[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14988-14995]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3823. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of

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the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1647. PLAN FOR EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF ARMED FORCES ON 
                   CYBER MATTERS.

       (a) Plan Required.--Not later than 360 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     cooperation with the Secretaries of the military departments, 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan 
     for the education of officers and enlisted members of the 
     Armed Forces relating to cyber security and cyber activities 
     of the Department of Defense.
       (b) Elements.--The plan submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A framework for provision of basic cyber education for 
     all members of the Armed Forces.
       (2) A framework for undergraduate and postgraduate 
     education, joint professional military education, and 
     strategic war gaming for cyber strategic and operational 
     leadership.
       (3) Definitions of required positions, including military 
     occupational specialties and rating specialties for each 
     military department, along with the corresponding level of 
     cyber training, education, qualifications, or certifications 
     required for each specialty.
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  SA 3824. Mr. UDALL of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Sessions) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 606, line 5, strike ``supplies'' and insert 
     ``assemblies''.
       On page 606, line 12, strike ``supplies critical'' and 
     insert ``critical assemblies, such as rocket engines,''.
       On page 607, line 1, strike ``supplies critical'' and 
     insert ``critical assemblies''.
       On page 607, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to prohibit the placement of orders or the exercise 
     of options under a contract that is in effect on the day 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act.
       On page 607, line 3, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(d)''.
       On page 607, lines 5 and 6, strike ``or otherwise subject 
     to the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation''.
       On page 609, line 4, insert ``certified under the Evolved 
     Expendable Launch Vehicle program'' after ``providers''.
       On page 612, strike lines 19 through 22, and insert the 
     following:
       (3) Submission to congress.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees the plan required by paragraph (1) not later than 
     December 31, 2014.
       (B) Extension of deadline.--The Secretary may submit the 
     plan required by paragraph (1) to the congressional defense 
     committees at a date later than the date specified in 
     subparagraph (A) if the Secretary--
       (i) determines that is it not practicable to submit the 
     plan by the date specified in subparagraph (A); and
       (ii) submits to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on the determination under clause (i) and the reasons 
     for the determination.
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  SA 3825. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. IMPROVED ENUMERATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                   IN ANY TABULATION OF TOTAL POPULATION BY 
                   SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.

       (a) In General.--Section 141 of title 13, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
       ``(g) Effective beginning with the 2020 decennial census of 
     population, in taking any tabulation of total population by 
     States, the Secretary shall take appropriate measures to 
     ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that all members 
     of the Armed Forces deployed abroad on the date of taking 
     such tabulation are--
       ``(1) fully and accurately counted; and
       ``(2) properly attributed to the State in which their 
     residence at their permanent duty station or homeport is 
     located on such date.''.
       (b) Construction.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall not be construed to affect the residency status of any 
     member of the Armed Forces under any provision of law other 
     than title 13, United States Code.
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  SA 3826. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

     SEC. 535. TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM.

       Section 1154 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
     subsection (i):
       ``(i) Grants to Institutions of Higher Education to 
     Facilitate Members Becoming Teachers.--
       ``(1) In general.--During fiscal years 2015 through 2018, 
     the Secretary may, using funds available under paragraph (8), 
     make grants to eligible institutions of higher education to 
     be used by such institutions to assist members of the armed 
     forces in becoming elementary school and secondary school 
     teachers in schools described in subsection (b)(2).
       ``(2) Eligible institutions of higher education.--For 
     purposes of this subsection, an eligible institution of 
     higher education is an institution of higher education that--
       ``(A) has a main campus physically located not more than 30 
     miles from a major military installation that serves a very 
     large number of members of the armed forces;
       ``(B) has an accredited college of education;
       ``(C) has a strong tradition of working with the armed 
     forces;
       ``(D) has an undergraduate student body that includes not 
     less than 1,000 students who are members of the armed forces, 
     veterans, and members of the immediate families of members of 
     the armed forces or veterans; and
       ``(E) has a consistent graduation rate of students in 
     teacher education of 65 percent, as measured from the time a 
     student is formally admitted into the teacher education 
     program.
       ``(3) Use of grant amounts.--
       ``(A) In general.--Each institution of higher educational 
     awarded a grant under this section shall use grant amounts 
     for purposes as follows:
       ``(i) To provide each eligible member of the armed forces 
     participating in the Program under this subsection a stipend 
     not in excess of $5,000 each academic year.
       ``(ii) To provide each eligible member of the armed forces 
     participating in the Program under this subsection other 
     services (often called `wraparound services') to assist the 
     member in becoming a teacher, including scholarships, 
     internship support, mentoring, child-care services, 
     transportation expenses, undergraduate research 
     opportunities, professional development, proprietary 
     instructional supplies, expenses directly related to ease the 
     burden of student teaching, academic tutoring, individualized 
     counseling services, and in the case of members transferring 
     from community colleges, bridge programs to assist in that 
     transition.
       ``(B) Construction with stipend limitation.--Any stipend 
     provided under this paragraph shall not be treated as a 
     stipend subject to the limitation in subsection (e)(3)(C).
       ``(4) Eligible members.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, for purposes of this subsection, an eligible 
     member of the armed forces is any member of the armed forces 
     who--
       ``(i) before commencing participation in the Program under 
     this subsection--

