[House Report 118-551]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
118th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 118-551
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 8070) TO AUTHORIZE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE
ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL
STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR; RELATING TO THE CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE
REPORT 118-527 AND AN ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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June 11, 2024.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Scott, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 1287]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 1287, 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. 8070, the
Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, 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 in
lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended
by the Committee on Armed Services now printed in the bill, an
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text
of Rules Committee Print 118-36, modified by the amendment
printed in part A of the report, is adopted and the bill, as
amended, is considered as read. The resolution waives all
points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. The
resolution provides that each further amendment printed in part
B of the 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 further amendments printed in part B of the
report and amendments en bloc described in section 3. The
resolution provides that 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 the
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 one motion to recommit. The resolution
provides that if House Report 118-527 is called up by direction
of the Committee on the Judiciary, all points of order against
House Report 118-527 shall be waived and House Report 118-527
shall be considered as read. The resolution further provides
for consideration of the resolution accompanying House Report
118-527 under a closed rule. The resolution waives all points
of order against consideration of the resolution accompanying
House Report 118-527. The resolution provides that the
resolution accompanying House Report 118-527 shall be
considered as read. The resolution provides one hour of general
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their
respective designees. The resolution provides that upon
adoption of the resolution accompanying House Report 118-527,
the resolution accompanying House Report 118-533 is hereby
adopted.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 8070 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 H.R. 8070, 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 the 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.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
House Report 118-527, the Committee is not aware of any points
of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of the resolution accompanying House Report 118-
527, 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. 236
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #543 to H.R. 8070, offered by Representatives Lee and
Roy, to repeal the outdated 2002 and 1991 AUMFs for Iraq.
Defeated: 4-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... ............ Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 237
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #192 to H.R. 8070, offered by Representative Lee, to
reduce the NDAA topline by $100 billion, while continuing to
fully fund all accounts that support pay and benefits for
personnel and dependents. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 238
Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #214 to H.R. 8070, offered by Representative
Connolly, which would protect access to IVF for federal
employees covered by the Federal Employees Health Benefit
Program. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 239
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendments #944 and #1066, offered by Representatives Titus and
Nunn, respectively. Amendment #944 authorizes the office of the
Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts in the State
Department for three years. Amendment #1066 requests an
additional 4,000 Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Afghan
Allies. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 240
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #1072 by Representative Bilirakis, which provides
combat wounded and medically retired veterans with less than 20
years of service the administrative choice to choose concurrent
receipt and disability pay or combat related special
compensation. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 241
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendments #368, #404, and #775 to H.R. 8070, offered by
Representative Slotkin. Amendment #368 requires DoD to provide
publicly available information about PFAS contamination cleanup
activities for DoD sites that have exceeded federal drinking
water standards. Amendment #404 strengthens a 2023 DoD policy
directing expeditious implementation of actions to mitigate
PFAS contamination by setting deadlines. Amendment #775
provides cancer screenings to federal firefighters as part of
their annual Department of Defense physicals. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 242
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendments #229, #249, and #252 to H.R. 8070, offered by
Representative Sherrill. Amendment #229 would establish leave
and travel policies for servicemembers to access abortion care.
Amendment #249 would ensure continued access to emergency care
for pregnant individuals at military treatment facilities and
codify protections for health care providers who care for
pregnant individuals. And amendment #252 would require TRICARE
to provide information on reproductive care to beneficiaries.
Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 243
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendments #14 and #710 to H.R. 8070, offered by
Representatives Jacobs and Pocan, respectively. Amendment #14
would codify nondiscrimination in the Armed Forces. Amendment
#710 would direct DoD to do outreach to former servicemembers
to correct veterans records for those who were discriminated
against under Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 244
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #725 offered by Representative Moylan, which
extends the period for filing claims under the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act and provides compensation under such
Act for claims relating to Manhattan Project Waste, and
improves compensation for workers involved in uranium mining
and individuals living downwind of atmospheric nuclear testing.
Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 245
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendments #330 and #492, offered by Representatives
Courtney and Representative Leger Fernandez, respectively.
Amendment #330 raises the cap on what Native American
contractors are able to receive from the APEX Accelerator
Program, formerly Procurement Technical Assistance Program, and
would also ensure that any funds reprogrammed from APEX
Accelerators are used solely for the purpose of the program.
Amendment #492 makes technical changes to Hermit's Peak/Calf
Canyon Fire Assistance Act to ensure sufficient time for fire
victims to file claims. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 246
Motion by Mr. Austin Scott to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Yea Ms. Scanlon....................... Nay
Mr. Massie...................................... Yea Mr. Neguse........................ Nay
Mr. Norman...................................... Yea Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Nay
Mr. Roy......................................... Yea
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Yea
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Yea
Mr. Austin Scott................................ Yea
Mr. Burgess, Chairman........................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8070 IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
1. Rogers (AL): Amends the Transition Assistance Program to
provide a pathway for individualized preseparation counseling
for members of the reserve components.
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 8070 IN PART B MADE IN ORDER
1. Pfluger (TX): Requires the Secretary of the Air Force,
in coordination with the STRATCOM Commander, to develop and
then implement a plan to restore the B-52 bombers' nuclear
capacities. (10 minutes)
2. Schneider (IL), Kustoff (TN), Bacon (NE), Moskowitz
(FL), Nickel (NC), Trone (MD), Hudson (NC), Pettersen (CO),
Stevens (MI), LaMalfa (CA), Gottheimer (NJ), Auchincloss (MA),
Davis (NC), Hoyer (MD), Molinaro (NY), Peters (CA): Instructs
the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to HFAC/HASC/
HPSCI about US efforts to support Israel's efforts to rescue
the hostages in Gaza. Revision removes sense of Congress and
authorizations, and adds findings and a briefing requirement.
(10 minutes)
3. Fry (SC), Baird (IN): Declares that Israel is the United
States' greatest ally in the Middle East and demands the
release of all hostages held by Hamas. (10 minutes)
4. Boebert (CO): Prohibits DoD from contracting with
entities that are engaged in a boycott of the state of Israel.
(10 minutes)
5. Mast (FL), Tenney (NY), Crane (AZ): Prohibits U.S. funds
from building or rebuilding in the Gaza Strip. (10 minutes)
6. Ogles (TN): Expresses the sense of Congress that the
Department of Defense and its agencies should not participate
in the Eurosatory defense exhibition if Israeli firms are not
allowed to participate or if restrictions or the threat of
restriction of any party's participation in the event is used
as a means of deterring Israel from defending itself. (10
minutes)
7. Buchanan (FL), Kustoff (TN), Tenney (NY), Soto (FL):
Sense of Congress supporting the mission of the Department of
Defense in helping Israel fend of attacks from Hamas by
supporting the Iron Dome system. (10 minutes)
8. Arrington (TX), Tenney (NY), Jackson (TX): Prohibits DOD
funds from being used for the operation of aircraft to
transport Palestinian refugees to the U.S. (10 minutes)
9. Curtis (UT), Reschenthaler (PA), Tenney (NY): Prohibits
the Secretary of Defense from knowingly permitting the sale, at
a commissary store or military exchange, of any good, ware,
article, or merchandise from any company that has engaged in or
engages in a boycott of the State of Israel. (10 minutes)
10. Biggs (AZ), Ogles (TN), Crane (AZ): 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)
11. Gosar (AZ), Biggs (AZ): Requires the expeditious
disclosure of all records relating to the January 28, 2024
attack on Tower 22 in Jordan. (10 minutes)
12. Mace (SC), Tenney (NY), Rosendale (MT), LaMalfa (CA),
Fry (SC): Prohibits funds authorized or otherwise made
available for the Department of Defense in FY25 from being used
to build, maintain, or repair a pier off the coast of Gaza, or
to transport aid to such a pier. (10 minutes)
13. Davidson (OH): Prohibits funding for the acquisition,
construction, installation, maintenance, or restoration of a
temporary or permanent pier, port, or similar structure off the
coast of Gaza, including for the deployment of any equipment or
members of the Armed Forces to Gaza relating to such structure.
(10 minutes)
14. Green (TN), Tenney (NY): Prohibits the Secretary of
Defense from providing any support for the production of a film
subject to content restrictions or censorship screening
requirements from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or
government of the People's Republic of China (PRC). (10
minutes)
15. Perry (PA), Ogles (TN): Prohibits the use of funds made
available by this Act to promote a ``one country, two systems''
solution for Taiwan. (10 minutes)
16. Ogles (TN), Crane (AZ): Prevents funds authorized by
this Act from being made available to any company based in the
People's Republic of China or any company whose beneficial
ownership is Chinese. (10 minutes)
17. Ogles (TN), Duncan (SC): Strikes the national security
waiver (subsection b of Section 1259 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019). That waiver leaves
open the possibility of PRC participation in RIMPAC naval
exercises. (10 minutes)
18. Ogles (TN), Davidson (OH), Duncan (SC): No funds
authorized by this Act may be used to carry out any provision
of law that diverts away funds appropriated for assistance for
the Indo-Pacific region through September 30, 2025. (10
minutes)
19. Barr (KY): Requires the DOD to publish the names of all
Chinese Military Companies listed on the 1260H list in Mandarin
Chinese as well as English. (10 minutes)
20. Reschenthaler (PA), McClain (MI), Tenney (NY), Ogles
(TN): Prohibits funds to support the Wuhan Institute of
Virology, EcoHealth Alliance, any laboratory owned or
controlled by adversarial nations, or gain-of-function research
of concern. (10 minutes)
21. Reschenthaler (PA), Roy (TX), Tenney (NY), Meuser (PA),
Joyce (PA): Prohibits funds to require travel or transportation
under the Joint Travel Regulations for Uniformed Services to be
in a zero-emission vehicle. (10 minutes)
22. Greene (GA), Burlison (MO): States that none of the
funds made available by this act may be used for electric
vehicles or an electric vehicle charging infrastructure. (10
minutes)
23. Biggs (AZ): Exempts defense related activities from the
Endangered Species Act. (10 minutes)
24. Roy (TX), Ogles (TN), Nehls (TX), Tenney (NY), Crane
(AZ): None of the funds authorized by this Act may be used to
implement President Biden's Climate Change Executive Orders (EO
13990, EO 14008, Section 6 of EO 14013, EO 14030, EO 14057, EO
14082, EO 14096). (10 minutes)
25. Gosar (AZ): Authorizes employees at the Yuma Proving
Grounds to use nonelectric vehicles in the performance of their
duties. (10 minutes)
26. Smith (NJ), Van Drew (NJ), Harris (MD): Require the
Secretary of Defense to certify offshore wind projects in the
North Atlantic Planning Area will not compromise radar and
sonar capabilities or create risks to national defense. Directs
the Inspector General to audit the practices and findings of
the Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting
Clearinghouse for the North Atlantic Planning Area. (10
minutes)
27. Edwards (NC), Gluesenkamp Perez (WA): Requires the
Department of Defense to submit an annual report to the
Administrator of the General Services Administration on certain
office space occupancy data. Requires the Secretary of Defense
to draft and finalize written procedures to govern the return
of unused office space to the General Services Administration.
(10 minutes)
28. Mace (SC): Prohibits funds authorized or otherwise made
available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year to
be made available for closure or realignment of Marine Corps
Recruit Depot, Parris Island. (10 minutes)
29. Crawford (AR): Directs the Secretary of the Air Force
to submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
House of Representatives a report on the feasibility and
advisability of a reactivation of Eaker Air Force Base in
Blytheville, AR to serve as an Air Force Training Center. (10
minutes)
30. Walberg (MI): Requires a report from the Secretary of
Defense within 180 days and on an annual basis thereafter
regarding the number of instances in which illegal aliens
attempt to enter a military installation. (10 minutes)
31. Buchanan (FL): Expresses a sense of Congress that the
United States should not be spending more money to house
illegal immigrants than we do on housing for America's military
families. (10 minutes)
32. Green (TN): Shifts Mexico from the area of the
responsibility of United States Northern Command to the area of
responsibility of United States Southern Command. (10 minutes)
33. Crenshaw (TX): This amendment requires a report from
SECDEF on Mexican military action against Mexican drug cartels,
Mexican military capabilities, and DOD operational plans to
defeat Mexican drug cartels with varying degrees of
coordination and cooperation from the Mexican government. (10
minutes)
34. Crenshaw (TX): This amendment would prioritize small
and medium law enforcement organizations (those with a annual
budget of less than $200M) within 100 miles of the border under
the 1033 program (10 USC Sec. 2576a(d), which provides law
enforcement with excess defense articles) to increase their
counter drug surveillance and interdiction capabilities. (10
minutes)
35. Waltz (FL): Prohibits enforcement of any regulation,
rule, guidance, policy, or recommendation issued pursuant to
Executive Orders 13688 and 14074 that limits the sale,
donation, or transfer of excess property under the 1033
Program. (10 minutes)
36. Biggs (AZ), Crane (AZ): Prohibits the use of funds for
any project or activity related to NATO until the SECDEF
certifies to the congressional defense committees that each
member country of NATO has spent 2 percent of the respective
GDP on defense expenditures. (10 minutes)
37. Greene (GA), Crane (AZ): Provides that none of the
funds made available by this Act may be used for assistance to
Ukraine. (10 minutes)
38. Davidson (OH), Roy (TX), Ogles (TN), Nehls (TX):
Prohibits funding to Ukraine until the President submits a
strategy to Congress for U.S. involvement in Ukraine. (10
minutes)
39. Gosar (AZ), Biggs (AZ): Prohibits the administration
from diverting any funds from barracks construction for US
troops to facilitate further aid to Ukraine. (10 minutes)
40. Gaetz (FL), Jacobs (CA), Titus (NV), Omar (MN):
Prohibition on the transfer of cluster munitions. (10 minutes)
41. Banks (IN): Establishes a permanent hiring freeze for
diversity, equity, and inclusion jobs in the Department. (10
minutes)
42. Norman (SC), Tenney (NY), Crane (AZ): Eliminates any
offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within the Armed
Forces and Department of Defense along with the personnel in
said offices. (10 minutes)
43. Higgins (LA), Roy (TX), Duncan (SC), Tenney (NY), Baird
(IN): Eliminates the position of Chief Diversity Officer of the
Department of Defense and prohibits the establishment of any
substantially similar position. (10 minutes)
44. Clyde (GA), Good (VA): Directs the Secretary of the
Army to relocate the Reconciliation Memorial, also known as the
Reconciliation Monument, to its original location in Arlington
National Cemetery. (10 minutes)
45. Williams (TX): Prohibits funding of companies who
function to demonetize domestic entities based on their lawful
speech. (10 minutes)
46. Steube (FL), Banks (IN): Prohibits DODEA from
purchasing, displaying, or maintaining material that promotes
radical gender ideology or pornographic content. (10 minutes)
47. Luna (FL), Banks (IN): Prohibits the promotion of
critical race theory and associated race-based theories. (10
minutes)
48. Boebert (CO): Prohibition on federal funding for the
Countering Extremist Activity Working Group or implement any
recommendations from the group. (10 minutes)
49. Mills (FL): Strikes exemption that allows military
chain of command or senior civilian leadership to approve the
display of unapproved flags at military installations. (10
minutes)
50. Waltz (FL): Edits the provision signed into law in the
FY24 NDAA, reverting it back to the House-passed language to
create sex-neutral physical fitness standards for combat MOS;
adds 2 additional combat MOSs. (10 minutes)
51. Ogles (TN): Prohibition on Mask Mandate to Prevent the
Spread of COVID-19 on a Military Installation in the United
States. (10 minutes)
52. Rosendale (MT), Moore (AL), Ogles (TN), Burlison (MO),
Moylan (GU), Tenney (NY), Lesko (AZ), Mooney (WV), Davidson
(OH), Crane (AZ): Prohibits TRICARE from covering and the
Department of Defense from furnishing gender transition
surgeries and gender hormone treatments for individuals that
identify as transgender. (10 minutes)
53. Norman (SC), Crane (AZ): Prohibits the provision of
gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication,
through the Exceptional Family Medical Program. (10 minutes)
54. Brecheen (OK), Duncan (SC): Prohibits drag shows, drag
queen story hours, and similar events. (10 minutes)
55. Van Duyne (TX), Roy (TX), Jackson (TX), Higgins (LA),
Bergman (MI), Banks (IN), Cloud (TX), Ogles (TN), Alford (MO),
Mooney (WV), Posey (FL), Palmer (AL), Moore (AL), Houchin (IN),
Fischbach (MN), Biggs (AZ), Tenney (NY), Timmons (SC),
Rosendale (MT), Smith (NJ), Duncan (SC), Webster (FL), Weber
(TX), Aderholt (AL), Brecheen (OK), Hageman (WY), Burlison
(MO), Williams (TX), Moore (UT), Moran (TX), Dunn (FL), Hern
(OK), Good (VA), Fulcher (ID), Lesko (AZ), Clyde (GA), Self
(TX), Guest (MS), Kustoff (TN), Joyce (PA), LaMalfa (CA), Kelly
(MS), Burchett (TN), Crenshaw (TX), Miller (IL), Fry (SC),
Baird (IN), Mills (FL): Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from
paying for or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion
services. (10 minutes)
56. Perry (PA): Requires a report from the Secretary
Defense on the use of taxpayer-funded official time. (10
minutes)
57. Rosendale (MT), Griffith (VA): Amends Section 1021(b)
of the FY12 NDAA to limit the authority of the U.S. military to
indefinitely detain individuals pursuant to the 2001 AUMF, to
exclude American citizens from being subject to detention. (10
minutes)
58. McCormick (GA): Amends Section 565--Transition
Assistance Program: Department of Labor Employment Navigator
and Partnership Pilot Program--to provide for a coordination
partner for the implementation of such program. (10 minutes)
59. Tenney (NY): Makes the report required by Section 1236
of the FY23 NDAA into an annual report for 5 years. (10
minutes)
60. Graves (LA), Huffman (CA): Adds countering illegal,
unreported, and unregulated fishing as an authorization for
which the Secretary may support foreign security capacity
building. Identical to H.R. 5479 (118th Congress). (10 minutes)
61. Donalds (FL), Tiffany (WI), Tenney (NY), Ogles (TN):
Requires the Department of Defense use the term ``Taiwan''
instead of the term ``Chinese Taipei.'' (10 minutes)
62. Houchin (IN), Bucshon (IN), Jackson Lee (TX): Requires
DoD schools notify parents if their student is not reading at
grade-level proficiency by the end of third grade. (10 minutes)
63. Foster (IL), DesJarlais (TN), 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)
64. Gosar (AZ): Requires the DoD to submit a report to
Congress on the training of Ukrainian Armed Forces, including
pilots, within the geographic United States. (10 minutes)
65. Van Duyne (TX), DelBene (WA): Requires a study and a
report on allowing organ procurement organizations access to
Space-A flights operated by DoD. (10 minutes)
66. Boebert (CO): Require DoD to report on institutions of
higher education which host Confucius Institutes that have
received DoD funding. (10 minutes)
67. Garamendi (CA), Waltz (FL): Closes ``Buy America''
loophole to subject loans and loan guarantees for shipyard
improvements under the Maritime Administration's (MARAD)
Federal Ship Financing (Title XI) Program to the same ``Buy
America'' requirements for the Small Shipyard Grant Program
under current law (FY2020 NDAA). (10 minutes)
68. Garamendi (CA), Scott, Austin (GA), Gonzalez-Colon
(PR), Panetta (CA), Peltola (AK): Adds the Commandant of the
U.S. Coast Guard to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (10 minutes)
69. Huizenga (MI), Tenney (NY), Connolly (VA), Baird (IN):
Expresses the sense of Congress that each NATO member state
should commit, at a minimum, 2% of its GDP to defense spending
to ensure NATO's military readiness. (10 minutes)
70. Bacon (NE): Revises existing copyright protections for
faculty of Department of Defense academic institutions. (10
minutes)
71. Pfluger (TX): Revokes the security clearances to
retired or separated civilian and/or military Department of
Defense personnel that engage in lobbying for certain Chinese
companies. (10 minutes)
72. Pfluger (TX), Moylan (GU), Tenney (NY), Jackson (TX),
Ogles (TN): Requires the administration to provide information
on how proceeds from illicit Iranian oil exports are funding
the IRGC and Iranian-backed terrorist proxies. (10 minutes)
73. Donalds (FL), Kiggans (VA): Directs the Secretary of
Defense to compile a list of at least 30 specific opportunities
to potentially deploy advanced nuclear reactors to bolster the
DOD's operational energy, installation energy, and
expeditionary energy capabilities. (10 minutes)
74. Davis (NC): Increases (with an offset to an under-
executed account) Air Force Base Support to modernize
installation law enforcement operations and physical security
protection and services. (10 minutes)
75. Case (HI), Moylan (GU): Requires a study into how to
improve the Navy's use of net metering. (10 minutes)
76. Bacon (NE), Lee (NV), Panetta (CA), Deluzio (PA):
Establishes a pilot program within the Department of the Air
Force for rapid response language training. (10 minutes)
77. Massie (KY): Requires a report on the casualty and
equipment losses for both sides involved in the conflict in
Ukraine. (10 minutes)
78. Mills (FL): Codifies current DoD MWR retail facility
policy to permit Department of Defense civilians and retirees
or department in which the Coast Guard is operating to use MWR
retail facilities on the same basis as members of the armed
forces. A civilian employee or retired civilian employee may
not purchase tobacco or a military uniform at MWR retail
facilities. (10 minutes)
79. Huizenga (MI): Requires the Department of Defense to
report to Congress building upon the restriction on DOD's
contact with the PLA by detailing measures DOD is taking to
mitigate the risk of the PLA gaining indirect knowledge of U.S.
Armed Forces' equipment and operational tactics, techniques,
and produces through interaction with the militaries of U.S.
allies and partners. The report should identify any obstacles
to ensuring sufficient partners awareness of these risks and
for conducting the necessary follow-up and end-use monitoring
to ensure compliance. (10 minutes)
80. Gottheimer (NJ), Moylan (GU): 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)
81. Case (HI), Moylan (GU), Duncan (SC): Requires a study
to identify the combat medical support requirements needed
during a crisis or conflict in the broader Indo-Pacific and
determine the best medical strategy to minimize casualties and
reduce risk to the joint force. (10 minutes)
82. 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)
83. Neguse (CO): Requires responsiveness testing of Defense
Logistics Agency pharmaceutical contracts. (10 minutes)
84. Edwards (NC), Davis (NC): Requires the Department of
Defense to conduct an assessment of the 15 counties in Western
North Carolina as potential locations for future defense assets
and to prepare a report for Congress. (10 minutes)
85. Banks (IN), Moylan (GU), Tenney (NY), Baird (IN):
Prohibits DOD from contracting with any entity which provides
semiconductors or related products or services to Huawei. (10
minutes)
86. 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)
87. 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)
88. Neguse (CO): 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)
89. Neguse (CO), Pettersen (CO): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to establish University Centers for Arctic National
Security Studies, in collaboration with the Ted Stevens Center
for Arctic Security Studies, to set mission priorities for the
Department of Defense relating to the Arctic domain. (10
minutes)
90. Fallon (TX), Waltz (FL): Amends the Secondary Education
Act (SEA) to ensure military recruiters have the same physical
access to campus as other non-military recruiters from
industry, private business, and higher education. Requires the
DOD to report to Department of Education an annual report on
schools that do not follow the provision. This amendment is the
same textually and substantively as HR 8269. (10 minutes)
91. Obernolte (CA), Moylan (GU): Directs GAO to study Home-
Based Businesses at remote and isolated installations and make
recommendations on ways to improve the program in order to
address critical quality of life, morale, and welfare issues.
(10 minutes)
92. Obernolte (CA), Houlahan (PA): Directs the Under
Secretary of Defense and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to
assess and report back to Congress on domestic high-potential
Rare Earth Element (REE) sites where new or additional mining
operations could be established. (10 minutes)
93. 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)
94. Brownley (CA), Crow (CO): Provides $20 million for the
C-130 modular airborne firefighting system (MAFFS), the
remaining amount necessary to complete acquisition for the 4
MAFFS units nation-wide, including California, Colorado, North
Carolina, and Wyoming. Offset from VC-25B, which GAO has
identified as delayed and unable to spend funds. (10 minutes)
95. Lee (NV), Amodei (NV): Authorizes the Secretary of the
Air Force and Secretary of the Navy to designate the assignment
of a member of the Armed Forces to Creech Air Force Base,
Nevada, or Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, respectively, as
an assignment that makes the member eligible for assignment
incentive pay. (10 minutes)
96. 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)
97. Houlahan (PA), Reschenthaler (PA): Requires a report on
the TRICARE program's copays related to outpatient visits for
mental health or behavioral health care. (10 minutes)
98. Houlahan (PA), Courtney (CT): PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST
STANDALONE ELECTRO-DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCIES
IN SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL READINESS, AND MEDICAL
PROCESSES. (10 minutes)
99. Joyce (OH), Fitzpatrick (PA): Requires the Department
of Defense to carry out a two-year pilot program to program
suicide prevention resources onto smart devices issued to
members of the Armed Forces and to provide training on these
resources. Identical to H.R. 3009 (118th Congress). (10
minutes)
100. Panetta (CA): Authorizes the Medal of Honor upgrade
for Thomas H. Griffin for acts of valor as a member of the Army
during the Vietnam War. (10 minutes)
101. Obernolte (CA): Directs the Air Force to pursue
efforts to research, develop, and demonstrate advanced
propellant mixing technologies for solid rocket motor (SRM)
propulsion systems. (10 minutes)
102. Panetta (CA), Bacon (NE), Trone (MD), Wagner (MO),
Rodgers (WA), Schneider (IL): Creates a foreign military
officer subject matter expert exchange program with key Middle
East partners in areas such as artificial intelligence,
military doctrine and spending, cyber resiliency,
counterterrorism, and more. (10 minutes)
103. Panetta (CA): Directs the Commander of USSOCOM, in
consultation with the Commander of USNORTHCOM, to develop a
Special Operations Forces Arctic Security strategy. (10
minutes)
104. 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)
105. Davidson (OH), Roy (TX), Nehls (TX): Requires the
Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on allied
contributions to the common defense. (10 minutes)
106. Jackson Lee (TX): Seeks a report 180 days following
enactment from the Secretary of DoD, which will include the
Coast Guard, on the rate of maternity mortality rate among
members of the Armed Forces and the dependents of such members.
(10 minutes)
107. Moore (AL), Ivey (MD): Requires the Department of
Defense to report funding transfers to Members of Congress
whose district(s) would be negatively impacted by a funding
transfer or reprogramming action. It also requires the relevant
military service to provide a briefing, if requested, to the
relevant Member(s) of Congress as to why the transfer was
necessary. (10 minutes)
108. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires Secretary of Defense to
report to Congress programs and procedures employed to ensure
students studying abroad through Department of Defense National
Security Education Programs are trained to recognize, resist,
and report against recruitment efforts by agents of foreign
governments. (10 minutes)
109. Jackson Lee (TX): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
promulgate regulations to ensure that candidates granted
admission to attend a military academy undergo screening for
speech disorders and be provided the results of the screening
test and a list of warfare unrestricted line (URL) Officer
positions and occupation specialists that require successful
performance on the speech test. Academy students shall have the
option of undergoing speech therapy to reduce speech disorders
or impediments. (10 minutes)
110. 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. (10 minutes)
111. Amodei (NV), Peltola (AK): Directs the Secretary of
the Navy, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and the
Commandant of the Coast Guard to submit a report on a Tri-
Service Arctic Maritime Strategy outlining areas of cooperation
and alignment within the Arctic region to combat current and
potential threats, as well as provide guidance on how the three
branches can deepen cooperation and pursue joint modernization
efforts in the Arctic. (10 minutes)
112. Case (HI): Seeks to find ways for the four Navy public
shipyards to pool together efforts to maximize the number of
people entering into its apprenticeship program. (10 minutes)
113. Ezell (MS), Garamendi (CA): Enhances military
readiness during a declared emergency by ensuring critical
cargo can be efficiently moved through ports. This amendment is
substantively identical to H.R. 6140. (10 minutes)
114. Gottheimer (NJ), Titus (NV), Moskowitz (FL): Expresses
support for joint U.S.-Israel cooperation in the space arena
between NASA and the Israel Space Agency, including joint U.S.
Air Force and the Israeli Air Force's newly created Space Force
in areas of research, development, test, and evaluation. (10
minutes)
115. Scott, Austin (GA): Modifies the types of support for
counterdrug activities and activities to counter transnational
organized crime. Enables DoD to support law enforcement
requests within the Joint Interagency Task Force South's Joint
Operating Area. (10 minutes)
116. Gottheimer (NJ), Tenney (NY), Sherman (CA): 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)
117. Lee (NV), Gonzales, Tony (TX), Schrier (WA), Pappas
(NH): Requires the Secretary of Defense to report on Defense
Community Infrastructure Program funds that have been used to
support child care options near military bases and any barriers
that have prevented such funding for these purposes. (10
minutes)
118. Luttrell (TX), Nunn (IA): Requires the Secretary of
Defense, acting through the Chief Data and Artificial
Intelligence Officer, to coordinate and accelerate the adoption
of large language models by the Department of Defense by
improving the access and quality of the existing structured and
unstructured data of the Department to ensure such data is
immediately ready to use in conjunction with machine learning
applications being developed, tested, or in production by the
Armed Forces. (10 minutes)
119. Donalds (FL): Establishes a comprehensive, forward-
looking national strategy to deploying advanced portable
nuclear microreactors to assist with natural disaster response
efforts. (10 minutes)
120. Green (TN): 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)
121. Bilirakis (FL), Pappas (NH), Goldman (NY): Requires a
report on multilateral exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean.
(10 minutes)
122. Gottheimer (NJ), Schneider (IL), Suozzi (NY), Nickel
(NC), Espaillat (NY), Sherman (CA), Hudson (NC), Pettersen
(CO), Stevens (MI), LaMalfa (CA), Raskin (MD), Auchincloss
(MA), Hoyer (MD), Davis (NC), Moskowitz (FL), Norcross (NJ),
Titus (NV), Wasserman Schultz (FL), Goldman (NY), Molinaro
(NY), Peters (CA), Slotkin (MI): Authorizes a Report Authored
by the Secretary of Defense to study steps Israel, the U.S.,
and Egypt can take to enhance international security measures
on the Gaza-Egypt border to ensure Hamas and other actors
cannot use tunnels or methods via the Mediterranean Sea to
smuggle weapons and illicit goods. Additionally, report will
outline/ map existing tunnel networks. (10 minutes)
123. Self (TX): Names the Spearhead-class expeditionary
fast transport vessel that has been ordered (Hull Number T-EPF-
16) after Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey. (10 minutes)
124. 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)
125. Frost (FL): Requires the Department of Defense and
Armed Services Inspectors General to evaluate and report the
cost of financial investigations and the amount directly or
indirectly recovered through financial investigations. (10
minutes)
126. Tenney (NY), Ross (NC): Closes loopholes for child
predators under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by
ensuring that existing enhanced penalties for sexual crimes
involving children are applied equally to all sexual predators.
