[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 27, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D962-D974]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 37 public bills, H.R. 5741-
5777; and 7 resolutions, H.J. Res. 93; H. Con. Res. 69; and H. Res. 
731-735, were introduced.                                
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Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 730, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5692) 
making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2024, and for other purposes; providing for further consideration 
of the bill (H.R. 4365) making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other 
purposes; and providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
4367) making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes (H. 
Rept. 118-228).                                              
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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024: The House considered H.R. 
4368, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2024. Consideration began yesterday, 
September 26th.                                          
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Agreed to:
  Boebert (No. 89 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that prevents USDA from using funds for woke 
courses, books and study guides (by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 214 
noes, Roll No. 421);                                     
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  Stauber (No. 99 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that prohibits any funds made available by 
this bill from being used to fund the Farm to School Network Racial 
Equity Learning Lab (by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 216 noes, Roll 
No. 428); and                                                
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  Miller (IL) (No. 101 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that prohibits funds to implement the Climate 
Corp (by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 429). 
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Rejected:
  Spartz (No. 76 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to state that none of the funds 
made available by this bill may be used to carry out commodity checkoff 
programs (by a recorded vote of 49 ayes to 377 noes, Roll No. 417); 
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  Boebert (No. 79 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to prevent funds for USDA's 
Equity Commission (by a recorded vote of 210 ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 
418);                                                    
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  Hageman (No. 83 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to prevent funds from being used 
to mandate electronic identification eartags for cattle and bison (by a 
recorded vote of 97 ayes to 336 noes, Roll No. 419);         
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  Good (VA) (No. 85 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to reduce to $1 the salary of the 
Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA (by 
a recorded vote of 152 ayes to 278 noes, Roll No. 420); 
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  Good (VA) (No. 90 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to reduce to $1 the salary of the 
Director of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology at the FDA (by 
a recorded vote of 158 ayes to 272 noes, Roll No. 422);      
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  Good (VA) (No. 91 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to reduce to $1 the salary of the 
Director of the Division of Risk Management at the FDA (by a recorded 
vote of 159 ayes to 272 noes, Roll No. 423);             
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  Good (VA) (No. 92 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to reduce to $1 the salary of the 
Director of the Office of New Drugs at the FDA (by a recorded vote of 
156 ayes to 273 noes, Roll No. 424);                     
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  Good (VA) (No. 93 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to reduce to $1 the salary of the 
Director of the Office of Compliance at the FDA (by a recorded vote of 
161 ayes to 270 noes, Roll No. 425);                         
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  Good (VA) (No. 94 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to reduce to $1 the salary of the 
Director of the Office of Medical Policy at the FDA (by a recorded vote 
of 160 ayes to 271 noes, Roll No. 426);                  
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  Good (VA) (No. 95 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to reduce to $1 the salary of the 
Director of the Office of Regulatory Policy at the FDA (by a recorded 
vote of 163 ayes to 267 noes, Roll No. 427); and         
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  Rosendale (No. 102 printed in part F of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
debated on September 26th that sought to reduce the amount appropriated 
in this Act by $717,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 71 ayes to 362 noes, 
Roll No. 430).                                           
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  H. Res. 723, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4365), (H.R. 4367), (H.R.4665), and (H.R. 4368) was agreed to 
yesterday, September 26th. Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 
2024: The House considered H.R. 4365, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, September 28th. 
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Agreed to:
  Calvert en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216: James No. 1 that 
increase in Army RDT&E account of $15 million with a reduction of $15 
million to O&M, Army; Buchanan No. 2 that increases and decreases O&M, 
Army by $3 million to ensure foreign army bases have properly stocked 
ambulances and MedEvac helicopters; Buchanan No. 3 that provides $1 
million to Operations and Maintenance, Army to ensure the continuation 
of the Future Soldier Prep Course; reduces funding for Operations and 
Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $1 million; Carbajal No. 4 that decreases 
O&M, Army by $2,000,000 and increases RDT&E, Army by $2,000,000 to 
bolster biotechnology research through university and industry research 
centers; Jacobs No. 5 that increases and decreases O&M funding by $5m 
total across the services and defense-wide in support of additional 
funding to recruit and retain direct-care staff in Child Development 
Centers (CDCs); Kiggans No. 6 that increases and reduces Operation and 
Maintenance, Army by $5,000,000 to support the Army Vantage program; 
McCormick No. 7 that provides an additional $7.75 million for 
deployment and operationalization of additional sensor-based algorithms 
under the USAF Predictive Analytics and Decision Assistant (PANDA) 
system. Reduces funding for Army Operations and Maintenance, Facilities 
Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization by $7.75 million; Stevens 
No. 8 that increases $5 million in funding within the Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Army (RDT&E, Army), Next Generation 
Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology for Virtual Proving Grounds 
Technology and reduces Operation and Maintenance, Army by $5 million; 
Wilson No. 9 that increase and decrease funding by $1,000,000 in 
Operation and Maintenance, Army to support personal protective 
equipment modernization for female service members and small stature 
male service members to ensure service members are given the 
appropriate equipment to perform at peak performance and avoid 
preventable injuries attributable to ill-fitting or malfunctioning 
personal protective equipment; Caraveo No. 10 that increases funding 
for Space Force RDT&E, Space Advanced Technology Development/Demo by 
$10 million to ensure the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has continued 
resources to continue research and development on Adaptive Medium-Lift 
Engine Architecture. Decreases Navy O&M and Defense-Wide O&M by $5 
million each; Davis No. 11 that increases Operations and Maintenance, 
Navy, by $8,606,779 to assist the Navy with information technology 
requirements and other associated costs to process legal claims 
associated with Camp Lejeune contaminated water lawsuits and decreases 
Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, by the same amount to achieve 
cost-neutrality; Fallon No. 12 that increases Other Procurement, Army 
by $55,000,000 to support HMMWV Anti-Rollover Safety Upgrades; Dunn No. 
13 that funds a program to study traumatic brain injuries in veterans; 
Tony Gonzales (TX) No. 14 that increases and decreases Operation and 
Maintenance, Air Force by $7.2 million with the intent to establish a 
modern Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) facility 
to maintain maximum readiness posture; Joyce No. 15 that decreases Air 
Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation by $4,000,000 and 
increases Air Force, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation by 
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technology with respect to the development of nanocomposite functional 
coatings; Crow No. 16 that increases funding for Space Force O&M, Space 
Launch Operations, by $5,000,000, for ``Multi-Mission Multi-Domain 
Space Launch Protection''. Reduces Defense-Wide O&M by $5,000,000; Ezel 
No. 17 that increases Navy RDT&E, Air/Ocean Tactical Applications by $8 
million for ``Autonomous Surface and Underwater Dual-Modality 
Vehicles'' and decreases Operations and Maintenance, Space Force, by $8 
million; Kelly (MS) No. 18 that revises Army Aircraft Procurement with 
an additional $10,000,000 for one UH-72B Lakota helicopter; Lamborn No. 
