[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Pages 7296-7312]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013

  The Committee resumed its sitting.


                 Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Markey

  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Simpson). It is now in order to consider 
amendment No. 11 printed in House Report 112-485.
  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       In title II, strike section 211 and insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 211. DELAY OF NEW LONG-RANGE PENETRATING BOMBER 
                   AIRCRAFT.

       (a) Prohibition on Funds.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, none of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for any 
     of fiscal years 2013 through 2023 for the Department of 
     Defense may be obligated or expended for the research, 
     development, test, and evaluation or procurement of a long-
     range penetrating bomber aircraft.
       (b) Reduction of Funds.--Notwithstanding the amounts set 
     forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount 
     authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for research, 
     development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, as specified in 
     the corresponding funding table in division D, is hereby 
     reduced by $291,742,000, with the amount of the reduction to 
     be derived from Line 042, Program Element 0604015F, Long 
     Range Strike, as set forth in the table under section 4201.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 661, the gentleman 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and a Member opposed each will control 
5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.
  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume, 
and I rise in support of my amendment.
  Here's what my amendment says: Why are we building a new nuclear 
bomber? It's 2012. The B-52s that we have--93 of them--are going to 
last until 2040. The B-2s we have are going to last until 2058. That's 
when they begin to retire.
  Now, of all the things America doesn't need right now, it's a brand 
new nuclear bomber.
  We're talking about cutting Medicare or Medicaid out here on the 
floor, there's not enough money to invest in research to find the cure 
for Alzheimer's, but we need a new nuclear bomber for $18 billion? It 
makes no sense. It's insane. We don't even have any more targets to hit 
them with.
  Every single nuclear submarine we have has 96 independently 
targetable nuclear warheads on board. That's 96 cities in the Soviet 
Union, the bombs in the Soviet Union would destroy, 96 cities in China 
destroyed by one submarine. We already have 93 B-52s. We have 20 B-2s. 
We have ICBMs ready to launch. And they want to build a new bomber, a 
nuclear bomber with nuclear bombs. By the time the new nuclear bomb 
arrives, there will be no place to hit. All the old bombers, all the 
nuclear submarines will have hit all the targets.
  The boom we should be listening to is the baby boom. We need money 
for Medicare. We need money for Medicaid. We need money for Social 
Security. We need money to invest in finding the cure for Alzheimer's 
and Parkinson's. That's the boom that's going to hit American families. 
That's the fear people have.
  The fear that people have is not that they're going to be in a 
nuclear war. The fear that people have is that there's going to be a 
terrifying call that comes into their family that tells them that they 
now have another case of Alzheimer's in their family, that it has not 
been cured.
  Each one of these bombers could double the size of the budget to find 
the cure for Alzheimer's. That's what we should be doing. That's the 
real terrorist that people are afraid of coming into their lives.
  At this point, Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I rise to claim time in opposition to the 
gentleman's amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlemen from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. McKEON. I just might note that the B-52s that have been around 
that their grandchildren are flying now that the original pilots flew, 
the B-2s, we have 20. I inquired the other day how many of them were 
ready to go on a mission--maybe eight. So I think that all of this talk 
about nuclear, the next bomber is the next generation bomber that will 
deliver all kinds of weapons, not just nuclear.
  I yield, at this time, 2 minutes to my friend and colleague, the 
gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Fleming).
  Mr. FLEMING. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Delaying development of the new bomber for 10 years would put the 
average age of the bomber fleet over 50 years old by the time a new 
bomber was fielded, our oldest of which, the B-52, would be nearly 75 
years old. It would create unacceptable levels of risk regarding power 
projection requirements and would affect our national security.
  The Air Force has only 19 B-2 stealth bombers in the inventory, but 
they are 1980s technology, very maintenance intensive and very 
expensive to own and operate. The aircraft availability rate of the B-2 
bomber fleet today being ready at a moment's notice for a mission is 
currently less than 40 percent.
  A mainstay of the U.S. global military power is the ability to 
conduct long-range conventional or nuclear strike missions anywhere in 
the world and against any type of threat. Therefore, it is imperative 
to maintain a credible bomber fleet.
  The Air Force plans to affordably, cost-effectively develop off-the-
shelf technology--stuff that exists today--instead of inventing new 
technologies which in the past have led to cost overruns.
  And I would say to the gentleman, don't just take my opinion. It's in 
the President's budget, so the administration obviously supports it. 
The Air Force says it's one of its top priorities.
  We're in a day when oftentimes Congress wants things for the Pentagon 
that the Pentagon doesn't want. In this case, the Pentagon and the Air 
Force wants it. But let me quote what the Air Force said:

       Delaying the long-range strike bomber program for 10 years 
     would create unacceptable levels of risk in our ability to 
     directly support future power projection requirements, 
     significantly impacting national security. The long-range 
     bomber will possess unique capabilities, including long-
     range, significant payload capacity, operational flexibility, 
     and survivability in anti-access environments. It will 
     replace existing bomber aircraft, some of which will be over 
     six decades old when the long-range strike bomber reaches 
     initial operational capability.

                              {time}  1740

  Mr. MARKEY. Could the Chair inform me as to how much time is 
remaining on our side?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 3 minutes 
remaining. The gentleman from California has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. MARKEY. I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
  Again, the experts all say that if we delay this just 10 years, which 
is all I'm asking for, a 10-year delay, since the B-2s and the B-52s 
aren't beginning to retire until between 2040 and 2058. All that Mr. 
Welch and Mr. Conyers and I are saying is, if we delay it for 10 years, 
there's still plenty of time to build them if there's a need.
  But to begin to build new things right now with this era of 
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budget deficits, when we should just be trying to find a way to reduce 
our deficits, you know, balance this budget, it's just wasteful. It's 
wasteful. And I just want to balance the budget. And if we're wasting 
money on projects like this, then we have no chance of doing anything 
about this deficit reduction.
  So, again, experience shows us that it only takes 16 years, not 30, 
to bring a new bomber from the drawing board to the runway.
  There are millions of families out there who are trying to get by 
with a car that's a few years old and just keep it going. The Air Force 
has already spent over $6 billion refurbishing all these planes. They 
plan on spending billions more on refurbishing them. There's no reason 
to believe they can't go out to the year 2060.
  This is not the year for us to be spending this money.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McKEON. I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from Guam (Ms. 
Bordallo), my friend and colleague.
  Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Chairman, I oppose amendment No. 11. It would delay 
research and development funding for the NextGen bomber. The bomber is 
critical to replacing an aging fleet. The new bomber is needed so we 
don't raid our readiness accounts.
  This is about the bomber carrying nuclear weapons. It does a lot more 
than just carry nukes. It deters aggressors and even provides maritime 
surveillance, especially in the Asia-Pacific area. Congress opposed a 
similar amendment last year and, as cochair of the Long Range Strike 
Caucus, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment again this year.
  Mr. MARKEY. Again, could you, Mr. Chair, tell me how much time I 
have?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 1\1/2\ minutes 
remaining. The gentleman from California has 2 minutes remaining.
  Mr. MARKEY. I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
  Just look at this from the perspective of an ordinary family. They've 
already got three cars in the driveway. Everyone says to them, you can 
go another 100,000 on those three cars. And yet the decision is made by 
some of the family members, we're going to buy a brand new, top-of-the-
line car right now, even though the whole family is in debt. Everyone 
in the neighborhood would think that's crazy.
  That's what we're doing here today. The majority is saying, let's 
build a brand new bomber, a gold-plated bomber that's been on the wish 
list of the Air Force for a generation, even though we have plenty of 
bombers, nuclear bombers in an era where there aren't any more nuclear 
sites that we can be bombing around the world, and we're just going to 
waste the money.
  We should be balancing the budget. We have to tighten our belt. And I 
just urge the majority to reconsider this. We have to save the money. 
And there just are no targets, and there are plenty of bombers we have 
that can last out to 2060.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. I ask unanimous consent to control the time of the 
gentleman from California, Mr. Chairman.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman 
from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman 
from Missouri (Mrs. Hartzler), a member of the committee.
  Mrs. HARTZLER. I think this amendment is very curious when the 
Secretary of Defense came out with a new defense strategy last year, 
and they came out and said that the long-range strike fighter is one of 
their top priorities. And yet a member of their own party is trying to 
do away with that.
  As you know, gentlemen, over 50 percent of the cuts so far have come 
from our national defense. And there's only a few things we're supposed 
to be doing here in Congress, and one of them is provide for the common 
defense.
  I have the honor of representing the B-2 bombers at Whiteman Air 
Force Base, and I couldn't be prouder of the good work that they are 
doing. But we have 19, right now, aircraft. If we approve this 
amendment, it would be over 50 years old by the time that we would be 
moving forward with looking at the future, and we'd have the B-2s at 75 
years old.
  I would use his analogy and say a family would not wait until the car 
is 50 years old, broken down in the garage and won't start before they 
go consider advancing and getting a new car.
  We need to be proactive. We need to make sure that our defense 
industry remains strong. We need to be proactive. We need to oppose 
this amendment and continue to support our long-range strike fighters.
  Mr. MARKEY. I yield myself the remainder of my time.
  We're $15 trillion in debt--$15 trillion. We've got all the bombers 
we need. They can last to 2060. We don't need a new nuclear bomber. 
Okay? We just don't need a new nuclear bomber. We don't have the 
targets for them, we can't afford them, and we don't need them. How's 
that for a combination?
  Let's just cut back on something on this defense budget. Does it have 
to be the entire wish list of every single defense contractor in the 
United States, regardless of whether or not it relates to the military 
needs of our country?
  And by the way, 30 or 40 years from now, $18 billion. We can postpone 
it 10 years, still have the brandnew planes ready to go in 2050 and 
2060. We should be saving money for this generation right now, not just 
passing it on for the next generation.
  I urge an ``aye'' vote, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman 
from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem).
  Mrs. NOEM. Mr. Speaker, earlier today I was on this House floor 
commemorating the 70th anniversary of Ellsworth Air Force Base, which 
is in my great State of South Dakota.
  Our bomber fleet, the average age is 40 years old. Old dogs can learn 
new tricks, and our bombers are certainly doing that. They've been 
updated as much as they possibly can be, but they do eventually still 
get older.
  I will tell you that the B-1 bomber has performed admirably over the 
last three decades, and so has the B-2 and the B-52. But I will tell 
you, we must continue to upgrade and to maintain our bomber fleet. And 
I will tell you that prohibiting development of the new generation 
bomber for 10 years is shortsighted. It puts our national security at 
risk.
  I am going to urge my colleagues to vote against this amendment.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I yield the remaining time to the 
distinguished ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, the 
gentleman from Washington (Mr. Dicks).
  Mr. DICKS. I rise in strong opposition to the Markey amendment. I 
know my friend is trying to be humorous, but this is a very serious 
subject.
  I was one of the leaders who worked to do the B-2 bomber. That took 
us between 15 and 20 years. Now, the reason we're starting is we've got 
to pull this technology together and try to do this for less money. And 
we need a long-range, modern, penetrating bomber with conventional 
weapons.
  The nuclear weapon isn't the priority to me. It's the smart, 
conventional weapons that give us an enormous capability.
  Let's vote ``no'' on the ill-conceived Markey amendment. And if he 
wants to look at something, tell him to look at land-based missiles.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. MARKEY. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Massachusetts will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Polis

  The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 12 
printed in House Report 112-485.
  Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.

