[House Report 118-141]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


118th Congress   }                                              {   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session     }                                              { 118-141

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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2670) TO AUTHORIZE 
  APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE 
 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE 
ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL 
         STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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   July 12, 2023.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                Mr. Cole, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 582]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 582, by a record vote of 9 to 4, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2670, the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, under 
a structured rule. The resolution waives all points of order 
against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides one 
hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services or their respective designees. The resolution provides 
that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 
the text of Rules Committee Print 118-10, modified by the 
amendment printed in part A of this report, shall be considered 
as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as 
read. The resolution waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution provides 
that following debate, each further amendment printed in part B 
of this report not earlier considered as part of amendments en 
bloc pursuant to section 3 shall be considered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question. The resolution waives all points of 
order against the amendments printed in part B of this report 
and amendments en bloc described in section 3. The resolution 
provides that at any time after debate the chair of the 
Committee on Armed Services or his designee may offer 
amendments en bloc consisting of further amendments printed in 
part B of this report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en 
bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 40 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services or their 
respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment, and 
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. 
The resolution provides that at the conclusion of consideration 
of the bill for amendment pursuant to this resolution, the 
Committee of the Whole shall rise without motion. No further 
consideration of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to 
a subsequent order of the House.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
H.R. 2670 includes:
    --Clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII, which requires the inclusion 
of a comparative print for a bill proposing to repeal or amend 
a statute.
    The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the 
bill, as amended, includes:
    --Clause 4 of rule XXI, which prohibits reporting a bill 
carrying an appropriation from a committee not having 
jurisdiction to report an appropriation.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendments printed in part B of this report or against 
amendments en bloc described in section 3, the Committee is not 
aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in 
nature.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 71

    Motion by Mr. Burgess to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler...............................          Yea   Ms. Scanlon.......................          Nay
Mrs. Fischbach..................................          Yea   Mr. Neguse........................          Nay
Mr. Massie......................................          Yea   Ms. Leger Fernandez...............          Nay
Mr. Norman......................................          Yea
Mr. Roy.........................................          Yea
Mrs. Houchin....................................          Yea
Mr. Langworthy..................................          Yea
Mr. Cole, Chairman..............................          Yea
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 SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2670 IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

    1. Rogers (AL): Corrects textual errors in the Rules 
Committee Print.

     SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2670 IN PART B MADE IN ORDER

    1. Alford (MO): Increases the authorized amount of funding 
for Army Ground Technology by $2.6 million. (10 minutes)
    2. Allred (TX): Expresses a sense of Congress on how the 
Secretary of Defense should prioritize critical and emergency 
technology partnerships in an effort to bolster U.S. defense 
alliances and partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region. (10 
minutes)
    3. Amodei (NV): Amends the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 
1999 to clarify the universe of military activities authorized 
to be conducted at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) to 
include the establishment of up to 15 small pads for radar 
emitters, and the use and maintenance of existing roads. This 
amendment also specifies that a headquarters-level participant 
from the USFWS and the Department of the Air Force (DAF) are to 
be represented on the existing Interagency Committee. (10 
minutes)
    4. Bacon (NE), Malliotakis (NY), Panetta (CA), Crow (CO): 
Amends pilot program to improve rate calculation for Basic 
Allowance for Housing by specifying focus on single-family 
housing. (10 minutes)
    5. Bacon (NE), Peltola (AK), Wittman (VA), Tokuda (HI): 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to require consideration of 
affiliate past performance for small business contract 
consideration (10 minutes)
    6. Bacon (NE), Crow (CO): Directs the Secretary of the Air 
Force to provide the congressional defense committees a future 
force design for the United States Air Force and United States 
Space Force projected through 2050. (10 minutes)
    7. Balderson (OH): Requires the Department of Defense to 
submit a report on Department policies regarding the 
consideration and approval of easements for certain energy 
infrastructure. (10 minutes)
    8. Banks (IN), Stefanik (NY), McCaul (TX), Pfluger (TX), 
Green (TN): Gives the President the authority to transfer 
retired or nearly-retired U.S. aerial refueling tankers to 
Israel in the event of an emergency. (10 minutes)
    9. Banks (IN), Luttrell (TX), Tenney (NY), Self (TX): 
Prohibits any funds authorized by the NDAA from going to any 
entity owned or controlled by the Iranian government or on 
relevant blacklists. (10 minutes)
    10. Banks (IN), Tenney (NY): Expands the annual China 
Military Power Report to include China's security cooperation 
with Iran and Russia. (10 minutes)
    11. Banks (IN), Stefanik (NY), Tenney (NY): Requires a DOD 
assessment of the precision-guided munitions Israel needs in 
the event of conflict with regional actors. Would extend 
existing authorities to provide Israel with such munitions in 
the event of an emergency. (10 minutes)
    12. Banks (IN): Prohibits any funds authorized in this bill 
from being made available directly or indirectly to the Badr 
Organization. (10 minutes)
    13. Barr (KY), Case (HI): Directs the Department of 
Defense, in conjunction with the United States Coast Guard and 
the Secretary of State, to conduct a feasibility study on the 
establishment of a Indo-Pacific Maritime Governance Center of 
Excellence. (10 minutes)
    14. Barr (KY): Directs the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the relevant federal agencies, to conduct a 
study on the impacts to United States national security from 
Chinese influence in the electric vehicle supply chain (10 
minutes)
    15. Barr (KY): Expresses a sense of Congress Regarding the 
Feasibility Study for Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction 
Pilot Plant. (10 minutes)
    16. Barr (KY): Awards certain medals to Members of the 
Armed Forces serving in Afghanistan during Operation Allies 
Refuge. (10 minutes)
    17. Bergman (MI), McClain (MI), James (MI), Stevens (MI), 
Moolenaar (MI): Increases funding for the Joint Light Tactical 
Vehicle family for vehicle safety data recorders with 
predictive logistics for weapons and vehicles (10 minutes)
    18. Bice (OK): Requires a report on airborne Intelligence, 
Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) requirements within the 
United States Africa Command area of responsibility. (10 
minutes)
    19. Bice (OK), Kiggans (VA), Carbajal (CA), Houlahan (PA), 
Tenney (NY), Green (TN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
develop a strategy to disrupt fentanyl trafficking, and report 
to Congress on efforts to enhance counter-fentanyl cooperation 
with Mexico. (10 minutes)
    20. Bice (OK): Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit 
a report to Congress with an updated supply chain assessment of 
certain semiconductor metals with national security 
applications. (10 minutes)
    21. Biggs (AZ), Van Duyne (TX), Miller (IL), Crane (AZ), 
Self (TX): Expresses a sense of Congress about the importance 
of the U.S.-Israel relationship and the need to continue 
offering security assistance and related support. (10 minutes)
    22. Blunt Rochester (DE): Requires the Secretary of Defense 
to conduct a study to identify health care provider training 
gaps in screening and treating maternal mental health 
conditions. Such study will assess health care provider 
experience with and attitudes around treating pregnant and 
postpartum women with mental and substance use disorders and 
include training recommendations for these providers based on 
identified training gaps. (10 minutes)
    23. Blunt Rochester (DE): Requires the Secretary of Defense 
to update the registry and provider lists under subsection (b) 
of section 717 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 
2016 and submit to Congress a report on mental health provider 
readiness designations. (10 minutes)
    24. Boebert (CO), Crane (AZ), Miller (IL): Requires DoD to 
report on institutions of higher education which have received 
DoD funding and hosted a Confucius Institute funded by the 
People's Republic of China. (10 minutes)
    25. Bost (IL), Budzinski (IL), Moulton (MA): Requires the 
DoD to report to Congress on current footwear regulations and 
indicate potential regulation improvements that support the 
needs of the warfighter and the domestic industrial base. (10 
minutes)
    26. Bowman (NY), Bush (MO): Requires public disclosure 
about the cost of the United States overseas military 
footprint. (10 minutes)
    27. Bowman (NY), Bush (MO): Requires a report on military 
recruitment practices in public secondary schools. (10 minutes)
    28. Brecheen (OK): Requires the Special Inspector General 
to Ukraine to investigate the accuracy and consistency with 
which weapons were fiscally evaluated to be fiscally worth by 
the DOD since the start of the Ukraine-Russia war. (10 minutes)
    29. Brownley (CA): Requires DOD to report on food 
purchasing. (10 minutes)
    30. Buchanan (FL), Kuster (NH), Gimenez (FL), Molinaro 
(NY): Requires Sec. Def. to submit a report the HASC on the 
effectiveness of Department of Defense Instruction 6025.25 
titled the ``Drug Take Back Program'' and include 
recommendations on actions to improve or expand the program. 
(10 minutes)
    31. Buchanan (FL), Levin (CA): Requires a GAO study to 
evaluate the feasibility and advisability of equipping all 
tactical vehicles of the Armed Forces with black box data 
recorders. (10 minutes)
    32. Buchanan (FL), Scott (VA), Lee (NV): Requires a 
Department of Defense study on the accessibility of mental 
health care providers and services for members of the Armed 
Forces serving on active duty. (10 minutes)
    33. Buchanan (FL): Mandate the Department of Defense 
promptly notify the Department of Veterans Affairs about 
someone transitioning from active duty to a veteran with an 
opioid use disorder. (10 minutes)
    34. Buck (CO): Requires categorization and tracking of F-35 
aircraft parts (10 minutes)
    35. Buck (CO): Manages fragmentation among entities 
involved in artificial intelligence across the Department of 
Defense (10 minutes)
    36. Buck (CO): Establishes a process for carrying out 
demilitarization and disposition of major end items. (10 
minutes)
    37. Buck (CO): Designates a single entity to oversee the 
implementation of predictive maintenance procedures (10 
minutes)
    38. Budzinski (IL), Bost (IL): Requires the Secretary of 
Defense to submit a report to Congressional Defense Committees 
on FY23 expenditures for the Child Development Center at Scott 
Air Force Base and an assessment of future fiscal needs. (10 
minutes)
    39. Budzinski (IL), Bost (IL): Requires the Secretary of 
the Air Force to submit a report to Congressional Defense 
Committees on the infrastructure upgrades needed to support 
mobility aircraft operations. (10 minutes)
    40. Budzinski (IL), Bost (IL): Requires the Secretary of 
Defense to submit a report to Congressional Defense Committees 
on the risks of flooding and other natural weather phenomenon 
that threaten to endanger military installations. The report 
should include potential mitigation strategies and a focus on 
the Mississippi Delta. (10 minutes)
    41. Burchett (TN): Requires cost sharing for RDT&E 
contracts (10 minutes)
    42. Burchett (TN): Declassifies any documents relating to 
publicly known sightings of UAPs (10 minutes)
    43. Burlison (MO): Requires that the Secretary of Defense 
may not enter into a contract for online tutoring services 
which could result in personal data of citizens of the United 
States being transferred to the control of the People's 
Republic of China. (10 minutes)
    44. Cammack (FL): Establishes a Working Group to identify 
potential applications for blockchain technology, smart 
contracts, or distributed ledger technologies to improve 
efficiencies or functions at the Department of Defense. (10 
minutes)
    45. Caraveo (CO), Molinaro (NY): Allows transitioning 
service members to learn about agriculture through the 
Transition Assistance Program. (10 minutes)
    46. Caraveo (CO): Requires the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
to conduct a report on the transition process for service 
members with healthcare backgrounds and the number of 
transitioning service members that join the Medical Reserve 
Corps. (10 minutes)
    47. Carbajal (CA), Newhouse (WA), Pingree (ME), LaMalfa 
(CA), Panetta (CA): Prohibits the official display of a cut 
flower or green in any public area of a building of the 
Executive Office of the President, the Department of State, or 
the Department of Defense unless it is produced in the United 
States. The prohibition does not apply to any cut flower or 
green used by a federal officer or employee for personal 
display. (10 minutes)
    48. Carey (OH), Tenney (NY), Miller (OH): Prohibits the 
decommissioning of any KC-135 Stratotankers in Fisal Year 2024. 
(10 minutes)
    49. Carter (GA): Adds the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives to the list of committees that 
the Secretary of Defense must submit justification to when U.S. 
Department of Defense funds are used by EcoHealth Alliance for 
research. (10 minutes)
    50. Carter (TX): Directs the the Secretary of Defense to 
assess the capacity of the Department of Defense to test, 
evaluate, and use additive fabrication technology to supplement 
maintenance parts in support of weapon systems and associated 
support equipment. (10 minutes)
    51. Case (HI): Modifies 10 USC 1781 to add a requirement 
that requires the Department of Defense to determine the market 
capacity for applicable medical care and educational services 
to support Exceptional Family Member Program-enrolled families 
and provide a report to the Services on a quarterly basis to 
prevent access to care issues. (10 minutes)
    52. Case (HI), Molinaro (NY): Seeks a study to reexamine 
the calculation of weighted student units for impact aid 
payments for eligible federally connected children with 
disabilities to better support local educational agencies in 
providing quality education. (10 minutes)
    53. Case (HI), Tokuda (HI), Radewagen (AS): Directs the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security 
Affairs to assess and develop plans for Civic Action Teams in 
the Pacific Islands. (10 minutes)
    54. Case (HI), Tokuda (HI): Amends the DOD Readiness and 
Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI) to ensure that 
regionally associated installations can better coordinate and 
enter into agreements with projects that are in vicinity to 
other installations but effect current or anticipated military 
training, testing, or operations within the region. (10 
minutes)
    55. Case (HI), Tokuda (HI): Directs the military to provide 
a report on efforts to renew critical training land leases in 
the State of Hawaii. (10 minutes)
    56. Case (HI), Radewagen (AS): Modifies the Pilot Program 
to Develop Young Civilian Defense Leaders in the Indo-Pacific 
to also include civilians working for ministries with a 
security mission, so that countries without militaries can 
participate. (10 minutes)
    57. Casten (IL): Calls for the DOD and HHS to work together 
to study and report to Congress the barriers to mental health 
care for military pilots, and to provide recommendations to 
Congress on how best to. Improve Access to Mental Health Care 
for military pilots Improve the process by which pilots are 
receiving mental health care are cleared to fly (10 minutes)
    58. Castor (FL): Ensures interstate reciprocity of 
Individualized Education Program (IEP) for military dependent 
students when a parent/guardian receives PCS orders. (10 
minutes)
    59. Castor (FL): Directs the Department of Defense to 
provide temporary daycare accommodations for military 
dependents when a servicemember is on Permanent Change of 
Station, Temporary Duty or any other similar deployment. (10 
minutes)
    60. Correa (CA): Amends the military parole in place 
authority from the 2020 NDAA. That language covered current 
active duty or deceased service members, and this amendment 
also adds honorably discharged veterans. (10 minutes)
    61. Crenshaw (TX): Directs the Secretary of Defense to 
allow those injured in the line of duty and eligible for 
medical retirement to continue service while receiving hostile 
fire/imminent danger pay. The purpose of the amendment is to 
ensure that soldiers injured in the line of duty can receive 
full retirement benefits that come with 20 years of service. 
(10 minutes)
    62. Crow (CO), Neguse (CO): Requires DOD to develop a 
strategy to address medical research and development gaps 
essential to caring for casualties experiencing combined 
traumatic injuries across chemical, biological, radiological, 
and nuclear (CBRN) spectrum. (10 minutes)
    63. Curtis (UT), Blunt Rochester (DE): Requires an 
assessment of Cable Security Fleet's ability and preparedness 
to repair transoceanic submarine fiber optic cables that may be 
damaged or cut by adversaries. (10 minutes)
    64. Curtis (UT): Asks for an assessment of Russia's 
information operations capabilities and an assessment of 
current efforts taken by the Department of Defense and allied 
and partner militaries' information operations components to 
target and otherwise coordinate efforts against Russian 
military information operations. (10 minutes)
    65. Curtis (UT): Asks for a report on the sophistication of 
Iranian missile capabilities and details of Iranian ballistic 
missile testing. (10 minutes)
    66. Curtis (UT): Asks for a classified report on Iranian 
involvement in the narcotics trade, the entities associated 
with the trade, and an assessment on the financial benefits of 
involvement in the trade & what the money is used for. (10 
minutes)
    67. Davis (NC), Fitzpatrick (PA), Joyce (OH), Ellzey (TX), 
Crow (CO): Requires a report from the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Health Affairs on innovative prevention and 
treatment methods for military personnel suffering from 
migraines. (10 minutes)
    68. De La Cruz (TX), Edwards (NC), Pappas (NH), Pettersen 
(CO): Provides funding in the amount of $5 million each for the 
following programs: the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) 
Maritime Intelligence Support; the U.S. Northern Command Mexico 
Office of Defense Cooperation; and the Advanced Analytics for 
Global Threat Network Disruption for U.S. Northern Command. (10 
minutes)
    69. DesJarlais (TN), Foster (IL), Morelle (NY): Codifies 
NNSA as the interagency lead on nuclear forensics, making NNSA 
responsible for integrating the National Technical Nuclear 
Forensics (NTNF) activities in a consistent, unified strategic 
direction. (10 minutes)
    70. Donalds (FL): Expresses the Sense of Congress that 
Congress supports Project Pele, a DOD SCO program that seeks to 
develop, demonstrate, and deploy a portable nuclear 
microreactor to bolster American national security and reduce 
fuel-related logistical challenges. (10 minutes)
    71. Donalds (FL): Directs several government entities, 
including the Army Corps of Engineers and the National Guard, 
to develop a national strategy to deploy nuclear microreactors 
to respond to the impacts of a natural disaster. (10 minutes)
    72. Donalds (FL), Self (TX): Directs the U.S. Space Force 
to submit a report pertaining to its current and future 
potential use of nuclear thermal propulsion space vehicles and 
nuclear electric propulsion space vehicles, and how these 
nuclear-powered space vehicles can bolster America's national 
security. (10 minutes)
    73. Donalds (FL): Adds Sense of Congress that Congress 
understands the benefits that advanced nuclear reactors can 
provide to domestic and international military operations, 
while reducing fuel-related logistical challenges. (10 minutes)
    74. Donalds (FL): Directs the DOD to submit a confidential 
report evaluating the American national security risks 
associated with Chinese and Russian interest in space (e.g. 
satellites; space stations; moon exploration; moon mineral 
acquisition; etc.). (10 minutes)
    75. Donalds (FL): Adds a Sense of Congress that Congress 
encourages the U.S. Armed Forces to utilize innovative 
technological capabilities, such as artificial intelligence, 
quantum information science, advanced air mobility, counter-
uas, to ultimately defend the national security of the United 
States. (10 minutes)
    76. Duncan (SC): Grants the Secretary of Defense the 
authority to transfer data and technology developed under the 
MOSAICS program to eligible private sector entities. (10 
minutes)
    77. Dunn (FL), Radewagen (AS), Case (HI): Provides for 
flexibility in Humanitarian Aid as part of the Denton Program. 
(10 minutes)
    78. Edwards (NC): Requires the Department of Defense to 
report to Congress on the status of the formulation of policies 
by the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to 
record and track alleged incidents of misuse of U.S.-provided 
equipment in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The report 
would be due within 90 days of enactment. (10 minutes)
    79. Eshoo (CA): Expresses the sense of Congress that the 
Navy should name a future commissioned ship after William B. 
Gould, a formerly enslaved sailor who served in the Navy during 
the Civil War. (10 minutes)
    80. Fallon (TX): Expresses the Sense of Congress that the 
US and Taiwan should explore efforts to expand energy sources 
and harden existing facilities. (10 minutes)
    81. Fitzgerald (WI): Requires elementary and secondary 
schools operated by the Department of Defense Education 
Activity (DODEA) to publish the curriculum on a publicly 
available website. (10 minutes)
    82. Foster (IL): Assessment of the ability of the United 
States to detect and monitor supercritical nuclear weapon tests 
conducted at very low yields. (10 minutes)
    83. Franklin (FL), Diaz-Balart (FL), Ruppersberger (MD), 
Ellzey (TX): Provides funding for Cyber Supply Chain Risk 
Management program. (10 minutes)
    84. Frost (FL): Requires a report from the Department of 
Defense and Armed Services Inspectors General evaluating the 
cost of financial investigations and the amount directly or 
indirectly recovered through financial investigations. (10 
minutes)
    85. Fry (SC): Directs the Secretary of Defense to issue a 
report, within 1 year of enactment, on the impact of ROTC 
programs on military recruitment efforts. (10 minutes)
    86. Fry (SC), Radewagen (AS), Brecheen (OK): Prohibits the 
availability of funds for elimination of ROTC programs at 
institutions of higher education. (10 minutes)
    87. Gaetz (FL): Changes the votes required for conviction, 
sentencing, and other matters in general and special courts-
martial. (10 minutes)
    88. Gallagher (WI): Mandates a study of the feasibility and 
advisability of establishing a combined planning group or 
alternative mechanism with Taiwan. (10 minutes)
    89. Gallagher (WI): Tasks DoD to assess vulnerabilities in 
its supply chain, identify and recommend changes to acquisition 
laws, regulations, and policies, and prioritize recommendations 
to achieve critical mineral supply chain independence. (10 
minutes)
    90. Gallagher (WI): Requires the annual China Military 
Power report to provide an assessment of the PRC's development 
in critical and emerging technologies and identify at least 10 
PRC entities that are operating in each technology with their 
known affiliation with the PLA. (10 minutes)
    91. Gallagher (WI): Directs the Secretary of Defense to 
designate priority theaters of operation and priority combatant 
commands for each fiscal year no later than October 31st. 
Directs the President and the Secretary of State to give 
priority in procurement of defense articles and in foreign 
military sales to countries located in the theaters designated 
as priority. (10 minutes)
    92. Gallagher (WI): Directs an assessment of the 
feasibility, effectiveness, and value of developing low-cost 
anti-ship weapons. (10 minutes)
    93. Gallagher (WI): Bars DoD from contracting or procuring 
goods or services, directly or indirectly, from entities on the 
1260H list and their subsidiaries. (10 minutes)
    94. Garamendi (CA): Allows the Maritime Administration's 
(MARAD) Federal Ship Financing (Title XI) Program to also 
provide low-interest loans and loan guarantees for re-flagging 
commercial vessels under the U.S. registry and repairs, 
retrofits, and reconfigurations of civilian vessels in domestic 
shipyards. Current law only allows this federal financing for 
new vessel construction and commercial shipyard improvements. 
(10 minutes)
    95. Garcia (TX), Escobar (TX): Provides an evidentiary 
whistleblower standard provision for clarification in 
investigation procedures. (10 minutes)
    96. Garcia (TX), Escobar (TX), Kildee (MI), Sykes (OH): 
Expands bereavement leave to the death of a parent, spouse, or 
child to include language of non-biological relatives (e.g., 
adopted, or foster children). (10 minutes)
    97. Gimenez (FL), Wexton (VA), Panetta (CA): Requires a 
report from the President on Iran's military assistance and 
cooperation with Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela to be submitted 
to appropriate Congressional committees. (10 minutes)
    98. Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), Neguse (CO): Expresses the 
sense that it is important for readiness that the military be 
able to fix its own equipment and directs the Secretary of 
Defense to submit the report required under EO 14036 related to 
DOD repairing its own equipment (10 minutes)
    99. Gonzales, Tony (TX), Ryan (NY), Ellzey (TX), Crow (CO), 
Sykes (OH): Increases the Family Separation Allowance to $400 
from $250. Requires the FSA be periodically reviewed in the 
Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation. (10 minutes)
    100. Gonalez-Colon (PR), Soto (FL): Amends Section 204(c) 
of the Military Construction Authorization Act of 1974 by 
striking a sentence that hindered federal clean-up work in the 
Culebra nature reserve. (10 minutes)
    101. Gooden (TX): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
annually report the total cost to procure technical data that 
would be used by the government in an effort to promote vendor 
competition and allow control over specific elements of 
sustainment. (10 minutes)
    102. Gosar (AZ), Biggs (AZ): Authorizes employees at the 
Yuma Proving Grounds to use nonelectric vehicles in the 
performance of their duties. (10 minutes)
    103. Gottheimer (NJ), Salazar (FL): Increases the DoD 
SkillBridge Program by $5 million, funds will be specifically 
used for employers to train service members transitioning to 
civilian life for supply chain and transportation related 
employment. (10 minutes)
    104. Gottheimer (NJ), Garbarino (NY), Tenney (NY): Requires 
the Secretary of Defense to report on the status of U.S.-Israel 
cooperation on efforts to counter threats by Iran in the form 
of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), including loitering 
munitions, otherwise known as ``suicide'' and ``kamikaze'' 
drones. (10 minutes)
    105. Gottheimer (NJ), LaLota (NY): Increases the National 
Defense Education Program by $5 million to strengthen and 
expand STEM education opportunities and workforce initiatives 
targeted at military students. (10 minutes)
    106. Gottheimer (NJ), Pfluger (TX): Expresses support for 
joint U.S.-Israel cooperation in the space arena between NASA 
and the Israel Space Agency, as well as between the U.S. Air 
Force, U.S. Space Force, and and the Israeli Air Force in areas 
of research, development, test, and evaluation. (10 minutes)
    107. Gottheimer (NJ), Tenney (NY): Requires the Secretary 
of Defense to include in their annual report on Military and 
Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 
information on the PRC's burgeoning relationship with the 
Islamic Republic of Iran. (10 minutes)
    108. Gottheimer (NJ): Directs the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, to 
report to Congress ways it protects U.S. defense technology 
sold to foreign partners. (10 minutes)
    109. Graves (LA), Gallagher (WI): Makes veterans of 
Operation End Sweep eligible for the Vietnam Service Medal. (10 
minutes)
    110. Graves (LA): Extends the sunset of the no-cost 
contracts provision of the 2019 NDAA to December 31, 2032. (10 
minutes)
    111. Graves (LA), Huffman (CA): Adds countering illegal, 
unreported, and unregulated fishing as an authorization for 
which the Secretary may support foreign security capacity 
building. (10 minutes)
    112. Green (TN), Panetta (CA), Self (TX): Directs the 
Commander of Army Special Operations Command to establish an 
exchange program between Army special operations forces and the 
special operations forces of the Polish Army. (10 minutes)
    113. Green (TN): Mandates that the Department of Defense 
produce a report to Congress on the feasibility of furnishing 
the national guard of every state a cyber unit to ensure the 
state has the ability to quickly respond to cyber attacks. (10 
minutes)
    114. Green (TN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
ensure that the Department maintains access to a top-tier 
subterranean training facility for the improvement of training 
for Special Operations Forces (SOF) units. (10 minutes)
    115. Grijalva (AZ), Gallego (AZ): Extends the protections 
necessary for the continued use by the Air Force of the Barry 
M. Goldwater Range in Arizona. (10 minutes)
    116. Grothman (WI): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
ensure that, to the extent practicable, commercial positions in 
the Department of Defense are filled by civilian employees or 
contractors rather than a member of the Armed Forces. (10 
minutes)
    117. Guthrie (KY), Womack (AR), Kiggans (VA), Hunt (TX), 
Correa (CA), Ross (NC), Mace (SC), Rouzer (NC), Veasey (TX), 
Strickland (WA), Escobar (TX): Directs the Secretary of the 
Army to report to Congress on the Army Human Resources Command 
2030 Transformation Plan, including timelines, milestones, and 
resource needs. (10 minutes)
    118. Hageman (WY): Requires the DoD to report on the 
Ukraine Lend-Lease program's impact on U.S. defense stockpiles 
and how all equipment will be recovered when the authority 
expires (10 minutes)
    119. Hageman (WY): Enhances fentanyl threat reporting to 
include a review of U.S. laws and policies which may be 
facilitating fentanyl trafficking over the southern border (10 
minutes)
    120. Hageman (WY), Donalds (FL): Requires the Department of 
Defense to ensure authorized funds for energy resilience under 
the NATO DIANA initiative considers all energy sources that are 
capable of providing sufficient baseload power (10 minutes)
    121. Hayes (CT), Larson (CT): Requires the military 
departments to review all installation-level web information 
about suicide prevention and behavioral health and ensure that 
contact information is up to date, certifying this annually to 
Congress. (10 minutes)
    122. Hill (AR): Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit 
a report on threats Iran poses to United States and partner 
military bases. (10 minutes)
    123. Houlahan (PA), Fitzpatrick (PA), Bacon (NE), Crow 
(CO), Ellzey (TX), Salazar (FL): Prohibits export or sale of 
petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to 
China, North Korea, Russia, Iran or any country subject to 
sanctions imposed by the United States. (10 minutes)
    124. Huffman (CA), Raskin (MD), Norton (DC), Johnson (GA), 
Cohen (TN): Requires the Secretary to publish the most recent 
list of chaplain endorsements submitted to the Armed Forces 
Chaplain Board and the list of known endorsements used by AFCB 
to verify submissions. (10 minutes)
    125. Huizenga (MI), Bergman (MI): Requires a study by the 
Secretary of Defense on alternative vessel design for improved 
operations and shock impact mitigation on special operations 
personnel health and fatigue. (10 minutes)
    126. Huizenga (MI), Connolly (VA), Turner (OH), Boyle (PA), 
McCormick (GA), Dunn (FL): Expresses the sense of Congress that 
NATO member states should commit to providing, at a minimum, 2 
percent of its GDP to defense. (10 minutes)
    127. Huizenga (MI), Self (TX): Requires a report to 
Congress on military activities of the Russian Federation and 
the People's Republic of China in the Arctic Region. (10 
minutes)
    128. Hunt (TX): Recommends the Secretary of Defense 
continue to support and fully fund the existing Energy 
Functional Specialist Civil Affairs Officer Program and its 
academic partnership and assess opportunities to expand the 
program to other services and across the Combatant Commands. 
(10 minutes)
    129. Issa (CA): Upgrades the Navy Cross of CAPT E. Royce 
Williams (Ret.) to the Medal of Honor. (10 minutes)
    130. Issa (CA): Requires a report on the nuclear 
cooperation between Iran and Russia. (10 minutes)
    131. Ivey (MD): Enables the Defense Innovation Unit within 
the DoD to identify, support, and collaborate with multi-
stakeholder research and innovation partnerships that have the 
potential to generate key technologies, products, or other 
solutions that address national defense or security needs. (10 
minutes)
    132. Ivey (MD): Directs the Secretary of Defense, through 
the Defense-State Liaison Office, to consult with state 
authorities that administer professional licenses to increase 
awareness among state agencies, service members, and their 
spouses regarding portability of professional licenses when 
deployed to another state; and directs the GAO to study and 
report on the implementation and efficacy of portability 
rights. (10 minutes)
    133. Jackson (TX), Self (TX): Requires the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture to 
submit to Congress a report on foreign-owned agricultural land 
located within 50 miles of a United States military 
installation. (10 minutes)
    134. Jackson (TX), Radewagen (AS), Dunn (FL), Sherman (CA): 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive 
Pacific Islands security strategy. (10 minutes)
    135. Jackson (TX): Requires a report on college-level 
credits for military recruits. (10 minutes)
    136. Jackson Lee (TX): Adds report to be submitted within 
220 days following enactment on Capacity to Provide Disaster 
Survivors with Emergency Short Term Housing. (10 minutes)
    137. Jacobs (CA): Requires the Department of Defense to 
provide public and congressional notice when certain reports 
are withheld from public notice, and requires a report on the 
Department's implementation of this requirement. (10 minutes)
    138. James (MI), McClain (MI), Bergman (MI), Moolenaar 
(MI): Adds additional funding for advanced procurement of F-
15EX Aircraft. These funds would support recapitalizing Air 
National Guard fighter aircraft with the priority given to A-10 
squadrons without an identified replacement aircraft. (10 
minutes)
    139. James (MI): Requires DOD and State to do a joint 
assessment on current and future constraints to our defense 
supply chain. Specifically the supply chain that goes towards 
weapons manufacturing for our military and FMS. (10 minutes)
    140. Joyce (OH), Sykes (OH), Brown (OH), Miller (OH): 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States is 
dangerously dependent upon foreign adversaries for the 
procurement of natural rubber. (10 minutes)
    141. Kaptur (OH): Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to 
create a new Last Member Standing Medal, to be awarded to 
members of the Armed Forces who served honorably and as a 
result of combat with a force hostile to the United States was 
the last surviving member of their unit, and for other 
purposes. (10 minutes)
    142. Keating (MA): Prohibits the Air Force from renewing 
the Chiller Class J&A until it develops a methodology to 
compare the cost differential between initial procurement costs 
of chillers and ancillary equipment with and without 
competition. Additionally, requires that the Air Force 
establish metrics to measure performance under the Chiller 
Class J&A and to collect data to demonstrate that limiting 
competition under the Chiller Class J&A is resulting in cost 
savings. (10 minutes)
    143. Krishnamoorthi (IL), Gallagher (WI): Expresses a sense 
of Congress that building trust and familiarity between the 
United States and Taiwan is an important component of helping 
Taiwan improve its self-defense capabilities and that the 
Secretary of Defense should utilize existing authorities to 
strengthen working-level communication and coordination between 
the United States and Taiwan, including relating to conducting 
exercises; concepts of operation and tactics, techniques, and 
procedures; and other measures to help Taiwan meet its self-
defense needs. (10 minutes)
    144. Lamborn (CO): Requires the Department of Defense to 
provide a strategy on the Precision Strike Missile production 
capacity for FY24-25 and increasing production capacity. (10 
minutes)
    145. Landsman (OH): Requires the Department of Defense to 
submit confidential and non-confidential reports to Congress on 
private military companies (PMCs). (10 minutes)
    146. Landsman (OH): Requires a study into the feasibility 
of providing child care to National Guardsmen while on 
inactive-duty training. (10 minutes)
    147. Larsen (WA): Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force 
to transfer property rights to the county of Snohomish. (10 
minutes)
    148. Lee (FL): Instructs the Secretary to consider the 
unintended consequences of Defense Health Agency's recent 
decision to reduce the footprint of the 6th Medical Group at 
MacDill Air Force Base, as per the NDAA's ``right sizing'' 
initiative (2017 NDAA section 703). (10 minutes)
    149. Lee (NV): Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to 
conduct a behavioral health epidemiological consultation 
focusing on the unique social and occupational stressors 
affecting servicemembers and military families at Creech Air 
Force Base. The consultation will conclude in a report 
providing recommendations to improve readiness and overall 
well-being of those based at Creech. (10 minutes)
    150. Lee (NV), Larsen (WA), Gonzales, Tony (TX), Sherrill 
(NJ), Moylan (GU): Requires the Secretary of Defense to carry 
out a study on the use of Defense Community Infrastructure 
Pilot Program funds for supporting investments in child care 
options around military bases. (10 minutes)
    151. Lee (NV): Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to 
report on the feasibility and potential impact of reinstating 
assignment incentive pay for Creech Air Force Base. (10 
minutes)
    152. Lee (NV), Larsen (WA), Bacon (NE), Sherrill (NJ), 
Moylan (GU), Sykes (OH): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
carry out a report on at-home child care programs and the 
feasibility study of streamlining licensing and certification 
requirements across the Department of Defense's services and 
bases to better support child care availability and spouse 
employment. (10 minutes)
    153. Lee (NV), Larsen (WA), James (MI), Bacon (NE), 
Sherrill (NJ), Moylan (GU), Valadao (CA), Bergman (MI), Case 
(HI): Require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a feasibility 
study into leveraging resources across states and the private 
sector to better advance the Department of Defense State 
Partnership Program. (10 minutes)
    154. Loudermilk (GA), Brownley (CA), McCormick (GA), Kim 
(NJ): Requires the Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with 
the Chief of the Navy Reserve, to submit a report to the House 
Armed Services Committee and the Senate Armed Services 
Committee on the status of Navy C-130 recapitalization and its 
impact on contested logistics and intra-theater airlift 
capacity. (10 minutes)
    155. Luna (FL): Requires that servicemembers receive a copy 
of their medical records no later than 12 days after the 
separation or retirement from military. (10 minutes)
    156. Luttrell (TX): Requires a report on the Army and Air 
Force programs to locally utilize small buisnesses. (10 
minutes)
    157. Lynch (MA), Ryan (NY): Requires the Secretary of 
Defense, in consultation with the Director of the Defense 
Health Agency, to develop and implement a centralized program 
to monitor and assist members of the Armed Forces at risk of 
suicide who have been recently discharged from health care, as 
recommended by the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent 
Review Committee. (10 minutes)
    158. Magaziner (RI): Requires the Secretary of the Navy to 
report to the congressional defense committees on the use and 
implementation of the Navy Shipbuilding Workforce Development 
Special Initiative. The amendment would also require the GAO to 
study and report to congressional defense committees on the 
current state of affordable housing availability in high-cost 
areas with defense-related operations and the effects of 
limited affordable housing on defense production and readiness. 
(10 minutes)
    159. Magaziner (RI), Swalwell (CA): Requires the Secretary 
of Defense to sell or make available for rent sleepers and 
bassinets with advanced sleep technology through military 
exchanges. (10 minutes)
    160. Magaziner (RI): Requires TRICARE's managed care 
support contractors to keep provider directories up to date (10 
minutes)
    161. Malliotakis (NY): Sense of Congress that the Secretary 
of Defense to create one Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) for 
all the Boroughs of New York City. Currently, the Borough of 
Staten Island, which is part of New York City, is included in a 
BAH with New Jersey resulting in lower payments to active duty 
service members on Staten Island who are subjected to the costs 
of living in New York City. (10 minutes)
    162. Manning (NC), Kean (NJ), Tenney (NY): Adds a 
description of the threat posed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary 
Guard Corps (IRGC) to Europe to the Annual Report on Military 
Power of Iran. (10 minutes)
    163. Massie (KY): Report on the casualty and equipment 
losses for both sides involved in conflict in Ukraine. (10 
minutes)
    164. Mast (FL): Requires report on U.S. Defense and 
Technological Industrial Base specifically related to air and 
missile defense in CENTCOM (10 minutes)
    165. McCaul (TX), Green (TN), Self (TX): Expresses a sense 
of Congress on the implementation of the Advanced Capabilities 
Pillar of the Trilateral Security Partnership between 
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (text of 
bipartisan, House-passed H.R. 1093) and requires a report on 
efforts of the Department of State to implement the advanced 
capabilities pillar of the AUKUS partnership. (10 minutes)
    166. McClain (MI), Kean (NJ), Strickland (WA), Mace (SC): 
Amends Sec. 705 to include Lactation Consultants in order to 
assist military spouses in need of lactation services. (10 
minutes)
    167. McClain (MI), Sykes (OH): Requires a report from Sec. 
Defense on (1) specific weapon systems Ukraine needs to defend 
itself from Russia; (2) specific weapon systems Taiwan needs to 
defend itself from the PLA; (3) assessment of weapon supply 
chains (10 minutes)
    168. McClain (MI): Requires a report from Sec. of Defense 
on efforts to expand the frequency of bilateral and 
multilateral exercises involving Israel and US' Middle East 
regional partners. (10 minutes)
    169. McCormick (GA), McCaul (TX), Kean (NJ): Provides the 
flexible hiring authority given to the Office of Inspector 
General (OIG) of the Department of Defense (DoD) to the OIGs of 
the Department of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID) for matters related to 
oversight of aid to Ukraine. (10 minutes)
    170. McGarvey (KY): Modifies an existing pilot program at 
the Department of Defense on timeliness of SBIR awards to 
include the military departments. (10 minutes)
    171. McGovern (MA), Fitzpatrick (PA), LaLota (NY), 
D'Esposito (NY), Garbarino (NY): Makes technical changes to the 
Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program to clarify congressional 
intent. (10 minutes)
    172. Meeks (NY), Sykes (OH): Adds immediately family 
members, including military spouses, to the Task Force of DOD 
on Mental Health report as pertains to access to telehealth 
services. (10 minutes)
    173. Menendez (NJ): Directs the Secretary of Defense to 
improve outreach to departing servicemembers on career training 
opportunities in the cybersecurity field, including online 
search functions. (10 minutes)
    174. Meng (NY), Kim (NJ), Strickland (WA), Bera (CA), 
Carter (GA): Amends Section 1303 of the base text and inserts a 
``free, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific.'' (10 minutes)
    175. Meng (NY), Bilirakis (FL), Pappas (NH), Malliotakis 
(NY), Titus (NV), Pallone (NJ), Gallego (AZ), Lawler (NY), 
Schneider (IL), Menendez (NJ), Blunt Rochester (DE), Kean (NJ), 
Smith (NJ), Sarbanes (MD): Requires a report on the security 
relationship between the United States and the Hellenic 
Republic. (10 minutes)
    176. Meng (NY), Williams (NY): Inserts the text of the 
ATRRS Act. (10 minutes)
    177. Miller (IL), Crane (AZ), Green (TN): Expresses a sense 
of Congress on the importance of pastoral care at Department of 
Defense medical facilities (10 minutes)
    178. Miller-Meeks (IA), Crow (CO), Ellzey (TX), Feenstra 
(IA): Requires a report on DOD's electric waste containing 
critical minerals and rare earth elements and information 
detailing technologies from which these elements could be 
extracted from electric waste and returned to the U.S. supply 
chain. (10 minutes)
    179. Mills (FL): Requires a report from the Secretary of 
Defense to the congressional defense committees, the House 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Senate Committee on 
Foreign Relations on expediting fighter aircraft sales to 
Israel. (10 minutes)
    180. Molinaro (NY): Directs the Secretary of the Army to 
submit a report on Block II of the Black Hawk helicopter 
program of the Army, including the requested funding for Black 
Hawk Block II for fiscal years 2025-2029 by year and 
appropriation, requirements for the program, and a program 
acquisition strategy. (10 minutes)
    181. Molinaro (NY): Ensures trained and licensed mental and 
behavioral health professionals conduct routine mental health 
check ups to ensure the safety and well-being of children with 
intellectual and developmental disabilities. (10 minutes)
    182. Molinaro (NY): Requires an updated report on the U.S. 
Biodefense Strategy, including an assessment on the current and 
potential biological threats against the United States. (10 
minutes)
    183. Molinaro (NY): Requires a GAO study on the 
effectiveness of the Exceptional Family Member Program and how 
it currently supports individuals with intellectual and 
developmental disabilities. (10 minutes)
    184. Molinaro (NY): Requires the Secretary to provide 
periodic reports to Congress on how the Department is ensuring 
full, adequate TRICARE coverage of Narcan (Naloxone) for 
servicemembers and their families. (10 minutes)
    185. Molinaro (NY): Requires the Secretary to report to 
Congress within 180 days following enactment on any 
discrepancies between in-home/nursing care between TRICARE and 
CHAMPVA. (10 minutes)
    186. Moskowitz (FL): Requires the Department of Defense to 
conduct a study on the impact of the cancer drug shortage on 
veterans and service members. (10 minutes)
    187. Moulton (MA), Bacon (NE): Directs SECDEF submit a 
report concurrent with the budget submission and submission of 
future years defense planning that provides a five-year 
projection of divestments the department plans to make for 
major weapon systems (as defined in law). (10 minutes)
    188. Moylan (GU): Requires a DOD study of the feasibility 
of dredging Port of Guam to determine if this would be a 
positive externality for DOD operations on Guam. (10 minutes)
    189. Moylan (GU): Requires a study to determine if utility 
poles on Guam are sufficient for DOD readiness in the case of 
future natural disasters, and if it is feasible to move these 
poles to underground transmission. As well as to determine the 
same for water and wastewater infrastructure. (10 minutes)
    190. Neguse (CO): Requires the Secretary of Defense to take 
certain actions to establish a comprehensive training standard 
and certification program for military vehicle operations, 
aiming to address the persistent issue of inadequate training 
and reduce incidents, particularly vehicle rollovers, caused by 
operator inexperience and lack of training. (10 minutes)
    191. Neguse (CO): Requires the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs, to establish a database to record training 
performed by members of the Armed Forces and make such 
information available to states and other employers to satisfy 
civilian licensing and certification requirements, and provide 
service members with a competency report before transitioning 
to civilian life. (10 minutes)
    192. Neguse (CO): Requires responsiveness testing of 
Defense Logistics Agency pharmaceutical contracts. (10 minutes)
    193. Neguse (CO): Requires the Under Secretary of Defense 
for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a study and report on 
military grace period reforms, focusing on the impact and 
stigma of unit tasking during the Transition Assistance Program 
on service members' ability to transition to civilian life. (10 
minutes)
    194. Neguse (CO), Casar (TX): Requires the Secretary of 
Defense to provide housing accommodations for members of the 
Armed Forces and their dependents who are on military housing 
waitlists. (10 minutes)
    195. Neguse (CO): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
submit a report to Congress evaluating beneficiary access to 
TRICARE network pharmacies under the TPharm5 contract and 
changes in beneficiary access versus the TPharm4 contract. (10 
minutes)
    196. Norman (SC), Duncan (SC), Murphy (NC): Authorizes the 
President to award Major James Capers Jr. the Medal of Honor 
for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the 
Vietnam War, in which he was awarded the Silver Star. (10 
minutes)
    197. Norman (SC), Duncan (SC), Murphy (NC): States that it 
is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy shall 
name a vessel of the United States Navy the ``U.S.S. Major 
James Capers Jr.'' in honor of Major James Capers, Jr., for the 
acts of valor he showed as a Member of the Marine Corps during 
the Vietnam War, in which he was awarded the Silver Star. (10 
minutes)
    198. Norman (SC), Doggett (TX), Crane (AZ): Requires the 
cost of any project funded with financial support from the 
Department of Defense to disclose the cost to taxpayers. (10 
minutes)
    199. Obernolte (CA): Allows a certain entity to access to 
the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area for a 
particular time and a particular purpose. Waives applicability 
of the Secretary of the Navy's instruction for this parcel. (10 
minutes)
    200. Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Velazquez (NY): Requests a GAO 
report on the status of the Federal environmental cleanup and 
decontamination process in Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico. 
(10 minutes)
    201. Ogles (TN): Directs the Secretary of Defense to invite 
Taiwan to the 2024 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. (10 
minutes)
    202. Panetta (CA): Awards Thomas H. Griffin the Medal of 
Honor for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the 
Vietnam War. (10 minutes)
    203. Panetta (CA), Steube (FL), Crow (CO): Requires the 
Secretary to notify servicemembers via mail, email, or in 
person about the availability of the free MilTax program and 
other free DOD tax services within the first two months of the 
calendar year, and requires the Secretary to submit a report to 
Congress on program participation. (10 minutes)
    204. Panetta (CA), Crow (CO): Improves training, equipping, 
and utilization of information operations for military planning 
and strategy. Categorizes information operations and designates 
information as a military domain. (10 minutes)
    205. Panetta (CA), Scott, Austin (GA), McClain (MI), Crow 
(CO): Creates a Special Operations Forces Arctic Strategy to 
improve Arctic training and readiness. Streamlines Arctic 
terminology, standardizes self-validation pathways for Arctic 
proficiency, and includes Special Forces indigenous approach to 
domain awareness, among other objectives. (10 minutes)
    206. Pappas (NH), Hunt (TX), Van Drew (NJ), Yakym (IN): 
Requires the Defense Suicide Prevention Office to establish a 
procedure for assessing suicide risk at military installations. 
(10 minutes)
    207. Pascrell (NJ): Requires the Department of Defense to 
conduct a study to determine the feasibility of eliminating 
outpatient rehabilitation therapy maximums for active-duty 
service members who suffered a traumatic brain injury while 
exercising their official duties. (10 minutes)
    208. Pascrell (NJ): Requires the Department of Defense to 
conduct a study to analyze the feasibility of recognizing the 
approval of non-governmental accreditation bodies for 
transitional and residential brain injury treatment programs 
for active-duty service members that sustained a brain injury 
while completing their official duties. (10 minutes)
    209. Peters (CA), Jacobs (CA): Requires the Secretary of 
the Navy to report to Congress on an annual basis each instance 
in the year preceding the report in which the Navy used a 
government dock for a ship repair and maintenance availability 
when sufficient capacity existed in private docks during the 
period in which such repairs were expected to be performed. (10 
minutes)
    210. Pettersen (CO), Crow (CO), Lamborn (CO), Neguse (CO): 
Directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs 
to work with the Service Surgeon General and the Joint Staff 
Surgeon ``to sustain medical support during arctic 
operations.'' (10 minutes)
    211. Pettersen (CO): Requires the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, 
to publish a guide regarding how a survivor of a deceased 
member of the Armed Services may receive the personal effects 
of such member and file a claim with the Secretary of military 
department concerned if the survivor believes the effects were 
disposed of incorrectly. (10 minutes)
    212. Pfluger (TX), Self (TX): Requires DOD develop and 
implement policies to adapt Link-16 system management and 
certification to align with agile development practices. (10 
minutes)
    213. Pfluger (TX): Requires DOD to expand Tier 1 training 
exercises. (10 minutes)
    214. Pfluger (TX): Requires DOD to report on incidents 
involving unmanned aerial systems and related training 
exercises. (10 minutes)
    215. Pfluger (TX), Womack (AR), Nickel (NC), Ciscomani 
(AZ), Ellzey (TX), Trone (MD): Requires DOD to expedite KC-46A 
deliveries to Israel and provide immediate training slots for 
Israeli pilots, maintainers, and air crew. (10 minutes)
    216. Pfluger (TX), Davis (NC): Requires DOD to invest 
personnel into going into districts to increase awareness of 
what a future in military service provides to their future. (10 
minutes)
    217. Phillips (MN), Davis (IL), Escobar (TX), Sykes (OH): 
Implements GAO recommendations from report GAO-21-438 relating 
to military foster and adoptive families. These recommendations 
are intended to centralize information on supports available to 
military foster and adoptive families, revise the military 
benefit enrollment guidance for foster children, and promote 
awareness on military benefit enrollment for foster and pre-
adoptive children. (10 minutes)
    218. Pocan (WI), Lee (CA), Jayapal (WA): Requires a report 
on DoD's progress made and remaining challenges to achieving an 
unqualified audit opinion. (10 minutes)
    219. Porter (CA), Crenshaw (TX): Requires a study on the 
feasibility and effectiveness of routine neuroimaging 
modalities in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of brain 
injury among servicemembers due to blast pressure exposure 
during combat and training. (10 minutes)
    220. Porter (CA): Commissions a report on a military 
construction strategy for a sufficient number of child 
development centers as necessary to eliminate wait lists for 
members of the Armed Forces seeking childcare at child 
development centers. (10 minutes)
    221. Posey (FL), Garamendi (CA): Requires the Secretary of 
Defense to provide priority for domestically sourced, fully 
traceable, bovine heparin approved by the Food and Drug 
Administration when available. (10 minutes)
    222. Reschenthaler (PA), Fitzpatrick (PA), Joyce (PA), 
Deluzio (PA), Kelly (PA): Expresses a sense of Congress that 
the Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center has proven 
effective at accelerating the employment of cutting edge 
capabilities. Encourages the Army to continue to scale up these 
efforts. (10 minutes)
    223. Reschenthaler (PA), Van Orden (WI), Molinaro (NY): 
Expresses a sense of Congress that encourages the Department of 
Defense, in collaboration with the Department of the Veterans 
Affairs, to monitor and ensure appropriate measures are 
available to reduce suicides among former members of the Guard 
and Reserve Components who were not activated for military 
service. (10 minutes)
    224. Reschenthaler (PA), Kelly (PA), Joyce (PA): Prohibits 
availability of funds for DoD to close Austin's Playrooms at 
Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Naval Medical Center Camp 
Lejeune, and Naval Medical Center San Diego. (10 minutes)
    225. Reschenthaler (PA), Thompson (PA): Expresses a sense 
of Congress that explosion welding is a critical capability for 
ensuring the national security of the United States and its 
allies. (10 minutes)
    226. Reschenthaler (PA), Johnson (OH), Mooney (WV), Miller 
(WV), Carey (OH): Expresses a sense of Congress and report to 
congressional defense committees on development-stage research 
of lightweight advanced carbon materials such as coal-derived 
graphite and carbon foam. (10 minutes)
    227. Reschenthaler (PA), Swalwell (CA), Meuser (PA), 
Johnson (OH), Lee (NV): Expresses a sense of Congress that DOD 
should continue to support projects that onshore domestic 
extraction, processing, and manufacturing capabilities of the 
domestic supply chain of rare earth permanent magnets essential 
to defense and national security applications. (10 minutes)
    228. Rodgers (WA): Expresses a sense of Congress regarding 
military service by individuals with amputations. (10 minutes)
    229. Rodgers (WA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
submit to the congressional defense committees and the 
Comptroller General of the United States a certification in 
writing that the prepositioned stocks of the Department of 
Defense meet all readiness operational plans (10 minutes)
    230. Rodgers (WA): Changes the way the Soldier's Medal 
affects military retirement pay. (10 minutes)
    231. Rose (TN): Adds a sense of Congress that the MQ-9 
Reaper should be utilized to the greatest extent possible in 
the area of operations of the United States Indo-Pacific 
Command. (10 minutes)
    232. Rose (TN): Prohibits the Department of Defense's 
Office of Strategic Capital from investing or facilitating 
investments in Chinese-owned firms. (10 minutes)
    233. Rose (TN): Adds that it is the sense of Congress that 
the Indo-Pacific is a joint theater of operations that requires 
joint coordination among all service branches in order to meet 
the challenges of the region. (10 minutes)
    234. Roy (TX), Massie (KY), Bishop (NC), Davidson (OH), 
Gosar (AZ), Good (VA): Establishes a Special Inspector General 
for Ukraine Assistance (SIGUA) office charged with overseeing 
all military and non-military U.S. assistance appropriated or 
otherwise made available for Ukraine. Directs the office to 
submit quarterly reports to Congress on obligations and 
expenditure of U.S funds and the provision of military 
equipment. Reports will also track the Ukrainian government's 
compliance with anti-corruption measures, and comparisons of 
America's contribution to the war effort versus those from our 
NATO allies. Requires the President's nominee to serve as SIGUA 
to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. (10 minutes)
    235. Roy (TX), Crane (AZ): Prohibits funds authorized to 
DoD or otherwise made available by this Act from being made 
available, directly or indirectly, to the Government of Iran or 
any person owned or controlled by the Government of Iran. (10 
minutes)
    236. Schrier (WA), Rosendale (MT), Newhouse (WA), 
Cherfilus-McCormick (FL): Requires the Department of Defense to 
list the DoD systems that interact with Veteran Affairs 
electronic health records, including downtime incidents and the 
steps to resolve these issues so that care is not disrupted. 
(10 minutes)
    237. Scott, Austin (GA): Prohibits DoD from purchasing 
batteries from China. (10 minutes)
    238. Scott, Austin (GA): Makes a technical correction to 10 
USC 8634(e) regarding the participation of NATO Naval personnel 
in submarine safety programs. (10 minutes)
    239. Scott, Austin (GA), Panetta (CA): Makes technical 
correction to 10 USC 2165(b) by adding The College of 
International Security Affairs (CISA) as one of National 
Defense University's five colleges. (10 minutes)
    240. Sewell (AL): Increases funding for Air Force 
Professional Development Education. (10 minutes)
    241. Sewell (AL): Increases funding for Department of 
Defense Software Factories. (10 minutes)
    242. Sherrill (NJ), Kiggans (VA), Kim (NJ), De La Cruz 
(TX), Crow (CO), Norcross (NJ), Escobar (TX): Instructs the 
Department of Defense to conduct outreach to community colleges 
to support their entrance into the Skillbridge Program as 
Skillbridge program providers. The amendment also instructs the 
DoD to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to 
community colleges to support the creation of Centers for 
Military and Veterans Education, which will provide dedicated 
resources to transitioning servicemembers and veterans to 
connect them with job training and in-demand careers. (10 
minutes)
    243. Slotkin (MI), Bergman (MI), Houlahan (PA), Posey (FL), 
Kildee (MI): Requires the Department of Defense to post on a 
publicly available website timely and regularly updated 
information on the status of cleanup at sites for which the 
Secretary has obligated funding for environmental restoration 
activities. (10 minutes)
    244. Smith (NJ): Directs the Navy to convey 3.13 acres of 
land to the Town of Colts Neck. (10 minutes)
    245. Smith (NJ): Requires the GAO to conduct a 
comprehensive investigation to establish the facts regarding 
military experiments related to Lyme disease. (10 minutes)
    246. Smith (NJ), Trahan (MA): Requires the President to 
submit to Congress a report on the People's Republic of China's 
military engagement with, and operation of, key facilities in 
Cambodia, including Ream Naval Base and Dara Sakor Airport. (10 
minutes)
    247. Smith (NJ): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
produce a report on the feasibility of developing and deploying 
asymmetric naval assets in defense of Taiwan. (10 minutes)
    248. Smith (NJ): Requires the Secretary of the Navy to 
produce a report to Congress on the changes to Basic Underwater 
Demolition/SEAL Training and provide information on deaths or 
serious injury to candidates. (10 minutes)
    249. Smith (NJ): Directs the Director of the Defense Health 
Agency to develop a mental health intake waiver to allow 
service members to quickly access civilian mental health 
services in a period of duress when DHA does not have the 
capacity to meet mental health service needs in a timely 
manner. (10 minutes)
    250. Sorensen (IL), LaHood (IL): Requires a report be 
provided by the Air Force on the cost of decommissioning TACP 
units throughout the country for the three fiscal years 
following enactment. (10 minutes)
    251. Soto (FL): Expands consideration for the Space 
National Guard's operations to places where there is 
significant space launch activity. (10 minutes)
    252. Spanberger (VA): Includes Americans who went missing 
during their service with the Canadian Armed Forces prior to 
U.S. involvement in World War II in the definition of ``missing 
person'' for the purpose of ensuring these Americans are 
classified as such by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. 
(10 minutes)
    253. Spartz (IN): Requires DoD to provide a report to 
Congress reconciling all U.S. assistance to Ukraine, including 
normal and supplemental appropriations and drawdowns. The 
report would specifically detail the countries, entities, and 
individuals who received such assistance including all 
contracts awarded to third parties. (10 minutes)
    254. Spartz (IN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
submit a report to Congress on the implementation of innovative 
data analysis and information technology solutions in the DoD. 
(10 minutes)
    255. Spartz (IN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
provide a briefing to Congress addressing DoD's plans to 
improve the financial management of the department. (10 
minutes)
    256. Steel (CA): Requires a report on Chinese influence in 
commercial sea lines of communication and threats posed to 
strategic maritime routes in African Atlantic ports. (10 
minutes)
    257. Steel (CA), Wittman (VA): Requires a study on the 
defense needs of Taiwan and the potential loan and lease of 
defense articles to the Government of Taiwan. (10 minutes)
    258. Stefanik (NY): Requires all military service academies 
to consider standardized test scores on their applications. (10 
minutes)
    259. Steil (WI): Requires the Secretary of Defense and 
Secretary of State to jointly brief relevant committees of 
weapons the United States has committed to sending to Ukraine 
and to other regional allies who are providing weapons to 
Ukraine. (10 minutes)
    260. Steube (FL), Spartz (IN), Grothman (WI): Directs the 
Department of Defense Office of Inspector General to provide 
detailed oversight and report to Congress on the U.S. taxpayer-
funded assistance to Ukraine no later than 180 days. (10 
minutes)
    261. Stewart (UT), Owens (UT), Curtis (UT), Moore (UT): 
Restores authority for the Department of the Army to plan for 
military construction projects for the Chemical and Biological 
Defense Program at Dugway Proving Ground. (10 minutes)
    262. Stewart (UT): Requires the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, to 
provide a report on the feasibility of migrating Department of 
Defense and Intelligence Community classified networks into a 
modernized multilevel security system. (10 minutes)
    263. Strong (AL), Brecheen (OK): Requires the Secretary of 
Defense submit to Congress a plan to use, transfer or donate 
excess border wall construction materials and execute said plan 
until the Department of Defense is no longer incurring costs to 
maintain, store, or protect said materials. (10 minutes)
    264. Sykes (OH), McClain (MI): Directs the U.S. Department 
of Defense to produce a classified report on current and future 
military posture, logistics, maintenance, and sustainment 
requirements to bolster the United States' ``capacity to resist 
force'' in the event of a Chinese attack and attempted invasion 
of Taiwan. (10 minutes)
    265. Takano (CA): Directs GAO to report on market 
consolidation within the defense industrial base and the 
economic and national security impacts of any resultant anti-
competitive behavior. (10 minutes)
    266. Takano (CA): Directs GAO to report on the use of Other 
Transaction Authority (OTA) Contracts across the Department of 
Defense. (10 minutes)
    267. Tenney (NY): Requires a report on the threat of aerial 
drones and unmanned aircraft to United States national security 
and an assessment of the unmanned traffic management systems of 
every military base and installation (within and outside the 
United States) to determine whether the base or installation is 
adequately equipped to detect, disable, and disarm hostile or 
unidentified unmanned aerial systems. (10 minutes)
    268. Tenney (NY): Requires a report on CENTCOM capabilities 
and any capability gaps in carrying out CENTCOM's 
responsibilities, as well as recommendations to address any 
capability gaps. (10 minutes)
    269. Thanedar (MI): Requires annual briefings on a DoD-
issued a memo on Category Amendment practices and directs 
contracting officers to take a few actions to address 
procurement disparities. The request is that they provide a 
briefing with details on each of those actions. (10 minutes)
    270. Thompson (PA), Connolly (VA), Fitzpatrick (PA): 
Requires the Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency 
to submit a report to Congress that identifies the most 
significant obstacles the Agency faces in recovering and 
identifying the remains of members of the Armed Forces missing 
in action. The Director must also provide recommendations on 
how Congress or relevant agencies can assist in overcoming 
these obstacles. (10 minutes)
    271. Tiffany (WI): Prohibits the Department of Defense from 
creating, procuring, or displaying any map that depicts Taiwan 
or any offshore island under the administration of the Taiwan 
government as part of the territory of the People's Republic of 
China (10 minutes)
    272. Timmons (SC): Requires the development, testing, and 
certification phase of the Geosynthetics Reinforced Performance 
pavement test and authorizes $3.3 million in appropriations. 
(10 minutes)
    273. Titus (NV): Requires the Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Defense to jointly submit a report to Congress on 
the stability of the Russian regime. (10 minutes)
    274. Tlaib (MI): Adds a list of specific locations/methods 
that promotional material for the 988 hotline should be posted/
distributed at military instillations to a section requiring 
their distribution on all military bases. (10 minutes)
    275. Torres (CA): Establishes a feasibility study on the 
possibility of certain professional credentials, such as 
airplane mechanic certs, held by servicemembers becoming 
transferrable post-discharge in civilian life. (10 minutes)
    276. Turner (OH): Provides a Sense of Congress on the 
importance of maintaining in-patient military medical treatment 
facilities. (10 minutes).
    277. Wagner (MO), Beatty (OH): Directs the DOD Combating 
Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) Office to analyze DOD 
capabilities to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation and 
to provide recommendations for educational programs on how to 
identify and report child sexual abuse to the appropriate law 
enforcement agency. (10 minutes)
    278. Walberg (MI), Bergman (MI): Includes an assessment of 
the Army's Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) model as part of 
the DOD's reporting requirement on its Comprehensive Strategy 
on Force Resilience. (10 minutes)
    279. Waltz (FL): Incorporates cyber supply chain risk 
management tools and methods in the Energy Performance Master 
Plan, prioritizing commercially available tools. (10 minutes)
    280. Waltz (FL): Requires that the certification of the 
Army's Warfighter Machine Interface Program is consistent with 
Section 3453 requirements (10 minutes)
    281. Waltz (FL): Requires a report on Harpoon missile 
delivery to Taiwan (10 minutes)
    282. Waltz (FL), Ellzey (TX): Requires a briefing on Joint 
Exercises with Taiwan (10 minutes)
    283. Waltz (FL), Kelly (MS), Wittman (VA): Requires the 
Administrator of MARAD to provide a brief on the status of 
establishing and implementing a national maritime strategy (10 
minutes)
    284. Wenstrup (OH): Updates credentialing and privileging 
under the military health system to expand the recognition of 
board certification for physicians. (10 minutes)
    285. Westerman (AR), Womack (AR): Authorizes the Office of 
Local Defense Community Cooperation to assist the State of 
Arkansas in properly securing and preparing the property known 
as the Arkansas Career Training Institute (ACTI), or ``Army/
Navy Hospital,'' for possible reversion back to the United 
States Government. (10 minutes)
    286. Wild (PA), Kilmer (WA): Adds recommendations for 
improved awareness of 24/7 mental health services, including 
the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, to the Department of 
Defense Mental Health Task Force report. (10 minutes)
    287. Wild (PA): Revises the Department of Defense report on 
expanding partnership opportunities with companies to provide 
job search assistance to veterans up to two years post-
separation from the military, by increasing the support 
timeline from two to five years. (10 minutes)
    288. Wilson (SC): Amends Sec. 1303 by inserting the line, 
``and with deeper coordination on nuclear deterrence as 
highlighted in the Washington Declaration adopted by the two 
leaders during President Yoon Suk Yeol's state visit on April 
26, 2023.'' (10 minutes)
    289. Wittman (VA): Waives security clearance reinstatement 
review for certain covered persons within one year of Armed 
Services or Department of Defense separation and accelerates 
reviews for certain covered persons within two years of 
separation. (10 minutes)
    290. Wittman (VA): Authorizes the Undersecretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the 
military department acquisition executives, to establish 
reserves of long-lead items and components required to 
accelerate munitions deliveries. (10 minutes)

      PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2670 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

  Page 172, line 16, strike ``redesginating'' and insert 
``redesignating''.
  At the end of subtitle C of title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 6__. BRIEFINGS ON PILOT PROGRAM ON HIRING OF SPECIAL NEEDS 
                    INCLUSION COORDINATORS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                    CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

  Section 576(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 10 U.S.C. 1792 note) is 
amended--
          (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); 
        and
          (2) by inserting, after paragraph (1) the following 
        new paragraph (2):
          ``(2) Briefings on implementation.--Beginning on 
        January 31, 2024, until the termination of the pilot 
        program, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the 
        Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
        House of Representatives a quarterly briefing on the 
        implementation of the pilot program. Each such briefing 
        shall include the following:
                  ``(A) The process for selecting child 
                development centers under subsection (b).
                  ``(B) How a special needs inclusion 
                coordinator hired under the pilot program 
                coordinates with the head of the child 
                development center concerned and the commander 
                of the military installation concerned.
                  ``(C) How many special needs inclusion 
                coordinators have been hired under the pilot 
                program.''.
  Strike section 821.
  Page 1171, line 2, strike ``assistanceunder'' and insert 
``assistance under''.
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         PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2670 MADE IN ORDER

 1. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Alford of Missouri or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SMART CONCRETE 
                    MATERIALS.

  (a) Increase.--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, Army, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4201, for applied research, ground technology 
(PE 0602144A), line 012, is hereby increased by $2,600,000 
(with the amount of such increase to be used for the research 
and development of smart concrete materials).
  (b) Offset.--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, 
Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for administration and service-wide 
activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line 490, is 
hereby reduced by $2,600,000.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Allred of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title XIII the following:

SEC. 1310. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGY IN THE UNITED 
                    STATES INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.

  It is in the Sense of Congress that--
          (1) the United States has been a steadfast regional 
        ally in the Indo-Pacific and must do our part to extend 
        and modernize our capabilities to defend our interests 
        and deter aggression against our allies and partners, 
        in accordance with the United States-Indo-Pacific 
        Strategy;
          (2) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
        the Secretary of State and the heads of other relevant 
        departments and agencies, should continue efforts that 
        strengthen United States defense alliances and 
        partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, including by--
                  (A) prioritizing critical and emerging 
                technology partnerships as an imperative for 
                America's regional alliances and national 
                security interests in the Indo-Pacific region; 
                and
                  (B) bolstering innovation for dual-use 
                technologies to ensure the United States 
                military can operate in rapidly evolving 
                digital threat environments and emerging-
                technology areas;
          (3) the Department of Defense and the Department of 
        State should focus on the ongoing and emerging dual-use 
        technology partnerships with priority countries, 
        including--
                  (A) Australia and the United Kingdom through 
                AUKUS Pillar II;
                  (B) Japan and the Republic of Korea;
                  (C) India through the United States-India 
                Critical and Emerging Tech Partnership; (iCET); 
                and
                  (D) ASEAN security partners;
          (4) the Secretary of Defense should seek to 
        prioritize cooperative research, co-development, and 
        testing with Indo-Pacific allies and partners in the 
        areas of--
                  (A) microelectronics;
                  (B) cybersecurity;
                  (C) artificial intelligence;
                  (D) sensing and surveillance; and
                  (E) data security and secure information 
                sharing; and
          (5) the Offices of the Secretary of Defense for 
        Policy, Research and Engineering, Acquisition and 
        Sustainment, and the Services should conduct a 90-day 
        review of paths to strengthen tech cooperation with the 
        priority countries, and report back with actions 
        Congress can take to support such initiatives within 90 
        days of such review.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Amodei of Nevada or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XXVIII, 
insert the following:

SEC. 28__. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
                    CONDUCT CERTAIN MILITARY ACTIVITIES AT NEVADA TEST 
                    AND TRAINING RANGE.

  (a) Specification of Authorized Military Activities.--
Paragraph (1) of section 3011(b) of the Military Lands 
Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000; Public Law 106-65; 113 
Stat. 886) is amended--
          (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
        inserting ``, subject to the conditions set forth in 
        subsection (a) of section 3014'' after ``Secretary of 
        the Air Force'';
          (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
        (C);
          (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph 
        (G); and
          (4) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following 
        new subparagraphs:
                  ``(D) for emergency response;
                  ``(E) for the establishment and use of 
                existing or new electronic tracking and 
                communications sites, including the 
                construction of up to 15 equipment pads, no 
                larger than 150-by-150 feet in size, along 
                existing roads to allow placement and operation 
                of threat emitters;
                  ``(F) for the use and maintenance of roads in 
                existence as of January 1, 2024, to allow 
                access to threat emitters and repeaters for 
                installation, maintenance, and periodic 
                relocation; and''.
  (b) Interagency Committee.--Section 3011(b)(5)(G), as added 
by paragraph (1) of section 2844(b) of the William M. (Mac) 
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 4351), is further amended--
          (1) by amending clause (i) to read as follows:
                          ``(i) In general.--The Secretary of 
                        the Interior and the Secretary of the 
                        Air Force shall jointly establish an 
                        interagency committee (referred to in 
                        this subparagraph as the `interagency 
                        committee') to--
                                  ``(I) facilitate 
                                coordination, manage public 
                                access needs and requirements, 
                                and minimize potential conflict 
                                between the Department of the 
                                Interior and the Department of 
                                the Air Force with respect to 
                                joint operating areas within 
                                the Desert National Wildlife 
                                Refuge; and
                                  ``(II) discuss the activities 
                                authorized in paragraph (1) and 
                                provide input to the United 
                                States Fish and Wildlife 
                                Service and the Department of 
                                the Air Force when assessing 
                                whether these activities may be 
                                conducted on the joint 
                                operating areas within the 
                                Desert National Wildlife Refuge 
                                that are under the primary 
                                jurisdiction of the Secretary 
                                of the Interior in a manner 
                                that is consistent with the 
                                National Wildlife Refuge System 
                                Administration Act (16 U.S.C. 
                                668dd et seq.) and other 
                                applicable law.''; and
          (2) in clause (ii)--
                  (A) by inserting ``, including a designee of 
                the Director of the United States Fish and 
                Wildlife Service'' before the period at the end 
                of subclause (I); and
                  (B) by inserting ``, including a designee of 
                the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
                Energy, Installations, and Environment'' before 
                the period at the end of subclause (II).
  (c) Additional Purpose of Intergovernmental Executive 
Committee.--Section 3011(b)(H)(5)(ii), as added by paragraph 
(2) of such section 2844(b), is amended in clause (ii)--
          (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subclause (I);
          (2) by striking the period at the end of subclause 
        (II) and inserting ``; and''; and
          (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
                                  ``(III) discussing and making 
                                recommendations to the 
                                interagency committee 
                                established under subparagraph 
                                (G) with respect to any 
                                proposal by the Secretary of 
                                the Air Force to undertake any 
                                of the activities authorized in 
                                paragraph (1) on the joint 
                                operating areas within the 
                                Desert National Wildlife 
                                Refuge.''.
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 4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bacon of Nebraska or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 269, line 21, strike ``commercial real estate'' and 
insert ``single-family housing''.
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 5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bacon of Nebraska or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title VIII the following:

SEC. 8__. CONSIDERATION OF PAST PERFORMANCE OF AFFILIATES OF SMALL 
                    BUSINESS CONCERNS.

   Not later than July 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall 
amend section 215.305 of the Department of Defense Supplement 
to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (or any successor 
regulation) to--
          (1) require that when evaluating a bid from a small 
        business concern (as defined under section 3 of the 
        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) for a Department of 
        Defense contract, the contracting officer for such 
        contract shall consider the past performance 
        information of affiliates of such concern as the past 
        performance of such concern; and
          (2) ensure that only past performance information of 
        such affiliates during the nine-year period preceding 
        the date on which such concern submitted a bid 
        described in paragraph (1) is considered as past 
        performance of such concern.
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 6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bacon of Nebraska or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 9__. FUTURE FORCE DESIGN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the Sense of Congress that--
          (1) the Department of the Air Force has made 
        significant progress in organizing, training, and 
        equipping the Air Force and Space Force to address the 
        needs of the Joint Force and align with the current 
        National Defense Strategy and National Military 
        Strategy; and
          (2) to be prepared to effectively deter and defeat a 
        peer adversary, the Department must address force 
        design requirements that will enable equipment 
        modernization, organizational restructure, and capacity 
        adjustments to meet the challenges presented by the 
        People's Republic of China.
  (b) Force Design Required.--Not later than August 31, 2024, 
the Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a force design for 
the Air Force and Space Force projected through 2050.
  (c) Elements.--The force design under subsection (b) shall 
address--
          (1) the concepts, capabilities, and structural 
        elements (including size and form) of the Air Force and 
        Space Force that are necessary to ensure those forces 
        effectively execute their core functions through 2050 
        in support of the National Defense Strategy and the 
        National Military Strategy;
          (2) force structure, including the development of 
        capabilities (including platforms and systems) at the 
        right level of capacity to address the challenges 
        outlined by the National Defense Strategy and National 
        Military Strategy;
          (3) force composition, including recruitment and 
        development of the human capital, effective 
        distribution of forces in the total force and policies 
        to increase career flexibility across the different 
        components;
          (4) organizational design, including development of 
        potential models to increase agility and operational 
        effectiveness across the Air Force and Space Force; and
          (5) such other matters as the Secretary of the Air 
        Force determines to be relevant.
  (d) Information to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after 
completion of the force design required under subsection (b), 
the Secretary of the Air Force shall--
          (1) submit a summary of the force design to the 
        congressional defense committees; and
          (2) provide to the congressional defense committees a 
        briefing on the force design.
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 7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Balderson of Ohio or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle F of title XXVIII the following:

SEC. 28__. REPORT ON EASEMENTS FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees, the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Energy Natural Resources of the Senate a report on the policies 
and procedures of the Department of Defense regarding the 
consideration and approval of easements for energy 
infrastructure that could provide military installations with 
access to hydrogen pipelines and support United States energy 
distribution and export.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XII, insert the following 
new section:

SEC. 12__. RULES GOVERNING TRANSFER OF AERIAL REFUELING TANKERS TO 
                    ISRAEL.

  (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514(b) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)), and 
subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the 
President, acting through the Secretary of Defense, may 
transfer to Israel one or more retired United States aerial 
refueling tankers, any United States aerial refueling tanker 
that the Secretary of Defense plans to retire during the two-
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
or any other United States aerial refueling tanker the 
President considers appropriate, consistent with--
          (1) all other requirements set forth in the Foreign 
        Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); and
          (2) the requirements set forth in the Arms Export 
        Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
  (b) Conditions.--Except in the case of an emergency, as 
determined by the President, a transfer under subsection (a) 
may only occur if the transfer--
          (1) does not affect the ability of the United States 
        to maintain a sufficient aerial refueling capacity to 
        satisfy United States warfighting requirements;
          (2) does not harm the combat readiness of the United 
        States;
          (3) does not affect the ability of the United States 
        to meet its commitments to allies with respect to the 
        transfer of aerial refueling capacity; and
          (4) is in the national security interest of the 
        United States.
  (c) Certification.--
          (1) In general.--Except in the case of an emergency, 
        as determined by the President, not later than 15 days 
        before making a transfer under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary of Defense shall certify to the appropriate 
        congressional committees that the transfer meets the 
        conditions specified in subsection (b).
          (2) Emergencies.--In the case of an emergency, as 
        determined by the President, not later than five days 
        after making a transfer under subsection (a), the 
        President shall--
                  (A) certify to the appropriate congressional 
                committees that the transfer supports the 
                national security interests of the United 
                States; and
                  (B) provide to the appropriate congressional 
                committees an assessment of the impacts, risks, 
                and mitigation measures with respect to the 
                matters referred to in paragraphs (1) through 
                (4) of subsection (b).
  (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
          (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
        on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
          (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
        on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 11___. PROHIBITION ON FUNDS TO IRAN.

  None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be 
made available, directly or indirectly, to--
          (1) the Government of Iran;
          (2) any person owned or controlled by the Government 
        of Iran;
          (3) any person identified on the list of specially 
        designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by 
        the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 
        of the Treasury, the property and interests in property 
        of which are blocked pursuant to the International 
        Emergency Economic Powers Act;
          (4) any person owned or controlled by a person 
        described in paragraph (3); or
          (5) the Badr organization, Saraya Khorasani, or 
        Kata'ib al-Imam Ali.
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 10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 740, beginning on line 7, strike ``is amended by 
inserting'' and all that follows through line 9 and insert ``is 
amended to read as follows:''.
  Page 740, after line 9, insert the following:
                  ``(C) Relations between--
                          ``(i) the People's Republic of China 
                        and the Russian Federation, including 
                        lessons learned by the People's 
                        Republic of China from the Russian 
                        Federation, with respect to security 
                        and military matters, including--
                                  ``(I) China's support for 
                                Russia's invasion of Ukraine; 
                                and
                                  ``(II) any arms or related 
                                materiel, or dual-use goods, 
                                services, or technology that 
                                China sells or otherwise 
                                exports to the Russian 
                                Federation for use in weapons 
                                systems in Ukraine; and
                          ``(ii) the People's Republic of China 
                        and Iran, with respect to security and 
                        military matters.''.
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 11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XII, insert the following:

SEC. __. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF ENHANCEMENT OF UNITED STATES-
                    ISRAEL DEFENSE COOPERATION.

  (a) Modification.--Subsection (d) of section 1275 of the 
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2021 (22 U.S.C. 2321h note) is amended to read 
as follows--
  ``(d) Department of Defense Assessment of Quantity of 
Precision-guided Munitions and Other Munitions for Use by 
Israel.--
          ``(1) In general.--Not later than April 1, 2024, and 
        annually thereafter through 2026, the Secretary of 
        Defense, in concurrence with the Secretary of State, 
        shall conduct an assessment with respect to the 
        following:
                  ``(A) The quantity and type of precision-
                guided munitions necessary for Israel to 
                protect Israel and prevail in the event of a 
                sustained armed confrontation between Israel 
                and the Islamic Republic of Iran and the proxy 
                forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
                including Hezbollah and Hamas.
                  ``(B) The quantity and type of other 
                munitions necessary for Israel to protect 
                Israel and prevail in the event of a sustained 
                armed confrontation between Israel and the 
                Islamic Republic of Iran and the proxy forces 
                of the Islamic Republic of Iran, including 
                Hezbollah and Hamas.
                  ``(C) The quantity and type of precision-
                guided munitions necessary for Israel to 
                protect Israel and prevail in the event of a 
                sustained armed confrontation between Israel 
                and Hezbollah.
                  ``(D) The quantity and type of precision-
                guided munitions necessary for Israel to 
                protect Israel and prevail in the event of a 
                sustained armed confrontation between Israel 
                and any other armed group or terrorist 
                organization, such as Hamas.
                  ``(E) The resources the Government of Israel 
                would need to dedicate to acquire the quantity 
                and type of munitions described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (D).
                  ``(F) Whether, as of the date on which the 
                applicable assessment is completed, sufficient 
                quantities and types of munitions to conduct 
                operations described in subparagraphs (A) 
                through (D) are present in--
                          ``(i) the inventory of the military 
                        forces of Israel;
                          ``(ii) the War Reserves Stock Allies-
                        Israel;
                          ``(iii) any other United States 
                        stockpile or depot within the area of 
                        responsibility of United States Central 
                        Command, as the Secretary of Defense 
                        considers appropriate to disclose to 
                        the Government of Israel; or
                          ``(iv) the inventory of the United 
                        States Armed Forces, as the Secretary 
                        of Defense considers appropriate to 
                        disclose to the Government of Israel.
                  ``(G) United States planning--
                          ``(i) to assist Israel to prepare for 
                        the contingencies described in 
                        subparagraphs (A) through (D); and
                          ``(ii) to resupply Israel with the 
                        quantity and type of munitions 
                        described in subparagraphs (A) through 
                        (D) in the event of such a contingency.
                  ``(H) The quantity and pace at which the 
                United States is capable of pre-positioning, 
                rapidly replenishing, or assisting in the rapid 
                replenishment of, stockpiles of such munitions 
                in the inventory of the military forces of 
                Israel and the War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel 
                in preparation for, and to conduct, the 
                operations described in subparagraphs (A) 
                through (D).
          ``(2) Consultation.--In carrying out the assessment 
        required by paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense 
        shall seek to consult with appropriate counterparts of 
        the Government of Israel.
          ``(3) Inventory.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date on which the first assessment required by 
        paragraph (1) is conducted, and every 90 days 
        thereafter until December 31, 2028, the Secretary of 
        Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees, the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate a report on the actions 
        being taken and the progress made by the United States 
        since the submission of the prior report under this 
        paragraph to ensure that the military forces of Israel 
        and the War Reserves Stock Allies-Israel have the 
        inventory and pre-positioned stocks necessary to 
        prepare for, and to conduct, the operations described 
        in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1), 
        including procedures implemented by the United States 
        for rapidly replenishing, or assisting in the rapid 
        replenishment of, stockpiles of such munitions for use 
        by Israel as may be necessary.''.
  (b) Munitions Transfer Authority Extension.--Section 1275(e) 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (22 U.S.C. 2321h note) 
is amended by striking ``the date that is three years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``January 1, 
2025''.
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 12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XII, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFERS TO THE BADR ORGANIZATION.

  None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be 
made available, directly or indirectly, to the Badr 
Organization.
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 13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT OF INDO-PACIFIC MARITIME 
                    GOVERNANCE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Secretary of 
State, shall conduct a feasibility study on establishing an 
Indo-Pacific Maritime Governance Center of Excellence focused 
on building partner capacity for maritime governance. Such 
study shall include an evaluation of each of the following:
          (1) The strategic importance of the Indo-Pacific 
        region in terms of maritime security and governance.
          (2) The existing maritime governance frameworks and 
        institutions in the Indo-Pacific region.
          (3) The potential contributions and benefits of 
        establishing a dedicated center for promoting maritime 
        governance in the Indo-Pacific region.
          (4) The potential roles, responsibilities, and 
        organizational structure of the center.
          (5) The required resources, funding, and personnel 
        necessary to establish and sustain the center.
          (6) The potential partnerships and collaborations 
        with regional and international stakeholders, including 
        allied and partner nations, non-governmental 
        organizations, and academic institutions.
          (7) The legal and regulatory considerations, 
        including any necessary agreements or frameworks with 
        other entities to establish and operate the center.
          (8) Any other relevant factors the Secretary 
        determines necessary for the successful implementation 
        of the center.
  (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a 
report on the study required under subsection (a).
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 14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. STUDY ON THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY CHAIN.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the relevant Federal agencies, shall conduct 
a study on the effects the national security of the United 
States of the influence of China on the electric vehicle supply 
chain.
  (b) Matters To Be Included.--The study required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following:
          (1) An evaluation of the percentage of critical 
        minerals and rare earths sourced from the People's 
        Republic of China that are necessary for construction 
        of electric vehicles in the United States.
          (2) A list of countries who contribute to the 
        electric vehicle supply chain of the United States and 
        who are members of People's Republic of China's Belt 
        and Road Initiative or any subsequent economic 
        agreement.
          (3) Potential vulnerabilities posed by an increased 
        use of electric vehicles by the vehicle fleet of the 
        Department of Defense.
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 15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle F of title XXVIII the following 
new section:

SEC.__. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BLUE GRASS 
                    CHEMICAL AGENT-DESTRUCTION PILOT PLANT, RICHMOND, 
                    KENTUCKY.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) The Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the 
        James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) directed the 
        Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
        Secretary of the Army, to conduct a feasibility study 
        to assess potential missions, plants, or industries 
        feasible for Army or Department of Defense needs at the 
        Blue Grass Army Depot following the completion of the 
        mission at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction 
        Pilot Plant located in Richmond, Kentucky.
          (2) The findings of such study were to be submitted 
        to the congressional defense committees by not later 
        than March 1, 2023.
          (3) The Secretary of Defense missed the deadline to 
        submit such findings to Congress.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Army should--
          (1) not later than September 1, 2023, submit to the 
        congressional defense committees the findings of the 
        study described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a); and
          (2) work with Congress and the community in proximity 
        to the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot 
        Plant located in Richmond, Kentucky to build upon such 
        findings.
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 16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. AWARD OF CERTAIN DECORATIONS TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                    FORCES WHO SERVED IN AFGHANISTAN.

  The Secretary concerned shall award to a member of the Armed 
Forces who served in Afghanistan between July 14, 2021 and 
August 30, 2021 in support of Operation Allies Refuge--
          (1) the Afghanistan campaign medal;
          (2) the combat action ribbon; and
          (3) the humanitarian service medal.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bergman of Michigan or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL VEHICLE FUNDING INCREASE.

  (a) Funding.--
          (1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
        in the funding tables in division D--
                  (A) the amount authorized to be appropriated 
                in section 101 for other procurement, Army, for 
                the joint light tactical vehicle family, line 
                006, as specified in the corresponding funding 
                table in section 4101, for vehicle safety data 
                recorders with predictive logistics for weapons 
                and vehicles is hereby increased by 
                $14,000,000; and
                  (B) the amount authorized to be appropriated 
                in section 101 for procurement, Marine Corp, 
                for joint light tactical vehicles, line 045, as 
                specified in the corresponding funding table in 
                section 4101, for vehicle safety data recorders 
                with predictive logistics for weapons and 
                vehicles is hereby increased by $1,000,000.
          (2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in 
        the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized 
        to be appropriated in section 301 for administration 
        and Service-wide activities, for the Office of the 
        Secretary of Defense, line 490, as specified in the 
        corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby 
        reduced by $15,000,000.
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 18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bice of Oklahoma or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON AIRBORNE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND 
                    RECONNAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THE AREA OF 
                    OPERATIONS OF UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States 
Africa Command shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report that 
includes a description of the needs for airborne intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance within the area of operations 
of the United States Africa Command.
  (b) Matters for Inclusion.--The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following:
          (1) An accounting of the intelligence, surveillance, 
        and reconnaissance requirements requested by the United 
        States Africa Command in the last three years.
          (2) An assessment of the rate at which such 
        intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
        requirements were fulfilled.
          (3) A determination of intelligence, surveillance, 
        and reconnaissance shortfalls of the United States 
        Africa Command.
          (4) A determination of unfilled intelligence, 
        surveillance, and reconnaissance requirements based on 
        such intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
        shortfalls.
          (5) An analysis of current commercial intelligence, 
        surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities and the 
        capacity of such capabilities to fulfill such 
        intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
        shortfalls.
  (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex if such annex is provided separately from the 
unclassified report.
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 19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bice of Oklahoma or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. DISRUPTION OF FENTANYL TRAFFICKING.

  (a) Development of Strategy.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
        State, and in coordination with the heads of such other 
        Federal agencies as the Secretary considers 
        appropriate, shall develop and submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a strategy to use 
        existing authorities, including the authorities under 
        section 124 of title 10, United States Code, as 
        appropriate, to target, disrupt, or degrade threats to 
        the national security of the United States caused or 
        exacerbated by fentanyl trafficking.
          (2) Contents.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) 
        shall outline how the Secretary of Defense will--
                  (A) leverage existing authorities regarding 
                counterdrug and counter-transnational organized 
                crime activities with a counter-fentanyl nexus 
                to detect and monitor activities related to 
                fentanyl trafficking;
                  (B) leverage existing authorities to support 
                operations to counter fentanyl trafficking 
                carried out by other Federal agencies, State, 
                Tribal, and local law enforcement agencies, or 
                foreign security forces;
                  (C) coordinate efforts of the Department of 
                Defense for the detection and monitoring of 
                aerial and maritime traffic suspected of 
                carrying fentanyl bound for the United States, 
                including efforts to unify the use of 
                technology, surveillance, and related resources 
                across air, land, and maritime domains to 
                counter fentanyl trafficking, including with 
                respect to data collection, data processing, 
                and integrating sensors across such domains;
                  (D) provide Department of Defense-specific 
                capabilities to support activities by the 
                United States Government and foreign security 
                forces to detect and monitor the trafficking of 
                fentanyl and precursor chemicals used in 
                fentanyl production, consistent with--
                          (i) section 284(b)(10) of title 10, 
                        United States Code;
                          (ii) all other requirements set forth 
                        in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
                        (22 U.S.C. 2151 et 16 seq.); and
                          (iii) the requirements set forth in 
                        the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
                        2751 et seq.);
                  (E) leverage existing counterdrug and 
                counter-transnational organized crime programs 
                of the Department to counter fentanyl 
                trafficking;
                  (F) assess existing training programs of the 
                Department to counter fentanyl trafficking, 
                consistent with section 284(b) of title 10, 
                United States Code;
                  (G) assess existing training programs of the 
                Department for foreign security forces to 
                ensure the counterdrug and counter-
                transnational organized crime programs of the 
                Department--
                          (i) support operations to counter 
                        fentanyl trafficking; and
                          (ii) build capacity to conduct 
                        fentanyl interdiction operations, 
                        consistent with sections 284(c) and 333 
                        of title 10, United States Code;
                  (H) use the North American Defense 
                Ministerial and the bilateral defense working 
                groups and bilateral military cooperation round 
                tables with Canada and Mexico to increase 
                domain awareness to detect and monitor fentanyl 
                trafficking; and
                  (I) evaluate existing policies, procedures, 
                processes, and resources that affect the 
                ability of the Department to counter fentanyl 
                trafficking consistent with existing 
                counterdrug and counter-transnational organized 
                crime authorities.
          (3) Form.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) 
        shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
        include a classified annex.
          (4) Briefing.--Not later than 60 days after the 
        submission of the strategy required by paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a briefing on the strategy and 
        plans for its implementation.
  (b) Cooperation With Mexico.--
          (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek 
        to enhance cooperation with defense officials of the 
        Government of Mexico to target, disrupt, and degrade 
        transnational criminal organizations within Mexico that 
        traffic fentanyl.
          (2) Report on enhanced security cooperation.--
                  (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence 
                of the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
                appropriate congressional committees a report 
                on efforts to enhance cooperation with defense 
                officials of the Government of Mexico specified 
                in paragraph (1).
                  (B) Contents.--The report required by 
                subparagraph (A) shall include--
                          (i) an assessment of the impact of 
                        the efforts to enhance cooperation 
                        described in paragraph (1) on 
                        targeting, disrupting, and degrading 
                        fentanyl trafficking;
                          (ii) a description of limitations on 
                        such efforts, including limitations 
                        imposed by the Government of Mexico;
                          (iii) recommendations by the 
                        Secretary on actions to further improve 
                        cooperation with defense officials of 
                        the Government of Mexico;
                          (iv) recommendations by the Secretary 
                        on actions of the Department of Defense 
                        to further improve the capabilities of 
                        the Government of Mexico to target, 
                        disrupt, and degrade fentanyl 
                        trafficking; and
                          (v) any other matter the Secretary 
                        considers relevant.
                  (C) Form.--The report required by 
                subparagraph (A) may be submitted in 
                unclassified form, but shall include a 
                classified annex.
  (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
          (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
          (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives;
          (3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives;
          (4) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
          (5) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives; and
          (6) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
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 20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bice of Oklahoma or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle G of title VIII the following:

SEC. 8__. REPORT ON GALLIUM AND GERMANIUM.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on gallium and 
germanium, including--
          (1) an analysis conducted in consultation with 
        domestic producers of gallium and germanium of changes 
        in supply chain dynamics, including production 
        capabilities and capacities, after decision by the 
        People's Republic of China to ban exports of gallium 
        and germanium;
          (2) an updated assessment of any shortfalls in the 
        supply of gallium and germanium of the United States 
        due to such decision; and
          (3) an update from the head of the Office of 
        Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment 
        Prioritization of the Department of Defense on the 
        priority of projects involving gallium and germanium, 
        as informed by the new shortfall projections in the 
        supply of gallium and germanium and national security 
        requirements.
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 21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle B of title XII A the following:

SEC. 1220A. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ISRAEL.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) since 1948, Israel has been one of the strongest 
        friends and allies of the United States;
          (2) Israel is a stable, democratic country in a 
        region often marred by turmoil;
          (3) it is essential to the strategic interest of the 
        United States to continue to offer security assistance 
        and related support to Israel; and
          (4) such assistance and support is especially vital 
        as Israel confronts a number of potential challenges at 
        the present time, including continuing threats from 
        Iran.
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  22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blunt Rochester of 
           Delaware or Her Designee, Debatable FOR 10 Minutes

  Page 336, after line 24, insert the following:

SEC. 3__. STUDY ON PROVIDER TRAINING GAPS WITH RESPECT TO SCREENING AND 
                    TREATMENT OF MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

  (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, shall 
conduct a study to identify gaps in the training of covered 
providers with respect to the screening and treatment of 
maternal mental health conditions. Such study shall include--
          (1) an assessment of the level of experience of 
        covered providers with, and the attitudes of such 
        providers regarding, the treatment of pregnant and 
        postpartum women with mental or substance use 
        disorders; and
          (2) recommendations for the training of covered 
        providers, taking into account any training gaps 
        identified pursuant to the study.
  (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report containing the findings 
of the study under section (a).
  (c) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``covered provider'' means a maternal 
        health care provider or behavioral health provider 
        furnishing services under the military health system 
        (including under the TRICARE program).
          (2) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United 
        States Code.
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  23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blunt Rochester of 
           Delaware or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDER READINESS DESIGNATIONS.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall update the registry 
and provider lists under subsection (b) of section 717 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public 
Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 868; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note) and submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report containing--
          (1) the number of providers that have received a 
        mental health provider readiness designation under such 
        section 717, disaggregated by geographic region and 
        provider specialty; and
          (2) recommendations to incentivize, or otherwise 
        increase the number of, providers with such 
        designation.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boebert of Colorado or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION THAT HOST 
                    CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
identifying each institution of higher education that--
          (1) received funds from the Department of Defense in 
        the period of one year preceding the date of the 
        report; and
          (2) hosted a Confucius Institute at the time such 
        funds were received.
  (b) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``Confucius Institute'' means a cultural 
        institute directly or indirectly funded by the 
        Government of the People's Republic of China.
          (2) The term ``institution of higher education'' has 
        the meaning given such term in section 102 of the 
        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).
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 25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bost of Illinois or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3__. REPORT ON REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO FOOTWEAR OF MEMBERS OF 
                    THE ARMED FORCES.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report containing--
          (1) the findings of a review conducted by the 
        Secretary on regulations applicable to the footwear of 
        the members of the Armed Forces; and
          (2) recommendations by the Secretary on how to ensure 
        boots worn by members of the Armed Forces are compliant 
        with section 4682 of title 10, United States Code 
        (commonly referred to as the ``Berry Amendment'').
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bowman of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION ABOUT COST OF UNITED 
                    STATES OVERSEAS MILITARY FOOTPRINT.

