[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 100 (Thursday, June 13, 2024)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D619-D625]
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. 8723-
8748; and 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 167; and H. Res. 1297-1300, were 
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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Van Drew to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:25 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 4:04 p.m. and reconvened at 4:31 p.m. 
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  Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025: The House considered H.R. 8070, 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. Consideration is 
expected to resume tomorrow, June 14th.     
  Pages H3990-H4036, H4036-47
Agreed to:
  Luna amendment (No. 47 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
prohibits the promotion of critical race theory and associated race-
based theories;                                   
Pages H4001-03, H4036
  Ogles amendment (No. 51 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
is a Prohibition on Mask Mandate to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 on a 
Military Installation in the United States;              
Pages H4007-08
  Breechen amendment (No. 54 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) 
that prohibits drag shows, drag queen story hours, and similar events; 
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  Rogers (AL) en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551: Rogers (AL) en bloc 
amendment No. 2 consisting of the following amendments printed in part 
B of H. Rept. 118-551: Boebert (No. 4)

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that prohibits DoD from contracting with entities that are engaged in a 
boycott of the state of Israel; Curtis (No. 9) that prohibits the 
Secretary of Defense from knowingly permitting the sale, at a 
commissary store or military exchange, of any good, ware, article, or 
merchandise from any company that has engaged in or engages in a 
boycott of the State of Israel; Biggs (No. 10) 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; 
Ogles (No. 18) that states no funds authorized by this Act may be used 
to carry out any provision of law that diverts away funds appropriated 
for assistance for the Indo-Pacific region through September 30, 2025; 
Davidson (No. 38) that prohibits funding to Ukraine until the President 
submits a strategy to Congress for U.S. involvement in Ukraine; Gosar 
(No. 39) that prohibits the administration from diverting any funds 
from barracks construction for U.S. troops to facilitate further aid to 
Ukraine; Rosendale (No. 57) that amends Section 1021(b) of the FY12 
NDAA to limit the authority of the U.S. military to indefinitely detain 
individuals pursuant to the 2001 AUMF, to exclude American citizens 
from being subject to detention; McCormick (No. 58) that amends Section 
565--Transition Assistance Program: Department of Labor Employment 
Navigator and Partnership Pilot Program--to provide for a coordination 
partner for the implementation of such program; Donalds (No. 61) that 
requires the Department of Defense use the term ``Taiwan'' instead of 
the term ``Chinese Taipei''; Luttrell (No. 118) that requires the 
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Chief Data and Artificial 
Intelligence Officer, to coordinate and accelerate the adoption of 
large language models by the Department of Defense by improving the 
access and quality of the existing structured and unstructured data of 
the Department to ensure such data is immediately ready to use in 
conjunction with machine learning applications being developed, tested, 
or in production by the Armed Forces; Donalds (No. 119) that 
establishes a comprehensive, forward-looking national strategy to 
deploying advanced portable nuclear microreactors to assist with 
natural disaster response efforts; Green (TN) (No. 120) 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; Bilirakis (No. 121) that requires 
a report on multilateral exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean; 
Gottheimer (No. 122) that authorizes a Report Authored by the Secretary 
of Defense to study steps Israel, the U.S., and Egypt can take to 
enhance international security measures on the Gaza-Egypt border to 
ensure Hamas and other actors cannot use tunnels or methods via the 
Mediterranean Sea to smuggle weapons and illicit goods; Self (No. 123) 
that Names the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel that 
has been ordered (Hull Number T-EPF-16) after Lieutenant General 
Richard E. Carey; Green (TN) (No. 124) 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; Frost 
(No. 125) that requires the Department of Defense and Armed Services 
Inspectors General to evaluate and report the cost of financial 
investigations and the amount directly or indirectly recovered through 
financial investigations; Tenney (No. 126) that closes loopholes for 
child predators under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by ensuring 
that existing enhanced penalties for sexual crimes involving children 
are applied equally to all sexual predators; Green (TN) (No. 127) 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; Roy 
(No. 128) that states that none of the funds authorized to the 
Department of Defense or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
made available directly or indirectly to the Government of Iran; Roy 
(No. 129) that Requires DOD to submit a detailed justification for the 
Department's yearly end strength request; Budzinkski (No. 130) that 
requires the Department of Defense to issue regulations to the 
Department of the Army to ensure all boots are Berry-amendment 
compliant and meet the highest quality and performance standards; 
Porter (No. 131) that requires the screening and registry of 
individuals with health conditions resulting from unsafe housing units; 
Salazar (No. 132) that requires the Armed Forces Pest Management Board 
to conduct a study on the use and presence of herbicide agents and 
toxic chemicals by the Department in the Panama Canal Zone during the 
period beginning on January 1, 1958, and ending on December 31, 1999; 
Perry (No. 133) that makes it the policy of the United States to reject 
any attempt by the People's Republic of China to mandate that U.S. 