       ``(I) has served satisfactorily on active duty in the armed 
     forces for four or more years;
       ``(II) has successfully completed all the education 
     foundation courses required by the institution of higher 
     education concerned for pursuit of a degree as an elementary 
     school or secondary school teacher; and
       ``(III) possesses the academic or other qualifications 
     required by the institution of higher education concerned for 
     pursuit of a degree as an elementary school or secondary 
     school teacher; and

       ``(ii) agrees to obtain any security clearance required for 
     an elementary school or secondary school teacher in the State 
     in which the member intends to obtain employment as a teacher 
     after receipt of an education degree through support pursuant 
     to the Program under this subsection.
       ``(B) Selection.--The Secretary may delegate to an 
     institution of higher education

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     awarded a grant under this subsection the authority to select 
     eligible members for participation in the Program under this 
     subsection at such institution of higher education.
       ``(C) Continuation after separation from military.--Except 
     as provided in subparagraph (D), an eligible member 
     participating in the Program under this subsection may 
     continue to participate in the Program under this subsection 
     after the retirement, separation, or release of the member 
     from the armed forces if the member's last period of service 
     in the armed forces is characterized as honorable by the 
     Secretary concerned.
       ``(D) Limitation.--A veteran eligible for benefits under 
     chapter 33 of title 38 may not participate in the Program 
     under this subsection.
       ``(5) Reports by institutions of higher education.--Each 
     institution of higher education awarded a grant under this 
     subsection shall submit to the Secretary each year a report 
     summarizing the participation of eligible members of the 
     armed forces in the Program under this subsection through 
     such institution of higher education from the commencement of 
     the participation of members in the Program until three years 
     after the receipt by members of education degrees through 
     support pursuant to the Program. Each report shall summarize 
     the following:
       ``(A) The amounts provided eligible members under paragraph 
     (3).
       ``(B) The progress of eligible members after receipt of 
     education degrees in obtaining and discharging employment as 
     elementary school or secondary school teachers.
       ``(6) Reports to congress.--Not later than December 31, 
     2018, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the effectiveness of activities under the Program 
     under this subsection in meeting the objectives set forth in 
     subsection (b). The Secretary may submit to such committees 
     such other reports on activities under the Program under this 
     subsection as the Secretary considers appropriate to keep 
     such committees informed of such activities.
       ``(7) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) The term `institution of higher education' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (10 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
       ``(B) The term `veteran' has the meaning given that term in 
     section 101(2) of title 38.
       ``(8) Funds.--Of the amount available for the Program in 
     each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018, up to amount equal to 
     25 percent of such amount may be used for grants under this 
     subsection.''.
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  SA 3827. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 515. RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
                   BUREAU IN THE SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL GENERAL 
                   OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.

       (a) In General.--Section 10506(a)(1) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``upon the 
     recommendation of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau'' 
     after ``by the Secretary of the Army''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``upon the 
     recommendation of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau'' 
     after ``by the Secretary of the Air Force''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     and shall apply with respect to assignments to the National 
     Guard Bureau under section 10506 of title 10, United States 
     Code, that occur after that date.
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  SA 3828. Mr. KAINE (for himself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 123 and insert the following:

     SEC. 123. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS FOR REFUELING 
                   OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND CONSTRUCTION OF 
                   AMPHIBIOUS SHIP.