  Section 1090 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsections:
  ``(c) Additional Information.--For fiscal year 2024 and each 
subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue 
Service and the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, 
shall post on the public Internet website of the Department of 
Defense the costs to each United States taxpayer of the 
overseas military footprint of the United States, including--
          ``(1) the costs of building, maintaining, staffing 
        and operating all overseas military bases and 
        installations;
          ``(2) the personnel costs, including compensation, 
        housing and health care, for all members of the Armed 
        Forces deployed overseas at any point throughout the 
        fiscal year;
          ``(3) the costs paid to contractors providing goods 
        and services in support of overseas military bases, 
        installations, and operations;
          ``(4) the costs of conducting all overseas military 
        operations, including operations conducted by United 
        States Armed Forces, operations conducted using 
        unmanned weapons systems, covert operations, and 
        operations undertaken by, with, and through partner 
        forces;
          ``(5) the costs of all overseas military exercises 
        involving United States Armed Forces; and
          ``(6) the costs of all military training and 
        assistance provided by the United States to overseas 
        partner forces.
  ``(d) Display of Information.--The information required to be 
posted under subsections (a) and (c) shall--
          ``(1) be posted directly on the website of the 
        Department of Defense, in an accessible and clear 
        format;
          ``(2) include corresponding documentation as links or 
        attachments; and--
          ``(3) include, for each overseas operation--
                  ``(A) both the total cost to each taxpayer, 
                and the cost to each taxpayer for each fiscal 
                year, of conducting the overseas operation;
                  ``(B) a list of countries where the overseas 
                operations have taken place; and
                  ``(C) for each such country, both the total 
                cost to each taxpayer, and the cost to each 
                taxpayer for each fiscal year, of conducting 
                the overseas operations in that country.''.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bowman of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. IMPROVING OVERSIGHT OF MILITARY RECRUITMENT PRACTICES IN 
                    PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees an annual report on military recruitment 
practices in public secondary schools during calendar year 2023 
and each subsequent calendar year. Each such report shall 
include, for the year covered by the report--
          (1) the zip codes of public secondary schools visited 
        by military recruiters;
          (2) the number of recruits from public secondary 
        schools by zip code and local education agency; and
          (3) a demographic analysis, including race, 
        ethnicity, and gender, of recruits from public 
        secondary schools by zip code.
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 28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brecheen of Oklahoma 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 703, after line 12, insert the following:
          (7) To review and ascertain that all Federal agencies 
        involved in the distribution of any weaponry and 
        equipment sent to Ukraine evaluated the financial value 
        of all weaponry and equipment accurately and 
        consistently since February 24, 2022.

  Page 705, beginning on line 18, strike ``including'' and all 
that follows through line 21 and insert the following: 
``including a specific description of any instances where the 
Government of Ukraine failed to comply with the requirements 
specified to receive United States funds, weaponry, and 
equipment.''
  Page 706, line 11, add ``or'' at the end.
  Page 706, strike lines 12 through 15.
  Page 706, line 16, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(B)''.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brownley of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle F of title X the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON FOOD PURCHASING BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

  Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
and make publicly available on the website of the Department of 
Defense a report on the total amount spent by the Department of 
Defense on the following for each of fiscal years 2018, 2019, 
2020, 2021, and 2022:
          (1) The total amount spent on food service operations 
        worldwide for all military personnel, contractors and 
        families, including all food service provided at all 
        facilities such as combat operations, military posts, 
        medical facilities, all vessels (air, land, sea), all 
        entertainment and hosting operations such as officer's 
        clubs and other such facilities, and all food programs 
        provided to other U.S. departments, such as the USDA-
        DoD Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. The amount can 
        be aggregated per each such category.
          (2) The amount of total spending per the 25 largest 
        food service contractors or operators. Such amount 
        shall include per the top 10 following categories of 
        food, such as meat and poultry; seafood; eggs; dairy 
        products; produce (fruits, vegetables, nuts); grains 
        and legumes; processed and packaged foods. The 
        percentage of all food purchased that is an American 
        product, pursuant to section 4862 of title 10, United 
        States Code (or, the total dollar volume in that 
        particular category).
          (3) The amount, by dollar volume, of third party 
        certified and verified foods (such as USDA Organic, 
        Equitable Food Initiative, Fair Trade Certified, and 
        other categories determined to be appropriate by the 
        Secretary). The amount, by dollar volume, of contracts 
        for food service, food or food products, from women, 
        minority and veteran owned businesses.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. DROP BOXES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS FOR DEPOSIT OF UNUSED 
                    PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

  Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on 
the effectiveness of the program established under Department 
of Defense Instruction 6025.25, titled the ``Drug Take Back 
Program'', or successor program. Such report shall include such 
recommendations on actions to improve or expand the program as 
the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. STUDY AND REPORT ON POTENTIAL INCLUSION OF BLACK BOX DATA 
                    RECORDERS IN TACTICAL VEHICLES.

  (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study to evaluate the feasability and 
advisability of equipping all tactical vehicles of the Armed 
Forces with black box data recorders.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a).
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. STUDY ON ACCESSABILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS AND 
                    SERVICES FOR ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                    FORCES.

  (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on 
the accessibility of mental health care providers and services 
for members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, 
including an assessment of--
          (1) the accessibility of mental health care providers 
        on military installations;
          (2) the accessibility of inpatient services for 
        mental health care for such members; and
          (3) steps that may be taken to improve such 
        accessibility.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report containing the findings 
of the study under subsection (a).
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. NOTIFICATION BY SECRETARY CONCERNED TO THE SECRETARY OF 
                    VETERANS AFFAIRS REGARDING A MEMBER WITH A HISTORY 
                    OF OPIOID ABUSE.

  Section 1142(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``In the case''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
  ``(2) In the case of a member eligible for preseparation 
counseling under this section whom the Secretary concerned 
knows has a history of opioid abuse, the Secretary concerned 
shall notify the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of such history 
before the separation, retirement, or discharge of such 
member.''.
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 34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buck of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1__. CATEGORIZATION AND TRACKING OF F-35 AIRCRAFT PARTS.

  Not later the 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
          (1) determine whether F-35 aircraft parts are to be 
        categorized as Government-furnished property; and
          (2) develop a system for continuously tracking such 
        parts, regardless of the determination made under 
        paragraph (1).
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 35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buck of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle G of title X the following new 
section:

SEC. 10__. COMPLIANCE WITH GAO RECOMMENDATIONS ON ARTIFICIAL 
                    INTELLIGENCE.

  Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the 
congressional defense committees that the Deputy Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Chief Digital and AI Officer 
and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, has finalized and 
issued guidance and agreements to improve collaboration to 
better manage fragmentation among entities involved in 
artificial intelligence across the Department, as recommended 
by the Government Accountability Office in GAO Report 23-
106089, including guidance and agreements that define the roles 
and responsibilities of the military departments and other 
organizations of the Department which collaborate on artificial 
intelligence activities.
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 36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buck of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle G of title X the following new 
section:

SEC. 10__. PROCESS FOR CARRYING OUT DEMILITARIZATION AND DISPOSITION OF 
                    MAJOR END ITEMS.

  Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the 
congressional defense committees that the Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment has--
          (1) established a process to review and reconcile 
        inconsistent demilitarization codes and document 
        changes in such codes; and
          (2) developed guidance for the armed forces for the 
        disposition of major end items, including how to assess 
        potential risks to national security, avoid unnecessary 
        destruction, and optimize monetary returns to the 
        government.
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 37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buck of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle G of title X the following new 
section:

SEC. 10__. DESIGNATION OF SINGLE ENTITY TO OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION OF 
                    PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES.

  Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the 
congressional defense committees that the Secretary has 
designated a single entity within each of the armed forces to 
oversee the implementation of predictive maintenance 
procedures, and that the Secretary has provided such entity 
with sufficient authority and resources to carry out the 
responsibility.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Budzinski of Illinois 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII the following:

SEC. 28__. REPORT RELATING TO THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT SCOTT AIR 
                    FORCE BASE IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on expenditures of amounts 
appropriated for, and nonappropriated funds used for, in fiscal 
year 2023 and for the Child Development Center at Scott Air 
Force Base in St. Clair County, Illinois, and an assessment of 
the needs of the Child Development Center for fiscal year 2024 
and subsequent fiscal years.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Budzinski of Illinois 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title XXVIII, 
insert the following:

SEC. 28__. REPORT ON AGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN SUPPORT OF AIRCRAFT 
                    OPERATIONS.

  The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees--
          (1) an assessment of aging infrastructure in direct 
        support of mobility aircraft operations (as determined 
        by the Secretary), including aging runways, ramps, and 
        control towers; and
          (2) a plan to remediate such infrastructure, 
        prioritized by military installation.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Budzinski of Illinois 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title XXVIII, 
insert the following:

SEC. 28__. REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS THAT THREATEN TO ENDANGER 
                    MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
assessing the risks relating to flooding and other natural 
weather phenomenon, that threaten to endanger military 
installations.
  (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following;
          (1) Potential mitigation strategies for such 
        environmental risks.
          (2) An assessment of the Mississippi Delta.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burchett of Tennessee 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, AND EVALUATION CONTRACT COST 
                    SHARING.

  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any contract 
that is awarded under or pursuant to a provision of this Act 
for, in whole or in part, research, development, testing, or 
evaluation activities, not less than 25 percent of the cost of 
such activities under such contract must be provided by a non-
Federal source.
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42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burchett of Tennessee 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. DECLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN REPORTS OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL 
                    PHENOMENA.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
declassify any Department of Defense documents and other 
Department of Defense records relating to publicly known 
sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena that do not reveal 
sources, methods, or otherwise compromise the national security 
of the United States.
  (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``publicly known 
sighting of unidentified aerial phenomena'' means a sighting of 
an of an unidentified aerial phenomenon about which there is 
information available in the public domain prior to the 
declassification of documents and records required under 
subsection (a), but does not include United States Government 
information that was an unauthorized public disclosure.
  (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
require the Secretary of Defense to declassify any information 
that the Secretary does not already have the authority to 
declassify under Executive Order 13526, or any successor order.
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 43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burlison of Missouri 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle A of title VIII the following:

SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION AND REPORT ON CONTRACTS FOR ONLINE TUTORING 
                    SERVICES.

  (a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter into 
a contract for online tutoring services which could result in 
personal data of citizens of the United States being 
transferred to the control of the People's Republic of China.
  (b) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on the risks of 
personal data of citizens of the United States being 
transferred to the control of the People's Republic of China 
pursuant to any contracts for online tutoring services of the 
Department of Defense in progress.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cammack of Florida or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In subtitle A of title X, add at the end the following:

SEC. 10__. ESTABLISHMENT OF A BLOCKCHAIN-DISTRIBUTED LEDGER 
                    TECHNOLOGIES-SMART CONTRACTS DEFENSE APPLICATIONS 
                    WORKING GROUP.

  (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
establish a working group to be known as the ``Blockchain-
Distributed Ledger Technologies-Smart Contracts Defense 
Applications Working Group'' (referred to in this section as 
the ``Working Group''). The Working Group shall identify 
potential applications for blockchain technology, smart 
contracts, or distributed ledger technologies in the processes 
of the Department of Defense.
  (b) Membership.--The Working Group shall be composed of 
representatives of the following:
          (1) The elements of the Department of Defense as 
        described in paragraphs (1) through (10) of section 
        111(b) of title 10, United States Code.
          (2) The Office of Science and Technology Policy.
          (3) Relevant private sector entities.
          (4) Academic institutions.
  (c) Resources.--The Working Group shall use Federal studies, 
reports, or other available resources to inform the use of 
blockchain technology, smart contracts, or distributed ledger 
technologies to improve efficiencies at the Department of 
Defense and efficiencies or functions of each of the Armed 
Forces.
  (d) Policies.--Not later than April 1, 2024, the Secretary of 
Defense shall issue policies for the activities of the Working 
Group.
  (e) Support.--The joint federation of capabilities 
established under section 937 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10 
U.S.C. 2224) shall provide administrative support to the 
working group.
  (f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to allow the Secretary of Defense to provide any 
competitive advantage to any participant of the Working Group.
  (g) Sunset.--This section and the Working Group established 
under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2028.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Caraveo of Colorado or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Insert after section 571 the following:

SEC. 572. TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM CONTENTS TO INCLUDE PREPARATION 
                    FOR AGRICULTURE.

  Section 1144(f)(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
          (1) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (vi); and
          (2) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
                          ``(v) Preparation for agriculture.''.
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Caraveo of Colorado or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle H of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. REPORT ON SEPARATING MEMBERS WHO HAVE HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCE 
                    AND MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS.

  By not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report on the process by which members of the 
Armed Forces with health care experience transition to civilian 
life and the number such members who join the Medical Reserve 
Corps.
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carbajal of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle A of title XVIII the following:

SEC. 18__. LIMITATION ON DISPLAY OF CUT FLOWERS OR GREENS NOT PRODUCED 
                    IN THE UNITED STATES.

  (a) In General.--A cut flower or a cut green may not be 
officially displayed in any public area of a building of the 
Executive Office of the President or of the Department of State 
or of the Department of Defense unless the cut flower or cut 
green is produced in the United States.
  (b) Rule of Construction.--The limitation in subsection (a) 
may not be construed to apply to any cut flower or cut green 
used by a Federal officer or employee for personal display.
  (c) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Cut flower.--The term ``cut flower'' means a 
        flower removed from a living plant for decorative use.
          (2) Cut green.--The term ``cut green'' means a green, 
        foliage, or branch removed from a living plant for 
        decorative use.
          (3) Produced in the united states.--The term 
        ``produced in the United States'' means grown in--
                  (A) any of the several States;
                  (B) the District of Columbia;
                  (C) a territory or possession of the United 
                States; or
                  (D) an area subject to the jurisdiction of a 
                federally recognized Indian Tribe.
  (d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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 48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carey of Ohio Or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1___. PROHIBITION ON DECOMMISSIONING OF KC-135 STRATOTANKERS.

  None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the Air 
Force may be used to decommission a KC-135 Stratotanker.
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 49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carter of Georgia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 741, line 1, after ``the congressional defense 
committees'' insert ``and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives''.
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50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carter of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY FOR USE OF OPEN-ARCHITECTURE ADDITIVE 
                    MANUFACTURING FOR CERTAIN ITEMS AND COMPONENTS.

  (a) Assessment.--The Secretary of Defense shall assess the 
capacity of the Department of Defense to test, evaluate, and 
use additive fabrication technology to supplement maintenance 
parts in support of weapon systems and associated support 
equipment, including obsolete parts, tools, jigs, fixtures, and 
other such items and components.
  (b) Elements.--The assessment under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
          (1) Consideration of existing in-garrison and 
        expeditionary base infrastructure and logistics support 
        components of the Department that use existing open-
        architecture additive manufacturing commercial 
        technology (commonly referred to as ``3D Printing''), 
        related capital equipment, and associated manufacturing 
        media.
          (2) An identification of any fabrication capabilities 
        relevant to the capacity described in subsection (a) 
        that may be provided by public-private partnership 
        programs, departments and agencies of the Federal 
        Government, academic institutions, and small business 
        concerns.
          (3) An identification of the coordination, 
        scheduling, reimbursement processes, and requirements 
        needed for the potential use of a network of community 
        based, private-public facilities to enable the advanced 
        fabrication capacity described in subsection (a).
          (4) An analysis of the frequency, scheduling lead 
        time, fabrication cost, and capacity of each facility 
        relating to the fabrication of obsolete parts, tools, 
        jigs, fixtures or other parts as required for the 
        Department to ensure agile combat employment.
          (5) A review of contractor-owned, commercial open-
        architecture additive and advanced manufacturing 
        fabrication facilities that could enhance efforts to 
        improve reliability, availability and maintainability 
        of legacy weapons systems, in-garrison infrastructure, 
        expeditionary basing, and agile combat employment.
          (6) An assessment of any cost- and time-savings, as 
        well as budgetary savings that would result from using 
        open-architecture additive and other advanced 
        manufacturing technologies identified in the strategy 
        under subsection (c).
  (c) Strategy.--
          (1) Requirement.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
        committees a strategy to fund and coordinate the 
        potential use of a network of domestic, community-
        based, fabrication facilities for the fabrication of 
        items and components as described in subsection (a).
          (2) Elements.--The strategy under paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                  (A) be based on the assessment conducted 
                under subsection (a);
                  (B) identify existing commercially derived, 
                open-architecture additive manufacturing 
                solutions for enabling agile combat employment 
                doctrine and point-of-need support;
                  (C) to the maximum extent practicable, 
                incorporate the use of emerging small business 
                capabilities and non-traditional partners;
                  (D) address how the Secretary will coordinate 
                with other departments and agencies of the 
                Federal Government, including the Department of 
                Commerce and Small Business Administration, to 
                plan for and schedule the potential use of 
                community based facilities , as available, to 
                improve reliability, maintainability, and 
                availability of existing weapon and 
                infrastructure support systems of the 
                Department of Defense;
                  (E) to the extent practicable, define the 
                situations in which the Secretary can use 
                community-based additive manufacturing 
                facilities--
                          (i) to address shortages in obsolete 
                        parts and maintenance tools;
                          (ii) to accelerate overall weapon 
                        system readiness levels; and
                          (iii) to provide supply chain relief 
                        to the Department;
                  (F) identify--
                          (i) the requirements needed to 
                        accelerate the process for creating 
                        ``digital twins'' of existing obsolete 
                        or diminishing parts, including 
                        critical and non-critical parts, jigs, 
                        fixtures, molds, and other such items 
                        and components;
                          (ii) the requirements, approval 
                        processes, and resources needed to 
                        enhance, as appropriate, the just-in-
                        time fabrication capabilities 
                        supporting overall weapon system 
                        readiness, in coordination with the 
                        heads of relevant departments and 
                        agencies of the Federal Government;
                          (iii) investments that the Secretary 
                        can make to incorporate, contractor-
                        owned, community-based fabrication 
                        capacity into the Department of 
                        Defense; and
                          (iv) any preferences that may be 
                        applied to community-based or private 
                        public partnerships that have used 
                        commercial capacity to supplement or 
                        support peacetime or wartime 
                        mobilizations; and
                  (G) address all advanced or emerging 
                technologies that could shorten timelines and 
                reduce costs for weapons systems logistics, 
                maintenance and readiness, including with 
                respect to--
                          (i) 3D printing of non-critical 
                        parts, jigs, fixtures, tooling, molds 
                        and other relevant components;
                          (ii) expeditionary use and 
                        integration of open-architecture 
                        additive manufacturing to enable or 
                        support agile combat employment; and
                          (iii) other relevant technologies to 
                        train, equip and prepare warfighters to 
                        effectively employ additive 
                        manufacturing techniques in both 
                        garrison and expeditionary 
                        environments.
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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 6__. EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM: MODIFICATION OF THE 
                    RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE OF SPECIAL NEEDS.

  Subsection (c) of section 1781c of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``(including 
        health care and educational services)'' after 
        ``services''; and
          (2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ``, determining 
        the market capacity, usage, and availability of such 
        resources,'' after ``and training''.
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. STUDY TO REVIEW WEIGHTED STUDENT UNITS FOR IMPACT AID 
                    PAYMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE FEDERALLY CONNECTED CHILDREN 
                    WITH DISABILITIES.

  (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, shall conduct a study to review the 
weighted student units used for the calculation of impact aid 
payments for eligible federally connected children with 
disabilities under section 7003 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703).
  (b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
          (1) An explanation of the method used to establish 
        the weighted student units used for the calculation of 
        impact aid payments for eligible federally connected 
        children with disabilities under section 7003 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 7703).
          (2) A review of the criteria and any special factors 
        used to determine the eligibility of federally 
        connected children with disabilities under such 
        section.
          (3) An examination of the adequacy of the system used 
        to determined weighted student units for children with 
        disabilities compared to other eligible federally 
        connected children, taking into consideration the cost 
        of any support services required.
          (4) Recommendations for improving the efficiency and 
        effectiveness of impact aid payments for eligible 
        federally connected children with disabilities.
  (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a).
  (d) Local Educational Agency Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``local educational agency'' has the meaning given that 
term in section 7013(9) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)).
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53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, insert the following:

SEC. 13__. REPORT ON REESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIC ACTION TEAMS IN PACIFIC 
                    ISLAND COUNTRIES.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific 
Security Affairs, in coordination with Commander of United 
State Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report containing--
          (1) an assessment of the feasibility and advisability 
        of reestablishing civic action teams in the Republic of 
        the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
        Micronesia, as authorized under the Compact of Free 
        Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-239), the Palau 
        Compact of Free Association Act (Public Law 99-658), 
        and the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 
        2003 (Public Law 108-188), including the estimated 
        costs, potential activities of joint interest to the 
        Department of Defense and the host countries, and the 
        timeline needed to set up new teams; and
          (2) an assessment of the benefits and challenges of 
        establishing civic action teams in each of--
                  (A) the Cook Islands;
                  (B) Fiji;
                  (C) Kiribati;
                  (D) Nauru;
                  (E) Niue;
                  (F) Papua New Guinea;
                  (G) Samoa;
                  (H) Solomon Islands;
                  (I) Tonga;
                  (J) Tuvalu; and
                  (K) Vanuatu.
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54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XVIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 28__. MODIFICATION TO AGREEMENTS TO LIMIT ENCROACHMENTS AND OTHER 
                    CONSTRAINTS ON MILITARY TRAINING, TESTING, AND 
                    OPERATIONS.

  (a) In General.--Section 2684a of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
          (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
        paragraph (1), by striking ``as well as a State-owned 
        National Guard installation,'' and inserting ``a State-
        owned National Guard installation, each regionally 
        associated installation,''; and
          (2) in subsection (j), by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
          ``(4) The term `regionally associated installation' 
        means a military installation--
                  ``(A) located within 250 miles of one or more 
                additional military installations;
                  ``(B) under the jurisdiction of separate 
                Secretary concerned than one or more of such 
                additional military installations;
                  ``(C) at which, including such additional 
                military installations, an aggregate total of 
                more than 10,000 members of the Armed Forces 
                are stationed; and
                  ``(D) located in an area in which the 
                military installation or such additional 
                military installations and jointly used by the 
                Department of Defense.''.
  (b) Applicability.-- This section and the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to amounts appropriated 
for agreements entered into under section 2684a of title 10, 
United States Code, with regionally associated installations 
(as defined in such section, as amended by subsection (a)) on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Add at the end of subtitle F of title XXVIII the following 
new section:

SEC. 28__. STUDY AND REPORT ON CERTAIN EASEMENTS AND LEASES OWNED BY 
                    THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN HAWAII.

    (a) Study and Report Required.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall 
carry out a study on covered property interests and submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that includes--
          (1) a description of--
                  (A) the location, size, and expiration date 
                of each covered property interest;
                  (B) the ways in which the Secretary of 
                Defense uses and intends to use each covered 
                property interest;
                  (C) the major milestones and expected 
                timeline for renegotiation and renewal of each 
                covered property interest;
                  (D) any renegotiation and renewal actions 
                with respect to each covered property interest 
                during fiscal years 2019 through 2023;
                  (E) any such renegotiation and renewal 
                actions planned to occur during fiscal years 
                2024 through 2030;
                  (F) each law or policy governing the 
                extension of each covered property interest;
                  (G) relevant coordination efforts among--
                          (i) the Secretaries of the military 
                        departments and the Commander of the 
                        United States Indo-Pacific Command; and
                          (ii) the Secretaries of the military 
                        departments, the Governor of Hawaii, 
                        the heads of the appropriate county 
                        governments in Hawaii, and communities 
                        in areas in proximity to a covered 
                        property interest;
                  (H) risks to renewing each covered property 
                interest; and
          (2) recommendations of the Secretary of Defense with 
        respect to necessary legislative actions to ensure the 
        renewal of covered property interests, including such 
        legislative actions to provide Hawaii with financial 
        assistance to aid administrative processes of Hawaii 
        relating to such covered property interests.
    (b) Covered Property Interest Defined.--In this section, 
the term ''covered property interest`` means a lease or 
easement consisting of not fewer than five acres of real 
property that--
          (1) is located in Hawaii;
          (2) is owned by the Department of Defense; and
          (3) expires not later than January 1, 2030.
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56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. _. MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM TO DEVELOP YOUNG CIVILIAN DEFENSE 
                    LEADERS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION.

  Section 1261 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (10 U.S.C. 311 note) is 
amended--
          (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or other 
        appropriate ministries with a security mission'' after 
        ``civilian leaders in foreign partner ministries of 
        defense'' each place it appears; and
          (2) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or civilian 
        leaders from other appropriate ministries with a 
        security mission'' after ``civilian defense leaders 
        from foreign partner ministries of defense''.
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57. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Casten of Illinois or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. STUDY AND REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR PILOTS AND 
                    AVIATORS.

  (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall collaborate on a study on the 
barriers to mental health care for military pilots and 
aviators. The study shall include the development of a set of 
recommendations to ensure that pilots and aviators who need 
mental health care have--
          (1) no more barriers to care;
          (2) no more consequences for seeking care; and
          (3) no less scientifically-robust bases for being 
        treated and re-cleared for duty than pilots and 
        aviators who need physical health care.
  (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly submit to 
Congress a report that contains the results of the study 
required under subsection (a).
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 58. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Castor of Florida or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. PROCESS TO ENSURE INTERSTATE RECIPROCITY IN EDUCATIONAL 
                    ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.

  (a) Process Required.--The Secretary of Education, in 
consultation with States and local educational agencies, shall 
establish a process to ensure that a dependent of a member of 
the Armed Forces who receives educational accommodations while 
attending an elementary or secondary school in a State, and who 
then transfers to an elementary or secondary school in a 
different State due to the relocation of the member of the 
Armed Forces of whom the student is a dependent, shall have 
such educational accommodations recognized by the destination 
State without requiring the dependent to reapply for such 
accommodations.
  (b) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The terms ``elementary school'', ``local 
        educational agency'', ``secondary school'', and 
        ``State'' have the meanings given those terms in 
        section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
          (2) The term ``educational accommodation'' means an 
        individualized education program (as defined in section 
        602 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 
        or the approval of a student to participate in a gifted 
        and talented program.
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 59. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Castor of Florida or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle E of title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 7__. PROVISION OF TEMPORARY CHILD CARE SERVICES.

  The Secretary of Defense shall provide temporary child care 
services at military child development centers for the children 
of members of the Armed Forces during a permanent change of 
station, temporary duty, or any other similar deployment.
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 60. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Correa of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title XVIII, insert the 
following:

SEC. 18__. PAROLE IN PLACE FOR HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS.

  Section 1758(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is 
amended--
          (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end;
          (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
          (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
          ``(5) a person who served in the active military, 
        naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or 
        released therefrom under honorable conditions.''.
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 61. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crenshaw of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. CONTINUING MILITARY SERVICE FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS ELIGIBLE FOR 
                    CHAPTER 61 RETIREMENT.

  (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations that allow a covered member to continue 
to elect to serve in the Armed Forces--
          (1) in the current military occupational specialty of 
        such covered member, for which the covered member may 
        not be deployable; or
          (2) in a military occupational specialty for which 
        the covered member is deployable.
  (b) Rule of Construction.--A covered member who completes 20 
years of service computed under section 1208 of title 10, 
United States Code shall not be denied any benefit under laws 
administered by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs solely on the basis that the covered member 
elected to continue to serve in the Armed Forces instead of 
taking retirement under chapter 61 of title 10, United States 
Code
  (c) Covered Member Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered member'' means a member of the Armed Forces--
          (1) whom the Secretary concerned determines possesses 
        skill or experience vital to the Armed Force concerned;
          (2) who incurs a disability--
                  (A) while eligible for special pay under 
                section 310 of title 37, United States Code; 
                and
                  (B) that renders the member eligible for 
                retirement under chapter 61 of title 10, United 
                States Code; and
          (3) who elects to continue to serve in the Armed 
        Forces instead of such retirement.
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 62. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crow of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR COMBINED 
                    TRAUMATIC INJURIES SUSTAINED IN COMBAT OPERATIONS.

  (a) Strategy.--Not later than May 31, 2024, the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (in coordination with 
the Surgeons General of the Armed Forces, the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological 
Defense Programs, the Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of 
Injury in Combat partnership, and the National Center for 
Medical Intelligence) shall develop a strategy to address 
medical research and development gaps essential to furnishing 
medical care to casualties experiencing combined traumatic 
injuries and injuries resulting from exposures across the 
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear spectrum.
  (b) Elements.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall 
include, at a minimum, the following:
          (1) An assessment of the investments made by the 
        Secretary of Defense into supporting efforts related to 
        such combined injuries.
          (2) A review of the laboratory and medical product 
        development capabilities of the Department of Defense 
        to conduct research and development into, and support 
        the transition and fielding of, treatments for such 
        combined injuries;
          (3) An identification of any clinical practice 
        guidelines to treat combined such combined injuries, 
        and recommendations to amend any such guidelines.
          (4) Recommendations for increased investments in 
        research and development to be made by the Secretary of 
        Defense for the conduct of preclinical research, for 
        the purpose of--
                  (A) optimizing the treatment of such combined 
                injuries; and
                  (B) protecting health care providers and 
                other medical personnel furnishing such 
                treatment.
          (5) A plan for the engagement between the Department 
        of Defense and institutions of higher education with 
        medical centers, and other similar entities, to support 
        public-private partnerships to address such combined 
        injuries.
  (c) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs completes 
the strategy under subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary 
shall provide to the congressional defense committees a 
briefing on such strategy.
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63. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Curtis of Utah or His 
                   Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

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

SEC. ___. ASSESSMENT OF UNDERSEA CABLE REPAIR CONTINGENCIES.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Federal Communications Commission and 
other relevant agencies, shall submit to Congress an assessment 
on the ability and preparedness of the USNS Zeus and the Cable 
Security Fleet to repair transoceanic submarine fiber optic 
cables that may be damaged or cut by adversaries.
  (b) Contents.--The assessment under subsection (a) shall 
include--
          (1) a description of preparedness to address a 
        situation in which the cables of partner nations in 
        both the Pacific and Atlantic ocean are damaged or 
        severed at or around the same time;
          (2) a determination as to how long it would take for 
        the Cable Security Fleet in coordination with partner 
        nations to repair such cables; and
          (3) the options available to provide connectivity in 
        an emergency or crisis caused by or related to the 
        damaging or severing of such cables.
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64. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Curtis of Utah or His 
                   Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 15__. REPORT ON INFORMATION OPERATIONS CAPABILITIES OF RUSSIA.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress that 
the effectiveness of the information operations capabilities of 
Russia poses a threat not only to the operations of the United 
States, but to those of the allies and partners of the United 
States.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of 
National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report containing the following:
          (1) An assessment of the information operations 
        capabilities of Russia, including attributable, non-
        attributable, and deliberately misleading sources in 
        and related to Ukraine.
          (2) An assessment of the efforts taken by the 
        Secretary of Defense, and by the information operations 
        components of the armed forces of partners and allies 
        of the United States, to target and otherwise 
        coordinate efforts against Russian military information 
        operations.
  (c) Form.--The report under subsection (b) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
  (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
          (1) the congressional defense committees;
          (2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of 
        the House of Representatives; and
          (3) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
        Senate.
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65. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Curtis of Utah or His 
                   Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12__. MODIFICATION AND UPDATE TO REPORT ON MILITARY CAPABILITIES 
                    OF IRAN AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.

  Section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 1972) is 
amended--
          (1) in subsection (a)--
                  (A) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting 
                ``ballistic and cruise'' after ``instances 
                of''; and
                  (B) in paragraph (2)--
                          (i) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
                        ``The United Nations'' and inserting 
                        ``The effect of the United Nations''; 
                        and
                          (ii) by adding at the end the 
                        following new subparagraph:
                  ``(H) Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-
                affiliated operatives serving in diplomatic and 
                consular posts, cultural centers, religious 
                institutions, and religious functions outside 
                of Iran and actions taken by the Secretary of 
                Defense, the Secretary of State, and the heads 
                of the elements of the intelligence community 
                (as such term is defined in section 3 of the 
                National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003) 
                to reduce the presence of such operations.'';
          (2) by redesignating subsection (c) and (d) as 
        subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
          (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
        new subsection:
  ``(c) Updated Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act of 
2024, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees an updated report that 
includes each of the matters listed in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of subsection (a) and covers developments during the period 
beginning in June 2022 and ending on the day before the date on 
which the updated report is submitted.''; and
          (4) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 
        inserting ``, and the updated report required by 
        subsection (b),'' after ``report required by subsection 
        (a)''.
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66. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Curtis of Utah or His 
                   Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN REGIONAL NARCOTICS TRADE.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Middle East narcotics trade continues to evolve, including 
through expanding volumes and routes facilitating the sale, 
supply, or transfer of captagon and methamphetamines throughout 
the region.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of 
National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence in the Senate a report on 
Iranian involvement in the narcotics trade in the Middle East 
region. Such report shall include each of the following:
          (1) An assessment of any element of the Government of 
        Iran, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 
        (in this section referred to as the ``IRGC'') and any 
        Iran-backed group operating in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, or 
        Yemen, that supports the sale, supply, or transfer of 
        narcotics in the Middle East region.
          (2) An assessment of the benefits accrued from the 
        sale, supply, and transfer of narcotics in the region 
        by any element of the Government of Iran, including the 
        IRGC and any Iran-backed groups operating in Iraq, 
        Syria, Lebanon, or Yemen.
          (3) An assessment of all foreign terrorist 
        organizations to or for which the IRGC, or any person 
        owned or controlled by the IRGC, provides material 
        support in the sale, supply, transfer, or production of 
        captagon or other related narcotics or precursors in 
        the Middle East and North Africa.
          (4) An assessment of activities conducted by the IRGC 
        in Afghanistan related to the trade of methamphetamine 
        or opiates, including synthetic opiates.
          (5) A detailed account of intercepted transfers 
        involving the United States Fifth Fleet of narcotics 
        from Iran or involving Iranian nationals or persons 
        acting, or purporting to act, for or on behalf of the 
        Government of Iran, including the IRGC.
  (c) Form.--The report required under subsection (b) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex.
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    67. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis of North 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. REPORT ON PLAN FOR COVERAGE OF CERTAIN DEVICES CAPABLE OF 
                    PREVENTING AND TREATING MIGRAINES FOR MILITARY 
                    PERSONNEL.

  Not later than February 1, 2024, the Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Health Affairs shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
report on the plan of the Assistant Secretary to cover non-
pharmacological, neuromodulation migraine prevention and 
treatment devices approved by the Food and Drug Administration 
capable of preventing and treating migraines for military 
personnel.
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68. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative De La Cruz of Texas or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:

SEC. 18__. DRUG INTERDICTION AND COUNTER-DRUG ACTIVITIES.

  (a) Office of Naval Intelligence Maritime Intelligence 
Support.--In section 4501 of division D, relating to Drug 
Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, increase the amount 
for Counter-Narcotics Support, line 010, by $5,000,000 for 
Global Trader in the Office of Naval Intelligence Maritime 
Intelligence Support.
  (b) U.S. Northern Command Mexico Office of Defense 
Cooperation.--In section 4501 of division D, relating to Drug 
Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, increase the amount 
for Counter-Narcotics Support, line 010, by $5,000,000 for the 
U.S. Northern Command Mexico Office of Defense Cooperation.
  (c) Advanced Analytics for Global Threat Network 
Disruption.--In section 4501 of division D, relating to Drug 
Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, increase the amount 
for Counter-Narcotics Support, line 010, by $5,000,000 for 
Advanced Analytics for Global Threat Network Disruption.
  (d) Operation and Maintenance Defense-Wide.--In section 4301 
of division D, relating to Operation and Maintenance Defense-
Wide, reduce the amount for Office of the Secretary of Defense, 
line 490, by $15,000,000.
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    69. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DesJarlais of 
          Tennessee or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following 
new section:

SEC. 31__. DESIGNATION OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AS 
                    TECHNICAL NUCLEAR FORENSICS LEAD.

  (a) In General.--Section 3211(b) of the National Nuclear 
Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 2401(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
          ``(7) To lead the technical nuclear forensics efforts 
        of the United States.''.
  (b) Rule of Construction.--The amendment made by this section 
may not be construed to alter the functions vested in any 
department or agency of the Federal Government by statute other 
than the National Nuclear Security Administration pursuant to 
such amendment.
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70. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Donalds of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title XVIII the following:

SEC. 18__. SENSE OF CONGRESS SUPPORTING PROJECT PELE.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) Congress supports Project Pele, which seeks to 
        develop, demonstrate, and deploy an advanced portable 
        nuclear microreactor at Idaho National Laboratory by 
        2025; and
          (2) Project Pele will be critical in maintaining and 
        bolstering United States national security by providing 
        firm, reliable, clean, and dense baseload energy to 
        power United States military bases and other 
        distributed military operations, both domestically and 
        abroad.
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71. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Donalds of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1859. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR UTILIZING MICROREACTORS TO ASSIST WITH 
                    NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE EFFORTS.

  (a) In General.--The President shall, in consultation with 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
the Secretary of Energy, the Chief of the National Guard 
Bureau, the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers, 
the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Nuclear Energy of the 
Department of Energy, the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Research and Engineering, the Chairman of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
the Office of Reactor Fleet and Advanced Reactor Deployment of 
the Department of Energy, develop a national strategy to 
utilize microreactors to assist with natural disaster response 
efforts.
  (b) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, 
the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a comprehensive national strategy developed under 
subsection (a).
  (c) Contents of National Strategy.--A national strategy 
developed under subsection (a) shall include the following:
          (1) Evaluation of existing diesel deployment 
        efforts.--An assessment of the effectiveness of 
        utilizing diesel generators to assist with natural 
        disaster response efforts, which such assessment shall 
        include--
                  (A) information on the current use of diesel 
                generators to assist with natural disaster 
                response efforts, including--
                          (i) the prevalence of deploying 
                        diesel generators around the United 
                        States as the sole power source to 
                        assist with natural disaster response 
                        efforts;
                          (ii) the average number of diesel 
                        generators deployed in natural disaster 
                        response efforts based on the type of 
                        natural disaster, the severity of the 
                        natural disaster, and the location of 
                        the natural disaster;
                          (iii) where Federal, State, and local 
                        governments store diesel generators;
                          (iv) how diesel generators are 
                        transported to areas affected by a 
                        natural disaster;
                          (v) any logistical concerns with 
                        refueling diesel generators over an 
                        extended period of time;
                          (vi) the potential to utilize 
                        accessory equipment that is 
                        traditionally connected to diesel 
                        generators to help provide electricity 
                        to the area in need; and
                          (vii) any other information that is 
                        necessary to understand the role of 
                        diesel generators used to assist with 
                        natural disaster response efforts;
                  (B) how the effect on the environment of 
                utilizing diesel generators to assist with 
                natural disaster response efforts compares to 
                the estimated effect on the environment of 
                utilizing microreactors to assist with the same 
                natural disaster response efforts; and
                  (C) the concerns to public safety when 
                deploying diesel generators in natural disaster 
                response efforts.
          (2) Goals, objectives, and priorities.--A 
        comprehensive, research-based, and long-term discussion 
        of goals, objectives, and priorities for utilizing 
        microreactors instead of diesel generators to assist 
        with natural disaster response efforts.
          (3) Department of defense analysis.--An analysis of--
                  (A) how the efforts of the Department of 
                Defense to develop microreactor technology for 
                operational uses could be used to inform the 
                development of microreactors to assist with 
                natural disaster response efforts, including 
                any recommendations and additional direction 
                that may be necessary for such expedited 
                deployment;
                  (B) how the Department of Defense can most 
                effectively translate and implement the lessons 
                learned from its operations in the field to 
                assist with natural disaster response efforts, 
                including how operations in the field related 
                to microreactors can be used to answer broad 
                questions for the nuclear industry and for 
                future issues relating to fuel reliability, 
                energy supply chain issues, reducing diesel 
                convoy causalities, and supporting other global 
                humanitarian needs; and
                  (C) whether a demonstration program for 
                microreactors is needed prior to deploying 
                microreactors for natural disaster response 
                efforts, based on the analysis provided by 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B).
          (4) Recommendations for the nuclear regulatory 
        commission.--Recommendations on how the Nuclear 
        Regulatory Commission can work with other Federal 
        agencies to expedite--
                  (A) the approval of designs for 
                microreactors; and
                  (B) issuing licenses for the utilization, 
                transportation, and operation of microreactors 
                in rapid deployment scenarios, such as natural 
                disaster response efforts.
          (5) Utilizing feasibility studies.--An analysis of 
        available academic literature and studies, including 
        site feasibility studies, to identify high risk areas 
        that are prone to natural disasters that should be 
        prioritized during emergency planning.
          (6) Strategic considerations when deploying 
        microreactors.--An assessment of various strategic 
        considerations to improve the efficiency, timeliness, 
        and cost-effectiveness of deploying microreactors to 
        assist with natural disaster response efforts, 
        including--
                  (A) whether the Department of Defense, the 
                Federal Emergency Management Agency, or any 
                other government entity should build, own, or 
                operate microreactors that are used to assist 
                with natural disaster response efforts, 
                including whether it would be viable to lease 
                microreactors from private industry and whether 
                it would be viable to facilitate public-private 
                partnerships to find cost effective options to 
                utilize microreactors for natural disaster 
                response efforts;
                  (B) the recommended number of individuals 
                charged with the usage, maintenance, and upkeep 
                of the microreactors, including the recommended 
                qualifications, training requirements, 
                availability requirements, and oversight 
                responsibility of such individuals;
                  (C) the number of microreactors needed, 
                initially and in the long-term, to effectively 
                respond to a natural disaster based on past 
                natural disaster trends and the specific 
                geographic location of the area;
                  (D) where microreactors used to assist with 
                natural disaster response efforts would be 
                stored, including information on--
                          (i) how different microreactor 
                        storage locations may affect swift and 
                        economically feasible natural disaster 
                        response efforts;
                          (ii) the feasibility of utilizing 
                        already-built facilities instead of 
                        constructing new microreactor storage 
                        facilities;
                          (iii) the cost of constructing new 
                        microreactor storage facilities;
                          (iv) how to properly store the 
                        microreactor when not being utilized 
                        for natural disaster response efforts; 
                        and
                          (v) potential storage locations, such 
                        as--
                                  (I) the Strategic Alliance 
                                for FLEX Emergency Response 
                                locations in Memphis, Tennessee 
                                and Phoenix, Arizona; and
                                  (II) Department of Defense 
                                bases;
                  (E) how to maintain a microreactor and 
                replace, store, and dispose of fuel used by a 
                microreactor, including whether public-private 
                partnerships may be used to assist with such 
                maintenance, replacement, storage, and 
                disposal;
                  (F) when a diesel generator will suffice in 
                the event of a natural disaster of limited 
                proportions, in comparison to utilizing 
                microreactors to assist with natural disaster 
                response efforts;
                  (G) which States and territories and 
                possessions of the United States that are prone 
                to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, 
                should be prioritized when initially selecting 
                locations to deploy microreactors to assist 
                with natural disaster response efforts;
                  (H) the methods, capabilities, and costs 
                associated with transporting microreactors that 
                were or may be impacted by natural disasters, 
                including considerations about transporting new 
                microreactors, in addition to microreactors 
                that have been put to use, and any regulatory 
                or legal issues that may arise during the 
                transportation;
                  (I) any other strategic considerations that 
                should be taken into account before deploying 
                microreactors to assist with natural disaster 
                response efforts;
                  (J) how to integrate microreactors into 
                existing electrical grids in emergency 
                situations, including how grid connection 
                points, microgrid limits, site load limits, 
                existing infrastructure, and the standard 
                process for grid interconnections may impact 
                the integration of microreactors into existing 
                electrical grid;
                  (K) whether microreactors will be susceptible 
                to cyberattacks, including whether autonomous 
                control will impact the microreactor's 
                cyberattack susceptibility and what systems or 
                microreactor designs would be ideal for 
                combating such cyberattacks during a natural 
                disaster response effort; and
                  (L) how the weight of a microreactor, 
                compared to the weight of a diesel generator, 
                affects deploying microreactors and diesel 
                generators to assist with natural disaster 
                response efforts.
          (7) Deployment challenges and barriers.--An 
        assessment of--
                  (A) the challenges and barriers to deploying 
                microreactors to assist with natural disaster 
                response efforts; and
                  (B) solutions to address each such challenge 
                and barrier.
          (8) Review of and recommendations for legislation.--
                  (A) Review.--A review of existing law that 
                can be used to ease the burden of utilizing 
                microreactors to assist with natural disaster 
                response efforts, including the Robert T. 
                Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 
                Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801 et 
                seq.), the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 
                2011 et seq.), the Nuclear Energy Innovation 
                and Modernization Act (42 U.S.C. 2215 note), 
                and any other relevant law.
                  (B) Recommendations.--Recommendations for 
                legislation to--
                          (i) assist with--
                                  (I) deploying microreactors 
                                to assist with natural disaster 
                                response efforts;
                                  (II) the maintenance and 
                                upkeep of such microreactors; 
                                and
                                  (III) the initial and long-
                                term storage of such 
                                microreactors; and
                          (ii) pay for the activities described 
                        in subclauses (I) through (III) of 
                        clause (i).
          (9) Partnerships to enhance natural disaster response 
        efforts.--An assessment about--
                  (A) the current status of any collaboration 
                between the National Guard, Federal Emergency 
                Management Agency, and the Army Corps of 
                Engineers during natural disaster response 
                efforts;
                  (B) the specific roles of each entity 
                specified in subparagraph (A) (disaggregated, 
                in the case of the National Guard, by State and 
                by military department) during a natural 
                disaster response effort, and their respective 
                roles when participating in natural disaster 
                response efforts;
                  (C) the current emergency responsibilities of 
                the Department of Energy and the Nuclear 
                Regulatory Commission that relate to deploying 
                microreactors during natural disaster response 
                efforts;
                  (D) the potential opportunity to set up an 
                annual listening group session or consortium to 
                provide all the necessary information needed to 
                deploy microreactors to assist with natural 
                disaster response efforts and to ensure a 
                smooth transition from the use of diesel 
                generators to the use of microreactors to 
                assist with natural disaster response efforts;
                  (E) how the Emergency Management Assistance 
                Compact, consented to by Congress in the joint 
                resolution entitled ``Joint resolution granting 
                the consent of Congress to the Emergency 
                Management Assistance Compact'' (Public Law 
                104-321), can be utilized to allow States to 
                allocate their unused microreactors to other 
                States that are in need of microreactors to 
                assist with natural disaster response efforts; 
                and
                  (F) how to improve the collaboration between 
                Federal, State, and local government entities 
                and private entities when deploying 
                microreactors to assist with natural disaster 
                response efforts.
          (10) Utilizing microreactors to charge electric 
        vehicles.--Recommendations on how to utilize 
        microreactors as charging stations for electric 
        vehicles in the event of a mass evacuation resulting 
        from a natural disaster, including recommendations on--
                  (A) how to deploy microreactors to charge 
                electric vehicles before an evacuation;
                  (B) the primary transportation corridors that 
                would be used for such a mass evacuation;
                  (C) how many microreactors would be needed to 
                charge electric vehicles during such a mass 
                evacuation, based on the size and population of 
                the State in which the mass evacuation occurs;
                  (D) the best placement of microreactors 
                throughout the primary transportation corridors 
                to ensure a smooth electric vehicle charging 
                process and subsequent evacuation;
                  (E) any potential public-private partnerships 
                that would be useful in utilizing microreactors 
                to charge electric vehicles during a mass 
                evacuation, including an estimate of the costs 
                that would be associated with establishing 
                these partnerships;
                  (F) how to--
                          (i) transport microreactors to mass 
                        evacuation locations along primary 
                        transportation corridors for purposes 
                        of charging electric vehicles; and
                          (ii) pay for such transportation; and
                  (G) any other topic related to subparagraphs 
                (A) through (F).
          (11) Deploying microreactors to united states 
        territories and possessions.--Recommendations on 
        deploying microreactors to territories and possessions 
        of the United States to assist with natural disaster 
        response efforts.
          (12) Using military equipment with nuclear 
        capabilities.--Recommendations on how to, in the event 
        of a natural disaster and when the deployment of a 
        microreactor is not timely or ideal for the 
        circumstance, deploy military equipment of the United 
        States with nuclear capabilities, such as nuclear 
        aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines, to provide 
        temporary electricity to an area severely impacted by a 
        natural disaster.
          (13) Budget priorities.--A multiyear budget plan that 
        identifies the necessary resources to successfully 
        carry out the recommendations and implement any lessons 
        learned from the assessments and other analysis under 
        this subsection.
          (14) Technology enhancements.--An analysis of current 
        and developing ways to leverage existing and innovative 
        technology to improve the effectiveness of efforts to 
        deploy microreactors to assist with natural disaster 
        response efforts.
          (15) Using innovative tools to predict natural 
        disasters.--A description of how to utilize innovative 
        technology, such as artificial intelligence and 
        predictive meteorological tools, to prepare for the 
        utilization of microreactors before a natural disaster.
          (16) Floating nuclear barges.--An assessment of how 
        floating nuclear barges compare to using portable 
        microreactors, including--
                  (A) the advantages and disadvantages of using 
                a portable microreactor compared to a floating 
                nuclear barge; and
                  (B) an identification of scenarios during 
                which a floating nuclear barge would be 
                preferred over a portable microreactor.
  (d) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                  (A) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
                Oversight and Accountability, and the Committee 
                on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
                of Representatives; and
                  (B) the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                Resources, the Committee on Armed Services, the 
                Committee on Environment and Public Works, and 
                the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                Transportation of the Senate.
          (2) Local government.--The term ``local government'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the 
        Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
          (3) Microreactor.--The term ``microreactor'' means a 
        nuclear reactor, including a portable nuclear reactor, 
        that has an electricity generating capacity of not more 
        than 20 megawatts of thermal energy.
          (4) Natural disaster.--The term ``natural disaster'' 
        has the meaning given the term ``Major disaster'' in 
        section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
        and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122), except 
        that the term ``natural disaster'' does not include a 
        wildfire.
          (5) Natural disaster response effort.--The term 
        ``natural disaster response effort'' means a 
        circumstance in which a State or local government 
        requests assistance under the Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        5121 et seq.), including assistance to address the loss 
        of primary electrical capacity as a result of a natural 
        disaster.
          (6) State.--The term ``State'' means a State of the 
        United States and the District of Columbia.
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72. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Donalds of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, insert the following:

SEC. 16__. REPORT ON SPACE FORCE USE OF NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION AND 
                    NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION SPACE VEHICLES.