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  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 63, line 15, strike ``$1,261,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$857,695,000''.
       Page 64, after line 2, insert the following new subsection:
       (c) Reduction.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in 
     the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated in this section for the ground-based midcourse 
     defense system, as specified in the corresponding funding 
     table in division D, is hereby reduced by $403,305,000, with 
     the amount of the reduction to be derived from Ballistic 
     Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Segment, Line 080, East 
     Coast site planning and development, and EIS work program, as 
     set forth in the table under section 4201. The amount of such 
     reduction shall not be available for any purpose other than 
     deficit reduction.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 661, the gentleman 
from Colorado (Mr. Polis) and a member opposed each will control 5 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Colorado.
  Mr. POLIS. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chair, my amendment would reduce funding for the failed Ground-
based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program by $404 million. This missile 
defense program was designed to intercept limited intermediate and 
long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles before they reenter the 
Earth's atmosphere. Now, a fine idea. But the only problem is that 
while this failed missile defense program rarely hits anything, it 
continues to cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
  If we're going to target wasteful spending, then a missile defense 
program that can't hit its targets is a good place to achieve taxpayer 
savings. This program has documented failure after failure.
  In a time of large deficits and increasing debt, Congress should have 
to justify every penny that we spend of taxpayer money, and there isn't 
any justification for spending an additional $400 million on a weapons 
program that simply doesn't work.
  Since 1997, the system has failed more than half its tests, missing 
its target 9 in 17 times.

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  The scheduled March flight test was cancelled because they're still 
evaluating the previous failures.
  Lieutenant General Patrick O'Reilly, the Director for the Missile 
Defense Agency, testified that the flight test failures weren't because 
of lack of funds.
  In fact, he said:

       I don't think those failures would have been avoided if we 
     would have had a larger or a lesser budget than we had.

  This is not a problem that we can solve by throwing more taxpayer 
money and larger deficits after it. American taxpayers cannot afford a 
Congress that keeps spending money on programs that don't work.
  Now, I'm sure the other side will discuss the issues of why there is 
strategic importance to a long-range missile threat and to preventing 
attacks from North Korea and Iran, neither of which currently possess 
the ability to launch a missile, but a missile defense system that 
doesn't actually defend against missiles is no defense at all.
  My amendment would cut funding for this program by $400 million just 
as the Government Accountability Office, the GAO, recommended. They 
took a close look at GMD and settled on a reasonable recommendation, 
which is that we would cut spending by $403 million. It's what my 
amendment is.
  To quote the GAO:

       Until the failure review investigation is completed, 
     mitigations are developed and proven in ground testing and 
     then confirmed through flight testing, funding for GMD is 
     premature.

  I wholeheartedly agree with the GAO, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, at this point, I yield 2 minutes to the 
chairman of the Subcommittee of Strategic Forces, the gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. Turner).
  Mr. TURNER of Ohio. This is the first in a number of amendments that 
are going to come from the other side of the aisle which are targeted 
at weakening our national missile defense system.
  This is at a time that we see rising and increased threats from both 
Iran and North Korea. We have Secretary Gates having said that North 
Korea's programs are becoming an absolute threat to the mainland United 
States.
  It also comes, coincidentally, at a time when our President has had 
what is known as the ``open mic incident'' when he was in South Korea 
and was speaking with President Medvedev of Russia and indicated that 
he was hopeful for a time when he could get past this next election so 
that he could have greater flexibility on missile defense.
  This secret deal that the President has with the Russians to weaken 
our missile defense is consistent with the amendments we are going to 
be seeing from the other side of the aisle. We know the deal is secret 
because, after the President returned back to the United States, we 
asked him to tell us what is this increased flexibility and what is his 
intention in weakening our missile defense system. He won't tell us. So 
it remains a secret, but it is consistent with the amendments we are 
seeing on the other side of the aisle to weaken our national defense.
  This amendment, disturbingly, tries to cut our Ground-based Midcourse 
Defense system, which currently is the only system that actually 
protects the mainland United States. It is part of the public portion 
of the President's plan that this be sustained. Again, we don't know 
what his secret deal is, but this system actually includes the CE I 
interceptor, which is three for three in its successful intercepts. We 
know this is a system that works, and we know this is a system that's 
important.
  We also know, if people on this floor are serious about trying to 
reduce the deficit, perhaps they should support the Ryan budget.
  Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, a missile defense system that doesn't defend 
against missiles is no defense at all.
  With that, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. 
Smith).
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. I am going to have to be quick because, 
first of all, I want to address the issue about the so-called ``open 
mic incident.''
  I do thank Mr. Turner for accurately describing what happened, but he 
is wrong on one thing, which is that the President did, in fact, 
respond as to what he meant. He sent a letter to Mr. Turner on April 
13, explaining what he meant.
  Mr. TURNER of Ohio. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. I don't have any time. I'm sorry. I don't 
have any time. I can't yield.
  Mr. TURNER of Ohio. Would you read the letter.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington controls the time.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. I read the letter.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Washington controls the time.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. What it says is basically what is obvious to 
everybody, which is that the President has a different opinion. The 
President believes that Russia can be a partner to reduce the missile 
threat and that he can possibly work with them to develop missile 
defense systems that they don't feel threatened by. It's no big secret. 
It's what the President has said.
  Generally, the other side doesn't want to have anything to do with 
Russia--okay, fine--but they are a factor. The President wants to 
figure out some way in which we can work with someone who is no longer 
our enemy to reduce this threat. There is no great mystery here. That's 
what he is talking about.
  I want to support Mr. Polis' amendment as well and say that the 
problem is that we are going to need the ground-based missile system. 
It's funded in the President's budget to a certain amount of money, but 
because it has been missing so often, there was a limited amount of 
money that you can spend testing this. It's not ready.

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They're spending money testing it. They just don't need this additional 
money.
  The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. POLIS. I yield the gentleman an additional 15 seconds.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. So we're not saying that we don't need 
missile defense. We're spending money on it. We're spending a lot of 
money on it, and we're going to develop that.
  Then the point on Russia is very simple and straightforward in that 
the President would like to negotiate an understanding with Russia so 
that we are not in conflict with one another. There are many who don't 
want us to have that conversation, and I believe Mr. Turner is in that 
camp. The President would like to have that conversation. That's all he 
meant, and he explained it in this letter.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to a member of 
the committee, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Franks).
  Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. I thank the gentleman.
  It can't be emphasized too often that our Ground-based Midcourse 
Defense is the only tested system that we have that defends the 
homeland of the United States against the most dangerous and powerful 
weapons mankind has ever known. I just somehow have a hard time 
cognitively grasping why a nuclear missile landing on our homeland 
doesn't alarm people a little bit more than it seems to.
  Assuming the SM-3 Block 2B missile is able to provide protection for 
the homeland in that year--an assumption the GAO calls into question in 
fairly alarmed terms--this system will be the only system that we have 
that will be able to protect the homeland until at least 2020.
  Mr. Chairman, we make a desperate mistake--for whatever the reason 
is, whether it's a secret deal with the Russians or whatever it is--in 
reducing the only system that protects the United States of America. It 
is folly.
  Mr. POLIS. I would like to inquire as to how much time remains on 
both sides.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Colorado has 1\3/4\ minutes 
remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. POLIS. What the gentleman from Arizona failed to acknowledge is 
that the system simply doesn't work--missing its target more than half 
the time. You can't solve a problem by throwing more government money 
after it as the gentleman from Arizona is advocating.
  I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. 
Andrews).
  Mr. ANDREWS. Everyone here is alarmed, Mr. Chairman, about the 
possibility of a nuclear attack on the United States. We also should be 
alarmed about sticking to the facts in the debate.
  The fact is we are talking about a weapons system here that failed 
two tests in 2010 and that hasn't passed a test since 2008. The fact is 
that, in the meantime, we have a robust, successful, tested regional 
system that can protect the homeland, the country, and the fact is that 
the general who runs this program said:

       In the program right now, we are addressing and are 
     prepared to come back to flight testing, but we've had two 
     failures, and no matter what budget we're dedicating, we have 
     to get over those flight test failures.

  Fix it first. Fund it later. Support the Polis amendment.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to a 
distinguished member of the committee, the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. 
Lamborn).
  Mr. LAMBORN. I thank the gentleman from Texas.
  I do have the honor of representing Colorado Springs in my 
congressional district, which has the Missile Defense Agency and some 
of these other important assets for our Nation's defense, and I totally 
oppose this amendment of my colleague's from northern Colorado.
  We do have ground-based interceptors on the west coast. We have 
ground-based interceptors in Alaska. We need them also on the east 
coast. We need to start planning for that. The money that would be 
slashed by this amendment would go to starting the planning process, 
and it doesn't happen overnight. It's a multiyear process. We need to 
start the planning now so we can defend the heavy population centers on 
the east coast from intercontinental ballistic missile threats. There 
are rogue nations in this world that mean us harm. There is the 
possibility of an accidental launch by a number of countries. We have 
to have that type of defense. The Institute for Defense Analyses did a 
study that Congress called for. It said we need an east coast site. 
Should this amendment pass, that money will not be there to begin that 
process.
  Unfortunately, Barack Obama has been slashing missile defense for 3 
years now. This bad amendment would continue that same trend. The CE I 
interceptor has worked three out of three times. That's a 100 percent 
record.
  I also disagree with the gentleman from New Jersey, who just spoke, 
who said fix it first and then fund it. It's the other way around. You 
fund it so you can fix it.
  They have it backwards, I'm afraid. A vote for this amendment is 
really nothing more than a vote against a strong missile defense for 
the United States. I urge a ``no'' vote.