19 that increases Space Force operation and maintenance by $2,500,000 
and decreases Defense-wide RDT&E $2.5M; Bacon No. 20 that increases Air 
Force RDT&E by $5 million for the purpose of modernizing defense 
nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) enterprise 
capabilities through USSTRATCOM's Research Engineering and 
Collaboration Hub (REACH) and reduces Defense-Wide Operations and 
Maintenance by $5 million; Bacon No. 21 that increases Army RDT&E by $5 
million for the purpose of maximizing soldier performance and lethality 
through enhanced research of musculoskeletal health and physiology to 
improve individual resistance to injury and fatigue and reduced 
Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $5 million; Banks No. 22 that 
increases Defense Production Act Purchases by $5 million to support the 
establishment of a reliable domestic source of tetranitrocarbazole 
(TNC) for ammunition and flare production and decreases Operations and 
Maintenance (O&M), Defense-Wide by $5 million; Boebert No. 23 that 
redirects $3 million from O&M to fund research for combat-related 
traumatic injuries; Boebert No. 24 that redirects $5 million from O&M 
to fund Navy and Marine procurement of MK107 cartridges; Boebert No. 25 
that redirects $3 million from O&M to increase funding for the National 
Guard Counterdrug Program to train and equip our servicemembers to 
counter illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids and the transnational 
criminal organizations that contribute to the fentanyl crisis; Boebert 
No. 26 that redirects $3 million from O&M to increase funding for 
Counter Narcotics Support to enhance DOD's role in countering the flow 
of illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids; Connolly No. 27 that 
increases/decreases Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by 
$5,000,000 for the purposes of implementing the 21st Century Integrated 
Digital Experience Act; Crow No. 28 that increases applied research 
funding for Space Force RDT&E, Space Technology, by $2,500,000, for the 
``University Consortium for Space Technology''. Reduces Defense-Wide 
O&M by $2,500,000; Fitzgerald No. 30 that directs $4 million in funding 
from O&M, Defense-Wide to RDT&E, Army to support Advanced Manufacturing 
Cell for Missile Fins and Components within End Item Industrial 
Preparedness Activities; Fitzpatrick No. 31 that increase RDT&E, Army 
by $5 million and reduce Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by the 
same; Garamendi No. 32 that transfers $3 million from the Office of the 
Secretary Defense's (OSD) travel budget to the Readiness and 
Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program to match the level 
authorized level under the House-passed NDAA (H.R.2670): $88 million 
total for FY24; Garbarino No. 33 that directs $5 million in funding 
from the Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance account to the Navy's 
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Force Protection 
Applied Research account (PE 0602123N), to establish an Aircraft 
Corrosion Certification Initiative, which would utilize industry 
experience with airframe testing combined with environmental and 
dynamic testing; Houlahan No. 35 that directs $5 million in funding 
from Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance to Air Force RDT&E to 
support development of Turbo Air Cooled HTPEM Hydrogen Fuel Cell; Issa 
No. 36 that increases and decreases by $1 million defense-wide 
Operations & Maintenance accounts to highlight the need for the 
Department of Defense to fully implement Section 626 of H.R.5515--John 
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, 
which authorized the establishment--across all services--of harmonized 
procedures for Gold Star (surviving) spouses and next of kin to gain 
unescorted access to military installations; James No. 37 that 
increasing the RDT&E, Army for Derisking Production of the Advanced 
Combat Transmission and decreasing O&M, Defense-Wide, by $10 million; 
James No. 38 that increase in Aircraft Procurement, Air Force account 
of $122.6 million with a reduction of $122.6 million to Defense-Wide 
Operation and Maintenance; Joyce No. 39 that reduces Defense-Wide 
Operation and Maintenance by $15,000,000 and increases Other 
Procurement, Army by $15,000,000 for the Army M971A3 Heavy Dump Truck 
(HDT) Program; Kamlager-Dove No. 40 that increases Research, 
Development, Test & Evaluation, Army funding by $7 million and reduces 
Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $7 million;
  Keating No. 41 that increases funding of RDT&E, Navy by $5 million to 
support the Navy's autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) mission and 
reduced Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $5 million; Kelly 
(MS) No. 42 that revises RDT&E, Army by increasing funding by 
$5,000,000 for Denied Area Monitoring & Exploitation v2.5; Luna No. 46 
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and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $1,000,000 and increases the 
Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $1,000,000; Luttrell 
No. 47 that $15 million increase for the litter lift stabilization 
system in Army Aircraft Procurement with a $15 million offset from 
Defense-Wide O&M Luttrell No. 49 that repurposes $5 million dollars 
from Defense-Wide O&M to Army RDT&E in order to support wearable TBI 
prevention devices; McClain No. 51 that increases in Army RDT&E account 
of $7.5 million with a reduction of $7.5 million to Defense-Wide 
Operation and Maintenance; and Sherrill No. 65 that directs $10 million 
from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to 
fund assured munitions position, navigation, and timing (APNT) warfare, 
as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA;           
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  Calvert en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216: Kuster No. 43 that 
increases Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funding 
by $12 million to support Additive Manufacturing Digital Technology 
Maturation and Adoption and reduces Defense-Wide Operation and 
Maintenance by $12 million; Lieu No. 44 that Increases Research, Test, 
Development, & Evaluation, Space Force, Space Innovation, Integration, 
and Rapid Technology Development funding by $7.5 million to support 
Accelerating Space Operators Education and Experiential Learning and 
reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $7.5 million; Lieu 
No. 45 that increases Space Force, Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation (RDT&E), Space Technology funding by $5,000,000 and reduces 
Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $5 million; Lynch No. 50 that 
increases the Defense Health Program by $4 M to carry out the second 
year of the Special Operations TBI pilot program which provides 
treatment and care to Special Operations Forces impacted by Traumatic 
Brain Injury and other brain health issues. Offset by a reduction of $4 
M to O&M, Defense-wide; McClain No. 52 that increases in Army RDT&E 
account of $10 million with a reduction of $10 million to Defense-Wide 
Operation and Maintenance; McClain No. 53 that increases Other 
Procurement, Army, by $15 million to provide funding for Infantry Squad 
Vehicles and reduces by $15 million Defense-Wide Operation and 
Maintenance; McCormick No. 54 that provides an additional $4 million to 
enable continued development of the Paratrooper and Powered Paragliders 
Autopilot System (PAPPAS) and decreases funding for the Defense 
Personnel Accounting Agency Operations and Maintenance account by $4 
million; Miller (WV) No. 55 that $1,000,000 increase in OM,DW-4GTN, 
Office of the Secretary of Defense with an offset in the same amount to 
fund the construction of the previously authorized memorial for the 13 
servicemembers who lost their lives in the bombing at the Hamid Karzai 
International Airport in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021; Mills No. 56 
that increases RDT&E, Air Force by $2 million to provide funding for 
critical research and development projects in order to provide 
solutions in autonomous connectivity of autonomous machines while 
ensuring high levels of security and resilience and reduces Defense-
Wide Operation and Maintenance by the same;
  Norcross No. 58 that appropriates $10,000,000 for Army RDT&E of high-
performance polymer composites and coatings in the Arctic with an 
offset from Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance; Perry No. 59 that 
reduces funding for O&M, Defense-Wide by $1 million and increases the 
Defense Health Program by the same amount for the purpose of furnishing 
Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) therapy to personnel who elect to receive 
the treatment; Raskin No. 60 that increases funding available for the 
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) in the Defense 
Health Program by $2 million with a reduction of $2 million to Defense-
Wide Operation and Maintenance; Austin Scott (GA) No. 61 that 
appropriates an additional +$4M in FY 24 in Air Force, RDT&E 
PE0605828F; Acquisition Workforce-Global Reach for the USAF to begin 
the Digital Transformation for Aircraft Gun Systems initiative to 
develop and deliver digital models (digital transformation) for it's F-
15, F-16, F-22, and A-10 20mm and 30mm aircraft gun systems. This 
reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $4 million; Sessions 
No. 62 that increases funding by $5,000,000 for RDT&E, Army (Army RDT&E 
Page 38, line 9) for spectrum sharing and management with adaptable and 
reconfigurable technology research and decreases Defense-Wide 
Operations & Maintenance (page 10, line 19) by $5,000,000; Sewell No. 