  The Chief of the Space Force shall submit to Congress a 
report on the use by the Space Force of nuclear thermal 
propulsion and nuclear electric propulsion space vehicles. Such 
report shall include--
          (1) a description of how the Space Force uses such 
        vehicles;
          (2) a description of how the Space Force plans to use 
        such vehicles in the future; and
          (3) an identification of any potential benefits that 
        such vehicles can provide to bolster the national 
        security of the United States.
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73. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Donalds of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title XXXI, insert the following:

SEC. 31__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING USE OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS 
                    BY THE ARMED FORCES.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) aspects of the Armed Forces have intentions to 
        use advanced nuclear reactors at United States military 
        bases, both domestically and internationally, because 
        of advanced nuclear's potential ability to generate 
        clean electricity consistently and reliably;
          (2) the Armed Forces currently rely on fossil fuel, 
        which presents potential safety risks and national 
        security risks associated with such reliance;
          (3) advanced nuclear reactors can provide clean, 
        uninterrupted electricity to power a wide array of 
        domestic and international military operations;
          (4) the Armed Forces have grown accustomed to an 
        operational energy supply chain in times of peace, but 
        the United States also needs to prepare for the 
        logistical challenges arising from the battles of 
        tomorrow; and
          (5) energy use on the battlefield will increase 
        significantly over the next decade, and advanced 
        nuclear reactors will be an important solution to 
        providing secure, dense, and firm energy supply.
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74. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Donalds of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 16__. REPORT ON SPACE ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN FOREIGN ADVERSARY 
                    NATIONS.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report that evaluates the 
potential national security risks posed by the space-related 
activities of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic 
of China, including activities involving--
          (1) satellites;
          (2) space stations;
          (3) moon exploration; and
          (4) the acquisition of minerals from the moon.
  (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in classified form, but may include an unclassified 
summary.
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75. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Donalds of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE CONTINUING NEED FOR INNOVATION IN 
                    THE ARMED FORCES.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
Congress encourages the Armed Forces to continue innovating, 
including by using technological methods that incorporate 
artificial intelligence, quantum information science, advanced 
air mobility, and counter-UAS systems to ultimately maintain, 
bolster, and augment military readiness, wartime preparedness, 
and ensure the overall national security of the United States.
  (b) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``advanced air mobility'' means a 
        transportation system that transports people and 
        property by air between two points in the United States 
        using aircraft with advanced technologies, including 
        electric aircraft or electric vertical take-off and 
        landing aircraft, in both controlled and uncontrolled 
        airspace.
          (2) The term ``artificial intelligence'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 5002 of the National 
        Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 (15 
        U.S.C. 9401).
          (3) The term ``counter-UAS system'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 44801(5) of title 49, United 
        States Code.
          (4) The term ``quantum information science'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 2 of the National 
        Quantum Initiative Act (15 U.S.C. 8801).
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   76. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Duncan of South 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. TRANSFER OF DATA AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED UNDER THE MOSAICS 
                    PROGRAM.

  (a) Transfers Authorized.--The Secretary of Defense may 
transfer data and technology developed under the MOSAICS 
program to eligible private sector entities to enhance cyber 
threat detection and protection of critical industrial control 
system assets used for electricity distribution.
  (b) Agreements.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense may--
          (1) enter into cooperative research and development 
        agreements under section 4026 of title 10, United 
        States Code; and
          (2) use such other mechanisms for the transfer of 
        technology and data as are authorized by law.
  (c) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``eligible private sector entity'' means 
        a private sector entity that--
                  (A) has functions relevant to the civil 
                electricity sector; and
                  (B) is determined by the Secretary of Defense 
                to be eligible to receive data and technology 
                transferred under subsection (a).
          (2) The term ``MOSAICS program'' means the More 
        Situational Awareness for Industrial Control Systems 
        Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration program of 
        the Department of Defense.
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77. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dunn of Florida or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title XVIII, insert the 
following:

SEC. 18__. WAIVER PROCESS FOR CERTAIN HUMANITARIAN AID.

  Section 402(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended--
          (1) by striking ``shall include'' and all that 
        follows through ``transport.'' and inserting ``shall 
        include--''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following:
                  ``(A) inspection of supplies before 
                acceptance for transport; and
                  ``(B) a process by which, upon request from a 
                destination country, a prohibition on the 
                shipment of certain items under a regulation or 
                other guidance issued pursuant to this 
                paragraph may be waived.''.
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   78. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Edwards of North 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. REPORT.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
report on the status of the formulation of policies by the 
Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to record 
and track alleged incidents of misuse of United States-provided 
equipment in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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79. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Eshoo of California or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING A NAVAL VESSEL AFTER 
                    WILLIAM B. GOULD.

   It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy 
should name a commissioned naval vessel after formerly enslaved 
sailor and Civil War veteran, William B. Gould, to honor his 
strength of character and faithful service to our country.
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80. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fallon of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

  It is the sense of Congress that the United States and Taiwan 
should explore all measures to expand Taiwan's source of energy 
and harden Taiwan's facilities, including exploring nuclear 
power.
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    81. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzgerald of 
          Wisconsin or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. REQUIREMENT TO DISCLOSE CURRICULUM OF SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE 
                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY.

  Section 2164 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
  ``(m) Requirement to Disclose Curriculum.--The Secretary of 
Defense shall make available, on a publicly accessible website, 
the curriculum for each grade level of each elementary and 
secondary school operated the Department of Defense Education 
Activity.''.
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82. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foster of Illinois or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 16__. ASSESSMENT OF THE ABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES TO DETECT 
                    LOW-YIELD NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTS.

  (a) Assessment.--The Director of the Defense Intelligence 
Agency, in coordination with the Director of National 
Intelligence, shall conduct an assessment of the ability of the 
United States to detect and monitor supercritical nuclear 
weapon tests conducted at very low yields.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence 
Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on the results of the assessment conducted under 
subsection (a). The report shall include specific 
recommendations for improving the ability of the United States 
to detect and monitor low-yield nuclear weapon tests conducted 
at the Novaya Zemlya nuclear test site of the Russian 
Federation and the Lop Nor nuclear test site of the People's 
Republic of China as well as globally.
  (c) Form.--The report under subsection (b) may be submitted 
in classified form, but if so submitted shall include an 
unclassified summary.
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83. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Franklin of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR CYBER SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT.

  (a) Increase.--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, Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4201, for system development and 
demonstration, information technology development (PE 
0605013N), line 156, is hereby increased by $1,000,000 (with 
the amount of such increase to be used in support of cyber 
supply chain risk management).
  (b) 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 section 4201, for system development and 
demonstration, trusted and assured microelectronics (PE 
0605294D8Z), line 143, is hereby reduced by $1,000,000.
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 84. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Frost of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. ANNUAL REPORT ON OVERSIGHT OF FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE.

  (a) Report Required.--The Inspector General of the Department 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a detailed annual report 
containing--
          (1) a description of the budget of the Department of 
        Defense, the total amount and dollar value of oversight 
        investigations into fraud waste and abuse conducted by 
        the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, 
        and the total amount and dollar value of oversight 
        investigations into fraud, waste, and abuse conducted 
        by the Offices of Inspector General of each of the 
        military departments;
          (2) statistical tables showing--
                  (A) the total number and dollar value of 
                oversight investigation completed and pending, 
                set forth separately by type of oversight 
                investigation;
                  (B) the priority given to each type of 
                oversight investigation;
                  (C) the length of time taken for each type of 
                oversight investigation, both from the date of 
                receipt of a qualified incurred cost submission 
                and from the date the oversight investigation 
                begins;
                  (D) the aggregate cost of performing 
                oversight investigations, set forth separately 
                by type of oversight investigation; and
                  (E) the total number and dollar value of 
                oversight investigations that are pending for a 
                period longer than one year as of the end of 
                the fiscal year covered by the report, and the 
                fiscal year in which the qualified submission 
                was received, set forth separately by type of 
                oversight investigation;
          (3) a summary of any recommendations of actions or 
        resources needed to improve the oversight investigation 
        process; and
          (4) any other matters the Inspector General considers 
        appropriate.
  (b) Public Availability.--Each report submitted under 
subsection (a) shall be made publicly available.
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85. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fry of South Carolina 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF ROTC ON RECRUITING.

  Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report regarding the effects of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps on recruiting for the Armed Forces.
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86. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fry of South Carolina 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF ROTC ON RECRUITING.

  Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report regarding the effects of the Reserve 
Officers' Training Corps on recruiting for the Armed Forces.
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 87. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gaetz of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  Add at the end of subtitle D of title V the following new 
section:

SEC. 5__. VOTES REQUIRED FOR CONVICTION, SENTENCING, AND OTHER MATTERS 
                    IN GENERAL AND SPECIAL COURTS-MARTIAL.

  (a) In General.--Section 852 of title 10, United States Code 
(article 52 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is 
amended--
          (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``by the 
        concurrence of at least three-fourths of the members 
        present'' and inserting ``by the unanimous concurrence 
        of all members present''; and
          (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``by the 
        concurrence of at least three-fourths of the members 
        present'' and inserting ``by the unanimous concurrence 
        of all members present''.
  (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to courts-martial convened under 
chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of 
Military Justice), on or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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88. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. 13__. UNITED STATES-TAIWAN COMBINED PLANNING GROUP STUDY AND 
                    REPORT.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall--
          (1) conduct a study of the feasibility and 
        advisability of establishing the United States-Taiwan 
        Combined Planning Group or an alternative mechanism; 
        and
          (2) submit to the congressional defense committees, 
        the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate, a report that contains the results of 
        the study.
  (b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
consider--
          (1) the necessary resources, organizational elements, 
        and roles and responsibilities associated with the 
        potential establishment of the United States-Taiwan 
        Combined Planning Group or an alternative mechanism, as 
        well as any other relevant considerations determined by 
        the Secretaries;
          (2) a timetable for establishing a United States-
        Taiwan Combined Planning Group or an alternative 
        mechanism, if determined feasible and advisable;
          (3) any barriers that would make the establishment of 
        a United States-Taiwan Combined Planning Group or an 
        alternative mechanism infeasible or inadvisable, 
        together with any recommended steps for mitigation;
          (4) whether a United States-Taiwan Combined Planning 
        Group or an alternative mechanism would improve 
        Taiwan's planning processes for developing Taiwan's 
        defense force requirements or efficiencies in Taiwan's 
        defense procurements and investments;
          (5) whether a United States-Taiwan Combined Planning 
        Group or an alternative mechanism would facilitate the 
        provision of defense articles and defense services to 
        Taiwan;
          (6) whether a United States-Taiwan Combined Planning 
        Group or an alternative mechanism would enhance 
        combined training and exercises with Taiwan; and
          (7) whether a United States-Taiwan Combined Planning 
        Group or an alternative mechanism would reinforce the 
        deterrent effect of Taiwan's self-defense capability.
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89. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  Add at the end of subtitle B of title XIV the following:

SEC. 14__. CRITICAL MINERAL INDEPENDENCE.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
                  (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
                Senate; and
                  (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
                House of Representatives.
          (2) Covered country.--The term ``covered country'' 
        means--
                  (A) a covered nation (as defined in section 
                4872(d) of title 10, United States Code); and
                  (B) any other country determined by the 
                Secretary of Defense to be a geostrategic 
                competitor or adversary of the United States 
                for purposes of this section.
          (3) Critical mineral.--The term ``critical mineral'' 
        means a critical mineral (as defined in section 7002(a) 
        of the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a))) that the 
        Secretary of Defense determines to be important to the 
        national security of the United States for purposes of 
        this section.
          (4) Shortfall material.--The term ``shortfall 
        material'' means materials determined to be in 
        shortfall in the most recent report on stockpile 
        requirements submitted to Congress under subsection (a) 
        of section 14 of the Strategic and Critical Materials 
        Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98h-5) and included in the 
        most recent briefing required by subsection (f) of such 
        section.
  (b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
States--
          (1) to expand mining and processing of critical 
        minerals, including rare earth elements, in the United 
        States and in countries that are allies or partners of 
        the United States to meet the needs of the United 
        States defense sector so that the Department of Defense 
        will achieve critical mineral supply chain independence 
        from covered countries, including the People's Republic 
        of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic 
        of Iran, and the Democratic People's Republic of North 
        Korea; and
          (2) that the Department of Defense will procure 
        critical minerals and products made using supply chains 
        involving critical minerals that are not mined or 
        processed in or by covered countries.
  (c) Strategy To Achieve Critical Mineral Supply Chain 
Independence for the Department of Defense.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary 
        of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit 
        to the appropriate committees of Congress a strategy to 
        develop supply chains for the Department of Defense 
        that are not dependent on mining or processing of 
        critical minerals in or by covered countries, in order 
        to achieve critical mineral supply chain independence 
        from covered countries for the Department by 2035.
          (2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                  (A) identify and assess significant 
                vulnerabilities in the supply chains of 
                contractors and subcontractors of the 
                Department of Defense involving critical 
                minerals that are mined or processed in or by 
                covered countries;
                  (B) identify and recommend changes to the 
                acquisition laws, regulations, and policies of 
                the Department of Defense to ensure contractors 
                and subcontractors of the Department use supply 
                chains involving critical minerals that are not 
                mined or processed in or by covered countries 
                to the greatest extent practicable;
                  (C) evaluate the utility and desirability of 
                leveraging the process for acquiring shortfall 
                materials for the National Defense Stockpile 
                under the Strategic and Critical Materials 
                Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq.) to 
                strengthen mining and processing capacity for 
                critical minerals in the United States and in 
                countries that are allies or partners of the 
                United States;
                  (D) identify areas of potential engagement 
                and partnership with the governments of 
                countries that are allies or partners of the 
                United States to jointly reduce dependence on 
                critical minerals mined or processed in or by 
                covered countries;
                  (E) identify and recommend other policy 
                changes that may be needed to achieve critical 
                mineral supply chain independence from covered 
                countries for the Department;
                  (F) identify and recommend measures to 
                streamline authorities and policies with 
                respect to critical minerals and supply chains 
                for critical minerals; and
                  (G) prioritize the recommendations made in 
                the strategy to achieve critical mineral supply 
                chain independence from covered countries for 
                the Department, taking into consideration 
                economic costs and varying degrees of 
                vulnerability posed to the national security of 
                the United States by reliance on different 
                types of critical minerals.
          (3) Form of strategy.--The strategy required by 
        paragraph (1) shall be submitted in classified form but 
        shall include an unclassified summary.
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90. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  At the end of subtitle B of title XIII, insert the following 
new section:

SEC. 13__. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGICAL 
                    DEVELOPMENTS IN ANNUAL CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT.

  (a) In General.--As part of each annual report submitted 
under section 1202 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 10 U.S.C. 113 
note)(commonly referred to as the ``China Military Power 
report''), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
heads of such other Federal departments and agencies as the 
Secretary of Defense may determine appropriate, shall include a 
component on emerging technological developments involving the 
People's Republic of China.
  (b) Matters.--Each report component referred to in subsection 
(a) shall include an identification and assessment of at least 
five fields of critical or emerging technologies in which the 
People's Liberation Army is invested, or for which there are 
Military-Civil Fusion Development Strategy programs of the 
People's Republic of China, including the following:
          (1) A brief summary of each such identified field and 
        its relevance to the military power and national 
        security of the People's Republic of China.
          (2) The implications for the national security of the 
        United States as a result of the leadership or 
        dominance by the People's Republic of China in each 
        such identified field and associated supply chains.
          (3) The identification of at least 10 entities 
        domiciled in, controlled by, or directed by the 
        People's Republic of China (including any subsidiaries 
        of such entity), involved in each such identified 
        field, and an assessment of, with respect to each such 
        entity, the following:
                  (A) Whether the entity has procured 
                components from any known United States 
                suppliers.
                  (B) Whether any United States technology 
                imported by the entity is controlled under 
                United States regulations.
                  (C) Whether United States capital is invested 
                in the entity, either through known direct 
                investment or passive investment flows.
                  (D) Whether the entity has any connection to 
                the People's Liberation Army, the Military-
                Civil Fusion program of the People's Republic 
                of China, or any other state-sponsored 
                initiatives of the People's Republic of China 
                to support the development of national 
                champions.
  (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
          (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives; and
          (2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
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91. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


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

SEC.__. DESIGNATION OF PRIORITY THEATERS OF OPERATION AND COMBATANT 
                    COMMANDS; PRIORITY FOR SALES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES 
                    AND SERVICES.

  Section 22 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2762) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
  ``(e) Designation of Priority Theaters of Operation and 
Combatant Commands; Priority for Sales of Defense Articles and 
Services.--
          ``(1) Designation.--Not later than October 31 of each 
        fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall, consistent 
        with the United States National Defense Strategy and 
        United State national defense priorities, designate 
        theaters of operation that are to be considered 
        priority theaters of operation and combatant commands 
        that are to be considered priority combatant commands 
        for purposes of paragraph (2) for that fiscal year.
          ``(2) Priority.--In entering into contracts for the 
        procurement of defense articles or defense services for 
        sales to foreign countries under this section, the 
        President and the Secretary of State shall give 
        priority to sales to--
                  ``(A) countries located in theaters of 
                operation that are designated as priority 
                theaters of operation under paragraph (1); and
                  ``(B) countries located in areas under the 
                responsibility of combatant commands that are 
                designated as priority combatant commands under 
                paragraph (1).''.
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92. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


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

SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LOW-COST ANTI-SHIP 
                    WEAPONS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall direct the 
Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command to carry out 
the assessment described in subsection (b) not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. This assessment 
will be completed in coordination with the service chiefs 
associated with the systems specified in subsection (b)(1), to 
assess the feasibility, effectiveness, and value of developing 
low-cost anti-ship weapons to help prevent or deter conflict in 
the Indo-Pacific.
  (b) Assessment Described.--The assessment described in this 
subsection includes the following:
          (1) A determination of the appropriate balance of 
        air, ground, and maritime long range highly survivable 
        anti-ship cruise missiles (including the Long Range 
        Anti-Ship Missile and Maritime Strike Tomahawk), 
        ground-based short range highly survivable cruise 
        missiles (including the Harpoon, Joint Strike Missile, 
        and Naval Strike Missile), and potential lower-cost, 
        less-capable anti-ship weapons to identify operational 
        challenges that--
                  (A) addresses the large number of unarmed or 
                less technologically sophisticated or 
                survivable maritime craft that will likely be 
                utilized to support a large-scale amphibious 
                assault; and
                  (B) assesses the ability of the United States 
                to achieve sufficient munitions capacity with 
                the existing inventory of weapons systems 
                options.
          (2) An identification of any appropriate weapon 
        system programs that could be developed or manipulated 
        to achieve a lower cost, effective anti-ship weapon 
        system for use against less technologically 
        sophisticated or survivable maritime targets, and 
        examine how to--
                  (A) leverage the innovative weapons 
                development that the services and the private 
                sector industry have undertaken to address 
                unique challenges in providing weapons systems, 
                training, and other support to Ukraine;
                  (B) utilize existing programs and systems to 
                minimize delivery time and development costs; 
                and
                  (C) insulate or mitigate the effect on 
                munitions supply chains that are already under 
                duress.
          (3) An identification of support exercises and other 
        initiatives to highlight and refine low-cost anti-ship 
        weapons development.
  (c) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a 
briefing to the congressional defense committees on the 
assessment described in subsection (b).
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93. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROCUREMENT RELATED 
                    TO ENTITIES IDENTIFIED AS CHINESE MILITARY 
                    COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES IN 
                    ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1260H OF THE WILLIAM M. 
                    THORNBERRY NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR 
                    FISCAL YEAR 2021.

  (a) Prohibition on Use or Procurement.--
          (1) In general.--Except as provided under subsection 
        (d)(1), the Secretary may not--
                  (A) enter into, renew, or extend a contract 
                for the procurement of goods, services, or 
                technology with an entity described in 
                paragraph (2); or
                  (B) enter into, renew, or extend a contract 
                for the procurement of goods services, or 
                technology that include goods, services, or 
                technology produced or developed by an entity 
                described in paragraph (2).
          (2) Entities described.--An entity described in this 
        paragraph is--
                  (A) an entity that is identified in the 
                annual list the Department of Defense publishes 
                of Chinese military companies operating in the 
                United States in pursuant to section 1260H of 
                the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
                Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 
                (10 U.S.C. 113 note);
                  (B) any entity subject to the control of an 
                entity described in subparagraph (A); or
                  (C) any individual working for or on behalf 
                of an entity described in subparagraph (A) or 
                (B).
          (3) Limitation on applicability.--Nothing in 
        paragraph (1) shall prohibit the Secretary from 
        entering into, renewing, or extending a contract for 
        the procurement of goods, services, or technology to 
        provide a service that connects to the facilities of a 
        third-party, including backhaul, roaming, or 
        interconnection arrangements.
          (4) Guidance.--
                  (A) Entity prohibition.--Not later than 180 
                days after the enactment of this Act, the 
                Secretary shall issue procurement policies and 
                other guidance for implementation of the 
                prohibitions in paragraph (1)(A) for the 
                Department of Defense.
                  (B) Goods, services, and technology 
                prohibition.--Not later than 545 days after the 
                enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
                issue procurement policies and other guidance 
                for the implementation of the prohibitions in 
                paragraph (1)(B) for the Department of Defense, 
                including--
                          (i) best practices to avoid being 
                        subject to the prohibitions described 
                        in paragraph (1)(B); and
                          (ii) technical support to assist 
                        affected businesses, institutions and 
                        organizations as is reasonably 
                        necessary for those affected entities 
                        to comply with this section, including 
                        the creation of a supply chain mapping 
                        tool software made available without 
                        cost to affected entities.
  (b) Effective Dates.--The prohibition under subsection 
(a)(1)(A) shall take effect one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and the prohibitions under subsections 
(a)(1)(B) shall take effect two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
  (c) Waiver Authority.--
          (1) In general.--The Secretary may waive the 
        requirements under subsection (a) with respect to an 
        entity that requests such a waiver if the entity 
        seeking the waiver--
                  (A) provides to the Secretary a compelling 
                justification for the additional time to 
                implement the requirements under such 
                subsection, as determined by the Secretary of 
                Defense; and
                  (B) provides to the Secretary a phase-out 
                plan to eliminate goods, services, or 
                technology produced or developed by an entity 
                described in subsection (a)(2) from the systems 
                of the entity.
          (2) Duration.--A waiver granted under paragraph (1) 
        may be for a period of not more than two years after 
        the effective dates described in subsection (c).
  (d) Exception.--The President shall not be required to apply 
or maintain the prohibition under subsection (a) for activities 
subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.), or to 
any authorized intelligence activities of the United States.
  (e) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Control.--The term ``control'' has the meaning 
        given that term in part 800.208 of title 31, Code of 
        Federal Regulations or any successor regulations.
          (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of Defense.
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     94. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of 
          California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


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

SEC. ___. LOANS FOR RETROFITTING TO QUALIFY AS A VESSEL OF THE UNITED 
                    STATES.

  (a) In General.--Section 53706(a) of title 46, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
          ``(8) Financing (including reimbursement of an 
        obligor for expenditures previously made for) the 
        reconstruction, reconditioning, retrofitting, repair, 
        reconfiguration, or similar work in a shipyard located 
        in the United States.''.
  (b) Prohibition on Use of Appropriated Funds.--Amounts 
appropriated to the Maritime Administration before the date of 
enactment of this Act shall not be available to be used for the 
cost of loan guarantees for projects receiving financing 
support or credit enhancements under section 53706(a)(8) of 
title 46, United States Code, as added by this section.
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95. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garcia of Texas or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the beginning of subtitle E of title V, insert the 
following (and redesignate the following sections accordingly):

SEC. 541. CLARIFICATIONS OF PROCEDURE IN INVESTIGATIONS OF PERSONNEL 
                    ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                    IN RETALIATION FOR PROTECTED COMMUNICATIONS.

  (a) In General.--Subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (4) 
of section 1034(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
  ``(D)(i) Upon determining that an investigation of an 
allegation under paragraph (1) is warranted, the Inspector 
General making the determination shall expeditiously 
investigate the allegation to determine whether the protected 
communication or activity under subsection (b) was a 
contributing factor in the personnel action prohibited under 
subsection (b) that was taken or withheld (or threatened to be 
taken or withheld) against a member of the armed forces.
  ``(ii) In the case of a determination made by the Inspector 
General of the Department of Defense, that Inspector General 
may delegate responsibility for the investigation to an 
appropriate Inspector General of a military department.
  ``(iii) The member alleging the prohibited personnel action 
may use circumstantial evidence to demonstrate that the 
protected communication or activity under subsection (b) was a 
contributing factor in the personnel action prohibited under 
subsection (b). Such circumstantial evidence may include that 
the person taking such prohibited personnel action knew of the 
protected communication or activity, and that the prohibited 
personnel action occurred within a period of time such that a 
reasonable person could conclude that the communication or 
protected activity was a contributing factor in the personnel 
action.
  ``(iv) If the Inspector General determines it likelier than 
not that the member made a communication or participated in an 
activity protected under subsection (b) that was a contributing 
factor in a personnel action described in such subsection, the 
Inspector General shall presume such personnel action to be 
prohibited under such subsection unless the Inspector General 
determines there is clear and convincing evidence that the same 
personnel action would have occurred in the absence of such 
protected communication or activity.
  ``(E) If the Inspector General preliminarily determines in an 
investigation under subparagraph (D) that a personnel action 
prohibited under subsection (b) has occurred and that such 
personnel action shall result in an immediate hardship to the 
member alleging the personnel action, the Inspector General 
shall promptly notify the Secretary of the military department 
concerned or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable, 
of the hardship, and such Secretary shall take such action as 
such Secretary determines appropriate.''.
  (b) Technical Amendments.--Such paragraph is further amended 
in subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking ``subsection (h)'' 
both places it appears and inserting ``subsection (i)''.
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96. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garcia of Texas or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    At the end of subtitle C of title XVIII, insert the 
following:

SEC.__.EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR BEREAVEMENT LEAVE FOR MEMBERSOF THE 
                    ARMED FORCES.

    Section 701(l) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
in paragraph(3) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
inserting the following:
                  ``(A) a spouse;
                  ``(B) a son or daughter; or
                  ``(C) a parent;
          ``(4) In this section, the term 'son or daughter' 
        means--
                  ``(A) a biological, adopted, step, or foster 
                son or daughter of the individual;
                  ``(B) a person who is a legal ward of the 
                member, or was a legal ward of the individual 
                when the person was a minor or otherwise 
                required a legal guardian; or
                  ``(C) a person for whom the member stands in 
                loco parentisor stood in loco parentiswhen the 
                person was a minor or otherwise required the 
                individual to stand in loco parentis.
          ``(5) In this section, the term 'parent' means--
                  ``(A) a biological, adoptive, step, or foster 
                parent of the individual, or a person who was a 
                foster parent of the individual when the 
                individual was a minor;
                  ``(B) a legal guardian of the individual, or 
                person who was a legal guardian of the 
                individual when the individual was a minor or 
                otherwise required a legal guardian; or
                  ``(C) a person who stands in loco parentis to 
                the member or stood in loco parentis when the 
                individual was a minor or otherwise required a 
                person to stand in loco parentis.''.
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97. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gimenez of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XVIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON IRANIAN MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO BOLIVIA, BRAZIL, AND 
                    VENEZUELA .

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the 
following:
          (1) An assessment of the size of Iran's Islamic 
        Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ministry of Information and 
        Security, and Iranian military presence in Bolivia, 
        Brazil, and Venezuela, including the number of 
        personnel, trainers, bases, and military advisors 
        registered as embassy attaches.
          (2) An assessment of the amount and nature of 
        military aid or equipment provided, and any benefits 
        that were given, to Iran or Iranian personnel in return 
        by Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela, such as passports, 
        diplomatic benefits, access to facilities, or the 
        establishment of facilities.
          (3) A description of the supply routes of military 
        equipment to these countries from Iran.
  (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex.
  (c) 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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 98. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gluesenkamp Perez of 
          Washington or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. REPORT ON COMPETITION AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that it 
is integral that the military be able to fix its own equipment, 
and that efforts deliberately designed to prevent the military 
end user from fixing equipment in the field harm our nation's 
military readiness.
  (b) Report and Plan.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit 
to the Chair of the White House Competition Council the report 
required under clause (iii) of section 5(s) of Executive Order 
14036 titled ``Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the 
American Economy''.
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 99. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gonzales of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 627. FAMILY SEPARATION ALLOWANCE: INCREASE; REVIEW.

  (a) Increase.--Section 427(a) of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended, in paragraph (1), by striking ``$250'' and 
inserting ``$400''.
  (b) Review.--In each quadrennial review of military 
compensation conducted after the date of the enactment of this 
Act and under section 1008(b) of such title, the President 
shall include--
          (1) a review of the family separation allowance under 
        section 427 of such title (or successor allowance); and
          (2) the recommendation of the President regarding 
        whether to increase the amount of such allowance to 
        better compensate a member of the uniformed services 
        for separation from family during service described in 
        such paragraph.
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  100. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Gonzalez-Colon of 
         Puerto Rico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XXVIII 
the following:

SEC. 28__. REMOVAL OF PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN AREAS IN CULEBRA, 
                    PUERTO RICO.

  The first sentence of section 204(c) of the Military 
Construction Authorization Act, 1974 (Public Law 93-166; 87 
Stat. 668) is amended by striking the first sentence.
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 101. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gooden of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 105, after line 12, insert the following:
          (8) A report on total cost on an annual basis to 
        procure technical data that the Government could 
        eventually use, as needed and depending upon the 
        circumstances, to promote vendor competition and 
        increase Government control over specific elements of 
        sustainment.
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 102. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or 
                His Designee, Debatable for 10 Mminutes

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

SEC. 10__. AUTHORIZATION TO USE NONELECTRIC VEHICLES AT YUMA PROVING 
                    GROUND.

  The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that members of the 
Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of 
Defense assigned to the Yuma Proving Ground are authorized to 
use nonelectric vehicles in the performance of their duties.
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  103. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. FUNDING FOR SKILLBRIDGE.

  (a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
appropriated in section 4301, line 440 for Office of Secretary 
of Defense, as specified in the corresponding funding table in 
section 4301, is hereby increased by $5,000,000 for the 
Skillbridge program.
  (b) Offset.--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, 
Defense-wide, for Washington Headquarters Services, line 500, 
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
4301, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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  104. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XII, insert the following 
new section:

SEC. 12__. IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO UNITED STATES-ISRAEL COOPERATION TO 
                    COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS.

  Section 1278 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1702; 22 U.S.C. 
8606 note) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``$40,000,000'' 
        and inserting ``$55,000,000'';
          (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 
        subsections (g) and (h), respectively; and
          (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
        new subsections:
  ``(e) Report on Status of Cooperation and Certain Iranian 
Threat.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
containing the following:
          ``(1) An assessment of the status of cooperation 
        between the United States and Israel on countering 
        unmanned aerial systems, including an assessment of--
                  ``(A) capabilities to counter unmanned aerial 
                systems under research and development;
                  ``(B) capabilities to counter unmanned aerial 
                systems that have been fielded to the Armed 
                Forces of the United States or Israel pursuant 
                to this section;
                  ``(C) proposed changes to authorizations, 
                appropriations, or other provisions of law that 
                would result in more effective capabilities to 
                counter unmanned aerial systems and expedite 
                the provision to the Armed Forces of the United 
                States and Israel of capabilities to counter 
                unmanned aerial systems; and
                  ``(D) the extent to which the United States-
                Israel Operations-Technology Working Group 
                established pursuant to section 1299M(c) of the 
                National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
                Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 4014), 
                or any successor working group, is being used 
                to carry out the activities described in 
                subsection (a)(1).
          ``(2) An assessment of the threat to the United 
        States and Israel posed by unmanned aerial systems from 
        Iran and associated proxies of Iran, including an 
        assessment of deployed or otherwise available anti-
        unmanned aircraft capabilities of the United States and 
        Israel and the adequacy of such capabilities to offset 
        such threat.
  ``(f) Unmanned Aerial System Defined.--In this section, the 
term `unmanned aerial system' includes loitering munitions.''.
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  105. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION PROGRAM.

  (a) Increase.--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 section 4201, for basic research, National 
Defense Education Program, line 006, is hereby increased by 
$5,000,000.
  (b) Offset.--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, 
Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for administration and service-wide 
activities, Washington Headquarters Services, line 530, is 
hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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  106. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title XVIII, insert the 
following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COOPERATION OVER SPACE EXPLORATION.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) United States-Israel space cooperation and 
        collaboration is in the best interest of the United 
        States and can expand economic, national security, and 
        social benefits for the American people; and
          (2) joint United States-Israel cooperation in the 
        space arena should be supported in areas of research, 
        development, test, and evaluation, including--
                  (A) between the National Aeronautics and 
                Space Administration and the Israel Space 
                Agency; and
                  (B) between the United States Air Force, 
                United States Space Force, and the Israeli air 
                force.
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  107. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PRC AND IRAN.

  Section 1202(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended--
          (1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph 
        (15); and
          (2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following:
          ``(14) Developments on the burgeoning relationship 
        between the People's Republic of China and the Islamic 
        Republic of Iran.''.
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  108. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. ___. REPORT ON HOW TO PROTECT UNITED STATES DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY 
                    SOLD TO FOREIGN PARTNERS.

  Within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of 
National Intelligence and the Secretary of State, shall prepare 
and submit (in such manner as the Secretary of Defense may 
decide) to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence of the House of Representatives a written report 
that outlines how the Secretary of Defense will prevent 
unauthorized users of United States defense technology sold or 
transferred to foreign partners and allies of the United States 
under the foreign military sales program or any other authority 
available to the United States from accessing sensitive 
information about the technical capabilities and limitations of 
the technology, and includes--
          (1) a specification of the threat that intellectual 
        technology hardware originating in the People's 
        Republic of China poses to United States defense 
        technology;
          (2) a description of the steps our foreign partners 
        have taken to mitigate the threat;
          (3) an overview of the ability of the defense 
        industrial base to understand and address that threat; 
        and
          (4) recommendations for changes to policy, 
        regulation, and statute to address that threat.
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 109. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS OF OPERATION END SWEEP FOR VIETNAM 
                    SERVICE MEDAL.

  The Secretary of the military department concerned may, upon 
the application of an individual who is a veteran who 
participated in Operation End Sweep, award that individual the 
Vietnam Service Medal.
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 110. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 833. INDIVIDUAL ACQUISITION FOR COMMERCIAL LEASING SERVICES.

  Section 877(c) of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 is amended by striking 
``shall terminate on December 31, 2022'' and inserting ``shall 
terminate on December 31, 2032''.
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 111. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle A of title XII, insert the 
following new section:

SEC. 12__. AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY OF FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES.

  Section 333(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
          ``(10) Counter-illegal, unreported, and unregulated 
        fishing operations.''.
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112. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XII, insert 
the following:

SEC. ___. GENERAL THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO MEMORIAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR 
                    POLISH-AMERICAN DEFENSE COOPERATION.

  (a) Authority.--The Commander of United States Army Special 
Operations Command shall seek to carry out a training program 
pursuant to section 322 of title 10, United States Code, 
between special operations forces under the jurisdiction of the 
Commander and special forces of the Polish Army. Such program 
shall be known as the ``General Thaddeus Kosciuszko Memorial 
Exchange Program for Polish-American Defense Cooperation''.
  (b) Eligibility.--Officers and enlisted members of such 
special operations forces may participate in the program under 
this section.
  (c) Progress Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Commander shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report regarding progress of the Commander in 
carrying out the program under this section.
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113. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title XV the following:

SEC. 1535. REPORT ON STATE NATIONAL GUARD CYBER UNITS.

  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the feasibility of establishing 
a cyber unit in every National Guard of a State to ensure the 
ability of a State to quickly respond to cyber-attacks in such 
State.
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114. An Amendment To Be Ofered by Representative Green of Tennessee or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle F of title XXVIII the following 
new section:
  Add at the end of subtitle F of title XXVIII the following 
new section:

SEC. 28__. REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO CATEGORY 3 SUBTERRANEAN 
                    TRAINING FACILITY.

  (a) Requirement to Maintain Access.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall ensure that the Department of Defense maintains access to 
a covered category 3 subterranean training facility on a 
continuing basis.
  (b) Authority to Enter Into Lease.--The Secretary of Defense 
may enter into a short-term lease with a provider of a covered 
category 3 subterranean training facility for purposes of 
compliance with subsection (a).
  (c) Covered Category 3 Subterranean Training Facility 
Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered category 3 
subterranean training facility'' means a category 3 
subterranean training facility (as defined in section 2869 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 
(Public Law 117-263)) that is--
          (1) operational on or before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; and
          (2) deemed safe for use on such date.
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 115. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grijalva of Arizona 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  At the end of subtitle C of title XVIII, insert the 
following:

SEC. 1859. EXTENSIONS, ADDITIONS, AND REVISIONS TO THE MILITARY LANDS 
                    WITHDRAWAL ACT OF 1999 RELATING TO BARRY M. 
                    GOLDWATER RANGE.

  (a) Extension of Withdrawal and Gila Bend Addition to Barry 
M. Goldwater Range.--Section 3031(a)(3) of the Military Lands 
Withdrawal Act of 1999 (title XXX of Public Law 106-65; 113 
Stat. 898) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``comprise approximately 1,650,200 
        acres'' and inserting the following: ``comprise--
                  ``(A) approximately 1,656,491.94 acres'';
          (2) by striking ```Barry M. Goldwater Range Land 
        Withdrawal', dated June 17, 1999'' and inserting the 
        following: ```Barry M. Goldwater Range Requested 
        Withdrawal Extension Map', dated June 13, 2022''; and
          (3) by striking ``section 3033.'' and inserting the 
        following: ``section 3033; and
                  ``(B) approximately 2,365.89 acres of land in 
                Maricopa County, Arizona, as generally depicted 
                on the map entitled `Gila Bend Addition to 
                Barry M. Goldwater Range', dated July 5, 2022, 
                and filed in accordance with section 3033.''.
  (b) Relation to Other Withdrawals and Reservations.--Section 
3031(a) of such Act is amended--
          (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), and 
        (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively;
          (2) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 
        inserting ``, whichever is later'' after ``accepted by 
        the Secretary of the Interior''; and
          (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
          ``(4) Relation to other withdrawals and 
        reservations.--
                  ``(A) The prior withdrawals and reservations 
                identified as Public Land Order Nos. 56 and 97, 
                and Executive Order Nos. 8892, 9104, and 9215, 
                are hereby revoked in their entirety.
                  ``(B) Upon the date of the enactment of this 
                paragraph, the patented mining claim known as 
                the Legal Tender, Mineral Survey No. 3445, 
                located in Section 26, Township 15 South, Range 
                10 West, Gila Salt River Meridian, Arizona, is 
                hereby transferred from the Secretary of the 
                Air Force to the Secretary of the Interior, at 
                no cost and in `as-is' condition, and shall be 
                managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
                Service as a land parcel included within the 
                Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and in 
                wilderness status as part of the Cabeza Prieta 
                Wilderness.''.
  (c) Renewal of Current Withdrawal and Reservation.--Section 
3031(d) of such Act is amended by striking ``25 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``on October 
5, 2049''.
  (d) Extension.--Section 3031(e) of such Act is amended--
          (1) in the heading, by striking ``Initial''; and
          (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``initial''.
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116. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grothman of Wisconsin 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

SEC. 11__. EXPAND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 5 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
that, to the extent practicable, each commercial position in 
the Department of Defense or an element of the Department is--
          (1) filled by a civilian employee of the Department; 
        or
          (2) performed by a contractor of the Department.
  (b) Commercial Position Defined.--In this section, the term 
``commercial position'' means a position the functions of which 
are determined by the Department of Defense to be commercial 
pursuant to Department of Defense Instruction 1100.22 (or any 
successor instruction).
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 117. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Guthrie of Kentucky 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title XV, insert the following:

SEC. 15__. REPORT ON TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FOR THE ARMY HUMAN 
                    RESOURCES COMMAND 2030 TRANSFORMATION PLAN.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
Human Resources Command 2030 Transformation Plan of the Army 
that includes--
          (1) an estimated timeline for the completion of the 
        implementation milestones of the Plan; and
          (2) an identification of future resource needs 
        relating to the modernization of legacy information 
        technology systems.
  (b) Legacy Information Technology System Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``legacy information technology system'' has 
the meaning given the term in section 1076 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-
91; 40 U.S.C. 11301 note).
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118. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hageman of Wyoming or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  Page 710, strike ``Section'' and insert ``(a) In General.--
Section''.
  Page 710, after line 13, add the following:
  (b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress a report on--
          (1) the impact of the exercise of the lend-lease 
        authority under the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-
        Lease Act of 2022 on United States defense stockpiles 
        and readiness; and
          (2) the accounting of United States military 
        equipment provided to the Government of Ukraine, 
        including a strategy and timeline for recovering 
        defense articles provided to Ukraine under such lend-
        lease authority when it expires.
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119. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hageman of Wyoming or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  Page 571, after line 10, insert the following:
          (3) An analysis of United States laws, executive 
        orders, secretarial orders, and agency actions that are 
        likely affecting the evolution of the illicit fentanyl 
        drug trade over the Southern border of the United 
        States.
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120. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hageman of Wyoming or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  Page 64, line 19, insert ``and except as provided in 
subsection (b)'' before ``, the Secretary''.
  Page 64, after line 24, insert the following:
  (b) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be made 
available for the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North 
Atlantic initiative under subsection (a) may be used for the 
Energy Resilience Challenge of the inititative unless the 
Secretary of Defense determines that--
          (1) all viable energy sources, including nuclear 
        energy, are considered and supported equally under the 
        Challenge; and
          (2) all power generation technologies supported 
        through the Challenge--
                  (A) are self-contained and capable of 
                operating entirely outside the traditional 
                grid; and
                  (B) provide sufficient baseload support for 
                the necessary functions of the customer without 
                depending on intermittent energy sources for 
                core functions.
  Page 65, line 1, strike ``(b)'' and insert ``(c)''.
  Page 65, line 9, insert ``, including the compliance of the 
Secretary with the requirements of subsection (b)'' before the 
period at the end.
  Page 65, line 10, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(d)''.
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121. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hayes of Connecticut 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  At the end of title XVIII, insert the following new section:

SEC. ___. ANNUAL REVIEW AND UPDATE OF ONLINE INFORMATION RELATING TO 
                    SUICIDE PREVENTION.