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  Mr. POLIS. In closing, I was encouraged to hear my colleague from 
Colorado say: ``You fund it so you can fix it.'' I hope that quotation 
can also be used with regard to education and health care in this 
country, to ensure that everybody has access to a good education and 
the opportunities it can provide.
  My amendment is a small step towards a sane defense budget. It would 
make a modest cut to a failed program that you simply cannot--by the 
military's own recognition--expect to fix by continuing to throw good 
money after bad.
  I would urge the House to listen to the experts, listen to our 
military leaders, listen to independent auditors who are telling us not 
to throw good money after bad. Let's get the defense budget on the 
right track by spending money on our servicemembers and our programs 
that are proven to protect our country successfully. Let's not spend 
additional money on a missile defense system that simply doesn't work. 
It should be targeted for savings in this bill. It should be fixed. At 
that time, we can reconsider additional funding of this program. But 
there is ample funding with these reductions.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the Polis amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. Mr. Chairman, I yield the remaining time to the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Turner).
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 1 minute.
  Mr. TURNER of Ohio. I want to encourage everyone to oppose this 
amendment which, again, is the first of a series of amendments on the 
other side of the aisle to weaken our National Missile Defense System. 
This is the only deployed system that we have that protects the 
mainland of the United States, and it is consistent with the 
President's secret deal.
  The President has never answered our request as to what are the terms 
of his secret deal with the Russians where the President in a meeting 
with Medvedev said: ``I have greater flexibility after I get past the 
election.'' Imagine the audacity of saying that when he's no longer 
subject to the electorate, that he's going to disclose a new missile 
defense deal or arrangement with the Russians. In fact, Putin himself 
acknowledges the agreement in a March 2, 2012, interview with a Russian 
newspaper. He indicates that ``they made us a proposal just during the 
talks. They told us we would offer you this, we would offer you that, 
and they asked him to put it down on paper.''
  There are ongoing negotiations between this administration and the 
Russians. The President got caught in an open mic. There is a secret 
deal with the Russians that the President needs to answer to. This 
amendment would weaken our national defense and our missile defense 
system, as would the

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President's secret deal with the Russians. Vote ``no'' on this 
amendment.
  Mr. THORNBERRY. I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BROOKS. Mr. Chair, I oppose Representative Polis's amendment to 
cut Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) by $403 Million.
  Russia's most senior military leader recently threatened to pre-
emptively attack U.S.-led NATO missile defense sites in Europe should 
America not kowtow to Russian demands.
  In light of these threats, and others from North Korea and Iran, a 
strong missile defense system is vital to the safety and security of 
America and American troops deployed overseas.
  And GMD works. For example, the CE1 interceptor, used by GMD, is 
three for three in successful testing.
  Hence, GMD is critical to America's national security. GMD must be 
adequately funded.
  I urge rejection of the Polis Amendment that puts American cities and 
American lives at risk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. POLIS. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado 
will be postponed.


             Amendments En Bloc No. 2 Offered by Mr. McKeon

  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, pursuant to H. Res. 661, I offer amendments 
en bloc.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.

       Amendments en bloc No. 2 consisting of amendment Nos. 33, 
     36, 65, 66, 75, 85, 89, 93, 98, 100, 104, 124, 127, and 128, 
     printed in House Report 112-485, offered by Mr. McKeon of 
     California:


            amendment no. 33 offered by mr. flake of arizona

       At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new 
     section:

     SEC. 1069. REPORT ON COMMUNICATIONS FROM CONGRESS ON STATUS 
                   OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

       (a) Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to Congress a report describing any letters from Congress 
     (including a committee of the Senate or the House of 
     Representatives, a member of Congress, an officer of 
     Congress, or a congressional staff member) received by the 
     Department of Defense that refers to or requests information 
     on the status of a military construction project on the 
     future-years defense program.
       (b) Deadline.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.


           amendment no. 36 offered by mr. grimm of new york

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following new 
     section:

     SEC. 1084. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF WEAPONS OF MASS 
                   DESTRUCTION CIVIL SUPPORT TEAMS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1403(a) of the Bob Stump National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
     107-314; 116 Stat. 2676; 10 U.S.C. 12310 note) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``23'' and inserting ``a 
     minimum of 25''; and
       (2) by striking ``55 teams'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``57 teams''.
       (b) Funding.--
       (1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
     funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, 
     Army, as specified in the corresponding funding table in 
     section 4301, for Line 070, Force Readiness Operations 
     Support is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
       (2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
     funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
     appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test, 
     and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in the 
     corresponding funding table in division D, is hereby reduced 
     by $5,000,000, to be derived from Line 036, Program Element 
     0603384BP, Chemical and Biological Defense Program.


            amendment no. 65 offered by Ms. Bordallo of guam

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

     SEC. 3__. CODIFICATION OF NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) State Partnership Program.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 1 of title 32, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``Sec.  116. State Partnership Program

       ``(a) Availability of Appropriated Funds.--(1) Funds 
     appropriated to the Department of Defense, including for the 
     Air and Army National Guard, shall be available for the 
     payment of costs to conduct activities under the State 
     Partnership Program, whether inside the United States or 
     outside the United States, for purposes as follows:
       ``(A) To support the objectives of the commander of the 
     combatant command for the theater of operations in which such 
     contacts and activities are conducted.
       ``(B) To support the objectives of the United States chief 
     of mission of the partner nation with which contacts and 
     activities are conducted.
       ``(C) To build international partnerships and defense and 
     security capacity.
       ``(D) To strengthen cooperation between the departments and 
     agencies of the United States Government and agencies of 
     foreign governments to support building of defense and 
     security capacity.
       ``(E) To facilitate intergovernmental collaboration between 
     the United States Government and foreign governments in the 
     areas of defense and security.
       ``(F) To facilitate and enhance the exchange of information 
     between the United States Government and foreign governments 
     on matters relating to defense and security.
       ``(2) Costs under paragraph (1) may include costs as 
     follows:
       ``(A) Costs of pay and allowances of members of the 
     National Guard.
       ``(B) Travel and necessary expenses of United States 
     personnel outside of the Department of Defense in the State 
     Partnership Program.
       ``(C) Travel and necessary expenses of foreign participants 
     directly supporting activities under the State Partnership 
     Program.
       ``(b) Limitations.--(1) Funds shall not be available under 
     subsection (a) for activities described in that subsection 
     that are conducted in a foreign country unless jointly 
     approved by the commander of the combatant command concerned 
     and the chief of mission concerned.
       ``(2) Funds shall not be available under subsection (a) for 
     the participation of a member of the National Guard in 
     activities described in that subsection in a foreign country 
     unless the member is on active duty in the armed forces at 
     the time of such participation.
       ``(3) Funds shall not be available under subsection (a) for 
     interagency activities involving United States civilian 
     personnel or foreign civilian personnel unless the 
     participation of such personnel in such activities--
       ``(A) contributes to responsible management of defense 
     resources;
       ``(B) fosters greater respect for and understanding of the 
     principle of civilian control of the military;
       ``(C) contributes to cooperation between United States 
     military and civilian governmental agencies and foreign 
     military and civilian government agencies; or
       ``(D) improves international partnerships and capacity on 
     matters relating to defense and security.
       ``(c) Reimbursement.--In the event of the participation of 
     United States Government participants (other than personnel 
     of the Department of Defense) in activities for which payment 
     is made under subsection (a), the head of the department or 
     agency concerned shall reimburse the Secretary of Defense for 
     the costs associated with the participation of such personnel 
     in such contacts and activities. Amounts reimbursed the 
     Department of Defense under this subsection shall be 
     deposited in the appropriation or account from which amounts 
     for the payment concerned were derived. Any amounts so 
     deposited shall be merged with amounts in such appropriation 
     or account, and shall be available for the same purposes, and 
     subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 
     such appropriation or account.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `State Partnership Program' means a program 
     that establishes a defense and security relationship between 
     the National Guard of a State or territory and the military 
     and security forces, and related disaster management, 
     emergency response, and security ministries, of a foreign 
     country.
       ``(2) The term `activities', for purposes of the State 
     Partnership Program, means any military-to-military 
     activities or interagency activities for a purpose set forth 
     in subsection (a)(1).
       ``(3) The term `interagency activities' means the 
     following:
       ``(A) Contacts between members of the National Guard and 
     foreign civilian personnel outside the ministry of defense of 
     the foreign country concerned on matters within the core 
     competencies of the National Guard.
       ``(B) Contacts between United States civilian personnel and 
     members of the Armed Forces of a foreign country on matters 
     within such core competencies.
       ``(4) The term `matter within the core competencies of the 
     National Guard' means matters with respect to the following:
       ``(A) Disaster response and mitigation.
       ``(B) Defense support to civil authorities.
       ``(C) Consequence management and installation protection.
       ``(D) Response to a chemical, biological, radiological, 
     nuclear, or explosives (CBRNE) event.
       ``(E) Border and port security and cooperation with 
     civilian law enforcement.
       ``(F) Search and rescue.
       ``(G) Medicine.
       ``(H) Counterdrug and counternarcotics activities.

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       ``(I) Public affairs.
       ``(J) Employer support and family support for reserve 
     forces.
       ``(5) The term `United States civilian personnel' means the 
     following:
       ``(A) Personnel of the United States Government (including 
     personnel of departments and agencies of the United States 
     Government other than the Department of Defense) and 
     personnel of State and local governments of the United 
     States.
       ``(B) Members and employees of the legislative branch of 
     the United States Government.
       ``(C) Non-governmental individuals.
       ``(6) The term `foreign civilian personnel' means the 
     following:
       ``(A) Civilian personnel of a foreign government at any 
     level (including personnel of ministries other than 
     ministries of defense).
       ``(B) Non-governmental individuals of a foreign country.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 1 of such title is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new item:

``116. State Partnership Program.''.