vessels provide them with information about U.S. vessels (ship name, 
call sign, location, type of cargo) in areas that China illegally 
includes as part of its maritime claims; Bowman (No. 135) that requires 
a report on military recruitment practices in public secondary schools; 
Pappas (No. 136) that requires the Assistant Administrator for the 
Office of Entrepreneurial Development at the Small Business 
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Director of Small Business Programs at the Department of Defense to 
submit to a report on the memorandum of understanding between the 
agencies; Guest (No. 137) that prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force 
from using a programmatic basing decision for strategic basing and 
requires the Secretary of the Air Force, within 30 days of enactment, 
to update the Department of the Air Force's instruction or other policy 
to include this prohibition; Ogles (No. 138) that directs the Secretary 
of Defense to invite the naval forces of Taiwan to any Rim of the 
Pacific exercise that is to take place following enactment of this Act; 
Ogles (No. 139) that amends Section 1259 of the John S. McCain National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to add another 
contingency on PRC eligibility to participate in Rim of the Pacific 
Exercises: holding an internationally recognized free and fair 
presidential election; Lee (NV) (No. 140) that requires the Director of 
the Defense Health Agency (DHA), in collaboration with certain military 
medical treatment facilities, to submit a report to Congress on the 
provision of emergency and trauma care to civilian patients; Himes (No. 
141) that expresses the sense of Congress the importance of 
comprehensive cislunar Space Domain Awareness capabilities and the need 
to ensure the safety of flight of civil and commercial missions in 
cislunar space; Biggs (No. 142) that requires the Department of Defense 
to perform an audit; Wenstrup (No. 143) that directs the Secretary of 
Defense to conduct a study regarding the immune response levels of 
servicemembers to COVID-19 infection and vaccination, specifically 
including testing to detect nucleocapsid protein immunoglobin-G 
antibodies and to detect T-cell immune response; Biggs (No. 144) that 
requires the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and United 
States Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a 
report on agreements made by the United States with the Taliban; Ogles 
(No. 145) that on Page 599, Line 15, inserts the words ``classified 
or'' before ``unclassified'', permitting DOD decisions/justifications 
on designating particular Chinese Military Companies to remain 
classified; Austin Scott (GA) (No. 146) that modifies Section 9062 of 
10 USC (Composition of the Air Force) to include the Air Force's Air 
Logistics Complexes; Norman (No. 147) that requires the cost of any 
project funded with financial support from the DOD to disclose the cost 
to taxpayers; Norman (No. 148) 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; Aderholt (No. 149) that tasks the Under Secretary for 
Defense and Acquisition to incorporate global demand into program 
guidance for major defense acquisition programs. Ensures that programs 
plan for the complete demands on the U.S. defense industrial base 
beyond domestic requirements; Pascrell (No. 150) 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. 151) 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; Porter (No. 152) that requires a GAO 
report on the implementation of the adjudication process for military 
medical malpractice claims; Pascrell (No. 153) that requires the 
Department of Defense to develop a Traumatic Brain Injury Oversight 
Strategy and Action Plan to standardize identification, treatment, 
tracking, monitoring and referral guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury 
programs across all military branches; Norman (No. 154) that 
establishes 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.''; Rodgers (WA) (No. 155) that expresses a sense of 
Congress regarding military service by individuals with amputations; 
Rodgers (WA) (No. 156) that changes the way the Soldier's Medal affects 
military retirement pay; Curtis (No. 157) that modifies and updates a 
report regarding Iranian involvement in the narcotics trade; Higgins 
(LA) (No. 158) that prohibits the Department of Defense from 
contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign adversary; Casten 
(IL) (No. 159) that requires the DOD and HHS to collaborate on a study 
of barriers to mental health care for military pilots, aviators, and 
air traffic controllers, and report to congress on their 
recommendations to address these barriers; Radewagen (No. 160) that 
requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study on the feasibility 
of establishing a unit of the National Guard in the territories of 
American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; 
Davis (IL) (No. 161) that modifies the Department's Adoption 
Reimbursement Program, authorized under Section 1052 of Title 10, to 
increase the authorized allotment Members of the Armed Forces are 
eligible to receive per adoption and grants the Sec. of Defense the 
authority to advance or reimburse funds to pre-adoptive servicemembers; 
Pascrell (No. 162) that requires the Department of Defense to conduct a 
study to analyze the enhancement of diagnostic screening tools for 
traumatic brain injury (TBI), including identifying point-of-injury 
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for TBI testing to improve the medical care available to forward-
deployed units; Stauber (No. 163) that increases (with an offset to 
Defense-wide RDT&E) Army RDT&E funding by $5 million for the 
demonstration of high-pressure waterjet cut and capture system to 
demilitarize underwater munitions; Porter (No. 164) 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; Alford (No. 165) that revises the DoD Small Business Strategy 
Reporting Requirements; Grothman (No. 166) 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; Porter (No. 