  Not later than September 30, 2023, and on an annual basis 
thereafter, each Secretary of a military department shall--
          (1) review any information relating to suicide 
        prevention or behavioral health, including any contact 
        information for related resources, that is published on 
        an Internet website of the military department at the 
        installation level;
          (2) make updates to such information as may be 
        necessary; and
          (3) submit to the congressional defense committees a 
        certification that such information is up-to-date.
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 122. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hill of Arkansas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  Add at the end of subtitle E of title III the following:

SEC. 3__. REPORT ON HARDENING UNITED STATES AND PARTNER MILITARY BASES 
                    AGAINST IRANIAN ATTACK.

  (a) Report.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense, in coordination with the Director of National 
        Intelligence, shall submit the report described in 
        paragraph (2) to the congressional defense committees, 
        the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 
        House of Representatives, and the Select Committee on 
        Intelligence in the Senate.
          (2) Report described.--The report shall contain the 
        following contents:
                  (A) An assessment of the threat posed by Iran 
                against United States and partner military 
                bases, to include missile, unmanned aircraft 
                system, and loitering munition attacks.
                  (B) An assessment of hardening and air and 
                missile defense upgrades for United States 
                military installations in the area of 
                responsibility of the United States Central 
                Command.
                  (C) A strategy for expediting the hardening 
                of military installations located in the United 
                States similar installations in ally and 
                partner countries, and upgrading air and 
                missile defense capabilities in the area of 
                responsibility of the United States Central 
                Command.
  (b) Form.--This report shall be transmitted in an 
unclassified manner and may contain a classified annex.
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     123. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Houlahan of 
         Pennsylvania or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  Add at the end of subtitle C of title XVIII the following:

SEC. 18_. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS.

  (a) In General.--The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is 
amended by inserting after section 163 (42 U.S.C. 6243) the 
following:

``SEC. 164. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN EXPORTS.

  ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall prohibit the export or 
sale of petroleum products drawn down from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, under any provision of law, to--
          ``(1) the People's Republic of China;
          ``(2) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
          ``(3) the Russian Federation;
          ``(4) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
          ``(5) any other country the government of which is 
        subject to sanctions imposed by the United States; and
          ``(6) any entity owned, controlled, or influenced 
        by--
                  ``(A) a country referred to in any of 
                paragraphs (1) through (5); or
                  ``(B) the Chinese Communist Party.
  ``(b) Waiver.--The Secretary may issue a waiver of the 
prohibition described in subsection (a) if the Secretary 
certifies that any export or sale authorized pursuant to the 
waiver is in the national security interests of the United 
States.
  ``(c) Rule.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of the Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries 
Act, the Secretary shall issue a rule to carry out this 
section.''.
  (b) Conforming Amendments.--
          (1) Drawdown and sale of petroleum products.--Section 
        161(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
        U.S.C. 6241(a)) is amended by inserting ``and section 
        164'' before the period at the end.
          (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for 
        the Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended by 
        inserting after the item relating to section 163 the 
        following:

``Sec. 164. Prohibition on certain exports.''.
                    ____________________________________________________

124. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Huffman of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes


  Add at the end of subtitle A of title V the following:

SEC. 5__. CHAPLAIN ENDORSEMENTS.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretaries of the military departments, shall make available 
on a publicly accessible database a report of (i) the most 
recent list of chaplain endorsements submitted to the Armed 
Forces Chaplain Board (AFCB) by religious organizations 
according to Department of Defense Instruction 1304.28, and 
(ii) the list of known endorsements used by AFCB to verify 
submissions.
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125. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Huizenga of Michigan 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. STUDY ON ALTERNATIVE VESSEL DESIGN FOR IMPROVED OPERATIONS 
                    AND SHOCK IMPACT MITIGATION ON SPECIAL OPERATIONS 
                    PERSONNEL HEALTH AND FATIGUE.

  (a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in cooperation 
with the Commander of the United States Special Operations 
Command, shall conduct an operational performance study on 
alternative vessels with M-shape hull designs for reduction of 
wave slap, mitigation of shock impact on special operations 
forces, and improved operational and cost efficiencies.
  (b) Elements.--The study conducted under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
          (1) Operational field testing of--
                  (A) physical health and fatigue metrics of 
                personnel as baseline for transport on existing 
                vessels and a comparative assessment of 
                personnel health and fatigue upon being 
                transported on alternative vessels with M-shape 
                hull designs;
                  (B) increased sustained speeds; and
                  (C) improved turn radius and stability for 
                payload targeting.
          (2) A comparative cost assessment of the operation 
        and maintenance of existing and M-shape hull vessels.
  (c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report containing the 
results of the study required under subsection (a).
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126. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Huizenga of Michigan 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. _. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFENSE BY NATO MEMBER STATES.

  It is the sense of Congress that each North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) member state should commit to providing, at 
a minimum, 2 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to 
defense to continue to ensure NATO's military readiness.
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127. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Huizenga of Michigan 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in title XIII, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND 
                    THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE ARCTIC 
                    REGION.

  Section 1238 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
        paragraph (1) by striking ``this Act'' and inserting 
        ``the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
        Year 2024'';
          (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
        following:
          ``(4) A description of the two countries' growing 
        cooperation, since the Russian Federation's full-scale 
        invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, is being 
        implemented in the Arctic region.
          ``(5) A description of how the Russian Federation's 
        full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, 
        including the implementation of U.S. and allied 
        sanctions and potential diversion of Russian resources 
        to the war effort, has impacted the Russian 
        Federation's posture, activity and policy in the Arctic 
        region.
          ``(6) A description of how the Russian Federation's 
        full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, 
        including the implementation of U.S. and allied 
        sanctions on the Russian Federation, has impacted the 
        People's Republic of China's posture, activity and 
        policy in the Arctic region.
          ``(7) A description of how the United States and its 
        allies in the Arctic region have adjusted their posture 
        in response to any changes by the Russian Federation 
        since the beginning of the Russian Federation's full-
        scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.''; and
          (3) by adding at the end the following:
  ``(e) Arctic Region Defined.--In this section, the term 
`Arctic region' has the meaning given the term `Arctic' in the 
Arctic Research and Policy Act (ARPA) of 1984 (Public Law 98-
373).''.
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128. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hunt of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SUPPORT FOR ENERGY FUNCTIONAL 
                    SPECIALIST CIVIL AFFAIRS OFFICER PROGRAM.

  (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) These officers assist on the analysis, assessment 
        and planning for the civilian production and 
        distribution of energy resources before, during and 
        after conflicts to meet global energy requirements.
          (2) A memorandum of understanding has been 
        established with academia to lead and support the 
        training program, enabling these officers to provide 
        the needed technical expertise to evaluate, establish, 
        maintain, or rehabilitate energy production and 
        distribution systems.
          (3) Academic partnerships can double as a platform 
        for strategic outreach to organizations in the wider 
        military and energy sectors.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the establishment of Energy Functional Specialist 
        Civil Affairs Officers in the Army is encouraging; and
          (2) the Secretary of Defense should continue to 
        support and fully fund the existing Energy Functional 
        Specialist Civil Affairs Officer program and its 
        academic partnership and assess opportunities to expand 
        the program to other Armed Forces and across the 
        combatant commands.
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129. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Issa of California or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO E. ROYCE 
                    WILLIAMS FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

  (a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time 
limitations specified in section 8298 of title 10, United 
States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed 
Forces, the President may award the Medal of Honor under 
section 8291 of such title to E. Royce Williams for the acts of 
valor described in subsection (b).
  (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in 
this subsection are the actions of E. Royce Williams, as a 
lieutenant in the Navy, on November 18, 1952, for which he was 
previously awarded the Navy Cross and the Taegeuk Order of 
Military Merit of South Korea.
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130. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Issa of California or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XVIII, insert the 
following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON IRAN-RUSSIA NUCLEAR-RELATED COOPERATION.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that includes 
each of the following:
          (1) An assessment of the trade in covered goods, 
        services, and technology between the Russian Federation 
        and the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the 
        involvement of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 
        and any other military entity of Iran.
          (2) A description of the extent to which Russia is 
        providing diplomatic support to Iran at the 
        International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors 
        and the resulting impact on efforts to refer Iran's 
        noncompliance with its nuclear safeguards obligations 
        to the United Nations Security Council.
          (3) An assessment of the economic value and 
        importance to the Russian nuclear industry of the trade 
        described in paragraph (1).
          (4) An assessment of the extent to which Russia is 
        supporting Iran's research and development activities 
        related to delivery systems or dual use technology 
        relevant to weaponization.
          (5) An assessment of whether covered goods, services, 
        and technology described in paragraph (1) could be used 
        in a nuclear, chemical, biological, radiological, 
        ballistic missile, or conventional weapons program and 
        the resulting impact on the security of the United 
        States and its partners and allies.
  (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
annex.
  (c) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
        means the congressional defense committees, the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate.
          (2) The term ``covered goods, services, and 
        technology'' means--
                  (A) all items, materials, equipment, goods 
                and technology set out in the Nuclear Suppliers 
                Group Guidelines governing nuclear transfers, 
                INFCIRC/254 /Part 1;
                  (B) all items, materials, equipment, goods 
                and technology set out in the Nuclear Suppliers 
                Group guidelines governing the transfer of 
                nuclear related dual use equipment, materials, 
                software and related technology, INFCIRC/254 
                Part 2;
                  (C) the provision of any technical assistance 
                or training, financial assistance, investment, 
                brokering or other services related to the 
                supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, or use of 
                the items, materials, equipment, goods and 
                technology described in subparagraphs (A) or 
                (B); and
                  (D) commercial activities involving uranium 
                mining, production or use of nuclear materials 
                and technologies described in subparagraphs (A) 
                or (B).
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 131. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ivey of Maryland or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 536, line 16, strike the closed quotation mark and 
period at the end.
  Page 536, after line 16, insert the following:
  ``(e) Support for Multi-stakeholder Partnerships.--
          ``(1) The Director shall identify and support multi-
        stakeholder research and innovation partnerships that--
                  ``(A) have the potential to generate 
                technologies, processes, products, or other 
                solutions that address national defense or 
                security needs or otherwise benefit national 
                defense or security; and
                  ``(B) have as an objective the technology 
                transfer or commercialization the work product 
                generated by the partnership.
          ``(2) Support provided by the Director to a multi-
        stakeholder research and innovation partnership under 
        this subsection may include providing resources to the 
        partnership, participating in the partnership, 
        providing technical and technological advice and 
        guidance to the partnership, suggesting and introducing 
        other participants for inclusion in the partnership, 
        and providing the partnership with insight into desired 
        solutions for defense and security needs.
          ``(3) To be eligible to receive support under this 
        subsection a multi-stakeholder research and innovation 
        partnership shall be composed of--
                  ``(A) one or more universities, colleges, or 
                other institutions of higher education with 
                research and innovation capability;
                  ``(B) one or more non-profit organizations 
                that provide policy, research, outreach, 
                operations, organizational, management, 
                testing, evaluation, technology transfer, 
                legal, financial, or advocacy expertise;
                  ``(C) one or more for-profit commercial 
                enterprises that may be publicly or privately 
                owned, early stage or mature, and incorporated 
                or operating by another ownership structure; 
                and
                  ``(D) one or more departments or agencies of 
                the Federal Government with expertise, 
                operations, or resources related to the subject 
                matter of the multi-stakeholder research and 
                innovation partnership.
          ``(4) The areas of research and development covered 
        by a multi-stakeholder research and innovation 
        partnership under this subsection may include--
                  ``(A) cybersecurity, quantum computing, or 
                artificial intelligence;
                  ``(B) geo-spatial imaging or geographic 
                information systems;
                  ``(C) aerodynamics, navigation, or wind 
                resistance management;
                  ``(D) satellite operations, functionality, or 
                utilization;
                  ``(E) climate science or natural resource 
                management;
                  ``(F) clean energy generation, storage, 
                distribution, and efficiency;
                  ``(G) space-based operations, monitoring, and 
                management; or
                  ``(H) such other areas as the Director 
                determines appropriate.
          ``(5) On an annual basis, the Director shall submit 
        to the Secretary of Defense a report on the activities, 
        advances, outcomes, and work product of the multi-
        stakeholder research and innovation partnerships 
        supported under this subsection.''.
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 132. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ivey of Maryland or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. PORTABILITY OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSES OF SERVICEMEMBERS AND 
                    THEIR SPOUSES: PROMOTION; REPORT.

  (a) Promotion.--Not later than September 30, 2024, the 
Secretary of Defense, acting through the Defense-State Liaison 
Office, shall consult with licensing authorities of States to 
increase awareness of section 705A of the Servicemembers Civil 
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4025a).
  (b) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit, to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives, and publish, a report 
containing the results of a study regarding compliance by 
States with section 705A of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
(50 U.S.C. 4025a). Such report shall include the determination 
of the Comptroller General regarding the following:
          (1) The extent to which States have complied with 
        such section.
          (2) The efficacy of such compliance.
          (3) Whether a State has a designated official to 
        oversee such compliance.
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 133. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title XVIII add the following:

SEC. 1859. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS OF FOREIGN-OWNED 
                    AGRICULTURAL LAND NEAR MILITARY INSTALLMENTS.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit to 
Congress a report on foreign-owned agricultural land located 
within 50 miles of a United States military installation.
  (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include--
          (1) a list of each foreign person that owns 
        agricultural land located within 50 miles of a United 
        States military installation;
          (2) in the case of an individual described in 
        paragraph (1), the citizenship of such individual;
          (3) in the case of a foreign person described in 
        paragraph (1) that is not an individual or government--
                  (A) the principal place of business of such 
                person; and
                  (B) the country in which each such foreign 
                person is created or organized;
          (4) the nature of each legal entity holding interest 
        in such agricultural land and the type of interest;
          (5) the legal description and acreage of such 
        agricultural land; and
          (6) an assessment of any threat that foreign 
        ownership of such agricultural land may have on United 
        States military readiness, food supply, and national 
        security.
  (c) Agricultural Land Defined.--In this section, the term 
``agricultural land'' includes--
          (1) crop land, pasture land, wetlands, and 
        marshlands;
          (2) land enrolled in a Federal, State, or local 
        agricultural conservation program; and
          (3) land used for animal confinement, concentrated 
        animal feeding operations, livestock production, timber 
        production, or forestry.
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 134. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON PACIFIC ISLANDS SECURITY STRATEGY.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
          (1) develop a comprehensive Pacific Islands security 
        strategy; and
          (2) submit to the congressional defense committees a 
        report on such strategy.
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 135. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle Jof title V, insert the 
following:

SEC. 5__. REPORT ON COLLEGE-LEVEL CREDITS FOR MILITARY RECRUITS.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on current enlistment 
standards, and whether it is necessary for all college-level 
credits earned by a military recruit to be placed on a 
transcript from an accredited, degree-granting institution.
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136. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XXVIII, 
insert the following:

SEC. 28__. REPORT ON CAPACITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROVIDE 
                    SURVIVORS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WITH EMERGENCY 
                    SHORT-TERM HOUSING.

  Not later than 220 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report analyzing the 
capacity of the Department of Defense to provide survivors of 
natural disasters with emergency short-term housing.
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137. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jacobs of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS.

  (a) Requirements for Withholding Certain Reports.--Section 
122a(b)(2)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
        ``and the Secretary--'';
          (2) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                  ``(i) gives public notice that the report 
                will be withheld pursuant to such 
                determination; and
                  ``(ii) submits to the congressional defense 
                committees the reason for the determination 
                that the information should not be made 
                available to the public.''.
  (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees, and make 
publicly available on an appropriate website of the Department 
of Defense, a report on the implementation of section 122a of 
title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a). 
Such report shall address--
          (1) the procedures under which members of the public 
        may request a covered report under subsection (a)(2) of 
        such section 122a; and
          (2) the procedures and criteria under which the 
        Secretary determines that a report that would otherwise 
        be a covered report should not be made publicly 
        available pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(D) of such 
        section, as amended by subsection (a).
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138. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative James of Michigan or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1__. FUNDING FOR ADVANCED PROCUREMENT FOR F-15EX AIRCRAFT.

  (a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
appropriated in section 101 for procurement, Air Force, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4101, 
for F-15EX Advanced Procurement, line 006, is hereby increased 
by $30,600,000.
  (b) 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 section 4201, for advanced component 
development and prototypes, environmental security technical 
certification program (PE 0603851D8Z), line 076, is hereby 
reduced by $30,600,000.
  (c) Use of Funds.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall 
ensure that any F-15EX aircraft procured using funds made 
available pursuant the increase under subsection (a) are 
allocated to the Air National Guard to recapitalize fighter 
aircraft with the priority given to A-10 squadrons without an 
identified replacement aircraft.
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139. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative James of Michigan or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle G of title VIII the following:

SEC. 8__. ASSESSMENT OF SUPPLY CHAIN CONSTRAINTS IMPACTING THE DEFENSE 
                    INDUSTRIAL BASE AND FOREIGN MILITARY SALES.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of State shall conduct the assessment described in 
subsection (b) and submit to the relevant congressional 
committees a report on such assessment.
  (b) Assessment Described.--The assessment described in this 
section shall include information on constraints and threats to 
the supply chain of Department of Defense contractors and 
subcontractors (at any tier) to produce any defense article for 
use by the Department of Defense or that is the subject of a 
foreign military sale.
  (c) Form.--The report required under this section shall be 
submitted in an unclassified form.
  (d) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``defense article'' has the meaning 
        given in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
        U.S.C. 2794).
          (2) The term ``relevant congressional committees'' 
        means--
                  (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
                House of Representatives;
                  (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
                House of Representatives;
                  (C) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                House of Representatives;
                  (D) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate;
                  (E) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
                Senate; and
                  (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                Senate.
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140. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Joyce of Ohio or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO RUBBER SUPPLY.

  It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense 
should take all appropriate action to lessen our military's 
dependence on adversarial nations for the procurement of 
strategic and critical materials, and that one such material in 
short supply according to the most recent report from Defense 
Logistics Agency Strategic Material is natural rubber, 
undermining our national security and jeopardizing the 
military's ability to rely on a stable source of natural rubber 
for tire manufacturing and production of other goods. 
Accordingly, the Secretary is directed to take all appropriate 
action, pursuant with the authority provided by the Strategic 
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98a et 
seq.), to engage in activities that may include stockpiling, 
but shall also include research and development aspects for 
increasing the domestic supply of natural rubber.
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141. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kaptur of Ohio or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Insert as section 581 (and redesignate the following sections 
accordingly):

SEC. 581. AUTHORIZATION FOR LAST MEMBER STANDING MEDAL.

  (a) Authorization.--Chapter 57 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
          (1) by redesignating sections 1135 and 1136 as 
        sections 1136 and section 1137, respectively; and
          (2) by inserting after section 1134 the following new 
        section:

``Sec. 1135. Last Member Standing medal

  ``(a) Medal Authorized.--The Secretary concerned may issue a 
service medal, to be known as the `Last Member Standing medal', 
to persons eligible under subsection (c).
  ``(b) Design.--The Last Member Standing medal shall be of an 
appropriate design approved by the Secretary of Defense, with 
ribbons, lapel pins, and other appurtenances.
  ``(c) Eligible Persons.--Subject to subsection (d), a person 
eligible to be issued the Last Member Standing medal is any 
member who--
          ``(1) served on active duty;
          ``(2) was deployed during war or overseas contingency 
        operation;
          ``(3) as a result of a combat instance during such 
        war or overseas contingency, was the last surviving 
        member of a unit;
          ``(4) demonstrated extraordinary heroism in defense 
        of the United States during such combat instance; and
          ``(5) whose character is recommended for recognition 
        by their commanding officer and at least two peers.
  ``(d) One Medal Authorized.--Not more than one Last Member 
Standing medal may be issued to any person.
  ``(e) Issuance to Next-of-kin.--If a person described in 
subsection (c) is deceased, the Secretary concerned may provide 
for issuance of the Last Member Standing medal to the next-of-
kin of the person.
  ``(f) Regulations.--The issuance of a Last Member Standing 
medal shall be subject to such regulations as the Secretaries 
concerned shall prescribe for purposes of this section. The 
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any regulations 
prescribed under this subsection are uniform to the extent 
practicable.''.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of Defense should take appropriate actions to 
expedite--
          (1) the design of the Last Member Standing medal 
        provided for by section 1136 of title 10, United States 
        Code, as added by subsection (a); and
          (2) the establishment and implementation of 
        mechanisms to facilitate the issuance of the Last 
        Member Standing Medal to persons eligible for the 
        issuance of the medal under such section.
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     142. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of 
        Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Add at the end of subtitle F of title XXVIII the following 
new section:

SEC._. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PREPARATION FOR RENEWAL OF 
                    CERTAIN PROJECT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE.

    (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2024 may be used to prepare for the renewal of the HVAC 
chiller replacement standardization project of the Department 
of the Air Force until the date on which the Secretary of the 
Air Force submits to the congressional defense committees the 
certification described in subsection (b).
    (b) Certification Described.--The certification described 
in the subsection is a certification that--
          (1) such Secretary has developed a methodology to 
        compare the cost of initial chiller and ancillary 
        equipment procurement under the class justification and 
        authorization for other than full and open competition 
        to the cost of initial chiller and ancillary equipment 
        procurement with competition;
          (2) metrics have been established to measure 
        performance under the project described in subsection 
        (a), including training costs, savings from in-house 
        repair, and value per dollar, initial chiller and 
        ancillary equipment procurement costs, overall 
        technician education and training costs, and lifecycle 
        operating costs; and
          (3) such Secretary has collected data to demonstrate 
        that limiting competition under the project described 
        in subsection (a) has resulted in total cost of 
        ownership savings.
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  143. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Krishnamoorthi of 
           Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LIAISONS WITH TAIWAN.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) building trust and familiarity between the United 
        States and Taiwan is an important component of helping 
        Taiwan improve its self-defense capabilities;
          (2) strengthening working-level communication and 
        coordination among United States and Taiwanese elements 
        would enhance the effectiveness of the United States' 
        provision of defense articles to Taiwan, joint military 
        exercises with Taiwan, and other efforts to improve 
        Taiwan's self-defense capabilities; and
          (3) the Secretary of Defense should utilize existing 
        authorities to facilitate communication and 
        coordination, including relating to--
                  (A) maximizing the deterrent effects of the 
                United States' provision of defense articles to 
                Taiwan and of Taiwan's domestic defense 
                procurements and investments;
                  (B) conducting exercises that involve complex 
                challenges in multiple warfare domains;
                  (C) concepts of operation and tactics, 
                techniques, and procedures to improve Taiwan's 
                self-defense capabilities; and
                  (D) helping Taiwan to meet its needs relating 
                to energy security, cyber defense of its 
                critical infrastructure, resilience of its 
                communications systems, defense against malign 
                influence and information operations, and 
                stockpiling of critical munitions and other 
                appropriate defense articles.
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 144. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 16__. STRATEGY ON PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND SCHEDULE FOR THE 
                    PRECISION STRIKE MISSILE.

  (a) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
that the long-range, ground-launched missile known as the 
Precision Strike Missile will--
          (1) give the Army the ability to target enemy ground 
        forces and eventually naval forces at a greater range 
        and volume than its predecessor, the Army Tactical 
        Missile System;
          (2) enhance America's ability to deter or defeat 
        aggression; and
          (3) lower the risk faced by the military forces of 
        the United States.
  (b) Strategy.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
        committees a strategy on the production capacity and 
        schedule for the Precision Strike Missile.
          (2) Elements.--The strategy under paragraph (1) shall 
        address the following:
                  (A) The production capacity of the Precision 
                Strike Missile in fiscal year 2023.
                  (B) The projected production capacity of the 
                Precision Strike Missile in fiscal years 2024 
                and 2025.
                  (C) An assessment of measures being taken to 
                increase the production capacity of the 
                Precision Strike Missile.
                  (D) A strategy for increasing the production 
                capacity of the Precision Strike Missile.
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 145. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Landsman of Ohio or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES THAT ARE A CONCERN TO 
                    UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY.

  (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on all 
private military companies the Secretary determines are a 
concern to the national security of the United States. Such 
report shall include each of the following, for each private 
military company covered by the report:
          (1) The number of personnel employed by the company.
          (2) Any country or region where the company is known 
        to be operating.
          (3) An identification of any entity that has provided 
        funding to the company and the amount of such funding.
          (4) Any illicit conduct in which the company is known 
        to have engaged.
          (5) Any conflicts the company has had with the United 
        States Armed Forces.
          (6) Such other information as the Secretary 
        determines appropriate.
  (b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
classified annex.
  (c) Private Military Company Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``private military company'' means a business that offers 
specialized services related to war, conflict, and security, 
including combat operations, strategic planning, intelligence 
collection, operation and logistical support, training, 
procurement, and maintenance.
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 146. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Landsman of Ohio or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING CHILD CARE FOR MEMBERS OF THE 
                    RESERVE COMPONENTS PERFORMING INACTIVE-DUTY 
                    TRAINING.

  (a) Study and Report Required.--Not later than September 30, 
2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees 
on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a 
report regarding the feasibility of providing child care--
          (1) through the military child development center of 
        a military installation; and
          (2) to a member of the reserve components while such 
        member performs inactive-duty training at such military 
        installation.
  (b) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``inactive-duty training'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 101 of title 37, 
        United States Code.
          (2) The term ``military child development center'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 1800 of 
        title 10, United States Code.
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147. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larsen of Washington 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 28__. LAND CONVEYANCE, PAINE FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, 
                    EVERETT, SNOHOMISH COUNTY, WASHINGTON.

  (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
(in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') may convey 
to Snohomish County, a political subdivision of the State of 
Washington (in this section referred to as the ``County'') all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to three 
parcels of real property, including any improvements thereon 
and any related easements, consisting of approximately 14.23 
acres, collectively, located on the Washington Air National 
Guard Base at Paine Field, Everett, Washington, for the 
purposes of--
          (1) removing the property from the boundaries of the 
        Air National Guard Base and accommodating the 
        operational needs of the Snohomish County Airport--
        Paine Field; and
          (2) the development of the parcels and buildings for 
        economic purposes.
  (b) Conditions of Conveyance.--The conveyance under 
subsection (a) shall be--
          (1) subject to valid existing rights;
          (2) subject to the condition that the County accept 
        the real property, and any improvements thereon, in its 
        condition at the time of the conveyance (commonly known 
        as a conveyance ``as is'');
          (3) subject to any other terms and conditions as 
        agreed to by the Secretary and the County; and
          (4) subject to any other terms and conditions as the 
        Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 
        interests of the United States.
  (c) Consideration.--
          (1) Consideration required.--As consideration for the 
        conveyance under subsection (a), the County shall pay 
        to the United States in cash an amount that is not less 
        than the fair market value of the right, title, and 
        interest conveyed under subsection (a), as determined 
        by the Secretary based on an appraisal of the property.
          (2) Treatment of consideration received.--
        Consideration received by the United States under 
        paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the special account 
        in the Treasury established under subsection (b) of 
        section 572 of title 40, United States Code, and shall 
        be available in accordance with paragraph (5)(B)(ii) of 
        such subsection.
  (d) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
          (1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Air Force 
        may require the County to cover all costs (except costs 
        for environmental remediation of the property) to be 
        incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the 
        Secretary for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry 
        out the conveyance under subsection (a), including 
        costs related to real estate due diligence, and any 
        other administrative costs related to the conveyance. 
        If amounts paid by the County to the Secretary in 
        advance exceed the costs actually incurred by the 
        Secretary to carry out the conveyance under subsection 
        (a), the Secretary shall refund the excess amount to 
        the County.
          (2) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts received 
        under paragraph (1) as reimbursement for costs incurred 
        by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance under 
        subsection (a) shall be credited to the fund or account 
        that was used to cover the costs incurred by the 
        Secretary in carrying out the conveyance or to an 
        appropriate fund or account currently available to the 
        Secretary for the purposes for which the costs were 
        paid. Amounts so credited shall be merged with amounts 
        in such fund or account and shall be available for the 
        same purposes, and to the same conditions and 
        limitations, as amounts in such fund or account.
  (e) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the property to be conveyed under subsection (a) 
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.
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148. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Florida or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. STUDY ON UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF REDUCTION RELATING TO 6TH 
                    MEDICAL GROUP AT MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE IN TAMPA, 
                    FLORIDA.

  The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on the 
unintended consequences of the determination by the Director of 
the Defense Health Agency to make reductions with respect to 
the 6th Medical Group at MacDill Air Force Base located in 
Tampa, Florida, pursuant to section 703 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 
Stat. 2197) and the amendments made by such section.
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149. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title VII the following new 
section:

SEC. 7__. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CONSULTATION REGARDING MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO 
                    CREECH AIR FORCE BASE.

  (a) Consultation.--The Secretary of the Air Force, in 
coordination with the Director of the Defense Health Agency, 
shall conduct a behavioral health epidemiological consultation 
on unique social and occupational stressors affecting members 
of the Air Force assigned to at Creech Air Force Base and 
dependents of such members.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report that includes--
          (1) an executive summary of findings from 
        consultation; and
          (2) recommendations regarding how to address key 
        findings to improve the quality of life and resiliency 
        of such members and dependents.
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150. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle F of title X the following new 
section:

SEC.__. STUDY ON CERTAIN GRANTS AWARDED UNDER DEFENSE COMMUNITY 
                    INFRASTRUCTURE PILOT PROGRAM.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
study on grants awarded under the defense community 
infrastructure pilot program established under section 2391(d) 
of title 10, United States Code for supporting investments in 
child care options in areas in close proximity to military 
installations.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report that includes--
          (1) an accounting of all grants awarded under such 
        pilot program to support investments in child care 
        options in areas in close proximity to military 
        installations;
          (2) a list of best practices learned from grants 
        awarded before the date of the enactment of this Act 
        under such pilot program for investments in child care 
        facilities;
          (3) a description of barriers, if any, that inhibit 
        the Secretary from awarding, on a more frequent basis, 
        grants described in paragraph (1); and
          (4) recommendations of the Secretary with respect to 
        ensuring grants awarded under such pilot program are 
        used to address shortages in child care options for 
        military families.
  (c) Military Installation Defined.--In this section, the term 
``military installation'' has the meaning given such term in 
section 2801 of title 10, United States Code.
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151. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle B of title VI the following new 
section:

SEC. 6__. FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY FOR 
                    MEMBERS OF THE AIR FORCE ASSIGNED TO CREECH AIR 
                    FORCE BASE.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of 
Representatives a report on the feasibility of paying 
assignment incentive pay under section 307a of title 37, United 
States Code, to members of the Air Force assigned to Creech Air 
Force Base. The study shall include--
          (1) an assessment of the financial stress experienced 
        by such members, especially junior members with 
        families, associated with--
                  (A) the daily commute to and from the base;
                  (B) the unique demands of the mission to 
                remotely pilot aircraft; and
                  (C) limited access to essential services, 
                including child care, housing, and readily 
                accessible health care; and
          (2) the overall cost to the United States, and 
        financial relief provided by, such assignment incentive 
        pay authorized by the Secretary of the Air Force in 
        2008 for such members.
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152. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. REPORT ON AT-HOME CHILD CARE PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                    DEFENSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY.

  (a) Report.--Not later than 39 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a report on at-home child care 
programs offered by each military department. Such report shall 
include--
          (1) an identification of the number of such at-home 
        child care programs that have opened, closed, or 
        relocated during the period beginning on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and ending on the date that 
        this three years after such date;
          (2) a summary of difficulties, if any, experienced by 
        military spouses employed at such at-home child care 
        programs with respect to--
                  (A) obtaining necessary certifications or 
                licences; and
                  (B) opening, closing, or relocating such an 
                at-home child care program; and
          (3) a summary of effects, if any, that the opening, 
        closing, or relocation of such an at-home child care 
        program has on the employment rate of military spouses 
        residing in geographic proximity to such at-home child 
        care program.
  (b) Feasibility Study.--
          (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        conduct a feasibility study on--
                  (A) standardizing the requirements of each 
                military department relating to licensing and 
                certification for at-home child care providers;
                  (B) removing barriers, if any, to the 
                expansion of at-home child care programs 
                described in subsection (a); and
                  (C) supporting the employment of military 
                spouses in such at-home child care programs.
          (2) Report required.--Not later than 180 days after 
        the date of the submission of the report under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
        to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate a report that includes 
        the findings of such feasibility study.
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153. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle A of title XII the following:

SEC. 12__. REPORT ON COORDINATION IN THE STATE PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

   The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
on the feasibility of coordinating with private entities and 
State governments to provide resources and personnel to support 
technical exchanges under the Department of Defense State 
Partnership Program established under section 341 of title 10, 
United States Code. The report shall include--
          (1) an analysis of the gaps in implementation of the 
        State Partnership Program that could be addressed in 
        coordination with private entities or State 
        governments;
          (2) the types of personnel and expertise that could 
        be helpful to partner country participants in the State 
        Partnership Program; and
          (3) barriers to leveraging such expertise from 
        private entities and State governments, as applicable, 
        and
          (4) recommendations for modifications to statute or 
        regulation to address removing such barriers.
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154. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Loudermilk of Georgia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON RECAPITALIZATION OF NAVY C-130 AIRCRAFT.

  Not later than February 1, 2024, the Secretary of the Navy, 
in coordination with the Chief of the Navy Reserve, shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House of Representatives a report on--
          (1) the status of recapitalization of C-130 aircraft 
        by 2030, as stated in the 2022 Navigation Plan of the 
        Chief of Naval Operations; and
          (2) the effects of such recapitalization on contested 
        logistics and intra-theater airlift capacity.
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 155. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luna of Florida or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. PROVISION OF MEDICAL INFORMATION REGARDING A SEPARATING 
                    MEMBER.

  Subsection (d) of section 1142 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
          (1) by striking the heading and inserting 
        ``Transmission of Medical Information to Member and 
        Department of Veterans Affairs'';
          (2) by striking ``being medically separated or being 
        retired under chapter 61 of this title'' and inserting 
        ``separating or retiring from the armed forces'';
          (3) by inserting ``such member and'' before ``the 
        Secretary of Veterans Affairs''; and
          (4) by striking ``within 60 days of'' and inserting 
        ``not later than 12 days after''.
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156. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luttrell of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle F of title VIII, insert 
the following new section:

SEC. 8__. REPORT ON THE AIR FORCE FIRST LOOK PROGRAM AND THE ARMY FIRST 
                    STOP PROGRAM.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2024, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report analyzing the initiatives of the Air Force First Look 
Program and the Army First Stop Program.
  (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
          (1) An analysis of the objectives of and results 
        achieved by the Air Force First Look Program and the 
        Army First Stop Program.
          (2) A description of criteria for participation in 
        such Programs, including a description of contracts or 
        other agreements relating to such participation.
          (3) An analysis of the costs and benefits of 
        participation in such Programs for all relevant 
        parties.
          (4) A description of the geographic and 
        organizational scope of such Programs, including 
        eligibility criteria, communication of opportunities to 
        participate in such Programs, and implementation of 
        such Programs.
          (5) An analysis of available data for fiscal years 
        2021 through 2023 on the effectiveness of such 
        Programs.
          (6) An analysis of spending under such Programs for 
        fiscal years 2021 through 2023, disaggregated by--
                  (A) element of the Department of Defense (as 
                described in section 111(b) of title 10, United 
                States Code);
                  (B) military installation;
                  (C) whether or not a business entity 
                participating in the program is a small 
                business concern; and
                  (D) with respect to small business concern 
                participants, the North American Industrial 
                Classification System code of such concern.
          (7) A description of any initiatives at other 
        elements of the Department similar to such Programs, 
        including the number of military installations at which 
        such initiatives are operating and a description of any 
        training offered to participants in such initiatives on 
        the use of a purchase card of the Department of 
        Defense.
          (8) With respect to commercial e-commerce portal 
        providers participating in such Programs, a description 
        of--
                  (A) how such providers, in coordination with 
                commanders of military installations, provide 
                outreach and education to small business 
                concerns on participation in such Programs;
                  (B) the use of regulatory compliance 
                protocols, including compliance with part 8 of 
                the Federal Acquisition Regulation (relating to 
                ``Required sources of supplies and services'');
                  (C) spending under such Programs for fiscal 
                years 2021 through 2023, including--
                          (i) the number of unique small 
                        business concerns using the commercial 
                        e-commerce portal of the provider under 
                        such Programs;
                          (ii) the North American Industrial 
                        Classification System code of such 
                        concerns; and
                          (iii) the product or service 
                        purchased by each such concern and the 
                        cost of each such product or service; 
                        and
                  (D) the use of discounts or other incentives 
                by such provider to encourage participation in 
                such Programs.
          (9) Participation rates in such Programs by small 
        business concerns, disaggregated by military 
        installation and North American Industrial 
        Classification System code of such concerns.
          (10) Recommendations for legislative or 
        administrative action, including a description of the 
        resources required, to improve and expand such 
        Programs.
  (c) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``Air Force First Look Program'' means 
        the program of the Department of the Air Force that 
        allow. users of a purchase card of the Department of 
        Defense to purchase products from a commercial e-
        commerce portal in an amount less than the micro-
        purchase threshold using such card.
          (2) The term ``Army First Stop Program'' means the 
        program of the Department of the Army that allow. users 
        of a purchase card of the Department of Defense to 
        purchase products from a commercial e-commerce portal 
        in an amount less than the micro-purchase threshold 
        using such card.
          (3) The term ``commercial e-commerce portal'' has the 
        meaning given in section 846 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (41 U.S.C. 1901 
        note).
          (4) The term ``small business concern'' has the 
        meaning given under section 3 of the Small Business Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 632).
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      157. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lynch of 
        Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 604. PROGRAM TO ASSIST SERVICE MEMBERS AT RISK OF SUICIDE.

  (a) Program Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Director of the Defense Health Agency, 
shall develop and implement a centralized program to monitor 
and provide assistance to members of the Armed Forces at risk 
of suicide who have been recently discharged from health care, 
as outlined in Recommendation 6.29 of the final report issued 
by the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review 
Committee.
  (b) Matters to Be Included.--The centralized program referred 
to in subsection (a) shall specify:
          (1) The individual and agency responsible for 
        conducting service member follow up.
          (2) The time when initial follow-up will occur.
          (3) The times when subsequent follow-ups will occur.
          (4) The manner in which patients will be contacted.
          (5) The process for documentation of follow-up 
        attempts.
          (6) The procedures for ensuring patient safety where 
        patient is unreachable.
          (7) The processes for medical treatment facilities to 
        link mortality data to health care delivery data in 
        order to better identify settings and patients at 
        higher risk of suicide, further inform local suicide 
        prevention strategies for targeted high-risk groups, 
        and ensure compliance with reporting and investigating 
        suicides occurring within 72 hours of discharge from a 
        hospital.
  (c) Members of the Armed Forces at Risk of Suicide.--For 
purposes of this section, the term ``members of the Armed 
Forces at risk of suicide'' includes members of the Armed 
Forces who have attempted suicide and members of the Armed 
Forces who have been discharged as patients and who have been 
clinically assessed as benefitting from follow-up support 
related to suicide prevention.
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 158. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Magaziner of Rhode 
            Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 34, after line 7, insert the following new section:

SEC. 1__. REPORT ON NAVY SHIPBUILDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL 
                    INITIATIVE.

  (a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the status 
of the implementation of the Navy shipbuilding workforce 
development special incentive under section 8696 of title 10, 
United States Code.
  (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include, 
at a minimum--
          (1) a description of each activity carried out under 
        subsection (c)(2)(A) of such section to provide short- 
        and long-term workforce housing, transportation, and 
        other support services to facilitate attraction, 
        relocation, and retention of workers; and
          (2) an evaluation of the effectiveness of such 
        activities.
  Page 1033, after line 14, insert the following new section:

SEC. 18__. GAO STUDY OF AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING..

  (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study to identify and assess the availability 
of affordable housing in areas having high housing costs and 
military or defense-related facilities or operations and the 
effects that limited availability of affordable housing in such 
areas has on defense production and readiness. The study shall 
identify examples of successful models and best practices for 
effectively increasing affordable housing stock in such areas.
  (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the results of 
the study conducted under subsection (a).
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 159. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Magaziner of Rhode 
            Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle G of title X the following new 
section:

SEC. __. SMART SLEEPERS AND BASSINETS AT MILITARY EXCHANGES.

  Subchapter I of chapter 147 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

Sec. 2486. SMART SLEEPERS AND BASSINETS AT MILITARY EXCHANGES

  ``The Secretary of Defense shall sell, or make available for 
rent, sleepers and bassinets with up-to-date sleep technology 
through military exchanges.''.
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 160. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Magaziner of Rhode 
            Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. IMPROVEMENTS TO TRICARE PROVIDER DIRECTORIES.

  (a) Verification; Updates.--A managed support contractor that 
supports TRICARE and maintains a directory of health care 
providers shall verify and update such directory not less than 
once every 90 days.
  (b) Databases.--A managed support contractor described in 
subsection (a) shall update a database not later than two days 
after receipt of information that affects such database.
  (c) Annual Reviews.--The Director of the Defense Health 
Agency shall review directories described in subsection (a) not 
less than once each year.
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 161. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Malliotakis of New 
             York or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title VI the following:

SEC. 6__. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO EQUAL BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR 
                    HOUSING FOR STATEN ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY.

  It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
should prescribe the same basic allowance for housing under 
section 403(b) of title 37, United States Code, for the 
military housing area that includes Staten Island, New York, as 
the basic allowance for housing prescribed for the military 
housing area that includes New York City, New York.
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  162. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Manning of North 
           Carolina or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 695, line 14, strike ``and'' at the end.
  Page 695, line 16, strike ``forces.'';'' and insert ``forces; 
and''.
  Page 695, after line 16, insert the following:
                  ``(G) a description or estimation of the 
                threat posed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary 
                Guard Corps to European citizens or to member 
                countries of the European Union.''.
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163. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Massie of Kentucky or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. REPORT ON WAR IN UKRAINE.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
report on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine that includes 
information on causalities, wounded, and materials or equipment 
losses for both sides of the conflict.
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 164. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mast of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES DEFENSE AND TECHNOLOGICAL 
                    INDUSTRIAL BASE.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report containing--
          (1) an assessment of the extent to which the 
        inefficiencies and inadequacies of the defense and 
        technological industrial base impede the timely 
        production and delivery of air and missile defense 
        components to the allies and partners of the United 
        States located in the area of responsibility of the 
        United States Central Command;
          (2) an assessment of the ongoing efforts of the 
        Department of Defense and other Federal agencies to 
        remedy inefficiencies and inadequacies described in 
        paragraph (1); and
          (3) a strategy for addressing the inefficiencies or 
        inadequacies described in paragraph (1), including an 
        evaluation of the benefits of procuring the components 
        described in such paragraph from and industrial 
        cooperation with allies and partners of the United 
        States located outside the area of responsibility of 
        the United States Central Command.
  (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be in 
an unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
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 165. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCaul of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. _. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADVANCED CAPABILITIES PILLAR OF THE 
                    TRILATERAL SECURITY PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA, 
                    THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND THE UNITED STATES.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the enhanced trilateral security partnership 
        between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United 
        States (in this section referred to as the ``AUKUS 
        partnership'') is intended to positively contribute to 
        peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region through 
        enhanced deterrence;
          (2) to this end, implementation of the AUKUS 
        partnership will require a whole-of-government review 
        of processes and procedures for Australia, the United 
        Kingdom, and the United States to benefit from such 
        partnership and, in particular, to support joint 
        development of advanced capabilities;
          (3) the Department of State plays a pivotal role in 
        the administration of arms exports and sales programs 
        under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
        2151 et seq.) and the Arms Export Control Act (22 
        U.S.C. 2751 et seq.);
          (4) the Department of State should work in 
        coordination with the Department of Defense and other 
        relevant United States Government agencies to seek to 
        expeditiously implement the AUKUS partnership; and
          (5) the Department of State, in coordination with the 
        Department of Defense, should clearly communicate any 
        United States requirements to address matters related 
        to the technology security and export control measures 
        of Australia and the United Kingdom.
  (b) Report.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, 
        shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report on efforts of the Department of 
        State to implement the advanced capabilities pillar of 
        the AUKUS partnership.
          (2) Matters to be included.--The report required by 
        paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                  (A) For each of the calendar years 2021 and 
                2022--
                          (i) the average and median times for 
                        the United States Government to review 
                        applications for licenses to export 
                        defense articles or defense services to 
                        persons, corporations, and the 
                        governments (including agencies and 
                        subdivisions of such governments, 
                        including official missions of such 
                        governments) of Australia or the United 
                        Kingdom;
                          (ii) the average and median times for 
                        the United States Government to review 
                        applications from Australia and the 
                        United Kingdom for foreign military 
                        sales beginning from the date Australia 
                        or the United Kingdom submitted a 
                        letter of request that resulted in a 
                        letter of acceptance with; and
                          (iii) the number of applications from 
                        Australia and the United Kingdom for 
                        licenses to export defense articles and 
                        defense services that were denied or 
                        approved with provisos, listed by year.
                  (B) For each of the fiscal years 2017, 2018, 
                2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, the number of 
                voluntary disclosures resulting in a violation 
                of the International Traffic in Arms 
                Regulations (ITAR) enumerated under section 40 
                of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780) 
                or involving proscribed countries listed in 
                section 126.1 of the ITAR, by persons, 
                corporations, and the governments (including 
                agencies and subdivisions of such governments, 
                including official missions of such 
                governments) of Australia or the United 
                Kingdom, including information with respect 
                to--
                          (i) any instance of unauthorized 
                        access to technical data or defense 
                        articles;
                          (ii) inadequate physical or cyber 
                        security;
                          (iii) retransfers or re-exports 
                        without authorization; and
                          (iv) employees of foreign companies 
                        that are United States persons that 
                        provide defense services without 
                        authorization.
                  (C) The value of any civil penalties assessed 
                from 2017 to 2022 for disclosures or violations 
                described in subparagraph (B) on United States 
                applicants that involved foreign persons, 
                foreign corporations, and foreign governments 
                in the United Kingdom or Australia.
                  (D) A list of relevant United States laws, 
                regulations, and treaties and other 
                international agreements to which the United 
                States is a party that govern authorizations to 
                export defense articles or defense services 
                that are required to implement the AUKUS 
                partnership.
                  (E) An assessment of key recommendations the 
                United States Government has provided to the 
                governments of Australia and the United Kingdom 
                to revise laws, regulations, and policies of 
                such countries that are required to implement 
                the AUKUS partnership.
                  (F) An assessment of recommended improvements 
                to export control laws and regulations of 
                Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United 
                States that such countries should make to 
                implement the AUKUS partnership and to 
                otherwise meet the requirements of section 
                38(j)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
                U.S.C. 2778(j)(2)), and the challenges 
                Australia and the United Kingdom have conveyed 
                in meeting these requirements including with 
                respect to sensitive defense technology 
                security controls.
  (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
          (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
        Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
        Representatives; and
          (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
        Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
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 166. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McClain of Michigan 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  On page 314, line 19, in the header, insert ``and 
International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCS)'' 
before the colon.
  On page 314, line 23, in the header, insert ``and IBCLC'' 
before ``Certifications.''.
  On page 315, line 5, in the header, insert ``and IBCLC'' 
before ``Certifications.''.
  On page 315, line 8, insert ``and IBCLC'' after ``doula''.
  On page 315, line 15, in the header, insert ``and lactation'' 
after ``doula''.
  On page 316, line 3, in the header, insert ``and lactation'' 
after ``doula''.
  On page 316, line 7, insert ``and lactation care'' after 
``doula care''.
  On page 316, line 15, in the header, insert ``and IBCLCs'' 
after ``doulas''.
  On page 316, line 17, insert ``and IBCLCs'' after ``doulas''.
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 167. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McClain of Michigan 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title XVIII the following:

SEC. 1859. REPORT ON TAIWAN AND UKRAINE RELATING TO CERTAIN WEAPONS 
                    SYSTEMS.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees the report 
described in subsection (b)
  (b) Report Described.--The report described in this 
subsection is a report that includes the following:
          (1) An assessment of weapons systems that the 
        Government of Ukraine needs to defend itself from 
        external aggression from the Russian Federation and 
        other threats.
          (2) An assessment of weapons systems that the 
        Government Taiwan needs to defend itself from external 
        aggression from the People's Liberation Army of the 
        People's Republic of China, and other threats.
          (3) An assessment of where the weapons systems and 
        supply chains described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        converge and diverge.
          (4) A strategy to ensure that both the Government of 
        Ukraine and the Government of Taiwan can access the 
        weapons systems described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
  (c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
annex.
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 168. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McClain of Michigan 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XII, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL EXERCISES.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It the sense of the congress that it 
is in the national security interest of the United States for 
the Department of Defense to promote and support multilateral 
exercises in the United States Central Command and United 
States Africa Command area of operations that include Israel 
and United States regional partners and allies.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report describing 
efforts to--
          (1) expand the frequency of bilateral and 
        multilateral exercises involving Israel and United 
        States regional partners and allies in the Middle East; 
        and
          (2) otherwise promote and participate in such 
        exercises.
  (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (b) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form and may contain a classified 
annex.
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169. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCormick of Georgia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 698, line 21, strike ``''.''.