       (b) Repeal of Superseded Authority.--Section 1210 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 
     (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2517; 32 U.S.C. 107 note) is 
     repealed.


        amendment no. 66 offered by mr. altmire of pennsylvania

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

     SEC. 347. REPORT ON PROVIDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO 
                   UNIFORMED PERSONNEL TRANSITING THROUGH FOREIGN 
                   AIRPORTS.

       (a) Report Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the feasibility of providing market-rate or below-market rate 
     (or both) telecommunications service (either phone, VoIP, 
     video chat, or a combination thereof), either directly or 
     through a contract, to uniformed military personnel 
     transiting through a foreign airport while in transit to or 
     returning from deployment overseas. The Secretary also shall 
     investigate allegations of certain telecom companies 
     specifically targeting uniformed military personnel in 
     transit overseas (who have no other option to contact their 
     families) with above-market-rate fees, and shall include the 
     results of that investigation in the report.
       (b) Submission.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.


            amendment no. 75 offered by mr. welch of vermont

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

     SEC. 5__. COORDINATION BETWEEN YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRATION 
                   PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

       The Office for Reintegration Programs shall assist each 
     State to coordinate services under the Yellow Ribbon 
     Reintegration Program under section 582 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act of 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note) with 
     Small Business Development Centers (as defined in section 
     3(t) of the Small Business Act) in each State.


            amendment no. 85 offered by mr. boswell of iowa

       At the end of subtitle I of title V of division A, add the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 5__. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the effects of multiple deployments on the well-
     being of military personnel and any recommended changes to 
     health evaluations prior to redeployments.


            amendment no. 89 offered by mr. boswell of iowa

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

     SEC. 725. STUDY ON BREAST CANCER AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES AND VETERANS.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall jointly conduct a study on the 
     incidence of breast cancer among members of the Armed Forces 
     (including members of the National Guard and reserve 
     components) and veterans. Such study shall include the 
     following:
       (1) A determination of the number of members and veterans 
     diagnosed with breast cancer.
       (2) A determination of demographic information regarding 
     such members and veterans, including--
       (A) race;
       (B) ethnicity;
       (C) sex;
       (D) age;
       (E) possible exposure to hazardous elements or chemical or 
     biological agents (including any vaccines) and where such 
     exposure occurred;
       (F) the locations of duty stations that such member or 
     veteran was assigned;
       (G) the locations in which such member or veteran was 
     deployed; and
       (H) the geographic area of residence prior to deployment.
       (3) An analysis of breast cancer treatments received by 
     such members and veterans.
       (4) Other information the Secretaries consider necessary.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to 
     Congress a report containing the results of the study 
     required under subsection (a).
       (c) Funding Increase and Offsetting Reduction.--
     Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables 
     in division D--
       (1) the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 
     1406 for the Defense Health Program, as specified in the 
     corresponding funding table in division D, is hereby 
     increased by $10,000,000, with the amount of the increase 
     allocated to the Defense Health Program, as set forth in the 
     table under section 4501, to carry out this section; and
       (2) the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 101 
     for Weapons Procurement, Navy, as specified in the 
     corresponding funding table in section 4101 of division D, is 
     hereby reduced by a total $10,000,000, with the amount of the 
     reduction to be derived from--
       (A) Line 004 (AMRAAM) in the amount of $2,700,000;
       (B) Line 006 (JSOW) in the amount of $2,700,000; and
       (C) Line 009 (Hellfire) in the amount of $4,600,000.


         amendment no. 93 offered by ms. delauro of connecticut

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

     SEC. 802. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASE OF 
                   HELICOPTERS FOR AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES.

       (a) Requirement for Competitively Bid Contracts.--Subject 
     to subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall award any 
     contract that will use United States funds for the 
     procurement of helicopters for the Afghan Security Forces 
     using competitive procedures.
       (b) Prohibition on Contracting With Certain Entities.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may 
     not award a contract, directly or indirectly, to any entity 
     controlled, directed, or influenced by--
       (1) a country that has provided weapons to Syria at any 
     time after the date of the enactment of the Syria 
     Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 
     2003 (Public Law 108-175); or
       (2) any country that is currently a state sponsor of 
     terrorism.
       (c) State Sponsor of Terrorism Defined.--In subsection (b), 
     the term ``state sponsor of terrorism'' means any country the 
     government of which the Secretary of State has determined has 
     repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
     terrorism pursuant to section 6(j) of the Export 
     Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, or section 40 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act.
       (d) Effective Date.--The requirement in subsection (a) 
     shall apply to contracts awarded after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (e) National Security Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of 
     Defense may waive the applicability of this section if the 
     Secretary determines such a waiver is necessary in the 
     national security interests of the United States.


            amendment no. 98 offered by mr. welch of vermont

       Page 313, after line 20, insert the following:

     SEC. 833. ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACT REPORT.

       Not later than June 30, 2013, the Secretary of the Army, 
     the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall each submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on the use of energy savings performance contracts by 
     the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and 
     the Department of the Air Force, respectively, including each 
     of the following:
       (1) The amount of appropriated funds that have been 
     obligated or expended and that are expected to be obligated 
     or expended for energy savings performance contracts.
       (2) The amount of such funds that have been used for 
     comprehensive retrofits.
       (3) The amount of such funds that have been used to 
     leverage private sector capital, including the amount of such 
     capital.


          amendment no. 100 offered by mr. holt of new jersey

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

     SEC. __. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SERVICE CORPS.

       (a) Charter for National Language Service Corps.--The David 
     L. Boren National Security Education Act of 1991 (50 U.S.C. 
     1901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new section:

     ``SEC. 813. NATIONAL LANGUAGE SERVICE CORPS.

       ``(a) Establishment.--
       ``(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain 
     within the Department of Defense a National Language Service 
     Corps (in this section referred to as the `Corps').
       ``(2) The purpose of the Corps is to provide a pool of 
     personnel with foreign language

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     skills who, as provided in regulations prescribed under this 
     section, agree to provide foreign language services to the 
     Department of Defense or another department or agency of the 
     United States.
       ``(b) National Security Education Board.--The Secretary 
     shall provide for the National Security Education Board to 
     oversee and coordinate the activities of the Corps to such 
     extent and in such manner as determined by the Secretary 
     under paragraph (9) of section 803(d).
       ``(c) Membership.--To be eligible for membership in the 
     Corps, a person must be a citizen of the United States 
     authorized by law to be employed in the United States, have 
     attained the age of 18 years, and possess such foreign 
     language skills as the Secretary considers appropriate for 
     membership in the Corps. Members of the Corps may include 
     employees of the Federal Government and of State and local 
     governments.
       ``(d) Training.--The Secretary may provide members of the 
     Corps such training as the Secretary prescribes for purposes 
     of this section.
       ``(e) Service.--Upon a determination that it is in the 
     national interests of the United States, the Secretary shall 
     call upon members of the Corps to provide foreign language 
     services to the Department of Defense or another department 
     or agency of the United States.
       ``(f) Funding.--The Secretary may impose fees, in amounts 
     up to full-cost recovery, for language services and technical 
     assistance rendered by members of the Corps. Amounts of fees 
     received under this section shall be credited to the account 
     of the Department providing funds for any costs incurred by 
     the Department in connection with the Corps. Amounts so 
     credited to such account shall be merged with amounts in such 
     account, and shall be available to the same extent, and 
     subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in 
     such account. Any amounts so credited shall remain available 
     until expended.
       ``(g) USERRA Applicability.--For purposes of the 
     applicability of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, 
     to a member of the Corps--
       ``(1) a period of active service in the Corps shall be 
     deemed to be service in the uniformed services; and
       ``(2) the Corps shall be deemed to be a uniformed 
     service.''.
       (b) National Security Education Board Matters.--
       (1) Composition.--Subsection (b) of section 803 of such Act 
     (50 U.S.C. 1903) is amended--
       (A) by striking paragraph (5);
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs 
     (8) and (9), respectively; and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(5) The Secretary of Homeland Security.
       ``(6) The Secretary of Energy.
       ``(7) The Director of National Intelligence.''.
       (2) Functions.--Subsection (d) of such section is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(9) To the extent provided by the Secretary of Defense, 
     oversee and coordinate the activities of the National 
     Language Service Corps under section 813, including--
       ``(A) identifying and assessing on a periodic basis the 
     needs of the departments and agencies of the Federal 
     Government for personnel with skills in various foreign 
     languages;
       ``(B) establishing plans to address foreign language 
     shortfalls and requirements of the departments and agencies 
     of the Federal Government;
       ``(C) recommending effective ways to increase public 
     awareness of the need for foreign languages skills and career 
     paths in the Federal government that use those skills;
       ``(D) coordinating activities with Executive agencies and 
     State and Local governments to develop interagency plans and 
     agreements to address overall foreign language shortfalls and 
     to utilize personnel to address the various types of crises 
     that warrant foreign language skills; and
       ``(E) proposing to the Secretary regulations to carry out 
     section 813.''.


          amendment no. 104 offered by mr. holt of new jersey

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

     SEC. 1069. FEDERAL MORTUARY AFFAIRS ADVISORY COMMISSION.