167) that states the DOD Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall issue guidance on how 
DOD will--(1) categorize all spare parts in the global spares pool and 
hold them accountable under a contract (2) consider a spare part asset 
to be government-furnished property (3) make contractors report 
government-owned global spares pool losses of spare parts that are not 
accountable under a contract, until all spare parts in the global 
spares pool are made accountable under a contract and losses are 
entered into the GFP Module for DCMA's adjudication (4) provide 
disposition instructions, consistent with federal regulations, for 
spare parts in the global spares pool that are excess, obsolete, or 
unserviceable until such parts are entered into the GFP Module for 
disposition; Carter (No. 168) that prohibits any funding from cutting 
services provided by Combat Readiness Training Centers operated by the 
U.S. Air National Guard; Mast (No. 169) that clarifies that the 
Secretary of each Military Department retains personal responsibility 
and authority over a service member that is under consideration by a 
medical evaluation board or while subject to the Integrated Disability 
Evaluation System; Stanton (No. 170) that requires the Secretary of 
Defense to conduct a study on what off-the-shelf information technology 
products the Department of Defense uses that are manufactured, 
produced, or assembled by entities subject to the control of a foreign 
adversary; Schneider (No. 171) that instructs the SBA Administrator to 
carry out a program to be known as `Boots to Business Program' to 
provide entrepreneurship training to covered individuals; Larsen (WA) 
(No. 172) that requires DoDEA to provide an introduction on artificial 
intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML); Eshoo (No. 173) 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; Larsen (WA) (No. 174) that 
requires the military branches to provide an online distance education 
course on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML); 
Cartwright (No. 175) that requires Department of Defense (DoD) 
officials to submit to Congress information regarding the minimum 
annual investment in DoD depots and industrial facilities needed to 
prevent further infrastructure deterioration; and Kuster (NH) (No. 176) 
that requires the National Guard Bureau to submit an annual report to 
Congress on the number of national guard members who received sexual 
assault prevention and response training;                
Pages H4014-28
  Rogers (AL) en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following 
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551: Rogers (AL) en bloc 
amendment No. 3 consisting of the following amendments printed in part 
B of H. Rept. 118-551: Porter (No. 177) requiring reporting of open 
interface standards; Waltz (No. 178) that requires an assessment and 
report by TRANSCOM on the Global Household Goods Contract during peak 
season; Calvert (No. 179) that modifies the Innovators Information 
Repository to include DIU and CDAO, plus periodic update requirements 
and a report to defense committees; Buchanan (No. 180) that requires 
the Secretary of the Navy to report to Congress on the benefits and 
feasibility of establishing a training and safety program for operating 
Assault Amphibious Vehicles; Molinaro (No. 181) that directs the 
Secretary of the Army to submit a report on the progress of the Black 
Hawk helicopter program; 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; 
Buchanan (No. 183) that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a 
report to the House Armed Services Committee on the effectiveness of 
the Future Soldier Preparatory Course and include recommendations on 
actions to improve or expand the program; Molinaro (No. 184) that 
directs the DoD's Chief Artificial Intelligence Office to report to 
Congress on the effectiveness of the agency's current AI workforce and 
identify gaps in skills and training required to preserve the United 
States' global technological competitiveness; Buchanan (No. 185) that 
mandates the Department of Defense to promptly notify the Department of 
Veterans Affairs about someone transitioning from active duty to a 
veteran with an opioid use disorder; Buchanan (No. 186) that requires 
the Department of Defense to conduct a study on the accessibility of 
mental health care providers and services for members of the Armed 
Forces serving on active duty; Buchanan (No.

