requires a study 
    to determine if utility poles on Guam are sufficient for DOD 
    readiness in the case of future natural disasters, and if it is 
    feasible to move these poles to underground transmission; Neguse 
    (No. 190) that requires the Secretary of Defense to take certain 
    actions to establish a comprehensive training standard and 
    certification program for military vehicle operations, aiming to 
    address the persistent issue of inadequate training and reduce 
    incidents, particularly vehicle rollovers, caused by operator 
    inexperience and lack of training; Neguse (No. 191) that requires 
    the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in 
    coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to establish a 
    database to record training performed by members of the Armed 
    Forces and make such information available to states and other 
    employers to satisfy civilian licensing and certification 
    requirements, and provide servicemembers with a competency report 
    before transitioning to civilian life; Neguse (No. 192) that 
    requires responsiveness testing of Defense Logistics Agency 
    pharmaceutical contracts; Neguse (No. 193) that requires that the 
    Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a 
    study and report on military grace period reforms, focusing on the 
    impact and stigma of unit tasking during the Transition Assistance 
    Program on service members' ability to transition to civilian life; 
    Neguse (No. 194) that requires the Secretary of Defense to provide 
    housing accommodations for members of the Armed Forces and their 
    dependents who are on military housing waitlists; Neguse (No. 195) 
    that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to 
    Congress evaluating beneficiary access to TRI CARE network 
    pharmacies under the TPharm5 contract and changes in beneficiary 
    access versus the TPharm4 contract; Norman (No. 196) that 
    authorizes the President to award Major James Capers Jr. the Medal 
    of Honor for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during 
    the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded the Silver Star; Norman 
    (No. 197) that states that it is the sense of Congress that the 
    Secretary of the Navy shall name a vessel of the United States Navy 
    the ``U.S.S. Major James Capers Jr.'' in honor of Major James 
    Capers, Jr., for the acts of valor he showed as a Member of the 
    Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded the 
    Silver Star; Norman (No. 198) that requires the cost of any project 
    funded with financial support from the Department of Defense to 
    disclose the cost to taxpayers; Obernolte (No. 199) that allows a 
    certain entity to access to the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle 
    Recreation Area for a particular time and a particular purpose; 
    Ocasio-Cortez (No. 200) that requests a GAO report on the status of 
    the Federal environmental cleanup and decontamination process in 
    Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico; Ogles (No. 201) that directs the 
    Secretary of Defense to invite Taiwan to the 2024 Rim of the 
    Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise; Panetta (No. 202) that awards Thomas H. 
    Griffin the Medal of Honor for acts of valor as a member of the 
    Army during the Vietnam War; Panetta (No. 203) that requires the 
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    servicemembers via mail, email, or in person about the availability 
    of the free MilTax program and other free DOD tax services within 
    the first two months of the calendar year, and requires the 
    Secretary to submit a report to Congress on program participation; 
    Panetta (No. 204) that improves training, equipping, and 
    utilization of information operations for military planning and 
    strategy; Panetta (No. 205) that creates a Special Operations 
    Forces Arctic Strategy to improve Arctic training and readiness; 
    Pappas (No. 206) that requires the Defense Suicide Prevention 
    Office to establish a procedure for assessing suicide risk at 
    military installations; Pascrell (No. 207) that requires the 
    Department of Defense to conduct a study to determine the 
    feasibility of eliminating outpatient rehabilitation therapy 
    maximums for active-duty service members who suffered a traumatic 
    brain injury while exercising their official duties; Pascrell (No. 
    208) that requires the Department of Defense to conduct a study to 
    analyze the feasibility of recognizing the approval of non-
    governmental accreditation bodies for transitional and residential 
    brain injury treatment programs for active-duty service members 
    that sustained a brain injury while completing their official 
    duties; Peters (No. 209) that requires the Secretary of the Navy to 
    report to Congress on an annual basis each instance in the year 
    preceding the report in which the Navy used a government dock for a 
    ship repair and maintenance availability when sufficient capacity 
    existed in private docks during the period in which such repairs 
    were expected to be performed; Pettersen (No. 210) that directs the 
    Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to work with the 
    Service Surgeon General and the Joint Staff Surgeon ``to sustain 
    medical support during arctic operations.''; Pettersen (No. 211) 
    that requires the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
    Secretaries of the military departments, to publish a guide 
    regarding how a survivor of a deceased member of the Armed Services 
    may receive the personal effects of such member and file a claim 
    with the Secretary of military department concerned if the survivor 
    believes the effects were disposed of incorrectly; Pfluger (No. 