       (a) Establishment.--There is established a Federal Mortuary 
     Affairs Advisory Commission.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Commission shall be to 
     advise the President, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs, and Congress on the best practices for 
     casualty notification, family support, and mortuary affairs 
     operations so as to ensure prompt notification and 
     compassionate and responsive support for families who have 
     lost servicemembers, and for the honorable and dignified 
     disposition of the remains of fallen servicemembers.
       (c) Scope.--Within the Department of Defense and the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, the Commission shall examine, 
     on an ongoing basis, all matters that encompass the 
     notification of family members on the death of a 
     servicemember in said family; all family support programs, 
     policies, and procedures designed to assist affected 
     families; and all aspects of mortuary affairs operations, 
     including the final disposition of fallen servicemembers.
       (d) Composition.--
       (1) Members.--The Commission shall consist of 13 members, 
     appointed as follows:
       (A) One member appointed by the President of the United 
     States.
       (B) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (C) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (D) One member appointed by the Majority Leader of the 
     Senate.
       (E) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
     Senate.
       (F) One member appointed by the Chairman of the House 
     Committee on Veterans Affairs.
       (G) One member appointed by the Ranking Member of the House 
     Committee on Veterans Affairs.
       (H) One member appointed by the Chairman of the House 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       (I) One member appointed by the Ranking Member of the House 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       (J) One member appointed by the Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on Veterans Affairs.
       (K) One member appointed by the Ranking Member of the 
     Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs.
       (L) One member appointed by the Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       (M) One member appointed by the Chairman of the Senate 
     Committee on Armed Services.
       (2) Term.--Each member shall serve a term of three years.
       (3) Meetings and quorum.--After its initial meeting, the 
     Commission shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a 
     majority of its members. Seven members of the Commission 
     shall constitute a quorum.
       (4) Chairman and vice chairman.--Upon convening for its 
     first meeting, the Commission members shall elect by majority 
     vote a chairman and vice chairman of the Commission.
       (5) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Commission shall not 
     affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in 
     which the original appointment was made.
       (e) Qualifications.--
       (1) Political party affiliation.--Not more than 5 members 
     of the Commission shall be from the same political party.
       (2) Nongovernmental appointees.--An individual appointed to 
     the Commission may not be an officer or employee of the 
     Federal Government.
       (3) Other qualifications.--At least four individuals 
     appointed to the Commission should include family members who 
     have direct experience dealing with the loss of a 
     servicemember that involved interactions with the Dover Port 
     Mortuary. At least three individuals should have extensive 
     private or public sector experience in mortuary science, 
     operations, procedures, and decorum.
       (f) Duration.--The Commission shall have a 5 year duration, 
     beginning after the last member of the Commission is 
     appointed
       (g) Meetings and Reports.--The Commission shall hold 
     regular public meetings, notification of which shall appear 
     in the Federal Register and on the Commission's website. Not 
     less than annually, the Commission shall provide a written 
     report to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and Congress on--
       (1) recommendations for improving casualty notification, 
     family support, and remains disposition; and
       (2) progress, or lack thereof, by the Department of Defense 
     and the Department of Veterans Affairs in acting upon prior 
     recommendations of the Commission. Said report shall also be 
     posted on the Commission's website for public inspection.
       (h) Information From Federal Agencies.--
       (1) In general.--The Commission is authorized to secure 
     directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, 
     board, Commission, office, independent establishment, or 
     instrumentality of the Government, information, suggestions, 
     estimates, and statistics for the purposes of this title. 
     Each department, bureau, agency, board, Commission, office, 
     independent establishment, or instrumentality shall, to the 
     extent authorized by law, furnish such information, 
     suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the 
     Commission, upon request made by the chairman, the chairman 
     of any subcommission created by a majority of the Commission, 
     or any member designated by a majority of the Commission.
       (2) Receipt, handling, storage, and dissemination.--
     Information shall only be received, handled, stored, and 
     disseminated by members of the Commission and its staff 
     consistent with all applicable statutes, regulations, and 
     Executive orders.
       (i) Assistance From Federal Agencies.--
       (1) General services administration.--The Administrator of 
     General Services shall provide to the Commission on a 
     reimbursable basis administrative support and other services 
     for the performance of the Commission's functions.

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       (2) Other departments and agencies.--In addition to the 
     assistance prescribed in paragraph (1), departments and 
     agencies of the United States may provide to the Commission 
     such services, funds, facilities, staff, and other support 
     services as they may determine advisable and as may be 
     authorized by law.
       (j) Staff of Commission.--
       (1) Appointment and compensation.--The chairman, in 
     consultation with vice chairman, in accordance with rules 
     agreed upon by the Commission, may appoint and fix the 
     compensation of a staff director and such other personnel as 
     may be necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its 
     functions, without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
     United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
     service, and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 
     and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to 
     classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no 
     rate of pay fixed under this subsection may exceed the 
     equivalent of that payable for a position at level V of the 
     Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (2) Personnel as federal employees.--
       (A) In general.--The executive director and any personnel 
     of the Commission who are employees shall be employees under 
     section 2105 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of 
     chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title.
       (B) Members of commission.--Subparagraph (A) shall not be 
     construed to apply to members of the Commission.
       (3) Detailees.--Any Federal Government employee may be 
     detailed to the Commission without reimbursement from the 
     Commission, and such detailee shall retain the rights, 
     status, and privileges of his or her regular employment 
     without interruption.
       (4) Consultant services.--The Commission is authorized to 
     procure the services of experts and consultants in accordance 
     with section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at 
     rates not to exceed the daily rate paid a person occupying a 
     position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
     5315 of title 5, United States Code.
       (k) Compensation and Travel Expenses.--
       (1) Compensation.--Each member of the Commission may be 
     compensated at not to exceed the daily equivalent of the 
     annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level IV 
     of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
     United States Code, for each day during which that member is 
     engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the 
     Commission.
       (2) Travel expenses.--While away from their homes or 
     regular places of business in the performance of services for 
     the Commission, members of the Commission shall be allowed 
     travel expenses, including per diem in lieU-of subsistence, 
     in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the 
     Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) 
     of title 5, United States Code.
       In the table of contents in section 2(b), insert after the 
     item relating to section 1068 the following new item:

Sec. 1069. Federal mortuary affairs advisory commission.


           amendment no. 124 offered by mr. welch of vermont

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

     SEC. 12XX. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT TO CONGRESS A PLAN FOR A 
                   FOREIGN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT USING FUNDS MADE 
                   AVAILABLE FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

       (a) Plan Required.--Not later than 60 days prior to the 
     commencement of a covered infrastructure project, the head of 
     the Federal department or agency with primary responsibility 
     for carrying out the project shall submit to Congress a plan 
     to carry out and sustain the project.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The plan shall include a 
     description of the following:
       (1) The total amount of funds to be obligated and expended 
     under the project, including the total amount of funds to be 
     contributed from other sources.
       (2) How the project will be maintained after its 
     completion, who will be responsible for maintaining the 
     project, and who will contribute funds for maintaining the 
     project.
       (3) How the project will be protected after its completion.
       (c) Covered Infrastructure Project.--In this section, the 
     term ``covered infrastructure project'' or ``project'' means 
     a project to improve the infrastructure of a foreign country 
     under which the United States contributes not less than 
     $1,000,000 from funds made available for overseas contingency 
     operations.
       (d) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect covered 
     infrastructure projects commenced on or after 60 days after 
     such date of enactment.


           amendment no. 127 offered by mr. flake of arizona

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

     SEC. 1523. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS IN OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY 
                   OPERATIONS TRANSFER FUND.

       Amounts appropriated to the Overseas Contingency Operations 
     Transfer Fund pursuant to the authorizations of 
     appropriations contained in this title and available for use 
     or transfer to cover expenses directly relating to overseas 
     contingency operations by the United States Armed Forces may 
     be used only for an item or activity specified in the 
     overseas contingency operations portion of the budget 
     submitted to Congress by the President under section 1105 of 
     title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2013.


         amendment no. 128 offered by mr. hunter of california

       In section 1531, relating to the Joint Improvised Explosive 
     Device Defeat Fund, add at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       (c) Additional Authorized Use of Funds in JIEDDF.--Funds in 
     the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund shall be 
     available, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, 
     for the purpose of monitoring, disrupting, and interdicting 
     the movement of explosive device precursors from a country 
     that borders Afghanistan to a location within Afghanistan. 
     For a country in which the actions and activities described 
     in the preceding sentence are carried out, such funds may, 
     with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, also be used 
     to train and equip the security forces of that country that 
     support missions to monitor, disrupt, and interdict the 
     movement of explosive device precursors into Afghanistan.

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 661, the gentleman 
from California (Mr. McKeon) and the gentleman from Washington (Mr. 
Smith) each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, at this time I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Westmoreland) for the purpose of a 
colloquy.
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Chair, I rise to commend the Armed Services 
Committee on their good work in a number of areas in the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, but I have a concern 
with the report language from section 815 that I would like to bring to 
the chairman of the committee's attention.
  I certainly approve of utilizing competition to both improve contract 
performance and cost effectiveness of weapons systems. However, I want 
to bring to attention the fact that the C-17 and its F117 engines have 
been a model of modern sustainment. Today, time-on-wing for F117 
engines has doubled since the start of this sustainment program while 
making multiple design and hardware upgrades.
  Today, the F117 engines are sustained through an award-winning 
performance based on logistics contracts that minimize life-cycle costs 
with fixed fees based on flight cycles. This contract type requires 
comprehensive understanding and investment by the service provider, 
along with the engineering design expertise to develop and implement 
improvements in response to the actual mission.
  I support the use of every practical means of providing for the 
efficient defense of this country in the protection of our warfighters. 
That includes the appropriate use of competition and any other 
contracting method that incentivizes positive outcomes for cost 
effectiveness and performance. In fact, the Air Force has taken steps 
to ensure these outcomes are achieved on the C-17 sustainment contract. 
As we push the Air Force and other services to extend the practices 
further, we must always keep reliability and readiness of the weapons 
system in mind.
  I look forward to working with the chairman to address these issues 
in conference, and I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. McKEON. I thank the gentleman from Georgia for his remarks and 
his strong support for the readiness of our Armed Forces. There's no 
doubt that our C-17 fleet is doing a remarkable job around the globe, 
and I assure the gentleman that this committee strongly shares in your 
desire to ensure that the C-17 continues to perform magnificently for 
many years to come.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the 
gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Boswell).
  Mr. BOSWELL. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the en bloc for a 
couple of reasons I think are very important to all of us. As we know, 
the amendment that I'm concerned with and talking about has to do with 
the issue of multiple deployments and to add to the