(10 minutes)
127. 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)
128. Roy (TX), Ogles (TN), Tenney (NY), Crane (AZ): States
that none of the funds authorized to the Department of Defense
or otherwise made available by this Act may be made available
directly or indirectly to the Government of Iran. (10 minutes)
129. Roy (TX): Requires DOD to submit a detailed
justification for the Department's yearly end strength request.
As part of the yearly Defense Manpower Requirements Report
(DMRR), it would require: an assessment of the most important
threats facing the U.S. by regional command; an explanation of
how end strength requests are calibrated to address those
threats; the primary missions of personnel in each region;
rationales for any increases or decreases in end strength
level; and an assessment of any areas in which end strength
cuts could be made. (10 minutes)
130. Budzinski (IL), Bost (IL), Crawford (AR), Moulton
(MA), Johnson (SD): Requires the Department of Defense to issue
regulations to the Department of the Army to ensure all boots
are Berry-amendment compliant and meet the highest quality and
performance standards.
The text of this amendment is identical to H.R. 8166
introduced in the 118th Congress. (10 minutes)
131. Porter (CA), Jacobs (CA): Requires the screening and
registry of individuals with health conditions resulting from
unsafe housing units. (10 minutes)
132. Salazar (FL), Castro (TX): Requires the Armed Forces
Pest Management Board to conduct a study on the use and
presence of herbicide agents and toxic chemicals by the
Department in the Panama Canal Zone during the period beginning
on January 1, 1958, and ending on December 31, 1999. (10
minutes)
133. Perry (PA), Ogles (TN): Makes it the policy of the
United States to reject any attempt by the People's Republic of
China to mandate that US vessels provide them with information
about US vessels (ship name, call sign, location, type of
cargo) in areas that China illegally includes as part of its
maritime claims. (10 minutes)
134. Doggett (TX), Norman (SC): Establishes a panel of
experts to review contracts for major weapons systems, spare
parts, and services to determine whether the Department paid
excessive prices and make recommendations to ensure the
Department pays fair and reasonable prices in future contracts.
(10 minutes)
135. Bowman (NY): Requires a report on military recruitment
practices in public secondary schools. (10 minutes)
136. Pappas (NH), Salazar (FL): Requires the Assistant
Administrator for the Office of Entrepreneurial Development at
the Small Business Administration and the Director of Small
Business Programs at the Department of Defense to submit to a
report on the memorandum of understanding between the agencies.
(10 minutes)
137. Guest (MS), Kelly (MS): Prohibits the Secretary of the
Air Force from using a programmatic basing decision for
strategic basing and requires the Secretary of the Air Force,
within 30 days of enactment, to update the Department of the
Air Force's instruction or other policy to include this
prohibition. (10 minutes)
138. Ogles (TN), Tiffany (WI), Tenney (NY), Duncan (SC):
Directs the Secretary of Defense to invite the naval forces of
Taiwan to any Rim of the Pacific exercise that is to take place
following enactment of this Act. (10 minutes)
139. Ogles (TN): Amends Section 1259 of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 to add
another contingency on PRC eligibility to participate in Rim of
the Pacific Exercises: holding an internationally recognized
free and fair presidential election. (10 minutes)
140. Lee (NV), Moylan (GU): Requires the Director of the
Defense Health Agency (DHA), in collaboration with certain
military medical treatment facilities, to submit a report to
Congress on the provision of emergency and trauma care to
civilian patients. The report shall include any challenges
encountered by military treatment facilities in providing such
care, steps DHA has taken to overcome such challenges, and
recommendations to improve the provision of such care. (10
minutes)
141. Himes (CT), Crawford (AR), Bergman (MI): Expresses the
sense of Congress the importance of comprehensive cislunar
Space Domain Awareness capabilities and the need to ensure the
safety of flight of civil and commercial missions in cislunar
space. Directs the Chief of Space Operations to deliver a
report on three things: requirements for cislunar, the
department's plan for researching and developing technologies
for cislunar, and how the department coordinates with the
Cislunar Technology Strategy Interagency Working Group
regarding the progress made on the objectives laid out in the
November 2022 National Cislunar Science and Technology
Strategy. (10 minutes)
142. Biggs (AZ), Crane (AZ), Lee (CA), Pocan (WI): Requires
the Department of Defense to perform an audit. If it fails to,
the discretionary budget authority available for the Department
of Defense, the military department, or the Defense Agency
shall be reduced by .5 percent. (10 minutes)
143. Wenstrup (OH): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
conduct a study regarding the immune response levels of
servicemembers to COVID-19 infection and vaccination,
specifically including testing to detect nucleocapsid protein
immunoglobin-G antibodies and to detect T-cell immune response.
(10 minutes)
144. Biggs (AZ), Crane (AZ): Requires the Secretary of
State, Secretary of Defense, and United States Agency for
International Development to ubmit to Congress a report on
agreements made by the United States with the Taliban. (10
minutes)
145. Ogles (TN): On Page 599, Line 15, inserts the words
``classified or'' before ``unclassified'', permitting DOD
decisions /justifications on designating particular Chinese
Military Companies to remain classified. (10 minutes)
146. Scott, Austin (GA): Modifies Section 9062 of 10 USC
(Composition of the Air Force) to include the Air Force's Air
Logistics Complexes. (10 minutes)
147. Norman (SC), Doggett (TX): Requires the cost of any
project funded with financial support from the DOD to disclose
the cost to taxpayers. (10 minutes)
148. Norman (SC), Moylan (GU), Murphy (NC), Duncan (SC):
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)
149. Aderholt (AL): Tasks the Under Secretary for Defense
and Acquisition to incorporate global demand into program
guidance for major defense acquisition programs. Ensures that
programs plan for the complete demands on the US defense
industrial base beyond domestic requirements. (10 minutes)
150. 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)
151. Pascrell (NJ), Bacon (NE): 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)
152. Porter (CA): Requires a GAO report on the
implementation of the adjudication process for military medical
malpractice claims. (10 minutes)
153. Pascrell (NJ): Requires the Department of Defense to
develop a Traumatic Brain Injury Oversight Strategy and Action
Plan to standardize identification, treatment, tracking,
monitoring and referral guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury
programs across all military branches. The Action Plan must
include a standardized system of monitoring and care to include
a 72-hour post injury exam and protocols, data collection and
reporting guidelines. (10 minutes)
154. Norman (SC), Moylan (GU), Duncan (SC): Establishes
that it is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy
shall name a vessel of the United States Navy the ``U.S.S.
Major James Capers Jr.'' (10 minutes)
155. Rodgers (WA): Expresses a sense of Congress regarding
military service by individuals with amputations. (10 minutes)
156. Rodgers (WA): Changes the way the Soldier's Medal
affects military retirement pay. (10 minutes)
157. Curtis (UT), Tenney (NY): Modifies and updates a
report regarding Iranian involvement in the narcotics trade.
(10 minutes)
158. Higgins (LA): Prohibits the Department of Defense from
contracting with shipyards controlled by a foreign adversary.
(10 minutes)
159. Casten (IL), Chavez-DeRemer (OR), Fitzpatrick (PA),
Lynch (MA), Kelly (IL), Watson Coleman (NJ), Kiggans (VA),
DeSaulnier (CA), Molinaro (NY), Allred (TX): Requires the DOD
and HHS to collaborate on a study of barriers to mental health
care for military pilots, aviators, and air traffic
controllers, and report to congress on their recommendations to
address these barriers. (10 minutes)
160. Radewagen (AS), Sablan (MP): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to conduct a study on the feasibility of establishing a
unit of the National Guard in the territories of American Samoa
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These two
territories are the only two U.S. jurisdictions without a
National Guard. (10 minutes)
161. Davis (IL): Modifies the Department's Adoption
Reimbursement Program, authorized under Section 1052 of Title
10, to increase the authorized allotment Members of the Armed
Forces are eligible to receive per adoption and grants the Sec.
of Defense the authority to advance or reimburse funds to pre-
adoptive servicemembers. Authorizes program eligibility for
Members of the Armed Forces and their families who purse legal
guardianship as a means of providing permanency for a child.
(10 minutes)
162. Pascrell (NJ), Wilson (SC), Grijalva (AZ), Brownley
(CA), Houlahan (PA): Requires the Department of Defense to
conduct a study to analyze the enhancement of diagnostic
screening tools for traumatic brain injury (TBI), including
identifying point-of-injury solutions for TBI testing to
improve the medical care available to forward-deployed units.
(10 minutes)
163. Stauber (MN): Increases (with an offset to Defense-
wide RDT&E) Army RDT&E funding by $5 million for the
demonstration of high-pressure waterjet cut and capture system
to demilitarize underwater munitions. (10 minutes)
164. 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)
165. Alford (MO): Revises the DoD Small Business Strategy
Reporting Requirements (10 USC Sec. 4901). (10 minutes)
166. 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)
167. Porter (CA): The DOD Secretary, acting through the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment,
shall issue guidance on how DOD will--(1) categorize all spare
parts in the global spares pool and hold them accountable under
a contract (2) consider a spare part asset to be government-
furnished property (3) make contractors eport government-owned
global spares pool losses of spare parts that are not
accountable under a contract, until all spare parts in the
global spares pool are made accountable under a contract and
losses are entered into the GFP Module for DCMA's adjudication
(4) provide disposition instructions, consistent with federal
regulations, for spare parts in the global spares pool that are
excess, obsolete, or unserviceable until such parts are entered
into the GFP Module for disposition. (10 minutes)
168. Carter (GA), Ezell (MS): Prohibits any funding from
cutting services provided by Combat Readiness Training Centers
operated by the U.S. Air National Guard. (10 minutes)
169. Mast (FL), McCormick (GA), Panetta (CA), Rodgers (WA):
Clarifies that the Secretary of each Military Department
retains personal responsibility and authority over a service
member that is under consideration by a medical evaluation
board or while subject to the Integrated Disability Evaluation
System. Authorizes a Secretary to pause or withdraw a member
from the Integrated Disability Evaluation System and
establishes a separate appeals process within the Military
Department concerned. (10 minutes)
170. Stanton (AZ), Fallon (TX), Kiggans (VA): This
amendment will require the Secretary of Defense to conduct a
study on what off-the-shelf information technology products the
Department of Defense uses that are manufactured, produced, or
assembled by entities subject to the control of a foreign
adversary. Off-the-shelf technology is software and hardware
that already exists and is available from commercial sources.
(10 minutes)
171. Schneider (IL): Instructs the SBA Administrator to
carry out a program to be known as `Boots to Business Program'
to provide entrepreneurship training to covered individuals.
(10 minutes)
172. Larsen (WA): Requires DoDEA to provide an introduction
on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Topics covered should include but not limited to the
foundations of AI and ML, definitions of AI and ML, and the
ethical use of AI applications. (10 minutes)
173. Eshoo (CA), Thompson (CA), Mullin (CA), Lofgren (CA),
Johnson (GA), Davis (NC), Magaziner (RI): 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)
174. Larsen (WA): Requires the military branches to provide
an online distance education course on artificial intelligence
(AI) and machine learning (ML). Course should focus on
foundations and definitions of AI and ML and the ethical use of
AI. (10 minutes)
175. Cartwright (PA), Moore (UT), Owens (UT), Cloud (TX),
Tonko (NY), Murphy (NC): Requires Department of Defense (DoD)
officials to submit to Congress information regarding the
minimum annual investment in DoD depots and industrial
facilities needed to prevent further infrastructure
deterioration. (10 minutes)
176. Kuster (NH), Joyce (OH): Requires the National Guard
Bureau to submit an annual report to Congress on the number of
national guard members who received sexual assault prevention
and response training. (10 minutes)
177. Porter (CA): Requiring reporting of open interface
standards. (10 minutes)
178. Waltz (FL): Requires an assessment and report by
TRANSCOM on the Global Household Goods Contract during peak
season. (10 minutes)
179. Calvert (CA): Modifies the Innovators Information
Repository to include DIU and CDAO, plus periodic update
requirements and a report to defense committees. (10 minutes)
180. Buchanan (FL): Requires the Secretary of the Navy to
report to Congress on the benefits and feasibility of
establishing a training and safety program for operating
Assault Amphibious Vehicles. (10 minutes)
181. Molinaro (NY): Directs the Secretary of the Army to
submit a report on the progress of the Black Hawk helicopter
program. (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. Buchanan (FL), Tenney (NY): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to submit a report to the House Armed Services
Committee on the effectiveness of the Future Soldier
Preparatory Course and include recommendations on actions to
improve or expand the program. (10 minutes)
184. Molinaro (NY): Directs the DoD's Chief Artificial
Intelligence Office to report to Congress on the effectiveness
of the agency's current AI workforce and identify gaps in
skills and training required to preserve the United States'
global technological competitiveness. (10 minutes)
185. Buchanan (FL): Mandates the Department of Defense to
promptly notify the Department of Veterans Affairs about
someone transitioning from active duty to a veteran with an
opioid use disorder. (10 minutes)
186. Buchanan (FL), Scott (VA): Requires the Department of
Defense to conduct a study on the accessibility of mental
health care providers and services for members of the Armed
Forces serving on active duty. (10 minutes)
187. Buchanan (FL), Gonzales, Tony (TX): Expresses a sense
of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should raise the
Family Separation Allowance to $400 per month, as authorized by
the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act. (10 minutes)
188. Buchanan (FL), Molinaro (NY): Requires the Department
of Defense to maintain prescription drop boxes on all military
bases to allow for the safe disposal of unused prescription
drugs, including opioids. (10 minutes)
189. James (MI): States that upon the cancellation of FARA
and UH-60V programs, the Army shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a plan to field certain Army aviation
components concurrently and proportionately in the Army
National Guard. (10 minutes)
190. Bergman (MI), Carbajal (CA), McCormick (GA), Khanna
(CA), Kiggans (VA): Authorizes a $25,000,000 increase to
Operation Cattle Drive, which is the Department of the Navy's
information technology modernization initiative, in FY25. (10
minutes)
191. Reschenthaler (PA), Bice (OK), Houchin (IN), Brecheen
(OK), Good (VA), Cloud (TX): Requires a report on security
cooperation with the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands
and the treatment of and human rights abuses committed against
U.S. citizens by the Government of Turks and Caicos Islands.
(10 minutes)
192. Casar (TX): Requires a GAO study assessing the child
care programs that exist across the Department of Defense
including: Child Development Centers, Family Child Care,
Military Child Care in Your Neighborhood, and Child Care in
Your Home. Metrics must be disaggregated by service branch. (10
minutes)
193. Grothman (WI), Sessions (TX): Requires quarterly
reporting from the Department to Congress on any instances of
foreign actors infiltrating or attempting to infiltrate a
military installation, facility, or real property under the
jurisdiction of the Department. (10 minutes)
194. Jacobs (CA): Amends Department of Defense annual
reports on its Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation of
security cooperation programs to include a description of
challenges experienced in program execution. (10 minutes)
195. Meng (NY): Provides for hybrid or remote options for
paid fellowship opportunities for military spouses through the
Permanent Military Spouse Career Accelerator Program. (10
minutes)
196. Spartz (IN): Requires DoD IG to reconcile the numbers
on U.S. aid to Ukraine. (10 minutes)
197. Case (HI): Directs the Department of Defense (DoD) to
assess wildfire mitigation, response and recovery capabilities
and shortfalls in Hawai`i. It includes a requirement to assess
interoperability with federal, state and local partners. (10
minutes)
198. Crockett (TX), Wenstrup (OH): Directs the Secretary,
in consultation with ODNI, to provide Congress a report on the
administrative and legal challenges that would need to be
addressed by, as well as anticipated benefits from, any future
legislation to accelerate security clearance reviews for
military spouses by allowing information from the security
clearance review of the married servicemember's Spousal Review
to be used in the security clearance review of the military
spouse. (10 minutes)
199. Lee (NV): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
designate Creech Air Force Base, located in Indian Springs,
Nevada, as a remote or isolated installation. (10 minutes)
200. Schneider (IL): Expands bereavement leave in
connection with the death of a spouse or child for
servicemembers from 2 to 12 weeks. (10 minutes)
201. Moskowitz (FL), Wilson (SC): Requires an assessment of
the accuracy of Gaza Ministry of Health Casualty Reporting. (10
minutes)
202. Torres (CA): Directs the Secretary of the Department
of Defense to submit a report to Congress on transferring
military acquired credentials to the civilian workforce.
Identical to H.R. 8511 (118th Congress). (10 minutes)
203. Barr (KY): Expresses a Sense of Congress Regarding the
Feasibility Study for Blue Grass Army Depot and Blue Grass
Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. (10 minutes)
204. Fitzpatrick (PA): Makes a modification to multiyear
procurement authority for certain critical minerals. Revision
includes a provision allowing the Secretary to give priority to
critical minerals derived from recycled and reused minerals/
metals. (10 minutes)
205. Spartz (IN): Includes Oversight committees in
briefings on DoD's financial audits. (10 minutes)
206. Davidson (OH): Reduces funding to the Office of the
Secretary of Defense by 5 percent if they fail to submit
reports to Congress required under Section 725 of the FY24
NDAA. (10 minutes)
207. Wenstrup (OH), Sewell (AL): Updates credentialing and
privileging under the military health system to expand the
recognition of board certification for physicians. (10 minutes)
208. Barr (KY): Directs the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of the Army, the Commanding
General, Army Materiel Command and the Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology to develop
a requirement for the establishment of a shipping container
production facility within the United States at an Army
installation found to meet feasibility and readiness goals. (10
minutes)
209. Sherrill (NJ), Kiggans (VA), Pappas (NH): Instructs
the Department of Defense to conduct outreach to institutions
of higher education to support their entrance into the
Skillbridge Program as Skillbridge Program providers, through
which they will connect transitioning servicemembers to in-
demand employment and training opportunities. (10 minutes)
210. Pettersen (CO), Neguse (CO), Crow (CO), Lamborn (CO):
Directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
to convene a working group of subject matter experts from the
extramural community and Military Health System to develop a
strategy and the medical research and development requirements
to deliver pre-hospital, life-saving interventions in Arctic
environments. (10 minutes)
211. Ciscomani (AZ): Provides for the conveyance of land
from Ft. Huachuca Army Instillation in Sierra Vista, Arizona to
the City of Sierra Vista. (10 minutes)
212. Pettersen (CO): Requires the National Guard Bureau to
brief Congress on the effectiveness of existing child care
support services provided to National Guard members during
Weekend Drill commitments. (10 minutes)
213. Pfluger (TX): Requires Psychological Performance
Training for US servicemembers to improve psychological health
and overall member quality of life. (10 minutes)
214. Soto (FL): Authorizes an increase to the U.S. Air
Force's Aerospace Propulsion program to support high-hypersonic
detonation propulsion research and technology with an offset to
the Air Force's Administration account, an historically under
executed account. (10 minutes)
215. Buchanan (FL), Kean (NJ): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to create a strategy to support the transition of
military aviation mechanics to commercial aviation mechanics
after active duty service. (10 minutes)
216. Soto (FL): Authorizes an increase to the U.S. Army's
Soldier Lethality Technology program to support adaptive and
intelligent adversary-threat models with an offset to the
Army's Other Personnel Support account, an historically under
executed account. (10 minutes)
217. Scott, Austin (GA): Requires a report from the Chief
of Naval Operations, in consultation with the Commandant of the
Coast Guard, on recommended modifications to the Expeditionary
Transfer Dock Ships that will best enable at-sea sustainment of
Joint Interagency Task Force South partner nation patrol
vessels and United States Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters.
(10 minutes)
218. Buchanan (FL): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
report to Congress on military technology and weapons lost to
the Taliban during the Afghanistan withdrawal. (10 minutes)
219. Schneider (IL), Tenney (NY), Bacon (NE), Gottheimer
(NJ): Requires a DOD briefing on Iranian support for nonstate
actors in North Africa. Revision changes `stop Iran' to `deter
Iran'. (10 minutes)
220. Buchanan (FL), Castor (FL): Expresses the sense of
Congress that the United States should remain committed to
helping the Philippines maintain the safety and security of the
Philippines, including helping the Philippines to defend
against threats to such safety and security from China. (10
minutes)
221. Obernolte (CA), Fong (CA): Directs the Secretary of
Defense, in coordination with the relevant Service Secretaries,
to develop an assessment of the health care system supporting
certain military installations in order to ensure adequate
health care for the civilian and military workforce. (10
minutes)
222. Schneider (IL), Bacon (NE), Nickel (NC), Trone (MD),
Pettersen (CO), LaMalfa (CA), Gottheimer (NJ), Auchincloss
(MA), Davis (NC), Hoyer (MD), Sherman (CA), Peters (CA):
Instructs Secretary of Defense and Director of DIA to advocate
on the Foreign Threat Intelligence Committee for $25,000,000
incentives for information regarding top Hamas terrorists.
Amendment unchanged--description revised. (10 minutes)
223. Buchanan (FL), Steel (CA), Schweikert (AZ): Requires
the Director of the Defense Health Agency to conduct a study
and report to Congress on how the agency can increase access to
telehealth services, including how telehealth can better mental
health treatment outcomes. (10 minutes)
224. Smith (NJ): Requires the GAO to investigate the US
Army's bio-weapons program from the years 1945-1972,
specifically experiments regarding vector-borne diseases,
including Lyme disease. Directs the report to include a review
of specified documents. (10 minutes)
225. Barr (KY), Dunn (FL), Porter (CA): Directs the Defense
Intelligence Agency to provide an annual assessment in the
China Military Power Report (or other relevant publication) on
China's investments and influence in the Pacific Islands and an
assessment on how their activities have or have not impacted
U.S. military strategy in the region, as it relates to the
Pacific Islands. (10 minutes)
226. Walberg (MI), Huizenga (MI), Tenney (NY), Stauber
(MN), Armstrong (ND): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit an annual report to Congress on DoD's assistance to
USCBP and DHS to secure our northern border. (10 minutes)
227. Slotkin (MI): Requires a GAO report on how Federal
agencies are collecting information on contractual conflicts of
interest between the U.S. and Chinese governments. Directs the
DoD to submit an annual report on the implementation of Section
812 of the FY24 NDAA. (10 minutes)
228. James (MI), Gonzalez, Vicente (TX): Amends section
1725 to bolster the current report language on South Africa.
Incorporates a full review of the bilateral relationship
between the United States and South Africa. (10 minutes)
229. Burlison (MO): Authorizes the President to award the
Medal of Honor to Chief Warrant Officer Gregory McManus. (10
minutes)
230. Schneider (IL), Bacon (NE), Carbajal (CA), Veasey
(TX): Recognizes the African Lion exercise hosted by Morocco
and requires a report to Congress. Revision adds HFAC/SFRC as
report recipients. (10 minutes)
231. Buchanan (FL), Mills (FL): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to submit to Congress a plan and strategy to construct
a memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate
the 13 servicemembers who died during the chaotic Afghanistan
withdrawal. (10 minutes)
232. Golden (ME): Modifies the current Opt-in to an Opt-out
option on the DD-2648 for sending transitioning servicemembers'
information to state veterans' agencies to ensure
servicemembers have the resources for a smooth transition to
civilian life. (10 minutes)
233. Westerman (AR), Womack (AR): Provides the state of
Arkansas 3 years to request permanent ownership of the former
Army Navy Hospital in Hot Springs, AR. (10 minutes)
234. Magaziner (RI), Kiggans (VA): Requires TRICARE's
managed care support contractors to keep provider directories
up to date. (10 minutes)
235. Smith (NJ): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
prevent any individual separated due to misconduct from
performing the same duties, or similar duties, as a contractor
for any Department of Defense entity. Directs the Secretary to
require all individuals hired to Department of Defense
contracts to use Declaration for Federal Employment Form
Approved OMB No. 3206-0812. (10 minutes)
236. Amodei (NV), Kiggans (VA): Provides a briefing from
the Army on the modernization and sustainment plans for
organizational clothing and equipment used in cold and extreme
cold weather environments. (10 minutes)
237. James (MI): Requires DoD, in consultation with State,
to submit a classified report, with an unclassified summary, to
Congress identifying all ways to increase security cooperation
with Kenya as a result of its major non-NATO ally designation.
(10 minutes)
238. Smith (NJ), Suozzi (NY), Tiffany (WI): 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)
239. Buchanan (FL): Requires the Comptroller General of the
United States to conduct a study to assess ways unmanned
vehicles can reduce overall operating expenses and costs at the
Department of Defense. (10 minutes)
240. Garbarino (NY): Provides $9 million in additional
authorizations for Surface and Shallow Water Mine
Countermeasures for assembly, engineering, and design. (10
minutes)
241. 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)
242. Amodei (NV): Provides a technical correction to a map
referenced in the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013
relating to the Churchill County Proposed Fallon Range Training
Complex Modernization and Lands Bill. (10 minutes)
243. Carbajal (CA), Newhouse (WA), Panetta (CA), LaMalfa
(CA), Pingree (ME), Duarte (CA): Requires any cut flowers or
cut green officially on display in public areas of the
Executive Office of the President, Department of Defense, or
Department of State be grown in the United States, District of
Columbia, or territory. Identical to H.R. 4604 (118th
Congress). (10 minutes)
244. Spartz (IN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report assessing the Department of Defense's
implementation of advanced data analysis for national defense
purposes. (10 minutes)
245. Green, Al (TX): Commissions posthumously the grade of
Captain to Army Sergeant Major Milton Holland. (10 minutes)
246. Garcia (TX), Joyce (OH), Fitzpatrick (PA), Jacobs
(CA), Davis (NC), Escobar (TX), Kiggans (VA), Moulton (MA),
Kilmer (WA), Slotkin (MI): Inserts requirement for the
Department of Defense to establish an annual training for
students who are enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps (JROTC) regarding the prevention of sexual
abuse. Identical to H.R. 2711 (118th Congress). (10 minutes)
247. Stansbury (NM): Extends period for cooperative
agreements under the Native American Lands Environmental
Mitigation Program from two calendar years to five to complete
a project. (10 minutes)
248. Joyce (OH): Authorizes the ``Project Spectrum''
program within the Office of Small Business Programs of the
Department of Defense to provide Department of Defense
suppliers that are small or medium businesses, through an
online platform, digital resources and services that increase
awareness about cybersecurity risks and help such entities to
comply with the cybersecurity requirements of the defense
acquisition system. (10 minutes)
249. Wilson (SC): Prohibits DOD from providing funds to
Badr Organization. (10 minutes)
250. Jackson (TX), Golden (ME), Pfluger (TX), Sherman (CA):
Authorizes cooperation between the United States and Israel on
emerging technology capabilities. (10 minutes)
251. Wilson (SC), Moskowitz (FL): Requires a report
regarding the assessment of Israel integration into the
National Technology Industrial Base. (10 minutes)
252. Buchanan (FL): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
report on the threat of rifle-toting robot dogs used by China
to the national security of the United States. (10 minutes)
253. Spanberger (VA): Codifies and updates the position of
Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official
(SIOO) per Department of Defense Directive 5148.13, which
prescribes the intelligence oversight responsibilities and
functions, relationships, and authorities of the DoD SIOO, to
ensure that the SIOO has responsibility to conduct independent
oversight of all Department of Defense intelligence,
intelligence-related, and sensitive activities. (10 minutes)
254. Slotkin (MI), Case (HI): Expands pilot program
location options to all 50 U.S. states, the District of
Columbia, and U.S. territories instead of just the continental
United States to develop or upgrade play spaces that are both
accessible and inclusive to military families at military
installations identified as having the highest concentration of
Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) families. (10 minutes)
255. Kildee (MI), James (MI), Dingell (MI), McClain (MI),
Scholten (MI), Moolenaar (MI), Bergman (MI), Stevens (MI),
Slotkin (MI), Kelly (PA), Krishnamoorthi (IL), Tlaib (MI),
Kaptur (OH), Huizenga (MI): Expresses the sense of Congress
that Canada and the United States should not develop facilities
to permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin.
(10 minutes)
256. Plaskett (VI), McClellan (VA): Requires a report
assessing the impact of China and Russia's malign influence in
Africa, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean on
national security and economic interests of the United States.