63 that decreases $5 million from O&M Defense-wide and increases $5 
million for the Defense Health Program to enhance the peer-reviewed 
pancreatic cancer research program; Sherrill No. 64 that directs $2.5 
million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, 
intended to fund armaments technology for unmanned systems, as 
authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA; Sorenson No. 75 that 
increases the Air Force RDT&E account by $5 million offset by a $5 
million reduction to the Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance account 
to support development, test and evaluation of lightweight UAV skins 
that are rapidly additively manufactured; Strong No. 76 that reduces 
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wide by $2.5 million; increases Procurement, Defense-wide by $2.5 
million; Strong No. 77 that reduces Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
wide by $10 million; increases Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Army by $10 million; Trahan No. 78 that increases (by 
$5,000,000) funding for RDT&E, Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology, 
PE number 0603118A with an offset from operations and Maintenance, 
defense-wide; Trahan No. 79 that increases Defense-wide RDT&E, 
manufacturing technology program PE number 0603680S by $6,000,000 with 
an offset from the Operations and Maintenance, defense-wide account; 
Turner No. 80 that reduces DoD O&M appropriated funding by $2,500,000 
and increases AF RDT&E appropriated funding by $2,500,000 for Metals 
Affordability Initiative, line 016 PE 0603112F, Advanced Materials for 
Weapons Systems; Wasserman Schultz No. 81 that increases RDT&E, 
Defense-Wide, by $10 million within Manufacturing Technology Program 
for Rapid Additive Manufacturing Critical Hardware. Decreases O&M, 
Defense-Wide; Wilson (SC) No. 82 that increases RDT&E, defense-wide by 
$16,500,000 for Hypersonic Advanced Composites Manufacturing and 
decreases $16,500,000 from O&M, defense-wide; Wilson (SC) No. 83 that 
increases RDT&E, Navy by $6,000,000 for talent and technology for Navy 
power and energy systems and decreases O&M, defense-wide by $6,000,000; 
Lamborn No. 84 that increases Army Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation (RDT&E) by $2,500,000 and decreases Army, Environmental 
Restoration funds by $2.5M; Vasquez No. 85 that increases & decreases 
DOD's Environmental Restoration budget by $5M to prioritize remediating 
unexploded ordnance on Tribal Lands; Joyce No. 87 that increases 
Research, Test, Development, & Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $10,000,000 
and reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $10,000,000 for 
Additive Manufacturing Casting Research and Development; Tenney No. 88 
that increases and decreases funding by $150 million for Air Force 
Aircraft Procurement for the procurement of one LC-130J; Jackson Lee 
No. 90 that reduces funding for Procurement, Defense-Wide, by $10 
million and increases funding for Defense Health Programs by $10 
million in order to address Triple Negative Breast Cancer research; 
Dunn No. 91 that increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $7 million to 
support a project to assist the ARL with accelerated, multifunctional 
material design and scaled hybrid manufacturing for harsh and extreme 
environments; Fischbach No. 92 that increases and decreases $8 million 
in funding from Army RDT&E to support Synthetic Training Equipment 
within the Army Futures Command/Cross Functional Team Program; Guest 
No. 93 that increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $3 million to support 
the Forward Infrastructure and Reconnaissance Engineering program, 
which would study the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for critical 
infrastructure assessments in difficult environments through the U.S. 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center; Hern No. 94 that 
increases and decreases by $10 million Army RDT&E for the Army 
Pathfinder program (Army, RDT&E, Line 11, 0602143A, Soldier Lethality 
Technology) for Human-Machine Teaming. Builds the cross-communication 
and cooperation between human and technology needed to leverage AI, 
decision support, and machining to increase the effectiveness, 
efficiency, and lethality of the individual soldier; Hudson No. 95 that 
increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $10,000,000 to ensure the Army's 
plan for spending the funds meets congressional intent; Lesko No. 96 
that increases and decreases by $5,000,000 for research, development, 
test, and evaluation for the Army, with the intent that the $5 million 
increase will be used for continued planning, integration, and 
qualification of the engine enhancement on the CH-47 Chinook platform 
to enable the implementation of Reliability, Availability, and 
Maintainability improvements to the legacy engine and increase aircraft 
flight performance for the CH-47 (Army, RDT&E, PE 0607137A, Line 191 
Chinook Product Improvement Program); McGovern No. 97 that increases 
and decreases by $11 million Army RDT&E, Next Generation Combat Vehicle 
Advance Technology, for Autonomous Vehicle Mobility to modernize combat 
vehicles for multi-domain operations; Miller (WV) No. 99 that increases 
and decreases by $7 million for research, development, test and 
evaluation for the Army with the intent that the $7 million will be 
used for or in-house and single source awarded funding for applied 
research into source characterization and recovery of Rare Earth 
Element domestic reserves; Molinaro No. 101 that Increase-Decrease 
Amendment highlighting Congress' intent for continued support of the 
Advanced Air Mobility industry; Moylan No. 103 that increases Defense-
wide Accounts for RDT&E by $100M with offsetting reductions; Wilson 
(SC) No. 105 that increases and decreases RDT&E, Army by $5,000,000 to 
enable expansion of terrain capabilities and power management of Q-UGVs 
to enhance the individual warfighter and reduce the cognitive load; 
Ezell No. 106 that increases funding by $4,000,000 for RDT&E, Navy 
(Navy RDT&E Page 38, line 16) to enhance optoelectronic technology 
research and decreases Defense working capital fund (page 41, line 5) 
by $4,000,000; Franklin No. 107 that increases and decreases Navy RDT&E 
funding by $10 million for critical and emerging technologies; Franklin 
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RDT&E funding by $6.5 million for the Cyber Supply Chain Risk 
Management program and reduces Defense-Wide RDT&E and Johnson (SD) No. 