       (a) In General.--To the extent provided in appropriations 
     Acts, upon a determination described in subsection (b), the 
     Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer funds 
     available in Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy or any other 
     Navy procurement account for either or both of the following 
     purposes:
       (1) Up to $800,000,000 to conduct a refueling and complex 
     overhaul of the U.S.S. George Washington (CVN-73).
       (2) Up to $800,000,000 for the ship construction of a San 
     Antonio class amphibious ship.
       (b) Determination.--A determination described in this 
     subsection is a determination by the Secretary of the Navy 
     that--
       (1) unobligated balances are available in the program or 
     programs from which funds will be transferred pursuant to 
     subsection (a) due to slower than expected program execution; 
     and
       (2) the transfer of funds will fill a high priority 
     military need and is in the best interest of the Department 
     of the Navy.
       (c) Contingent Authorization.--The Secretary of the Navy is 
     authorized to enter into a contract for the procurement of 
     one San Antonio class amphibious ship beginning in fiscal 
     year 2015, and to use incremental funding for the procurement 
     of that ship, if additional funds are made available for such 
     purpose in fiscal year 2015 and the Secretary determines that 
     such procurement will fill a high priority military need and 
     is in the best interests of the Department of the Navy.
       (d) Effect on Authorization Amounts.--A transfer made from 
     one account to another under the authority of this section 
     shall be deemed to increase the amount authorized for the 
     account to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal 
     to the amount transferred.
       (e) Construction of Authority.--The transfer authority 
     under this section is in addition to any other transfer 
     authority provided in this Act.
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  SA 3829. Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1247. INF TREATY INSPECTION AND VERIFICATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States has determined that the Russian 
     Federation is in violation of its obligations under the 
     Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of 
     Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their 
     Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, signed at 
     Washington December 8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 
     1988 (commonly referred to as the ``INF Treaty'') not to 
     possess, produce, or flight-test ground-launched missiles 
     with range capabilities of 500 to 5,500 kilometers, or to 
     possess or produce launchers of such missiles.
       (2) The United States Government has raised INF compliance 
     concerns with the Russian Federation on repeated occasions in 
     an effort to resolve United States concerns. The United 
     States Government continues to attempt to address these very 
     serious matters with the Government of the Russian 
     Federation.
       (3) On April 2, 2014, General Philip Breedlove, Commander 
     of the United States European Command and Supreme Allied 
     Commander Europe, stated, ``A weapon capability that violates 
     the INF Treaty, that is introduced into the greater European 
     land mass is absolutely a tool that will have to be dealt 
     with . . . It cannot go unanswered.''
       (4) The July 31, 2014, annual Department of State Report on 
     Arms Control Compliance stated, ``The United States has 
     determined that the Russian Federation is in violation of its 
     obligations under the INF Treaty not to possess, produce, or 
     flight-test a ground-launched cruise missiles with range 
     capabilities of 500 km to 5,500 km, or to possess or produce 
     launchers of such missiles.''
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the responsibility for violating the terms and the 
     spirit of the INF Treaty lies solely with Russian Federation 
     President Vladimir Putin;
       (2) the President should hold the Government of the Russian 
     Federation accountable for these breaches of its obligations 
     under the INF Treaty and obtain the complete and verifiable 
     elimination of any military capabilities acquired as a result 
     of flight testing ground launched missiles with ranges 
     prohibited by the INF Treaty; and
       (3) bringing the Russian Federation back into compliance 
     with the INF Treaty will require a new verification and 
     inspection regime that includes vigorous onsite inspections 
     and interviews.
       (c) Report on Inspection and Verification Regime.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act,

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     the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report, 
     in classified and unclassified form, that includes a new INF 
     inspection and verification regime that will ensure 
     compliance of the Russian Federation with the INF Treaty.
       (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall, at a minimum, include the following elements:
       (A) A complete list of facilities that will require onsite 
     inspections to ensure INF- noncompliant missiles and 
     launchers are destroyed and that additional INF-noncompliant 
     systems are not being developed tested, manufactured, or 
     deployed.
       (B) A list of individuals who could be interviewed to 
     determine the extent of INF violations.
       (C) A mechanism for sharing this and other relevant 
     information with countries whose borders are within 5,500 
     kilometers of the Russian Federation.
       (D) A cost estimate of the inspection regime.
       (d) Report on Legal Analysis for Compliance Judgment.--Not 
     later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees the legal analysis underpinning any 
     compliance judgment for any ground launched missile system 
     where the assessed deployed range is between 500 and 5,500 
     kilometers.
       (e) Notification of Certain Deployments.--The Director of 
     National Intelligence shall promptly notify the appropriate 
     congressional committees in writing of any deployment by the 
     Russian Federation of ground launched missile systems with 
     assessed deployed ranges between 500 and 5500 kilometers. The 
     notification shall include the system, deployment site, 
     numbers, and other relevant information.
       (f) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees;
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
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  SA 3830. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       After section 1067, insert the following:

     SEC. 1067A. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING 
                   TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Title 10, United States Code.--Title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended as follows:
       (1) Information to accompany funding requests for 
     contingency operations.--Section 113 is amended by striking 
     subsection (m).
       (2) Report on prohibition of certain civilian personnel 
     management constraints.--Section 129 is amended by striking 
     subsection (f).
       (3) Annual report on combatant command activities.--Section 
     153 is amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (c); and
       (B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
       (4) Oversight of procurement, test, and operational plans 
     for ballistic missile defense programs.--Section 223a is 
     amended by striking subsection (d).
       (5) Annual report on combating terrorism.--
       (A) Repeal.--Chapter 9 is amended by striking section 229.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 9 is amended by striking the item 
     relating to section 229.
       (6) Report on military family readiness.--Section 1781b is 
     amended by striking subsection (d).
       (7) Notification of equipment scheduled for retirement or 
     disposal.--Section 2244a(c) is amended by striking the second 
     sentence.
       (8) Report on prohibition on contracting with entities that 
     comply with the secondary arab boycott of israel.--Section 
     2410i(c) is amended by striking the second sentence.
       (9) Annual report on public-private competition.--
       (A) Repeal.--Chapter 146 is amended by striking section 
     2462.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 146 is amended by striking the item 
     relating to section 2462.
       (10) Strategic sourcing plan of action and report on 
     savings, consolidation, restructuring, or reengineering.--
       (A) Repeal.--Chapter 146 is further amended by striking 
     section 2475.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 146 is further amended by striking the 
     item relating to section 2475.
       (11) Report on department of defense technology and 
     industrial base guidance.--
       (A) Repeal.--Subchapter II of chapter 148 is amended by 
     striking section 2504.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of subchapter II of chapter 148 is amended by 
     striking the item relating to section 2504.
       (12) Notification of award of certain contracts to entities 
     controlled by a foreign government.--Section 2536(b) is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``(1) The Secretary concerned'' and 
     inserting ``The Secretary concerned'';
       (B) by striking paragraph (2);
       (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
     paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and
       (D) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), 
     by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B).
       (13) Report on relocation of military family housing 
     units.--Section 2827 is amended--
       (A) by striking ``(a) Subject to subsection (b), the 
     Secretary'' and inserting ``The Secretary''; and
       (B) by striking subsection (b).
       (14) Annual report on department of defense housing 
     funds.--Section 2884 is amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (b);
       (B) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subsections (b);
       (ii) in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
       (iii) by striking ``Reports.--'' and all that follows 
     through ``(1) The Secretary'' and inserting ``Reports.--The 
     Secretary''; and
       (iv) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as subsections 
     (c) and (d), respectively;
       (C) in subsection (b), as redesignated by subparagraph 
     (B)(i)--
       (i) by inserting ``Elements.--'' before ``For each proposed 
     contract'';
       (ii) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (a)''; and
       (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), 
     and (E) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively; 
     and
       (D) in subsection (c), as redesignated by subparagraph 
     (B)(iv)--
       (i) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2);
       (ii) in subparagraph (A), by redesignating clauses (i), 
     (ii), and (iii) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), 
     respectively;
       (iii) by striking ``(A) In the case'' and inserting 
     ``Contracts With Private Parties.--(1) In the case'';
       (iv) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (a)''; and
       (v) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), 
     by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B), respectively.
       (15) Notification of military construction project 
     conducted using proceeds from sale of electricity from 
     alternate energy and cogeneration production facilities.--
     Section 2916 is amended by striking subsection (c).
       (b) National Defense Authorization Acts.--
       (1) Report on price trend analysis for supplies and 
     equipment purchased by the department of defense under 
     national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2011.--
     Section 892 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 10 U.S.C. 2306a note) 
     is amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (b); and
       (B) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
     (b) and (c), respectively.
       (2) Display of annual budget requirements for air 
     sovereignty alert mission under duncan hunter national 
     defense authorization act for fiscal year 2009.--Section 354 
     of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 10 U.S.C. 221 note) is 
     hereby repealed.
       (3) Report on grants of exception to costs or pricing data 
     certification requirements and waivers of cost accounting 
     standards imder bob stump national defense authorization act 
     for fiscal year 2003.--Section 817 of the Bob Stump National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 
     107-314; 10 U.S.C. 2306a note) is amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (d);
       (B) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and
       (C) in subsection (d), as so redesignated--
       (i) by striking ``this section:'' and all that follows 
     through ``(1) The term'' and inserting ``this section, the 
     term'';
       (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
     paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and moving such 
     paragraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the left.
       (4) Report on enhancement of activities of defense threat 
     reduction agency under national defense authorization act for

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     fiscal year 2000.--Section 1409 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 22 
     U.S.C. 2778 note) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``(a) In General.--Not later than'' and 
     inserting ``Not later than''; and
       (B) by striking subsection (b).
       (5) Report on experimental personnel management program for 
     scientific and technical personnel under national defense 
     authorization act for fiscal year 1999.--Section 1101 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 
     (Public Law 105-261; 5 U.S.C. 3104 note) is amended by 
     striking subsection (g).
       (c) Report on Administration and Oversight Under Armed 
     Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991.--Section 1511 of the 
     Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 (24 U.S.C. 411) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (h); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (h).
       (d) Audits of Undefinitized Contracts Under Defense 
     Acquisition Improvement Act of 1986.--Section 908(b) of the 
     Defense Acquisition Improvement Act of 1986 (as enacted 
     pursuant to section 101(c) of Public Law 99-500 (100 Stat. 
     1783-140) and identically enacted pursuant to section 101(c) 
     of Public Law 99-591 (100 Stat. 3341-140) and Public Law 99-
     661 (100 Stat. 3919; 10 U.S.C. 2326 note)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``shall--'' and all that follows through 
     ``(1) periodically conduct an audit'' and inserting ``shall 
     periodically conduct an audit'';
       (2) by striking ``departments; and'' and inserting 
     ``departments.''; and
       (3) by striking paragraph (2).
       (e) Reports Under Other Acts.--
       (1) Commercialization pilot program under small business 
     act.--Section 9(y)(6) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     638(y)(6)) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking the semicolon at the 
     end and inserting ``; and'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (C) by striking subparagraph (C).
       (2) Report on meritorious security waivers under 
     intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act of 2004.--
     Section 3002(c) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism 
     Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 3343c(c)) is amended by 
     striking paragraph (4).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3831. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle F of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 354. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY RELATING TO PROVISION OF 
                   INSTALLATION-SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH 
                   INTERGOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Transfer of Section 2336 to Chapter 159.--
       (1) Transfer and redesignation.--Section 2336 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is transferred to chapter 159 of such 
     title, inserted after section 2678, and redesignated as 
     section 2679.
       (2) Revised section heading.--The heading of such section, 
     as so transferred and redesignated, is amended to read as 
     follows:

     ``Sec. 2679. Installation-support services: intergovernmental 
       support agreements''.

       (b) Clarifying Amendments.--Such section, as so transferred 
     and redesignated, is further amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The Secretary 
     concerned'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary concerned''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by striking ``Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, an'' and inserting ``An'';
       (ii) by striking subparagraph (A); and
       (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) respectively; and
       (2) by adding at the end of subsection (e) the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4) The term `intergovernmental support agreement' means 
     a legal instrument reflecting a relationship between the 
     Secretary concerned and a State or local government that 
     contains such terms and conditions as the Secretary concerned 
     considers appropriate for the purposes of this section and 
     necessary to protect the interests of the United States.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 137 
     of such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 2336.
       (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 159 
     of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 2678 the following new item:

``2679. Installation-support services: intergovernmental support 
              agreements.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3832. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 1034 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1034. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER OR RELEASE 
                   INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 
                   STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA TO FOREIGN 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no 
     funds may be obligated or expended to transfer or release any 
     covered detainee at Guantanamo to the custody or control of 
     such individual's country of origin, any other foreign 
     country, or any other foreign entity--
       (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), until the earlier 
     of--
       (A) the date that is 90 days after the date of submittal to 
     Congress of the report required by subsection (d); or
       (B) the date that is 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) in the case of a transfer or release to the custody or 
     control of the Republic of Yemen or any entity within Yemen, 
     until January 1, 2016.
       (b) Exception.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the 
     obligation or expenditure of funds to transfer any covered 
     detainee at Guantanamo to effectuate an order affecting the 
     disposition of such individual that is issued by a court or 
     competent tribunal of the United States having lawful 
     jurisdiction.
       (2) Notice to congress.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     promptly notify the appropriate committees of Congress of the 
     issuance of any order described in paragraph (1).
       (3) Delay in discharge.--An order described in paragraph 
     (1) may not be carried out until the date that is 5 days 
     after the date on which the appropriate committees of 
     Congress are notified of the order pursuant to paragraph (2).
       (c) Enforcement.--
       (1) In general.--An officer or employee of the United 
     States shall be liable in his or her individual capacity for 
     a civil penalty of $10,000 for each covered detainee at 
     Guantanamo transferred or released in violation of subsection 
     (a) pursuant to an action or order of the officer or employee 
     of the United States.
       (2) No representation by united states.--Notwithstanding 
     section 50.15 or 50.16 of title 28, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, or any other provision of law, the United States 
     Government may not provide representation to, or retain or 
     reimburse private counsel for the representation of, an 
     officer or employee in an action under paragraph (1).
       (3) Qui tam action.--
       (A) In general.--A person may bring a civil action for a 
     violation of subsection (a) for the person and for the United 
     States Government, seeking a civil penalty under paragraph 
     (1). The action shall be brought in the name of the 
     Government. The action may be dismissed only if the court and 
     the Attorney General give written consent to the dismissal 
     and their reasons for consenting.
       (B) Complaint.--A copy of the complaint and written 
     disclosure of substantially all material evidence and 
     information the person possesses shall be served on the 
     Government pursuant to rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil 
     Procedure. The Government may elect to intervene and proceed 
     with the action within 30 days after it receives both the 
     complaint and the material evidence and information.
       (C) Determination by government.--Before the expiration of 
     the 30-day period under subparagraph (B), the Government 
     shall--
       (i) proceed with the action, in which case the action shall 
     be conducted by the Government; or
       (ii) notify the court that it declines to take over the 
     action, in which case the person bringing the action shall 
     have the right to conduct the action.
       (D) Individual conducting action.--If the Government elects 
     not to proceed with the action, and upon request and at the 
     Government's expense, the Government shall be served with 
     copies of all pleadings filed in the action and shall be 
     supplied with copies of all deposition transcripts.
       (E) Award to qui tam plaintiff.--A person bringing an 
     action under subparagraph (A) shall receive 50 percent of the 
     amount of the civil penalty imposed on the officer or 
     employee of the United States and the court shall award the 
     person reasonable expenses which the court finds to have been 
     necessarily incurred, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and 
     costs, to be paid by the defendant.
       (F) Expedited appeal of dismissal.--It shall be the duty of 
     the courts of the United States to advance on the docket and 
     to expedite to the greatest possible extent the disposition 
     of any appeal by a person bringing a