(10 minutes)
257. Wexton (VA): Requires an assessment of the impact of
continued investment in Department of Defense sponsored
Manufacturing Innovation Institutes on the defense industrial
base in the United States. (10 minutes)
258. Raskin (MD), Bergman (MI), Goldman (NY): Requires DOD
to report on its activities to inform servicemembers that
seeking mental health care will not jeopardize their security
clearance status or eligibility. (10 minutes)
259. Radewagen (AS), Bera (CA), Tokuda (HI): Requires a
report on major military construction in the FAS over the next
5 fiscal years; and assessing the local workforce of the FAS to
support military construction. (10 minutes)
260. Nunn (IA), Magaziner (RI), Miller-Meeks (IA), Davis
(NC), Kiggans (VA): Highlights and emphasizes the availability
of mental health resources and services offered by the
Transition Assistance Program (TAP) and Solid Start Program to
better assist veterans that are transitioning from active duty
to civilian life. (10 minutes)
261. Buchanan (FL), Moore (WI), Schweikert (AZ): Requires
the Department of Defense to develop a strategy and education
campaign to align obesity programs within the department. (10
minutes)
262. Ivey (MD): Directs the GAO to study, and issue a
report on, the potential threats to US interests posed by Iran,
China, Russia, and other adversarial States through the
antagonistic use of extraterrestrial satellites for combat,
incapacitation of other satellites, cybersecurity intrusions,
debilitation of critical infrastructure, and other aggressive
purposes. (10 minutes)
263. Crenshaw (TX): Requires SECDEF reporting on the
feasibility and advisability of enhancing cooperation between
the National Guard and India, to include the establishment of a
state partnership, under 10 USC Sec. 341. (10 minutes)
264. Kaptur (OH), Budzinski (IL), Quigley (IL), Meng (NY),
Mfume (MD), Landsman (OH), Schiff (CA), Dingell (MI), Lynch
(MA), Carter (TX), Chu (CA): Establishes the Last Servicemember
Standing medal for certain members of the Armed Forces who as a
result of a combat instance was the last surviving member of a
unit. Identical to H.R. 6406 (118th Congress). (10 minutes)
265. Graves (LA): Ensures that veterans of Operation End
Sweep are eligible for the Vietnam Service Medal. (10 minutes)
266. Nunn (IA), Spanberger (VA), Kiggans (VA), Davis (NC),
Smith (NJ), Wenstrup (OH): Prohibits the Department of Defense
from acquiring, procuring, or utilizing blockchain network
infrastructure or capabilities originating from foreign
adversaries. (10 minutes)
267. Amo, Gabe (RI): Expresses the sense of Congress that
domestic production of defense articles for AUKUS boosts local
economies and improves national security by enhancing domestic
defense article production capabilities, and that the DOD
should promote and prioritize domestic manufacturing, supply
chain, and research for AUKUS defense articles. (10 minutes)
268. Lynch (MA): Requires establishment of a centralized
program to monitor and provide assistance to members of the
Armed Forces at risk of suicide who have been recently
discharged. (10 minutes)
269. Takano (CA): Modifies the Marine Corps' authorities
related to the Excess Leave Program for those service members
attending law school to ensure that these Marines receive Basic
Allowance for Housing (BAH). This is necessary because of a
August 1, 2023 change by the Department of Veterans Affairs'
General Counsel that prevents the Marines in this situation
(there are 27 individuals impacted) from receiving BAH through
their use of the Post-9/11 GI Bill because they are considered
to be on Active Duty. (10 minutes)
270. Buchanan (FL): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
study the feasibility of establishing a mentoring program for
members of the Armed Forces who are interested in becoming
entrepreneurs or founding start-up businesses after their
active duty service. (10 minutes)
271. Moskowitz (FL), Mace (SC), Davis (NC): Prohibits funds
made available to the Department of Defense from being used to
conduct biomedical research or testing using canines or
felines. (10 minutes)
272. Donalds (FL): Expresses sense of Congress that
Congress urges the Department of Defense to accept and embrace
nuclear energy to achieve a reliable, secure, and resilient
energy apparatus within the DOD. (10 minutes)
273. Nunn (IA), Schneider (IL), Gottheimer (NJ), Sherman
(CA), Golden (ME): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
establish a strategic partnership between the Defense
Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Israeli Ministry of Defense. (10
minutes)
274. Pettersen (CO), Crow (CO): Expresses a Sense of
Congress that the Space Force continue its commitment to
accelerating the development of very low earth orbit (VLEO)
space capabilities. (10 minutes)
275. Banks (IN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
provide a plan for the growth of the Hacking for Defense
program. (10 minutes)
276. Nunn (IA): Directs the Secretary of Defense to assess
the feasibility and advisability of establishing a strategic
partnership between the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the
Taiwan Ministry of National Defense. (10 minutes)
277. Banks (IN): Requires a report on Iran's installation
of advanced centrifuges since 2021 and on Iran's plans to
install centrifuges at new facilities. (10 minutes)
278. Donalds (FL): Adds a Sense of Congress that Congress
encourages the U.S. Armed Forces to utilize innovative
technologies, such as artificial intelligence, quantum,
advanced air mobility, and counter-uas, to ultimately defend
the national security of the United States. (10 minutes)
279. Walberg (MI), Dingell (MI): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to conduct a study on the national security risks of
highly automated vehicles associated with foreign adversary
countries operating or testing in the United States. (10
minutes)
280. Donalds (FL): 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)
281. 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)
282. Kelly (IL): Expands the period of eligibility for the
Military OneSource program from 12-months to 18-months upon
retirement, discharge, or release. (10 minutes)
283. James (MI): Provides that when the President submits
the annual budget request, it includes an annex with
recommendations put together by DoD, in coordination with GAO
and OMB, for priority items that could be considered under
multi-year procurement (multi-year contracts in the text). (10
minutes)
284. Moylan (GU), Courtney (CT), Williams (GA), Hudson
(NC), Kiggans (VA), Ruiz (CA), Amo, Gabe (RI), Larson (CT),
Moore (UT), Panetta (CA), Tokuda (HI), Grijalva (AZ), Murphy
(NC), Case (HI), McGarvey (KY), Magaziner (RI), Dunn (FL),
Carter (GA), Lofgren (CA), Crow (CO), Turner (OH), Ciscomani
(AZ): Supports the habitability of military housing by
requiring DOD research and minimum habitability standards for
mold in military barracks. Requires DOD research on residential
mold on military installations; habitability standards for mold
on military installations; and construction requirements for
new housing on military installations to prevent toxic mold
growth. (10 minutes)
285. Thompson (PA): Requires the DoD to send Congress a
report on their progress of reaching their 1% goal for the
AbilityOne program by 2027. (10 minutes)
286. Krishnamoorthi (IL): Prohibits funds authorized to be
appropriated by the Act from being used to acquire any goods
from Temu or Shein. (10 minutes)
287. Moolenaar (MI): Builds on a recommendation from a GAO
report on the similar European Deterrence Initiative by
modifying PDI to require a more detailed description of the
initiative's progress in achieving INDOPACOM's performance
goals. (10 minutes)
288. Walberg (MI): Requires the Director of Defense
Education Activity (DODEA) to publish policy guidance
prohibiting the use of TikTok for instructional purposes at
schools operated by the DODEA. (10 minutes)
289. Buchanan (FL): Requires the Secretary of the Army to
submit a report to the House Armed Services Committee on the
effectiveness of the Optimizing the Human Weapon System (OHWS)
Program and include recommendations on actions to improve or
expand. (10 minutes)
290. Levin (CA): Adds to DoD Transition Assistance Program
(TAP) counseling pathway factors. (10 minutes)
291. Wenstrup (OH), Sewell (AL): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to put podiatrists in the Medical Corps of each
military department. (10 minutes)
292. Tenney (NY), Williams (NY): Adds stainless steel
flatware to the Berry Amendment (10 minutes)
293. Tenney (NY): Requires a report by the Secretary of
Defense on the feasibility of replicating the Army's Future
Soldier Preparatory Course through the other service branches.
(10 minutes)
294. McCaul (TX): Requires the DoD to do a study and report
on the sterilization of medical instruments in DHA facilities
following multiple instances of improper sterilization at Brook
Army Medical Center and Audi Murphy Hospital in San Antonio.
The report will make recommendations to improve patient quality
of care and mitigate future compensable events. (10 minutes)
295. Moulton (MA), Moylan (GU): Authorizes the Secretaries
of military departments to provide grants, conclude cooperative
agreements, and supplement other Federal funds to regulatory
agencies located in Guam for the purpose of expediting military
construction projects in Guam. (10 minutes)
296. Scott, Austin (GA): Amends section 14314 of title 10,
United States Code, by removing the 30-day impediment so that
certain Army and Air Force reserve component general officers
and the organizations in which they serve may use the full
authority of the foregoing provisions for up to 60 days, after
which the officers would be removed from an active status. (10
minutes)
297. Gluesenkamp Perez (WA), Neguse (CO): Expresses the
sense of Congress 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)
298. Mills (FL): Directs Secretary of Defense to submit a
report regarding the Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity
and Inclusion to include an overview of the appointment
process, how the Department ensures views are ``fairly
balanced,'' and other items. (10 minutes)
299. Mills (FL): Directs the Defense Contract Management
Agency to submit a report detailing the dollar amount of
covered materials manufactured in China and Russia and acquired
by the Department of Defense through contracts valued at or
below the simplified acquisition threshold during the period
beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on the date of the
submission of such report to the congressional defense
committees. (10 minutes)
300. Norman (SC): Requires the Comptroller General to
conduct a study of the programs and efforts of the Department
of Defense related to the readiness of the ports as affected by
dredging capacity to complete harbor and channel dredging. (10
minutes)
301. Schrier (WA): 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)
302. Wexton (VA): Requires the Under Secretary of Defense
for Acquisition and Sustainment to conduct a study to identify
sources of secure parts for unmanned aircraft systems. (10
minutes)
303. Donalds (FL): Requires a joint report from State/DOD
that evaluates current Chinese & Russian efforts relating to
the utilization of transportable nuclear power for both direct
military purposes and as a soft power tool globally. (10
minutes)
304. Arrington (TX): Requires DOD to brief Congress about
all instances of attempted breaches of US military bases across
the world since January 2021. For attempted breaches on the
interior, the brief must include the perpetrator's citizenship
or immigration status. (10 minutes)
305. Moulton (MA): Amends Section 2241(a) of title 10,
United States Code to authorize the Department of Defense to
use amount appropriated for operation and maintenance of the
active forces for the purpose of acquisition, development,
modification, and sustainment of software. (10 minutes)
306. Moylan (GU): Authorizes the President to award the
Medal of Honor to Joseph M. Perez for acts of valor while
serving as a member of the Army during the Vietnam War.
Identical to H.R. 5168 (118th Congress). (10 minutes)
307. 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)
308. Garamendi (CA): Sets standards for private individuals
purchasing federally auctioned vessels such as holding
liability insurance for the vessel and proof of sufficient
financial resources to maintain the vessel. These new standards
will ensure that federally auctioned vessels are not
contributing to the problem of abandoned and derelict vessels.
(10 minutes)
309. Rose (TN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit
a report to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services
on the fraud scheme perpetrated by Janet Yamanaka Mello, a
civilian employee of the Department of the Army who was
indicted and pleaded guilty to stealing over $100 million in
Army funds. (10 minutes)
310. Issa (CA): Requires the Secretary of State, in
consultation with SecDef, Secretary of the Treasury, and DNI,
to develop a recurring, classified report on how the United
States and key partners would respond to a variety of CCP
military attacks on Taiwan. (10 minutes)
311. Dunn (FL): Directs the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Energy, Installations, and Environment to submit a report
to determine if it should set up a Sentinel Landscapes-like
project in the Freely Associated States (FAS). This report will
include an assessment of land use policies and encroachment
risks near military installations located in the Freely
Associated States. The report would include an assessment of
the feasibility and advisability of establishing a coalition
including representatives from Federal agencies, the government
of the Freely Associated State, nongovernmental organizations,
and landowners and managers in the Freely Associated States to
advance sustainable land use practices to assist efforts to
prevent encroachment. (10 minutes)
312. Dunn (FL), Womack (AR): Directs the Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy, in consultation with the Secretary of State
and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, to assess and
report on the feasibility and benefits of expanding the
National Guard State Partnership Program in the Pacific
Islands. (10 minutes)
313. Larsen (WA), Sewell (AL): Requires all military
branches to participate in the CDAO's Digital On-Demand
education program. The Digital On-Demand program provides
access to AI and emerging technology education courses. (10
minutes)
314. LaLota (NY), Davis (NC), Golden (ME): This requires
Secretary of Defense to establish a Multilateral Artificial
Intelligence Working Group tasked with developing and
coordinating an artificial intelligence initiative among the
allies and partners of the United States. (10 minutes)
315. LaLota (NY): Requires Secretary of Defense to produce
a report on the impact of bundled contracts to small businesses
and the impact of reducing the number of bundled contracts. (10
minutes)
316. Edwards (NC): Revokes the security clearances to
retired or active members of the Armed Forces or Department of
Defense personnel that express support for a terrorist
organization or engaged in a demonstration supporting a
terrorist organization. (10 minutes)
317. Ocasio-Cortez (NY): Directs the Secretary of Defense,
in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of
the Central Intelligence Agency, to conduct a declassification
review of documents related to the U.S.'s involvement in
Chile's coup of 1973. (10 minutes)
318. Connolly (VA): Requires the Department of Defense to
report on implementation of Section 1537 of the FY2024 NDAA
related to user activity monitoring for personnel with access
to classified information and networks. The Department must
also provide an accounting of funding provided for user
activity monitoring programs for unclassified networks. (10
minutes)
319. Radewagen (AS): Requires a report by the DOD on the
use of Chaplains in the Indo-Pacific. (10 minutes)
320. Rose (TN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to offer
a briefing to Congress on the adequacy of institutional
capacity building in countries within the United States Africa
Command's area of responsibility by March 1, 2025. The briefing
must include an analysis of Department of Defense programs and
efforts focused on strategy development, budgeting, human
resources, logistics, and countering the influence of China,
Russia, and violent extremist organizations. (10 minutes)
321. Mills (FL): Increases the amount authorized to be
appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation,
Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for operational system development, Aviation
Systems (with the amount of such increase to be made available
for Alternative Domestic Source C-130J IRSS). (10 minutes)
322. Luna (FL): Requires that dive school be put back in
the Air Force Combat Controller (CCT) training pipeline.
Without this training, CCTs will not have the dive
qualifications necessary for maritime missions. (10 minutes)
323. Luna (FL): Would allow service members awarded certain
decorations (Purple Heart, Medal of Honor, Distinguished
Service Cross, Navy Cross, Air Force Cross, Coast Guard Cross,
and Bronze Star) to wear uniform to special events (weddings,
galas, funerals, etc.) similar to those that have retired from
service. (10 minutes)
324. Neguse (CO): Ensures that service members receive an
electronic copy of their medical records from the Department of
Defense no later than 30 days before separation or retirement
from the military and an electronic copy of separation
documents no later than 12 days after. (10 minutes)
325. Huizenga (MI), Tenney (NY): 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)
326. Molinaro (NY), Houchin (IN): Requires a GAO study on
the effectiveness of the Department of Defense Education
Activity Disability Emphasis Program and how it currently
supports the employment, retention, and career advancement of
individuals with intellectual, physical, and developmental
disabilities. (10 minutes)
327. Barragan (CA): Transfers ballfields located on Navy's
Defense Fuel Support Point, San Pedro, California, to the
Cities of Los Angeles and Lomita. (10 minutes)
328. Gottheimer (NJ), Tenney (NY), Moskowitz (FL): 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)
329. Gonzales, Tony (TX), Castro (TX), Lee (NV), Buchanan
(FL): Directing the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing
to the House Committee on Armed Services that details the
implementation of the recommendations in the Quality of Life
Panel Report of April 2024, to include the Family Separation
Allowance increase, as approved in the FY24 NDAA. (10 minutes)
330. 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)
331. Molinaro (NY): Directs the Department of Defense to
provide periodic reports to Congress on the implementation and
effectiveness of naloxone distribution to servicemembers in the
case of opioid overdoses. (10 minutes)
332. Pfluger (TX): Requires the Secretary of the Navy to
submit a report to the House Committee on Armed Services on how
augmented, virtual and extended reality capabilities have been,
or potentially could be, integrated into training across the
Navy. (10 minutes)
333. Magaziner (RI), Pappas (NH), Amo, Gabe (RI): Requires
the Department of Defense to survey suppliers in the submarine
industrial base to assess whether they are experiencing
workforce shortages and to develop a strategy to expand
SkillBridge participation to those suppliers to improve
recruitment, particularly for smaller suppliers. (10 minutes)
334. Schweikert (AZ): Directs the Department of Defense to
utilize artificial intelligence in the audit of its financial
statements with the goal of achieving a clean audit opinion for
the first time. (10 minutes)
335. Sherrill (NJ): Instructs the Department of Defense to
conduct a study regarding how high-impact tutoring programs can
be expanded in Department of Defense Education Activity
elementary and secondary schools. (10 minutes)
336. Moylan (GU): Authorizes the President to Award the
Medal of Honor to Retired SGM Blaz for heroic actions during
the Vietnam War. (10 minutes)
337. Burlison (MO): This amendment prohibits the Secretary
of Defense from entering 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)
338. Wenstrup (OH), Turner (OH), Landsman (OH): Increases
the Defense Health Program's Education and Training
authorization of funding by $25 million and offsets spending
with a $25 million reduction for Base Operations and
Communication to enhance existing civilian-military
partnerships for surge capacity and interoperability necessary
to provide a system of care within the continental United
States for casualties because of large-scale combat operations.
(10 minutes)
339. Posey (FL), Soto (FL): Requires a minimum number of
firefighter personnel to safeguard life and property at all
space-launch capable United States Space Force installations.
(10 minutes)
340. Bergman (MI): Funds Virtual Engineering for Army
Readiness and Sustainment (VEARS) at $7 million for FY25. (10
minutes)
341. Self (TX): Requires the Secretary of Defense to review
and repair the personnel records of military chaplains who
suffered forced separation, downgraded performance reports,
denials of promotion, schooling, training, or assignment, or
any other adverse personnel actions as retaliation for seeking
a Religious Accommodation Request (RAR) to the COVID-19
vaccination mandate. (10 minutes)
342. Scott, Austin (GA), Houlahan (PA), Panetta (CA),
Doggett (TX), Turner (OH), Crenshaw (TX), Bacon (NE), Goldman
(NY), Kildee (MI), Pappas (NH), Davis (NC): Requires the
Secretary of Defense to establish a common coalition key within
the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania for
purposes of sharing ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery
Rocket Systems (HIMARS). (10 minutes)
343. Bergman (MI): Authorizes $4.2 million for Humanitarian
Airborne Mobile Infrastructure Capability (HAMIC) in FY25. (10
minutes)
344. Bergman (MI): Authorizes $10 million for Fuel Cell
Multi-Modular Use (FC-MMU) utilizing hydrogen in FY25. (10
minutes)
345. Wilson (SC), Kiggans (VA): Prohibits DOD from
purchasing solar panels from a foreign entity of concern. (10
minutes)
346. Johnson (SD), Garamendi (CA), Webster (FL), Gimenez
(FL), Moolenaar (MI), Costa (CA): Requires a study and report
on the production and acquisition of shipping containers from
foreign adversaries. (10 minutes)
347. Schweikert (AZ): Requires the Undersecretary of
Defense (Comptroller) to conduct a study and a report to
Congress on the potential cost-saving measures of incorporating
artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-domain, attributable
autonomous, semi-autonomous, unmanned systems, capabilities and
processes into each branch of the military and its civilian
workforce within 90 days of enactment. (10 minutes)
348. Stauber (MN): Requires that the Secretary of Defense
to consult with the head of any cooperating or participating
agency responsible for the environmental review of a project
that would increase availability of strategic or critical
materials for the National Defense Stockpile. (10 minutes)
349. Scott, Austin (GA): Extends and enhances authority to
conduct the Military Technician program under 32 U.S.C.
Sec. 709 informed by lessons learned from National Guard
Bureau's (NGB) and Adjutants General's implementation of the
Dual Status Technician (DST) program. (10 minutes)
350. Moylan (GU): Medal of Honor amendment for Staff
Sergeant Martin A. Manglona, U.S. Army. (10 minutes)
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8070 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
After section 564, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. PATHWAY FOR INDIVIDUALIZED COUNSELING FOR MEMBERS OF THE
RESERVE COMPONENTS UNDER TAP.
Section 1142(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
``(including one pathway for members of the reserve
components)'' after ``military department concerned''.
PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 8070 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR LONG RANGE STANDOFF CAPABILITY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force may use
amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act for fiscal
year 2025 for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force to reconvert
the B-52 bombers that had been modified to carry only
conventional weapons to conform to the Treaty between the
United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures
for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on
February 5, 2011 (commonly known as the ``New START Treaty''),
to be able to carry nuclear weapons.
(b) Conversion of B-52 Bombers.--
(1) Start date.--Not later than 30 days after the
expiration of the New Start Treaty, the Secretary of
the Air Force shall commence the process of making
available for nuclear certification the B-52 bombers
described in subsection (a).
(2) Completion date.--The Secretary of the Air Force
shall ensure that the reconversion of B-52 bombers
described in subsection (a) is complete by not later
than December 31, 2029.
(c) Funding Profile for Increased Production of the Long
Range Standoff Weapon.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on the funding profile necessary, by fiscal year, to expand by
one-third the planned purchase of the Long Range Standoff
Weapon.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, insert the following:
SEC. 12__. HELP ISRAEL RECOVER THE HOSTAGES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) There has been substantial and sustained
cooperation between United States diplomatic, military,
and intelligence agencies and Israeli counterparts to
help Israel release those taken hostage on the attacks
of October 7th, 2023.
(2) Multiple proposals for returning the hostages and
implementing a ceasefire have been developed with the
help of the United States and international partners
and presented to both Israel and Hamas.
(3) Hamas has impeded or outright rejected these
proposals, refusing to release the hostages and
extending the suffering of civilians on both sides of
the border.
(4) The global community, including the United
States, must exert necessary pressure on Hamas
leadership to accept a ceasefire proposal, release the
hostages and relinquish governing control of Gaza.
(5) It is imperative that the United States continues
to work with international partners to release the
remaining hostages, including 8 Americans.
(b) Briefing.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State
and the Director of National Intelligence, shall
provide a briefing to the congressional defense
committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate, and the House and Senate
Permanent Select Committees on Intelligence that
contains an overview of United States diplomatic,
military, and intelligence support for Israel as it
works to release the hostages.
(2) Contents.--The briefing required under paragraph
(1) shall contain the following, relating to supporting
the release of the hostages:
(A) An overview of United States military
assistance to Israel.
(B) How the United States military is
assisting the Israeli military on hostage
rescue planning and recovery efforts.
(C) Intelligence sharing in support of
hostage release.
(D) United States personnel embedded or
regularly liaising with Israel's military,
intelligence, and diplomatic officials.
(E) A description of how the United States is
leveraging partner nations to assist with
hostage release efforts.
(F) Any other forms of assistance provided
the Secretary determines relevant to Israel's
efforts to release the hostages.
(3) Form.--The briefing required under paragraph (1)
shall be provided in unclassified form, but may contain
a classified annex.
(c) Hostages Defined.--In this section, the term ``hostages''
means the individuals (alive or deceased) taken by Hamas from
Israel during the attacks of October 7, 2023, and the immediate
aftermath, including Israelis, Americans, and citizens of other
more than 22 other nations.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fry of South Carolina
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle B of title XII the following:
SEC. 1214. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS RELATING TO ISRAEL AND THE HOSTAGES
HELD BY HAMAS.
Congress--
(1) declares that Israel is the United States'
greatest ally in the Middle East; and
(2) demands the release of all hostages held captive
by Hamas and their return to safety.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boebert of Colorado or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION ON ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS WITH A PERSON ENGAGED
IN A BOYCOTT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
The Secretary of Defense may not enter into a contract with a
person if such person is engaged in an activity that is
politically motivated and is intended to penalize or otherwise
limit significant commercial relations specifically with Israel
or persons doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled
territories.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mast of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE FOR BUILDING IN, OR REBUILDING
GAZA.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available to the Secretary of Defense for
fiscal year 2025 may be made available to build in or rebuild
the Gaza strip on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12_. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE EXHIBITIONS.
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense
and its agencies should not participate in the Eurosatory
Exhibition in any way until the Secretary of Defense certifies
to Congress that France and the Commissariat General des
Expositions et Salons du GICAT (COGES) allow Israeli companies
to fully participate in the Exhibition and are not using
restrictions or the threat of restrictions on any party's
participation in the Exhibition as a means of deterring Israel
from defending itself.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE IRON DOME SYSTEM.
Congress supports the mission of the Department of Defense in
helping Israel fend of attacks from Hamas by supporting the
Iron Dome system.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Arrington of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TRANSPORT OF
PALESTINIAN REFUGEES TO THE UNITED STATES.
None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be
made available for the operation of any aircraft of the
Department of Defense to transport Palestinian refugees to the
United States.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Curtis of Utah or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title VI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 6__. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF GOODS FROM COMPANIES ENGAGED IN AN
ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT.
Subchapter III of chapter 147 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
``Sec. 2497. Prohibition on sale of goods from companies engaged in an
anti-Israel boycott
``(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Defense may not
knowingly permit the sale, at a commissary store or military
exchange, of any good, ware, article, or merchandise from any
entity that has engaged in or engages in a boycott of the State
of Israel.
``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `boycott action' means, with respect
to a target entity, the refusal to deal with such
entity, the termination of business activities with
such entity, or the limitation of commercial relations
with such entity.
``(2) The term `boycott of the State of Israel' means
a boycott action the target of which is--
``(A) the State of Israel; and
``(B)(i) any company or individual doing
business in or with the State of Israel; or
``(ii) any company authorized by, licensed
by, or organized under the laws of the State of
Israel to do business.
``(3) The term `company'--
``(A) means a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, or similar entity;
and
``(B) includes any wholly-owned subsidiary,
majority-owned subsidiary, parent company, or
affiliate of an entity described in
subparagraph (A).''.
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10. 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 the following:
SEC. 1214. 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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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. RECORDS RELATING TO TOWER 22 ATTACK.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President shall make available to Congress all
records relating to the January 28, 2024, attack on Tower 22 in
Jordan.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mace of South Carolina
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17_. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FROM CONSTRUCTING OR MAINTAINING
PIER OFF THE COAST OF GAZA.
(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025
for the Department of Defense may be used to--
(1) construct, maintain, or repair a pier off the
coast of Gaza;
(2) transport humanitarian aid to a pier off the
coast of Gaza, or to any other location from where such
aid will be transported to a pier off the coast of
Gaza; or
(3) deploy members of the Armed Forces for the
purposes or paragraphs (1) and (2).
(b) Rule of Construction.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to
the use of funds to deconstruct and remove any existing pier
off the coast of Gaza.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION OF GAZA PORT.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or by any provision of Public Law
118-50 may be made available for the acquisition, construction,
installation, maintenance, or restoration of a temporary or
permanent pier, port, or similar structure located in Gaza or
off the western coast of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea, or for
the deployment of any equipment or members of the Armed Forces
to Gaza relating to such structure.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle A of title XVII the following:
SEC. 17__. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PRODUCTION OF FILMS AND
PROHIBITION ON USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR FILMS SUBJECT
TO CONDITIONS ON CONTENT OR ALTERED FOR SCREENING
IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OR AT THE REQUEST
OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.
(a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--The Secretary may only
authorize the provision of technical support or access to an
asset controlled by or related to the Department of Defense to
enter into a contract relating to the production or funding of
a film by a United States company if the United States company,
as a condition of receiving the support or access--
(1) provides to the Secretary a list of all films
produced or funded by that company, the content of
which has been submitted, during the shorter of the
preceding 10-year period or the period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act, to an official of
the Government of the People's Republic of China
(referred to in this section as the ``PRC'') or the
Chinese Communist Party (referred to in this section as
the ``CCP'') for evaluation with respect to screening
the film in the PRC;
(2) includes, with respect to each such film--
(A) the title of the film; and
(B) the date on which such submission
occurred;
(3) enters into a written agreement with the
Secretary not to alter the content of the film in
response to, or in anticipation of, a request by an
official of the Government of the PRC or the CCP; and
(4) submits such agreement to the Secretary.
(b) Prohibition With Respect to Films Subject to Conditions
on Content or Altered for Screening in China.--Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the President may not authorize the provision
of technical support or access to any asset controlled by the
Federal Government for, or authorize the head of a Federal
agency to enter into any contract relating to, the production
or funding of a film by a United States company if--
(1) the film is co-produced by an entity located in
the PRC that is subject to conditions on content
imposed by an official of the Government of the PRC or
the CCP; or
(2) with respect to the most recent report submitted
under subsection (c), the United States company is
listed in the report pursuant to subparagraph (C) or
(D) of paragraph (2) of that subsection.
(c) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report on films
disclosed under subsection (a) that are associated with
a United States company that has received technical
support or access to an asset controlled by the
Department of Defense for, or has entered into a
contract with the Federal Government relating to, the
production or funding of a film.
(2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) A description of each film listed
pursuant to the requirement under subsection
(a)(1), the content of which was submitted,
during the shorter of the preceding 10-year
period or the period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act, by a United States
company to an official of the Government of the
PRC or the CCP for evaluation with respect to
screening the film in the PRC, including--
(i) the United States company that
submitted the contents of the film;
(ii) the title of the film; and
(iii) the date on which such
submission occurred.
(B) A description of each film with respect
to which a United States company entered into a
written agreement with the Secretary providing
the support or access, as applicable, pursuant
to the requirement under subsection (a)(2) not
to alter the content of the film in response
to, or in anticipation of, a request by an
official of the Government of the PRC or the
CCP, during the shorter of the preceding 10-
year period or the period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act, including--
(i) the United States company that
entered into the agreement; and
(ii) the title of the film.
(C) The title of any film described pursuant
to subparagraph (A), and the corresponding
United States company described pursuant to
clause (i) of that subparagraph--
(i) that was submitted to an official
of the Government of the PRC or the CCP
during the preceding 3-year period; and
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses
that the content was altered in
response to, or in anticipation of, a
request by an official of the
Government of the PRC or the CCP.
(D) The title of any film that is described
in both subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B),
and the corresponding one or more United States
companies described in clause (i) of each such
subparagraph--
(i) that was submitted to an official
of the Government of the PRC or the CCP
during the preceding 10-year period;
and
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses
that the content was altered in
response to, or in anticipation of, a
request by an official of the
Government of the PRC or the CCP.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Content.--The term ``content'' means any
description of a film, including the script.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Defense.
(4) United states company.--The term ``United States
company'' means a private entity incorporated under the
laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within
the United States.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:
SEC. 13__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PROMOTE A ``ONE COUNTRY, TWO
SYSTEMS'' SOLUTION FOR TAIWAN.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense
fiscal year 2025 may be used to promote a ``one country, two
systems'' solution for Taiwan.
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16. 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 XVII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. __. PROHIBITION OF FUNDS TO CCP ENTITIES.
None of the funds authorized by this Act or otherwise made
available by this Act may be made available to any entity based
in the People's Republic of China or any company whose
beneficial ownership is Chinese.
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17. 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. 130_. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPATION OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN RIM OF THE PACIFIC (RIMPAC)
NAVAL EXERCISES.
Section 1259 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 321 note) is
amended by striking subsection (b).
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. PROHIBITION ON DIVERTING FUNDING FROM THE INDO-PACIFIC
REGION.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be made available to carry out
any provision of law in a manner that would divert away funds
previously appropriated as of the date of the enactment of this
Act for assistance for the Indo-Pacific region through
September 30, 2025.
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, insert the following:
SEC. 13__. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC REPORTING OF CHINESE
MILITARY COMPANIES OPERATING IN THE UNITED STATES.
Section 1260H(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113
note), as amended by section 1302, is further amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Language requirement.--The Secretary shall make
the list required under paragraph (1) in English and in
Mandarin Chinese. If the name of a Chinese military
company included on the list is referred to by the
Government of China in a language other than English or
Mandarin Chinese, the Secretary shall also include on
the list the name of that company in that language.''.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reschenthaler of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17_. LIMITATION ON FUNDS.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to provide funding to
support, directly or indirectly--
(1) the Wuhan Institute of Virology located in the
City of Wuhan in the People's Republic of China;
(2) the EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.;
(3) any laboratory owned or controlled by the
government of the People's Republic of China, the
Republic of Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Russian
Federation, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela under
the regime of Nicolas Maduro Moros, or any other
country determined by the Secretary of State to be a
foreign adversary; or
(4) gain-of-function research of concern.
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21. 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 VI, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 623. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION ALLOWANCES: PROHIBITION OF
REQUIREMENT OF ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE.