    212) that requires DOD develop and implement policies to adapt 
    Link-16 system management and certification to align with agile 
    development practices; Pfluger (No. 213) that requires DOD to 
    expand Tier 1 training exercises; Pfluger (No. 214) that requires 
    DOD to report on incidents involving unmanned aerial systems and 
    related training exercises; Pfluger (No. 215) that requires DOD to 
    expedite KC-46A deliveries to Israel and provide immediate training 
    slots for Israeli pilots, maintainers, and air crew; Pfluger (No. 
    216) that requires DOD to invest personnel into going into 
    districts to increase awareness of what a future in military 
    service provides to their future; Phillips (No. 217) that 
    implements GAO recommendations from report GAO-21-438 relating to 
    military foster and adoptive families; Pocan (No. 218) that 
    requires a report on Doll's progress made and remaining challenges 
    to achieving an unqualified audit opinion; Porter (No. 219) that 
    requires a study on the feasibility and effectiveness of routine 
    neuroimaging modalities in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention 
    of brain injury among servicemembers due to blast pressure exposure 
    during combat and training; Porter (No. 220) that commissions a 
    report on a military construction strategy for a sufficient number 
    of child development centers as necessary to eliminate wait lists 
    for members of the Armed Forces seeking childcare at child 
    development centers; Posey (No. 221) that requires the Secretary of 
    Defense to provide priority for domestically sourced, fully 
    traceable, bovine heparin approved by the Food and Drug 
    Administration when available; Reschenthaler (No. 222) that 
    expresses a sense of Congress that the Army Artificial Intelligence 
    Integration Center has proven effective at accelerating the 
    employment of cutting edge capabilities; Reschenthaler (No. 223) 
    that expresses a sense of Congress that encourages the Department 
    of Defense, in collaboration with the Department of the Veterans 
    Affairs, to monitor and ensure appropriate measures are available 
    to reduce suicides among former members of the Guard and Reserve 
    Components who were not activated for military service; 
    Reschenthaler (No. 224) that prohibits availability of funds for 
    DoD to close Austin's Playrooms at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, 
    Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, and Naval Medical Center San 
    Diego; Reschenthaler (No. 225) that expresses a sense of Congress 
    that explosion welding is a critical capability for ensuring the 
    national security of the United States and its allies; 
    Reschenthaler (No. 226) that expresses a sense of Congress and 
    report to congressional defense committees on development-stage 
    research of lightweight advanced carbon materials such as coal-
    derived graphite and carbon foam; Reschenthaler (No. 227) that 
    expresses a sense of Congress that DOD should continue to support 
    projects that onshore domestic extraction, processing, and 
    manufacturing capabilities of the domestic supply chain of rare 
    earth permanent magnets essential to defense and national security 
    applications; Rodgers (No. 228) that expresses a sense of Congress 
    regarding military service by individuals with amputations; Rodgers 
    (WA) (No. 229) that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to 
    the congressional defense committees and the Comptroller General of 
    the United States a certification in writing that the prepositioned 
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    meet all readiness operational plans; Rodgers (WA) (No. 230) that 
    changes the way the Soldier's Medal affects military retirement 
    pay;
Rose (No. 231) that adds a sense of Congress that the MQ-9 Reaper 
    should be utilized to the greatest extent possible in the area of 
    operations of the United States Indo-Pacific Command; Rose (No. 
    232) that prohibits the Department of Defense's Office of Strategic 
    Capital from investing or facilitating investments in Chinese-owned 
    firms; Rose (No. 233) that adds that it is the sense of Congress 
    that the Indo-Pacific is a joint theater of operations that 
    requires joint coordination among all service branches in order to 
    meet the challenges of the region; Roy (No. 234) that establishes a 
    Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance (SIGUA) office 
    charged with overseeing all military and non-military U.S. 
    assistance appropriated or otherwise made available for Ukraine; 
    and Roy (No. 235) that prohibits funds authorized to DoD or 
    otherwise made available by this Act from being made available, 
    directly or indirectly, to the Government of Iran or any person 
    owned or controlled by the Government of Iran.       