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     civil action under subparagraph (A) of the dismissal of the 
     civil action with the consent of the Attorney General.
       (d) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of 
     National Intelligence, submit to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress a report setting forth the following:
       (A) A detailed description of the previous assessments by 
     Joint Task Force Guantanamo regarding the risk that the 5 
     detainees transferred from United States Naval Station, 
     Guantanamo Bay Cuba, to Qatar on May 31, 2014, would reengage 
     in terrorist activity after transfer.
       (B) A detailed description of any changes between the 
     assessments described in subparagraph (A) and the assessments 
     as of May 31, 2014, of the risk that the detainees described 
     in that subparagraph would reengage in terrorist activity 
     after transfer as described in that subparagraph, including 
     the reasons for such changes.
       (C) A detailed description of the prior instances, if any, 
     in which Qatar did not fully honor its commitments to 
     monitor, detain, or control the travel of individuals 
     formerly detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo 
     Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense.
       (D) A detailed assessment of the likelihood that the 5 
     detainees described in subparagraph (A) will return to 
     Afghanistan or reengage in terrorism.
       (E) A detailed assessment of whether the transfer of the 5 
     detainees as described in subparagraph (A) will increase the 
     likelihood that the Taliban and terrorist groups around the 
     world will try to capture United States individuals or 
     personnel in order to obtain concessions from the United 
     States.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (e) Prohibition on Transfer or Release of Detainees at 
     United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Without 
     Express Written Authorization of the President.--
       (1) Prohibition.--No detainee described in paragraph (2) 
     may be transferred or released from United States Naval 
     Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a foreign country without 
     the express written authorization of the President.
       (2) Covered detainees.--A detainee described in this 
     paragraph is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee 
     who--
       (A) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States;
       (B) is or was held on or after January 20, 2009, at United 
     States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department 
     of Defense; and
       (C) is held as of the date of the enactment of this Act at 
     United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the 
     Department of Defense.
       (f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to modify, limit, or supersede the requirements 
     under section 1035 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2014 (10 U.S.C. 801 note) relating to the 
     transfer or release of an individual detained at Guantanamo 
     (as defined in subsection (e)(2) of such section).
       (g) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee 
     on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
       (2) The term ``covered detainee at Guantanamo'' means each 
     individual who--
       (A) is not a United States citizen or a member of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States; and
       (B) is or was held on January 20, 2009, at United States 
     Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of 
     Defense.
       (3) The term ``officer or employee of the United States''--
       (A) includes--
       (i) the President;
       (ii) the head and any officer or employee of any Executive 
     agency or military department (as those terms are defined in 
     chapter 1 of title 5, United States Code); and
       (iii) any other officer or employee of the United States; 
     and
       (B) does not include--
       (i) a member of the Armed Forces; or
       (ii) an officer or employee of an element of the 
     intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3833. Mr. BURR (for himself and Mr. Sanders) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2410, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

     SEC. 737. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION 
                   AND VOCATIONAL BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES WITH SEVERE INJURIES OR ILLNESSES.

       Section 1631(b)(2) of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of 
     Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 458; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note) is 
     amended by striking ``December 31, 2014'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2015''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3834. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE OF INDIVIDUALS AND CONTRACTORS WITH 
                   SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBTS.

       (a) Prohibition.--An individual or contractor with a 
     seriously delinquent tax debt may not be appointed to, or 
     continue serving in, a position within or funded by the 
     Department of Defense.
       (b) Seriously Delinquent Tax Debt Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``seriously delinquent tax debt'' means an 
     outstanding debt under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 
     which a notice of lien has been filed in public records 
     pursuant to section 6323 of such Code, except that such term 
     does not include--
       (1) a debt that is being paid in a timely manner pursuant 
     to an agreement under section 6159 or section 7122 of such 
     Code; and
       (2) a debt with respect to which a collection due process 
     hearing under section 6330 of such Code, or relief under 
     subsection (a), (b), or (f) of section 6015 of such Code, is 
     requested or pending.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3835. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD BY THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL 
                   YEAR.