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Armed Forces Breast Cancer Research Act of 2012 to the underlying 
legislation.
  Amendment No. 85 requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report 
on the effects that multiple deployments have on the well-being of our 
military personnel. I, along with some of you, have some appreciation 
for multiple deployments. We used to call them tours, but we understand 
that the deployments and the impact on our troops in uniform and our 
families is severe. We need to know more about it.
  The other is I had a former staffer that went to a 5-year reunion, a 
female staffer. She's an Iraq war veteran, and she returned to tell me 
that six of the 70 women in her battalion, ages 25 to 35, had been 
diagnosed with breast cancer and others had noncancerous masses. This 
startled me, as did a study that indicates breast cancer is more 
prevalent in military women than civilian.
  The women are not the only ones that need this study. At last count, 
at least 78 men who served at Camp Lejeune between 1950 and 1985 have 
been diagnosed with breast cancer. These marines and their families 
deserve more information. Last Congress, the Iraq and Afghanistan 
Veterans of America and the VFW supported conducting this study.
  More troops are returning from duty only to face a new battle--breast 
cancer. So I urge my colleagues to get them answers. Support this en 
bloc amendment and the other good features of it.
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to my friend and 
colleague, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake).
  Mr. FLAKE. I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for 
including in this en bloc amendment an amendment that I and the 
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Mulvaney) offered to ensure that we 
budget honestly.
  We have something called the Overseas Contingency Operations Account, 
or OCO, and this we fear is sometimes used to put in items that we 
don't want to become part of the budget, that are above the budget, or 
outside of the budget. This amendment will ensure that those items in 
this account are war related and not simply items to get around budget 
constraints in the budget that we've established for defense.
  I thank the gentleman for putting this in. This is an important 
amendment. We've got to ensure that we budget honestly, and then make 
sure in the future we know what our budget is, and we know what 
accounts are doing. This is a good step in that direction.

                              {time}  1810

  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 3 minutes.
  I wanted to take this moment while we have a little extra time on 
this one to talk about Afghanistan and to express our opinions since we 
weren't able to get our amendment ruled in order.
  It's important for all the Members on the floor to understand that 
the base bill has language on Afghanistan, and the base bill calls for 
us keeping 68,000 troops in Afghanistan until the end of 2014 and then 
makes unspecified requests to make sure that we have sufficient troops 
to accomplish a series of missions after 2014. It very aggressively 
calls for a large troop presence in Afghanistan for an extended period 
of time.
  I, and many Members on this side of the aisle as well as some on the 
other, oppose that. We do not think that keeping that many troops in 
Afghanistan for that long is in the best interest of our national 
security or our country, and the bulk of the country agrees with us on 
that. Unfortunately, we weren't offered the opportunity to offer our 
amendment that offers what I think is a better approach.
  I am also going to reluctantly oppose Representative Lee's amendment, 
the only alternative we were given, which is to pull us out as fast as 
we safely and responsibly can. Representative Lee's amendment does not 
allow us to maintain any sort of counterterrorism mission, which I do 
think is critically important. The amendment we wanted to offer was to 
put us on a more aggressive, quicker drawdown pace to speed up the 
transition to the Afghan forces for security while enabling us, with a 
relatively small number of troops, to maintain that counterterrorism 
issue.
  We have trained over 350 Afghan national security forces. They have 
taken over responsibility for an increasing number of provinces and 
districts throughout the country and for an increasing number of 
security responsibilities. It is time to make that transition.
  My objection to the base bill is it doesn't give us the opportunity 
to make that transition because it mistakenly believes that the key to 
Afghan stability is keeping as many U.S. troops in Afghanistan for as 
long as possible. Having that large of a foreign military force--as we 
have seen, there's been a huge increase in attacks by Afghan forces on 
U.S. forces. We had the Koran burning incident. We had the horrible 
incident of a soldier going off and allegedly killing 16 or 17 
civilians in Afghanistan.
  Our presence at this point, in and of itself, is destabilizing. And 
what we want is a responsible drawdown of that force. We don't want to 
do it hastily in a way that jeopardizes the mission or jeopardizes 
Afghanistan. That was the purpose of the amendment that I, along with 
Congressman McGovern and others, authored. And it is unfortunate that 
for reasons I cannot understand, the majority refused to allow us the 
opportunity to debate that.
  Now, as I said earlier, I speculated that part of the reason is 
because they know that the American people agree with us. It's a debate 
they don't want to have and a vote they don't want to take. And I 
respect that. A number of my colleagues have joked with me over the 
years, The toughest part of this job is voting; that's when people 
actually see where you stand.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Hastings of Washington). The time of the 
gentleman has expired.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. I yield myself an additional 1 minute.
  There have been many times where I wished I didn't have to do that, 
but it comes with the job and particularly on something as important as 
Afghanistan.
  I don't think anyone would dispute that the most important thing 
about this bill, the Armed Services Committee bill, this year is what's 
going on in Afghanistan. The single most important issue, and we're 
denied the opportunity to have a vote on what I think is a much better 
plan, rather, leaving in place in the base bill a call for having 
68,000 troops in Afghanistan until the end of 2014.
  It is very simple: the majority is in favor of a larger troop 
presence for a longer period of time. We are in favor of a smaller 
troop presence for a shorter period of time. I believe it's the better 
policy. I regret that we will not have the opportunity to vote on it; 
but as we go into conference, I will strenuously argue this point. It 
is a major flaw, I believe, in an otherwise very strong bill.
  With that, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I'm not as good as my friend in characterizing or talking about 
something, so I would just like to read from the bill what it actually 
says:

       The United States military should not maintain an 
     indefinite combat mission and should transition to a 
     counterterrorism and advise and assist mission at the 
     earliest practicable date, consistent with conditions on the 
     ground. In order to reduce this uncertainty and to promote 
     further stability and security in Afghanistan, the President 
     should fully consider the international security assistance 
     force commander's assessment regarding the need for the 
     United States to maintain a significant combat presence 
     through 2013. And finally, maintain a force of at least 
     68,000 troops through December 31, 2014, unless fewer forces 
     can achieve the United States objective.

  This is the policy that has been established by the Commander in 
Chief in consultation with the generals and the field commanders. Now, 
I met with General Allen, the commander in Afghanistan, about a month 
ago. I asked him how many troops he needed, and he said he was in the 
process of evaluating. He didn't have a number yet. When he got that 
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send it back through the chain of command to the Commander in Chief.
  At that time, if he finds after his assessment that he may be able to 
withdraw troops sooner or may be able to accomplish his mission with 
less than 68,000, I would imagine the Commander in Chief will want to 
change his policy. And this allows for that because if the Commander in 
Chief, in consultation with the commander in the field, says that we 
can do it with fewer forces to achieve the objective, that's exactly 
what the bill says.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. I would just say that no part of the 
President's plan calls for having at least 68,000 troops through 
December 31, 2014. If you had struck that out of the bill, that would 
change things. But having that number in there makes an enormous 
difference.
  And with that, I yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Connecticut 
(Ms. DeLauro).
  Ms. DeLAURO. I rise in support of this amendment. It includes my 
amendment, prohibiting the Defense Department from purchasing 
helicopters, directly or indirectly, for the Afghan security forces 
from any entity controlled, directed, or influenced by Russia, any 
other state that provides weapons to Syria, or other state sponsors of 
terrorism. It also requires that any such future contract be 
competitively bid.
  The U.N. estimates more than 9,000 people in Syria have been killed 
by the Assad regime since violence began there. And the Russian state 
arms dealer Rosoboronexport continues to provide that regime with the 
means to perpetrate widespread and systematic attacks on its civilians, 
including signing a deal with Damascus in January to supply Syria with 
36 combat jets.
  Incredibly, the Defense Department is purchasing 21 Mi-17 helicopters 
for the Afghan security forces through a no-bid contract with that 
Russian company, even though it supplies arms to Syria and it was, for 
years, on the U.S. sanctions list for providing illegal nuclear 
assistance to Iran.
  If U.S. taxpayer dollars are going to be spent providing helicopters 
to the Afghans, those dollars should be spent on American systems that 
create jobs here at home.
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to my friend and 
colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Grimm).
  Mr. GRIMM. I thank the chairman.
  I rise today in support of my amendment. We know that the DOD faces a 
difficult challenge in balancing cuts with our national security 
strategy. However, the proposed elimination of two National Guard WMD 
civil support teams poses tremendous risk.
  These teams are highly trained units that provide rapid support to 
civil authorities. Of special concern is the proposed elimination of 
the 24th WMD-CST located in New York City. This team has been 
instrumental in contingency preparations for high-profile activities 
like massive sporting and political events to national holidays. They 
have also responded to numerous crises situations.
  My amendment, which I offered with my colleagues Representatives 
Tonko, Bilirakis and Castor, simply changes the authorized numbers of 
teams from 55 to 57, bringing this in line with the current number of 
active teams.
  Making sure New York City, a top terrorist target, has the assets 
needed should we have another terrorist attack, is vital. I encourage 
my colleagues to join me in supporting this amendment.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Altmire).
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Chairman, in March, ``NBC News'' ran a story about a 
soldier who was charged $41 for a three-second voicemail he left his 
wife from a pay phone in an airplane in Germany.