109 that increases and decreases by $7 million Navy RDT&E, Naval 
Integrated Fire Control Counter Air Systems Engineering for the 
Stratospheric Balloon Research Program;                  
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  Calvert en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216: Calvert En Bloc No. 3 
Titus No. 86 that increases the National Guard and Reserve Equipment 
Account by $750,000 to support Aviation Status Dashboards with an 
offsetting reduction; LaHood No. 89 that increases and decreases by 
$4.3 million Air Force Other Procurement funds to construct a 
replacement facility to protect equipment and munitions at Joint Base 
Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER); McGovern No. 98 that increases and 
decreases by $8.4 million Army RDT&E, Night System Advanced 
Development, for Micro-LED Soldier System Display Prototype to support 
the design, development, and delivery of the U.S. Army's next 
generation full-color LED micro-display prototype, specifically 
tailored for dismounted soldier applications; Mills (FL) No. 100 that 
increases and decreases by $3,000,000 for Army, RDT&E, with the intent 
that the $3 million will be used for the development of advanced ultra-
highmolecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWP) to decrease armor application 
weight and increase material performance; Morelle No. 102 that 
increases and decreases by $5.6 million research, development, test and 
evaluation for the Army to emphasize the need to protect and expand our 
domestic capacity to manufacture and develop organic LED micro 
displays; Scanlon No. 104 that increases and decreases Army RDT&E by 
$15 million for the integration and demonstration of Quadruped Unmanned 
Ground Vehicles; LaLota No. 110 that increases and decreases the Navy-
Wide Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation for the purposes of 
increasing Surface Mine Countermeasure Technology Insertion 
Competition; Peters No. 111 that increases and decreases Navy, RDT&E, 
Digital Warfare Office, Line 75, PE 0604027N by $8 million for the 
``Software Radio for Weapons and Autonomous Vehicle Enablement (SR-
WAVE)'' to enable the Navy to evaluate and demonstrate advanced 
emerging software radio technology; Peters No. 112 that increases and 
decreases Navy, RDT&E, Digital Warfare Office, Line 75, PE 0604027N by 
$8 million for the ``Software Radio for Weapons and Autonomous Vehicle 
Enablement (SR-WAVE)'' to enable the Navy to evaluate and demonstrate 
advanced emerging software radio technology; Self No. 113 that 
increases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Navy 
funding by $5 million for Heterogeneous Photonic Integrated Circuit 
(HPIC) technology and reduces Defense Working Capital funding by $5 
million; Smith (NJ) No. 114 that increases the Research, Development, 
Test and Evaluation, Navy by $4 million to establish a Digital 
Component Certification Center to inspect digital components, such as 
microchips, from foreign sources for inclusion in US vessels, vehicles, 
aircrafts, and weapons systems, and decreases the Defense Working 
Capital Funds by $4 million; Bilirakis No. 115 that increases and 
decreases RDT&E, Air Force by $4.5 million for PE #0602102F, Line 5, 
Materials RDT&E Air Force, Project 624348, Materials for Electronics, 
Optics, and Survivability and reduces funding by the same amount for 
Future AF Integrated Technology Demos; Carey No. 116 that increases and 
decreases by $7 million for research, development, test and evaluation 
for the Air Force with the intent that the $7 million will be used for 
the development of a cognitive EW machine learning/neuromorphic 
processing device to counter AI-enabled adaptive threats; Joyce No. 117 
that reduces the Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation 
account by $3,000,000 and increases Air Force, Research, Development, 
Test and Evaluation, by $3,000,000 to support Alloy Additive 
Manufacturing Research; Lamborn No. 118 that increases Research, Test, 
Development, & Evaluation, Air Force, and reduces Defense-Wide, 
Operational Test and Evaluation by $5 million; Letlow No. 119 that 
Increases Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force by 
$10,000,000 for Air Force Global Strike Command Technology Transition 
and Innovation; reduces the Research, Development, Test, and 
Evaluation, Air Force by $10,000,000; Pettersen No. 120 that moves five 
million dollars from the Defense Working Capital Funds to the Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force Account; Sewell No. 121 
that decreases $10 million from O&M Defense-wide and increases $10 
million for RDT&E, Air Force to support the Business Enterprise Systems 
Product Innovation (BESPIN); Soto No. 122 that increases and decreases 
Air Force RDT&E, aerospace sensors funding by $5 million, for zero-
trust environment for semiconductor technology, for the Air Force 
Research Lab trusted microchip manufacturing prototype program; Tenney 
No. 123 that increases and decreases funding by $44 million for Air 
Force Research Development, Test, and Evaluation for the non-recurring 
engineering costs associated with converting a C-130J into an LC-130J 
with skis; Wenstrup No. 124 that increases the Research, Development, 
Test, and Evaluation Air Force Account by $3 million for the purpose of 
supporting state-

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of-art simulation capability for training future Critical Care Air 
Transport (CCAT) teams, while decreasing the Research, Development, 
Test, and Evaluation Air Force Account by $3 million as an offset; 
Huizenga No. 126 that increases and decreases by $5 million for 
Defense-wide Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation to emphasize 
the Industrial base Analysis and Sustainment Support account for M-
shaped hull manufacturing workforce development program; Buchanan No. 