       Not later March 1 each year, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to Congress, and publish on the Internet website of 
     the Department of Defense available to the public, the 
     following:
       (1) The total dollar amount of all balances carried forward 
     by the Department of Defense at the end of the previous 
     fiscal year by account.
       (2) The total dollar amount of all unobligated balances 
     carried forward by the Department of Defense at the end of 
     the previous fiscal year by account.
       (3) The total dollar amount of any balances (both obligated 
     and unobligated) that have been carried forward by the 
     Department of Defense for five years or more as of the end of 
     the previous fiscal year by account.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3836. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. CONSOLIDATION OF DUPLICATIVE AND OVERLAPPING 
                   AGENCIES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES OF THE 
                   FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination 
     with the heads of other departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government--
       (1) use available administrative authority to eliminate, 
     consolidate, or streamline Government agencies, programs, and 
     activities with duplicative and overlapping missions as 
     identified in Government Accountability Office reports on 
     duplication and overlap in Government programs;

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       (2) identify and submit to Congress a report setting the 
     legislative action required to further eliminate, 
     consolidate, or streamline Government agencies, programs, and 
     activities with duplicative and overlapping missions as 
     identified in the reports referred to in paragraph (1); and
       (3) determine the total cost savings that--
       (A) will accrue to each department, agency, and office 
     effected by an action under paragraph (1) as a result of the 
     actions taken under that paragraph; and
       (B) could accrue to each department, agency, and office 
     effected by an action under paragraph (2) as a result of the 
     actions proposed to be taken under that paragraph using the 
     legislative authority set forth under that paragraph.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3837. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 830. ENHANCED WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION FOR CONTRACTOR 
                   EMPLOYEES.

       (a) Prohibition on Prevention of Whistleblower 
     Disclosures.--
       (1) Defense contracts.--Section 2409(a)(1) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``may not be 
     discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a 
     reprisal for disclosing'' and inserting ``may not be 
     prohibited in any way from, or discharged, demoted, or 
     otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for, 
     disclosing''.
       (2) Civilian contracts.--Section 4705(b) of title 41, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``may not be 
     discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against as a 
     reprisal for disclosing'' and inserting ``may not be 
     prohibited in any way from, or discharged, demoted, or 
     otherwise discriminated against as a reprisal for, 
     disclosing''.
       (b) Contract Clause Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation 
     and the Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition 
     Regulation shall be amended to require that any contract 
     entered into after such date by an executive agency, and any 
     subcontract at any tier, include the following clause: ``The 
     contractor shall not enter into any agreement with an 
     employee performing work under this contract that would 
     prohibit that employee from disclosing information as 
     described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 
     2409(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code or section 4705(b) 
     of title 41, United States Code, to officials described in 
     such sections.''.
       (2) Executive agency defined.--The term ``executive 
     agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 133 of 
     title 41, United States Code.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3838. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENT AGENCY EXPENDITURES ON 
                   CONFERENCES.

       (a) Conference Limitations.--
       (1) Limitation on amount expended on a conference.--
       (A) In general.--No agency may expend more than $500,000 to 
     support a single conference, unless the head of the agency 
     and the Chief Financial Officer of the agency submits to 
     Congress before the conference a written certification that 
     the conference is in the national interest, which shall 
     include--
       (i) an estimate of the total cost of the conference;
       (ii) the dates of the conference;
       (iii) an estimate of the number of full-time equivalent 
     employees attending the conference;
       (iv) any costs associated with planning for the conference; 
     and
       (v) an explanation of how the conference advances the 
     mission of the agency.
       (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph shall 
     be construed to preclude an agency from receiving financial 
     support or other assistance from a foundation or other non-
     Federal source to pay or defray the costs of a conference.
       (2) Limitation on conference policies.--An agency may not 
     establish or implement a policy that discourages or prohibits 
     the selection of a location for travel, an event, a meeting, 
     or a conference because the location is perceived to be a 
     resort or vacation destination.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``agency'' has the meaning given that term 
     under section 5701(1) of title 5, United States Code; and
       (2) the term ``conference'' means a meeting, retreat, 
     seminar, symposium, or event that involves attendee travel.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3839. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DATABASE ON PATIENT SAFETY, QUALITY OF CARE, AND 
                   OUTCOME MEASURES REGARDING HEALTH CARE PROVIDED 
                   BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