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187) that expresses a sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
should raise the Family Separation Allowance to $400 per month, as 
authorized by the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act; Buchanan 
(No. 188) that requires the Department of Defense to maintain 
prescription drop boxes on all military bases to allow for the safe 
disposal of unused prescription drugs, including opioids; James (No. 
189) that states that upon the cancellation of FARA and UH-60V 
programs, the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a plan to field certain Army aviation components concurrently and 
proportionately in the Army National Guard; Reschenthaler (No. 191) 
that requires a report on security cooperation with the Government of 
the Turks and Caicos Islands and the treatment of and human rights 
abuses committed against U.S. citizens by the Government of Turks and 
Caicos Islands; Casar (No. 192) that requires a GAO study assessing the 
child care programs that exist across the Department of Defense 
including: Child Development Centers, Family Child Care, Military Child 
Care in Your Neighborhood, and Child Care in Your Home; Grothman (No. 
193) that requires quarterly reporting from the Department to Congress 
on any instances of foreign actors infiltrating or attempting to 
infiltrate a military installation, facility, or real property under 
the jurisdiction of the Department; Jacobs (No. 194) that Amends 
Department of Defense annual reports on its Assessment, Monitoring, and 
Evaluation of security cooperation programs to include a description of 
challenges experienced in program execution; Meng (No. 195) that 
provides for hybrid or remote options for paid fellowship opportunities 
for military spouses through the Permanent Military Spouse Career 
Accelerator Program; Spartz (No. 196) that requires DoD IG to reconcile 
the numbers on U.S. aid to Ukraine; Case (No. 197) that directs the 
Department of Defense (DoD) to assess wildfire mitigation, response and 
recovery capabilities and shortfalls in Hawai`i; Crockett (No. 198) 
that Directs the Secretary, in consultation with ODNI, to provide 
Congress a report on the administrative and legal challenges that would 
need to be addressed by, as well as anticipated benefits from, any 
future legislation to accelerate security clearance reviews for 
military spouses by allowing information from the security clearance 
review of the married servicemember's Spousal Review to be used in the 
security clearance review of the military spouse; Lee (NV) (No. 199) 
that requires the Secretary of Defense to designate Creech Air Force 
Base, located in Indian Springs, Nevada, as a remote or isolated 
installation; Schneider (No. 200) that expands bereavement leave in 
connection with the death of a spouse or child for servicemembers from 
2 to 12 weeks; Moskowitz (No. 201) that requires an assessment of the 
accuracy of Gaza Ministry of Health Casualty Reporting; Torres (CA) 
(No. 202) that directs the Secretary of the Department of Defense to 
submit a report to Congress on transferring military acquired 
credentials to the civilian workforce; Barr (No. 203) that expresses a 
Sense of Congress Regarding the Feasibility Study for Blue Grass Army 
Depot and Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant; 
Fitzpatrick (No. 204) that makes a modification to multiyear 
procurement authority for certain critical minerals; Spartz (No. 205) 
that includes Oversight committees in briefings on DoD's financial 
audits; Davidson (No. 206) that reduces funding to the Office of the 
Secretary of Defense by 5 percent if they fail to submit reports to 
Congress required under Section 725 of the FY24 NDAA; Wenstrup (No. 
207) that updates credentialing and privileging under the military 
health system to expand the recognition of board certification for 
physicians; Barr (No. 208) that directs the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of the Army, the Commanding General, 
Army Materiel Command and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology to develop a requirement for the 
establishment of a shipping container production facility within the 
United States at an Army installation found to meet feasibility and 
readiness goals; Sherrill (No. 209) that instructs the Department of 
Defense to conduct outreach to institutions of higher education to 
support their entrance into the Skillbridge Program as Skillbridge 
Program providers, through which they will connect transitioning 
servicemembers to in-demand employment and training opportunities; 
Pettersen (No. 210) that directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Health Affairs to convene a working group of subject matter experts 
from the extramural community and Military Health System to develop a 
strategy and the medical research and development requirements to 
deliver pre-hospital, life-saving interventions in Arctic environments; 
Ciscomani (No. 211) that provides for the conveyance of land from Ft. 