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Proceedings Postponed:
  Rogers (AL) en bloc amendment No. 5 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-141 that seek to: Schrier 
(No. 236) require the Department of Defense to list the DoD systems 
that interact with Veteran Affairs electronic health records, including 
downtime incidents and the steps to resolve these issues so that care 
is not disrupted; Austin Scott (GA) (No. 237) prohibit DoD from 
purchasing batteries from China; Austin Scott (GA) (No. 238) make a 
technical correction to 10 USC 8634(e) regarding the participation of 
NATO Naval personnel in submarine safety programs; Austin Scott (GA) 
(No. 239) make technical correction to 10 USC 2165(b) by adding The 
College of International Security Affairs (CISA) as one of National 
Defense University's five colleges; Sewell (No. 240) increase funding 
for Air Force Professional Development Education; Sewell (No. 241) 
increase funding for Department of Defense Software Factories; Sherrill 
(No. 242) instruct the Department of Defense to conduct outreach to 
community colleges to support their entrance into the Skillbridge 
Program as Skillbridge program providers; Slotkin (No. 243) require the 
Department of Defense to post on a publicly available website timely 
and regularly updated information on the status of cleanup at sites for 
which the Secretary has obligated funding for environmental restoration 
activities; Smith (NJ) (No. 244) direct the Navy to convey 3.13 acres 
of land to the Town of Colts Neck; Smith (NJ) (No. 245) require the GAO 
to conduct a comprehensive investigation to establish the facts 
regarding military experiments related to Lyme disease; Smith (NJ) (No. 
246) require the President to submit to Congress a report on the 
People's Republic of China's military engagement with, and operation 
of, key facilities in Cambodia, including Ream Naval Base and Dara 
Sakor Airport; Smith (NJ) (No. 247) require the Secretary of Defense to 
produce a report on the feasibility of developing and deploying 
asymmetric naval assets in defense of Taiwan; Smith (NJ) (No. 248) 
require the Secretary of the Navy to produce a report to Congress on 
the changes to Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training and provide 
information on deaths or serious injury to candidates; Smith (NJ) (No. 
249) direct the Director of the Defense Health Agency to develop a 
mental health intake waiver to allow service members to quickly access 
civilian mental health services in a period of duress when DHA does not 
have the capacity to meet mental health service needs in a timely 
manner; Sorensen (No. 250) require a report be provided by the Air 
Force on the cost of decommissioning TACP units throughout the country 
for the three fiscal years following enactment; Soto (No. 251) expand 
consideration for the Space National Guard's operations to places where 
there is significant space launch activity; Spanberger (No. 252) 
include Americans who went missing during their service with the 
Canadian Armed Forces prior to U.S. involvement in World War II in the 
definition of ``missing person'' for the purpose of ensuring these 
Americans are classified as such by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting 
Agency; Spartz (No. 253) require DoD to provide a report to Congress 
reconciling all U.S. assistance to Ukraine, including normal and 
supplemental appropriations and drawdowns; Spartz (No. 254) require the 
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress on the 
implementation of innovative data analysis and information technology 
solutions in the DoD; Spartz (No. 255) require the Secretary of Defense 
to provide a briefing to Congress addressing DoD's plans to improve the 
financial management of the department; Steel (No. 256) require a 
report on Chinese influence in commercial sea lines of communication 
and threats posed to strategic maritime routes in African Atlantic 
ports; Steel (No. 257) require a study on the defense needs of Taiwan 
and the potential loan and lease of defense articles to the Government 
of Taiwan; Stefanik (No. 258) require all military service academies to 
consider standardized test scores on their applications; Steil (No. 