An travel or transportation allowance paid pursuant to the
Joint Travel Regulations for the Uniformed Services may not
require that such travel or transportation be in a zero-
emission vehicle.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Greene of Georgia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2025 may be used for electric vehicles or an
electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. ___. EXCLUSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF
1973 FOR DEFENSE-RELATED OPERATIONS.
(a) Exclusion of Military Institutions as Critical Habitat.--
Section 4(a)(3)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
``(B)(i) The Secretary shall not designate as
critical habitat--
``(I) any military
installation or a State-owned
National Guard installation, or
any portion thereof, as such
terms are defined in section
100 of the Sikes Act; or
``(II) any other lands,
waters, or geographical area
that is otherwise designated
for use by the Secretary of
Defense including by any
contractor of the Department of
Defense, if the Secretary of
Defense determines in writing
and submitted to the Secretary
of the Interior that such area
is necessary for military
training, weapons testing, or
any other reason determined
appropriate by such Secretary
of Defense.
``(ii) The Secretary of Defense shall
not be required to consult with the
Secretary of the Interior, under
section 7(a)(2) of this Act with
respect to agency action, regardless of
whether the area described in clause
(i) is subject to an integrated natural
resources management plan prepared
under section 101 of the Sikes Act.''.
(b) Additional Exclusions and Exemptions From the Endangered
Species Act for Defense-related Operations.--Section 10 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k) Exclusion for National Defense-related Operations.--
``(1) Exclusions.--The prohibitions under section 9
shall not apply with respect to military personnel
engaged in a national defense-related operation, unless
such prohibited act is the purpose of such operation.
``(2) Definitions.--For the purposes of this
subsection--
``(A) The term `national defense-related
operation' means--
``(i) research, development, testing,
and evaluation of military munitions,
other ordinance, and weapons systems;
``(ii) the training of members of the
Armed Forces in the use and handling of
military munitions, other ordnance, and
weapons systems;
``(iii) general training and military
preparedness; or
``(iv) any action or duty that the
Secretary of Defense determines
necessary to support the Department of
Defense in its mission.
``(B) The term `military personnel' means--
``(i) a member of the Armed Forces;
and
``(ii) a civilian employee or
contractor (including a subcontractor
at any tier) of the--
``(I) Department of Defense
(including a nonappropriated
fund instrumentality of the
Department); or
``(II) any other Federal
agency, or any provisional
authority, to the extent such
employment relates to
supporting the mission of the
Department of Defense
overseas.''.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. NONE OF THE FUNDS AUTHORIZED TO BE APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT
MAY BE USED TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
EXECUTIVE ORDERS:
(1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Protecting
Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science
To Tackle the Climate Crisis.
(2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling the
Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
(3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relating to
Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees
and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on
Migration.
(4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate-
Related Financial Risk.
(5) Executive Order 14057, relating to Catalyzing
Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal
Sustainability.
(6) Executive Order 14082, relating to Implementation
of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
(7) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revitalizing
Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for
All.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. __. CERTIFICATION AND REPORT BY INSPECTOR GENERAL RELATING TO
RADAR IMPACTS AND OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT
APPROVAL PROCESS.
(a) Certification.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the President, or his designee, shall
certify in writing that--
(1) offshore wind projects in the North Atlantic and
Mid-Atlantic Planning areas will not weaken, degrade
interfere with, or nullify the performance and
capabilities of radar relied upon by commercial
aviation, military aviation, space launch vehicles, or
other commercial space entities; and
(2) the development of offshore wind projects in the
North Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic Planning Areas will not
degrade the capabilities of the Federal Aviation
Administration to monitor United States Airspace, or
hinder commercial, private, or military aviation
activities.
(b) Audit and Report by Inspector General.--
(1) In general.--The inspector general of Department
of Transportation shall conduct a study on the effects
of offshore wind industrialization related to radar,
impacts to commercial air and military traffic, and the
sufficiency of the review and approval process for
offshore wind projects in the North Atlantic and Mid-
Atlantic Planning Areas.
(2) Contents.--In conducting the study required under
paragraph (1), the inspector general shall--
(A) investigate--
(i) the sufficiency of the process
for approving offshore wind projects,
and the impact of such projects on
radar, including the consultation
process between the Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, the Federal Aviation
Administration, and the Military
Aviation and Installation Assurance
Siting Clearinghouse;
(ii) whether concerns voiced by the
Administrator of the Federal Aviation
Administration and the United States
Armed Forces were sufficiently
considered in the approval process; and
(iii) whether offshore wind projects
will weaken, compromise, or interfere
with, or nullify the usage of radar
utilized by the Federal Aviation
Administration, United States Armed
Forces, and National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as well as
commercial space entities;
(B) conduct an audit of the approval
applications by the Military Aviation and
Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse
regarding concerns voiced over the impact to
radar and ability to identify airborne threats,
freedom to navigate United States airspace, and
ability to train within United States airspace;
(C) determine whether any offshore wind
projects will impact, alter, or disrupt
commercial, private, or military aviation
flight paths;
(D) determine whether any offshore wind
projects will impact, compromise, inhibit, or
nullify the usage of radar and sonar
technologies utilized by the Armed Forces and
any agencies carrying out space launch
programs;
(E) determine whether any offshore wind
projects will impact, compromise, or inhibit
the ability of the United States Coast Guard to
conduct maritime safety and lifesaving
operations;
(F) address how offshore wind energy projects
impact low-level military airspace off the
Atlantic Coast; and
(G) determine whether mitigation strategies
laid out in the 2016 Report on the Impact of
Wind Energy Developments on Military
Installations are sufficient, achievable and,
realistic.
(3) Report.--The inspector general shall submit to
Congress a report containing the findings of the study
conducted under this subsection.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Edwards of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:
SEC. 10__. UTILIZATION OF OFFICE SPACE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Report to General Services Administration.--The Secretary
of Defense shall annually submit a written report to the
Administrator of the General Services Administration that
includes the following:
(1) Monthly total occupancy of office space.
(2) The actual utilization of office space.
(3) Monthly space utilization rates.
(4) Any other office space utilization data
considered important by the Administrator of the
General Services Administration.
(b) Finalized Procedures for the Return of Office Space to
the General Services Administration.--The Secretary of Defense
shall draft and finalize written procedures that provide for
the return of office space to the General Services
Administration if the occupancy of the Department of Defense
falls below a 60 percent space utilization rate for 6 months
within any 1-year period.
(c) Exception for Intelligence Community.--This section shall
not apply to office space properties used by an element of the
intelligence community.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``actual utilization'' means the
percentage of capacity used based on the space
utilization rate.
(2) The term ``capacity'' means a usable office space
calculated by the square feet of such space divided by
150.
(3) The term ``intelligence community'' has the
meaning given such term in section 3 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)
(4) The term ``occupancy'' means the total number of
employees performing duties in-person, in office space,
at least 5 days per week on a recurring basis.
(5) The term ``space utilization rate'' means total
usable square feet divided by occupancy.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mace of South Carolina
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII, insert the
following new section:
SEC. 28__. PROHIBITION ON CLOSING OR REALIGNMENT OF MARINE CORPS
RECRUIT DEPOT LOCATED AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH
CAROLINA.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Defense for any fiscal year
may be used to close or realign Marine Corps Recruit Depot,
Parris Island, South Carolina or to conduct any planning or
other activity related to such closure or realignment.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crawford of Arkansas
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE TRAINING CENTER AT
EAKER AIR FORCE BASE, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS.
(a) In General.--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 and
advisability of a reactivation of Eaker Air Force Base in
Blytheville, Arkansas to serve as an Air Force Training Center.
Such report shall include--
(1) an assessment of existing facilities at Eaker Air
Force Base, including--
(A) runways;
(B) taxiways;
(C) control towers; and
(D) hangars;
(2) a strategic assessment of the geography and
location of Eaker Air Force Base;
(3) the overall cost to the Department of Defense of
such reactivation, including annual operations and
maintenance costs; and
(4) whether, in the event of such reactivation, the
National Cold War Center in Blytheville, Arkansas
(located in close proximity to former Eaker Air Force
Base (BRAC 1991)) poses any logistical or security
concerns for the construction of or future training
operations;
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walberg of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON ATTEMPTS BY ILLEGAL ALIENS TO ACCESS MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
Not later than 180 days 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 that identifies, with respect to the one-year period
preceding the date of the report, the number of instances in
which an alien not lawfully present in the United States--
(1) attempted to enter a military installation in the
United States; or
(2) gained entry to such an installation.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle G of title X the following:
SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO EXPENDITURES FOR CERTAIN
MILITARY HOUSING.
It is the sense of Congress that the United States should not
be spending more money to house illegal immigrants than on
housing for America's military families.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title IX, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 9__. INCLUSION OF MEXICO IN THE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) remove Mexico from the area of responsibility of
the United States Northern Command; and
(2) include Mexico in the area of responsibility of
the United States Southern Command.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crenshaw of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OPERATIONAL PLANNING TO
DEFEAT MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the heads of such other departments and
agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate, shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on
Department of Defense operational planning to defeat Mexican
drug cartels. Such report shall include the following elements:
(1) A history of Mexican military operations against
transnational criminal organizations, including--
(A) areas of operations;
(B) operations against high value targets;
and,
(C) after-action reviews of operations.
(2) An assessment of Mexican military assets and
capabilities, including--
(A) unit-specific leadership assessments;
(B) unit-specific strengths;
(C) unit-specific weaknesses;
(D) unit-specific readiness; and,
(E) unit-specific susceptibility to
corruption or cooperation with transnational
criminal organizations.
(3) An identification of any gaps in Mexican military
assets and capabilities for which the United States
Armed Forces could provide additional resources to
assist in the defeat of Mexican drug cartels.
(4) A description of operational plans to militarily
defeat Mexican drug cartels with varying levels of
coordination and cooperation with the Mexican military.
(5) An assessment of additional steps that would be
necessary to secure a military victory after the
military defeat of such cartels.
(b) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall be submitted in classified form.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the congressional defense committee;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crenshaw of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. SALE OR DONATION OF EXCESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONAL
PROPERTY FOR DRUG SURVEILLANCE AND INTERDICTION.
Section 2576a(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``the highest'' and inserting ``a
high''; and
(2) by striking ``In considering'' and inserting
``(1) In considering applications for the transfer of
personal property under this section, the Secretary
shall give the highest preference to applications
indicating that the transferred property will be used
in counterdrug surveillance and interdiction by local,
tribal, and territorial law enforcement agencies within
100 miles of the United States-Mexico border that have
an annual budget of not more than $200,000,000.''
``(2) In considering''.
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO LIFESAVING FEDERAL
EQUIPMENT.
(a) Unenforceability of Certain Regulations Unless Enacted
Into Law.--
(1) In general.--No regulation, rule, guidance,
policy, or recommendation issued on or after May 15,
2015, that limits the sale, donation, or transfer of
property of the Federal Government pursuant to
Executive Order 13688 (entitled ``Federal Support for
Local Law Enforcement Equipment Acquisition'') or
Executive Order 14074 (entitled ``Advancing Effective,
Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices To
Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety''), including
excess property of the Department of Defense, to State
and local agencies for law enforcement activities
(whether pursuant to section 2576a of title 10, United
States Code, or any other provision of law, or as a
condition on the use of Federal funds) shall have any
force or effect after the date of the enactment of this
Act unless enacted into law by Congress.
(2) Prohibition on use of funds to enforce
regulations.--No agency or instrumentality of the
Federal Government may use any Federal funds, fees, or
resources to implement or carry out a regulation, rule,
guidance, policy, or recommendation issued as described
in paragraph (1) that is not enacted into law by
Congress.
(3) Limitations on subsequent executive orders.--In
accordance with this subsection, the President may not
reinstate any section of the Executive orders listed in
paragraph (1) nor establish any substantially similar
Executive order regarding the transfer of equipment to
law enforcement under section 2576a of title 10, United
States Code.
(b) Return or Reissue of Equipment Recalled or Seized
Pursuant to Regulations.--Any property recalled or seized on or
after May 15, 2015, pursuant to a regulation, rule, guidance,
policy, or recommendation issued as described in subsection
(a)(1) shall be returned, replaced, or re-issued to the agency
from which recalled or seized, at no cost to such agency, as
soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this
Act, if--
(1) such agency requests that the property be
returned, replaced, or re-issued;
(2) such agency satisfies the conditions set forth
under 2576a of title 10, United States Code,
authorizing transfer and use of such property, if
applicable; and
(3) the property is in stock and available for
transfer to the agency to be used for law enforcement
activities at the time the agency submits a request
referred to in paragraph (1).
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle D of title XII the following:
SEC. 1236. LIMITATION OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR PROJECTS AND
ACTIVITIES OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY
ORGANIZATION.
None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be made available for any project or activity relating to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) until the date on
which the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional
defense committees that each member country of NATO has spent
two percent of the respective gross domestic product on defense
expenditures.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Greene of Georgia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12_. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE.
None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for
assistance to Ukraine.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12_. REPORT AND STRATEGY FOR UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN UKRAINE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President, in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, shall develop
and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
that contains a strategy for United States involvement in
Ukraine.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall--
(1) define the United States national interests at
stake with respect to the conflict between the Russian
Federation and Ukraine;
(2) identify specific objectives the President
believes must be achieved in Ukraine in order to
protect the United States national interests defined in
paragraph (1), and for each objective--
(A) an estimate of the amount of time
required to achieve the objective, with an
explanation;
(B) benchmarks to be used by the President to
determine whether an objective has been met, is
in the progress of being met, or cannot be met
in the time estimated to be required in
subparagraph (A); and
(C) estimates of the amount of resources,
including United States personnel, materiel,
and funding, required to achieve the objective;
and
(3) list the expected contribution for security
assistance made by European member countries of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization within the next
fiscal year.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the
submission of the report required by subsection (a), the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall provide
to the appropriate congressional committees, and other Members
of Congress that wish to participate, a briefing on the United
States strategy with respect to Ukraine and plans for the
implementation of such strategy.
(e) Limitation on Funds.--None of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, or the
Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024
(division B of Public Law 118-50) may be made available for
Ukraine until the report required by subsection (a) is
submitted to the appropriate congressional committees and the
briefing required by subsection (d) is held.
(f) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR UKRAINE.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for construction of covered
military unaccompanied housing (as defined in section 2856 of
title 10, United States Code) for fiscal year 2025 or any
fiscal year thereafter are authorized to be transferred or
otherwise made available to Ukraine or to provide any form of
assistance to Ukraine.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gaetz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 549, after line 15, insert the following new section:
SEC. 10_. PROHIBITION ON SALE OR TRANSFER OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS OR
MUNITIONS TECHNOLOGY.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2025 for the
Department of Defense may be made available to furnish cluster
munitions, to facilitate any export license for cluster
munitions, or to otherwise sell or transfer any cluster
munitions or cluster munitions technology.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title XI of division A the following:
SEC. 11__. LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND
INCLUSION POSITIONS; HIRING FREEZE.
(a) In General.--Beginning on January 1, 2025, the Secretary
of Defense may not--
(1) establish any new positions within the Department
of Defense with responsibility for matters relating to
diversity, equity, and inclusion; or
(2) fill any vacancies in positions in the Department
with responsibility for such matters.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to prevent the Secretary from reducing the number of
positions relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion or from
eliminating specific positions relating to diversity, equity,
and inclusion.
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42. 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 V, add the following:
SEC. 5__. ELIMINATION OF OFFICES OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
AND PERSONNEL OF SUCH OFFICES.
Every office of the Armed Forces and of the Department of
Defense established to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion
is eliminated and the employment of all personnel of each such
office is terminated.
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43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Higgins of Louisiana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In subtitle A of title IX, add at the end the following:
SEC. 9__. ELIMINATION OF THE CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.
(a) Repeal of Position.--Section 147 of title 10, United
States Code, is repealed.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 913 of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (Public Law 116-283; 8 U.S.C. 147 note) is repealed.
(c) Prohibition on Establishment of Similar Positions.--No
Federal funds may be obligated or expended to establish a
position within the Department of Defense that is the same as
or substantially similar to--
(1) the position of Chief Diversity Officer, as
described in section 147 of title 10, United States
Code, as such section was in effect before the date of
the enactment of this Act; or
(2) the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity and
Inclusion, as described in section 913(b) of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283; 10 U.S.C. 147 note), as such section was in effect
before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Clyde of Georgia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. RELOCATION OF RECONCILIATION MEMORIAL TO ORIGINAL LOCATION
IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.
The Secretary of the Army shall relocate the Reconciliation
Memorial, also known as the Reconciliation Monument, to its
original location in Arlington National Cemetery. The
Reconciliation Memorial shall not be given any designation or
name other than ``Reconciliation Memorial'' or ``Reconciliation
Monument'' upon its relocation to Arlington National Cemetery.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Williams of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR COVERED ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER ENTITIES THAT ENGAGE IN
COVERED BEHAVIOR.
(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2025 may be used to contract with or grant awards to--
(1) a covered entity; or
(2) a nonprofit organization or other entity that
engages in covered behavior.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered entity'' means--
(A) NewsGuard Technologies, Inc. (doing
business as ``NewsGuard''); or
(B) Disinformation Index, Inc.,
Disinformation Index, Ltd., or Global
Disinformation Index gUG (collectively doing
business as ``Global Disinformation Index'').
(2) The term ``covered behavior'' means operations,
activities, or products, the function of which is to
demonetize or rate the credibility of a domestic entity
(including news and information outlets) based on
lawful speech of such domestic entity under the stated
function of ``fact-checking'' misinformation,
disinformation, or malinformation.
(3) The term ``nonprofit organization'' means an
organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and that is exempt
from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code.
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Steube 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__. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN MATERIALS IN
SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
EDUCATION ACTIVITY.
(a) Prohibition on Pornography and Radical Gender Ideology.--
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise mad available for fiscal year 2025 or any fiscal year
thereafter for the Department of Defense Education Activity may
be obligated or expended to purchase, maintain, or display in a
school library or classroom--
(1) any material that contains, depicts, or otherwise
includes pornographic content; or
(2) any material that espouses, advocates, or
promotes radical gender ideology.
(b) Deadline for Removal.--The Director of the Department of
Defense Education Activity shall ensure that any material
described in subsection (a) that this is in a library or
classroom of a school operated by the Activity is removed not
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``pornographic content'' means any
virtual-reality technology, video, image, drawing,
sound, instruction, reading material, writing material,
presented via any medium in a classroom, school
library, on school grounds, or as part of a school-
sponsored or school-affiliated event that depicts,
describes, or presents, in whole or in part--
(A) nudity, sex organs, or sexual acts;
(B) obscenity;
(C) indecent material (as defined by the
Secretary of Defense taking into consideration
applicable Federal regulations); or
(D) lewd or sexual acts in a manner intended
to cause sexual arousal.
(2) The term ``radical gender ideology'' means any
concept, teaching, instruction, or curriculum that--
(A) states or suggests biological sex is a
social construct;
(B) states or suggests biological sex is
fluid, interchangeable, or exists beyond the
binary of male and female;
(C) states or suggests that an individual can
be trapped in the wrong body or have a
different identity than that of their
biological sex;
(D) encourages, promotes, or advocates the
use of personal pronouns unaligned with an
individual's biological sex; or
(E) encourages, promotes, or advocates
hormone replacement, puberty blockers, or
gender reassignment surgery as a safe,
necessary, or optional treatment for an
individual.
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luna of Florida or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND
ASSOCIATED RACE-BASED THEORIES.
(a) Protection From Critical Race Theory Indoctrination.--No
employee of the Department of Defense or member of the Armed
Forces acting in their official capacity may promote, endorse,
or advocate for critical race theory or associated race-based
theories described in subsection (b) or may compel or train any
member of the Armed Forces or employee of the Department of
Defense to believe or profess belief in such theories.
(b) Associated Race-based Theories Described.--In this
section, the term ``associated race-based theories'' includes
the following principles:
(1) That any race, ethnicity, color, or national
origin is inherently superior or inferior to any other
race, ethnicity, color, or national origin.
(2) That the United States is a fundamentally racist
country.
(3) That the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution of the United States, or the Federalist
Papers are fundamentally racist documents.
(4) That an individual's moral character or worth is
determined by the individual's race, ethnicity, color,
or national origin.
(5) That an individual, by virtue of the individual's
race, is inherently racist or oppressive, whether
consciously or unconsciously.
(6) That an individual, by virtue of race, bears
collective guilt and is inherently responsible for
actions committed in the past by other members of the
individual's race, ethnicity, color, or national
origin.
(7) That an individual, by virtue of the individual's
race, should be discriminated against or receive
adverse treatment to achieve diversity, equity, or
inclusion.
(8) That an individual should feel discomfort, guilt,
or any other form of psychological distress on account
of the individual's race, color, or national origin.
(9) That virtues such as merit, excellence, hard
work, fairness, neutrality, objectivity, and racial
colorblindness are racist or in any way discriminatory,
or were created by members of a particular race, color,
or national origin to oppress members of another race,
color, or national origin.
(10) That to be ``antiracist'' requires explicitly or
implicitly promoting racial discrimination to advance
diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boebert of Colorado or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR THE COUNTERING EXTREMIST ACTIVITY
WORKING GROUP.
No Federal funds are authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for the Countering Extremist Activity
Working Group or to implement any recommendations of such
group.
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49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mills of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. ELIMINATION OF DISCRETION OF MILITARY CHAIN OF COMMAND AND
SENIOR CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP WITH RESPECT TO DISPLAY
OF FLAGS.
Section 1052(d)(1)(N) of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 2661
note) is amended by striking subparagraph (N).
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50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. EXPANSIONS OF INCREASED FITNESS STANDARDS FOR ARMY CLOSE
COMBAT FORCE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES.
Section 577 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 7013 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``Not later than 18 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Army shall implement
increased minimum fitness standards as part of
the Army Combat Fitness Test'' and inserting
``Not later than 14 months after the date of
the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, the
Secretary of the Army shall implement sex-
neutral fitness standards that are enhanced in
each test category''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(21) 25C assigned to infantry, calvary, and
engineer line companies or troops in brigade combat
teams and infantry battalions.
``(22) 68W assigned to infantry, calvary, and
engineer line companies or troops in brigade combat
teams and infantry battalions.''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``Not later than
365 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Army'' and inserting ``Not later
than 13 months after the date of the enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2025, the Secretary of the Army shall''.
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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5__. PROHIBITION OF REQUIREMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO
WEAR A MASK TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
The Secretary of Defense may not require an individual to
wear a mask while on a military installation in the United
States to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rosendale of Montana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In subtitle A of title VII, add at the end the following:
SEC. 714. PROHIBITION ON COVERAGE OF CERTAIN GENDER TRANSITION
PROCEDURES AND RELATED SERVICES UNDER TRICARE
PROGRAM.
Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 1076f the following new section (and
conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter accordingly):
``Sec. 1076g. TRICARE program: prohibition on coverage and furnishment
of certain gender transition surgeries and related
services
``(a) Prohibition.--The medical care to which individuals are
entitled to under this chapter does not include the services
described in subsection (b) and the Secretary of Defense may
not furnish any such service.
``(b) Services Described.--The services described in this
subsection are the following:
``(1) Gender transition surgeries furnished for the
purpose of the gender alteration of an individual who
identifies as transgender.
``(2) Hormone treatments furnished for the purpose of
the gender alteration of an individual who identifies
as transgender.''.
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53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. PROHIBITIONS ON PROVISION OF GENDER TRANSITION SERVICES
THROUGH AN EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM OF THE
ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.--No gender transition procedures, including
surgery or medication, may be provided to a minor dependent
child through an EFMP.
(b) Referrals.--No referral for procedures described in
subsection (a) may be provided to a minor dependent child
through an EFMP.
(c) Reassignment.--No change of duty station may be approved
through an EFMP for the purpose of providing a minor dependent
child with access to procedures described in subsection (a).
(d) EFMP Defined.--In this section, the term ``EFMP'' means
the program referred to as the Exceptional Family Member
Program under section 1781c(d)(4)(I) of title 10, United States
Code.
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54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brecheen of Oklahoma
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__ LIMITATION ON FUNDING ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY PERSONS IN
DRAG.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended for a drag show, drag queen story
hour, or similar event.
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55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Van Duyne of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title VII, insert
the following:
SEC. 7__. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE OF EXPENSES RELATING TO ABORTION SERVICES.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) consistent with section 1093 of title 10, United
States Code, the Department of Defense may not use any
funds for abortions except where the life of the mother
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term
or in a case in which the pregnancy is the result of an
act of rape or incest;
(2) the Secretary of Defense has no legal authority
to implement any policies in which funds are to be used
for such purpose; and
(3) the Department of Defense Memorandum titled
``Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care'', dated
October 20, 2022, is therefore unlawful and must be
rescinded.
(b) Repeal of Memorandum.--
(1) Repeal.--The Department of Defense memorandum
titled ``Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care'',
dated October 20, 2022, shall have no force or effect.
(2) Prohibition on availability of funds to carry out
memorandum.--No funds may be obligated or expended to
carry out the memorandum specified in paragraph (1) or
any successor to such memorandum.
(c) Prohibition.--Section 1093 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(c) Prohibition on Payment or Reimbursement of Certain
Fees.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may not pay for or
reimburse any fees or expenses, including travel expenses,
relating to a health-care professional gaining a license in a
State if the purpose of gaining such license is to provide
abortion services.
``(2) In this subsection:
``(A) The term `health-care professional' means a
member of the armed forces, civilian employee of the
Department of Defense, personal services contractor
under section 1091 of this title, or other individual
who provides health care at a military medical
treatment facility.
``(B) The term `license' has the meaning given that
term in section 1094 of this title.''.
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56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title XI of division A the following:
SEC. 11__. REPORT ON USE OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED OFFICIAL TIME.
(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report describing the use of taxpayer-
funded official time, as authorized by section 7131 of
title 5, United States Code.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) The total aggregate number of hours spent
on official time by Department of Defense
employees for fiscal years 2021, 2022, and
2023, as well as the overall cost to the
Department of official time use during each of
those periods.
(B) The total number of Department of
Commerce employees who used official time, in
any amount, during fiscal years 2021, 2022, and
2023.
(C) For those Department of Defense employees
who used official time during fiscal years
2021, 2022, and 2023, the total number who used
100 percent official time.
(D) A description of how many employees
utilized official time during fiscal years
2021, 2022, and 2023 in the following amounts:
(i) 99-75 percent of total work
hours.
(ii) 74-50 percent of total work
hours.
(iii) 49-25 percent of total work
hours.
(iv) Less than 25 percent of total
work hours.
(E) The salaries and benefits of all
Department of Defense employees using 100
percent official time.
(F) The total value of free or discounted use
of Department of Defense government property by
individuals on taxpayer-funded official time.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in an unclassified form and made available on a
public website hosted by the Department of Defense.
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57. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rosendale of Montana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF ARMED FORCES TO DETAIN CITIZENS
OF THE UNITED STATES.
Section 1021(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting
``, other than a citizen of the United States,'' after ``any
person''.
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58. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCormick of Georgia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 565 and insert the following:
SEC. 565. TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT
NAVIGATOR AND PARTNERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating when it is
not operating as a service in the Navy, and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, shall carry out a pilot program to be known
as the ``Employment Navigator and Partnership Pilot Program''.
The pilot program shall supplement the program under section
1144 of title 10, United States Code.
(b) Activities.--In carrying out the pilot program under this
section, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard is operating when it is not operating as a
service in the Navy, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
shall--
(1) seek to enter into contracts with public,
private, and nonprofit entities under which such
entities provide individualized employment counseling
for members of the Armed Forces and their spouses;
(2) prioritize entering into contracts with qualified
private entities that have experience providing
instruction to members of the Armed Forces eligible for
assistance under the pilot program carried out under
this section on--
(A) private sector culture, resume writing,
career networking, and training on job search
technologies;
(B) academic readiness and educational
opportunities; or
(C) other relevant topics, as determined by
the Secretary;
(3) prioritize entering into a contract with a
qualified private entity that is an existing Employment
Navigator and Partnership Pilot Program partner with
experience integrating members of the Armed Forces into
local communities across the entire nation, to:
(A) Lead the program in clause (2) and,
following person-to-person interactions and
discussions with the individuals seeking
assistance, provide referrals to the
organizations under contract with the Secretary
based on the Armed Forces member or veterans
preferences, geographic location, and other
factors;
(B) Provide comprehensive wrap-around
services to the those individuals receiving
assistance under this title, to include
services with other matters related to
transition, and remain in contact with the
individuals through person-to-person
engagements throughout the process;
(iii) Provide close coordination with
contracted organizations and follow-up
communications with those enrolled in
the Employment Navigator and
Partnership Pilot Program to ensure a
smooth transition;
(iv) Ensure the Secretary is provided
with appropriate data on referrals,
outcomes, and issues that arise to
enable proper oversight of the program;
(4) give a preference to any private entity that--
(A) has a national or international
geographical area of service;
(B) provides multiple forms of career
assistance and placement services to--
(i) active duty members of the Armed
Forces;
(ii) spouses of active duty members
of the Armed Forces;
(iii) veterans; and
(iv) spouses of veterans;
(C) provides services to at least 1,000
individuals who are--
(i) active duty members of the Armed
Forces;
(ii) spouses of active duty members
of the Armed Forces;
(iii) veterans; or
(iv) spouses of veterans;
(D) has continuously, for at least the three-
year period immediately preceding the date of
the contract, provided services to individuals
who are--
(i) active duty members of the Armed
Forces;
(ii) spouses of active duty members
of the Armed Forces;
(iii) veterans; and
(iv) spouses of veterans; and
(E) has a demonstrated record of success in
providing assistance with employment services,
as indicated by--
(i) the average wages or earnings of
people who receive employment services
provided by the entity;
(ii) prior completion of Federal
grants or contracts;
(iii) having at least 75 percent of
its participants find full-time
employment within six months of
initially receiving employment services
provided by the entity; and
(iv) other employment performance
indicators, as determined by the
Secretary; and
(5) seek to enter into contracts with not fewer than
10, but not more than 60, private entities under which
each such entity is compensated at a rate agreed upon
between the Secretary and the entity for each
individual who receives employment services provided by
the entity and is in unsubsidized employment during the
second quarter after exit from the program; and
(6) conduct such other activities as may be necessary
for the delivery of individualized employment
counseling and other employment services under this
section.