127 that increases and decreases Research, Development, Test and 
Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $1 million to combat future military 
training accidents and research ways to prevent them; Carey No. 128 
that increases and decreases RDT&E, Defense-Wide by $20 million so that 
the Department of Defense may utilize appropriations types to procure 
commercial cloud services aligned to the activity supported by those 
commercial services; Davis No. 129 that increases and decreases 
Defense-Wide RDT&E by $8 million to conduct extensive R&D, testing, and 
evaluating as well as developing use cases and establishing TTPs of 
unmanned ground systems; Deluzio No. 130 that increases and decreases, 
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Defense-Wide funding 
by $10,000,000 for Resilient Manufacturing Ecosystem via Industrial 
Base Analysis and Sustainment Support; Ellzey No. 131 that Increases 
and decreases by $5 million Defense-Wide Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation funding with the intent that the $5 million will be used 
for the rapid prototyping and fielding of unmanned surface vessels with 
advanced autonomous capabilities that are able to launch and recover 
from Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft; Houchin No. 132 that 
increases Research, Test, Development, & Evaluation (RDT&E), Defense-
Wide by $6.5 million to support Additive Manufacturing Microelectronics 
Protection and reduces the same account by $6.5 million; Hudson No. 133 
that increases and reduces Defense-Wide RDT&E by $5,000,000 for 
Combating Terrorism Technology Support; Kiggans No. 134 that increases 
and decreases Defense-Wide RDT&E by $10 million to support research 
into 5G interference with military radar; Mills No. 135 that provides 
for an additional $5 million to develop an alternate domestic source 
AC-130J Infrared Suppression System, fully offset by a reduction from 
Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support Research Development 
and Test account; Wenstrup No. 136 that increases the amount for 
Defense Health Programs, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation by 
$7,000,000 for freeze-dried platelet hemostatic product development and 
decreases the amount for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, by 
$7,000,000; Kiggans No. 138 that increases and decreases funding for 
medical and health programs at the Department of Defense by $1,000,000 
to express the intent that the TRICARE reimbursement rate for 
pharmacies should be increased; Molinaro No. 139 that increases and 
decreases funding for the Defense Health Program by $4,000,000 to 
ensure servicemembers and other eligible beneficiaries have access to 
comprehensive health care services, including for those with 
disabilities; Rouzer No. 140 that decrease and Increase the Defense 
Health Program account by $7,800,000 for research, development, test 
and evaluation for the purpose of conducting research identifying 
domestic critical ingredients necessary for the domestic production of 
Critical Pharmaceuticals identified by the Defense Logistics Agency 
(DLA) in the anticipated report required under House Report 117-118 and 
solutions to mitigate pharmaceutical supply chain shortages; Cohen No. 
141 that increases the amount for Defense Health Programs, Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation by $200,000 to study the incidence of 
cerebral palsy and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy among children of 
servicemembers and decreases the amount for Defense Health Programs 
Operation and Maintenance by $200,000; Kiggans No. 142 that increases 
and decreases funding for Tricare by $1,000,000 to express the intent 
that the Tricare reimbursement rate should be increased for mental 
health providers; Finstad No. 143 that reduces the Defense Health 
Program Operations and Maintenance account by $3M and increases the 
Defense Health Program RTD&E account by $3M for Medical Technology 
Development through the Health Research for Improved Medical Readiness 
and Health Care Delivery (USUHS) program for the purposes of developing 
an ionizing radiation countermeasure; Bergman No. 144 that increases 
and decreases the account for congressionally directed medical research 
programs at the Defense Health Agency to highlight the need for 
research into treatments and cures for Monoamine Oxidase Deficiency 
through the Autism Research Program; Molinaro No. 145 that increases 
and decreases funding for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research 
Program by $9,000,000 to emphasize the importance of funding innovative 
and impactful research on autism and other autism-spectrum conditions; 
Molinaro No. 146 that reduces funds for the Office of the Inspector 
General by $5,000,000 and increases counter-narcotic support by 
$5,000,000; Williams No. 147 that increases and decreases Air Force 
RDT&E by $5 million for the IoT Living Ecosystem; Alford No. 148 that 
provides $5 million increase for Man-portable Doppler Radar System 
within Army RDT&E and reduces Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, 
Secretary of Defense line by $5 million; and Fry No. 159 that prohibits 
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eliminate ROTC programs at institutions of higher education; 
                                                         Pages H4593-96
  Luttrell amendment (No. 48 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that provides $15 million in funding for the DoD wide Psychedelic 
Medical Clinical Trials;                                 
Pages H4596-97
  Crenshaw amendment (No. 137 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that provides funding for the Defense Health Agency to submit a report 
to Congress on options to ensure that active-duty service members who 
are suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic 
Stress Disorder (PTSD) are able to participate in clinical trials under 
the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes of studying the 
effectiveness of psychedelic substances;                 
Pages H4597-98
  Griffith amendment (No. 150 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that strikes references to China in lines 18 and 19 on page 132; 
                                                      Pages H4599-H4600
  Clyde amendment (No. 154 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funds to implement or enforce recommendation of the Naming 
Commission in regards to the Reconciliation Monument in Arlington 
National Cemetery (agreed to by voice vote after unanimous consent that 
the request for a recorded vote be withdrawn to the end that the 
amendment stands disposed by the earlier voice vote that was recorded 
thereon. Agreed to without objection.)            
Pages H4603-04, H4614
  Craig amendment (No. 157 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to deploy 
United States Armed Forces to Ukraine;                   
Pages H4606-07
  Greene (GA) amendment (No. 164 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay 
Defense Secretary Lloyd James Austin III a salary that exceeds $1; 
                                                         Pages H4610-11
  Hageman amendment (No. 165 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that prohibits regular telework and remote work for DoD civilians and 
contractors;                                             
Pages H4611-13
  D'Esposito amendment (No. 167 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that prevents funds in this act to be used to house migrants on 
military installations who entered this country through our open 
southern border;                                         
Pages H4614-15
  Norman amendment (No. 168 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funds for all offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; 
                                                         Pages H4615-16
  Norman amendment (No. 169 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
to prohibit the provision of gender transition procedures, including 
surgery or medication, through the Exceptional Family Member Program; 
                                                         Pages H4616-17
  Ogles amendment (No. 170 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits the removal of companies from the Section 1260H List of 
Chinese Civil-Military Fusion companies;                     
Page H4617
  Ogles amendment (No. 171 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funding for NewsGuard, an organization that purportedly 
assesses the reliability of news sites;                  
Pages H4617-18
  Rosendale amendment (No. 172 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
require a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of DoD to 
receive a vaccination against COVID-19;                  
Pages H4618-20
  Roy amendment (No. 173 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
increases funding for the Inspector General by $20 million for an 
Office of the Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance, if 
authorized, to enhance oversight and accountability measures for funds 
appropriated for Ukraine; reduces Inspector General by $20 million; 
                                                         Pages H4620-21
  Roy amendment (No. 174 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
reduces the salary of Cyrus Salazar (Director of DoD's Office for 
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) to one $1;             
Pages H4621-22
  Roy amendment (No. 176 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
none of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Marine 
Corps University Brute Krulak Center's Reynolds Scholars Program; 
                                                         Pages H4623-24
  Roy amendment (No. 177 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to implement 
President Biden's climate change Executive orders;       
Pages H4624-26
  Tiffany amendment (No. 178 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that prohibits the Department of Defense from creating, procuring, or 
displaying any map that depicts Taiwan or any offshore island under the 
administration of the government of Taiwan as part of the territory of 
Communist China;                                             
Page H4626
  Tiffany amendment (No. 179 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that exempts members of the U.S. military, and civilian employees of 
the Department of Defense, from arbitrary restrictions on official 
travel to Taiwan and normal communication with Taiwanese officials 
imposed by the U.S. Department of State through the ``Memorandum for 
All Department and Agency Executive Secretaries'' entitled ``Revised 
Guidelines on Interaction with Taiwan'' dated June 29, 2021; 
                                                         Pages H4626-27
  Rosendale amendment (No. 180 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that prohibits the use of funds

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made available by this Act from enforcing any COVID-19 mask mandates; 
and                                                      
Pages H4627-28
  Houlahan amendment (No. 34 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that directs $50 million from O&M Defense-Wide to the Defense 
Production Act Purchases account, intended to fund the Advanced Defense 
Capabilities Pilot Program, as authorized by Section 853 of the House-
passed FY24 NDAA and Section 831 of the Senate-passed FY24 NDAA (by a 
recorded vote of 240 ayes to 191 noes, Roll No. 431). 