       (a) Publicly Available Database.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     develop and make available to the public a comprehensive 
     database containing all applicable patient safety, quality of 
     care, and outcome measures for health care provided by the 
     Department of Defense that are tracked by the Secretary.
       (2) Updates.--The Secretary shall update the database 
     required by paragraph (1) not less frequently than once every 
     six months.
       (3) Unavailable measures.--For any measure that the 
     Secretary would otherwise publish in the database required by 
     paragraph (1) but has not done so because such measure is not 
     available, the Secretary shall publish notice in the database 
     of the reason for such unavailability and a timeline for 
     making such measure available in the database.
       (4) Accessibility.--The Secretary shall ensure that the 
     database required by paragraph (1) is accessible to the 
     public through the primary Internet website of the Department 
     and through each primary Internet website of a Department 
     medical center.
       (b) Sharing of Information Between Department Medical 
     Centers and Defense Health Agency.--The Secretary of Defense 
     shall take appropriate actions to facilitate and enhance 
     sharing between the medical centers of the Department of 
     Defense and the Defense Health Agency on information on 
     patient safety, quality of care, and outcomes for health care 
     provided by such medical centers, including information 
     obtained through the measures developed pursuant to 
     subsection (a).
       (c) Hospital Compare Website of Department of Health and 
     Human Services.--
       (1) Agreement required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services for the provision by the Secretary of 
     Defense of such information as the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services may require to report and make publicly 
     available patient quality and outcome information concerning 
     Department of Defense medical centers through the Hospital 
     Compare Internet website of the Department of Health and 
     Human Services or any successor Internet website.
       (2) Information provided.--The information provided by the 
     Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       (A) Measures of timely and effective health care.
       (B) Measures of readmissions, complications of death, 
     including with respect to 30-day mortality rates and 30-day 
     readmission rates, surgical complication measures, and health 
     care related infection measures.
       (C) Survey data of patient experiences, including the 
     Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and 
     Systems or any similar successor survey developed by the 
     Department of Health and Human Services.
       (D) Any other measures required of or reported with respect 
     to hospitals participating in the Medicare program under 
     title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et 
     seq.).
       (3) Unavailable information.--For any applicable metric 
     collected by the Department of Defense or required to be 
     provided under paragraph (2) and withheld from or unavailable 
     in the Hospital Compare Internet website or successor 
     Internet website, the Secretary of Defense shall publish a 
     notice on such Internet website stating the reason why such 
     metric was withheld from public disclosure and a timeline for 
     making such metric available, if applicable.
       (d) Comptroller General Review of Publicly Available Safety 
     and Quality Metrics.--Not later than 18 months after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall conduct a review of the safety and 
     quality metrics made publicly available by the Secretary of 
     Defense under this section to assess

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     the degree to which the Secretary is complying with the 
     provisions of this section.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3840. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 215. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PLANS FOR SOFTWARE FOR F-35 
                   AIRCRAFT.

       (a) Finding.--Congress finds that software in weapon 
     systems of the United States has become more complex and a 
     larger portion of the acquisition and sustainment costs of 
     such systems.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of Defense should--
       (1) submit to the congressional defense committees 
     executable timelines and sustainment plans for each section 
     of the report submitted to the congressional defense 
     committees under section 218(a)(2) of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (127 Stat. 707; Public 
     Law 113-66);
       (2) submit to the congressional defense committees 
     executable timelines and sustainment plans for the source of 
     repair or sustainment decisions for the totality of the 
     software for the F-35 aircraft program that was recommended 
     in such report; and
       (3) establish the baseline for software sustainment for the 
     F-35 aircraft program at the earlier of the date--
       (A) of the first initial operating capability (IOC) of such 
     program;
       (B) on which the F-35 aircraft is fielded or tasked; or
       (C) when combatant commanders start integrating the F-35 
     aircraft into training, operations, or planning.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 3841. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2842. REDESIGNATION OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES 
                   RESERVE CENTER IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, AS PFC 
                   HAROLD EUGENE ``GENE'' SELLERS-UNITED STATES 
                   ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER.

       (a) In General.--The United States Armed Forces Reserve 
     Center located at 6109 C W Post Road, Jonesboro, Arkansas, is 
     hereby renamed the ``PFC Harold Eugene `Gene' Sellers-United 
     States Armed Forces Reserve Center''.
       (b) References.--Any reference to the United States Armed 
     Forces Reserve Center located at 6109 C W Post Road, 
     Jonesboro, Arkansas, in any law, regulation, map, document, 
     record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed 
     to be a reference to the PFC Harold Eugene ``Gene'' Sellers-
     United States Armed Forces Reserve Center.
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  SA 3842. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2410, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2835. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORMER LYNN HAVEN FUEL DEPOT, 
                   LYNN HAVEN, FLORIDA.

       (a) Conveyance Authorized.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Air Force may convey 
     to the City of Lynn Haven, Florida (in this section referred 
     to as the ``City''), all right, title, and interest of the 
     United States in and to a parcel of real property, including 
     improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 144 acres 
     at the former Lynn Haven Fuel Depot in Bay County, Florida.
       (2) Excluded property.--The real property to be conveyed 
     under paragraph (1) shall not include the portion of the 
     former Lynn Haven Fuel Depot authorized to be conveyed by the 
     Secretary to Florida State University by section 2843 of the 
     Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 
     (division B of Public Law 110-181; 122 Stat. 553).
       (b) Consideration.--
       (1) Consideration required.--As consideration for the 
     conveyance under subsection (a)(1), the City shall pay to the 
     United States an amount equal to the fair market value of the 
     real property to be conveyed, as determined by the Secretary.
       (2) Treatment of cash payments received.--Cash payment 
     received by the Secretary under subsection (b)(1) shall be 
     deposited in the special account in the Treasury established 
     for the Secretary under subsection (e) of section 2667 of 
     title 10, United States Code, and shall be available to the 
     Secretary for the same uses and subject to the same 
     limitations as provided in that section.
       (c) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
     description of the real property to be conveyed under 
     subsection (a)(1) shall be determined by a survey 
     satisfactory to the Secretary.
       (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary may 
     require such additional terms and conditions in connection 
     with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United 
     States.

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