Huachuca Army Instillation in Sierra Vista, Arizona to the City of 
Sierra Vista; Pettersen (No. 212) that requires the National Guard 
Bureau to brief Congress on the effectiveness of existing child care 
support services provided to National Guard members during Weekend 
Drill commitments; Pfluger (No. 213) that requires Psychological 
Performance Training for US servicemembers to improve psychological 
health and overall member quality of life; Soto (No. 214) that 
authorizes an increase to the U.S. Air Force's Aerospace Propulsion 
program to support high-hypersonic detonation propulsion research and

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technology with an offset to the Air Force's Administration account, an 
historically under executed account; Buchanan (No. 215) that requires 
the Secretary of Defense to create a strategy to support the transition 
of military aviation mechanics to commercial aviation mechanics after 
active duty service; Soto (No. 216) that authorizes an increase to the 
U.S. Army's Soldier Lethality Technology program to support adaptive 
and intelligent adversary-threat models with an offset to the Army's 
Other Personnel Support account, an historically under executed 
account; Austin Scott (GA) (No. 217) that requires a report from the 
Chief of Naval Operations, in consultation with the Commandant of the 
Coast Guard, on recommended modifications to the Expeditionary Transfer 
Dock Ships that will best enable at-sea sustainment of Joint 
Interagency Task Force South partner nation patrol vessels and United 
States Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters; Buchanan (No. 218) that 
requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on military 
technology and weapons lost to the Taliban during the Afghanistan 
withdrawal; Schneider (No. 219) that requires a DOD briefing on Iranian 
support for nonstate actors in North Africa. Revision changes `stop 
Iran' to `deter Iran'; Buchanan (No. 220) that expresses the sense of 
Congress that the United States should remain committed to helping the 
Philippines maintain the safety and security of the Philippines, 
including helping the Philippines to defend against threats to such 
safety and security from China; Obernolte (No. 221) that directs the 
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the relevant Service 
Secretaries, to develop an assessment of the health care system 
supporting certain military installations in order to ensure adequate 
health care for the civilian and military workforce; Schneider (No. 
222) that instructs Secretary of Defense and Director of DIA to 
advocate on the Foreign Threat Intelligence Committee for $25,000,000 
incentives for information regarding top Hamas terrorists; Buchanan 
(No. 223) that requires the Director of the Defense Health Agency to 
conduct a study and report to Congress on how the agency can increase 
access to telehealth services, including how telehealth can better 
mental health treatment outcomes; Smith (NJ) (No. 224) that requires 
the GAO to investigate the US Army's bio-weapons program from the years 
1945-1972, specifically experiments regarding vector-borne diseases, 
including Lyme disease; Barr (No. 225) that directs the Defense 
Intelligence Agency to provide an annual assessment in the China 
Military Power Report (or other relevant publication) on China's 
investments and influence in the Pacific Islands and an assessment on 
how their activities have or have not impacted U.S. military strategy 
in the region, as it relates to the Pacific Islands; Walberg (No. 226) 
that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit an annual report to 
Congress on DoD's assistance to USCBP and DHS to secure our northern 
border; Slotkin (No. 227) that requires a GAO report on how Federal 
agencies are collecting information on contractual conflicts of 
interest between the U.S. and Chinese governments; Burlison (No. 229) 
that authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Chief 
Warrant Officer Gregory McManus; Schneider (No. 230) that recognizes 
the African Lion exercise hosted by Morocco and requires a report to 
Congress; Buchanan (No. 231) that requires the Secretary of Defense to 
submit to Congress a plan and strategy to construct a memorial at the 
Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate the 13 servicemembers who 
died during the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal; Golden (No. 232) that 
modifies the current Opt-in to an Opt-out option on the DD-2648 for 
sending transitioning servicemembers' information to state veterans' 
agencies to ensure servicemembers have the resources for a smooth 
transition to civilian life; Westerman (No. 233) that provides the 
state of Arkansas 3 years to request permanent ownership of the former 
Army Navy Hospital in Hot Springs, AR; Magaziner (No. 234) that 
requires TRICARE's managed care support contractors to keep provider 
directories up to date;                                  
Pages H4028-36
  Rosendale amendment (No. 52 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) 
that prohibits TRICARE from covering and the Department of Defense from 
furnishing gender transition surgeries and gender hormone treatments 
for individuals that identify as transgender (by a recorded vote of 213 
ayes to 206 noes, Roll No. 262);               
Pages H4008-09, H4037-38
  Van Duyne amendment (No. 55 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) 
that prohibits the Secretary of Defense from paying for or reimbursing 
expenses relating to abortion services (by a recorded vote of 214 ayes 
to 207 noes, Roll No. 263);                    
Pages H4012-14, H4038-39
  Grothman amendment (No. 41 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) 
that establishes a permanent hiring freeze for diversity, equity, and 
inclusion jobs in the Department (by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 206 