                                                  Pages H4596, H4659-60
Rejected:
  Norton amendment (No. 125 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to increase and decrease by $10 million for research, 
development, test and evaluation for the Space Force with the intent 
that the $10 million will be used for Single-Stage-to-Orbit Propulsion 
Research (Space Force RDT&E, Line 44, PE#1206860SF, Rocket Systems 
Launch Program (RSLP)) (failed by voice vote after unanimous consent 
that the request for a recorded vote be withdrawn to the end that the 
amendment stands disposed by the earlier voice vote that was recorded 
thereon. Agreed to without objection.)                       
Page H4597
  Biggs amendment (No. 149 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to decrease Section 8104, Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative 
by $300,000,000, and increases the Spending Reduction Account by 
$300,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 104 ayes to 330 noes, Roll No. 
432);                                             
Pages H4598-99, H4660
  Plaskett amendment (No. 151 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that sought to strike section 8149 (by a recorded vote of 203 ayes to 
231 noes, Roll No. 433);                       
Pages H4600-01, H4660-61
  Boebert amendment (No. 152 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that sought to reduce the salary of Shawn Skelly, Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Readiness to $1 (by a recorded vote of 150 ayes to 282 
noes, Roll No. 434);                           
Pages H4601-02, H4661-62
  Boebert amendment (No. 153 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that sought to reduce the salary of Norvel Dillard, Director of 
Diversity and Inclusion Management at the Office for Diversity, Equity, 
and Inclusion of the Department of Defense, to $1 (by a recorded vote 
of 184 ayes to 248 noes, Roll No. 435);           
Pages H4602-03, H4662
  Clyde amendment (No. 155 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit funds from being used to implement section 370 of 
Public Law 116-283 (by a recorded vote of 172 ayes to 261 noes, Roll 
No. 436);                                      
Pages H4604-05, H4662-63
  Connolly amendment (No. 156 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that sought to prohibit funds from being used in violation of section 
129a of title 10, United States Code: General policy for total force 
management (by a recorded vote of 215 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 437); 
                                               Pages H4605-06, H4663-64
  Gaetz amendment (No. 160 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit security assistance for Ukraine (by a recorded vote 
of 93 ayes to 339 noes, Roll No. 438);            
Pages H4608-09, H4664
  Gaetz amendment (No. 161 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit funds made available by the bill from being used to 
transfer cluster munitions (by a recorded vote of 160 ayes to 269 noes, 
Roll No. 439);                                 
Pages H4609-10, H4664-65
  Jayapal amendment (No. 166 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that sought to prohibit the use of funds to administer the unfunded 
priorities list (by a recorded vote of 176 ayes to 258 noes, Roll No. 
440); and                                      
Pages H4613-14, H4665-66
  Roy amendment (No. 175 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to state that none of the funds appropriated by this act may be 
used to carry out the observance of Pride Month authorized by the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness for the Cultural 
Observances and Awareness Events List (by a recorded vote of 202 ayes 
to 231 noes, Roll No. 441).                       
Pages H4622-23, H4666
Withdrawn:
  Fallon amendment (No. 158 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to have the salary 
of Kelisa Wing, within the Department of Defense, reduced to $1.00. 
                                                          Page H4607-08
  H. Res. 723, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4365), (H.R. 4367), (H.R.4665), and (H.R. 4368) was agreed to 
yesterday, September 26th.
  Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024: The House 
considered H.R. 4367, making appropriations for the Department of 
Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024. 
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, September 28th. 
                                                             Page H4659
Agreed to:
  Joyce en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following amendments 
printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216: Boebert (No. 1) that redirects 
funding from DHS bureaucracy to fund CBP fentanyl detection at Border 
Patrol Checkpoints; Buchanan (No. 3) that increases the Science and 
Technology Directorate, R&D by $3 million to provide for research into 
using physical surveillance technology and AI technology in conjunction 
with the additional physical technology; decreases funds by $3 million 
from the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; Buchanan 
(No. 4) that increase United States Secret Service, Operations and 
Support, by $2 million to bolster investigations for missing and 
exploited children; decrease funds by $2 million from

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the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; Buchanan (No. 5) 
that increase Customs and Border Protection, Operations and Support, by 
$3 million to bolster funding for Non-Intrusive Inspection and opioid 
detection technology; decrease funds by $3 million from the Office of 
the Secretary and Executive Management; Frankel (No. 7) that increases 
and decreases funding for the Office of the Secretary and Executive 
Management, Operations and Support by $1 million to support the 
implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) strategy 
including staffing, programming, and research to bolster WPS efforts in 
DHS, in addition to department-wide training to ensure officials 
understand how the inclusion of women increases the effectiveness of 
security related policies and programs, and specific steps that they 
can take to promote women's participation; Wagner (No. 9) that 
increases the ICE/HSI appropriation by $24 million and decreases the 
Office of Secretary and Executive Management by $27.5 million for the 
purpose of supporting child exploitation and child sexual abuse 
material (CSAM) investigations; Kim (No. 12) that decreases $5,000,000 
from the Management Directorate for operations and support and 
increases $5,000,000 for the National Urban Search & Rescue Response 
System; Gottheimer (No. 14) that increases and decreases funding by $1 
million from U.S. Customs and Border Protection Operations and Support 
to support CBP's focus on global auto theft rings that use U.S. ports 
to export stolen cars to other countries; Grothman (No. 15) that 
increases and decreases Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) 
Operations and Support budget to highlight the need for a report on the 
expanded use of canine units within CBP outside of the Office of Field 
Operations for the purpose of detecting migrants and narcotics along 
the southern border with recommendations for Congress to provide 
funding for such expanded use; Pence (No. 16) that increases-decreases 
funding by $1 million for Customs and Border Protection P-3 aircraft 
propulsion upgrades, which extend time-onstation, boost operational 
range, and significantly reduce maintenance costs; Wagner (No. 17) that 
increases and reduces U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Operations 
and Support, by $1 to prioritize the elimination of delays in Trusted 
Traveler Program application processing times; Trahan (No. 18) that 
increases and decreases Customs and Border Patrol's Operation and 
Support budget to highlight the need for a report on the use of 
previous funding and funding gaps for handheld electronic fentanyl 
interdiction devices, specifically handheld mass spectrometer devices 
and handheld Raman spectrometer devices; Vasquez (No. 20) that 
increases and decreases CBP's Procurement, Construction, and 
Improvements budget by $10M to ensure CBP prioritizes the procurement 
of autonomous border technology to enhance security and humanitarian 
response between land ports of entry; Molinaro (No. 21) that increase-
decrease amendment to highlight the importance of the Coast Guard's 
Marine Environmental Program to fight against pollution and illegal 
dumping in the Hudson River; Houlahan (No. 22) that increases and 
decreases the funding for integrated operations at Customs and Border 
Patrol, to emphasize the need for counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems 
reform; Menendez (No. 30) that increases and decreases the budget for 
CISA to support funding for the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
Standards (CFATS) program, particularly to improve training of facility 
inspectors; Gottheimer (No. 31) that increases and decreases funding 