  Page 698, after line 21, insert the following:
  ``(e) Hiring Authority for Inspectors General of the 
Department of State and USAID.--
          ``(1) In general.--To facilitate the assignment of 
        persons to assist on matters relating to the Inspectors 
        General of the Department of Defense, Department of 
        State, and United States Agency for International 
        Development's oversight of Ukraine response activities 
        as well as to functions vacated by personnel assisting 
        on matters relating to oversight of Ukraine response 
        activities, the Inspectors General of the Department of 
        State and United States Agency for International 
        Development may--
                  ``(A) appoint on a temporary basis using the 
                authorities in section 3161 (without regard to 
                subsection (b)(2) of such section) such 
                personnel as the Inspector General considers 
                appropriate;
                  ``(B) employ Civil Service Retirement System 
                and Federal Employees' Retirement System 
                annuitants for the purposes of assisting the 
                Inspector General under this section;
                  ``(C) employ Foreign Service Retirement and 
                Disability System or the Foreign Service 
                Pension System annuitants under chapter 8 of 
                title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
                U.S.C. 4041 et seq.) for the purposes of 
                assisting the Inspector General under this 
                section; and
                  ``(D) appoint, without regard to the 
                provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33, 
                (other than sections 3303 and 3328 of such 
                chapter), qualified candidates to the following 
                series for the purposes of supporting the 
                Inspector General's oversight of Ukraine 
                response activities under this section: 0080, 
                0201, 0301, 0343, 0340, 0511, 0560, 0905, 1530, 
                1801, 1805, 1811, 2210.
          ``(2) Application.--
                  ``(A) Competitive status.--A person employed 
                under paragraph (1)(A) shall acquire 
                competitive status for appointment to any 
                position in the competitive service for which 
                the employee possesses the required 
                qualifications upon the completion of 13 months 
                of continuous service as an employee under this 
                section.
                  ``(B) Annuitants.--
                          ``(i) In general.--Reemployment of an 
                        annuitant under paragraph (1)(B) shall 
                        be subject to the provisions of section 
                        9902(g) as if the Inspector General was 
                        the Department of Defense.
                          ``(ii) Foreign service.--An annuitant 
                        reemployed under paragraph (1)(C)--
                                  ``(I) shall continue to 
                                receive an annuity;
                                  ``(II) shall not be 
                                considered a participant for 
                                purposes of chapter 8 of title 
                                I of the Foreign Service Act of 
                                1980 (22 U.S.C. 4041 et seq.) 
                                or an employee for purposes of 
                                subchapter III of chapter 83 or 
                                chapter 84; and
                                  ``(III) may elect in writing, 
                                not later than 90 days after 
                                the date of reemployment, to be 
                                subject to section 824 of the 
                                Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
                                U.S.C. 4064).
                  ``(C) Direct hire.--Appointments under 
                paragraph (1)(D) shall be capped at 45 
                positions per Office of Inspector General per 
                year.
          ``(3) Sunset.--The Inspectors General of the 
        Department of State and United States Agency for 
        International Development's authority to appoint 
        personnel under this section shall cease at the end of 
        the first fiscal year in which the total amount 
        appropriated to the Department of State and United 
        States Agency for International Development for Ukraine 
        response activities is less than $1,000,000,000.''.
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170. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McGarvey of Kentucky 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle F of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. MODIFICATION TO PILOT PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE DEPARTMENT OF 
                    DEFENSE SBIR AND STTR AWARDS.

  Section 9(hh)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
638(hh)(2)) is amended by inserting ``and each Secretary of a 
military department'' before ``shall establish''.
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     171. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McGovern of 
        Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Add at the end of subtitle A of title VII the following new 
section:

SEC.__. EXPANSION OF WOUNDED WARRIOR SERVICE DOG PROGRAM.

    Section 745 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 1071 
note) is amended--
          (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
        (c); and
          (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
        new subsection:
    ``(b) Grant Authority.--
          ``(1) In general.--In carrying out the Wounded 
        Warrior Service Dog Program, the Secretary of Defense 
        shall award grants on a competitive basis directly to 
        eligible entities in accordance with this subsection.
          ``(2) Eligible entities.--To be eligible to receive a 
        grant under this subsection, an entity shall be a 
        nonprofit organization, the primary function of which 
        is raising, training, and furnishing assistance dogs.
          ``(3) Applications.--An eligible entity desiring a 
        grant under this subsection shall submit to the 
        Secretary of Defense an application at such time, in 
        such manner, and containing such information and 
        assurances as such Secretary determines appropriate.
          ``(4) Consideration for grant amount.--In determining 
        the amount of a grant awarded under this subsection, 
        such Secretary shall consider--
                  ``(A) the merits of the application submitted 
                pursuant to paragraph (3);
                  ``(B) whether, and to what extent, there is 
                demand by covered members or covered veterans 
                for assistance dogs provided by the eligible 
                entity desiring such grant; and
                  ``(C) the capacity and capability of such 
                eligible entity to raise and train assistance 
                dogs to meet such demand.
          ``(5) Use of funds.--An eligible entity awarded a 
        grant under this subsection shall use such grant to 
        plan, design, establish, or operate a program to 
        furnish assistance dogs to covered members and covered 
        veterans, or any combination thereof.
          ``(6) Limitation on grant amount.--The amount of a 
        grant awarded under this subsection may not exceed 
        $2,000,000.''.
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172. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meeks of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 354, strike lines 8 through 11 and insert the following:

                  (C) The access to adequate telehealth 
                resources, including--
                          (i) for members described in 
                        subparagraph (B) and immediate family 
                        members (including military spouses), 
                        including access to equipment, 
                        bandwidths, and platforms used to 
                        deliver care; and
                          (ii) through the use of partnerships, 
                        consultation, and collaboration with 
                        private sector organizations and 
                        institutions, including with respect to 
                        using telehealth to provide mental 
                        health care.
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   173. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Menendez of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title XVIII the following:

SEC. 1535. IMPROVING OUTREACH RELATED TO CYBERSECURITY JOB PREPARATION.

  The Secretary of Defense shall make every reasonable effort 
to improve outreach to inform departing servicemembers, whether 
active duty or reserve, of the availability of credentialing 
opportunities related to cyber security, including improving 
the searchability functions of online resources for career 
training related to cybersecurity, as well as ensuring that 
Skillbridge includes a notice for all military members 
interested in cybersecurity job opportunities.
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 174. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 728, line 3, insert ``and a free, peaceful, and 
prosperous Indo-Pacific region'' before the period at the end.
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 175. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1235. REPORT ON THE SECURITY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED 
                    STATES AND THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the security relationship 
between the United States and the Hellenic Republic.
  (b) Report Contents.--The report required under subsection 
(a) shall include the following:
          (1) A description of the basing rights granted to the 
        United States under the updated U.S.-Greece Mutual 
        Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) signed October 14, 
        2021.
          (2) A description of United States activities and 
        investment on the bases covered in the MDCA since such 
        date.
          (3) An analysis of the potential for additional bases 
        or expanded United States military presence in the 
        Hellenic Republic, particularly on Greek islands.
          (4) An assessment of the status of the security 
        cooperation mandated by subtitle B of title XIII of 
        division A of the National Defense Authorization Act 
        for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81; 135 Stat. 
        1999; relating to the United States-Greece Defense and 
        Interparliamentary Partnership Act of 2021).
  (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
          (1) the congressional defense committees; and
          (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
        and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives.
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 176. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle G of title V the following:

SEC. 5__. ACCESS TO ARMY TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND RESOURCES SYSTEM ON 
                    A PERSONAL INTERNET-ENABLED DEVICE.

  (a) Access.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
        Army shall ensure, subject to paragraph (2), that a 
        member of the reserve components of the Army may access 
        the Army Training Requirements and Resources System 
        using a personal internet-enabled device.
          (2) Exception.--The Secretary of the Army may 
        restrict access to the Army Training Requirements and 
        Resources System on personal internet-enabled devices 
        if the Secretary determines such restriction is 
        necessary to ensure the security and integrity of 
        information systems and data of the United States.
  (b) Army Training Requirements and Resources System 
Defined.--In this section, the term ``Army Training 
Requirements and Resources System'' means the online, real-time 
information management system of the Army used to catalogue and 
manage training courses, or any successor to such system.
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177. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Miller of Illinois or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING REMOVAL OF PRIESTS FROM WALTER 
                    REED MEDICAL HOSPITAL.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the provision of pastoral care by priests and 
        religious leaders is vital for the spiritual and 
        emotional well-being of military personnel and their 
        families;
          (2) Department of Defense medical facilities, 
        including Walter Reed Medical Hospital, play a critical 
        role in providing healthcare services to the military 
        community;
          (3) recent reports indicate that priests providing 
        pastoral care at Walter Reed Medical Hospital were 
        unexpectedly removed, disrupting the availability of 
        spiritual support for patients and their families;
          (4) the sudden removal of priests from Walter Reed 
        Medical Hospital raises concerns about the effect on 
        the religious and spiritual needs of patients during 
        their healing process;
          (5) priests offer invaluable guidance, comfort, and 
        solace, and their presence is essential for individuals 
        facing physical and emotional challenges; and
          (6) the Department of Defense should investigate the 
        circumstances surrounding the removal of priests from 
        Walter Reed Medical Hospital and to take appropriate 
        measures to ensure that patients have access to 
        pastoral care services without interruption.
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178. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Miller-Meeks of Iowa 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 367. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC WASTE CONTAINING CRITICAL MINERALS.

  (a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
electronic waste of the Department of Defense that contains 
rare earth elements and other critical minerals. Such report 
shall include information on--
          (1) types of electronic waste, such as shredded hard 
        drives and other data storage devices, from which rare 
        earth elements and other critical minerals could be 
        extracted, and the types of technologies that could be 
        used for extraction, including proven, commercial acid-
        free dissolution recycling technology and green 
        chemistry technology; and
          (2) whether and how rare earth elements and other 
        critical minerals extracted from electronic waste, 
        could be returned to the domestic supply chain or 
        United States stockpile of such elements and minerals.
  (b) Definition.--In this section:
          (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                  (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the 
                Senate;
                  (B) the Committees on Armed Services of the 
                House of Representatives;
                  (C) the Committee on Health, Education, 
                Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
                  (D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
                the House of Representatives.
          (2) Critical mineral.--The term ``critical mineral'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 7002(a) of 
        the Energy Act of 2020 (30 U.S.C. 1606(a)).
          (3) Rare earth elements.--The term ``rare earth 
        elements'' means neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, 
        and terbium.
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 179. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mills of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. ____. REPORT ON EXPEDITING FIGHTER AIRCRAFT SALES TO ISRAEL.

  (a) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
that maintaining Israel's defense capabilities is a priority 
for national security interests of the United States, including 
the upgrading and sale of F-15s and F-35s to Israel.
  (b) Report.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
        shall submit the report described in paragraph (2) to 
        the congressional defense committees, the Foreign 
        Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, and 
        the Foreign Relations Committee in the Senate.
          (2) Report described.--The report shall contain the 
        following contents:
                  (A) The current state of, and delivery 
                schedule for, the sale or transfer of F-15s and 
                F-35s to Israel.
                  (B) A review of measures that could increase 
                the overall production rate of these aircraft 
                as appropriate or expedite the delivery 
                schedule.
  (c) Form.--This report shall be transmitted in an 
unclassified manner and may contain a classified annex.
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180. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1__. REPORT ON BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER PROGRAM.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 is 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, 
United States Code, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on Block II of 
the Black Hawk helicopter program of the Army.
  (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
          (1) Identification of the level of funding requested 
        for the Black Hawk Block II program for the period of 
        fiscal years 2025 through 2029 set forth separately by 
        fiscal year and appropriations account.
          (2) Requirements for the program that are sufficient 
        to ensure the Black Hawk helicopters of the Army are 
        systematically modernized to address obsolescence and 
        provide capabilities that ensure relevance in the joint 
        all domain operational environment.
          (3) A program acquisition strategy.
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181. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 304, line 2, strike ``and'' at the end.
  Page 304, line 4, add ``and'' at the end.
  Page 304, after line 4, insert the following:
                  (C) ensuring the safety and well-being of 
                children with intellectual and developmental 
                disabilities;
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182. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. UPDATES TO NATIONAL BIODEFENSE STRATEGY.

  (a) Updates Required.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall revise and update 
the most recent version of the national biodefense strategy and 
associated implementation plan required under section 1086 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
(Public Law 114-328; 6 U.S.C. 104). In revising and updating 
the strategy and implementation plan, the Secretaries shall 
address--
          (1) current and potential biological threats against 
        the United States, both naturally occurring and man-
        made, either accidental or deliberate;
          (2) the potential for catastrophic biological 
        threats; and
          (3) such other matters as the Secretaries determine 
        appropriate.
  (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall jointly submit to 
the appropriate congressional defense committees the updated 
strategy and implementation plan required under subsection (a).
  (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' has 
the meaning given that term in section 1086(f) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-
328; 6 U.S.C. 104).
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183. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER 
                    PROGRAM.

  The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a 
study, and submit to the Secretary of Defense and Congress a 
report, on how the Exceptional Family Member Program currently 
supports members of the Armed Forces and children with 
intellectual and developmental disabilities, including any 
limitations in the resources available under such Program that 
affect the delivery of necessary services and information for 
such members and their children, how to improve Program 
outcomes, and how mental health and other support services 
could be further integrated in the delivery of care under the 
Program.
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184. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. PERIODIC REPORTS ON TRICARE COVERAGE OF NARCAN.

  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress periodic 
reports on how the Department of Defense is ensuring adequate 
full TRICARE coverage of Narcan (Naloxone) for Members of the 
Armed Forces and their families.
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185. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. REPORT ON TRICARE AND CHAMPVA IN-HOME AND NURSING CARE.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
report on any discrepancies between in-home and nursing care 
provided under TRICARE and CHAMPVA.
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186. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moskowitz of Florida 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. STUDY ON EFFECT OF CANCER DRUG SHORTAGES.

  The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on the effect 
of the cancer drug shortage on veterans and members of the 
Armed Forces.
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     187. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moulton of 
        Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1__. REPORT ON DIVESTMENT OF MAJOR WEAPON SYSTEMS.

  (a) Report Required.--Concurrent with the submission to 
Congress of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2025 
pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report that--
          (1) identifies each major weapon system the Secretary 
        proposes to divest in the period of five fiscal years 
        following the date of the report; and
          (2) for each proposed divestment, includes an 
        explanation of--
                  (A) the timeline for the divestment;
                  (B) any cost savings associated with the 
                divestment;
                  (C) the rationale for the divestment; and
                  (D) the expected status of the weapon system 
                after divestment.
  (b) Major Weapon System Defined.--In this section, the term 
``major weapon system'' has the meaning given that term in 
section 3455(f) of title 10, United States Code.
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188. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moylan of Guam or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. REPORT ON PORT AUTHORITY OF GUAM CAPACITY.

  Not later than March 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a report on the reliability and capacity of 
the Port Authority of Guam to support Department of Defense 
operations in Guam and shall include in such report an 
assessment of--
          (1) the capacity of the Port Authority of Guam to 
        address shipping demands of the Department of Defense;
          (2) the feasibility and costs associated with 
        dredging at the wharf of the Port Authority of Guam and 
        the impact of such dredging to the Department of 
        Defense with respect to--
                  (A) the size of the vessels that such 
                dredging would allow for shipping into Guam; 
                and
                  (B) whether such dredging would result in 
                savings to the Department;
          (3) the feasibility of such dredging, including a 
        description of--
                  (A) what such dredging would entail;
                  (B) the process to relocate and preserve 
                coral;
                  (C) the types of environmental studies 
                needed; and
                  (D) timelines associated with such dredging; 
                and
          (4) whether such dredging would address the readiness 
        and mission considerations of the Department of 
        Defense.
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189. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moylan of Guam or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. REPORT ON UTILITY REQUIREMENTS IN GUAM.

  Not later than March 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a report on the utility requirements in Guam 
that are necessary to support Department of Defense missions 
and shall include in such report an assessment of--
          (1) the reliability of power utility poles in Guam 
        with respect to military readiness and mission 
        considerations and the extent to which such utility 
        poles can sustain inclement weather conditions and acts 
        of mother nature;
          (2) the feasibility and costs associated with the 
        construction of underground power supplies with respect 
        to the reliability and capacity of the demand of the 
        Department of Defense;
          (3) the reliability of the water and wastewater 
        infrastructure in Guam with respect to military 
        readiness and mission considerations; and
          (4) the feasibility and costs associated with 
        investing to improve such infrastructure with respect 
        to the reliability and capacity of the demand of the 
        Department of Defense.
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190. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. MILITARY VEHICLE OPERATOR TRAINING PROGRAM.

  (a) Establishment of Training Curriculum.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense shall establish a standardized training 
        curriculum for military vehicle operations, 
        encompassing both classroom and practical training 
        components.
          (2) Development.--The training curriculum under 
        paragraph (1) shall be developed in collaboration with 
        subject matter experts, experienced members of the 
        Armed Forces, and relevant stakeholders, and shall 
        cover essential topics such as vehicle dynamics, safety 
        procedures, hazard recognition and avoidance, defensive 
        driving techniques, and vehicle recovery methods.
          (3) Updates.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
        that the training curriculum under paragraph (1) is 
        regularly updated to incorporate emerging best 
        practices and technological advancements in military 
        vehicle operations.
  (b) Certification Program.--
          (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        establish a certification program to validate the 
        proficiency of members of the Armed Forces in military 
        vehicle operations.
          (2) Design of program.--The certification program 
        shall be designed to ensure that all members of the 
        Armed Forces, regardless of deployment status, receive 
        adequate training in military vehicle operations before 
        being assigned to operational duty.
          (3) Assessments.--The certification program shall 
        include written exams, practical assessments, and 
        evaluations of demonstrated competence.
          (4) Notice of completion.--Notice shall be issued to 
        members of the Armed Forces who successfully complete 
        the training program and meet the established 
        proficiency criteria.
  (c) Deadlines.--
          (1) Deadline for commencement.--Not later than one 
        year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Secretary of Defense shall commence the development and 
        implementation of the training curriculum under 
        subsection (a) and the certification program under 
        subsection (b).
          (2) Deadline for full integration.--Not later than 
        three years after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, the training curriculum under subsection (a) and 
        the certification program under subsection (b) shall be 
        fully integrated into military training programs.
  (d) Training Delivery Methods.--In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary of Defense shall--
          (1) develop a comprehensive and interactive training 
        methodology that combines traditional classroom 
        instruction with hands-on, practical training 
        exercises:
          (2) encourage the use of modern training 
        technologies, simulators, and realistic training 
        environments to enhance effectiveness of the training 
        program; and
          (3) ensure that training materials are up-to-date, 
        accessible, and tailored to the specific vehicle types 
        and operational environments members of the Armed 
        Forces are likely to encounter.
  (e) Information Collection and Evaluations.--In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary of Defense shall--
          (1) update reporting mechanisms used to collect and 
        analyze data related to military vehicle incidents, 
        including vehicle rollovers, and the causes of such 
        incidents;
          (2) conduct regular evaluations of the effectiveness 
        of the training under this section in reducing 
        incidents and improving the proficiency of military 
        vehicle operators; and
          (3) promptly implement any recommendations for 
        program improvements based on the results of such data 
        and evaluations.
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191. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. MILITARY TRAINING AND COMPETENCY DATABASE.

  (a) Establishment of Database.--
          (1) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        establish--
                  (A) a centralized database, to be known as 
                the ``Military Training and Competency 
                Database'' (referred to in this section as the 
                ``Database''), to record and maintain 
                information relating to training performed by 
                members of the Armed Forces; and
                  (B) a process to make the information in the 
                database available to States and potential 
                employers to assist in determining if the 
                training provided to a member or former member 
                of the Armed Forces satisfies civilian 
                licensing and certification requirements.
          (2) Contents.--The Database shall include following 
        information for each member of the Armed Forces:
                  (A) Name, rank, and military service 
                identification number.
                  (B) Branch of service and specialty.
                  (C) Details of completed training courses, 
                certifications, and qualifications.
                  (D) Any other information the Secretary 
                determines appropriate.
          (3) Availability of information.--The Secretary of 
        Defense shall establish a process to make the 
        information contained in the Database available to 
        States and other employers upon request to assist such 
        States and employers in verifying whether the training 
        and qualifications of a member or former member of the 
        Armed Forces satisfies relevant civilian licensing or 
        certification requirements.
          (4) Security and accessibility.--The Secretary of 
        Defense shall ensure that the Database is secure, 
        easily accessible, and regularly updated to reflect the 
        training and qualifications acquired by members of the 
        Armed Forces.
  (b) Competency Reports.--
          (1) In general.--Based on the information in the 
        Database the Secretary of Defense shall provide to each 
        member of the Armed Forces a document that outlines the 
        training and qualifications acquired by a member while 
        serving in the Armed Forces. Such document shall be 
        known as a ``competency report''.
          (2) Format and contents.--The Secretary of Defense 
        shall develop a standardized format for competency 
        reports, which shall include, at a minimum, the 
        following information:
                  (A) Relevant personal details about the 
                member.
                  (B) Description of training courses, 
                certifications, and qualifications obtained.
                  (C) Date and duration of each completed 
                training.
                  (D) Authorized signatures and other necessary 
                authentication.
          (3) Availability.--Competency reports shall be 
        provided to members of the Armed Forces upon their 
        separation or retirement from the Armed Forces.
  (c) Implementation.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense shall establish the necessary regulations, 
        procedures, and timelines for the implementation of 
        this section.
          (2) Resources.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        allocate sufficient resources to ensure the effective 
        establishment, maintenance, and accessibility of the 
        Database and the development and distribution of 
        competency reports to members of the Armed Forces.
  (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than two years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
on the implementation and effectiveness of the Database and any 
recommendations of the Secretary for improving the Database. 
The report shall include feedback and recommendations from 
States and other employers regarding the usability and accuracy 
of the Database and the competency reports described in 
subsection (b).
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192. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3__. RESPONSIVENESS TESTING OF DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 
                    PHARMACEUTICAL CONTRACTS.

  The Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall modify 
Defense Logistics Agency Instructions 5025.03 and 3110.01.--
          (1) to require Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support 
        to coordinate annually with customers in the military 
        departments to conduct responsiveness testing of the 
        Defense Logistics Agency's contingency contracts for 
        pharmaceuticals; and
          (2) to include the results of that testing, as 
        reported by customers in the military departments, in 
        the annual reports of the Warstopper Program.
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193. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Add at the end of subtitle J of title V the following new 
section:

SEC._. STUDY AND REPORT ON REFORMS TO CERTAIN GRACE PERIODS UNDER 
                    TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                    DEFENSE.

    (a) Study.--The Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness shall conduct a comprehensive study on military grace 
period reforms, specifically focusing on the impact of unit 
tasking during TAP on the ability of servicemembers to 
transition to civilian life. The study shall include the 
following elements:
          (1) A review of the current practices within the 
        military branches regarding unit tasking during TAP ans 
        its effect on service members' transition process.
          (2) An analysis of the challenges faced by service 
        members when balancing their primary duties with the 
        demands of TAP including the impact on their mental 
        health, family life, and overall preparedness for 
        civilian life.
          (3) An assessment of current military grace periods 
        that allow for unplanned periods of leave, temporary 
        duty, deployments, or other unplanned periods of non-
        availability, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of 
        the such current military grace periods.
          (4) Recommendations for the creation of a code or 
        policy that allows servicemembers who are currently 
        enrolled in TAP to report in only to their respective 
        command, ensuring that such servicemembers can fully 
        focus on the transition process.
          (5) A description of any necessary resources, support 
        systems, or additional training required to implement 
        the proposed reforms effectively.
          (6) Any other relevant information or recommendations 
        deemed necessary by the Undersecretary of Defense to 
        improve TAP and facilitate a successful transition for 
        servicemembers.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
study, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the House of Representative and the Senate a report that 
includes--
          (1) the findings, conclusions, and recommendations 
        resulting from the study under subsection (a); and
          (2) a comprehensive plan of action, including 
        proposed timelines, milestones, and resource 
        requirements, for the implementation of the recommended 
        military grace period reforms under such subsection.
    (c) Coordination.--The Undersecretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness may request and utilize the support of 
other relevant government agencies, as appropriate, in 
conducting such study.
    (d) Definitions.--ln this section:
          (1) The term "military grace period reforms" refers 
        to a set of changes or amendments made to existing laws 
        or policies that establish a designated period of time, 
        commonly known as a grace period, during certain 
        administrative processes or restrictions that may apply 
        to service members in transition.
          (2) The term ``TAP'' means the Transition Assistance 
        Program of the Department of Defense under sections 
        1142 and 1144, of title 10, United States Code.
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194. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. ___. HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES ON HOUSING 
                    WAITLISTS.

  (a) Waitlist Accommodations.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
provide to members of the Armed Forces and their dependents 
who, when undergoing a permanent change of station, are placed 
on a waitlist for on-base housing for a period of more than 10 
days following the date of arrival at the new location, 
temporary accommodations for the entire duration of such period 
appropriate for the total size and composition of the family of 
the member and at a rate not to exceed the basic allowance for 
housing calculated for such member under section 403 of title 
37, United States Code.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report containing--
          (1) installation-specific data on the number of 
        members of the Armed Forces and their dependents on 
        military housing waitlists;
          (2) an identification of the time spent by each such 
        member and their dependents awaiting appropriate 
        housing accommodations;
          (3) an analysis of the factors that are creating the 
        need for such waitlists; and
          (4) an assessment of the causes of waitlist durations 
        that exceed 10 days.
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195. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title VII the following:

SEC. 7__. REPORT ON ACCESS OF TRICARE BENEFICIARIES TO NETWORK RETAIL 
                    PHARMACIES.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a report evaluating beneficiary access to 
TRICARE network pharmacies under the TPharm5 contract and 
changes in beneficiary access versus the TPharm4 contract.
  (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
          (1) An analysis of pharmacy access in rural areas 
        under such contracts, including:
                  (A) The number of TRICARE beneficiaries and 
                number of TRICARE network retail pharmacies 
                located in rural areas.
                  (B) The average drive time to the nearest 
                TRICARE network retail pharmacy for a 
                beneficiary residing in rural areas.
                  (C) The number of beneficiaries who live 
                farther than a 15-minute drive to a TRICARE 
                retail network pharmacy.
                  (D) An assessment of medication compliance 
                rates for beneficiaries residing in rural areas 
                for the three years prior to October 24, 2022 
                compared to the period-to-date following 
                October 24, 2022.
          (2) An analysis of TRICARE retail pharmacy network 
        capabilities under such contracts, including the number 
        of network pharmacies offering--
                  (A) long-term care services;
                  (B) prescription drug compounding services; 
                and
                  (C) home infusion therapy services.
          (3) An analysis of affected beneficiaries and their 
        use of the TRICARE Pharmacy program under TPharm4 and 
        TPharm5, including:
                  (A) Data on affected beneficiaries' use of 
                MTF pharmacies, TRICARE mail order program, 
                Accredo, departed retail pharmacies, network 
                retail pharmacies.
                  (B) An assessment of medication compliance 
                rates for affected beneficiaries for the three 
                years prior to October 24, 2022 compared to the 
                period-to-date following October 24, 2022.
                  (C) Data on affected beneficiaries' use of 
                pharmacies that offer long-term care services, 
                compound pharmacies, home infusion therapy.
                  (D) The number of affected beneficiaries and 
                number of total TRICARE beneficiaries by age 
                group: Under age 18, 18-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65-
                79, 80 and older.
          (4) An analysis on the effect on long-term care 
        residents under TPharm4 and TPharm5, including:
                  (A) The number of beneficiaries who filled at 
                least one prescription at a pharmacy that 
                provides long-term care services.
                  (B) The number of beneficiaries who filled 
                prescriptions at a single long-term care 
                pharmacy only with no prescriptions filled via 
                mail order, MTF pharmacy, or another retail 
                pharmacy.
          (5) An analysis of non-network pharmacy use by 
        TRICARE beneficiaries under TPharm4 and TPharm5, 
        disaggregated by rural beneficiaries, non-rural 
        beneficiaries, affected beneficiaries, rural affected 
        beneficiaries, and non-rural affected beneficiaries:
                  (A) The number of beneficiaries who used a 
                non-network pharmacy.
                  (B) The number of non-network claims 
                submitted.
                  (C) For all non-network claims submitted--
                          (i) the average TRICARE allowed 
                        amount per prescription;
                          (ii) the average TRICARE amount paid 
                        per prescription; and
                          (iii) the verage beneficiary out-of-
                        pocket cost per prescription.
  (h) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``affected beneficiary'' means a 
        beneficiary who filled at least one prescription in the 
        year preceding October 24, 2022 at a departed pharmacy.
          (2) The term ``beneficiary'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 1074g(i) of title 10, United 
        States Code.
          (3) The term ``departed retail pharmacy'' means a 
        retail pharmacy that participated in the TRICARE 
        network in September, 2022 but left the network with 
        the transition to the TPharm5 contract.
          (4) The term ``network pharmacy'' means a retail 
        pharmacy described in section 1074g(a)(2)(E)(ii) of 
        title 10, United States Code.
          (5) The term ``rural''--
                  (A) with regards to a location, has the 
                meaning given such term in section 343(a) of 
                the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
                (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)); and
                  (B) with regards to a beneficiary, has the 
                meaning used by the Secretary of Defense in the 
                administration of section 1074g of title 10, 
                United States Code.
          (6) The term ``TPharm4'' means the period covered by 
        the 4th Generation pharmacy contract under TRICARE 
        prior to October 24, 2022 when the retail network 
        reduction went into effect.
          (7) The term ``TPharm5'' means the period covered by 
        5th Generation pharmacy contract under TRICARE to date.
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   196. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO JAMES CAPERS, 
                    JR. FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF THE MARINE 
                    CORPS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

  (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time limitations 
specified in sections 8298(a) and 8300 of title 10, United 
States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the 
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed 
Forces, the President is authorized to award the Medal of 
Honor, under section 8291 of such title, to James Capers, Jr. 
for the acts of valor described in subsection (b).
  (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in 
this subsection are the actions of James Capers, Jr., as a 
member of the Marine Corps, during the period of March 31 
through April 3, 1967, during the Vietnam War, for which he was 
previously awarded the Silver Star.
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   197. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAMING OF NAVAL VESSEL AFTER 
                    MAJOR JAMES CAPERS, JR..

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of the Navy should name a vessel of the United States 
Navy the ``U.S.S. Major James Capers Jr.'' in honor of Major 
James Capers, Jr., for the acts of valor described in 
subsection (b).
  (b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in 
this subsection are the actions of James Capers, Jr., as a 
member of the Marine Corps, during the period of March 31 
through April 3, 1967, during the Vietnam War, for which he was 
previously awarded the Silver Star.
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   198. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Insert in the appropriate place in title XVIII of division A 
the following:

SEC. 18__. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS PERFORMING RESEARCH OR 
                    DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

  (a) Research and Development Projects.--Section 4001 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
  ``(e) Disclosure Requirements.--Whenever issuing a statement, 
press release, request for proposals, bid solicitation, or 
other document describing a project or program that is funded 
in whole or in part with Federal funding, a person performing a 
research or development project under paragraph (1) or (5) of 
subsection (b) shall clearly state the following:
          ``(1) The percentage of the total costs of the 
        program or project financed with Federal funding.
          ``(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obligated 
        for the project or program.
          ``(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the total 
        costs of the project or program that will be financed 
        from nongovernmental sources.''.
  (b) Cooperative Research and Development Agreements Under 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.--Section 
4026 of such title is amended--
          (1) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' and 
        inserting the following:
  ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense'';
          (2) in subsection (a), as designated by paragraph 
        (1), in the second sentence, by striking ``Technology 
        may'' and inserting the following:
  ``(b) Technology Transfer.--Technology may''; and
          (3) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
  ``(c) Disclosure Requirements.--Whenever issuing a statement, 
press release, request for proposals, bid solicitation, or 
other document describing a project or program that is funded 
in whole or in part with Federal funding, a person performing a 
research or development project pursuant to a cooperative 
research and development agreement entered into under 
subsection (a) shall clearly state the following:
          ``(1) The percentage of the total costs of the 
        program or project financed with Federal funding.
          ``(2) The dollar amount of Federal funds obligated 
        for the project or program.
          ``(3) The percentage and dollar amount of the total 
        costs of the project or program that will be financed 
        from nongovernmental sources.''.
  (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of Defense should direct the operating divisions of 
the Department of Defense to design and implement processes to 
manage and administer grantees' compliance with the 
requirements added by this section, including determining to 
what extent to provide guidance to grantees on calculations.
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    199. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Obernolte of 
          California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Insert at the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XXVIII 
the following:

SEC. 28__. NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN NAVY INSTRUCTION TO JOHNSON 
                    VALLEY, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

  Section 2945(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66) is amended by inserting 
``and notwithstanding the instruction number 11011.47D of the 
Secretary of the Navy issued on June 26, 2019 (or a subsequent 
similar instruction),'' after ``subtitle,''.
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200. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ocasio Cortez of New 
             York or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON ACCELERATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF 
                    ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA, 
                    PUERTO RICO.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees a report containing the results of a study conducted 
by the Comptroller General on the status of the Federal cleanup 
and decontamination process in the island-municipalities of 
Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico.
  (b) Contents.--The study shall include a comprehensive 
analysis of the following:
          (1) The pace of ongoing cleanup and environmental 
        restoration efforts in the former military training 
        sites in Vieques and Culebra.
          (2) Any potential alternatives to accelerate the 
        completion of such efforts, including their associated 
        costs.
          (3) Any effects such alternatives might have on the 
        public health and safety of island residents and steps 
        that can be taken to mitigate risks.
          (4) The views of residents of Vieques and Culebra 
        regarding actions that should be taken to achieve the 
        cleanup process more expeditiously and successfully.
          (5) Any adverse health outcomes resulting from toxic 
        matter at the sites or cleanup procedure in and avenues 
        to compensate local communities for economic losses and 
        medical costs incurred.
          (6) The economic impact that the cleanup process has 
        had on local residents due to restricted use of land 
        for tourism and other activities and avenues to 
        compensate local communities for economic losses.
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201. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. __. INVITATION TO TAIWAN TO THE RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISE.

  Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall extend an invitation 
to the naval forces of Taiwan to fully participate in the Rim 
of the Pacific exercise conducted in 2024.
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202. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO THOMAS H. 
                    GRIFFIN FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY 
                    DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

  (a) Acts of Valor Described.--Congress recognizes the 
following acts of valor by Thomas Helmut Griffin:
          (1) Thomas Helmut Griffin distinguished himself by 
        valorous actions against overwhelming odds while 
        serving as a captain in the Army, Senior Advisor, 4/5 
        Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Army of the 
        Republic of Vietnam.
          (2) From March 1, 1969 through March 3, 1969, during 
        the Vietnam War, such battalion was ordered to 
        forestall an imminent attack on Quang Ngai City 
        threatened by units of the North Vietnamese Army 
        (hereinafter, ``NVA''). The 4/5 Battalion engaged 
        unabatedly with an entrenched NVA regiment over the 
        course of three days. Captain Griffin (hereinafter, 
        ``CPT Griffin'') risked his life and disregarded his 
        personal safety, all above and beyond his duty, on some 
        20 occasions, to lead his battalion in the fight as 
        well as direct gunships, air, and artillery strikes on 
        the enemy positions.
          (3) During the initial phase of battle, CPT Griffin 
        made numerous trips across 50 meters of open ground, 
        while under heavy automatic weapon, rocket, and small 
        arms fire, to advise on the conduct of the battle and 
        better direct strikes against enemy forces. Fearing 
        slaughter of his soldiers, CPT Griffin, with one of his 
        counterparts from the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 
        (hereinafter, ``ARVN''), charged directly into heavy 
        enemy fire and assaulted a machine gun bunker. CPT 
        Griffin continued these runs, despite the enemy 
        shooting the heels off CPT Griffin's boots.
          (4) After taking out the NVA bunker, CPT Griffin 
        brandished the captured machine gun and rocket launcher 
        to exhort his battalion out of the kill zone and 
        continue the assault into the enemy entrenchments while 
        remaining exposed to heavy fire. CPT Griffin's raw and 
        intense close combat leadership galvanized his 
        battalion to move out of the kill zone and continue 
        their mission.
          (5) CPT Griffin's ARVN counterpart was struck by 
        close fire, and CPT Griffin unhesitatingly carried the 
        wounded commander to safety while shielding him with 
        his own body against rocket and artillery fire. CPT 
        Griffin proceeded to carry four more wounded soldiers 
        to safety while protecting them with his own body, 
        returning each time against devastating enemy fire. 
        While leading the final attack, CPT Griffin was hit 
        three times in the chest by enemy small arms fire, yet 
        continued to lead at the forefront of his battalion 
        until the mission was completed. Under CPT Griffin's 
        command and leadership, the 4/5 Battalion continued to 
        reduce the enemy regiment's fighting capacity.
          (6) CPT Griffin's personal leadership in intense 
        close combat resulted in a major win for his battalion 
        against overwhelming odds, killing 93 enemy soldiers 
        and saving the lives of over 300 allied soldiers by 
        galvanizing and leading them out of the kill zone.
          (7) CPT Griffin's selfless devotion to duty, his 
        extraordinary heroism, conspicuous gallantry and 
        intrepidity, and numerous risks of his life above and 
        beyond the call of duty, are all in keeping with the 
        highest traditions of the Army, and reflect great 
        credit on himself, the Armed Forces, and the United 
        States.
  (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following with regards to 
the original decision to award a Silver Star to Thomas Helmut 
Griffin:
          (1) When awarding him the Silver Star, CPT Griffin's 
        chain of command was unaware of the full extent of his 
        valorous actions and the numerous risks he took for his 
        soldiers, all above and beyond the call of duty.
          (2) Congress notes that although CPT Griffin was 
        struck three times by enemy fire, and at one point was 
        completely surrounded by the enemy, he continued to 
        fight and lead his battalion against devastating and 
        overwhelming enemy fire.
          (3) Congress notes that CPT Griffin's Commanding 
        Officer, Colonel Dean E. Hutter (ret.), sent a letter 
        to the Department of the Army dated November 6, 2013, 
        in which he accounts for the revelation of additional, 
        substantive and material evidence not known at the time 
        of the decision to award the Silver Star, and in which 
        he describes as compelling ``the justice of upgrading 
        CPT Griffin's sustained and varied acts of combat valor 
        to their rightful level of recognition, the Medal of 
        Honor''.
          (4) Congress further notes that Colonel Hutter issued 
        a letter to former United States Representative Sam 
        Farr on September 15, 2011, noting his support for an 
        upgrade from a Silver Star to a Medal of Honor, having 
        recognized CPT Griffin's acts of valor as, ``numerous, 
        selfless demonstrations of personal risk in pressing a 
        close-combat attack against a well-entrenched element 
        of a battalion-size enemy formation''.
  (c) Authorization of Award of Medal of Honor to Thomas Helmut 
Griffin for Acts of Valor as a Member of the Army During the 
Vietnam War.--
          (1) Authorization.--Notwithstanding the time 
        limitations specified in section 7274 of title 10, 
        United States Code, or any other time limitation with 
        respect to the awarding of certain medals to persons 
        who served in the Armed Forces, the President is 
        authorized to award the Medal of Honor, under section 
        7271 of such title, to Thomas Helmut Griffin for the 
        acts of valor described in subsection (b).
          (2) Acts of valor described.--The acts of valor 
        described in this subsection are the actions of Thomas 
        H. Griffin during the period of March 1 through March 
        3, 1969, while serving as a captain in the Army during 
        the Vietnam War, for which he was previously awarded 
        the Silver Star.
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203. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1859. PROMOTING THE MILTAX PROGRAM AND TAX PREPARATION SERVICES.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
each member of an Armed Force under the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of a military department receives, not later than 
March 1 of each calendar year, an annual written notice by 
mail, an electronic mail, or in person notice, electronic 
notification of the availability of the MilTax program and 
other tax preparation assistance programs furnished by the 
Secretary of Defense.
  (b) Report.--Not later than the date which is 6 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit a written report to Congress regarding the rates 
of participation by members described in subsection (a) in the 
programs described in such subsection.
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204. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 15__. UPDATED STRATEGY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RELATING TO 
                    INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Commander of the United States Strategic Command and 
the Commander of the United States Cyber Command, shall develop 
a strategy that updates the strategy contained in the document 
of the Department of Defense titled ``Joint Concept for 
Operating in the Information Environment'' and dated July 25, 
2018 (in this section referred to as the ``updated strategy'').
  (b) Requirements.--The updated strategy shall--
          (1) build upon the document of the Department of 
        Defense titled ``Joint Concept for Operating in the 
        Information Environment'' and dated July 25, 2018 and 
        the goals outlined in the 2022 National Defense 
        Strategy;
          (2) provide for each of the activities under 
        subsection (c);
          (3) serve as the lead document for the Joint Force 
        with respect to organizing and using information as a 
        component of military strategy;
          (4) establish consistency in the understanding of, 
        and the conduct of operations in, the information 
        environment across the Armed Forces;
          (5) reflect changes in the information environment, 
        and operations conducted in such environment, since 
        2018; and
          (6) categorize information operations based on 
        current uses in military campaigns, to enable better 
        staffing, training, and funding for specific types of 
        operations in the information environment.
  (c) Elements.--The updated strategy shall include the 
following:
          (1) The designation of information as a military 
        domain, for the purpose of facilitating--
                  (A) improved treatment of the information 
                domain within the National Defense Strategy;
                  (B) more effective tasking of roles and 
                responsibilities within each Armed Force for 
                the Secretaries concerned to meet objectives in 
                the information environment;
                  (C) improved organization, with respect to 
                the use of information as a tool for military 
                purposes, of--
                          (i) forces across each Armed Force; 
                        and
                          (ii) the various combatant commands.
          (2) The designation of specific categories for the 
        various components of information operations as 
        follows:
                  (A) A category to be known as ``operations in 
                the information environment'', inclusive of the 
                components of information operations that--
                          (i) support the achievement of 
                        objectives at the tactical and 
                        operational levels; and
                          (ii) through such achievements, 
                        establish information operations as a 
                        national component of power, by 
                        contributing to the hard or soft power 
                        of the United States (such as the 
                        military capabilities or economic 
                        strength of the United States, 
                        respectively).
                  (B) A category to be known as ``special 
                information operations'', inclusive of the 
                components of information operations that 
                enable the Joint Force and interagency forces 
                to address nontraditional problem sets, 
                particularly with respect to--
                          (i) operations that occur in the gray 
                        zone; or
                          (ii) competition below the threshold 
                        of armed conflict.
                  (C) A category to be known as ``long-term 
                public diplomacy'', inclusive of the components 
                of information operations that--
                          (i) require synchronized themes, 
                        messaging, symbols, and narratives, 
                        with long term organization incentive 
                        structures to achieve a coherent 
                        effect;
                          (ii) involve an organizational 
                        structure that incentivizes 
                        collaboration between the Department of 
                        Defense and other relevant Federal 
                        departments and agencies; and
                          (iii) prioritizes long-term public 
                        diplomacy.
          (3) The establishment of working definitions for each 
        of the categories listed in subparagraphs (A) through 
        (C) of paragraph (2), taking into consideration the 
        corresponding descriptions provided in such 
        subparagraphs.
          (4) An assessment of potential means to synchronize 
        efforts between combatant commands that, as of the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, offer information 
        operations training to meet requirements established by 
        the categorization of information operations proposed 
        in paragraph (2), including--
                  (A) the Marine Corps Information Operations 
                Command;
                  (B) the 16th Air Force;
                  (C) the Army 1st Information Operations 
                Command; and
                  (D) the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare 
                Center and School.
  (d) Interim Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate an interim report on the 
implementation of this section, including--
          (1) an interim plan for the updated strategy, to 
        include a proposed implementation plan and a framework 
        for the future submission of quarterly progress reviews 
        under subsection (e)(4).
          (2) any funding requirements to implement the updated 
        strategy; and
          (3) any other resources necessary to implement the 
        updated strategy, as identified by the Secretary of 
        Defense.
  (e) Deadline; Final Report.--Not later than one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and, with respect to the 
matter specified in paragraph (4), on a quarterly basis 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a report containing--
          (1) a copy of the completed updated strategy;
          (2) an implementation plan for the updated strategy;
          (3) an outline of an investment framework that 
        identifies planning priorities and funding requirements 
        to implement the updated strategy according to such 
        plan; and
          (4) a progress review with respect to the status of 
        the implementation of the updated strategy.
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205. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12__. INCLUSION OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES IN PLANNING AND 
                    STRATEGY RELATING TO THE ARCTIC REGION.