                              {time}  1820

  This is simply outrageous.
  For servicemembers in transit to and from deployment, a quick phone 
call from an airport pay phone is often their only link to loved ones 
at home. Because public phones in foreign airports may not accept 
prepaid calling cards, servicemembers have to accept whatever cost the 
pay phone service charges in that particular airport. It is important 
that we help provide that crucial link for our servicemembers during 
this time of transit.
  My amendment would direct the DOD to submit a report on the 
feasibility of providing telecom services to servicemembers in transit 
to overseas deployment and to investigate allegations of overcharging 
servicemembers. The brave men and women of our Armed Forces deserve 
better than $41 3-second call.
  I encourage all Members to support my amendment.
  Mr. McKEON. I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. May I inquire as to how much time is 
remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 2\1/4\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. SMITH of Washington. I yield the balance of my time to the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank).
  Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr. Chairman, this is a bill that 
illustrates an old saying: Adding insult to injury. The insult is the 
terms under which we are debating this vast commitment of taxpayer 
dollars to the most important issue we have--defense.
  People will be debating at 11 o'clock tonight, in 5 minutes on a 
side, very significant issues. We had a few minutes to debate the 
question of Afghanistan. My colleague, Ms. Lee, and some Republicans 
will join to try to bring this budget number down to where it should 
be--$8 billion at least, back to the number of the agreement. And they 
will have 5 minutes in which to do it. That's outrageous.
  Also, it's important to note if this bill goes through, it is a 
statement that efforts to improve the quality of life at home will be 
sacrificed to foreign adventures that are ill-fated in many cases.
  I read a letter from the chairman of the committee to the Secretary 
of Defense. He said, Mr. Secretary, if we increase spending here, it 
won't come out of other national security accounts. Of course not. It 
will come out of Medicare. It will come out of Medicaid. It will come 
out of efforts to protect the environment. It will come out of police 
on our streets.
  There is an excess of money here. Afghanistan is a good example. A 
commitment of 68,000 troops. The gentleman from California complained 
about what the gentleman from Washington said. It sounded the same to 
me. They put down 68,000 troops, dictating to the Commander in Chief--
or trying to--what it should be.
  There is an effort going on in Afghanistan which has gone far beyond 
what was justified by our national security. There is a commitment to 
spend more than is necessary on nuclear weapons when the military 
hasn't asked for them. There are weapons systems here the Pentagon 
didn't want. And where does it come from? It comes from everything we 
try to do to improve the quality of life at home.
  This is an attack on our ability to provide the funding that America 
needs for a decent set of conditions here.
  No one is opposing adequate national defense. This continues a 
pattern of overspending. I remember, again, what Rupert Murdoch's Wall 
Street Journal said, hailing the Republican budget, which this is 
carrying out. It protects defense so they can cut Medicare and Medicaid 
and other domestic programs. It's too bad we don't have a decent amount 
of time to expose the extent to which that is going on.
  Mr. McKEON. How much time do I have remaining?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 3\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I don't quite know where to start. We have just cut in this budget 
and in the previous Deficit Reduction Act $487 billion and another $500 
billion, $600 billion that kicks in with sequestration next January, so 
that over the next 10 years we'll be cutting $100 billion dollars a 
year out of defense at a time when we are fighting a war.
  In my lifetime, I have seen this cut back after every war so that we 
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be prepared, I guess, for the next one. And what happens when we get in 
the next conflict, being not prepared and having run our military down, 
is we end up losing a lot of people. And I do not want to see that 
happen if there is any possible way that we can overcome it.
  I was in a meeting in the Pentagon a couple of months ago when the 
Secretary was laying out this budget. A senior military officer, one of 
the highest ranking in our country, was sitting across the table from 
me, and he looked at me at the end of the meeting, and said, In my 37 
years in the military, and doing this, I have never seen a time more 
serious, more dangerous than right now.
  We're facing a possible nuclear weapon in Iran. Much of the terrorism 
that we see around the world is nurtured and paid for and embraced and 
sent forth from Iran. We have the problem, we know, in North Korea. We 
have the problem of China that is decreasing their defense spending and 
pushing us further back in helping us defend Taiwan and other 
commitments that we have in the area. We had the Arab Spring that 
nobody had thought about or planned on. And where is the next hotspot 
going to be? We do not know. But I guarantee you that when you run down 
your defenses, that is when somebody will take advantage.
  President Reagan said we should have peace through strength. General 
Eisenhower, President Eisenhower, we hear a lot the quotes about beware 
of the military industrial complex. He also said our military, our 
strength, our people in the military, are the ones that keep us safe, 
and we should be so strong that no one ever should dare attack us for 
fear of being annihilated. It's when we run down those forces, as we 
have.
  I remember I was at the Reagan Library recently and they showed a 
video of when President Reagan ran in 1980. YoU-might recall that we 
had hostages in Iran that had been causing lots of problems for 
President Carter. And we tried to send the military on a mission, and 
they couldn't even fly across the desert with the equipment they had at 
that time. We had a hollowed-out military.
  We do not want to go there at this point. Half of the savings that we 
have taken in deficit reduction have come out of the military. We have 
done this on the backs of our troops, when they account for less than 
19 percent of the overall spending. If we had no discretionary 
spending, we would be running a deficit of a half-trillion dollars a 
year. That is no military spending, no education spending, no spending 
on our parks.
  With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chair, I want to thank Chairman McKeon and Ranking 
Member Smith for accepting this amendment, No. 104. When the long-
running problems at the Dover Port Mortuary were revealed to the public 
last year, all of us were appalled and ashamed at how the remains of 
fallen warriors had been mishandled. It took a number of people, 
including a constituent of mine who is the widow of a deceased Iraq 
veteran, as well as several brave whistleblowers--public servants in 
the truest sense--to bring these problems to light. What we now know is 
that multiple Air Force IG inspections missed the mishandling of 
bodies, improper cremations and other serious problems that plagued the 
Dover Port Mortuary for years. Clearly, a higher, more sustained level 
of oversight of Dover and of our overall process for military mortuary 
affairs is called for.
  My amendment would provide that higher level of oversight by creating 
a Federal Mortuary Affairs Advisory Commission. The amendment requires 
the appointment of family members with direct experience in dealing 
with Dover, as well as the appointment of outside specialists in 
mortuary affairs. We owe it to our fallen warriors and their families 
to make this painful process as dignified and respectful as possible. 
Creating this Commission will help us do that, which is why I ask for 
my colleagues to support it.
  Without world class linguists we would not have found Bin Laden. It 
was an important reminder about the need to improve foreign language 
education and ensure our national security and defense officials have 
the skilled linguists they need to get the job done.
  Since it was created as a pilot program in 2005, The National 
Language Service Corps (NLSC) has helped meet the growing need for 
linguists and my amendment, No. 100, will ensure that this program 
becomes permanent.
  The NLSC is a corps of on-call language-certified experts who are 
available to supplement Federal agencies' language capacity. It is 
designed to provide a surge capability for meeting short-, mid-, and 
long-term requirements through the identification of a reserve 
workforce with expertise and skills in over 120 languages that are 
either currently or potentially critical to the Federal government. The 
NLSC currently has over 1,800 members who are proficient in a critical 
foreign language. My amendment will help our government have the 
linguists needed at a moment's notice. I appreciate the committee's 
understanding of the importance of America having a strong foreign 
language capacity for our defense and non-defense needs.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered 
by the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon).
  The en bloc amendments were agreed to.


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were 
postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 4 by Mr. Rohrabacher of California.
  Amendment No. 5 by Ms. Lee of California.
  Amendment No. 6 by Mr. Connolly of Virginia.
  Amendment No. 7 by Mr. Rooney of Florida.
  Amendment No. 8 by Mr. Bartlett of Maryland.
  Amendment No. 11 by Mr. Markey of Massachusetts.
  Amendment No. 12 by Mr. Polis of Colorado.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any 
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.


               Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Rohrabacher

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Rohrabacher) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 84, 
noes 335, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 263]

                                AYES--84

     Adams
     Amash
     Baldwin
     Benishek
     Bilirakis
     Black
     Bono Mack
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Cohen
     Cravaack
     Culberson
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     Denham
     DesJarlais
     Doggett
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gowdy
     Graves (GA)
     Green, Gene
     Herrera Beutler
     Huelskamp
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Jackson (IL)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Jordan
     Keating
     King (IA)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Landry
     LoBiondo
     Lummis
     Lynch
     Mack
     McClintock
     Miller (FL)
     Mulvaney
     Napolitano
     Nugent
     Pallone
     Paul
     Petri
     Poe (TX)
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Reed
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Rothman (NJ)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Rush
     Schilling
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stutzman
     Tiberi
     Upton
     Walsh (IL)
     Westmoreland
     Woodall
     Yoder

                               NOES--335

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bonner
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks
     Brown (FL)
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble

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     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (KY)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Dent
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Gibbs
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hurt
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kline
     Kucinich
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Long
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stivers
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     West
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Amodei
     Biggert
     Cardoza
     Costello
     Cuellar
     Filner
     Holden
     Kelly
     Pascrell
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Slaughter
     Wasserman Schultz

                              {time}  1851

  Messrs. FLEMING, JOHNSON of Georgia, DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California, 
KINGSTON, and BERG changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Mrs. BONO MACK, Messrs. RIBBLE, BENISHEK, RIGELL, LYNCH, FARENTHOLD, 
BILIRAKIS, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. JENKINS, Mrs. BLACK, and Mr. ROKITA 
changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 263, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``aye.''
  (By unanimous consent, Mr. Miller of Florida was allowed to speak out 
of order.)


            20th Annual Congressional Sportsmen's Shoot-Out

  Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Chairman, a couple of days ago we had the 
20th Annual Congressional Sportsmen's Shoot-Out. I'm pleased to say, 
for the majority side of the aisle, that we actually were able to 
return the trophy back to our side. To my good friend, Mike Ross, I 
want to say, nice try.
  We had a great day raising money for the Congressional Sportsmen's 
Foundation, a foundation that helps fund educational opportunities for 
young people to learn about hunting and fishing and conservation. This 
is one of the great bipartisan things that we do as a group.
  And with that, Mike, I would also like to say we will miss your 
enthusiasm, as you leave this body, for hunting and the outdoors.
  I yield to my good friend, Mike Ross from Arkansas.
  Mr. ROSS of Arkansas. I thank the gentleman from Florida.
  Let me just say that the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus is one of 
the largest bipartisan caucuses within the Congress. I think the work 
we do together is very important, and at a time when there's so much 
that divides us, this is something that so many of us are able to come 
together and be united on. I want to thank everyone that participates 
and helps make it one of the largest, if not the largest, bipartisan 
caucuses in the Congress.
  To my friend from Florida, now that he gave me a little kind jab, let 
me just make the point that the Democrats have won the annual skeet, 
trap, and sporting clays competition for the last 3 years, and we were 
feeling bad about it, and so we decided that this year we would make 
sure that all of our shotguns had a full choke and one arm tied behind 
our back to try to make it more fair. And, obviously, maybe we 
shouldn't have tied our arm behind our back.
  We congratulate you on your victory this year, and we look forward to 
next year as well for those that are returning.
  Mr. MILLER of Florida. I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the 
top gun of the day, Duncan Hunter.