(c) Report.--Not later than October 1 of each year during the
term of the pilot program, the Secretary of Labor, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating when it is
not operating as a service in the Navy, and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of
the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Veterans'
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on
the pilot program under this section, including the employment
outcomes for members of the Armed Forces and their spouses who
receive employment services under the program on the following
indicators of performance--
(1) the percentage of program participants who are in
unsubsidized employment during the second quarter after
exit from the program;
(2) the percentage of program participants who are in
unsubsidized employment during the fourth quarter after
exit from the program; and
(3) the median earnings of program participants who
are in unsubsidized employment during the second
quarter after exit from the program.
(d) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate five
years after the date on which the Secretary of Labor begins to
carry out the pilot program.
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59. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tenney of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XVII:
SEC. __. EXTENSION OF REPORT ON ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS-
AFFILIATED OPERATIVES ABROAD.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for a period of
4 years, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes a detailed
description of--
(1) all Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated
operatives serving in diplomatic or consular roles
abroad; and
(2) the ways in which the Department of State and the
Department of Defense are working with partner
countries to inform them of the threat posed by Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated officials serving
in diplomatic or consular roles in third party
countries.
(b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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60. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D 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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61. 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 XVII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 17__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REQUIREMENT TO USE ``TAIWAN''.
(a) In General.--The Department of Defense may not use
``Chinese Taipei'' and shall use ``Taiwan'', except--
(1) in historical context explaining the People's
Republic of China's attempt to control Taiwan through
persuasion and coercion; or
(2) in the formal title of a Federal document.
(b) Requirement to Update Website.--Not later than 14 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall ensure the website of the Department of Defense
meets the requirements of this section.
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62. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Houchin of Indiana or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. PARENTAL RIGHT TO NOTICE OF STUDENT NONPROFICIENCY IN READING
OR LANGUAGE ARTS.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each elementary
school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity
notifies the parents of any student enrolled in such school
when the student does not score as grade-level proficient in
reading or language arts at the end of the third grade based on
the reading or language arts assessments administered under
section 1111(b)(2)(B)(v)(I)(aa) of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(v)(I)(aa)) or
another assessment administered to all third grade students by
such school.
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63. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foster of Illinois 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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64. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON TRAINING OF UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES.
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 an unclassified report on the
presence of members of the Ukrainian armed forces within the
geographic boundaries of the United States during and after
fiscal year 2022. Such report shall also include the following
information:
(1) The total number of Ukrainian service members
trained, including pilots, disaggregated by fiscal
year.
(2) The total number of funds expended to furnish
goods and services to Ukrainian service members,
disaggregated by fiscal year.
(3) The specific goods and services provided to
Ukrainian service members by the Department of Defense
while in the United States.
(4) The outcomes and any evaluation records of
Ukrainian service members who completed such training.
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65. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Van Duyne of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 7__. STUDY ON USE OF SPACE-AVAILABLE TRAVEL FOR DONATED HUMAN
ORGANS.
(a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
feasibility study regarding the transport of human organs, by
organ procurement organizations, under the space-available
travel program under section 2641b of title 10, United States
Code.
(b) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
regarding such study, including the determinations of the
Secretary.
(c) Organ Procurement Organization Defined.--In this section,
the term ``organ procurement organization'' has the meaning
given such term in section 6 of the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift
of Life Medal Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-413; 42 U.S.C. 274i-
4).
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66. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boebert of Colorado or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON RECEIPT OF FUNDING FROM CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on
United States institutions of higher education that host
Confucius Institutes and have received funding from the
Department of Defense.
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67. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in title XXXV, insert the following:
SEC. ___. BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS FOR SHIPYARD MODERNIZATION AND
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
Section 53733 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(f) Buy America.--Section 54101(d)(2) shall apply to any
funds obligated by the Administrator under this section.''.
SEC. ___. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) Chapter 537.--The analysis for chapter 537 of title 46,
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to
section 53703 and inserting the following:
``53703. Application and administration.''.
(b) Chapter 541.--The analysis for chapter 541 of title 46,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``Chapter 541--Miscellaneous
``Sec.
``54101. Assistance for small shipyards.''.
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68. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle B of title IX the following:
SEC. 9__. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMANDANT OF THE COAST GUARD ON THE JOINT
CHIEFS OF STAFF.
(a) Membership on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.--Section 151(a)
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(9) The Commandant of the Coast Guard.''.
(b) Appointment of Chairman; Grade and Rank.--Section 152 of
such title is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking ``or the
Commandant of the Marine Corps'' and inserting ``the
Commandant of the Marine Corps, or the Commandant of
the Coast Guard''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``Navy'' and
inserting ``Navy or Coast Guard''.
(c) Vice Chairman.--Section 154(f) of such title is amended
by striking ``Navy'' and inserting ``Navy or Coast Guard''.
(d) Inclusion on the Joint Staff.--Section 155(a) of such
title is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking ``(other than the Coast Guard)'';
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and''
at the end;
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) the Coast Guard.''; and
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Secretary of the
military department having jurisdiction over that armed
force'' and inserting ``Secretary concerned''.
(e) Duties as Member of Joint Staff.--Section 302 of title
14, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``The President may'' and inserting
the following:
``(a) The President may''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b)(1) The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall also perform
the duties prescribed for the Commandant as a member of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff under section 151 of title 10.
``(2) To the extent that such action does not impair the
independence of the Commandant in the performance of the
Commandant's duties as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the Commandant shall inform the Secretary of the department in
which the Coast Guard is operating regarding military advice
rendered by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on matters
affecting such department.
``(3) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the
Secretary of Defense, the Commandant shall keep the Secretary
of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating fully
informed of significant military operations affecting the
duties and responsibilities of such Secretary.''.
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69. 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. 12__. 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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70. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bacon of Nebraska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 17__. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR CERTAIN LITERARY WORKS OF MILITARY
MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY OF CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.
Section 105(d) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``civilian''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the
following:
``(O) Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences.''.
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71. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, insert the following
section:
SEC. 17__ REVOCATION OF SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CERTAIN PERSONS.
(a) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Defense shall suspend or revoke a security
clearance or access to classified information for any retired
or separated member of the uniformed service or civilian
employee of the Department of Defense who engages in the
activities described in subsection (b).
(b) Activities Described.--The activities described in this
subsection are lobbying activities or lobbying contacts for or
on behalf of any entity that is--
(1) identified by the Secretary of Defense in the
most recent report submitted under section 1260H(a) of
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113
note) as a Chinese military company;
(2) included in the Non-SDN Chinese Military-
Industrial Complex Companies List published by the
Department of the Treasury;
(3) owned by or controlled by an agency or
instrumentality of any person described in paragraphs
(1) or (2); or
(4) an agency or instrumentality of any person
described in paragraphs (1) or (2).
(c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may, for periods not to
exceed 180 days, waive the application of the prohibition in
subsection (a) for an individual if the Secretary certifies to
the congressional defense committees that doing so is in the
national security interest of the United States.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``lobbying activities'' has the meaning
given such term in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602).
(2) The term ``lobbying contact'' has the meaning
given such term in section 3 of the Lobbying Disclosure
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602) except that clause (iv) of
paragraph (8)(B)(iv) of such section shall not apply.
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72. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON IRANIAN OIL SALES PROCEEDS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 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 how proceeds from illicit
Iranian oil sales support Iran's military and security
budget.
(2) An assessment of the extent to which the funds
described in paragraph (1) have been used directly or
indirectly by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
Hamas, Hizballah, or other Iranian proxies.
(3) An overview of efforts undertaken to enforce
sanctions against Iran's energy sector, including
interdictions of tankers.
(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 Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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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, add the following:
SEC. 31__. LIST OF POTENTIAL ADVANCED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES.
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 list of at least 30 potential
opportunities to deploy advanced nuclear technology to bolster
the operational energy, installation energy, and expeditionary
energy capabilities of the Department of Defense.
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74. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. FUNDING FOR BASE SUPPORT.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operating forces, line 090 as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301
for Operations and Maintenance, for base support, 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 Administration and Service-Wide
Activities for line 410 as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4301, for Administration is hereby
reduced by $5,000,000.
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75. 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 X, add the following new
section:
SEC. __. STUDY AND REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY POLICIES WITH
RESPECT TO NET METERING.
Not later than 180 days the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy,
Installations, and Environment) shall carry out a study and
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that
includes--
(1) a summary of the policies and procedures of the
Department of the Navy in effect as of the date of the
enactment of this Act with respect to net metering;
(2) a list of each military installation under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy that uses net
metering as of such date;
(3) a summary of best practices developed by each
such military installation with respect to encouraging
the use of net metering;
(4) recommendations of the Secretary of the Navy with
respect to potential regulatory and statutory actions
to assist the Navy utilize the full benefits of net
metering.
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76. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bacon of Nebraska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. AIR FORCE RAPID RESPONSE LANGUAGE PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
establish a pilot program to enable--
(1) agile response to sudden requirements for skills
in new languages where capability is limited or non-
existent;
(2) agile response to surge for any language required
due to responses to conflict, humanitarian disaster, or
other military requirements; and
(3) development of innovative language learning
technologies for delivering synchronous and
asynchronous language training for Air Force linguists
and other Air Force language enabled personnel.
(b) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives, on the results
of the pilot program, including the number of courses
developed, the number of personnel trained, the languages
taught, the proficiency levels attained, response time to
develop courses and train personnel, and availability for
training personnel while on the job.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than July 1, 2025, the Secretary
shall brief the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
House of Representatives on implementation of this section and
plans regarding continuing language education described in
subsection (a).
(d) Sunset.--The authority under this section shall expire on
September 30, 2028.
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77. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Massie of Kentucky or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D 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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78. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mills of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title VI, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 6__. MWR RETAIL FACILITIES: USE BY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 54 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 1067. MWR facilities: civilian employees
``(a) Current Employees.--Subject to subsection (c) of this
section and section 1066 of this title, a civilian employee of
the Department of Defense or department in which the Coast
Guard is operating shall be permitted to use MWR retail
facilities on the same basis as members of the armed forces on
active duty.
``(b) Retired Employees.--Subject to subsection (c), a
retired civilian employee of the Department of Defense or
department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall be
permitted to use MWR retail facilities on the same basis as
members of the armed forces on active duty.
``(c) Limitation.--A civilian employee or retired civilian
employee may not purchase tobacco or a military uniform at MWR
retail facilities.
``(d) MWR Retail Facilities Defined.--In this section, the
term `MWR retail facilities' has the meaning given such term in
section 1063 of this title.''.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations under section 1067 of such title, as added by this
section, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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79. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Huizenga of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12_. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WITH THE
LIMITATION ON MILITARY-TO-MILITARY EXCHANGE OR
CONTACT WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHINESE
PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report that describes compliance by the
Department of Defense with the limitation on military-to-
military exchange or contact with representatives of the
People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China
under section 1201 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2000 (10 U.S.C. 168 note).
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) a description of measures the Department of
Defense is taking to mitigate the risk of the People's
Liberation Army gaining indirect knowledge of United
States Armed Forces' equipment and operational tactics,
techniques, and products through interaction with the
militaries of United States allies and partners; and
(2) an identification of any obstacles to ensuring
United States allies and partners are sufficiently
aware of the risk described in paragraph (1) and on
conducting the necessary follow-up and end-use
monitoring to ensure compliance by such allies and
partners.
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80. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle A of title II the following new
section:
SEC. __. 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 6, 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 4301 for Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide, for Washington Headquarters Services, line 480,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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81. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle C of title VII the following:
SEC. 7__. REQUIREMENTS STUDY AND STRATEGY FOR COMBAT MEDICAL SUPPORT
DURING CRISIS OR CONFLICT IN THE INDO-PACIFIC.
(a) In General.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel
and Readiness shall conduct a study to determine the
requirements for combat medical support during a crisis or
conflict in the Indo-Pacific and in support of the objectives
of the national defense strategy. Such study shall include the
following:
(1) Identification of anticipated medical
requirements necessary to support a most likely
conflict scenario in the Indo-Pacific, including--
(A) requirements for short-term, mid-term,
and long-term contingency and steady-state
medical operations against adversaries;
(B) requirements for medical equipment,
facilities, and personnel, to include
anticipated medical specialties needed;
(C) timelines associated with activating or
mobilizing total force medical personnel and
equipment; and
(D) the role of the Integrated CONUS Medical
Operations Plan.
(2) An assessment of the ideal posture of medical
personnel and equipment, including--
(A) locations ideal for pre-positioning
medical personnel, equipment, and assets, to
include hospital ships and expeditionary
medical facilities;
(B) the role of fixed military medical
treatment facilities and their personnel in
Hawaii and elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific;
(C) infrastructure requirements or
considerations in Hawaii, Guam, and other U.S.
installations in the Indo-Pacific; and
(D) current or potential partner nation
support capabilities or agreements.
(3) An assessment of the rotary, tilt, and fixed wing
aircraft and key medical evacuation enabling
capabilities that--
(A) are needed to meet the requirements
identified under paragraph (1);
(B) have been accounted for in the budget as
of the date of the study; or
(C) that are being considered or in
development and the projected timeline to meet
full operational capability.
(4) Identification of any medical care or support
capability gaps, including an assessment of--
(A) whether and to what extent such gaps may
affect the ability of the joint force to
provide medical support and care during a
conflict; and
(B) any capability gaps attributable to
unfunded requirements.
(5) Identification and assessment of key current,
emerging, and future technologies with potential
applications to the combat medical support and medical
evacuation mission.
(b) Strategy Required.--
(1) In general.--Based on the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), the Secretary of
Defense shall develop a strategy to meet the
requirements identified under such study.
(2) Elements.--The strategy under paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) a prioritized list of capabilities,
equipment and infrastructure needed to meet the
requirements identified under subsection (a);
(B) the estimated costs of such capabilities,
equipment, and infrastructure; and
(C) the roles of each service component in
contributing to combat medical support from
point of injury to recovery.
(3) Submission to congress.--
(A) In general.--Not later than one year
after the enactment of this Act, the Office of
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on
the strategy developed under paragraph (1).
(B) Form.--The report shall be submitted in
unclassified form, by may include a classified
annex.
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82. 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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83. 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 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 such testing, as
reported by customers in the military departments, in
the annual reports of the Warstopper Program.
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84. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Edwards of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII, insert the
following:
SEC. 28__. SURVEY OF CERTAIN COUNTIES FOR PLACEMENT OF FACILITIES.
(a) Survey Required.--Not later than one year afer the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress the results of a survey of the counties
described in subsection (b) to assess potential placement of
operational, training, or other facilities for use by the
military departments in such counties.
(b) Counties Described.--The counties described in this
subsection are located in the State of North Carolina and are
as follows:
(1) Buncombe County.
(2) Cherokee County.
(3) Clay County.
(4) Graham County.
(5) Haywood County.
(6) Henderson County.
(7) Jackson County.
(8) Macon County.
(9) Madison County.
(10) McDowell County.
(11) Polk County.
(12) Rutherford County.
(13) Swain County.
(14) Transylvania County.
(15) Yancey County.
(c) Survey Requirements.--The survey required under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the mountainous and varied
terrains in the areas described in subsection (b) and
the feasibility of programs that use this geography,
including programs for basic survival skills, dam and
reservoir exercises, whitewater rafting exercises,
thick vegetation exercises, air drop exercises, and
mountainous warfare exercises.
(2) An evaluation of defense assets located in the
State of North Carolina and the lack of defense assets
in the area described in subsection (b).
(d) Survey Considerations.--The survey shall assesses the
feasibility of the placement of operational, training, and
other facilities as follows:
(1) Consideration of relevant civilian assets in the
area described in subsection (b).
(2) Consideration of assets of Department of Defense
contractors in such area.
(3) Proximity of such to current defense assets,
including Fort Liberty.
(4) Consideration of the geographic similarities of
such area to geographic regions critical to United
States defense policy, including the Indo-Pacific
region, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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85. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROCUREMENT FROM
COMPANIES PROVIDING SEMICONDUCTORS AND
SEMICONDUCTOR-RELATED PRODUCTS TO HUAWEI.
(a) Prohibition.--Beginning on the date that is 90 days after
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall not
enter into or renew a contract for the procurement of any
covered semiconductor products and services for the Department
of Defense with any entity that provides covered semiconductor
products and services to Huawei.
(b) Certification Process.--The Secretary of Defense shall,
not later than the date on which the prohibition in subsection
(a) of this section takes effect, develop and implement a
process requiring each entity seeking to provide covered
semiconductor products and services to the Department of
Defense to certify to the Department of Defense that such
entity does not provide covered semiconductor products and
services to Huawei.
(c) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``covered semiconductor products and
services'' means--
(A) semiconductors;
(B) equipment for manufacturing
semiconductors; and
(C) tools for designing semiconductors; and
(2) the term ``Huawei'' means--
(A) Huawei Technologies Company;
(B) any entity that is a subsidiary, owner,
beneficial owner, affiliate, or successor of
Huawei Technologies Company; and
(C) any entity that is directly or indirectly
controlled by Huawei Technologies Company.
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86. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E 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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87. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E 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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88. 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 XVIII, add the following:
SEC. 18__. 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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89. 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 X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. UNIVERSITY CENTERS FOR ARCTIC NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Investments in improving our understanding of the
Arctic environment are critical to ensuring the
national security of the United States.
(2) The Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security
Studies is vital to understanding and addressing the
strategic implications of the current and emerging
Arctic security challenge.
(3) The Arctic environment is rapidly changing and
accurate and consistent data and analysis is needed to
produce evidence-based policy.
(4) The academic community is well-positioned to
support efforts to advance critical Arctic national
security studies.
(b) Establishment.--Beginning not later than one year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall establish or designate one or more one or more University
Centers for Arctic National Security Studies at institutions of
higher education.
(c) Activities.--A University Center established or
designated under subsection (b) shall carry out activities--
(1) in collaboration with the Ted Stevens Center for
Arctic Security Studies and other relevant entities, to
set mission priorities for the Department of Defense
relating to the Arctic domain;
(2) to support academic research to advance evidence-
based policy making on matters relating to the Arctic;
(3) to improve the Department's understanding of the
ever-changing Arctic environment; and
(4) to foster collaboration between researchers and
students to advance Arctic national security studies.
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90. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fallon of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. MILITARY RECRUITER PHYSICAL ACCESS TO CAMPUSES.
(a) In General.--Subpart 2 of Part F of title VIII of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 8528 the
following:
``SEC. 8528A. MILITARY RECRUITER ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
``Each local educational agency receiving assistance under
this Act shall provide military recruiters the same access to
the campus of each secondary school served by the local
educational agency for the purpose of recruiting students who
are at least 17 years of age that is provided to any
prospective employer, institution of higher education, or other
recruiter.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(c) Compliance Monitoring and Reporting.--On an annual basis,
the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) collect information from military recruiters
regarding the compliance of local educational agencies
with the requirements of section 8528A of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as
added by subsection (a)); and
(2) based on such information, prepare and submit to
the Secretary of Education a report that--
(A) identifies each local educational agency
that the Secretary of Defense determines to be
in violation of such section; and
(B) explains the reasons for such
determination.
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91. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Obernolte of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title XI of division A the following:
SEC. 11__. GAO REPORT ON HOME-BASED BUSINESSES AT REMOTE MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.--In order to address critical quality of
life, morale, and welfare issues, not later than one year after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
shall assess and submit a report to the Secretary of Defense on
the following:
(1) The average number of Home-Based Businesses
operating at remote and isolated installations in the
United States in comparison to Home-Based Businesses
operating at other military installations. In carrying
out this paragraph, the Comptroller General shall
account for the differences in military population
size.
(2) The average rate of approval for new Home-Based
Businesses at remote and isolated United States
installations in comparison to new approvals for new
Home-Based Businesses operating at other military
installations, by military service.
(3) The average number of days required for a Home-
Based Business application to be approved at remote and
isolated United States installations in comparison to
similar Home-Based Business applications (to the
greatest extent practicable) at other military
installations, by military service.
(4) The effectiveness of each services' utilization
and implementation of the Home-Based Business program.
(5) Any recommendations on--
(A) additional incentives for military
personnel, Department of Defense civilian
employees, and their family members to
establish Home-Based Businesses at remote and
isolated installations to more effectively
ensure that the quality-of-life services
provided through the program meet the mission
of their applicable military installation;
(B) additional commercial products and
services that are eligible to be provided
through the Home-Based Businesses program; and
(C) ways to simplify, streamline, and
generally improve the approval and application
process for Home-Based Business applications.
(b) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``effectiveness'' means the capability
of increasing the quality of life for servicemembers
and their families residing on a military installation;
and
(2) the term ``military installation'' has the
meaning given that term in section 2801 of title 10,
United States Code.
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92. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Obernolte of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. REPORT ON DOMESTIC SITES FOR RARE EARTH ELEMENT MINING.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report containing a list of
domestic sites--
(1) that have a high potential for containing
deposits of rare earth elements;
(2) where new or additional mining operations for
rare earth elements could be established; or
(3) that are suitable for mining for rare earth
elements, as determined by a feasibility study
conducted by the Defense Logistics Agency.
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93. 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 and
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.--In 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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94. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brownley of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title I, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. FUNDING FOR C-130 MODULAR AIRBORNE FIREFIGHTING SYSTEM.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 101 for aircraft procurement, Air
Force, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4101, for other aircraft, C-130, line 049, is hereby
increased by $20,000,000 (with the amount of such increase to
be used for the modular airborne firefighting system).
(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, Air Force, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4201, for system development and
demonstration, VC-25B, line 114, is hereby reduced by
$20,000,000.
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95. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 61_. ASSIGNMENT INCENTIVE PAY FOR MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO CREECH AIR
FORCE BASE AND NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON.
(a) In General.--The Secretary concerned may designate the
assignment of a member of the Armed Forces to Creech Air Force
Base, Nevada, or Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada, as an
assignment that makes the member eligible for assignment
incentive pay under section 307a of title 37, United States
Code.
(b) Secretary Concerned Defined.--In this section, the term
``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given that term in
section 101 of title 37, United States Code.
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96. 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, 2025, 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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97. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Houlahan of
Pennsylvania 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 COPAYMENTS FOR MENTAL OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE
UNDER TRICARE.
Not later than 90 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 House
Representatives a report on cost sharing paid by beneficiaries
under the TRICARE program for outpatient visits for mental
health or behavioral health care. Such report shall include the
following:
(1) Efforts of the Secretary of Defense to ensure
that such cost sharing is affordable for such
beneficiaries.
(2) A summary of such cost sharing during fiscal
years 2019 through 2024, including--
(A) the total amount paid by beneficiaries;
(B) the number of visits per year; and
(C) the average amount paid per such visit.
(3) Recommendations of the Secretary regarding how to
limit minimize the burden of such cost sharing to such
beneficiaries.
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98. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Houlahan of
Pennsylvania or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 7__. PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST STANDALONE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE
EFFICIENCIES IN SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL
READINESS, AND MEDICAL PROCESSES.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Defense Health Agency, shall carry out a pilot program to
test and evaluate existing standalone technology for the
purposes of assessing whether such standalone technology--
(1) improves efficiencies in medical supply-chain
management and in military medical readiness;
(2) streamlines medical processes;
(3) improves recordation accuracy;
(4) reduces rates of needlestick injury; and
(5) enhances retention rates of military health care
providers.
(b) Locations.--The pilot shall be conducted at medical
facilities of the Department of Defense that the Secretary
determines would enable a sufficiently thorough sample size to
carry out the assessment under subsection (a).
(c) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate 36 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the termination of
the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report containing the
assessment of the Secretary under subsection (a).
(e) Standalone Technology Defined.--In this section, the term
``standalone technology'' means a device that is capable of
accomplishing the functions specified in subsection (a).
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99. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Joyce of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 7__. PILOT PROGRAM ON PRE-PROGRAMMING OF SUICIDE PREVENTION
RESOURCES INTO SMART DEVICES ISSUED TO MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
commence the conduct of a pilot program under which the
Secretary--
(1) pre-downloads the Virtual Hope Box application of
the Defense Health Agency, or such successor
application, on the covered devices of members of the
Armed Forces;
(2) pre-programs the National Suicide Hotline number
and Veterans Crisis Line number into the contacts for
such covered devices; and
(3) provides training, as part of the training on
suicide awareness and prevention conducted throughout
the Department of Defense, on the preventative
resources described in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(b) Duration.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the
pilot program under this section for a two-year period.
(c) Scope.--The Secretary of Defense shall determine the
appropriate scope of individuals participating in the pilot
program under this section to best represent each Armed Force
and to ensure a relevant sample size.
(d) Identification of Other Resources.--In carrying out the
pilot program under this section, the Secretary of Defense
shall coordinate with the Director of the Defense Health Agency
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to identify other useful
technology-related resources for use in the pilot program.
(e) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which
the pilot program under this section terminates, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the
pilot program, including recommendations by the Secretary
relating to expanding the scope of future pilot programs to
include members of the Armed Forces who do not possess covered
devices.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered device'' means a smart device
(including a mobile phone) that is issued to an
individual by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary
of an Armed Force.
(2) The term ``Veterans Crisis Line'' means the toll-
free hotline for veterans established under section
1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code.
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100. 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 of division A, 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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101. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Obernolte of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOLID ROCKET
MOTOR MIXING TECHNOLOGY AND THE MISSILE INDUSTRIAL
BASE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Domestic production capabilities for solid rocket
motors have inherent limitations due to the mixing
technology that is currently in use, a technology that
hasn't changed for over 60 years, for which there is a
single supplier, and which is particularly vulnerable
to foreign object debris.
(2) New, efficient, and ecologically friendly solid
rocket motor mixing technologies have the potential to
assist in ramping-up tactical missile production in
anticipation of increased global instability.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of the Air Force should pursue efforts to research,
develop, and demonstrate advanced propellant mixing
technologies for solid rocket motor propulsion systems that can
be inserted into current or planned production facilities in
order to provide additional surge capabilities to meet near-
term supply needs.
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102. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12_. KEY PARTNERS FOR MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL INTEGRATION MILITARY
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT EXCHANGE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, using existing
authorities, including section 311 of title 10, United States
Code, as applicable, and in consultation with the head of any
other Federal agency, as appropriate, shall design and
implement a foreign military officer subject matter expert
exchange program to be known as the `` Middle East Regional
Integration Military Subject Matter Expert Exchange Program''
(referred to in this section as the ``exchange program'').
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the exchange program shall be to
facilitate interaction, cultural exchange, and mutual learning
of members of participating militaries in support of Middle
East regional integration in order to deepen and expand such
integration.
(c) Membership.--
(1) Composition.--The exchange program shall be
composed of members of the armed forces of
participating militaries in support of Middle East
regional integration and members of the Armed Forces of
the United States.
(2) Subject matter.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense
shall select exchange program participants with
a wide range of experiences collectively
covering the tactical, operational, and
strategic levels.
(B) Participant pay grade levels.--The
Secretary of Defense shall include in the
exchange program participants at each of the
following military pay grades, or equivalent
foreign military pay grades:
(i) E-7 through E-9.
(ii) CW-3 through CW--5.
(iii) O-3 through O-9.
(iv) Such other pay grade levels at
the discretion of the Secretary of
Defense.
(C) Expertise.--A participant in the exchange
program shall have expertise in one or more of
the following subject matter areas:
(i) Strategic doctrine.
(ii) Defense planning.
(iii) Civilian and military
relations.
(iv) Military law.
(v) Public affairs.
(vi) Civil affairs.
(vii) Military budgeting and
acquisition.
(viii) Integrated air and missile
defense.
(ix) Integrated maritime domain
awareness and interdiction.
(x) Cyber resilience and defense.
(xi) Counterterrorism.
(xii) Defense information sharing.
(xiii) Any other subject matter area
that the Secretary of Defense
determines to be appropriate.
(d) Exchange Program Content.--The exchange program--
(1) shall include learning modalities and methods, as
determined by the Exchange Program Coordinator;
(2) may include separate agendas and experiences for
participants in order to--
(A) facilitate interaction on particular
topics;
(B) cater to participant backgrounds or rank
levels; or
(C) achieve other pedagogical ends as
determined by the Exchange Program Coordinator;
and
(3) may include discussion, comparison, and
information regarding the development of--
(A) defense doctrine;
(B) exercise development;
(C) budget planning;
(D) military law and law of armed conflict;
(E) military cooperation with civilian
agencies;
(F) standard operating procedures;
(G) operational plans and the operational
art;
(H) gaps and opportunities for improvement in
existing procedures and plans;
(I) existing technical challenges;
(J) emerging technical challenges;
(K) the current and future threat
environment;
(L) trust and capacity for multilateral
sharing of information;
(M) additional mechanisms and ideas for
integrated cooperation;
(N) ways to promote the meaningful
participation of women in matters of peace and
security; and
(O) other content, as appropriate, developed
to advance integration and tactical,
operational, and strategic proficiency.
(e) Meetings.--Participants in the exchange program shall
meet in-person not less frequently than quarterly.
(f) Exchange Program Coordinator.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall
designate an Exchange Program Coordinator, who shall be
assigned to a Department of Defense School, to oversee
the exchange program.
(2) Duties.--(2) The Exchange Program Coordinator
shall--
(A) design the exchange program;
(B) ensure that the exchange program complies
with the requirements of this section;
(C) provide to the Secretary of Defense
reports on developments, insights, and progress
of the exchange program; and
(D) notify the Secretary of Defense of any
failures of the exchange program to comply with
the in-person requirements of subsection (e).
(3) Notification to congress.--Not later than 15 days
after receiving a notification under paragraph (2)(D),
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee
on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report
describing--
(A) the reasons an in-person meeting did not
occur during such quarter; and
(B) any measures taken to ensure that an in-
person meeting occurs during the following
quarter.
(g) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter
for 5 years, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report that includes--
(A) a summary of the activities of the
exchange program during the prior year,
including--
(i) the countries participating;
(ii) the subject matter covered;
(iii) developments, insights, and
progress achieved through the program;
and
(iv) any new topics added to the
exchange as well as a justification for
adding the new topic;
(B) an assessment of the effectiveness of the
exchange program; and
(C) recommendations on further improvements
to the exchange program.
(2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
be submitted in unclassified form but may include a
classified annex.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Department of defense school.--The term
``Department of Defense school'' means any institution
listed in section 1595(c) or section 2162(d) of title
10, United States Code.
(2) Participating militaries in support of middle
east regional integration.--The term ``participating
militaries in support of Middle East regional
integration'' means military allies and partner forces
of the United States working to advance regional
integration in the Middle East.
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103. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D 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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104. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cammack of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 17__. WORKING GROUP ON BLOCKCHAIN, SMART CONTRACTS, AND
DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Establishment Required.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this section, 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'').
(b) Duties.--The duties of the Working Group are to--
(1) identify whether blockchain, smart contracts, and
distributed ledger technologies could be used by the
Secretary of Defense for the purposes of improving the
functions and efficiency of the Department of Defense;
and
(2) not later than the date described in subsection
(h), submit to the Secretary a report summarizing the
findings of the Working Group under paragraph (1).