  (a) Strategy.--
          (1) Requirement.--Not later than one year after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the 
        United States Special Operations Command, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the 
        Commander of the United States Northern Command, shall 
        develop and submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
        of the House of Representatives and the Senate a 
        Special Operations Forces Arctic Security Strategy, 
        applicable across each component of the special 
        operations forces and within each Armed Force (in this 
        section referred to as the ``strategy'').
          (2) Requirements.--The strategy shall--
                  (A) build upon the findings of the report 
                under section 1090(a)(3) of the National 
                Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
                (Public Law 117-81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) and the 
                2022 National Defense Strategy;
                  (B) facilitate a consistent understanding of 
                Arctic security priorities across the 
                Department of Defense and a common 
                understanding of the use and purpose of special 
                operations forces for Arctic activities across 
                the Armed Forces, combatant commands, and other 
                relevant elements of the Department of Defense; 
                and
                  (C) promote greater use and prioritization of 
                special operations forces capabilities, 
                particularly with respect to the special 
                operations force of the Army, in Arctic 
                security planning and coordination with 
                Indigenous populations and High North allies 
                and partners.
  (b) Elements.--The strategy shall include the following:
          (1) A plan for the leveraging of North American 
        Indigenous Arctic populations, and the establishment of 
        working definitions and parameters for cooperation with 
        such populations in the following areas:
                  (A) Intelligence, surveillance, and 
                reconnaissance gathering.
                  (B) Improved Arctic training and operation 
                tactics, techniques, and procedures.
                  (C) Empowering local populations to create 
                solutions to regional issues.
                  (D) Building resilience against invasion and 
                occupation and enhancing deterrence 
                capabilities.
                  (E) Improving the capacity of allies and 
                partners to build capabilities in the region 
                that produce advantages against adversaries.
                  (F) Building United States credibility for 
                combat operations in the region.
                  (G) Demonstrating United States commitment to 
                improving living standards in the region.
                  (H) Any other area the of the Commander of 
                the United States Special Operations Command 
                determines appropriate.
          (2) A requirement that special operations forces 
        achieve readiness with respect to not more than two 
        Arctic environments.
          (3) With respect to terminology and working 
        definitions of the Department--
                  (A) a requirement that--
                          (i) the use of the terms ``Arctic-
                        capable'' and ``Arctic-ready'' may no 
                        longer be used in any document or other 
                        material produced by the Department of 
                        Defense that outlines Arctic 
                        strategies;
                          (ii) the replacement terms ``Arctic-
                        trained'' and ``Arctic-proficient'' 
                        shall be used in lieu of ``Arctic-
                        capable'' and ``Arctic-ready'', 
                        respectively; and
                          (iii) the Department shall provide 
                        clear definitions and readiness 
                        requirements for each replacement term 
                        under clause (ii).
                  (B) a review of terminology, and the use of 
                such terminology, relating to military 
                doctrinal readiness (such as the terms 
                ``trained'' and ``proficient'') in the Arctic 
                context, to ensure that the Armed Forces meet 
                operational expectations and may fully partake 
                in joint-training exercises with allies and 
                partners of the United States.
          (4) A description of the conditions necessary to 
        establish a standardized pathway for self-validation 
        for each Armed Force that requires units to be Arctic 
        capable, with such standardized pathway being tailored 
        to each Armed Force but consistent with respect to 
        shared terminology, an agreed upon list of Arctic 
        environments, and agreed upon standards to become 
        Arctic capable in each such environment.
          (5) A requirement that the Commander of the United 
        States Special Operations Command, in consultation with 
        the Secretary of Defense and the Commander of the 
        United States Northern Command, include in any future 
        years plan for the Arctic Security Initiative required 
        under section 1090(b)(2)(B) of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-
        81; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) the following:
                  (A) Updates on ongoing priorities for Arctic 
                objectives of the special operations forces.
                  (B) Assessments of the integration of Arctic 
                operations of the special operations forces, 
                including the use of Indigenous approaches to 
                domain awareness.
                  (C) A description of the activities and 
                resources needed for the special operations 
                forces to obtain readiness in the Arctic 
                region, including manning, training, equipping, 
                and funding requirements.
                  (D) Any other matter the Commander of the 
                United States Northern Command and the 
                Secretary of Defense jointly determine 
                appropriate.
          (6) A requirement that, on an annual basis, the 
        Commander of the United States Special Operations 
        Command submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
        the House of Representatives and the Senate a progress 
        report (in unclassified form, but with the option of 
        including a classified annex) on the implementation and 
        use of the strategy, including--
                  (A) an assessment of the ability of the 
                strategy to address new and ongoing concerns;
                  (B) areas relating to the strategy in need of 
                improvement, including any new funding 
                necessary;
                  (C) use of the strategy across each Armed 
                Force; and
                  (D) an updated threat assessment with respect 
                to the Arctic region.
  (c) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``special 
operations forces'' means forces described under section 167(j) 
of title 10, United States Code.
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    206. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pappas of New 
          Hampshire or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF SUICIDE RISK AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

  (a) Procedure.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and in 
collaboration with the Defense Suicide Prevention Office. shall 
establish a procedure for assessing suicide risk at military 
installations.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the strategy 
and procedure for assessing suicide risk at military 
installations.
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 207. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pascrell Jr. of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. STUDY AND REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF LIFTING OUTPATIENT 
                    REHABILITATION THERAPY MAXIMUMS FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS 
                    OF THE ARMED FORCES WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

  (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to 
analyze the feasibility of lifting outpatient rehabilitation 
therapy maximums for members of the Armed Forces who--
          (1) are serving on active duty and who
          (2) have suffered a brain injury while serving on 
        active duty in the Armed Forces; and
          (3) are TRICARE beneficiaries.
  (b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
include the examination of a range of therapy services, 
including restorative therapies and therapies intended to 
improve cognitive and functional capabilities.
  (c) Report.--Not later than twelve months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a report that includes the findings and 
conclusions of the study required by subsection (a).
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 208. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pascrell Jr. of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. STUDY ON APPROVAL OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ACCREDITATION BODIES 
                    FOR TRANSITIONAL AND RESIDENTIAL BRAIN INJURY 
                    TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

  The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to analyze the 
feasibility of recognizing the approval of non-governmental 
accreditation bodies for transitional and residential brain 
injury treatment programs for members of the Armed Forces who 
sustained a brain injury while serving on active duty in the 
Armed Forces.
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209. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peters of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title I, insert the following:

SEC. 1__. REPORT ON USE OF GOVERNMENT DOCKS FOR SHIP REPAIR AND 
                    MAINTENANCE.

  On an annual basis, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report that--
          (1) identifies each instance in the year preceding 
        the date of the report in which the Navy used a 
        Government dock for a ship repair and maintenance 
        availability when sufficient capacity was available in 
        private docks during the period in which such repairs 
        and maintenance were expected to be performed; and
          (2) for each such instance, provides an explanation 
        of the reasons the Navy used a Government dock rather 
        than a private dock.
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210. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pettersen of Colorado 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. STRATEGY TO SUSTAIN MEDICAL SUPPORT DURING OPERATIONS OF 
                    ARMED FORCES IN ARCTIC REGION.

  (a) Strategy.--Not later than May 3, 2024, the Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, in coordination with 
the Surgeons General of the Armed Forces and the Joint Staff 
Surgeon, shall develop a strategy to sustain medical support 
during operations of the Armed Forces in the Arctic region, 
with a focus on addressing medical challenges related to 
extreme cold weather environments.
  (b) Elements.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall 
include, at a minimum, the following:
          (1) An identification of future extreme cold weather 
        medical requirements and capabilities necessary to 
        support operational health and readiness in Arctic 
        conditions.
          (2) An identification of any current or potential 
        partnerships with institutions of higher education with 
        academic medical centers, or other entities, to support 
        current and future medical requirements of members of 
        the Armed Forces in extreme cold weather environments.
          (3) Requirements of the Department of Defense for 
        laboratories and medical product development, including 
        requirements for research and development to support 
        the transition and fielding of medical products for 
        extreme cold weather environments.
          (4) An identification of extreme cold weather medical 
        capability gaps and actions necessary to close or 
        mitigate those gaps.
          (5) Recommendations to amend relevant clinical 
        practice guidelines to treat injuries sustained in 
        extreme cold weather environments.
  (c) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affair completes 
the development of the strategy under subsection (a), the 
Assistant Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees a briefing on such strategy.
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211. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pettersen of Colorado 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. GUIDE FOR SURVIVORS TO CLAIM THE PERSONAL EFFECTS OF A 
                    DECEASED MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES.

  Not later than September 30, 2024, the Secretary of Defense, 
in consultation of the Secretaries of the military departments, 
shall publish and post on the website of Military OneSource a 
guide regarding how a survivor of a deceased member of the 
Armed Forces may--
          (1) receive the personal effects of such member; and
          (2) file a claim with the Secretary of the military 
        department concerned if the survivor believes such 
        effects were disposed of incorrectly.
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 212. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPECTRUM CERTIFICATION.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) use of Link 16 is vitally important to national 
        defense;
          (2) the 2002 Memorandum of Agreement signed between 
        the Department of Defense and Department of 
        Transporatation regarding Link 16 use in the 960-1215 
        MHz frequency band, resulted in the Departments jointly 
        developing a methodology to facilitate Electromagnectic 
        Compatability Features (EMCF) certification which 
        ensures frequency deconfliction of Link 16 from air 
        traffic systems;
          (3) in 2009 the Department of Defense was endorsed to 
        certify all future Link 16 terminals, eliminating the 
        need for NTIA EMCF demonstrations;
          (4) recent issues between Department of Defense and 
        Federal Aviaiton Administration coordination over 
        Electromagnetic Compatability Features along with the 
        expanded use of software defined radios and agile 
        software practices within the Department of Defense 
        have caused significant delays to needed national 
        security capabilities, detremintal training impacts, 
        Department of Defense safety risks that adversely 
        impact national security, incur excess taxpayer 
        expense, and make current certification processes 
        incompatable with maintaining spectrum dominance over 
        adversary nations;
          (5) the Department of Defense is responsible for the 
        testing of numerous systems and has the requesit 
        knowledge, experience, and expertise to conduct self-
        certification of Department radio systems and are 
        currently performing the testing required to support 
        radio system certification;
          (6) only those changes, hardware or software based, 
        that impact EMCF of a Department of Defense radio 
        should require recertification IAW Appendix A of The 
        Department of Defense and Department of Transportation 
        Memorandum of Agreement Regarding the 960-1215 MHz 
        Frequency Band and that the weapon system program 
        manager is best positioned to make the determination of 
        any impacts hardware or software changes may have;
          (7) the Joint Tactical Information Distribution 
        System/Multi-Function Information Distribution System 
        (Link 16) Certification of Spectrum Support and NTIA 
        Manual of Regulations for Federal Radiofrequency 
        Spectrum Management grants approval for uncoordinated 
        operations of Link 16 systems if meeting certain 
        restrictions; authorizing the Department of Defenese to 
        internally manage Link 16 use on certified systems 
        subject to documented restrictions;
          (8) Link 16 use not meeting requirements for 
        uncoordinated operations can be approved if coordinated 
        with the FAA;
          (9) in over 45 years of use, there are no recorded 
        instances of Department of Defense use of Link 16 
        causing interference with air traffic systems; and
          (10) as agreed to by both the Department of Defense 
        and Federal Aviation Administration, Link 16 policies 
        must be updated to keep pace with agile development 
        practices and ensure safe and effective spectrum 
        dominance for national defense.
  (b) Policies Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
develop and implement policies to adapt Link 16 system 
management and certification to align with agile development 
practices.
  (c) Elements.--The policies required by subsection (b) shall 
include the following:
          (1) A standardized process through a Chairman, Joint 
        Chiefs of Staff Manual, to allow Link 16 frequency use 
        within approved special use airspaces for the purpose 
        of testing radio systems and associated software that 
        have not completed electromagnetic compatibility 
        features certification.
                  (A) Such processes shall at minimum ensure 
                routine and continued approval for test 
                operations of developmental systems in the 
                Nevada Test and Training Range, Restricted Area 
                2508, Warning Area 151/470, Warning Area 386, 
                and the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.
                  (B) Standardized mitigations that enable 
                routine approval including effective radiated 
                power settings and coordination for rapid test 
                termination may be considered.
          (2) Processes to streamline approval or denial of 
        temporary frequency assignment for Link 16 operations 
        to not more than 15 days for test, training, and large-
        scale exercises.
                  (A) Such processes shall cover operations in 
                excess of uncoordinated operations time slot 
                duty factor limits, inclusion of foreign 
                participants, and participation of non-stage 4 
                approved terminals or platforms.
                  (B) Consideration shall be given to 
                delegation of sole authority for temporary 
                frequency assignment to the Department of 
                Defense and the automation of such decision-
                making process.
          (3) Delegation of authority to the system program 
        manager to determine when new software within 
        Department Link 16 terminals affect electromagnetic 
        compatibility features and requires recertification.
          (4) The self-certification of Department radio 
        compliance with electromagnetic compatibility features.
          (5) Processes to internally manage Link 16 
        uncoordinated operations that enable approval for test, 
        training, and exercises that does not exceed 15 days 
        for systems holding an active radio frequency 
        authorization or temporary frequency assignment.
  (d) Information to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
provide to the congressional defense committees--
          (1) a briefing on the policies developed pursuant to 
        subsection (b), along with a timeline for 
        implementation; and
          (2) a list of such additional resources or 
        authorities as the Secretary determines may be required 
        to implement such policies.
  (e) Testing Required.--
          (1) In general.--The Department of Defense shall 
        conduct, sponsor, or review testing and analysis that 
        determines if any effects on commercial air traffic 
        systems are possible due to Link 16 terminals which 
        have not completed electromagnetic compatibility 
        features certification and quantifies any such effects. 
        Such testing shall evaluate Link 16 transmission within 
        plus or minus 7 megahertz of the 1030 and 1090 
        megahertz frequency bands to determine if effects on 
        commercial air traffic systems are possible, under what 
        conditions such effects could occur, and the impact of 
        such effects.
          (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
        provide the congressional defense committees a report 
        on the results of the testing conducted pursuant to 
        paragraph (1), with an emphasis on procedures that can 
        and will be implemented to negate harmful effects on 
        commercial air traffic from the use of Link 16 
        terminals or platforms that have not completed 
        electromagnetic compatibility features certification, 
        within special use airspace.
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 213. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3__. REQUIREMENT FOR REALISTIC TRAINING EXERCISES UNDER CONTESTED 
                    AND AUSTERE CONDITIONS.

  (a) Requirement.--
          (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
        increase, through the development of new exercises or 
        the expansion of existing exercises, the use of 
        theater-wide and component-level training exercises 
        that stress operations conducted under contested and 
        austere conditions, including the conditions described 
        in paragraph (4).
          (2) Tier 1 exercises.--In carrying out paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall ensure that, at a minimum, each 
        exercise of the Armed Forces classified as a ``tier 1 
        exercise'' is conducted, in part or in whole, under 
        such contested and austere conditions.
          (3) Assessment of activities.--Each exercise 
        developed or expanded under paragraph (1) shall include 
        an assessment of the performance of that exercise from, 
        at a minimum, the perspective of--
                  (A) operational command; and
                  (B) control and tactical execution.
          (4) Conditions described.--The conditions described 
        in this paragraph are conditions involving the 
        following:
                  (A) Limited command and control.
                  (B) Contested logistics.
                  (C) The use of non-electronic dependent 
                communications.
                  (D) The use of alternate positioning, 
                navigation, and timing methods.
                  (E) The conduct of operations in a highly 
                degraded electromagnetic environment with 
                widely dispersed forces.
  (b) Exercises at Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.--The 
Secretary of Defense shall take such steps as may be necessary 
to improve the infrastructure and associated resources required 
to carry out effective training exercises under contested and 
austere conditions, including the conditions described in 
paragraph (4), at the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex.
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 214. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. ANNUAL REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES RELATING TO UNMANNED AERIAL 
                    SYSTEMS.

  (a) Reports Required.--Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on incidents 
involving unmanned aerial systems and related training 
exercises.
  (b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
include, with respect to the period of one year preceding the 
date of the report--
          (1) a summary any actions taken to respond to real-
        world incidents involving unmanned aerial systems;
          (2) a description of any training exercises conducted 
        to test, evaluate, and refine procedures to defend 
        against unmanned aerial systems; and
          (3) a comprehensive evaluation of the processes and 
        procedures used for designing and conducting such 
        exercises, including an explanation of whether such 
        exercises incorporate--
                  (A) live flown evaluations in representative 
                scenarios;
                  (B) minimal use of ``white cards'', simulated 
                effects, and advanced notice to executing 
                personnel; and
                  (C) a rotating sample of locations to improve 
                personnel training.
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 215. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12__. ASSISTANCE TO ISRAEL FOR AERIAL REFUELING.

  (a) Training Israeli Pilots To Operate KC-46 Aircraft.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
        Air Force shall--
                  (A) make available sufficient resources and 
                accommodations within the United States to 
                train members of the Israeli Air Force on the 
                operation of KC-46 aircraft; and
                  (B) conduct training for members of the 
                Israeli Air Force, including--
                          (i) training for pilots and crew on 
                        the operation of the KC-46 aircraft in 
                        accordance with standards considered 
                        sufficient to conduct coalition 
                        operations of the United States Air 
                        Force and the Israeli Air Force; and
                          (ii) training for ground personnel on 
                        the maintenance and sustainment 
                        requirements of the KC-46 aircraft 
                        considered sufficient for such 
                        operations.
          (2) United states air force military personnel 
        exchange program.--The Secretary of Defense shall, with 
        respect to members of the Israeli Air Force associated 
        with the operation of KC-46 aircraft--
                  (A) before the completion of the training 
                required by paragraph (1)(B), authorize the 
                participation of such members of the Israeli 
                Air Force in the United States Air Force 
                Military Personnel Exchange Program;
                  (B) make available billets in the United 
                States Air Force Military Personnel Exchange 
                Program necessary for such members of the 
                Israeli Air Force to participate in such 
                program; and
                  (C) to the extent practicable, ensure that 
                such members of the Israeli Air Force are able 
                to participate in the United States Air Force 
                Military Personnel Exchange Program immediately 
                after such members complete such training.
          (3) Termination.--This subsection shall cease to have 
        effect on the date that is ten years after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report that includes the following:
          (1) An assessment of--
                  (A) the current operational requirements of 
                the Government of Israel for aerial refueling; 
                and
                  (B) any gaps in current or near-term 
                capabilities.
          (2) The estimated date of delivery to Israel of KC-46 
        aircraft procured by the Government of Israel.
          (3) A detailed description of--
                  (A) any actions the United States Government 
                is taking to expedite the delivery to Israel of 
                KC-46 aircraft procured by the Government of 
                Israel, while minimizing adverse impacts to 
                United States defense readiness, including 
                strategic forces readiness;
                  (B) any additional actions the United States 
                Government could take to expedite such 
                delivery; and
                  (C) additional authorities Congress could 
                provide to help expedite such delivery.
          (4) A description of the availability of any United 
        States aerial refueling tanker aircraft that are 
        retired or are expected to be retired during the two-
        year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
        this Act that could be provided to Israel.
  (c) Forward Deployment of United States KC-46 Aircraft to 
Israel.--
          (1) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
        shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
        Senate and the House of Representatives a report that 
        describes the capacity of and requirements for the 
        United States Air Force to forward deploy KC-46 
        aircraft to Israel on a rotational basis until the date 
        on which a KC-46 aircraft procured by the Government of 
        Israel is commissioned into the Israeli Air Force and 
        achieves full combat capability.
          (2) Rotational forces.--
                  (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) 
                and (C), the Secretary of Defense shall, 
                consistent with maintaining United States 
                defense readiness, rotationally deploy one or 
                more KC-46 aircraft to Israel until the earlier 
                of--
                          (i) the date on which a KC-46 
                        aircraft procured by the military 
                        forces of Israel is commissioned into 
                        such military forces and achieves full 
                        combat capability; or
                          (ii) five years after the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act.
                  (B) Limitation.--The Secretary of Defense may 
                only carry out a rotational deployment under 
                subparagraph (A) if the Government of Israel 
                consents to the deployment.
                  (C) Presence.--Beginning on January 1 of the 
                first calendar year that commences after the 
                date that is 180 days after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, rotational deployments 
                of United States KC-46 aircraft shall be 
                present in Israel for not less than 270 days 
                during each 1-year period until the applicable 
                date under subparagraph (A).
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 216. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. OUTREACH ABOUT MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES AND NOMINATION 
                    PROCESS.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, shall--
          (1) establish a program under which Department of 
        Defense personnel shall provide outreach in each 
        congressional district to increase awareness of the 
        benefits of the military service academies and academy 
        nomination process; and
          (2) make available sufficient resources to facilitate 
        the program required by paragraph (1).
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217. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Phillips of Minnesota 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 6__. IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPTROLLER GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS 
                    RELATING TO MILITARY FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILIES.

  The Secretary of Defense shall--
          (1) provide a centralized location for, and promote 
        awareness of, information about foster and adoption-
        related policies and available Department of Defense 
        support to better assist military foster and adoptive 
        families, including by providing such information 
        through Military OneSource, using a designated point 
        person on an installation, or through an existing 
        installation program office;
          (2) ensure that the Secretary of the Air Force, in 
        coordination with the Director of Defense Human 
        Resource Activity, revises AFI 36-3026, Volume 1, in 
        cooperation with other components of the Department of 
        Defense, as appropriate, to make it consistent with 
        Department of Defense regulations on the required 
        documents to enroll foster children in the Defense 
        Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System; and
          (3) ensure that the Secretaries of the military 
        departments identify opportunities to regularly promote 
        to all employees responsible for enrollment in the 
        Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System 
        awareness of accurate information and guidance, with 
        respect to enrolling both foster and pre-adoptive 
        children, including by coordinating with relevant 
        offices to promote awareness of the guidance through 
        annual trainings or other training mechanisms.
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218. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pocan of Wisconsin or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVING AN 
                    UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION.

  (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report on the progress 
made by each component of the Department of Defense that has 
not yet received an unqualified audit opinion on the progress 
made and the significant outstanding challenges toward 
achieving an unqualified opinion.
  (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include--
          (1) a ranking of each of the components that is under 
        standalone audit or being audited as part of the 
        Department of Defense consolidated audit that has yet 
        to receive an unqualified audit opinion in order of how 
        advanced each component is in achieving an unqualified 
        audit opinion;
          (2) a detailed summary of the outstanding financial, 
        technological, and personnel requirements to enable 
        each component to receive an unqualified audit opinion;
          (3) a detailed summary of the financial investments 
        made during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year 
        during which the report is submitted in efforts to 
        modernize the business and financial accounting systems 
        of the Department;
          (4) a status update of the implementation of the 
        Department of the recommendations of the Comptroller 
        General included in the report titled ``DoD needs to 
        Improve System Oversight'' (GAO-23-104539); and
          (5) a summary of the strategy of the Department to 
        address shortfalls and potential future training and 
        skills gaps in the financial accounting and oversight 
        workforce.
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219. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. STUDY ON USE OF ROUTINE NEUROIMAGING MODALITIES IN DIAGNOSIS, 
                    TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF BRAIN INJURY DUE TO 
                    BLAST PRESSURE EXPOSURE DURING COMBAT AND TRAINING.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
study on the feasibility and effectiveness of the use of 
routine neuroimaging modalities in the diagnosis, treatment, 
and prevention of brain injury among members of the Armed 
Forces due to one or more blast pressure exposures during 
combat and training.
  (b) Reports.--
          (1) Interim report.--Not later than one year after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
        shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
        Senate and the House of Representatives an interim 
        report on the methods and action plan for the study 
        under subsection (a).
          (2) Final report.--Not later than two years after the 
        date on which the Secretary begins the study under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
        House of Representatives a report on the results of 
        such study.
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220. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title XVIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 28__. STUDY ON CONSTRUCTION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS.

  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a recommendation for a strategy for military 
construction projects for a sufficient number of child 
development centers (as defined in section 2871 of title 10, 
United States Code) as necessary to eliminate wait lists for 
members of the Armed Forces seeking childcare at such child 
development centers.
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 221. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Posey of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in title III, insert the following 
new section:

SEC. 3__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PRIORITY FOR DOMESTICALLY SOURCED 
                    BOVINE HEPARIN.

  In selecting heparin for acquisition by the Department of 
Defense (regardless of whether the end use of such acquisition 
involves military or civilian application), the Secretary of 
Defense shall provide priority for domestically sourced, fully 
traceable, bovine heparin approved by the Food and Drug 
Administration when available.
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  222. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reschenthaler of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ARMY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 
                    INTEGRATION CENTER.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the Army Artificial Intelligence Integration 
        Center has proven effective at accelerating the 
        deployment of cutting edge capabilities by integrating 
        research and education across multiple functions and 
        personnel levels and facilitating close collaboration 
        with leading universities and both traditional and non-
        traditional firms;
          (2) Congress and the Department of Defense should 
        continue to pursue the efforts described in paragraph 
        (1) as part of the modernization strategy of the Army; 
        and
          (3) Congress encourages the Army to continue to scale 
        up those efforts.
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  223. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reschenthaler of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 519. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO MEASURES TO ADDRESS SUICIDE 
                    AMONG FORMER NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE COMPONENTS.

  It is a sense of Congress that--
          (1) since 2020, the National Veteran Suicide 
        Prevention Annual Reports have not included information 
        regarding former members of the Guard and Reserve 
        Components who were not activated for military service; 
        and
          (2) Congress encourages the Department of Defense in 
        collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs 
        to monitor and ensure appropriate measures are 
        available to reduce suicides in this population.
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  224. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reschenthaler of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CLOSING AUSTIN'S 
                    PLAYROOMS AT CERTAIN MILITARY HOSPITALS.

  None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act 
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the 
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to close the 
Austin's Playrooms at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton, Naval 
Medical Center Camp Lejeune, or Naval Medical Center San Diego.
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  225. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reschenthaler of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle G of title VIII the following:

SEC. 8__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING EXPLOSION WELDING.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) The joining of certain dissimilar metals, 
        particularly steel with alloy metals such as stainless 
        steel, brass, nickel, silver, titanium, and zirconium, 
        requires explosion welding.
          (2) Explosion welding employs hundreds of highly 
        skilled workers within the United States.
          (3) Explosion welded alloys can be found in every 
        major United States naval platform, particularly in 
        Columbia-class submarines, Ford-class aircraft 
        carriers, and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) explosion welding is a critical capability for 
        ensuring the national security of the United States and 
        its allies;
          (2) a limited number of domestic companies produce 
        explosion welded alloys that satisfy Department of 
        Defense requirements;
          (3) if domestic sources fail, demand would be 
        fulfilled by China, creating an immediate supply chain 
        vulnerability; and
          (4) the Department of Defense should take such steps 
        as are necessary to ensure that the United States has a 
        reliable and domestic source for explosion welding to 
        support United States military needs.
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  226. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reschenthaler of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. REPORT ON RESEARCH RELATING TO LIGHTWEIGHT ADVANCED CARBON 
                    MATERIALS .

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Department of Defense should support development-stage research 
of lightweight advanced carbon materials such as coal-derived 
graphite and carbon foam for use in electromagnetic 
interference shielding, signature reduction, aerospace tooling, 
and other defense applications.
  (b) Report.--No later than March 1, 2024, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report on any research efforts of the Department of Defense 
relating to the potential use of lightweight advanced carbon 
materials for defense applications. Such report shall include 
an explanation of any research demonstrating the potential use 
of coal-derived carbon foam as--
          (1) a passive heat exchanger for jet blast diverters 
        on aircraft carriers, electromagnetic interference 
        shielding and signature reduction;
          (2) aerospace tooling; and
          (3) high-temperature insulation.
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  227. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reschenthaler of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RARE EARTH MAGNET SUPPLY CHAIN.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) rare earth magnets power critical technologies 
        and national security systems, from missiles, sensors, 
        and jets to advanced energy technologies and consumer 
        electronics;
          (2) a robust domestic supply of rare earth elements 
        and critical materials would support a strong and 
        durable national defense posture; and
          (3) as the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense 
        for Acquisition and Sustainment fulfills its 
        responsibilities related to the development of secure, 
        reliable, and domestically-sourced critical and 
        strategic materials, Congress encourages the Secretary 
        of Defense to continue supporting projects that onshore 
        domestic extraction, processing, and manufacturing 
        capabilities of the domestic supply chain of rare earth 
        permanent magnets essential to defense and national 
        security applications.
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228. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rodgers of Washington 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MILITARY SERVICE BY INDIVIDUALS 
                    WITH AMPUTATIONS.

  It is the sense of Congress that increasing geopolitical 
threats, combined with recruitment challenges experienced by 
the Armed Forces, are a threat to the national security 
interests of the United States, therefore, the Secretary of 
Defense should issue medical waivers to an individual seeking 
to serve in the Armed Forces who is precluded from serving 
solely because of a non-service-connected amputation.
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229. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rodgers of Washington 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3__. CERTIFICATION AND COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT RELATING TO 
                    PREPOSITIONED STOCKS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

  (a) Certification.--
          (1) Submission.--Not later than March 15, 2024, the 
        Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the 
        commanders of the combatant commands, shall submit to 
        the congressional defense committees a certification in 
        writing that the prepositioned stocks of the Department 
        of Defense meet all operations plans, in both fill and 
        readiness, that are in effect as of the date of the 
        submission of the certification. Such certification 
        shall include an identification by the Secretary of--
                  (A) the quantities of equipment included in 
                such stock;
                  (B) whether such equipment is sufficiently 
                modernized;
                  (C) the state of readiness of such equipment; 
                and
                  (D) the air and missile defense capabilities 
                protecting such equipment, if any.
          (2) Requirements if stocks do not meet operations 
        plans.--If the Secretary is unable to certify that any 
        of the prepositioned stocks of the Department meet the 
        operations plans specified in paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall include with the certification a list 
        of the operations plans affected, a description of any 
        measures that have been taken to mitigate any risk 
        associated with prepositioned stock shortfalls, and an 
        anticipated timeframe for the replenishment of the 
        stocks.
          (3) Form.--The certification required under paragraph 
        (1) may be submitted in classified form, but if so 
        submitted, shall include an unclassified summary.
  (b) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than March 15, 
2024, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
sufficiency of the prepositioned stocks of the Department of 
Defense to meet all operations plans, in both fill and 
readiness, that are in effect as of the date of the submission 
of the report. Such report shall include an assessment by the 
Comptroller General of each of the matters listed in 
subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(1).
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230. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rodgers of Washington 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. ELIMINATION OF CAP ON ADDITIONAL RETIRED PAY FOR 
                    EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMY AND 
                    AIR FORCE WHO SERVED DURING THE VIETNAM ERA.

  Title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) in section 1402(f)(2), by striking ``The amount'' 
        and inserting ``Except in the case of a member who 
        served during the Vietnam Era (as that term is defined 
        in section 12731 of this title), the amount'';
          (2) in section 7361(a)(2), by inserting ``(except in 
        the case of a member who served during the Vietnam Era, 
        as that term is defined in section 12731 of this 
        title)'' after ``based''; and
          (3) in section 9361(a)(2), by inserting ``(except in 
        the case of a member who served during the Vietnam Era, 
        as that term is defined in section 12731 of this 
        title)'' after ``based''.
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231. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rose of Tennessee or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING USE OF MQ-9 REAPER IN AREA OF 
                    OPERATIONS OF UNITED STATES INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND.

  It is the sense of Congress that the MQ-9 Reaper should be 
used to the greatest extent possible in the area of operations 
of the United States Indo-Pacific Command.
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232. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rose of Tennessee or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. OFFICE OF STRATEGIC CAPITAL CHINESE COMPANY INVESTMENT 
                    PROHIBITION.

  Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Office of Strategic Capital in the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering may not 
invest in or guarantee or otherwise facilitate any investment 
in any entity--
          (1) incorporated under the laws of the People's 
        Republic of China; or
          (2) of which more than 50 percent is owned, directly 
        or indirectly, by--
                  (A) citizens of the People's Republic of 
                China;
                  (B) entities incorporated under the laws of 
                the People's Republic of China; or
                  (C) any combination of the individuals and 
                entities described in subparagraphs (A) and 
                (B).
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233. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rose of Tennessee or 
                 His Designee, Debatable For 10 Minutes

  Page 625, line 11, insert ``and that the Indo-Pacific is a 
joint theater of operations that requires joint coordination 
among all service branches in order to meet the challenges of 
the region'' before the period at the end.
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 234. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 699, line 1, strike ``to provide for'' and all that 
follows through the period on line 6 and insert the following:

for the following:
          (1) To provide for the independent and objective 
        conduct and supervision of audits and investigations, 
        including within the territory of Ukraine, relating to 
        the programs and operations funded with amounts 
        appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
        military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine.
          (2) To provide for the independent and objective 
        leadership and coordination of, and recommendations on, 
        policies designed to prevent and detect waste, fraud, 
        and abuse in such programs and operations described in 
        paragraph (1).
          (3) To provide for an independent and objective means 
        of keeping the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
        Defense, and Congress fully and currently informed 
        about problems and deficiencies relating to the 
        administration of such programs and operations and the 
        necessity for and progress on corrective action.
    Page 699, line 14, insert``, with the advice and consent of 
the Senate'' before the period.
    Page 700, after line 14, insert the following new 
paragraph:
          (7) Independence to Conduct Investigations and 
        Audits.--No officer of the Department of Defense, the 
        Department of State, or the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall prevent or prohibit the 
        Special Inspector General from initiating, carrying 
        out, or completing any audit or investigation related 
        to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for 
        the military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine or from 
        issuing any subpoena during the course of any such 
        audit or investigation.
    Page 701, beginning line 1, strike ``The duties of the 
Special Inspector General are as follows'' and insert ``It 
shall be the duty of the Special Inspector General to conduct, 
supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the 
treatment, handling, and expenditure of amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available for the military and nonmilitary 
support of Ukraine, and of the programs, operations, and 
contracts carried out utilizing such funds. Such duty shall 
also include the following''.
    Page 701, after line 7, insert the following (and 
redesignate all subsequent paragraphs accordingly):
          (2) The investigation of overpayments such as 
        duplicate payments or duplicate billing and any 
        potential unethical or illegal actions of Federal 
        employees, contractors, or affiliated entities and the 
        referral of such reports, as necessary, to the 
        Department of Justice to ensure further investigations, 
        prosecutions, recovery of further funds, or other 
        remedies.
          (3) The oversight and accounting of the obligation 
        and expenditure of such funds; the monitoring and 
        review of contracts funded by such funds.
          (4) The monitoring and review of the transfer of such 
        funds and associated information between and among 
        departments, agencies, and entities of the United 
        States and private and nongovernmental entities.
          (5) The maintenance of records on the use of such 
        funds to facilitate future audits and investigations of 
        the use of such funds.
    Page 703, after line 12, insert the following (and 
redesignate all subsequent subsections accordingly):
    (e) Employment of Experts and Consultants.--The Special 
Inspector General may obtain services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, at daily rates not to 
exceed the equivalent rate prescribed for grade GS-15 of the 
General Schedule by section 5332 of such title.
    (f) Contracting Authority.--To the extent and in such 
amounts as may be provided in advance by appropriations Acts, 
the Special Inspector General may enter into contracts and 
other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other 
services with public agencies and with private persons, and 
make such payments as may be necessary to carry out the duties 
of the Special Inspector General.
    Page 704, after line 5, insert the following:
          (4) Resources.--The Secretary of State or the 
        Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, shall provide the 
        Special Inspector General with--
                  (A) appropriate and adequate office space at 
                appropriate locations of the Department of 
                State or the Department of Defense (as the case 
                may be) in Ukraine, or at an appropriate United 
                States military installation in the European 
                theater, together with such equipment, office 
                supplies, and communications facilities and 
                services as may be necessary for the operation 
                of such offices, and shall provide necessary 
                maintenance services for such offices and the 
                equipment and facilities located therein; and
                  (B) appropriate and adequate support for 
                audits, investigations, and related activities 
                by the Special Inspector General or assigned 
                personnel within the territory of Ukraine.
          (5) Assistance from Federal Agencies.--
                  (A) In general.--Upon request of the Special 
                Inspector General for information or assistance 
                from any department, agency, or other entity of 
                the Federal Government, the head of such entity 
                shall, insofar as is practicable and not in 
                contravention of any existing law, furnish such 
                information or assistance to the Special 
                Inspector General, or an authorized designee.
                  (B) Reporting of Refused Assistance.--
                Whenever information or assistance requested by 
                the Special Inspector General is, in the 
                judgment of the Special Inspector General, 
                unreasonably refused or not provided, the 
                Special Inspector General shall report the 
                circumstances to the Secretary of State or the 
                Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, and to 
                the appropriate congressional committees 
                without delay.
    Page 704, line 15, strike ``is submitted'' and all that 
follows through line 19 before the period and insert the 
following:

                is submitted, the activities during such period 
                of the Special Inspector General and the 
                activities under programs and operations funded 
                with amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
                available for the military and nonmilitary 
                support of Ukraine. Each report shall include, 
                for the period covered by such report, a 
                detailed statement of all obligations, 
                expenditures, and revenues associated with 
                military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine, 
                including the following:
                          (i) Obligations and expenditures of 
                        appropriated funds.
                          (ii) Operating expenses of agencies 
                        or entities receiving amounts 
                        appropriated or otherwise made 
                        available for the military and 
                        nonmilitary support of Ukraine.
                          (iii) In the case of any contract, 
                        grant, agreement, or other funding 
                        mechanism described in paragraph (4)--
                                  (I) the amount of the 
                                contract, grant, agreement, or 
                                other funding mechanism;
                                  (II) a brief discussion of 
                                the scope of the contract, 
                                grant, agreement, or other 
                                funding mechanism;
                                  (III) a discussion of how the 
                                department or agency of the 
                                United States Government 
                                involved in the contract, 
                                grant, agreement, or other 
                                funding mechanism identified, 
                                and solicited offers from, 
                                potential individuals or 
                                entities to perform the 
                                contract, grant, agreement, or 
                                other funding mechanism, 
                                together with a list of the 
                                potential individuals or 
                                entities that were issued 
                                solicitations for the offers; 
                                and
                                  (IV) the justification and 
                                approval documents on which was 
                                based the determination to use 
                                procedures other than 
                                procedures that provide for 
                                full and open competition.
                          (iv) An accounting comparison of--
                                  (I) the military and 
                                nonmilitary support provided to 
                                Ukraine by the United States; 
                                and
                                  (II) the military and 
                                nonmilitary support provided to 
                                Ukraine by other North Atlantic 
                                Treaty Organization member 
                                countries, including allied 
                                contributions to Ukraine that 
                                are subsequently backfilled or 
                                subsidized using United States 
                                funds.
    Page 706, after line 6, insert the following (and 
redesignate the subsequent paragraph accordingly):
          (4) Covered Contracts, Grants, Agreements, and 
        Funding Mechanisms Described.--A covered contract, 
        grant, agreement, or other funding mechanism described 
        in this paragraph is any major contract, grant, 
        agreement, or other funding mechanism that is entered 
        into by any department or agency of the United States 
        Government that involves the use of amounts 
        appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
        military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine with any 
        public or private sector entity for any of the 
        following purposes:
                  (A) To build or rebuild physical 
                infrastructure of Ukraine.
                  (B) To establish or reestablish a political 
                or societal institution of Ukraine.
                  (C) To provide products or services to the 
                people of Ukraine.
                  (D) To provide lethal or nonlethal weaponry 
                to Ukraine.
                  (E) To otherwise provide military or 
                nonmilitary support to Ukraine.
    Page 706, after line 17, insert the following (and 
redesignate all subsequent subsections accordingly):
    (h) Report Coordination.--
          (1) Transmission to secretaries of state and 
        defense.--The Special Inspector General shall also 
        transmit each report required by subsection (g) to the 
        Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense.
          (2) Submission to Congress.--
                  (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after 
                receipt of a report pursuant to paragraph (1), 
                the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
                Defense shall separately submit to the 
                appropriate congressional committees any 
                comments on the matters covered by the report. 
                Such comments shall be submitted in 
                unclassified form, but may include a classified 
                annex if the Secretary of State or the 
                Secretary of Defense, as the case may be, 
                considers it necessary.
                  (B) Access.--On request, any Member of 
                Congress may view the comments submitted 
                pursuant to subparagraph (A), including the 
                classified annex.
    (i) Transparency.--
          (1) Report.--Not later than 60 days after submission 
        to the appropriate congressional committees of a report 
        required by subsection (g), the Secretary of State and 
        the Secretary of Defense shall jointly make copies of 
        the report available to the public upon request, and at 
        a reasonable cost.
          (2) Comments on matters covered by report.--Not later 
        than 60 days after submission to the appropriate 
        congressional committees pursuant to subsection 
        (h)(2)(A) of comments on a report required by 
        subsection (g), the Secretary of State and the 
        Secretary of Defense shall jointly make copies of the 
        comments available to the public upon request, and at a 
        reasonable cost.
    (j) Waiver.--
          (1) Authority.--The President may waive the 
        requirement under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 
        (i) with respect to the public availability of any 
        element in a report required by subsection (g), or any 
        comment submitted pursuant to subsection (h)(2)(A), if 
        the President determines that the waiver is justified 
        for national security reasons.
          (2) Notice of waiver.--The President shall publish a 
        notice of each waiver made under this subsection in the 
        Federal Register no later than the date on which a 
        report required by subsection (g), or any comment 
        submitted pursuant to subsection (h)(2)(A), is 
        submitted to the appropriate congressional committees. 
        The report and comments shall specify whether waivers 
        under this subsection were made and with respect to 
        which elements in the report or which comments, as 
        appropriate.
          (3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        may be construed to authorize the President to waive 
        any requirement under subsection (h)(2) with respect to 
        the availability of comments submitted pursuant to such 
        subsection.
    Page 709, after line 17, insert the following:
    (n) Final Report.--The Special Inspector General shall, 
prior to the termination of the Office of the Special Inspector 
General for Ukraine Assistance under subsection (m), prepare 
and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a final 
forensic audit report on programs and operations funded with 
amounts appropriated or otherwise made available for the 
military and nonmilitary support of Ukraine.
    (o) Authorization of Appropriations.--
          (1) In general.--There is authorized to be 
        appropriated $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 to carry 
        out this section.
          (2) Offset.--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, as specified in the corresponding funding 
        table in section 4301 for ``Operation and maintenance, 
        defense-wide-Line 490-Office of the Secretary of 
        Defense, is hereby reduced by'' $20,000,000.
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 235. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XII, insert 
the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON PROVIDING FUNDING TO IRANIAN ENTITIES.

  (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of Defense or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be made available, directly or 
indirectly, to--
          (1) the Government of Iran;
          (2) any person owned or controlled by the Government 
        of Iran;
          (3) any person that is on the List of Specially 
        Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by 
        the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department 
        of the Treasury and the property and interests in 
        property of which are blocked pursuant to the 
        International Emergency Economic Powers Act; or
          (4) any person owned or controlled by a person 
        described in paragraph (3).
  (b) Exception for Intelligence Activities.--The prohibition 
under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to activities 
subject to the reporting requirements under title V of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any 
authorized intelligence activities of the United States.
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236. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schrier of Washington 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XVIII, insert the 
following:

SEC. 18__. REPORT ON SYSTEM DEPENDENCIES, UPTIME, AND KEY FACTORS OF 
                    ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEM.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
the electronic health record system and other system 
dependencies, uptime, and key factors that affect the 
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
  (b) Report.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include each of the following:
          (1) A list of the information technology systems, 
        infrastructure, and entities of the Department of 
        Defense pertaining to the electronic health record 
        system of the Department with which the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs has an operational or technical 
        dependency.
          (2) A list of instances of electronic health record 
        system and associated system downtime, performance 
        degradations, outages, or incidents of the Department 
        of Defense during fiscal year 2023, including, for each 
        such instance each of the following:
                  (A) The duration.
                  (B) The results of a root cause analysis.
                  (C) Any after action reporting.
                  (D) The accountable office within the 
                Department.
                  (E) An indication of whether the Department 
                of Veterans Affairs was also affected.
          (3) Any steps taken by, or plan of, the Secretary of 
        Defense to address, mitigate, or resolve the instances 
        identified in paragraph (2), as well as the an 
        identification of any uptime goals for any system 
        affected by an instance identified in paragraph (2).
          (4) Any steps taken by the Secretary of Defense to 
        improve governance, coordination, and policy decisions 
        conducted with or affecting the Secretary of Veterans 
        Affairs related to electronic health record systems and 
        associated systems of the Department of Defense with 
        which the Department of Veterans Affairs has an 
        operational or technical dependency.
          (5) A plan or schedule, if any, to modernize or 
        replace systems of the Department of Defense pertaining 
        to identity management or patient registration, 
        including the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting 
        System, with which the Department of Veterans Affairs 
        has an operational or technical dependency.
  (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
          (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
        on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate; and
          (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
        on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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 237. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 50, line 2, after ``produced by'' insert ``any of the 
following:''.
  Page 50, line 3, after ``(also known as `CATL')'' insert ``; 
BYD Company, Limited; Envision Energy, Limited; EVE Energy 
Company, Limited; Gotion High tech Company, Limited; Hithium 
Energy Storage Technology company, Limited;''.
  Page 50, line 4, strike ``Company'' and insert ``companies''.
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 238. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XII, insert 
the following:

SEC. __. REVIVAL OF AUTHORITY FOR PARTICIPATION OF NATO NAVAL PERSONNEL 
                    IN SUBMARINE SAFETY PROGRAMS.