for FEMA Operations and Support to improve access, outreach, and 
transparency for Nonprofit Security Grant Program applicants; Molinaro 
(No. 32) that increase-decrease amendment to ensure that the needs of 
those with intellectual and developmental disabilities are considered 
during FEMA emergency assistance; Tony Gonzales (TX) (No. 33) that 
increases Operation Stonegarden funding by $10,000,000 and decreases 
Science and Technology Directorate Research and Development account by 
$10,000,000; Pascrell (No. 34) that increases Assistance to Firefighter 
Grants by $10 million and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency 
Response Grants by $10 million; Pascrell (No. 35) that increases 
Nonprofit Security Grant Program by $20 million; Rose (No. 36) that 
ensures that $5 million of the funds appropriated under Public 
Transportation Security Assistance, Railroad Security Assistance, and 
Over-the-Road Bus Security (OTRBS) Assistance goes towards OTRBS 
Assistance; and Buchanan (No. 37) that increases and decreases the 
Disaster Relief Fund by $10 million to bring additional attention to 
the need for greater investments in pre-disaster mitigation efforts; 
                                                         Pages H4644-46
  Santos amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
increases ICE appropriation by $34,860,000 and decreases the Office of 
the Secretary and Executive Management by $39,860,000 and for the 
purposes of re-establishing the VOICE office within ICE; 
                                                         Pages H4646-47
  McCormick amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that increases the amount withheld from Office of the Secretary and for 
executive management for operations and support from $25 million to $35 
million if they do not submit the reports required by subsection (g) of 
section 1092 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2017 (6 U.S.C. 223) and subsection (b)

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of section 386 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996;                              
Pages H4647-48
  Arrington amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that increases and decreases the DHS Management Directorate Operations 
and Support by $10,000,000 to emphasize the importance of reaffirming 
the states' constitutional and sovereign right to defend their border 
                                                         Pages H4648-49
  Grothman amendment (No. 19 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that increases and decreases Customs and Border Protection's 
Procurement, Construction, and Improvements budget to highlight the 
need for a study on alternative methods to protect the border wall 
during flood season;                                         
Page H4670
  Tony Gonzales (TX) amendment (No. 26 printed in part B of H. Rept. 
118-216) that ensures that ICE allocates funds as appropriated to 
prioritize detention by using such amounts to ensure that the average 
daily population of detainees is maintained at full capacity in all 
detention facilities;                                    
Pages H4673-74
  Tenney amendment (No. 38 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
reduces the salary of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to $1; 
                                                         Pages H4675-76
  Biggs amendment (No. 44 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits the use of funds to pay the salary and expenses of DHS 
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas;                            
Pages H4680-82
  Biggs amendment (No. 45 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits the use of funds in furtherance of the ``Public Charge Ground 
of Inadmissibility'' rule;                               
Pages H4682-83
  Biggs amendment (No. 46 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits the use of funds to implement a TSA vaccine or mask mandate; 
                                                             Page H4683
  Boebert amendment (No. 47 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
decreases Ur M. Jaddou, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services salary to $1;                                   
Pages H4683-84
  Greene (GA) amendment (No. 53 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that prohibits funding for the implementation of a mask mandate for DHS 
employees;                                               
Pages H4688-89
  Greene (GA) amendment (No. 54 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that prohibits funding to the Uniting for Ukraine program; 
                                                         Pages H4689-90
  Greene (GA) amendment (No. 55 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that reduces the salary of Secretary Mayorkas to $1;     
Pages H4690-91
  Hageman amendment (No. 60 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits the Secretary of Homeland Secretary from traveling outside of 
the United States;                                       
Pages H4691-92
  Hageman amendment (No. 61 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funds from being used to implement the Climate Literacy 
Strategy;                                                
Pages H4692-93
  Hageman amendment (No. 62 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funds from being used to carry out the DHS Environmental 
Justice Strategy;                                            
Page H4693
  Nehls amendment (No. 64 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funds from this bill to be used for the Office for Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security; 
                                                         Pages H4694-95
  Nehls amendment (No. 65 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
reduces the salary of Jonathan Davidson, Chief of Staff of the 
Department of Homeland Security, to $1;                      
Page H4695
  Ogles amendment (No. 70 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funds for the implementation of parts of Executive Order 
14019, titled ``Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting.''; 
                                                             Page H4706
  Ogles amendment (No. 71 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funds for the Homeland Intelligence Experts Group; 
                                                         Pages H4706-07
  Pfluger amendment (No. 72 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits any funding to be used to implement `Remain-in-Texas' 
policies;                                                    
Page H4707
  Rosendale amendment (No. 73 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that prohibits funding from the Act to be used to carry out the 
Department of Homeland Security's `Worksite Enforcement: The Strategy 
to Protect the American Labor Market, the Conditions of the American 
Worksite, and the Dignity of the Individual';            
Pages H4707-08
  Roy amendment (No. 76 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funding from the Act to be used to terminate the Migrant 
Protection Protocols;                                    
Pages H4709-10
  Roy amendment (No. 77 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funding from this Act to carry out the Department of Homeland 
Security's memo titled ``Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near 
Protected Areas'';                                           
Page H4710
  Roy amendment (No. 78 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits funds in this act from being used to carry out Biden 
Executive Order 13990 (relating to Protecting Public Health and the 
Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis), 
Executive Order 14008 (relating to Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home 
and Abroad), Section 6 of Executive Order 14013 (relating to Rebuilding 
and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact 
of Climate Change on Migration), Executive Order 14030 (relating to 
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Order 14057 (relating to Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs 
Through Federal Sustainability);                         
Pages H4710-11
  Tiffany amendment (No. 79 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
prohibits the expenditure of funds in contravention of the existing 
federal law that bars state and local ``sanctuary'' policies; and 
                                                             Page H4711
  Malliotakis amendment (No. 80 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that prevents funds from this act to house aliens who are unlawfully 
present in the United States.                            
Pages H4711-12
Rejected:
  Correa amendment (No. 13 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to decrease and increase the funding for CBP Operations and 
Support by $496 million to allow CBP to use these funds to hire 
additional CBP Officers for ports of entry, in addition to new U.S. 