(c) Composition.--The Working Group shall be composed of the
following members or their designees:
(1) A representative from the Office of Science and
Technology Policy.
(2) Representatives of such organizations and
elements of the Department of Defense as the Secretary
of Defense determines appropriate.
(d) Charter.--Not later than April 1, 2025, the Secretary of
Defense shall develop a charter with respect to the functions
of the Working Group.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to permit the Secretary of Defense to provide any
competitive advantage to any member of the Working Group.
(f) Sunset.--The Working Group shall terminate on December
31, 2029.
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105. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12_. REPORT ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) section 1003 of the Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-525; 63 Stat.
2241)--
(A) expresses that due to threats that are
ever-changing, Congress must be informed with
respect to allied contributions to the common
defense to properly assess the readiness of the
United States and the countries described in
subsection (b)(2) for threats; and
(B) requires that the Secretary of Defense to
submit to Congress an annual report on the
contributions of allies to the common defense;
(2) the threats facing the United States--
(A) extend beyond the global war on terror;
and
(B) include near-peer threats; and
(3) the President should seek from each country
described in subsection (b)(2) acceptance of
international security responsibilities and agreements
to make contributions to the common defense in
accordance with the collective defense agreements or
treaties to which such country is a party.
(b) Reports on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March 1 of each year,
the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
heads of other Federal agencies, as the Secretary
determines to be necessary, shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report containing
a description of--
(A) the annual defense spending by each
country described in paragraph (2), including
available data on nominal budget figures and
defense spending as a percentage of the gross
domestic products of each such country for the
fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal
year in which the report is submitted;
(B) the activities of each such country to
contribute to military or stability operations
in which the Armed Forces of the United States
are a participant or may be called upon in
accordance with a cooperative defense agreement
to which the United States is a party;
(C) any limitations placed by any such
country on the use of such contributions; and
(D) any actions undertaken by the United
States or by other countries to minimize such
limitations.
(2) Countries described.--The countries described in
this paragraph are the following:
(A) Each member country of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
(B) Each member country of the Gulf
Cooperation Council.
(C) Each country party to the Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty),
done at Rio de Janeiro September 2, 1947, and
entered into force December 3, 1948 (TIAS
1838).
(D) Australia.
(E) Japan.
(F) New Zealand.
(G) The Philippines.
(H) South Korea.
(I) Thailand.
(3) Form.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a
classified annex.
(4) Availability.--A report submitted under paragraph
(1) shall be made available on request to any Member of
Congress.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
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106. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 7___. REPORT ON RATE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY AMONG MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, and with respect to members
of the Coast Guard, the Secretary of the Department in which
the Coast Guard is operating in any case in which such
Department is not operating as a service in the Navy, shall
submit to Congress a report on the rate of maternal mortality
among members of the Armed Forces and the dependents of such
members.
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107. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moore of Alabama or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
Subsection (c) of section 2214 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(c) Notice to Congress.--(1) Not later than five days after
the Secretary of Defense transfers amounts under such authority
to transfer amounts, the Secretary shall provide to the
congressional defense committees and the covered members of
Congress notice of the transfer.
``(2) Notice under this subsection with respect to a transfer
shall include--
``(A) a written description of the transfer; and
``(B) upon the request of a congressional defense
committee or a covered member of Congress, a briefing
on the transfer, which shall be provided not later than
five days after the date on which the briefing is
requested.
``(3) In this subsection, the term `covered member of
Congress' means, with respect to a transfer--
``(A) each Member of the House of Representatives who
represents a district that would be affected by the
transfer; and
``(B) both Senators from each State that would be
affected by the transfer.''.
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108. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. BRIEFING ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM TO PROTECT UNITED
STATES STUDENTS AGAINST FOREIGN AGENTS.
Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of
this section, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing
to the congressional defense committees on the program
described in section 1277 of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), including an
assessment on whether the program is beneficial to students
interning, working part-time, or in a program that will result
in employment post-graduation with Department of Defense
components and contractors.
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109. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5__. SPEECH DISORDERS OF CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN.
(a) Testing.--The Superintendent of a military service
academy shall provide testing for speech disorders to incoming
cadets or midshipmen under the jurisdiction of that
Superintendent.
(b) No Effect on Admission.--The testing under subsection (a)
may not have any affect on admission to a military service
academy.
(c) Results.--The Superintendent shall provide each cadet or
midshipman under the jurisdiction of that Superintendent the
result of the testing under subsection (a) and a list of
warfare unrestricted line officer positions and occupation
specialists that require successful performance on the speech
test.
(d) Therapy.--The Superintendent shall furnish speech therapy
to a cadet or midshipman under the jurisdiction of that
Superintendent at the election of the cadet or midshipman.
(e) Retaking.--A cadet or midshipman whose testing indicate a
speech disorder or impediment may elect to retake the testing
once each academic year while enrolled at the military service
academy.
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110. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hayes of Connecticut
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 7__. ANNUAL REVIEW AND UPDATE OF ONLINE INFORMATION RELATING TO
SUICIDE PREVENTION.
Not later than June 1, 2026, 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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111. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Amodei of Nevada or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. TRI-SERVICE ARCTIC MARITIME STRATEGY.
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Navy, the Commandant of the Marine
Corps, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to
the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate a report on a Tri-Service Arctic Maritime Strategy
outlining areas of cooperation and alignment within the Arctic
region to combat current and potential threats, and provide
guidance on how the 3 branches can deepen integration and
pursue joint modernization efforts in this cold-weather
landscape.
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112. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. STUDY RELATED TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF APPRENTICES AT
PUBLIC SHIPYARDS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Commander of United States Naval Sea Systems
Command shall conduct a study to--
(1) summarize data relating to the recruitment and
retention of apprentices across the four public
shipyards, disaggregated by shipyard, including--
(A) demographic information on applicants for
apprenticeships;
(B) recruiting incentives offered to the
applicants;
(C) apprenticeship completion rates for
accepted applicants;
(D) the average duration of service for
graduates of an apprenticeship; and
(E) reasons why individuals voluntarily left
the apprentice program or the Navy after
completing the apprenticeship program; and
(2) determine the feasibility of--
(A) sharing apprenticeship application data
across all four public shipyards;
(B) allowing an apprentice to start an
apprenticeship program in one such shipyard and
finish the in another such shipyard;
(C) allowing an apprentice to enter and
complete an apprenticeship program in one such
shipyard but serve in another such shipyard
upon completion of the four year training
program; and
(D) allowing such a shipyard to train an
individual who, upon completion of the
training, would be required to serve in a
another such shipyard but would have the right
to return to the shipyard where they received
such training after serving for 4 years at the
other shipyard.
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113. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ezell of Mississippi
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XXXV, add the following:
SEC. 35__. STUDY ON THE MOVEMENT OF CRITICAL CARGO THROUGH MARINE
TERMINALS AND PORTS.
(a) Study.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transportation, in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense and in consultation
with the head of each relevant Federal agency, shall conduct a
study on the movement of critical cargo through marine
terminals and ports, including an examination of--
(1) efforts to expedite the movement of critical
cargo through ports and marine terminals; and
(2) methodologies, practices, and processes for--
(A) moving such cargo during an event for
which an emergency is declared by the President
or a Federal agency;
(B) identifying critical cargo and expediting
the movement of such cargo through the marine
terminals and ports;
(C) expediting the movement of critical cargo
across all modes of transportation after
leaving marine terminals and ports;
(D) improving the readiness of the Armed
Forces through the expedited movement of
critical cargo; and
(E) mitigating the impact on the movement of
other cargo that is not critical.
(b) Request for Information.--The Secretary of Transportation
shall issue a request for information in the Federal Register
seeking public comment on the matters to be considered in the
study under subsection (a).
(c) Voluntary Pilot Program.--
(1) In general.--In carrying out the study under
subsection (a), the Secretary may establish one or more
voluntary pilot programs to test the effectiveness of
any methodology, practice, or process for expediting
the movement of critical cargo through ports and marine
terminals.
(2) Limitations.--In carrying out any pilot program
under paragraph (1), the Secretary--
(A) may not purchase any fully automated
cargo handling equipment that is remotely
operated or remotely monitored, with or without
human intervention or control; and
(B) shall ensure any such pilot program does
not result in a net loss of jobs within a
marine terminal or port.
(d) Report.--Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report containing--
(1) the findings of the study conducted under
subsection (a); and
(2) recommendations with respect to the
methodologies, practices, and processes examined in
such study, including recommendations for using data
from commercial and governmental data tracking
initiatives to--
(A) determine when cargo is critical and
needs to be expedited;
(B) identify such cargo at port and marine
terminals; and
(C) expedite the movement and distribution of
such cargo to end users.
(e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to interfere with or supersede any agreement
regarding port labor.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(A) the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives;
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate; and
(C) the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term ``relevant Federal agency'' means--
(A) the Department of Health and Human
Services; and
(B) any other Federal agency determined
relevant by the Secretary of Transportation.
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114. 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 XVII, add the following:
SEC. 10__. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL COOPERATION ON SPACE MATTERS.
Congress expresses support for cooperation between the
United States and Israel on space matters, including--
(1) between National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) and the Israel Space Agency; and
(2) between the United States Air Force and the
Israeli Air Force's newly created Space Force in the
areas of research, development, test, and evaluation.
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115. 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 X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. MODIFICATION TO TYPES OF SUPPORT FOR COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES
AND ACTIVITIES TO COUNTER TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED
CRIME.
Section 284(b)(6)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ``or within the joint operating area of
Joint Interagency Task Force South'' after ``United States''.
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116. 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 XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. __. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND
IRAN IN CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANNUAL
REPORT.
Section 1202(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(9) Information on the burgeoning relationship
between the People's Republic of China and the Islamic
Republic of Iran.''.
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117. 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 XXVIII, insert the
following new section:
SEC. 28__. STUDY ON CERTAIN GRANTS AWARDED TO SUPPORT INVESTMENTS IN
CERTAIN CHILD CARE FACILITIES UNDER THE DEFENSE
COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a
study on each grant awarded under the defense community
infrastructure program established under section 2391(d) of
title 10, United States Code for supporting investments in
child care facilities in areas in close proximity to military
installations (as defined in section 2801 of title 10, United
States Code).
(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) a description and total value of each grant
awarded under such program to support investments in
child care facilities 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 program for investments in child care
facilities;
(3) a description of barriers, if any, that prevent
the Secretary from awarding grants under the program to
support investments in child care facilities in areas
in close proximity to military installations on a more
frequent basis; and
(4) recommendations to increase the number of grants
awarded under such program to support investments in
child care facilities in areas in close proximity to
military installations.
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118. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luttrell of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in title XV, insert the following:
SEC. 15__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USE OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the
Department of Defense, shall coordinate and accelerate the
adoption of large language models by the Department of Defense
by improving the access and quality of the existing structured
and unstructured data of the Department to ensure such data is
immediately ready to use in conjunction with machine learning
applications being developed, tested, or in production by the
Armed Forces.
(b) Duties of Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence
Officer.--The Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer
shall---
(1) develop a list of large language model use cases
for defense and intelligence applications, including
cases that have the potential to support personnel and
manpower, operations, intelligence, logistics,
strategic planning, command and control, joint force
development, and force structure, transform business
processes, and improve non-mission capable rates;
(2) develop and make available to the Secretary
tooling to ingest and transform natural language, and
other types of unstructured data, into formats
compatible with commercially available large language
models; and
(3) provide access to capabilities, such as data
preparation, for elements within the Department of
Defense that are necessary for use with large language
models.
(c) Contracting Authorities And Limitations.--
(1) In general.--The Chief Data and Artificial
Intelligence Officer may enter into contracts with
private-sector entities, as appropriate, to carry out
the requirements of subsection (b)(2).
(2) Limitation.--The Chief Data and Artificial
Intelligence Officer may coordinate with other elements
of the Department of Defense with contracting authority
as required to carry out the duties described in
subsection (b).
(d) Semiannual Briefings.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than
semiannually thereafter, the Chief Data and Artificial
Intelligence Officer shall provide to the congressional defense
committees a briefing on the implementation of this section.
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119. 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 XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17__. DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY.
(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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120. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12___. 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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121. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bilirakis of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle D of title XII the following:
SEC. 1236. REPORT ON MULTILATERAL EXERCISES IN THE EASTERN
MEDITERRANEAN.
(a) Report.--
(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 report on multilateral exercises in the
eastern Mediterranean.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph
(1) shall contain the following elements:
(A) An assessment of the effectiveness of
multilateral military exercises hosted by
United State allies and partners in the eastern
Mediterranean in bolstering maritime energy
security and counterterrorism in the region.
(B) Individual assessments of the potential
benefits of including the following countries
in future exercises and their readiness to
participate based on interoperability:
(i) Bahrain.
(ii) Egypt.
(iii) Jordan.
(iv) United Arab Emirates
(v) Saudi Arabia
(b) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
transmitted in an unclassified form and may contain a
classified annex.
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122. 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, add the following:
SEC. 12_. STUDY AND REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY MEASURES ON THE
BORDER BETWEEN GAZA AND EGYPT.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination
with the Secretary of State, shall conduct a study on steps
that Israel, Egypt, and the United States can take to enhance
international security measures on the border between Gaza and
Egypt to ensure Hamas and other actors do not use tunnels or
methods via the Mediterranean Sea to smuggle weapons and
illicit goods.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that
contains the results of the study.
(2) Matters to be included.--The report required by
this subsection shall include a description and map
indicating existing tunnels on the border between Gaza
and Egypt.
(3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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123. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Self of Texas 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
LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD E. CAREY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of the Navy should name the Spearhead-class
expeditionary fast transport vessel of the United States Navy
that has been ordered (Hull Number T-EPF-16) in honor of
Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey for the acts of valor
described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor.--The acts of valor described in this
subsection are as follows:
(1) Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey participated
in the Inchon Landing, captured communist forces, and
led his rifle platoon to Seoul. Three months later, on
East Hill at the Chosin Reservoir, Carey hurled
grenades at Chinese forces. Carey and his fellow
Marines were outnumbered eight to one. They held their
ground and broke through the Chinese trap to the sea.
(2) Carey remained in the fight until March 1951.
While commanding a platoon of machine gunners, Carey
was badly wounded. He continued leading his troops and
initially refused to get aid for his injuries. Carey's
wounds required hospitalization. During 189 days in
Korea, Carey had seven near-death experiences. As a
result of his actions in Korea, Carey received the
Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart.
(3) Returning to the United States, Carey earned a
flight training slot and became a fighter pilot. In the
early 1960s Carey scouted Marine airfield sites in
Vietnam. He returned to Vietnam in the summer of 1967
and served during the Tet offensive. Carey flew 204
combat sorties earning the Distinguished Flying Cross
and 16 Air Medals.
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124. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle D of title XV the following:
SEC. 1538. 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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125. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Frost of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ANNUAL REPORT
ON OVERSIGHT OF FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this section, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress
and the Comptroller General of the United States, and make
publicly available, a report containing, for each fiscal year--
(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 Inspector General of the Department of Defense,
and the total amount and dollar value of oversight
investigations into fraud, waste, and abuse conducted
by the Inspectors General of each military department;
(2) statistical tables showing--
(A) the total number and dollar value of
oversight investigations 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, from the date of
receipt of a qualified incurred cost submission
(as such term is defined in section 3842 of
title 10, United States Code) and from the date
on which 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 at the end of the
fiscal year covered by the report, and the
fiscal year in which the qualified incurred
cost 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.
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126. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tenney of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 244, insert after line 21 the following (and conform the
table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 5__. CORRECTION OF CERTAIN CITATIONS IN TITLE 18, UNITED STATES
CODE, RELATING TO SEXUAL OFFENSES.
Part I of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 2241(c)--
(A) in the second sentence, by inserting ``or
an offense under the Uniform Code of Military
Justice'' after ``State offense''; and
(B) by striking ``either such provision'' and
inserting ``any such provision'';
(2) in section 2251(e), by striking ``section 920 of
title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice), or under'' each place it appears and
inserting ``the Uniform Code of Military Justice or'';
(3) in section 2252(b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section
920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice), or under'' and
inserting ``the Uniform Code of Military
Justice or''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section
920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice), or under'' and
inserting ``the Uniform Code of Military
Justice or'';
(4) in section 2252A(b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section
920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice), or under'' and
inserting ``the Uniform Code of Military
Justice or''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``section
920 of title 10 (article 120 of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice), or under'' and
inserting ``the Uniform Code of Military
Justice or'';
(5) in section 2426(b)(1)(B), by inserting ``or the
Uniform Code of Military Justice'' after ``State law'';
and
(6) in section 3559(e)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) by striking ``State sex offense''
and inserting ``State or Military sex
offense''; and
(ii) by inserting ``or the Uniform
Code of Military Justice'' after
``State law''; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``or
Military'' after ``State''.
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127. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle E 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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128. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 12_. 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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129. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title IV, the following:
Subtitle D--Reports
SEC. 431. ANNUAL DEFENSE MANPOWER PROFILE REPORT: EXPANSION OF
JUSTIFICATIONS FOR END STRENGTHS.
Section 115a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Congress'' and
inserting ``to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, and furnish to
any Member of Congress upon request,''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The
Secretary''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) The justification and explanation required by paragraph
(1) shall include the following:
``(A) An assessment of the most important threats
facing the United States, disaggregated by geographic
combatant command.
``(B) An explanation of how personnel end strength
level requests address threats described in
subparagraph (A).
``(C) The rationale for recommended increases or
decreases in active, reserve, and civilian personnel
for each component of the Department of Defense.
``(D) The rationale for recommended increases or
decreases in active, reserve, and civilian personnel
for each of the geographic combatant commands.
``(E) The primary functions or missions of active,
reserve, and civilian personnel in each geographic
combatant command.
``(F) An assessment of any areas in which decreases
in active, reserve, or civilian personnel would not
result in a decrease in readiness.
``(G) The actual end strength number for each armed
force for the prior fiscal year, compared to authorized
end strength levels.
``(H) The shortfall in recruiting by each armed force
as a percentage, as the Secretary determines
appropriate.
``(I) The number of applicants who were found to be
ineligible for service in the Department of Defense
during the prior fiscal year as a result of current
enlistment standards, disaggregated by armed force and
reason for disqualification.''.
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130. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Budzinski of Illinois
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO COMBAT FOOTWEAR OF MEMBERS OF ALL
BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall
issue regulations prohibiting any member of the Armed Forces
from wearing optional combat boots as part of a required
uniform unless the optional combat boots are entirely
manufactured in the United States and entirely made of--
(1) materials grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced
in the United States; and
(2) components that are manufactured entirely in the
United States and entirely made of materials described
in paragraph (1).
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``optional combat boots'', with respect
to a member of the Armed Forces, combat boots not
furnished to such member of the Armed Forces by the
Secretary of Defense.
(2) The term ``required uniform'' means a uniform a
member of the Armed Forces is required to wear as a
member of the Armed Forces.
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131. 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 XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. SCREENING AND REGISTRY OF INDIVIDUALS WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS
RESULTING FROM UNSAFE HOUSING UNITS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter V of chapter 169 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``Sec. 2895. Screening and registry of individuals with health
conditions resulting from unsafe housing units
``(a) Screening.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with appropriate scientific agencies as
determined by the Secretary, shall ensure that all
military medical treatment facilities screen eligible
individuals for covered conditions.
``(2) Establishment of procedures.--The Secretary may
establish procedures through which screening under
paragraph (1) may allow an eligible individual to be
included in the registry under subsection (b).
``(b) Registry.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish and maintain a registry of eligible
individuals who have a covered condition.
``(2) Inclusion of information.--The Secretary shall
include any information in the registry under paragraph
(1) that the Secretary determines necessary to
ascertain and monitor the health of eligible
individuals and the connection between the health of
such individuals and an unsafe housing unit.
``(3) Public information campaign.--The Secretary
shall develop a public information campaign to inform
eligible individuals about the registry under paragraph
(1), including how to register and the benefits of
registering.
``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `covered condition' means a medical
condition that is determined by the Secretary of
Defense to have resulted from residing in an unsafe
housing unit.
``(2) The term `eligible individual' means a member
of the armed forces or a family member of a member of
the armed forces who has resided in an unsafe housing
unit.
``(3) The term `unsafe housing unit' means a dwelling
unit that--
``(A) does not meet the housing quality
standards established under section 8(o)(8)(B)
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)(8)(B)); or
``(B) is not free from dangerous air
pollution levels from mold.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such subchapter is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 2894a the following new item:
``2895. Screening and registry of individuals with health conditions
resulting from unsafe housing units.''.
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132. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Salazar of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. STUDY ON USE AND PRESENCE OF TOXIC CHEMICALS IN PANAMA CANAL
ZONE.
(a) Study Required.--Not later than December 31, 2025, the
Armed Forces Pest Management Board shall conduct a study on the
use and presence of herbicide agents and toxic chemicals by the
Department in the Panama Canal Zone during the period beginning
on January 1, 1958, and ending on December 31, 1999.
(b) Elements.--The study conducted under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment to determine the degree to which
herbicide agents, including those known as ``rainbow
herbicides'', and other toxic chemicals were used,
tested, stored, or otherwise dispensed within the
Panama Canal Zone while members of the United States
Armed Forces were stationed there.
(2) An assessment of how many members of the United
States Armed Forces may have been affected by the usage
of herbicide agents and other toxic chemicals.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``herbicide agent'' means a chemical in
an herbicide.
(2) The term ``rainbow herbicide'' means herbicides
known as Agent Pink, Agent Purple, Agent Blue, Agent
Green, Agent White, and Agent Orange.
(3) The term ``toxic chemicals'' means persistent
organic pollutants, as defined by the Environmental
Protection Agency.
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133. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17__. STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF
CHINA'S MARITIME SAFETY ADMINISTRATION.
(a) In General.--It is the policy of the United States to
reject as a violation of international law and United States
sovereignty any attempt by China's Maritime Safety
Administration to compel United States vessels to adhere to any
reporting requirements listed within China's Maritime Traffic
Safety Law, including any requirements to require a vessel to
declare--
(1) the vessel's name and number;
(2) the vessel's satellite telephone number;
(3) the vessel's position and recent locations; and
(4) the vessel's cargo.
(b) Applicability.--Subsection (a) applies to all maritime
claims made by the People's Republic of China that the United
States has rejected, to include virtually all of China's claims
within the Nine-Dash Line.
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134. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Doggett of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. REVIEW PANEL ON FAIR AND REASONABLE PRICING AND CONTRACT
OVERSIGHT.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish a review panel on fair and reasonable pricing and
contract oversight of sole-source contracts for munitions and
weapons systems contracts, including related contracts for
services and spare parts.
(b) Membership.--
(1) In general.--The review panel shall be composed
of the following six members:
(A) The Director Price, Cost, and Finance of
the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting
of the Department of Defense.
(B) The Director of the Defense Contract
Audit Agency.
(C) The Director of the Defense Contract
Management Agency.
(D) An individual from the Office of the
Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
(E) Two individuals appointed by the
Secretary of Defense with expertise in contract
pricing, contract negotiations, and contract
oversight.
(2) Expert appointment criteria.--When appointing
individuals described in paragraph (1)(E) to the review
panel, the Secretary of Defense shall appoint only
individuals--
(A) that have extensive experience in both
the public and private (including defense and
commercial experience) sectors; and
(B) who, in the three-year period immediately
preceding such appointment--
(i) have not been employed by a
contractor of the Department of
Defense; or
(ii) undertaken any actions on behalf
of such a contractor for which the
individual was compensated in any way.
(3) Member employment restrictions.--In addition to
any other restriction imposed by law, during the period
beginning on the date an individual is appointed as a
member of the review panel and ending on the date that
is 3 years after such individual ceases to be a member
of the review panel, such individual may not be
employed by a contractor of the Department of Defense
or undertake any actions on behalf of such a contractor
for which the individual is compensated in any way.
(c) Duties.--The review panel shall do the following:
(1) Identify an extensive and representative sample
of all fixed price contracts and subcontracts,
including delivery and task orders, in excess of
$10,000,000 awarded during a period determined by the
review panel, except that--
(A) the period determined by the review panel
shall include the 15-year period immediately
preceding the date of the enactment of this
Act; and
(B) the sample shall include contracts the
performance of which is at least 75 percent
complete.
(2) Provide to the Secretary of Defense and the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a comparison between
negotiated contract prices and actual cost outcomes on
the contracts and subcontracts included in the sample
identified under paragraph (1).
(3) Provide to the Secretary of Defense and the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives an analysis of the sample
identified under paragraph (1) to determine if the
pricing for the contracting in such sample exceeded
fair and reasonable prices and, if so, whether
excessive pricing is widespread or unique to certain
weapons systems, sectors, or companies.
(4) Provide to the Secretary of Defense and the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives an analysis of the sample
identified under paragraph (1) that compares initial
price submitted by the contractor and subcontractor in
the proposal to actual cost outcomes in order to
determine the accuracy of contractor estimating
systems.
(5) Provide to the Secretary of Defense and the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives an analysis of the degree of
competition on spare parts contracts determined to be a
commercial product (as defined in section 103 of title
41, United States Code).
(6) Conduct a review and provide an analysis to the
Secretary of Defense and the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives
that determines the degree to which contract prices for
contracts and subcontracts for spare parts that are
subject to the submission of certified cost and pricing
data exceed fair and reasonable prices in comparison to
contracts and subcontracts for spare parts that do not
require the submission of certified cost and pricing
data.
(7) Provide to the Secretary of Defense and the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives an analysis of the adequacy
and degree of contractor oversight by the Department of
Defense, including the sufficiency of post-contract
award audits for compliance with chapter 271 of title
10, United States Code.
(d) Administrative Matters.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall
provide the review panel with timely access to
appropriate information, data, resources, and analysis
so that the review panel may conduct a thorough and
independent assessment as required by this section.
(2) Subpoena powers.--To the degree that any company
who has entered into a contract or subcontract subject
to the chapter 271 of title 10, United States Code, and
refuses to provide actual cost information to include
all internal estimates to complete for unfinished work,
the Inspector General shall use its subpoena powers to
compel the delivery of the requested information.
(3) Inapplicability of faca.--Chapter 10 of title 5,
United States Code, shall not apply to the review
panel.
(e) Report.--
(1) Review panel report.--Not later than one year
after the date on which the Secretary of Defense
establishes the review panel, the panel shall transmit
a final report to the Secretary.
(2) Elements.--The final report shall contain a
detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of
the review panel, including all analyses required by
this section as well as recommendations regarding the
adherence to fair and reasonable pricing for contracts
and subcontracts and improvements related to contractor
oversight.
(3) Interim reports.--(A) Not later than 8 months and
12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to, or
brief, the congressional defense committees on the
interim findings of the review panel with respect to
the elements set forth in paragraph (2).
(B) Not later than 4 months after the Secretary
submits a report to or briefs the congressional defense
committees under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of
Defense shall submit a second report to, or provided a
second briefing to, the congressional defense
committees on the interim findings of the review panel
with respect to the elements set forth in paragraph
(2).
(C) The panel shall provide regular updates to the
Secretary of Defense for purposes of providing the
interim reports required under this paragraph.
(4) Final report.--Not later than 30 days after
receiving the final report of the review panel under
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense shall transmit
such final report, together with such comments as the
Secretary determines appropriate, to the congressional
defense committees.
(f) Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund Support.--
The Secretary of Defense may use amounts available in the
Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account
established under section 1705 of title 10, United States Code,
to support activities of the review panel under this section.
(g) Review Panel Defined.--In this section, the term ``review
panel'' means the review panel established under subsection
(a).
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135. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bowman of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D 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 2024
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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136. 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 VIII, insert the following:
SEC. 8__. COLLABORATE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REPORT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Administrator for the
Office of Entrepreneurial Development of the Small Business
Administration and the Director of Small Business Programs of
the Department of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the memorandum of
understanding (referred to in this section as the ``MOU'')
between the Small Business Administration and the Department of
Defense entered into on December 2, 2022. Such report shall
include the following:
(1) The status of activities specified in clause (1)
of part III of the MOU.
(2) A summary of the lessons learned specified in
clause (1)(b) of part III of the MOU.
(3) An analysis of the activities and efficacy of
those activities specified in clause (3) of part III of
the MOU, including any nexus related to small business
certifications and use of contracting authorities at
the Department of Defense.
(4) A description of the training and events
specified in clause (5) of part III of the MOU.
(5) A summary of how the MOU prevents small business
concerns from receiving duplicative assistance or
contradictory or confusing information from covered
centers.
(6) A discussion of the sufficiency of the MOU to
achieve the goals to promote entrepreneurship and small
business development nationally and locally and
maximize participation in government contracting.
(7) Any recommended changes to existing laws or
regulations that would enhance the Parties' ability to
reach the MOU's goals.
(8) Any additional information the Parties deem
necessary.
(b) 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 Small
Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate.
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137. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Guest of Mississippi
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In subtitle C of title XXVIII, add at the end the following:
SEC. 28__. PROHIBITION ON USE BY AIR FORCE OF CORPORATE STRUCTURE IN
CONDUCTING CERTAIN BASING DECISIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not make
any basing decision during the resource allocation plan or
program objective memorandum process of the Department of the
Air Force (commonly known as a ``programmatic basing
decision'') through the use of the DAF Corporate Structure set
forth under chapters 3.2 and 7.1 of the Department of the Air
Force Instruction 10-503, dated June 12, 2023, relating to
strategic basing.
(b) Update of Instruction and Other Policy.--Not later than
30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Air Force shall update any instruction or
other policy of the Department of the Air Force to include the
prohibition under subsection (a).
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138. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 13_. INVITATION TO TAIWAN TO THE RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISE.
The Secretary of Defense is directed to invite the naval
forces of Taiwan to any Rim of the Pacific Exercise that is to
take place following the date of enactment of this Act.
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139. 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, insert the following:
SEC. 13__. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISES.
Section 1259(a)(1) of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 321 note) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'';
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(E) held an internationally recognized free
and fair presidential election.''.
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140. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. REPORT ON EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CARE FOR CIVILIANS AT MILITARY
TREATMENT FACILITIES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
section, the Director of the Defense Health Agency, in
collaboration with military treatment facilities engaged in
emergency and trauma care to civilian patients, shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report that includes the
following:
(1) A summary of any challenges that military
treatment facilities have encountered in providing
emergency and trauma care to civilian patients,
including challenges related to the transportation of
such patients to and from such facilities, and steps
the Director has taken to overcome such challenges.