noes, Roll No. 265);                           
Pages H3993-94, H4039-40
  Norman amendment (No. 42 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
eliminates any offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the 
Armed Forces and Department of Defense along with the personnel in said 
offices (by a recorded vote of 211 ayes to 208 noes, Roll No. 267); 
earlier, votes of the Delegates and Resident Commissioner were decisive 
on the previous vote (by a recorded vote of 212 ayes to 212 noes, Roll 
No. 266) and a separate vote in the House was required; 
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  Higgins (LA) amendment (No. 43 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) 
that eliminates the position of Chief Diversity Officer of the 
Department of Defense and prohibits the establishment of any 
substantially similar position (by a recorded vote of 214 ayes to 210 
noes, Roll No. 268);                           
                                               Pages H3995-97, H4041-42
  Williams amendment (No. 45 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) 
that prohibits funding of companies who function to demonetize domestic 
entities based on their lawful speech (by a recorded vote of 218 ayes 
to 206 noes, Roll No. 270);                    
                                               Pages H3998-H4000, H4043
  Steube amendment (No. 46 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
prohibits DODEA from purchasing, displaying, or maintaining material 
that promotes radical gender ideology or pornographic content (by a 
recorded vote of 221 ayes to 202 noes, Roll No. 271); 
                                               Pages H4000-01, H4043-44
  Boebert amendment (No. 48 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
is a prohibition on federal funding for the Countering Extremist 
Activity Working Group or implement any recommendations from the group 
(by a recorded vote of 215 ayes to 206 noes, Roll No. 272); 
                                               Pages H4003-04, H4044-45
  Mills amendment (No. 49 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
strikes exemption that allows military chain of command or senior 
civilian leadership to approve the display of unapproved flags at 
military installations (by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 206 noes, 
Roll No. 273); and                                
                                                  Pages H4004-06, H4045
  Norman amendment (No. 53 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
prohibits the provision of gender transition procedures, including 
surgery or medication, through the Exceptional Family Medical Program 
(by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 275). 
                                               Pages H4009-11, H4046-47
                                                              Rejected:
  Greene (GA) amendment (No. 37 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) 
that sought to provide that none of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for assistance to Ukraine (by a recorded vote of 74 
ayes to 343 noes, Roll No. 261);                  
                                                  Pages H3990-91, H4037
  Gaetz amendment (No. 40 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
sought prohibition on the transfer of cluster munitions (by a recorded 
vote of 134 ayes to 286 noes, Roll No. 264);      
                                                  Pages H3991-93, H4039
  Clyde amendment (No. 44 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
sought to direct the Secretary of the Army to relocate the 
Reconciliation Memorial, also known as the Reconciliation Monument, to 
its original location in Arlington National Cemetery (by a recorded 
vote of 192 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 269); and 
                                               Pages H3997-98, H4042-43
  Waltz amendment (No. 50 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that 
sought to edit the provision signed into law in the FY24 NDAA, 
reverting it back to the House-passed language to create sex-neutral 
physical fitness standards for combat MOS (by a recorded vote of 205 
ayes to 216 noes, Roll No. 274).               
                                               Pages H4006-07, H4045-46
  H. Res. 1287, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
8070) and relating to the consideration of House Report 118-527 and an 
accompanying resolution was agreed to yesterday, June 12th.
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to North 
Korea declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, is to 
continue in effect beyond June 26, 2024--referred to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 118-146). 
                                                             Page H3989
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans declared in 
Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is to continue in effect beyond 
June 26, 2024--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
to be printed (H. Doc. 118-147).                             
                                                             Page H3989
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency with respect to Belarus declared in Executive 
Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, is to continue in effect beyond June 16, 
2024--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be 
printed (H. Doc. 118-148).                                   
                                                             Page H3989
Quorum Calls--Votes: Fifteen recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4037, H4037-38, H4038-39, 
H4039, H4039-40, H4040-41, H4041, H4042, H4042-43, H4043, H4044, H4044-
45, H4045, H4046, and H4046-47.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:40 p.m.