  (a) In General.--Subsection (e) of section 8634 of title 10, 
United States Code, is repealed.
  (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a) of such section 
8634 is amended by striking ``the Secretary of the Navy may 
conduct a program'' and inserting ``the Secretary of the Navy 
may conduct a program beginning on or after the date of the 
enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2024''.
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 239. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title IX, insert the following:

SEC. 9__. ADDITION OF COLLEGE OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS TO 
                    NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY.

  Section 2165(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); 
        and
          (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following 
        new paragraph (6):
          ``(6) The College of International Security 
        Affairs.''.
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240. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sewell of Alabama or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title III, insert the following:

SEC. __. AIR FORCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION.

  (a) 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 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301 
for the Operation and Maintenance, Air Force--Training and 
Recruiting--Line Number 330--Professional Development Education 
is hereby increased by $2,000,000.
  (b) Offset.--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 
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301 
for the Operation and Maintenance, Navy--Administration--Line 
Number 450 is hereby reduced by $2,000,000.
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241. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sewell of Alabama or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SOFTWARE FACTORIES.

  (a) Increase.--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 section 4201, for management support, 
acquisition workforce-cyber, network and business systems (PE 
0605829F), line 115, is hereby increased by $10,000,000 (with 
the amount of such increase to be used in support of Department 
of Defense software factories).
  (b) Offset.--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, 
Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding table in 
section 4301, for administration and service-wide activities, 
administration, line 450, is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
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   242. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherrill of New 
            Jersey or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR TRANSITIONING MEMBERS THROUGH 
                    COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

  (a) Skillbridge.--The Secretary of Defense may conduct 
outreach to community colleges in order to enter into more 
agreements with such community colleges that may provide 
training or internships to members of the Armed Forces pursuant 
to the Skillbridge program established under section 1143(e) of 
title 10, United States Code.
  (b) Centers for Military and Veterans Education.--The 
Secretary of Defense may conduct outreach and provide 
assistance to community colleges to support the creation of 
centers at such community colleges through which members of the 
Armed Forces eligible for Skillbridge and veterans may receive 
job training.
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 243. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Slotkin of Michigan 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3__. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING STATUS OF CERTAIN 
                    CLEANUP EFFORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

  Beginning not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than annually 
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall publish on the 
publicly available website established under section 331(b) of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
(Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 2701 note) timely and regularly 
updated information on the status of the cleanup of sites for 
which the Secretary has obligated amounts for environmental 
restoration activities.
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 244. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XXVIII, 
insert the following:

SEC. 28__. LAND CONVEYANCE, NAVAL WEAPONS STATION EARLE, NEW JERSEY.

  (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Navy may 
convey to Colts Neck Township, New Jersey (in this section 
referred to as the ``Township'' ), all right, title, and 
interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real 
property, including any improvements thereon, consisting of 
approximately 3.13 acres and currently used by the Township for 
school bus parking.
  (b) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
          (1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Navy 
        shall require the Township to cover costs to be 
        incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the 
        Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to 
        carry out the conveyance under subsection (a), 
        including survey costs, costs for environmental 
        documentation related to the conveyance, and any other 
        administrative costs related to the conveyance. If 
        amounts are collected from the Township in advance of 
        the Secretary incurring the actual costs, and the 
        amount collected exceeds the costs actually incurred by 
        the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the 
        Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the 
        Township.
          (2) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts received 
        as reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be credited 
        to the fund or account that was used to cover the costs 
        incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the land 
        conveyance under subsection (a) or, if the period of 
        availability of obligations for that appropriation has 
        expired, to the appropriations of a fund that is 
        currently available to the Secretary for the same 
        purpose. Amounts so credited shall be merged with 
        amounts in such fund or account and shall be available 
        for the same purposes, and subject to the same 
        conditions and limitations, as amounts in such fund or 
        account.
  (c) Description of Property.--The exact acreage and legal 
description of the parcel of real property to be conveyed under 
subsection (a) shall be determined by surveys satisfactory to 
the Secretary of the Navy.
  (d) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the 
Navy 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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 245. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle F of title X the following:

SEC. 10__. GAO REVIEW AND REPORT ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS EXPERIMENTS ON 
                    AND IN RELATION TO TICKS, TICK-BORNE DISEASE.

  (a) Review.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a review of research conducted during the period 
beginning on January 1, 1945, and ending on December 31, 1970, 
by the Department of Defense, including by the Department of 
Defense in consultation with the National Institutes of Health, 
the Department of Agriculture, or any other Federal agency on--
          (1) the use of ticks as hosts or delivery mechanisms 
        for biological warfare agents, including experiments 
        involving Spirochaetales and Rickettsiales; and
          (2) any efforts to improve the effectiveness and 
        viability of Spirochaetales and Rickettsiales as 
        biological weapons through combination with other 
        diseases or viruses.
  (b) Location of Research.--In conducting the review under 
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall review research 
conducted at facilities located inside United States and 
facilities located outside the United States, including 
laboratories and field work locations.
  (c) Review of Classified Information.--In conducting the 
review under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall 
review any relevant classified information.
  (d) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to 
Congress a report, which shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may include a classified annex, that includes the 
following:
          (1) the scope of any research described in subsection 
        (a); and
          (2) whether any ticks used in such research were 
        released outside of any facility (including any ticks 
        that were released unintentionally); and
          (3) whether any records related to such research were 
        destroyed, and whether such destruction was intentional 
        or unintentional.
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 246. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. REPORT ON ACTIVITY OF THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY, THE 
                    CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY AND GOVERNMENT OF THE 
                    PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN CAMBODIA.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
congressional committees specified in subsection (c) a report 
assessing--
          (1) the involvement of the Government of the People's 
        Republic of China (PRC), the Chinese Communist Party 
        (CCP) or the People's Liberation Army (PLA) (used 
        herewith to include the People's Liberation Army Navy) 
        in upgrading existing facilities or constructing new 
        facilities at Ream Naval Base and Dara Sakor Airport in 
        Cambodia;
          (2) any actual or projected benefits, including any 
        enhancement of the power projection capabilities of the 
        PLA, that the Government of the PRC, the CCP or the PLA 
        may accrue as a result of such upgrades or 
        construction;
          (3) the impact that the presence of the PLA in 
        Cambodia may have on the interests, allies, and 
        partners of the United States in the region;
          (4) any efforts undertaken by the United States 
        Government to convey to the Government of Cambodia the 
        concerns relating to the presence of the PLA and the 
        Government of the PRC in Cambodia and the impact that 
        presence could have on security in the South China Sea 
        and the Indo-Pacific region more broadly and on 
        adherence to the Constitution of Cambodia;
          (5) the impact the presence of the PLA in Cambodia, 
        as well as closer government-to-government ties between 
        Cambodia and the Government of the PRC, including 
        through investments under the Belt and Road Initiative, 
        has had on the deterioration of democracy and human 
        rights inside Cambodia;
          (6) any party-to-party training, coordination or 
        other links between the CCP and the Cambodian People's 
        Party; and
          (7) any other ongoing activities by the PLA or any 
        other security services of the Government of the PRC in 
        Cambodia.
  (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex.
  (c) Congressional Committees Specified.--The congressional 
committees specified in this subsection are--
          (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee 
        on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on 
        Intelligence of the Senate; and
          (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee 
        on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee 
        on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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 247. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 13__. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO TAIWAN IN 
                    DEVELOPING AN ASYMMETRIC NAVAL SELF-DEFENSE 
                    CAPABILITY.

  (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the heads of other relevant Federal 
departments and agencies, shall submit a classified report, 
along with an unclassified summary, to the appropriate 
congressional committees that contains an assessment of--
          (1) the feasibility of providing assistance to Taiwan 
        in developing an asymmetric naval self-defense 
        capability;
          (2) whether Taiwan's self-defense capability would be 
        enhanced by small, high-speed, long-range (200 or more 
        nautical miles), extreme-weather-capable, reduced-
        radar-signature boats with the capacity for launching 
        missiles, addressing subsurface threats or delivering 
        and recovering small troop units to coastal and 
        littoral locations in the vicinity of the Taiwan 
        Strait, and, if so, in what number and in what 
        configurations;
          (3) whether existing and planned Tuo Chiang class 
        catamaran-hulled corvettes are naval assets capable of 
        contributing to an effective asymmetric naval self-
        defense strategy; and
          (4) the effectiveness of Taiwan's existing larger-
        platform surface naval fleet, including Keelung-class 
        destroyers, Cheung Kung-class frigates, Chi Yang-class 
        frigates, and Kang Ding-class frigates for self-
        defense; and
  (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--For 
purposes of subsection (a), the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
          (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
        on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
          (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
        on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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 248. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON BASIC UNDERWATER DEMOLITION/SEAL TRAINING PROGRAM.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
House or Representatives a report on the Basic Underwater 
Demolition/SEAL training program (in this section referred to 
as ``BUD/S'') during the period beginning on the date of the 
induction of BUDS Class 319 and ending on the date of 
completion of the most recently completed BUD/S class as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act. Such report shall include--
          (1) the standards, metrics, training doctrine, 
        purposes, and administration of BUD/S;
          (2) the standards and practices governing medical 
        care provide to candidates undergoing BUD/S training;
          (3) the standards and qualifications informing the 
        selection of instructors for BUD/S;
          (4) the training pathway for candidates prior to 
        induction for BUD/S;
          (5) any changes governing training and screening for 
        candidates prior to induction;
          (6) any changes regarding the composition, 
        qualifications, and conduct of the instructor cadre at 
        BUD/S;
          (7) the policies regarding civilian participation in 
        BUD/S, such as retired Navy personnel;
          (8) any changes to policies regarding retired 
        civilian personnel participating in BUD/S instruction;
          (9) all instances of candidates who died, or suffered 
        serious injury necessitating separation from the Navy 
        during BUD/S;
          (10) policies set forth governing standard operating 
        procedures in the case of the death of a candidate at 
        BUD/S;
          (11) accountability actions related to incidents that 
        resulted in the death or serious injury of BUD/S 
        candidates; and
          (12) corrective actions implemented after the death 
        or serious injury of BUD/S candidates.
  (b) Accompanying Document.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
submit, with the report required under subsection (a) 
accompanying documents outlining the standards of conduct, 
training doctrine, instructor qualification, and medical care, 
used by Naval Special Warfare Command to inform the training 
standards and provide operational direction to BUD/S.
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 249. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. WAIVER OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO FACILITATE URGENT ACCESS TO 
                    MENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                    FORCES.

  The Director of the Defense Health Agency shall waive any 
requirement for a member of the Armed Forces to undergo an 
intake screening from a provider of the Department of Defense 
at a military medical treatment facility prior to receiving a 
mental health care service from a TRICARE-authorized civilian 
provider if the Director determines--
          (1) such service may not be provided at a military 
        medical treatment facility during the 48-hour period 
        following the time at which the member presents with 
        the condition requiring such service; and
          (2) urgent circumstances necessitate the rapid 
        provision of such service.
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250. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sorensen of Illinois 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3__. REPORT ON COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DECOMMISSIONING OF TACTICAL 
                    AIR CONTROL PARTY UNITS.

  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on the costs associated with the 
prospective decommissioning, reduction, or termination of any 
Tactical Air Control Party unit of the Air Force planned during 
the three fiscal years following the date of the enactment.
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 251. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 562, line 8, insert ``or where there are significant 
space launch or mission control facilities'' after 
``operates''.
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    252. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spanberger of 
           Virginia or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN PERSONS WHO SERVED WITH THE CANADIAN 
                    ARMED FORCES DURING PART OF WORLD WAR II IN 
                    DEFINITION OF MISSING PERSON.

  Section 1513(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'';
          (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
          (3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following 
        new subparagraph:
                  ``(C) a citizen of the United States who 
                served with the Canadian Armed Forces between 
                September 10, 1939, and December 7, 1941, and 
                is in a missing status.''.
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253. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spartz of Indiana or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title XII the following:

SEC. 1226. REPORT ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Defense shall submit to Congress a report 
reconciling all United States assistance to Ukraine, including 
all normal and supplemental Ukraine appropriations and 
drawdowns, from January 1, 2022, through the date of such 
submission. The report shall specifically detail the countries, 
entities, and individuals who received such assistance.
  (b) Additional Elements.--The report required under 
subsection (a) shall also detail the following:
          (1) All contracts awarded to third parties with 
        enumerated amounts, including an identification of each 
        such third party recipient and a specification of the 
        amount awarded to each such third party.
          (2) The total of appropriated or authorized amounts 
        that have been obligated or expended, as well as the 
        total amounts of authorized or appropriated funds that 
        have not been so obligated or expended.
  (c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
annex.
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254. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spartz of Indiana or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title XV, insert the following:

SEC. 15__. ASSESSMENT OF INNOVATIVE DATA ANALYSIS AND INFORMATION 
                    TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS.

   Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report containing the 
results of an assessment of the implementation by the 
Department of Defense of innovative data analysis and 
information technology solutions that could improve risk 
management, agility, and capabilities for strategic defense 
purposes.
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255. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spartz of Indiana or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of title X the following new section:

SEC. 8__. OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND AUDIT 
                    REMEDIATION PLAN.

  Section 240b(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``, the 
        Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 
        of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate'' after 
        ``congressional defense committees''; and
          (2) in paragraph (2)--
                  (A) by amending the paragraph heading to read 
                as follows: ``Briefings''; and
                  (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
          ``(C) Not later than June 30, 2024, and annually 
        thereafter, the Under Secretary of Defense 
        (Comptroller) shall provide to the Committee on 
        Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
        and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a briefing on 
        the status of the corrective action plan. Such briefing 
        shall include an assessment of the progress of the 
        Secretary of Defense in achieving an unqualified audit 
        opinion as described in subsection (a)(2)(iv)''.
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 256. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Steel of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON CHINESE PRESENCE IN AFRICA.

  Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
report on the threat posed by the People's Republic of China 
with respect to--
          (1) China's commercial sea lines of communication, 
        particularly those linking China to the African 
        Atlantic ports;
          (2) increasing Chinese military presence on the 
        African continent;
          (3) displacing United States influence in the 
        Southern Atlantic; and
          (4) asserting China's status as gaining influence and 
        threats posed to strategic maritime routes.
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 257. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Steel of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. __. STUDY ON DETERMINATION OF DEFENSE NEEDS OF TAIWAN.

  (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration with 
the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall 
conduct a study on the defense needs of Taiwan and the 
potential loan and lease of defense articles to the Government 
of Taiwan. Such study shall address the following:
          (1) An initial assessment of the defense articles 
        that are appropriate for such loan or lease.
          (2) An assessment of any supply chain or other 
        logistical challenges associated with the loan or lease 
        of defense articles identified pursuant to paragraph 
        (1).
          (3) A discussion of expected timeframes for the 
        provision to the Government of Taiwan of defense 
        articles identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 
        including--
                  (A) expected timelines for the delivery of 
                such defense articles; and
                  (B) expected timelines for the full 
                integration of such defense articles by the 
                military of Taiwan, such that the military of 
                Taiwan is able to effectively use defense 
                articles so delivered in the event of a 
                conflict with the People's Republic of China.
          (4) Such other matters as the Secretary may consider 
        appropriate.
  (b) Report.--
          (1) Submission.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense, in collaboration with the Commander of the 
        United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to 
        Congress a report containing the findings of the study 
        under subsection (a).
          (2) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
        classified annex.
  (c) Defense Article Defined.--In this section, the term 
``defense article'' has the meaning given that term in section 
47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794).
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258. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stefanik of New York 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. CONSIDERATION OF STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES IN MILITARY SERVICE 
                    ACADEMY APPLICATION PROCESS.

  The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the United States 
Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the 
United States Air Force Academy require the submission and 
consideration of standardized test scores as part of the their 
application processes.
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259. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Steil of Wisconsin or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle C of title XII the following:

SEC. 1226. BRIEFINGS ON ARMS DELIVERIES TO UKRAINE.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act and every 90 days thereafter for one year, the 
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly 
brief the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the status of 
weapons the United States has committed to sending to Ukraine 
and to other regional allies and partners who are providing 
weapons to Ukraine, including an estimated delivery timetable 
for such weapons, and a description of measures being taken to 
expedite the delivery of such weapons.
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260. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Steube of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. REPORT ON DETAILED OVERSIGHT OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO 
                    UKRAINE.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on detailed 
oversight of United States assistance to Ukraine.
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 261. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stewart of Utah or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE FUNDING REQUESTS FOR THE CHEMICAL AND 
                    BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM IN BUDGET ACCOUNTS OF 
                    MILITARY DEPARTMENTS.

  Section 1701(d)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1994 (50 U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)) is amended by 
striking ``may not be included in the budget accounts'' and 
inserting ``may be included in the budget accounts''.
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 262. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stewart of Utah or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 15__. REPORT ON MODERNIZED MULTILEVEL SECURITY SYSTEM.

  (a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and in 
coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-
Pacific Command and the commanders of such other combatant 
commands as the Secretary may determine appropriate, shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
migrating the classified networks of the Department of Defense 
and the intelligence community, respectively, into a modernized 
multilevel security system.
  (b) Matters.--The report under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
          (1) An assessment of how to leverage commercially 
        available or existing Government off-the shelf 
        technology solutions to achieve the migration described 
        in such subsection.
          (2) An assessment of constraints posed by the 
        policies of the Department of Defense and the 
        intelligence community, respectively, preventing the 
        rapid adoption of such technology solutions, including 
        with respect to hardware and software solutions.
          (3) Recommendations for updating such policies to 
        grant members of the Armed Forces and intelligence 
        analysts access to more secure tools for the rapid 
        dissemination, integration, and storage of information 
        containing both unclassified and classified components 
        (also referred to as ``mixed information'') from 
        multiple networks and sources concurrently, regardless 
        of originating network classification.
          (4) An opinion from the Commander of the United 
        States Indo-Pacific Command (with the option of 
        including an opinion from the commander of any other 
        combatant command determined appropriate by the 
        Secretary) with respect to the level of importance 
        associated with achieving the migration described in 
        subsection (a).
  (c) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
  (d) Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning given that term 
in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003).
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263. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Strong of Alabama or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike section 2854 and insert the following:

SEC. 2854. PLAN FOR USE OF EXCESS BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS.

  (a) Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
Congress a plan to use, transfer, or donate to States on the 
southern border of the United States all existing excess border 
wall construction materials, including bollards.
  (b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
          (1) A list of contracts in the process of performance 
        to store excess border wall construction materials, 
        identified by location and cost to date.
          (2) A detailed proposal for the disposition of such 
        excess border wall construction materials, including a 
        timeline for disposition and the authorities under 
        which such disposition shall occur.
          (3) An assessment of the condition of such materials 
        being stored, including (if applicable) a description 
        of materials that have depreciated in value, become 
        damaged, or been lost.
  (c) Execution of Plan.--Not later than 180 days after the 
date of submission of the plan required by subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Defense shall commence execution of such plan 
until the date on which the Department of Defense is no longer 
incurring any costs to maintain, store, or protect the 
materials specified under subsection (a).
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264. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sykes of Ohio or Her 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON MILITARY REQUIREMENTS IN THE EVENT OF A CHINESE 
                    ATTACK OF TAIWAN.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on current and future 
military posture, logistics, maintenance, and sustainment 
requirements to bolster the capacity of the United States to 
resist force in the event of a Chinese attack and attempted 
invasion of Taiwan. Such report shall include an assessment of 
the requirements for all scenarios, including protracted combat 
in a contested environment (such as anti-access, area denial), 
and an evaluation of how to best enable a dispersed, 
distributed force in the Indo-Pacific region.
  (b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in classified form.
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265. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 MinuteS

  At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. REPORT ON DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE COMPETITION.

  Not later than two years after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report containing--
          (1) an evaluation of the consolidation within the 
        defense industrial base and how such consolidation 
        affects the ability of the Department of Defense to 
        procure goods at competitive and market equivalent 
        prices;
          (2) an analysis of the state of competition within 
        the defense industrial base, including an overview of 
        the sizes, as measured by factors including number of 
        employees, facilities, and contracts with the 
        Department of Defense, and market shares of contractors 
        that currently hold a contract with the Department of 
        Defense; and
          (3) an assessment of the economic and national 
        security effects of anticompetitive behavior in the 
        defense industrial base.
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266. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. MODIFICATIONS TO DATA, POLICY, AND REPORTING ON THE USE OF 
                    OTHER TRANSACTIONS.

  Section 8739 of the John S. McCain National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 2371 note) is 
amended--
          (1) in subsection (c)(1), in the matter preceding 
        subparagraph (A), by striking ``December 31, 2019, and 
        annually thereafter through December 31, 2023,'' and 
        inserting ``December 31, 2024, and annually thereafter 
        through December 31, 2028,''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following:
  ``(d) Comptroller General Report on Use of Other Transaction 
Authority.--No later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the 
use of transactions authorized under sections 4021 and 4022 of 
title 10, United States Code, including--
          ``(1) the extent to which such transactions are used 
        in accordance with policy and guidance related to the 
        use of such transactions;
          ``(2) the total number of transactions for each 
        fiscal year made to nontraditional defense contractors 
        (as defined in section 3014 of title 10, United States 
        Code);
          ``(3) a summary of such transactions to which the 
        Department of Defense is a participant for which 
        performance has not been completed on the date of 
        submission of such report, including--
                  ``(A) a description of the entity or agency 
                responsible for any consortium;
                  ``(B) a list, including the name, of each 
                member of such consortium, including the 
                percentage of such members who are 
                nontraditional defense contractors for each 
                such consortium; and
                  ``(C) for fiscal years 2022 and 2023--
                          ``(i) the total amount awarded under 
                        such transactions to each such 
                        consortium; and
                          ``(ii) the total amount awarded under 
                        such transactions to members who are 
                        nontraditional defense contractors for 
                        each such consortium; and
          ``(4) for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, a list of 
        contractors who have been awarded more than $20,000,000 
        under such transactions, including a description of 
        each such award, the number of awards made, and the 
        total dollar amount awarded.''.
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267. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tenney of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON UNMANNED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AT MILITARY 
                    BASES AND INSTALLATIONS.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
that includes--
          (1) a detailed description of the threat of aerial 
        drones and unmanned aircraft to United States national 
        security; and
          (2) an assessment of the unmanned traffic management 
        systems of every military base and installation (within 
        and outside the United States) to determine whether the 
        base or installation is adequately equipped to detect, 
        disable, and disarm hostile or unidentified unmanned 
        aerial systems.
  (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means the following:
          (1) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
          (2) The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Transportation 
        and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
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268. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tenney of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. _. REPORT ON UNITED STATES FORCE CAPABILITIES IN THE CENTCOM AREA 
                    OF RESPONSIBILITY.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
United States should maintain robust capabilities in the United 
States Central Command area of responsibility to respond to a 
range of issues of critical national security importance to the 
United States and United States allies and partners, to include 
any attempt by the Islamic Republic of Iran to pursue, develop, 
or otherwise acquire a nuclear weapon or such capabilities.
  (b) Report.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the Commander for United 
        States Central Command shall submit to the 
        congressional defense committees a report that contains 
        the elements described in paragraph (2).
          (2) Elements.--The report required by this subsection 
        shall contain the following elements:
                  (A) An assessment of United States military 
                capabilities in the United States Central 
                Command area of responsibility.
                  (B) An identification of any capabilities 
                gaps related to the assessment in described in 
                subparagraph (A) and recommendations for 
                addressing such capabilities gaps.
          (3) Form.--The report required by this subsection 
        shall be submitted in unclassified form and may contain 
        a classified annex.
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269. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thanedar of Michigan 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle F of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. BRIEFING ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CATEGORY MANAGEMENT 
                    MEMORANDUM.

  (a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 120 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and 
the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs of the 
Department of Defense shall jointly provide to the appropriate 
congressional committees a briefing on the implementation of 
the memorandum by the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment entitled ``Achieving Small Business 
Goals through Category Management Practices'' and dated January 
27, 2023.
  (b) Contents.--Each briefing required under subsection (a) 
shall include the following:
          (1) The effects of the implementation of the 
        memorandum described in subsection (a) on contracting 
        opportunities for small businesses.
          (2) The tools and data analysis that are being used 
        to support small business concerns in procurement 
        decisions to increase small business opportunities.
          (3) The strategic efforts that have been taken to 
        achieve the small business participation goals of the 
        Department of Defense through the use of existing and 
        open market contracts to reach a mix of new entrants, 
        seasoned 8(a) companies, and other small disadvantaged 
        businesses.
          (4) The opportunities that have been identified to 
        transition from bundled or consolidated contracts 
        without small business participation to contracts with 
        small business participation or to use small business 
        set-aside competition.
          (5) The metrics the Department of Defense has 
        established to measure the effects of the 
        implementation of the memorandum described in 
        subsection (a) on opportunities for small businesses to 
        contract with the Department.
          (6) The success stories of small business 
        participation with the Department of Defense that the 
        Department has identified and is sharing in industry 
        engagements.
          (7) The sufficiency of the educational resources 
        identified in the memorandum described in subsection 
        (a).
          (8) Any recommendations on additional steps the 
        Department of Defense can take to maximize small 
        business participation with the Department through 
        category management practices.
  (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means--
          (1) the Committees on Armed Services and Small 
        Business of the House of Representatives; and
          (2) the Committees on Armed Services and on Small 
        Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate.
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     270. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thompson of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Add at the end of subtitle G of title X the following new 
section:

SEC. __. REPORT ON OBSTACLES TO MISSION OF DEFENSE POW/MIA ACCOUNTING 
                    AGENCY.

    The Director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency shall 
submit to Congress a report that includes--
          (1) a description of the most significant obstacles, 
        if any, to the mission of the Defense POW/MIA 
        Accounting Agency to recover and identify the remains 
        of members of the Armed Forces missing in action; and
          (2) recommendations of such Director relating to 
        legislative or administrative actions to resolve such 
        obstacles.
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271. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tiffany of Wisconsin 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. 1310. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN MAPS.

  None of the funds authorized to by appropriated by this Act 
may be used to create, procure, or display any map that depicts 
Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu, Wuciou, Green Island, or Orchid 
Island as part of the territory of the People's Republic of 
China.
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 272. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Timmons IV of South 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. GEOSYNTHETICS PERFORMANCE TESTING.

  (a) Increase.--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, Army, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4201, for applied research, ground technology 
(PE 0602144A), line 012, is hereby increased by $3,300,000 
(with the amount of such increase to be used to carry out the 
development, testing, and certification phase of the 
Geosynthetics Reinforced Performance pavement test.
  (b) Offset.--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, 
Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4301, for administration and service-wide 
activities, Office of the Secretary of Defense, line 490, is 
hereby reduced by $3,300,000.
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 273. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Titus of Nevada or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XVIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON REGIME STABILITY IN RUSSIA.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that an 
unstable Russia presents varied, serious, and complex security 
challenges and threats to the United States and its allies, 
partners, and interests.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 60 days before the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the Secretary 
of Defense shall jointly submit to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report that 
includes--
          (1) the manner and extent to which regime instability 
        in Russia would affect United States national security, 
        the security of NATO allies, and the geopolitical 
        aftershocks throughout Eurasia;
          (2) an assessment of the stability of the Putin 
        regime; and
          (3) clarity on the command and control structure of 
        Russia's nuclear arsenal in different contexts.
  (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (b) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex.
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274. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tlaib of Michigan or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 247, line 16, after ``Secretary.'' insert ``Promotional 
materials shall be posted in gyms, dining facilities, gas 
stations, exchanges, commissaries, package stores, barracks 
buildings, unit headquarters offices, and barbershops amongst 
other locations. Promotional materials shall also be posted to 
unit and installation webpages, social media, and included in 
newsletters.''.
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275. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Add at the end of subtitle J of title V the following new 
section:

SEC.__. FEASIBILITY STUDY AND REPORT ON PORTABILITY OF CERTAIN 
                    PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS HELD BY SERVICEMEMBERS.

    (a) Study.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall 
conduct a study on the feasibility of ensuring that an eligible 
professional credential held by a servicemember is considered 
valid in the jurisdiction of an applicable licensing authority 
for use at an appropriate scope of practice in the appropriate 
field after the date on which such servicemember is discharged 
or released from active military, naval, air, or space service 
under conditions other than dishonorable.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on 
which the Secretary of Defense completes such study, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes--
          (1) the findings of such study; and
          (2) recommendations relating to ways in which the 
        Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs may 
        collaborate with an applicable licensing authority to 
        ensure a servicemember may use an eligible professional 
        credential held by such servicemember in the 
        jurisdiction of such licensing authority at an 
        appropriate scope of practice in the appropriate field 
        after the date described in subsection (a).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``applicable licensing authority'' 
        means, with respect to a servicemember, the licensing 
        authority of the State in which the servicemember 
        resides.
          (2) The term ``eligible professional credential'' 
        means a professional credential, including a 
        professional credential in the field of airplane 
        mechanics, obtained using expenses paid pursuant to the 
        program under section 2015 of title 10, United States 
        Code.
          (3) The term ``expenses'' has the meaning given such 
        term in such section.
          (4) The term ``servicemember'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 101 of the Servicemembers Civil 
        Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4025a).
          (5) The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States and territories and the District of Columbia.
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276. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title VII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 7__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MAINTAINING IN-PATIENT MILITARY MEDICAL 
                    TREATMENT FACILITIES.

  It is the sense of the Congress that--
          (1) in-patient military Medical Treatment Facilities 
        are critical components of the Military Health System 
        and necessary to maintain a medically ready force that 
        can be deployed at a moment's notice on operational 
        missions;
          (2) in-patient military Medical Treatment Facilities 
        are required to develop the skilled medical force with 
        the proper trained subspecialities needed to care for 
        service members in wartime and during deployments;
          (3) each of the military departments should support a 
        sufficient number of in-patient Medical Treatment 
        Facilities to ensure military readiness; and
          (4) The Defense Health Agency and the military 
        departments, particularly the Department of the Air 
        Force, should aggressively pursue creative options, 
        including increased partnership with the Department of 
        Veterans Affairs, to maintain economical efficiency for 
        the currently operating in-patient military Medical 
        Treatment Facilities.
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277. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wagner of Missouri or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 624, after line 5, insert the following:
          (6) An analysis of Department capabilities to combat 
        child sexual abuse and exploitation in areas with high 
        populations of members of the United States Armed 
        Forces, including overseas locations.
          (7) Recommendations for programs to educate members 
        of the United States Armed Forces on how to identify 
        and report instances of child sexual abuse and 
        exploitation, both online and in-person, to the 
        appropriate law enforcement agency.
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 278. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walberg of Michigan 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 364, line 9, strike ``focusing on models'' and insert 
``including the Holistic Health and Fitness model, and focusing 
on other models''.
  Page 365, line 16, strike ``(3)'' and insert ``(4)''.
  Page 365, line 16, insert the following:
          (3) Any workforce challenges in finding qualified 
        trained professionals to implement elements of the 
        strategy.
  Page 366, line 10, insert ``athletic trainer,'' before 
``or''.
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 279. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle F of title XXVIII, 
insert the following:

SEC. 28__. INCORPORATION OF CYBER SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS 
                    AND METHODS IN THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE MASTER PLAN.

  (a) In General.--Section 2911 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
          (1) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
        following new paragraph:
          ``(16) The use of cyber supply chain risk management 
        tools and methods for continuous analysis, monitoring, 
        and mitigation of cyber risk.''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
  ``(k) Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management Tools and Methods.--
(1) In incorporating cyber supply chain risk management tools 
and methods in the energy performance master plan under 
subsection (d), the Secretary concerned shall--
          ``(A) prioritize the adoption of such tools and 
        methods that are commercially available;
          ``(B) use existing databases on cyber vulnerabilities 
        when selecting such tools and methods for use in energy 
        projects; and
          ``(C) ensure that such tools and methods provide 
        continuous analysis, monitoring, and mitigation of 
        cyber risk in energy projects.
  ``(2) In incorporating cyber supply chain risk management 
tools and methods under paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned 
shall incorporate all funding available to such Secretary for 
such measures, including funds appropriated under section 2914 
of this title (commonly referred to as the `Energy Resilience 
and Conservation Investment Program').''.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the congressional defense committees a report analyzing the 
implementation of (a). Such report shall include the following:
          (1) Progress in implementing cyber supply chain risk 
        management tools and methods.
          (2) An analysis of the implementation of Executive 
        Order 14017 titled ``America's Supply Chians'' (86 Fed. 
        Reg. 11849) and Executive Order 14028 titled 
        ``Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity'' (86 Fed. Reg. 
        26633) in projects that receive or will receive funds 
        under section 2914 of title 10, United States Code, 
        (commonly referred to as the ``Energy Resilience and 
        Conservation Investment Program'').
          (3) A description of the execution of cybersecurity 
        recommendations in the February 2022 report of the 
        Department of Defense titled ``Securing Defense-
        Critical Supply Chains'';
          (4) Progress in using commercially available cyber 
        supply chain risk management tools and methods to 
        provide continuous analysis, monitoring, and mitigation 
        of cyber risk in energy projects.
          (5) An analysis of the effect of such tools and 
        methods on energy resilience and energy security on 
        military installations receiving funding under the 
        Energy Resilience and Conservation Investment Program.
          (6) Recommendations and best practices for 
        implementing such tools and methods on military 
        installations.
          (7) Recommendations on implementation of such tools 
        and methods in all energy and infrastructure programs 
        on military installations that use Facility Related 
        Control Systems Cybersecurity, accounting for the 
        effect of such tools on readiness, energy security, and 
        energy resiliency.
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 280. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PENDING REPORT AND 
                    CERTIFICATION ON THE WARFIGHTER MACHINE INTERFACE 
                    OF THE ARMY.

  (a) In General.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 
for research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, for the 
Warfighting Machine Interface program, not more than 25 percent 
may be obligated or expended until the date on which the report 
required by the Joint Explanatory Statement to accompany the 
James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263) under the heading ``Information 
on use of commercial software for the warfighter machine 
interface of the Army'' is submitted to the congressional 
defense committees.
  (b) Certification and Compliance Plan.--Not later than 60 
days after the date of the submittal of the report described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees--
          (1) a certification indicating whether or not the 
        procurement process for current and future increments 
        of the Warfighter Machine Interface is in compliance 
        with the requirements of section 3453 of title 10, 
        United States Code; or
          (2) in the event the Secretary of the Army certifies 
        under paragraph (1) that procurement process for the 
        Warfighter Machine Interface is not in compliance with 
        the requirements of section 3453 of title 10, United 
        States Code, a plan to bring such procurement process 
        into compliance with such section.
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 281. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XVIII, insert the 
following:

SEC. 18__. REPORTS ON HARPOON MISSILE DELIVERIES TO TAIWAN.

  (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) On April 7, 2023, the Department of Defense 
        announced that the Navy had awarded a procurement 
        contract for 400 Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles to 
        Taiwan to accompany the new ground-based Harpoon 
        Coastal Defense System (in this section referred to as 
        the ``HCDS'').
          (2) The Department of State notified Congress of its 
        decision to approve a possible foreign military sale to 
        Taiwan on October 26, 2020, that includes such 400 
        missiles.
          (3) Almost two and a half years elapsed between the 
        notification and contract award for the HCDS for 
        Taiwan.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the Sense of the Congress 
that--
          (1) the United States remains committed to the 
        security of Taiwan; and
          (2) there is reason for concern about the ability of 
        the United States to deliver adequate maritime defense 
        capabilities to the Taiwanese military.
  (c) Report.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense and Secretary of State shall jointly submit to 
        the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
        Foreign Affairs of the House of Representative, and the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 
        on--
                  (A) measures that the Department of Defense 
                is taking to address systematic contracting 
                delays related to key weapons procurement 
                programs to Taiwan; and
                  (B) lessons learned from the provision of 
                HCDS to Ukraine that may be applicable to 
                Taiwan and other allies and partners of the 
                United States.
          (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
        contain a classified annex.
  (d) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 180 days 
after the submission of the report required under subsection 
(c), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to Congress a report that includes an assessment of the 
findings and conclusions of the report required under 
subsection (c).
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 282. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. BRIEFING ON JOINT EXERCISES WITH TAIWAN.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress to 
strongly support the conduct of wargames, tabletop exercises, 
and operational exercises with the armed forces of Taiwan, as 
such wargames and exercises are an effective way to build 
operational expertise and create a force capable of deterring 
an adversary.
  (b) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the 
schedule of exercises between the United States Navy and Air 
Force and their Taiwanese counterparts.
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 283. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 1195, after line 24, insert the following new section:

SEC. 3538. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR NATIONAL MARITIME STRATEGY.

  (a) Biannual Briefing.--
          (1) Requirement.--Not less than twice annually, the 
        Administrator of the Maritime Administration, in 
        consultation with the National Security Council, the 
        Secretary of State, the Secretary of Transportation, 
        and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall provide 
        briefings to appropriate defense committees in the 
        House of Representatives and the Senate on the status 
        of establishing the type of national maritime strategy 
        required in section 50114 of title 46, United States 
        Code. The Chief of Naval Operations and Commandant of 
        the Marine Corps shall participate in each briefing 
        required under this paragraph, and the Commandant of 
        the Coast Guard is encouraged to participate in each 
        such briefing.
          (2) Use.--The Administrator should use the briefings 
        required under paragraph (1) to augment and influence 
        the national maritime strategy discussion with national 
        security focused stakeholders across the 
        administration, until an updated strategy is published 
        and endorsed by the President of the United States.
  (b) Elements.--As the national maritime strategy relates to 
National Security, each briefing under subsection (a) should 
include the following:
          (1) Recommendations for a whole-of-government 
        approach to orchestrating national instruments of power 
        to shape all elements of the maritime enterprise of the 
        United States, domestic and international, on the high 
        seas or domestic waterways.
          (2) Assessment of great power competition in the 
        maritime domain, to include opportunities for increased 
        cooperation with Allied and Partner global maritime 
        industry leaders to improve national shipbuilding and 
        shipping, while promoting the international rules-based 
        maritime order.
          (3) Analysis of existing shipyards to build and 
        capitalize on the virtuous cycle between commercial and 
        military shipbuilding and repair, to include areas of 
        improvement.
          (4) Analysis of opportunities for private or public 
        financing to increase the capacity, efficiency, and 
        effectiveness of America's shipyards, to include 
        infrastructure, labor force, technology, and global 
        competitiveness.
          (5) Analysis of potential improvements to national or 
        cooperative arrangements for sea-lift capacity and 
        shipping, including for contested logistics.
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 284. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wenstrup of Ohio or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. POLICY OF DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY ON EXPANDED RECOGNITION OF 
                    BOARD CERTIFICATIONS FOR PHYSICIANS.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Health 
Agency shall revise the policy of the Defense Health Agency 
related to credentialing and privileging under the military 
health system to expand the recognition of board certification 
for physicians under such policy to a wide range of additional 
board certifications in medical specialties and subspecialties.
  (b) Baseline Standards for Recognition.--To receive 
recognition, a physician board certification must meet the 
standards for recognition set forth, which shall ensure that 
the specialty or subspecialty board certification reflects that 
any board certified physician has been certified by one of the 
following certifying bodies:
          (1) Under Multi-Specialty Organizations a physician 
        should be board certified by one of the following:
                  (A) The American Board of Medical 
                Specialties.
                  (B) The American Osteopathic Association.
                  (C) The American Board of Physician 
                Specialties.
          (2) Under Singular Specialty Organizations a 
        physician should be board certified by one of the 
        following:
                  (A) Certifying Boards approved by the Council 
                on Podiatric Medical Educations
                  (B) The American Board of Oral and 
                Maxillofacial Surgery.
                  (C) The American Board of Pain Medicine.
          (3) Should the physician board certification not be 
        listed contact the identified organization of which 
        each certifying body must maintain the following;
                  (A) A website that allows for the 
                verification of the certification that meets 
                the standards of the NCQA, URAC, et al.
                  (B) Must be a 501 nonprofit organization with 
                a headquarter office.
                  (C) Have a full-time certification staff with 
                a psychometrician maintaining all testing 
                psychometric processes.
                  (D) Must maintain certification through 
                continuous maintenance or recertification 
                processes, with a requirement of continuous 
                knowledge development that maintains a 
                demonstration component of testing [and/or] 
                assessment. This will ensure physicians 
                maintain their knowledge in the specialty or 
                subspecialty in which they practice 
                safeguarding patient safety and care.
                  (E) Primary source verification of education 
                and training of all applicants.
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285. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Westerman of Arkansas 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Add at the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII the following 
new section:

SEC. 28__. AUTHORITY TO CONVEY THE ARMY AND NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL, HOT 
                    SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, TO 
                    THE STATE OF ARKANSAS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army may convey to 
the State of Arkansas by quitclaim deed, without consideration, 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to 
the covered property if, not later than five years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act--
          (1) the Governor of Arkansas submits to such 
        Secretary a request for such conveyance; and
          (2) such Secretary, in consultation with the 
        Administrator of the General Services Administration, 
        determines such conveyance is appropriate 
        notwithstanding the requirements under section 3 of the 
        Act of September 12, 1959 (Public Law 86-323).
          (b) Designation.--The Secretary of Defense, acting 
        through the Director of the Office of Local Defense 
        Community Cooperation, shall designate the State of 
        Arkansas as the local redevelopment authority with 
        respect to the covered property.
          (c) Grant Authority.--The Secretary of Defense, 
        acting through the Director of the Office of Local 
        Defense Community Cooperation, may make a grant 
        (including a supplemental grant) or enter into a 
        cooperative agreement to assist the local redevelopment 
        authority designated pursuant to subsection (b) in 
        planning community adjustments and economic 
        diversification, including site caretaker services, 
        security services, and fire protection services, 
        required under the conveyance under subsection (a).
          (d) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        the Army shall provide to the congressional defense 
        committees a briefing that includes--
          (1) with respect to the conveyance under subsection 
        (a), a summary of the coordination among affected 
        stakeholders including--
                  (A) the Director of the Office of Local 
                Defense Community Cooperation;
                  (B) the Administrator of the General Services 
                Administration;
                  (C) the National Park Service;
                  (D) the Governor of Arkansas;
                  (E) the Mayor of Hot Springs, Arkansas; and
                  (F) the Secretary of the Navy;
          (2) a summary of--
                  (A) any environmental investigations 
                conducted at the covered property as of the 
                date of the enactment of this Act;
                  (B) the response actions required under any 
                such environmental investigation;
                  (C) an estimate of the cost to each such 
                response action; and
                  (D) an identification of potentially 
                responsible parties, if any, for any hazardous 
                substance identified under an environmental 
                investigation described in subparagraph (A);
          (3) an estimation of the total cost to--
                  (A) stabilize each structure on the covered 
                property; and
                  (B) demolish each such structure; and
          (4) an assessment of necessary steps for the covered 
        property to be eligible for a grant under the Arkansas 
        Brownfields Program and recommendations with respect to 
        such steps.
    (e) Covered Property Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered property'' means the approximately twenty-one acres, 
more or less, of land located at Hot Springs National Park, 
Arkansas, which comprise facilities previously occupied by the 
Army and Navy General Hospital conveyed by quitclaim deed to 
the State of Arkansas pursuant to the Act of September 12, 
1959.
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286. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wild of Pennsylvania 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 357, line 16, redesignate subparagraph (U) as 
subparagraph (V).
  Page 357, after line 15, insert the following:
                  (U) The awareness of 24/7 mental health 
                resources, including the National Suicide 
                Prevention Lifeline.
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287. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wild of Pennsylvania 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

    Page 244, line 8, strike ``two years'' and insert ``five 
years''.
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   288. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wilson of South 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 727, line 24, insert ``and with deeper coordination on 
nuclear deterrence as highlighted in the Washington Declaration 
adopted by the two leaders during President Yoon Suk Yeol's 
state visit on April 26, 2023,'' after ``defense 
capabilities,''.
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 289. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wittman of Virginia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. SECURITY CLEARANCE REINSTATEMENT FOR RECENTLY SEPARATED 
                    MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES 
                    OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

  (a) Pre-Employment Reviews.--Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the Secretary of Defense shall--
          (1) during the one-year period following the date of 
        the separation of any covered individual from the Armed 
        Forces or the Department of Defense (as the case may 
        be)--
                  (A) waive the requirement for a reinstatement 
                review prior to the commencement of post-
                service employment by such individual in a 
                civilian position requiring an equivalent level 
                of security clearance as the security clearance 
                held by such individual as of the date of the 
                separation; and
                  (B) deem the security clearance of such 
                individual valid and eligible for immediate use 
                for post-service employment in such civilian 
                position; and
          (2) during the 2-year period following the conclusion 
        of the period specified in paragraph (1), with respect 
        to a covered individual occupying or seeking to occupy 
        a civilian position described in such paragraph, shall 
        complete the reinstatement review for such individual 
        by not later than 180 days after the date of the 
        initiation of such review.
  (b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 
to a covered individual who--
          (1) in the case of a former member of the Armed 
        Forces, separated from the Armed Forces under other 
        than honorable circumstances;
          (2) is otherwise under review or suspension by the 
        Director of the Defense Counterintelligence and 
        Security Agency; or
          (3) is unable to demonstrate that a security 
        clearance at an equivalent level as the security 
        clearance held by such individual as of the date of the 
        separation of the individual from the Armed Forces or 
        Department of Defense (as the case may be) is required 
        for post-service employment in a civilian position.
  (c) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``covered individual'' means a former 
        member of the Armed Forces or a former civilian 
        employee of the Department of Defense.
          (2) The term ``reinstatement review'' means a review 
        for the reinstatement of a security clearance.
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 290. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wittman of Virginia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title VIII, insert 
the following:

SEC. 8__. DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE MUNITION SURGE CAPACITY CRITICAL 
                    RESERVE.

  (a) In General.--The Under Secretary of Defense for 
Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the service 
acquisition executive of each military department, is hereby 
authorized to establish a critical reserve of long-lead items 
and components to provide the capability to quickly access the 
required components to accelerate the delivery of munitions for 
the capabilities identified pursuant to section 222c of title 
10, United States Code.
  (b) Long-Lead Defined.--In this section, the term ``long-
lead'' means a material, component or subsystem that must be 
procured well in advance of the need for the munition necessary 
in order to meet a planned delivery schedule for a complete 
major end item.
  (c) Quantity.--The quantity of long-lead items reserved 
pursuant to subsection (a) should be in amounts commensurate to 
fulfill the requirements identified as Out-Year Unconstrained 
Total Munitions Requirements and Out-Year inventory numbers 
under section 222c(a) of title 10, United States Code.
  (d) Authority for Advance Procurement.--The Under Secretary 
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment may enter into one 
or more contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2024, for the 
advance procurement of long-lead items and components 
associated with munitions in economic order quantities when 
cost savings are achievable.