(2) An assessment of the effectiveness of the
coordination of military treatment facilities with
local emergency medical services and any barrier faced
by such facilities and services related to providing
timely emergency medical care to civilians, including
any barrier caused by installation access.
(3) A summary of efforts the Director has taken to
address the issues identified in the report of the
Comptroller General of the United States titled
``Defense Health Care: Actions Needed to Improve
Billing and Collection of Debt for Civilian Emergency
Care'', published on July 7, 2022 (GAO-22-104770),
including such issues related to inconsistent use of
financial relief for civilian emergency patients and
the lack of guidance to ensure accurate accounting of
billing and collections efforts.
(4) Any recommendations to improve civilian emergency
care at Department of Defense medical treatment
facilities, including any recommendations for
additional legislation.
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141. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Himes of Connecticut
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 CAPABILITIES IN CISLUNAR SPACE.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
there is a need for comprehensive cislunar space domain
awareness capabilities to ensure the safety of flight of civil
and commercial missions in cislunar space.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Chief of Space Operations shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that
includes a description of--
(1) requirements for cislunar space domain awareness
capabilities;
(2) the plan of Department of Defense for researching
and developing technologies for cislunar space domain
awareness; and
(3) the progress of the Department in coordinating
with the Cislunar Technology Strategy Interagency
Working Group to achieve the objectives set forth in
the publication of the Working Group titled ``National
Cislunar Science and Technology Strategy'' and dated
November 2022.
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142. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING REDUCTIONS IN ABSENCE OF
SUBMITTED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR FAILURE TO
ACHIEVE UNQUALIFIED OR QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT AUDIT
OPINION.
(a) Applicability.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this
section applies to the Department of Defense, including
military departments and Defense Agencies thereof.
(2) Separate applicability.--If a military department
or Defense Agency is identified by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget as required to have its
own audited financial statement under section 3515 of
title 31, United States Code, that military department
and Defense Agency shall be treated separately from the
Department of Defense for purposes of application of
this section.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The terms ``financial statement'' and ``external
independent auditor'' have the meanings given those
terms in section 3521(e) of title 31, United States
Code.
(3) The term ``unqualified'', with respect to the
audit status of a financial statement, includes the
characterizations clean and unmodified.
(2) The term ``qualified'', with respect to the audit
status of a financial statement, includes the
characterization modified.
(c) Adjustments for Financial Accountability.--
(1) In general.--On March 2 of each fiscal year, the
discretionary budget authority available for the
Department of Defense (or a military department or
Defense Agency covered by subsection (a)(2)) for such
fiscal year shall be adjusted as provided in paragraph
(2).
(2) Adjustment.--If the Department of Defense (or a
military department or Defense Agency covered by
subsection (a)(2)) has not submitted a financial
statement for the previous fiscal year, or if such
financial statement has not received either an
unqualified or a qualified audit opinion by an
independent external auditor, the discretionary budget
authority available for the Department of Defense, the
military department, or the Defense Agency (as the case
may be) shall be reduced by .5 percent, with the
reduction applied proportionately to each account
(other than an account listed in subsection (d) or an
account for which a waiver is made under subsection
(e)).
(3) Minimizes national security effects.--Consistent
with applicable laws, the Secretary of Defense may make
any reduction under paragraph (2) in a manner that
minimizes any effect on national security.
(4) Deficit reduction.--An amount equal to the total
amount of any reduction under paragraph (2) shall be
retained in the general fund of the Treasury for the
purposes of deficit reduction.
(d) Accounts Excluded.--The following accounts are excluded
from any reductions referred to in subsection (c)(2):
(1) Military personnel, reserve personnel, and
National Guard personnel accounts of the Department of
Defense.
(2) The Defense Health Program account of the
Department of Defense.
(e) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (c)(2) with
respect to an account if the President certifies that applying
the subsection to that account would harm national security or
members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in combat zones.
(f) Report.--Not later than 60 days after an adjustment under
subsection (c), the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall submit to Congress a report describing the amount
and account of each adjustment.
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143. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wenstrup of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title VII, insert
the following:
SEC. 7__. STUDY ON BLOOD WORK OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES REGARDING
COVID-19.
(a) Study Required.--Not later than September 30, 2025, the
Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to test the blood of
members of the Armed Forces relating to relating to COVID-19.
(b) Elements.--The study under this section shall include the
following elements:
(1) Testing to detect nucleocapsid protein
immunoglobin-G antibodies relating to COVID-19.
(2) Testing to detect T-cell immune response to
COVID-19.
(3) An assessment of the efficacy of each vaccine for
COVID-19 in comparison to--
(A) each other such vaccine; and
(B) infection-acquired immunity.
(4) An accounting of adverse events (including
hyperimmune response), disaggregated by--
(A) each vaccine described in paragraph (3);
and
(B) history of infection.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after completing the
study, the Secretary shall submit a report on such study to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
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144. 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 the following:
SEC. 1214. REPORT ON AGREEMENTS MADE BY THE UNITED STATES WITH THE
TALIBAN.
(a) Congressional Review of Agreements Made With the
Taliban.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees the following:
(1) Any agreement made and entered into by the United
States and the Taliban. Submission thereof shall occur
not later than 30 days prior to entry absent
notification to the appropriate congressional
committees, in which case submission thereof shall
occur not later than 10 days prior to taking effect.
(2) Any agreement made and entered into by third
parties and the Taliban or notice of any such
agreement. Submission of any such agreement or notice
thereof shall occur not later than 30 days after
custody by the United States.
(b) Report on Prior Agreements With the Taliban.--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 and the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees any agreements made and entered into
by the United States or third parties and the Taliban from
August 1, 2021, until such date of enactment.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agreement.--The term ``agreement'' includes
memoranda of understanding and other manifestations of
mutual assent.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--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.
(3) Third parties.--The term ``third parties'' means
organizations or entities in receipt of United States
Government funding, including sub-recipients thereof.
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145. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 599, line 15, insert ``classified or'' before
``unclassified''.
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146. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. REQUIREMENT FOR MINIMUM NUMBER OF AIR LOGISTICS COMPLEXES.
Section 9062 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by
section 154(a)(3) of this Act, is further amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
``(m) The Secretary of the Air Force shall continuously
operate not fewer than three air logistics complexes. For
purposes of this subsection, the term `air logistics complex'
means an air logistics complex operated by the Air Force as of
January 1, 2024.''.
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147. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman 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__. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONS PERFORMING RESEARCH OR
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE 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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148. 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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149. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aderholt of Alabama
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. UPDATED GUIDANCE ON PLANNING FOR GLOBAL DEMAND.
(a) Program Guidance on Planning for Global Demand.--Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment shall ensure that the program guidance for major
defense acquisition programs (as defined in section 4201 of
title 10, United States Code), and for acquisition programs and
projects that are carried out using the rapid fielding or rapid
prototyping acquisition pathway under section 804 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public
Law 114-92; 10 U.S.C. 3201 note prec.) is revised to integrate
planning for global demand under foreign military sales, direct
commercial sales, and other relevant transfer authorities to
capture and plan for international demand under section 25 of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2765), including--
(1) for major defense acquisition programs, an
assessment of such programs to identify global demand;
and
(2) for technologies under an acquisition program or
project carried out using the rapid fielding or rapid
prototyping acquisition pathway that are transitioned
to a major capability acquisition program, an
assessment of potential global demand needs of such
technologies not later than one year after the date of
such transition.
(b) Assessment of Global Demand.--The Under Secretary shall
consult with the heads of relevant Federal agencies and
existing databases, including any databases administered by the
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of
State, to issue the guidance required under subsection (a).
(c) Revision of Guidance for Program Protection Plans.--Not
later than three years after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Under Secretary shall revise the guidance for program
protection plans to integrate a requirement to determine global
demand for the programs covered by such plans.
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150. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pascrell Jr. 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__. STUDY ON LIFTING OUTPATIENT REHABILITATION THERAPY MAXIMUMS.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to
analyze the feasibility of lifting outpatient rehabilitation
therapy maximums for active-duty members of covered armed
forces who are TRICARE beneficiaries and have suffered a brain
injury in the course of performing active duty. The study shall
also examine a range of therapy services such as restorative
therapies and therapies intended to improve cognitive and
functional capabilities.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the Congress a report setting forth the findings and
conclusions of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) Covered Armed Forces Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered Armed Forces'' means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Air Force, and Space Force.
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151. 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, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. REPORT ON APPROVING CERTAIN TRANSITIONAL AND RESIDENTIAL
BRAIN INJURY TREATMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to
analyze the feasibility of recognizing transitional and
residential brain injury treatment programs that are approved
by non-governmental accreditation bodies solely to provide
services to members of covered Armed Forces who sustained a
brain injury in the course of performing active duty.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report setting forth the findings and conclusions of
the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) Covered Armed Forces Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered Armed Forces'' means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Air Force, and Space Force.
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152. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle B of title XVII the following:
SEC. 17___. GAO REPORT ON SETTLEMENTS IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS BY
MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
Congress a report on the rates at which Department of Defense
awards settlements in medical malpractice claims by members of
the uniformed services under part 45 of title 32, Code of
Federal Regulations, including--
(1) a comparison of such rates to the rates at which
settlements are awarded in similar civilian medical
malpractice claims;
(2) recommendations for improvements to the system
for medical malpractice claims by members of the
uniformed services.
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153. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pascrell Jr. 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__. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OVERSIGHT STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN.
(a) Strategy and Plan Required.--The Secretary of Defense
shall develop and implement a Traumatic Brain Injury Oversight
Strategy and Action Plan that includes at a minimum the
following:
(1) Standardized monitoring, treatment, and referral
guidelines for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) programs
across all covered armed forces.
(2) A review and update of the current brain injury
diagnostic tools used by such programs.
(3) Standardized, 72-hour follow-up requirements for
all TBI patients, including protocols for the treatment
and observation during such follow-up appointments.
(4) Oversight and documentation standards to aid in
identification, treatment, tracking, and data
collection.
(b) Implementation Timeline.--The oversight strategy and
action plan required by subsection (a) shall be completed and
in use not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(c) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report setting
forth the findings and conclusions of a full review and update
on the implementation of the Brain Injury Oversight Strategy
and Action Plan required by subsection (a).
(d) Covered Armed Forces Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered Armed Forces'' means the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Air Force, and Space Force.
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154. 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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155. 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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156. 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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157. 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:
SEC. 12_. MODIFICATION OF REPORT ON THE MILITARY CAPABILITIES OF IRAN
AND RELATED ACTIVITIES.
Section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117-81) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (A)--
(I) by inserting ``all
branches of'' before ``the
Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps''; and
(II) by inserting
``including'' before ``the Quds
Force''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by
inserting ``, and technologies as
described in the Missile Technology
Control Regime'' before ``,
including''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by adding at
the end before the period the
following: ``, and on the
proliferation, procurement, and
production networks of Iran's drone
program'';
(ii) in subparagraph (F), by adding
at the end before the period the
following: ``, and the effect of its
expiration on these Iranian
proliferation activities'';
(iii) in subparagraph (H)--
(I) in clause (ii), by
inserting ``, and any of their
precursors,'' after
``narcotics'';
(II) in clause (iv), by
inserting ``and the Ministry of
Intelligence and Security
(MOIS)'' after ``IRGC''; and
(III) in clause (v), by
adding at the end before the
period the following: ``and
MOIS''; and
(iv) in subparagraph (I)--
(I) by inserting ``and MOIS
agents'' after ``operatives'';
and
(II) by adding at the end
before the period the
following: ``, including
disinformation operations,
recruitment of local assets,
and targeting United States
nationals and foreign
dissidents''; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) by inserting ``and annually thereafter
for a period not to exceed 4 years'' after
``2024''; and
(B) by striking ``in June 2022'' inserting
``on the day after the previous report was
submitted''.
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158. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Higgins of Louisiana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle A of title VIII the following:
SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH SHIPYARDS CONTROLLED BY A
FOREIGN ADVERSARY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not enter into
any contract or other agreement with a shipyard controlled by a
foreign adversary.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``controlled by a foreign adversary''
means, with respect to a shipyard, that such shipyard
is--
(A) a foreign person that is domiciled in, is
headquartered in, has its principal place of
business in, or is organized under the laws of
a foreign adversary country;
(B) an entity with respect to which a foreign
person or combination of foreign persons
described in subparagraph (A) directly or
indirectly own at least a 20 percent stake; or
(C) a person subject to the direction or
control of a foreign person or entity described
in subparagraph (A) or (B).
(2) The term ``foreign adversary country'' means a
country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10,
United States Code.
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159. 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, aviators,
and military air traffic controllers. 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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160. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Radewagen of American
Samoa or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5__. FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A UNIT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN
AMERICAN SAMOA AND IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS.
(a) Determination Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
determine the feasibility of establishing--
(1) a unit of the National Guard in American Samoa;
and
(2) a unit of the National Guard in the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(b) Force Structure Elements.--In making the feasibility
determination under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense
shall consider the following:
(1) The allocation of National Guard force structure
and manpower to American Samoa and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands in the event of the
establishment of a unit of the National Guard in
American Samoa and in the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the impact of this allocation on
existing National Guard units in the 50 States, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam,
and the District of Columbia.
(2) The Federal funding that would be required to
support pay, benefits, training operations, and
missions of members of a unit of the National Guard in
American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, based on the allocation derived from
paragraph (1), and the equipment, including
maintenance, required to support such force structure.
(3) The presence of existing infrastructure to
support a unit of the National Guard in American Samoa
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
and the requirement for additional infrastructure,
including information technology infrastructure, to
support such force structure, based on the allocation
derived from paragraph (1).
(4) How a unit of the National Guard in American
Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Island would accommodate the National Guard Bureau's
``Essential Ten'' homeland defense capabilities (i.e.,
aviation, engineering, civil support teams, security,
medical, transportation, maintenance, logistics, joint
force headquarters, and communications) and reflect
regional needs.
(5) The manpower cadre, both military personnel and
fulltime support, including National Guard technicians,
required to establish, maintain, and sustain a unit of
the National Guard in American Samoa and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
ability of American Samoa and of the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands to support demographically
a unit of the National Guard at each location.
(6) The ability of a unit of the National Guard in
American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands to maintain unit readiness and the
logistical challenges associated with transportation,
communications, supply/ resupply, and training
operations and missions.
(c) Submission of Conclusion.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall notify the congressional defense committees of the
results of the feasibility determination made under subsection
(a). If the Secretary determines that establishment of a unit
of the National Guard in American Samoa or the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands (or both) is feasible, the
Secretary shall include in the notification the following:
(1) A determination of whether the executive branch
of American Samoa and of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands has enacted and implemented
statutory authorization for an organized militia as a
prerequisite for establishing a unit of the National
Guard, and a description of any other steps that such
executive branches must take to request and carry out
the establishment of a National Guard unit.
(2) A list of any amendments to titles 10, 32, and
37, United States Code, that would have to be enacted
by Congress to provide for the establishment of a unit
of the National Guard in American Samoa and in the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(3) A description of any required Department of
Defense actions to establish a unit of the National
Guard in American Samoa and in the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands.
(4) A suggested timeline for completion of the steps
and actions described in the preceding paragraphs.
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161. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 6__. ADOPTION OR GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES AND VETERANS.
Section 1052 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``qualifying adoption expenses'' each
place it appears and inserting ``qualifying expenses'';
(2) by striking the section heading and inserting
``Adoption or guardianship expenses'';
(3) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``To
Reimburse'';
(B) by striking ``carry out a program under
which a member of the armed forces may be
reimbursed'' and inserting ``pay''; and
(C) by striking ``adoption of a child'' and
inserting ``adoption or guardianship of a
child'';
(4) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the heading, by inserting ``and
Guardianships'' after ``Adoptions'';
(B) by striking ``adoption'' each place it
appears and inserting ``adoption or
guardianship''; and
(C) by striking ``reimbursed'' and inserting
``paid'';
(5) in subsection (d), by striking ``adoption
benefits'' and inserting ``adoption or guardianship'';
(6) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking ``$2,000'' and
inserting ``$5,000''; and
(ii) by striking ``adoption of a
child'' and inserting ``adoption or
guardianship of a child''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) by striking ``$5,000'' and
inserting ``$10,000''; and
(ii) by striking ``adoptions'' and
inserting ``adoptions or
guardianships'';
(7) in subsection (g)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking
``adoption'' each place it appears and
inserting ``adoption or guardianship'';
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking
``adoption'' each place it appears and
inserting ``adoption or guardianship'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking
``adoption'' each place it appears and
inserting ``adoption or guardianship''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(4) The term `guardianship' means a legal
guardianship, as such term is defined in section 475 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675).''; and
(8) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating
subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c),
(d), (e), and (f), respectively.
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162. 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, add the following:
SEC. 7__. STUDY ON TOOLS TO DIAGNOSE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN MEMBERS
OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Study Required; Elements.--The Secretary of Defense shall
conduct a study of commercially available diagnostic tools that
screen for traumatic brain injury (in this section referred to
as ``TBI'') and may be used by forward-deployed units and in
combat zones. Such study shall include the following elements:
(1) Whether such tools can distinguish mild traumatic
brain injury from moderate or severe TBI.
(2) How such tools could be used with other approved
diagnostics (including neuroimaging biomarkers used in
computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging,
blood-based biomarkers, electrophysiological
biomarkers, oculomotor tracking systems, and integrated
measures of physiological deficits), to enhance the
health, survival, and long-term conditions of members
and former members of the Armed Forces.
(3) How such tools would improve military readiness
and address concerns regarding the growing medical
burden of TBI.
(b) Report.--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 containing the
following:
(1) The results of the study.
(2) Determinations of the Secretary regarding whether
to procure and use such tools in addition to other
tools already used in the Department of Defense to
screen for TBI.
(3) Recommendations of the Secretary regarding
legislation that may by necessary to action regarding
such tools.
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163. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stauber of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR DEMONSTRATION OF HIGH-PRESSURE WATERJET CUT AND
CAPTURE SYSTEM TO DEMILITARIZE UNDERWATER
MUNITIONS.
(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 advanced component development and
prototypes, environmental quality technology--DEM/VAL, line 060
(PE 0603779A) is hereby increased by $5,000,000 (to be
available for the demonstration of high-pressure waterjet cut
and capture system to demilitarize underwater munitions).
(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 basic research, defense
research sciences, line 002 (PE 0601101E) is hereby reduced by
$5,000,000.
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164. 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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165. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Alford of Missouri or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. MODIFICATION TO INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES IN
THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.
Section 861 of William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 4901 note;
Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3775) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by inserting ``the Secretary of
Defense'' before ``shall update''; and
(ii) by inserting ``, the Committee
on Small Business of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of
the Senate'' after ``congressional
defense committees''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(i) by striking ``biennially'' and
inserting ``annually''; and
(ii) by inserting ``, the Committee
on Small Business of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on
Small Business and Entrepreneurship of
the Senate'' after ``congressional
defense committees''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
following new paragraphs:
``(3) Annual report.--Not later than October 1, 2025,
and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall submit to the
congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Small Business of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate a report that includes the following for the
year covered by the report:
``(A) A description of activities undertaken
pursuant to this section.
``(B) An analysis of effect on the
participation of small businesses in Department
of Defense contracts as a result of
implementation of the small business strategy
required under section 4901 of title 10, United
States Code.
``(C) A description of efforts by the
Secretary of Defense to increase participation
of small businesses in Department of Defense
contracts through the small business strategy.
``(4) Small business strategy report.--Beginning with
the report due October 1, 2029, and every four years
thereafter, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Industrial Base Policy shall submit to the
congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Small Business of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate a report on overall efficacy of the small
business strategy required under such section 4901,
including trends and data analysis for the period
covered by the report relating to implementation and
outcomes of the strategy.''.
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166. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grothman of Wisconsin
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, insert the following new section:
SEC. 11__. EXPAND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 5 years after the date of the
enactment of this section, 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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167. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8__. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO SPARE PARTS
IN GLOBAL SPARES POOL RELATING TO F-35 PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment,
shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement the
recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States
contained in the report entitled, ``F-35 Program: DOD Needs
Better Accountability for Global Spare Parts and Reporting of
Losses Worth Millions''.
(b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to
Congress on the progress of the implementation required by
subsection (a).
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168. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carter of Georgia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CUT SERVICES PROVIDED AT
CERTAIN COMBAT TRAINING READINESS CENTERS.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2025 may be used to cut any service provided by a
combat training readiness center operated by the Air Force
National Guard at any of the following locations:
(1) Savannah, Georgia.
(2) Gulfport, Mississippi.
(3) Alpena, Michigan.
(4) Volk Field, Wisconsin.
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169. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mast of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the following:
SEC. 7__. CLARIFICATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING THE INTEGRATED
DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM.
(a) Clarification.--Subsection (h) of section 1073c of title
10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``Secretaries
Concerned and Medical Evaluation Boards'' and inserting
``Authority Over Members'';
(2) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``Nothing''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(2) Notwithstanding the responsibilities and authorities of
the Defense Health Agency with respect to the administration of
military medical treatment facilities as set forth in this
section (including medical evaluations of members of the armed
forces under the jurisdiction of the military department
concerned), the Secretary of each military department shall
maintain personnel authority over, and responsibility for, any
member of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the
military department concerned while the member is being
considered by a medical evaluation board or is otherwise
subject to the integrated disability evaluation system. Such
responsibility shall include the following:
``(A) Responsibility for administering the morale and
welfare of the member.
``(B) Responsibility for determinations of fitness
for duty of the member under chapter 61 of this title.
``(3) Notwithstanding the responsibilities and authorities of
the Defense Health Agency with respect to the administration of
the integrated disability evaluation system, a commander shall,
at all times, maintain absolute responsibility for, and
authority over, a member of the armed forces referred to the
integrated disability evaluation system. Such responsibility
and authority include the following:
``(A) The authority to pause any process of the
integrated disability evaluation system regarding the
member.
``(B) The authority to withdraw the member from the
integrated disability evaluation system if the
commander determines that any policy, procedure,
regulation, or other guidance has not been followed in
the member's case.
``(4) Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of
Defense, a member referred to the integrated disability
evaluation system may file an appeal of such referral with the
Secretary of the military department concerned. Such an
appeal--
``(A) shall be in addition to any appeals process
established as part of the integrated disability
evaluation system;
``(B) shall include a hearing before an officer who
may convene a general court-martial and who is in the
chain of command of the member; and
``(C) shall be adjudicated not later than 90 days
after such filing.''.
(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations to carry out paragraphs (2) through (4) of such
subsection, as added by this section, not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than February 1, 2025, the Secretary
of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing on the
implementation of such paragraphs.
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170. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stanton of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. STUDY ON USE OF OFF-THE-SHELF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
FROM FOREIGN ADVERSARY COUNTRIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a
study on the use by the Department of Defense of off-the-shelf
information technology products that were manufactured,
produced, or assembled by a covered company, including goods
used by the Department that contain such an off-the-shelf
information technology product.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report on the findings of the
study required by subsection (a).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``commercially available off-the-shelf
item'' has the meaning given such term in section 104
of title 41, United States Code.
(2) The term ``covered company'' means--
(A) an entity that is organized under the
laws of or located in a foreign adversary
country;
(B) a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of an
entity described in subparagraph (A); and
(C) an entity otherwise directly or
indirectly owned by or subject to the control
of an entity described in subparagraph (A) or
(B), as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
(3) The term ``foreign adversary country'' has the
meaning given the term ``covered nation'' in section
4872(d) of title 10, United States Code.
(4) The term ``off-the-shelf information technology
product'' means a commercially available off-the-shelf
item that can process, store, or transmit digital data.
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171. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. BOOTS TO BUSINESS PROGRAM.
Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Boots to Business Program.--
``(1) Covered individual defined.--In this
subsection, the term `covered individual' means--
``(A) a member of the Armed Forces, including
the National Guard or Reserves;
``(B) an individual who is participating in
the Transition Assistance Program established
under section 1144 of title 10, United States
Code;
``(C) an individual who--
``(i) served on active duty in any
branch of the Armed Forces, including
the National Guard or Reserves; and
``(ii) was discharged or released
from such service under conditions
other than dishonorable; and
``(D) a spouse or dependent of an individual
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
``(2) Establishment.--During the period beginning on
the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on
September 30, 2028, the Administrator shall carry out a
program to be known as the `Boots to Business Program'
to provide entrepreneurship training to covered
individuals.
``(3) Goals.--The goals of the Boots to Business
Program are to--
``(A) provide assistance and in-depth
training to covered individuals interested in
business ownership; and
``(B) provide covered individuals with the
tools, skills, and knowledge necessary to
identify a business opportunity, draft a
business plan, identify sources of capital,
connect with local resources for small business
concerns, and start up a small business
concern.
``(4) Program components.--
``(A) In general.--The Boots to Business
Program may include--
``(i) a presentation providing
exposure to the considerations involved
in self-employment and ownership of a
small business concern;
``(ii) an online, self-study course
focused on the basic skills of
entrepreneurship, the language of
business, and the considerations
involved in self-employment and
ownership of a small business concern;
``(iii) an in-person classroom
instruction component providing an
introduction to the foundations of self
employment and ownership of a small
business concern; and
``(iv) in-depth training delivered
through online instruction, including
an online course that leads to the
creation of a business plan.
``(B) Collaboration.--The Administrator may--
``(i) collaborate with public and
private entities to develop course
curricula for the Boots to Business
Program; and
``(ii) modify program components in
coordination with entities
participating in a Warriors in
Transition program, as defined in
section 738(e) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
(10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
``(C) Use of resource partners and district
offices.--
``(i) In general.--The Administrator
shall--
``(I) ensure that Veteran
Business Outreach Centers
regularly participate, on a
nationwide basis, in the Boots
to Business Program; and
``(II) to the maximum extent
practicable, use district
offices of the Administration
and a variety of other resource
partners and entities in
administering the Boots to
Business Program.
``(ii) Grant authority.--In carrying
out clause (i), the Administrator may
make grants, subject to the
availability of appropriations in
advance, to Veteran Business Outreach
Centers, other resource partners, or
other entities to carry out components
of the Boots to Business Program.
``(D) Availability to department of defense
and the department of labor.--The Administrator
shall make available to the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Labor information
regarding the Boots to Business Program,
including all course materials and outreach
materials related to the Boots to Business
Program, for inclusion on the websites of the
Department of Defense and the Department of
Labor relating to the Transition Assistance
Program, in the Transition Assistance Program
manual, and in other relevant materials
available for distribution from the Secretary
of Defense and the Secretary of Labor.
``(E) Availability to department of veterans
affairs.--In consultation with the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, the Administrator shall make
available for distribution and display on the
website of the Department of Veterans Affairs
and at local facilities of the Department of
Veterans Affairs outreach materials regarding
the Boots to Business Program, which shall, at
a minimum--
``(i) describe the Boots to Business
Program and the services provided; and
``(ii) include eligibility
requirements for participating in the
Boots to Business Program.
``(F) Availability to other participating
agencies.--The Administrator shall ensure
information regarding the Boots to Business
program, including all course materials and
outreach materials related to the Boots to
Business Program, is made available to other
participating agencies in the Transition
Assistance Program and upon request of other
agencies.
``(5) Competitive bidding procedures.--The
Administration shall use relevant competitive bidding
procedures with respect to any contract or cooperative
agreement executed by the Administration under the
Boots to Business Program.
``(6) Publication of notice of funding opportunity.--
Not later than 30 days before the deadline for
submitting applications for any funding opportunity
under the Boots to Business Program, the Administration
shall publish a notice of the funding opportunity.
``(7) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of enactment of this subsection, and not less
frequently than annually thereafter, the Administrator
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on
Small Business of the House of Representatives a report
on the performance and effectiveness of the Boots to
Business Program, which--
``(A) may be included as part of another
report submitted to such committees by the
Administrator related to the Office of Veterans
Business Development; and
``(B) shall summarize available information
relating to--
``(i) grants awarded under paragraph
(4)(C);
``(ii) the total cost of the Boots to
Business Program;
``(iii) the number of program
participants using each component of
the Boots to Business Program;
``(iv) the completion rates for each
component of the Boots to Business
Program;
``(v) to the extent possible--
``(I) the demographics of
program participants, to
include gender, age, race,
ethnicity, and relationship to
military;
``(II) the number of program
participants that connect with
a district office of the
Administration, a Veteran
Business Outreach Center, or
another resource partner of the
Administration;
``(III) the number of program
participants that start a small
business concern;
``(IV) the results of the
Boots to Business and Boots to
Business Reboot course quality
surveys conducted by the Office
of Veterans Business
Development before and after
attending each of those
courses, including a summary of
any comments received from
program participants;
``(V) the results of the
Boots to Business Program
outcome surveys conducted by
the Office of Veterans Business
Development, including a
summary of any comments
received from program
participants; and
``(VI) the results of other
germane participant
satisfaction surveys;
``(C) an evaluation of the overall
effectiveness of the Boots to Business Program
based on each geographic region covered by the
Administration during the most recent fiscal
year;
``(D) an assessment of additional performance
outcome measures for the Boots to Business
Program, as identified by the Administrator;
``(E) any recommendations of the
Administrator for improvement of the Boots to
Business Program, which may include expansion
of the types of individuals who are covered
individuals;
``(F) an explanation of how the Boots to
Business Program has been integrated with other
transition programs and related resources of
the Administration and other Federal agencies;
and
``(G) any additional information the
Administrator determines necessary.''.
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172. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larsen of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. INSTRUCTION IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING
IN SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
EDUCATION ACTIVITY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity, shall
require that each student of a high school operated by the
Activity receives instruction in artificial intelligence and
machine learning, including instruction in--
(1) the foundational concepts of artificial
intelligence and machine learning;
(2) definitions of artificial intelligence and
machine learning;
(3) the responsible and ethical use of artificial
intelligence and machine learning applications; and
(4) such other topics relating to artificial
intelligence and machine learning as the Secretary
determines appropriate.
(b) Form of Instruction.--The instruction required under
subsection (a) may be incorporated into one or more existing
courses taught at high schools operated by the Department of
Defense Education Activity.
(c) Applicability.--The requirement to provide the
instruction described in subsection (a) shall apply beginning
with the first school year that begins after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(d) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``high school''
has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
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173. 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 the United
States.
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174. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larsen of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 2__. MODIFICATION TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EDUCATION STRATEGY.
Section 256 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1290) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Education
Platforms.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, each Secretary
of a military department shall provide personnel in
that Secretary's department with distance education
courses on--
``(A) the foundational concepts of artificial
intelligence and machine learning; and
``(B) the responsible and ethical use of
artificial intelligence and machine learning
applications.