259) require the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State to jointly 
brief relevant committees of weapons the United States has committed to 
sending to Ukraine and to other regional allies who are providing 
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Defense Office of Inspector General to provide detailed oversight and 
report to Congress on the U.S. taxpayer-funded assistance to Ukraine no 
later than 180 days; Stewart (No. 261) restore authority for the 
Department of the Army to plan for military construction projects for 
the Chemical and Biological Defense Program at Dugway Proving Ground; 
Stewart (No. 262) require the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Director of National Intelligence, to provide a report on the 
feasibility of migrating Department of Defense and Intelligence 
Community classified networks into a modernized multilevel security 
system; Strong (No. 263) require the Secretary of Defense submit to 
Congress a plan to use, transfer or donate excess border wall 
construction materials and execute said plan until the Department of 
Defense is no longer incurring costs to maintain, store, or protect 
said materials; Sykes (No. 264) direct the U.S. Department of Defense 
to produce a classified report on current and future military posture, 
logistics, maintenance, and sustainment requirements to bolster the 
United States' ``capacity to resist force'' in the event of a Chinese 
attack and attempted invasion of Taiwan; Takano (No. 265) direct GAO to 
report on market consolidation within the defense industrial base and 
the economic and national security impacts of any resultant anti-
competitive behavior; Takano (No. 266) direct GAO to report on the use 
of Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Contracts across the Department of 
Defense; Tenney (No. 267) require 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; Tenney (No. 268) require a report on CENTCOM capabilities and 
any capability gaps in carrying out CENTCOM's responsibilities, as well 
as recommendations to address any capability gaps; Thanedar (No. 269) 
require annual briefings on a DoD-issued a memo on Category Amendment 
practices and directs contracting officers to take a few actions to 
address procurement disparities; Thompson (PA) (No. 270) require the 
Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to submit a report to 
Congress that identifies the most significant obstacles the Agency 
faces in recovering and identifying the remains of members of the Armed 
Forces missing in action; Tiffany (No. 271) prohibit the Department of 
Defense from creating, procuring, or displaying any map that depicts 
Taiwan or any offshore island under the administration of the Taiwan 
government as part of the territory of the People's Republic of China; 
Timmons (No. 272) require the development, testing, and certification 
phase of the Geosynthetics Reinforced Performance pavement test and 
authorizes $3.3 million in appropriations; Titus (No. 273) require the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense to jointly submit a 
report to Congress on the stability of the Russian regime; Tlaib (No. 
274) add a list of specific locations/methods that promotional material 
for the 988 hotline should be posted/distributed at military 
instillations to a section requiring their distribution on all military 
bases; Torres (CA) (No. 275) establish a feasibility study on the 
possibility of certain professional credentials, such as airplane 
mechanic certs, held by servicemembers becoming transferrable post-
discharge in civilian life; Turner (No. 276) provide a Sense of 
Congress on the importance of maintaining in-patient military medical 
treatment facilities; Wagner (No. 277) direct the DOD Combating 
Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Office to analyze DOD capabilities to 
combat child sexual abuse and exploitation and to provide 
recommendations for educational programs on how to identify and report 
child sexual abuse to the appropriate law enforcement agency; Walberg 
(No. 278) include an assessment of the Army's Holistic Health and 
Fitness (H2F) model as part of the DOD's reporting requirement on its 
Comprehensive Strategy on Force Resilience; Waltz (No. 279) incorporate 
cyber supply chain risk management tools and methods in the Energy 
Performance Master Plan, prioritizing commercially available tools; 
Waltz (No. 280) require that the certification of the Army's Warfighter 
Machine Interface Program is consistent with Section 3453 requirements; 
Waltz (No. 281) require a report on Harpoon missile delivery to Taiwan; 
Waltz (No. 282) require a briefing on Joint Exercises with Taiwan; 
Waltz (No. 283) require the Administrator of MARAD to provide a brief 
on the status of establishing and implementing a national maritime 
strategy; Wenstrup (No. 284) update credentialing and privileging under 
the military health system to expand the recognition of board 
certification for physicians; Westerman (No. 285) authorize the Office 
of Local Defense Community Cooperation to assist the State of Arkansas 
in properly securing and preparing the property known as the Arkansas 
Career Training Institute (ACTI), or ``Army/Navy Hospital,'' for 
possible reversion back to the United States Government; Wild (No. 286) 
add recommendations for improved awareness of 24/7 mental health 
services, including the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, to the 
Department of Defense Mental Health Task Force report; Wild (No. 287) 
revise the Department

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of Defense report on expanding partnership opportunities with companies 
to provide job search assistance to veterans up to two years post-
separation from the military, by increasing the support timeline from 
two to five years; Wilson (SC) (No. 288) amend Sec. 1303 by inserting 
the line, ``and with deeper coordination on nuclear deterrence as 
highlighted in the Washington Declaration adopted by the two leaders 
during President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit on April 26, 2023.''; 
Wittman (No. 289) waive security clearance reinstatement review for 
certain covered persons within one year of Armed Services or Department 
of Defense separation and accelerates reviews for certain covered 
persons within two years of separation; and Wittman (No. 290) authorize 
the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in 
coordination with the military department acquisition executives, to 
establish reserves of long-lead items and components required to 
accelerate munitions deliveries.                         
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  H. Res. 582, as amended, the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
2670), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 207 noes, Roll 
No. 294. The amendment offered by Representative Cole was agreed to by 
a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 207 noes, Roll No. 293, after the 
previous question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 215 yeas to 201 
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Pages H3229-31
Quorum Calls--Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3229-30, 
H3230 and H3230-31.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 3:55 p.m.