            Amendment No. 5 Offered by Ms. Lee of California

  The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, 2-minute voting will resume.
  There was no objection.
  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Lee) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 113, 
noes 303, not voting 15, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 264]

                               AYES--113

     Amash
     Baldwin
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Campbell
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carson (IN)
     Cassidy
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Doyle
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hirono
     Holt
     Honda
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Keating
     Kucinich
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matsui
     McClintock
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Pallone
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Richardson
     Rohrabacher
     Rothman (NJ)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Schakowsky
     Schrader
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sires
     Speier
     Stark
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (IL)
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--303

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boustany

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     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carter
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Hinojosa
     Hochul
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Israel
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Levin
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Amodei
     Biggert
     Cardoza
     Costello
     Filner
     Holden
     Kaptur
     Lewis (CA)
     Pascrell
     Pence
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Slaughter
     Sullivan
     Wasserman Schultz
     Wilson (FL)


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1859

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 264, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  Stated against:
  Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 264 I inadvertently voted 
``yea.'' My intention was to vote ``nay.''


          Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Connolly of Virginia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia 
(Mr. Connolly) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 412, 
noes 1, not voting 18, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 265]

                               AYES--412

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Amash
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Baldwin
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (CA)
     Bass (NH)
     Becerra
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boswell
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Braley (IA)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cohen
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (KY)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Fudge
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Israel
     Issa
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Jenkins
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Long
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Moore
     Moran
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Olver
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pallone
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Polis
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Speier
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Tipton
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Upton

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     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Walz (MN)
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Webster
     Welch
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                                NOES--1

       
     Kucinich
       

                             NOT VOTING--18

     Amodei
     Biggert
     Cardoza
     Costello
     Cravaack
     Filner
     Grimm
     Hall
     Holden
     Miller, George
     Pascrell
     Pence
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Schilling
     Schock
     Slaughter
     Walberg
     Wasserman Schultz


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1903

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 265, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea.''


                 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Rooney

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Rooney) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 249, 
noes 171, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 266]

                               AYES--249

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berkley
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Cooper
     Costa
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gibson
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Lynch
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--171

     Ackerman
     Amash
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farenthold
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kucinich
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Pallone
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walz (MN)
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Amodei
     Biggert
     Cardoza
     Costello
     Filner
     Holden
     Pascrell
     Pence
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Slaughter
     Wasserman Schultz


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1908

  Ms. HOCHUL and Mr. CARSON of Indiana changed their vote from ``aye'' 
to ``no.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 266, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``no.''


                Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Bartlett

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maryland 
(Mr. Bartlett) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 211, 
noes 209, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 267]

                               AYES--211

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Amash
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway

[[Page 7310]]


     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Griffin (AR)
     Griffith (VA)
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     Kingston
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Landry
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKeon
     McMorris Rodgers
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Mulvaney
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paul
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Petri
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Renacci
     Ribble
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)
     Upton
     Walberg
     Walden
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                               NOES--209

     Ackerman
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Barrow
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Brown (FL)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chandler
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly (VA)
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cuellar
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Emerson
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Gonzalez
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Grijalva
     Grimm
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hanabusa
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kucinich
     Lance
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     LaTourette
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pastor (AZ)
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reichert
     Reyes
     Richardson
     Richmond
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Rothman (NJ)
     Roybal-Allard
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Sires
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Turner (OH)
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walsh (IL)
     Walz (MN)
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth
     Young (AK)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Amodei
     Biggert
     Cardoza
     Costello
     Filner
     Holden
     Pascrell
     Pence
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Slaughter
     Wasserman Schultz


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1912

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated against:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 267, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I ben present, I would 
have voted ``no.''


                 Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. Markey

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 112, 
noes 308, not voting 11, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 268]

                               AYES--112

     Amash
     Baldwin
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boswell
     Braley (IA)
     Campbell
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carson (IN)
     Chu
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Deutch
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Gibson
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Higgins
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Holt
     Honda
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Keating
     Kind
     Kucinich
     Lee (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     Michaud
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Mulvaney
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Pallone
     Paul
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reed
     Richmond
     Rohrabacher
     Rothman (NJ)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schwartz
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Smith (NJ)
     Speier
     Stark
     Thompson (CA)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Walz (MN)
     Waters
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--308

     Ackerman
     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Andrews
     Austria
     Baca
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boustany
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Camp
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Castor (FL)
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Cicilline
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Cooper
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Critz
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (KY)
     DeLauro
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Duncan (TN)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Engel
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Garamendi
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Heinrich
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Himes
     Hochul
     Hoyer
     Huelskamp
     Huizenga (MI)
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Israel
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kildee
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Labrador
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Landry
     Langevin
     Lankford
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Latta
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino

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     Matheson
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     McNerney
     Meehan
     Meeks
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran
     Murphy (CT)
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Peterson
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Price (NC)
     Quayle
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richardson
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schiff
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schrader
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sires
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Sutton
     Terry
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walsh (IL)
     Watt
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--11

     Amodei
     Biggert
     Cardoza
     Costello
     Filner
     Holden
     Pascrell
     Pence
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Slaughter
     Wasserman Schultz


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1916

  Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 268, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea.''


                 Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Polis

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado 
(Mr. Polis) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 165, 
noes 252, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 269]

                               AYES--165

     Ackerman
     Amash
     Andrews
     Baca
     Baldwin
     Bass (CA)
     Becerra
     Bishop (NY)
     Blumenauer
     Bonamici
     Boswell
     Brady (PA)
     Braley (IA)
     Butterfield
     Capps
     Capuano
     Carnahan
     Carney
     Carson (IN)
     Castor (FL)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clarke (MI)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Courtney
     Critz
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle
     Duncan (TN)
     Edwards
     Ellison
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Farr
     Fattah
     Frank (MA)
     Fudge
     Garamendi
     Gibson
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Griffith (VA)
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Hahn
     Hastings (FL)
     Heinrich
     Higgins
     Himes
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hirono
     Hochul
     Holt
     Honda
     Hoyer
     Huizenga (MI)
     Israel
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson Lee (TX)
     Johnson (GA)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kildee
     Kind
     Kucinich
     Labrador
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Loebsack
     Lofgren, Zoe
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Lynch
     Maloney
     Markey
     Matheson
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Michaud
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, George
     Moore
     Moran
     Mulvaney
     Murphy (CT)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Olver
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pastor (AZ)
     Paul
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Petri
     Pingree (ME)
     Polis
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Reyes
     Ribble
     Richmond
     Rothman (NJ)
     Rush
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sarbanes
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrader
     Schwartz
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Speier
     Stark
     Sutton
     Thompson (CA)
     Tierney
     Tonko
     Towns
     Tsongas
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Walz (MN)
     Waters
     Watt
     Waxman
     Welch
     Wilson (FL)
     Woolsey
     Yarmuth

                               NOES--252

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Altmire
     Austria
     Bachmann
     Bachus
     Barletta
     Barrow
     Bartlett
     Barton (TX)
     Bass (NH)
     Benishek
     Berg
     Berkley
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (UT)
     Black
     Blackburn
     Bonner
     Bono Mack
     Boren
     Boustany
     Brady (TX)
     Brooks
     Broun (GA)
     Brown (FL)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Buerkle
     Burgess
     Burton (IN)
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canseco
     Cantor
     Capito
     Carter
     Cassidy
     Chabot
     Chaffetz
     Chandler
     Coble
     Coffman (CO)
     Cole
     Conaway
     Connolly (VA)
     Costa
     Cravaack
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Culberson
     Davis (KY)
     Denham
     Dent
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dicks
     Dold
     Donnelly (IN)
     Dreier
     Duffy
     Duncan (SC)
     Ellmers
     Emerson
     Farenthold
     Fincher
     Fitzpatrick
     Flake
     Fleischmann
     Fleming
     Flores
     Forbes
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gardner
     Garrett
     Gerlach
     Gibbs
     Gingrey (GA)
     Gohmert
     Gosar
     Gowdy
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al
     Green, Gene
     Griffin (AR)
     Grimm
     Guinta
     Guthrie
     Hall
     Hanabusa
     Hanna
     Harper
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Heck
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Herrera Beutler
     Huelskamp
     Hultgren
     Hunter
     Hurt
     Issa
     Jenkins
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Jordan
     Kelly
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kinzinger (IL)
     Kissell
     Kline
     Lamborn
     Lance
     Lankford
     Latham
     Latta
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Long
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lummis
     Lungren, Daniel E.
     Mack
     Manzullo
     Marchant
     Marino
     McCarthy (CA)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCotter
     McHenry
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinley
     McMorris Rodgers
     Meehan
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller, Gary
     Murphy (PA)
     Myrick
     Neugebauer
     Noem
     Nugent
     Nunes
     Nunnelee
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Paulsen
     Pearce
     Peterson
     Pitts
     Platts
     Poe (TX)
     Pompeo
     Posey
     Price (GA)
     Quayle
     Reed
     Rehberg
     Reichert
     Renacci
     Richardson
     Rigell
     Rivera
     Roby
     Roe (TN)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Rokita
     Rooney
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roskam
     Ross (AR)
     Ross (FL)
     Royce
     Runyan
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryan (WI)
     Scalise
     Schilling
     Schmidt
     Schock
     Schweikert
     Scott (SC)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shimkus
     Shuler
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Southerland
     Stearns
     Stivers
     Stutzman
     Sullivan
     Terry
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tiberi
     Tipton
     Turner (NY)
     Turner (OH)
     Walberg
     Walsh (IL)
     Webster
     West
     Westmoreland
     Whitfield
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Wolf
     Womack
     Woodall
     Yoder
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)
     Young (IN)

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Amodei
     Biggert
     Cardoza
     Costello
     Filner
     Holden
     Landry
     LaTourette
     Pascrell
     Pence
     Roybal-Allard
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Slaughter
     Wasserman Schultz


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1919

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Chair, on rollcall 269, I was away from the Capitol 
due to prior commitments to my constituents. Had I been present, I 
would have voted ``yea.''
  Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
West) having assumed the chair, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Acting 
Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, 
reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the bill 
(H.R. 4310) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2013, and for other purposes, had 
come to no resolution thereon.

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