Border Patrol Agents (by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 223 noes, Roll 
No. 442);                                      
Pages H4669-70, H4695-96
  Wasserman Schultz amendment (No. 23 printed in part B of H. Rept. 
118-216) that sought to strike Sections 213 (funding prohibition on the 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP One Application), 214 (funding 
prohibition to reduce participation in or substantively diminish the 
delegation of law enforcement authority under section 287(g) of the 
INA), 220 (funding prohibition on Guidelines for the Enforcement of 
Civil Immigration Law and Guidance to OPLA Attorneys Regarding the 
Enforcement of Civil Immigration Laws and the Exercise of Prosecutorial 
Discretion), 221 (funding prohibition on transport of aliens unlawfully 
present in, paroled into, or inadmissible to the U.S. into the interior 
of the U.S.), 224 (requires DHS secretary to prioritize detention to 
ensure that the average daily population of detainees is maintained at 
the full capacity funded and ensure that every alien on the non-
detained docket is enrolled into the Alternatives to Detention Program 
with mandatory GPS monitoring), 404 (funding prohibition for 
``Procedures or Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, 
Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers'' 
rule), 405 (funding prohibition on issuing any employment authorization 
document to any alien whose application for asylum has been denied, or 
who is convicted of a Federal or State crime while their application is 
pending), 544 (funding prohibition on ``Circumvention of Lawful 
Pathways'' rule), 549 (funding prohibition to execute an inspection of 
any detention facility within six months of a previous inspection) and 
550 (funding prohibition to execute an inspection of any detention 
facility except solely for compliance with the terms, conditions, and 
standards found within the National Detention Standards 2019 for ICE) 
(by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 443); 
                                               Pages H4670-72, H4696-97
  Escobar amendment (No. 25 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to strike Section 224 of the bill (requires DHS secretary to 
prioritize detention to ensure that the average daily population of 
detainees is maintained at the full capacity funded and ensure that 
every alien on the non-detained docket is enrolled into the 
Alternatives to Detention Program with mandatory GPS monitoring) (by a 
recorded vote of 210 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 444); 
                                                  Pages H4672-73, H4697
  Clyde amendment (No. 29 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to reduce funding for CISA by 25% (by a recorded vote of 108 
ayes to 320 noes, Roll No. 445);               
Pages H4674-75, H4697-98
  Biggs amendment (No. 39 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds to pay the salary and expenses of 
CISA Director Jen Easterly (by a recorded vote of 147 ayes to 282 noes, 
Roll No. 446);                                 
Pages H4676-77, H4698-99
  Biggs amendment (No. 40 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds to pay the salary and expenses of 
CISA Director of Election Security Initiative Geoffrey Hale (by a 
recorded vote of 160 ayes to 270 noes, Roll No. 447); 
                                                     Pages H4677, H4699
  Biggs amendment (No. 41 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds to pay the salary and expenses of 
DHS Under Secretary for the Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans 
Robert Silvers (by a recorded vote of 168 ayes to 261 noes, Roll No. 
448);                                       
Pages H4677-78, H4699-H4700
  Biggs amendment (No. 42 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds to pay the salary and expenses of 
DHS Assistant Secretary for Counter Terrorism and Threat Prevention 
Samantha Vinograd (by a recorded vote of 164 ayes to 265 noes, Roll No. 
449);                                          
Pages H4678-79, H4700-01
  Biggs amendment (No. 43 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds to pay the salary and expenses of 
DHS Director of Departmental GAO-OIG Liaison Office Jim Crumpacker (by 
a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 264 noes, Roll No. 450); 
                                                  Pages H4679-90, H4701
  Boebert amendment (No. 48 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to decreases Kenneth L Wainstein, Secretary of Homeland Security 
for Intelligence and Analysis salary to $1 (by a recorded vote of 159 
yes to 269 noes, Roll No. 451);                
Pages H4684-85, H4701-02
  Boebert amendment (No. 49 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to reduce the salary

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of Claire Trickler-McNulty, Assistant Director, ICE Office of Program 
Evaluation, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 161 ayes to 267 noes, Roll No. 
452);                                          
Pages H4685-86, H4702-03
  Boebert amendment (No. 50 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to decrease the salary of head of the CRCL office, Shoba 
Sivaprasad Wadhia, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 161 ayes to 268 noes, 
Roll No. 453);                                    
Pages H4686-87, H4703
  Castro (TX) amendment (No. 51 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that sought to prohibit use of federal funds to support Operation Lone 
Star (by a recorded vote of 211 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 454); and 
                                               Pages H4687-88, H4703-04
  Nehls amendment (No. 64 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
sought to prohibit funds from this bill to be used for the Office for 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of the Department of Homeland Security 
(by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 247 noes, Roll No. 455). 
                                               Pages H4694-95, H4704-05
Withdrawn:
  Roy amendment (No. 75 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that was 
offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit funding in 
this Act to fund Biden Executive Orders 13678 (``Revision of Civil 
Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities''), 14010 (``Creating a 
Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To 
Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide 
Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States 
Border''), or 14012 (``Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems 
and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New 
Americans''; and                                             
Page H4709
  Burchett amendment (No. 24 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that sought to prohibit 
taxpayer dollars from being used to transport an alien who does not 
have lawful immigration status across State lines for purposes other 
than enforcement of immigration laws (after the demand for a recorded 
vote was vacated).                                   
Pages H4672, H4695
Proceedings Postponed:
  Norman amendment (No. 66 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
seeks to reduce the salary of Kristie Canegallo, Deputy Secretary of 
Homeland Security, to $1;                                    
Page H4705
  Norman amendment (No. 67 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
seeks to reduce the salary of Kimberly O'Connor, Executive Secretary of 
the Department of Homeland Security, to $1;              
Pages H4705-06
  Norman amendment (No. 69 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) that 
seeks to reduce the salary of Blas Nuez-Neto, Assistant Secretary for 
Border and Immigration Policy, to $1; and                    
Page H4706
  Rosendale amendment (No. 74 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-216) 
that seeks to reduce total amount appropriated by $8,722,000,000. 
                                                         Pages H4708-09
  H. Res. 723, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4365), (H.R. 4367), (H.R.4665), and (H.R. 4368) was agreed to 
yesterday, September 26th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. on September 28th.       
  Page H4712
Quorum Calls Votes: Thirty-ninet recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4649-50, H4650-51, H4651, 
H4651-52, H4652-53, H4653, H4653-54, H4654-55, H4655, H4655-56, H4656-
57, H4657, H4657-58, H4658-59, H4659-60, H4660, H4660-61, H4661-62, 
H4662, H4662-63, H4663-64, H4664, H4664-65, H4665-66, H4666, H4695-96, 
H4696-97, HR4697, H4697-98, H4698-99, H4699, H4699-H4700, H4700-01, 
H4701, H4701-02, H4702-03, H4703, H4703-04, H4704-05.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12:49 a.m.