``(2) Report.--Not later than 270 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 of the Secretaries of the
military departments in implementing paragraph (1).''.
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175. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cartwright of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. INVESTMENT PLAN FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPOTS AND
INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the current state of Department of Defense depots
and industrial facilities is concerning;
(2) charged with maintaining critical equipment and
complex weapons systems, these Government-owned,
Government-operated installations are vital to
supporting military readiness and conflict deterrence;
(3) robust funding should be provided for sustained
facilities modernization; and
(4) facilities and equipment modernization will cost
hundreds of billions and require sustained management
attention over many years.
(b) Investment Plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of each of the military
departments, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees an investment plan that includes detailed
information about the minimum annual investment in Department
of Defense depots and industrial facilities that is needed to
prevent further infrastructure deterioration. The minimum
investment level included in the plan shall reflect a
percentage of the 3-year rolling average of maintenance,
repair, and overhaul workload funded at all Department depots
and industrial facilities. Modernization efforts addressed in
the plan shall account for future technological demands, labor
needs, and threats to facility security including those posed
by extreme weather and natural disasters.
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176. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kuster of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In subtitle J of title V, add at the end the following:
SEC. 599C. REPORT ON NATIONAL GUARD SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RESPONSE
PREVENTION TRAINING.
The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall submit a report
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives containing the number of national guard
members, aggregated by State, that received sexual assault and
response prevention training in the preceding calendar year--
(1) not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(2) annually, beginning in 2026, by not later than
March 30 of each year.
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177. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. OPEN INTERFACE STANDARDS FOR CONTRACTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall make publicly
available the open interface standards for contracts awarded by
the Secretary, unless the service acquisition executive (as
defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code) with
respect to a specific contract submits to the Secretary a
request to not disclose such standards.
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178. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 448, after line 17, insert the following new section:
SEC. 8__. ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH GLOBAL HOUSEHOLD GOODS CONTRACT
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Assessment.--The Commander of the United States
Transportation Command shall carry out an assessment of the
performance of contractors under the Global Household Goods
Contract in meeting the applicable requirements for capacity
and quality in such contract during the period beginning on May
1, 2025, and ending on August 31, 2025.
(b) Report.--Not later than 11 months after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Commander of the United States
Transportation Command shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the findings of the assessment required under
subsection (a).
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179. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Calvert of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title II, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 2__. MODIFICATION TO INNOVATORS INFORMATION REPOSITORY IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
Section 220 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10
U.S.C. 2364 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``Chief Digital
and Artificial Intelligence Office, Defense Innovation
Unit, and'' before ``Defense Technical Information
Center'';
(2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``in accordance
with subsection (e)'' before the period at the end;
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as
follows:
``(1) be coordinated across the Department of Defense
enterprise to focus on small business innovators that
are small, independent United States businesses,
including--
``(A) those participating in the Small
Business Innovation Research program or the
Small Business Technology Transfer program;
``(B) those participating in the Pilot
Program to Accelerate the Procurement and
Fielding of Innovative Technologies and the
Rapid Defense Enterprise Research program; and
``(C) nontraditional defense companies that
are working with research, innovation, and
advanced project entities;''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)--
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking
``and'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking
``and'' at the end; and
(iii) by adding at the end the
following new subparagraphs:
``(E) the date of the initial award to the
participant from the Department of Defense; and
``(F) the dates of any additional awards made
to the participant, including the dates of any
contracts or other agreements entered into
between the participant the Department of
Defense; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(e) Updates Required.--
``(1) In general.--Not less frequently than once each
fiscal quarter, the head of the Defense Technical
Information Center, in coordination with the Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering,
shall update the innovators information repository
established under this section.
``(2) Notice to congress.--Not later than 30 days
after making an update to the innovators information
repository under paragraph (1), the head of the Defense
Technical Information Center shall submit to the
congressional defense committees notice of such update
together with instructions for electronically accessing
the updated repository.''.
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180. 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, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON TRAINING AND SAFETY PROGRAM FOR OPERATION OF
ASSAULT AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES.
Not later than 180 days 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 feasibility,
advisability, and potential benefits of establishing a training
and safety program for the operation of assault amphibious
vehicles.
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181. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle B of title I the following:
SEC. 113. REPORT ON BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date on
which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2026 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 Modernization
of the Black Hawk helicopter program of the Army.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) Identification of the program elements and level
of funding requested for the Black Hawk Modernization
program for the period of fiscal years 2026 through
2030 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,
improve performance, and provide capabilities that
ensure relevance in the joint all domain operational
environment.
(3) A program acquisition strategy for Black Hawk
Modernization.
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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 F of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. 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 Buchanan of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. EXPANSION OF REPORT ON FUTURE SERVICEMEMBER PREPARATORY
COURSE.
Section 546(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 10 U.S.C. 520 note) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6);
and
(2) by inserting, after paragraph (3), the following
new paragraphs:
``(4) The determination of the Secretary regarding
the effectiveness of the preparatory course.
``(5) Recommendations of the Secretary regarding--
``(A) how to improve the preparatory course;
``(B) whether to expand the preparatory
course.''.
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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 II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKFORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.
(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 that
includes--
(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the
artificial intelligence workforce of the Department of
Defense;
(2) identification of any gaps in the skills and
training of such workforce; and
(3) a description of any actions that may be carried
out to preserve and enhance such workforce to ensure
the global technological competitiveness of the United
States.
(b) Artificial Intelligence Workforce Defined.--In this
section, the term ``artificial intelligence workforce'' means
members of the Armed Forces and civilian personnel of the
Department Defense with responsibilities relating to the
research, development, procurement, or operational use of
artificial intelligence technology.
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185. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5__. TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION REGARDING MEMBER'S OPIOID USE
DISORDER TO DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.
Section 1142(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``Transmittal'' and
inserting ``Transmission'';
(2) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``In the case''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) In the case of a member whom the Secretary concerned
knows has a history of opioid use disorder, such Secretary
concerned shall notify the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of
such history within 60 days of the separation. retirement, or
discharge of such member.''.
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186. 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 ACCESSIBILITY OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND
SERVICES FOR ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study
determine whether and to what extent members of the Armed
Forces serving on active duty have adequate access to mental
health care providers and services.
(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 results of
the study conducted under subsection (a).
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187. 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 VI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 6__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASE TO THE FAMILY SEPARATION
ALLOWANCE.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense
should raise the family separation allowance to the maximum
allowable amount of $400 per month as authorized under section
427 of title 37, United States Code (as amended by section 626
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
(Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 294)).
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188. 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__. REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN PRESCRIPTION DROP BOXES AT MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each military
installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary has one or
more prescription drop boxes to facilitate the safe disposal of
unused prescription drugs, including opioids.
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189. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative James of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. PLAN FOR PROVIDING CERTAIN AIRCRAFT TO THE ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD.
(a) Plan Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for
providing the aircraft described in subsection (b) to relevant
aviation units of the Army National Guard in a manner that is
concurrent with and in proportion to the manner in which such
aircraft are provided to active duty Army aviation units.
(b) Aircraft Described.--The aircraft described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) AH-64E aircraft.
(2) MQ-1C M25 aircraft.
(3) CH-47 aircraft.
(4) UH-60M aircraft.
(5) Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft.
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190. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bergman of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR OPERATION CATTLE DRIVE.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for Information Technology
Development, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4201, for Operation Cattle Drive, line 121, is hereby
increased by $25,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operations and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide, for the office of the Secretary of Defense, line
470, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $25,000,000.
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191. 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 XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON SECURITY COOPERATION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security,
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and House Representatives a report on security cooperation with
the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and the
treatment of detained Americans on Turks and Caicos Islands,
including--
(1) the efforts of such Departments to counter
threats from transnational criminal organizations,
violent extremist organizations, and malign regional
and external state actors in cooperation with the
Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands;
(2) United States taxpayer assistance made available
for the Turks and Caicos Islands since October 1, 2014;
and
(3) efforts by such Departments to address the
treatment of and human rights abuses committed against
United States individuals and others detained by the
Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands and to
advocate for changes in policy related to their
detention of Americans, during fiscal years 2022
through 2024.
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192. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Casar of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. GAO STUDY ON CHILD CARE SERVICES PROVIDED OR PAID FOR BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall carry out a study to assess the child care programs of
the Department of Defense, including military child development
centers, family home day care, Military Child Care in Your
Neighborhood, and Child Care in Your Home.
(b) Report.--Not later than six months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report regarding the
results of the study under subsection (a). Such report shall
include the following information, disaggregated by covered
Armed Force:
(1) The period of time military families in each
priority category are on a waiting list from the time
of submitting a request on militarychildcare.com until
the time of final approval.
(2) The percentage of military families that
submitted a request for child care services through
militarychildcare.com and did not receive an offer
within three months of the date requested.
(3) The average percentage of annual income a
military family spends on child care per child.
(4) The percentage of military families that require
more than one such child care program to meet child
care needs.
(5) The current amount allocated to each covered
Armed Force for the Military Child Care in Your
Neighborhood and Child Care in Your Home programs.
(6) How much of the amount described in paragraph (5)
is spent on--
(A) administration;
(B) child care services for military
families.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered Armed Force'' means the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
(2) The terms ``military child development center''
and ``family home day care'' have the meanings given
such terms in section 1800 of title 10, United States
Code.
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193. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grothman of Wisconsin
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII, insert the
following new section:
SEC. __. QUARTERLY REPORT ON INFILTRATIONS OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE PROPERTY BY FOREIGN ACTORS.
(a) In General.--Not less frequently than quarterly, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on instances of infiltration,
or attempted infiltration, of a military installation,
facility, or real property under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Defense by a foreign actor during the period
covered by the report.
(b) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) a summary of each instance of infiltration or
attempted infiltration;
(2) an identification of the foreign actor the
Secretary determines is responsible for such
infiltration or attempted infiltration; and
(3) with respect to each foreign actor included in
such report, an statement of--
(A) immigration status, if any;
(B) country of origin;
(C) method and date of entry into the United
States, if known;
(D) criminal background, if known; and
(E) any other information obtained during the
applicable Department of Defense investigation
that the Secretary of Defense determines
appropriate.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committees on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives and the Senate
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives;
(C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate;
(D) the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives;
(E) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Relations of the Senate;
(F) the Select Committee on Intelligence of
the Senate;
(G) the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives;
and
(H) the Committee on Oversight and
Accountability of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term ``foreign actor'' means an individual
who is not a citizen or national of the United States.
(3) The term ``infiltration'' includes, with respect
to a military installation, facility, or real property
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense,
unauthorized photo or video recording.
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194. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jacobs of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 571, after line 11, insert the following:
SEC. 12__. ASSESSMENT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS AND
ACTIVITIES.
Section 383(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ``, including a description of challenges
in executing the program,'' after ``lessons learned''.
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195. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 803, line 9, insert ``(including in-person, remote, and
hybrid fellowships)'' after ``fellowships''.
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196. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spartz of Indiana or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle D of title XII the following:
SEC. 1236. 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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197. 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 III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. REPORT ON WILDFIRE FIGHTING CAPABILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE IN HAWAII.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
report that contains--
(1) an assessment of the wildfire fighting
capabilities of the Department of Defense in Hawaii,
including any shortfalls in firefighting equipment,
facilities, training, plans, or personnel;
(2) a determination of the feasibility of
establishing a wildfire training institute on O`ahu;
(3) an identification of any additional authorities
or resources required to integrate the capabilities of
the Department of Defense with the capabilities of
other Federal, State, and local emergency responders;
and
(4) an identification of any memoranda or other
agreements between the Department and State, local,
Federal, or other disaster response organizations
regarding wildland fire mitigation, prevention,
response, and recovery.
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198. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crockett of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle C of title XVII of division A the
following:
SEC. __. REPORT ON MILITARY SPOUSE SECURITY CLEARANCE.
Not later than May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall
provide a report to Congress on the technical, operational,
human resources, and legal challenges that would result from
accelerating security clearance reviews of military spouses by
using information, including address verification, from the
spousal review of their connected service member's security
clearance, as well as the anticipated benefits of such a
change.
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199. 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 XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. __. DESIGNATION OF CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NEVADA, AS REMOTE OR
ISOLATED INSTALLATION.
The Secretary of Defense shall designate Creech Air Force
Base located at Indian Springs Nevada, as a remote or isolated
installation.
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200. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 6__. EXPANSION OF BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.
Section 701(l)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``two weeks'' and inserting ``12 weeks''.
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201. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moskowitz of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. ASSESSMENT OF THE ACCURACY OF GAZA MINISTRY OF HEALTH
CASUALTY REPORTING.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Intelligence
Agency shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives a report assessing the
accuracy of the reporting of the Gaza Ministry of Health
regarding--
(1) the total casualty figures reported by the
Ministry; and
(2) the information disseminated by the Ministry of
casualties grouped by age and gender.
(b) Form.--The assessment required by paragraph (1) shall be
transmitted in an unclassified manner, and any supporting
documentation may be transmitted in a classified annex.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 30 days after the submission of
the report required by subsection (a), the Director of the
Defense Intelligence Agency shall brief the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the
contents of the report.
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202. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF VETERANS WHO HAVE THEIR MILITARY
ACQUIRED CREDENTIALS RECOGNIZED AT THE STATE-LEVEL
FOR THE CIVILIAN WORKFORCE.
(a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the
Secretary of Labor, shall submit to Congress a report that
builds on the data reported in the ``DoD Credentialing
Utilization'' report from 2018 (3-BB02A16) to better assess the
effectiveness of the Credentialing Programs for post-military
civilian employment.
(b) Matters Included.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of the number of veterans who
successfully transfer their eligible professional
credentials to civilian jobs.
(2) An assessment of which certifications were most
commonly used for post-military civilian employment,
such as airplane mechanics.
(3) An assessment on any other barriers veterans face
to transferring military mechanical skills to State
certifications.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``applicable licensing authority'' means
the licensing authority by a State for a given vocation
in which the veteran works or would like to work.
(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 ``State'' means each of the several
States and territories and the District of Columbia.
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203. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR BLUE GRASS
CHEMICAL AGENT-DESTRUCTION PILOT PLANT.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Joint Explanatory Statement to accompany 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.
(2) House Report 118-301 to accompany the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public
Law 118-31) directed the Secretary of the Army, in
coordination with the Commanding General, Army Materiel
Command and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology to provide a
briefing on the costs and estimated funding profile
associated with the organic industrial base
modernization strategy and the efforts required to
support opportunities for augmenting the organic
industrial base at Blue Grass Army Depot.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Department of Defense and the Secretary of the Army, in
coordination with the Commanding General of the Army Materiel
Command and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology, should work with
Congress and the local community near the Blue Grass Army Depot
to build upon the findings of the feasibility study and House
Report referred to in subsection (a).
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204. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzpatrick of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title I, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. MODIFICATION TO MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN
CRITICAL MINERALS.
Section 152 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat. 180; 50 U.S.C.
98e-2) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting ``STRATEGIC AND''
after ``DOMESTICALLY PROCESSED'';
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``the procurement
of'' and all that follows and inserting the following:
``the procurement of strategic and critical materials
that are mined, processed, or produced in the United
States.'';
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ``the domestically
processed critical minerals'' and inserting ``the
strategic and critical materials'';
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection
(f);
(5) by inserting after subsection (d) the following
new subsection:
``(e) Priority.--In carrying out the activities described in
this section, the Secretary may give priority to the
procurement of strategic and critical materials that are
derived from recycled and reused minerals and metals to the
maximum extent practicable, and from terrestrial mines that do
not cause harm to the natural or cultural resources of Tribal
communities or sovereign nations or result in degraded ground
or surface water.''; and
(6) in subsection (f), as so redesignated--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as
follows:
``(1) The term `strategic and critical material'
means a material determined to be a strategic or
critical material under section 3(a) of the Strategic
and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C.
98b(a)).''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(4) The term `produced' means formed, assembled,
manufactured, or systems integrated.''.
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205. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spartz of Indiana or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle A of title X the following:
SEC. 1004. 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, 2025, 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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206. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 370, insert after line 6 the following:
SEC. 734. WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT REPORTS ON HEALTH
CONDITIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE
DUTY DEVELOPED AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF COVID-19
VACCINE.
(a) Withholding.--Section 725(c) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31; 137
Stat. 309) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Not later than'' and inserting
``(1) Not later than''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) If the Secretary fails to submit a report required
under paragraph (1) prior to the deadline applicable under such
paragraph, the amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated
for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for the next fiscal
year which begins after the deadline shall be reduced by 5
percent.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect as if included in the enactment of National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024.
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207. 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, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 7__. EXPANSION OF RECOGNITION BY THE DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY OF
CERTIFYING BODIES FOR PHYSICIANS.
(a) Expansion.--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
regarding the credentialing and privileging under the military
health system to expand the recognition of certifying bodies
for physicians under such policy to a wide range of additional
board certifications in medical specialties and subspecialties.
The following certifying bodies shall be so recognized:
(1) The member boards of the American Board of
Medical Specialties.
(2) The Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists of the
American Osteopathic Association.
(3) The American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
(4) The American Board of Podiatric Medicine.
(5) The American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery.
(b) Standards for Recognition of Other Certifying Bodies.--To
be recognized under subsection (a), a certifying body shall--
(1) be an organization described in section 501(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from
taxation under section 501(a) of that Code;
(2) maintain a process to define, periodically
review, enforce, and update specific standards
regarding knowledge and skills of the specialty or
subspecialty;
(3) administer a psychometrically valid assessment to
determine whether a physician meets standards for
initial certification, recertification, or continuing
certification;
(4) establish and enforce a code of professional
conduct; and
(5) require that, in order to be considered a board
certified specialty physician, a physician must
satisfy--
(A) the certifying body's applicable
requirements for initial certification; and
(B) any applicable recertification or
continuing certification requirements of the
certifying body that granted the initial
certification.
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208. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. DEVELOPMENT OF REQUIREMENT FOR SHIPPING CONTAINER PRODUCTION
FACILITY AT DOMESTIC ARMY INSTALLATION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) House Report 118-301 accompanying the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public
Law 118-31) directed the Secretary of the Army, in
coordination with the Commanding General, Army Materiel
Command and the Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology to provide a
briefing on the costs and estimated funding profile as
it relates to the organic industrial base modernization
strategy, and facility efforts required to support
opportunities for organic industrial base augmentation
at Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.
(2) The briefing was directed to explore Blue Grass
Army Depot as a potential site for the production of
metal shipping containers.
(3) Limited domestic production, coupled with the
concentration of global shipping container
manufacturing in and around China, is a strategic
deployment and sustainment risk for United States
forces.
(4) China produces most shipping containers and the
Department of Defense sources nearly all containers
from Asia or assembles container kits in the United
States from foreign-producers.
(5) Establishing a domestic source for metal shipping
containers would reduce reliance on foreign sources.
(b) Shipping Container Requirement.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Army, the
Commanding General of the Army Materiel Command, and the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and
Technology, shall develop a requirement for the establishment
of a shipping container production facility within the United
States at an Army installation found to meet feasibility and
readiness goals.
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209. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherrill of New
Jersey or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In subtitle G of title V, add at the end the following:
SEC. 5__. TRAINING AND INTERNSHIPS FOR TRANSITIONING MEMBERS THROUGH
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
(a) Skillbridge.--The Secretary of Defense may conduct
outreach to institutions of higher education in order to enter
into more agreements with such institutions of higher education
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) Institution of Higher Education Defined.--In this
section, the term ``institution of higher education'' has the
meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).
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210. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pettersen of Colorado
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle C of title VII the following:
SEC. 7__. HEALTH CARE STRATEGY FOR MEMBERS WHO PERFORM DUTY IN A COLD
WEATHER LOCATION.
(a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs shall convene a working group of subject matter
experts from the extramural community and military health
system to develop a strategy and the medical research and
development requirements to deliver pre-hospital, life-saving
interventions for members of the Armed Forces who perform duty
in cold weather locations. Not later than July 1, 2025, the
Assistant Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees such strategy and associated requirements. which
shall include the following:
(1) An overarching plan addressing unique pre-
hospital lifesaving and sustainment interventions
required in cold weather locations and research
required to advance medical care in cold weather
locations.
(2) A review of laboratory and medical product
development capabilities of the Department of Defense
to conduct research and development and support the
transition and fielding of medical products for cold
weather locations.
(3) Identification of and recommendations to amend
clinical practice guidelines to treat combat casualties
in cold weather locations.
(4) Initial capabilities documents identifying gaps
and requirements to support pre-hospital, life-saving
interventions during operations in cold weather
locations.
(5) A recommended investment plan to address clinical
and medical research and development capability gaps
identified in initial capabilities documents.
(6) Engagement of academic medical centers and
institutions to support public-private partnerships for
research and development to address the pre-hospital
needs of members following injury in cold weather
locations.
(b) Cold Weather Location Defined.--In this section, the term
``cold weather location'' means a location for which a member
may receive special duty pay--
(1) under section 352 of title 37, United States
Code; and
(2) pursuant to section 315 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-
31; 37 U.S.C. 352 note).
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211. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ciscomani of Arizona
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 915, after line 12, insert the following new section:
SEC. 28__. LAND CONVEYANCE, FORT HUACHUCA, SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA.
(a) Conveyance Authorized.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Army may
convey, without consideration, to the City of Sierra
Vista, Arizona (in this section referred to as the
``City''), all right, title, and interest of the United
States in and to a parcel of real property, including
any improvements thereon, consisting of approximately
203 acres, comprising a portion of Fort Huachuca,
Arizona, for the purpose of compatible development of
the municipal airport located in the City.
(2) Continuation of existing easements, restrictions,
and covenants.--The conveyance of the property under
paragraph (1) shall be subject to any easement,
restriction, or covenant of record applicable to the
property and in existence on the date of the enactment
of this section.
(b) Revisionary Interest.--
(1) In general.--If the Secretary of the Army
determines at any time that the real property conveyed
under subsection (a) is not being used in accordance
with the purpose of the conveyance specified in such
subsection, all right, title, and interest in and to
the property, including any improvements thereto, may,
at the option of the Secretary, revert to and become
the property of the United States, and the United
States may have the right of immediate entry onto such
property.
(2) Determination.--A determination by the Secretary
of the Army under paragraph (1) shall be made on the
record after an opportunity for a hearing.
(c) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
(1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Army
shall require the City 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 for environmental and real estate due diligence
and any other administrative costs related to the
conveyance.
(2) Refund of excess amounts.--If amounts collected
by the Secretary of the Army from the City under
paragraph (1) 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 City.
(d) Limitation on Source of Funds.--The City may not use
Federal funds to cover any portion of the costs required to be
paid by the City under this section.
(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
of the Army.
(f) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the
Army 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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212. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pettersen of Colorado
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 780, insert after line 7 the following:
SEC. 1818. BRIEFING ON ACCESS OF MEMBERS OF NATIONAL GUARD TO CHILD
CARE SERVICES AT MILITARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CENTERS.
(a) Briefing Required.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the Army and Air Force,
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and House of Representatives a briefing regarding the access of
members of the Army National Guard and the Air Force National
Guard to child care services at military child development
centers.
(b) Elements.--The briefing under this section shall include
the following elements:
(1) The number of families in the Army National Guard
and the Air Force National Guard with children under 12
years of age.
(2) The number of families in the Army National Guard
and the Air Force National Guard with children under 12
years in which both parents are members of either the
Army National Guard or the Air Force National Guard.
(3) The number of single parent households in which
the parent is a member of the Army National Guard or
the Air Force National Guard.
(4) The average number of days during the year in
which a member of the Army National Guard or the Air
Force National Guard who has a child under 12 years of
age is on active duty.
(5) The number of members of the Army National Guard
or the Air Force National Guard Number who have a child
under 12 years of age who live within the following
distance of a military child development center:
(A) 10 miles.
(B) 25 miles.
(C) 50 miles.
(D) Over 100 miles.
(6) The number of Army National Guard armories and
Air Force National Guard armories within the following
distance of a military child development center:
(A) 10 miles.
(B) 25 miles.
(C) 50 miles.
(D) Over 100 miles.
(7) The number of Army National Guard families who
have successfully obtained a voucher for child care
funding cost assistance though the Childcare Aware and
Upwards programs.
(8) The number of Air Force National Guard families
who have successfully obtained a voucher for child care
funding cost assistance though the Childcare Aware and
Upwards programs.
(9) The amount of funds currently spent on vouchers
under the Childcare Aware program for Army National
Guard families and Air Force National Guard families,
and the amount of funds currently spent on vouchers for
Army National Guard families and Air Force National
Guard families under the Upwards program.
(10) An overview of State laws that affect the
ability of military child development centers to
provide 24-hour and overnight child care services.
(c) Definition.--In this section, 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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213. 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 X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PSYCHOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING IN PERFORMANCE MINDSET.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that long-term exposure to high-
stress environments leaves many individuals in a suboptimal
performance state, creating an environment for maladaptive
coping mechanisms, compromised performance abilities, and a
potential increase in anxiety, depression, suicide, domestic
violence, and substance abuse.
(b) Required Training.--All training provided to a member of
the Armed Forces, including at a Service Academy (as defined
section 347 of title 10, United States Code), or a school
operated under chapter 107 or 108 of title 10, United States
Code, shall include training on the development of proactive
psychological performance skills and strategies for
psychological flexibility and mental strength. Such training
shall include each of the following:
(1) Training in scientifically researched and
evidence-based mindset skills designed to prepare
members of the Armed Forces for the physical and mental
stressors associated with service in the Armed Forces.
(2) Performance mindset training designed to create
psychological flexibility and mental strength to reduce
the effects of potential trauma.
(3) Interactive and contextualized training provided
by specialized training teams with expert knowledge of
psychological performance and how to apply the skills
covered by the training across the phases of a career
of a member of the Armed Forces.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report on the implementation of this section. Each such
report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain
a classified annex.
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214. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 2__. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR HIGH-HYPERSONIC DETONATION PROPULSION
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for RDT&E, Air Force for Aerospace
Propulsion, line 008 as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4201, for high-hypersonic detonation
propulsion research and technology is hereby increased by
$5,000,000; and
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for O&M, Air Force for
Administration, line 410, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4301, for program decrease is hereby
reduced by $5,000,000.
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215. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. COMMERCIAL TRANSITION FOR MILITARY AVIATION MECHANICS.
The Secretary of Defense shall create a strategy to support
the transition of military aviation mechanics to commercial
aviation mechanics after active duty service.
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216. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 2__. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR ADAPTIVE AND INTELLIGENT ADVERSARY-
THREAT MODELS.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for RDT&E, Army for Soldier
Lethality Technology, line 010 as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4201, for adaptive and
intelligent adversary-threat models 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 O&M, Army for Other Personnel
Support, line 470 as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4301, for program decrease is hereby reduced
by $5,000,000.
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217. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott 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 MODIFICATIONS OF EXPEDITIONARY TRANSFER DOCK
SHIPS.
Not later than March 1, 2025, the Chief of Naval Operations,
in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall
submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on
recommended modifications to the Expeditionary Transfer Dock
Ships that will best enable at-sea sustainment of Joint
Interagency Task Force South partner nation patrol vessels and
United States Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters.
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218. 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, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON MILITARY AND WEAPONS LOST DURING WITHDRAWAL FROM
AFGHANISTAN.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report that includes an accounting of all
the military equipment and weapons lost to the Taliban during
the withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from
Afghanistan.
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219. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12__. BRIEFING ON IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR NON-STATE ACTORS IN NORTH
AFRICA.
(a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
provide the appropriate congressional committees a briefing
on--
(1) Iran's material support for non-state actors in
North Africa;
(2) threats to the security of United States allies
in the region posed by this Iranian support; and
(3) recommendations for actions the United States may
take to deter Iran from providing this support.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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220. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING COOPERATION WITH THE PHILIPPINES
ON MARITIME SECURITY.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States should remain committed to
helping the Philippines maintain the safety and
security of the Philippines, including helping the
Philippines to defend against threats to such safety
and security from China; and
(2) to help the Philippines defend against such
threats, the United States should expand cooperation
between the United States and the Philippines with
respect to maritime security.
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221. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Obernolte of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SUPPORTING MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS IN THE R-2508 AIRSPACE.
(a) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments
concerned, shall develop an assessment of the health care
system supporting the military installations within the R-2508
Airspace to ensure adequate health care for the civilian and
military workforce.
(b) Report.--Not later than 60 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 results of
the assessment conducted under subsection (a). Such report
shall include an explanation of--
(1) any challenges to the health care system covered
by the report within the private and public sector--
(A) including any challenges relating to
funding and authorization;
(B) including any potential obstacles to
access health care services for both civilian
and military populations;
(C) whether there exists a provider shortage
for emergency care personnel and certain other
specialties; and
(D) including consideration of the potential
impacts on the mission of the military
installations covered by the report;
(2) recommendations with respect to legislative
proposals to improve such health care system; and
(3) the plans of the Secretary to address the issues
identified under paragraphs (1) through (2).
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222. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17_. REWARDS FOR INFORMATION REGARDING LEADERS OF HAMAS.
(a) In General.--The Director of the Defense Intelligence
Agency and the Secretary of Defense shall advocate in their
respective roles on the Foreign Threat Intelligence Committee
to request the Rewards for Justice Program to offer $25,000,000
each in incentives for information regarding Hamas terrorists
Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif.
(b) Other Rewards.--The Director of the Defense Intelligence
Agency and the Secretary of Defense should advocate for
significant rewards for information regarding other leaders
Iran-backed entities designated as Foreign Terrorist
Organizations under section 219 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189) or Specially Designated Global
Terrorists under section 594.310 of title 31, Code of Federal
Regulations.
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223. 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:
SEC. 7__. STUDY ON INCREASED TELEHEALTH SERVICES OF THE DEFENSE HEALTH
AGENCY.
Not later than September 30, 2025, the Director of the
Defense Health Agency shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report containing the results of a study to
determine how to increase access of TRICARE beneficiaries to
telehealth services of the Defense Health Agency.
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224. 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, 1972,
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) Information To Be Reviewed.--
(1) Classified information.--In conducting the review
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall
review any relevant classified information.
(2) Documents for review.--In conducting the review
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall
review, among other sources, the following documents:
(A) Technical Reports related to The Summary
of Major Events and Problems, US Army Chemical
Corps, FY 1951 - FY1969.
(B) Site Holding: CB DT DW 48158 Title: Virus
and Rickettsia Waste Disposal Study. Technical
Report No. 103, January 1969. Corp Author Name:
FORT DETRICK FREDERICK MD Report Number: SMUFD-
TR-103 Publish Date: 19690101.
(C) Site Holding: CB DT DW 60538 Title: A
Plaque Assay System for Several Species of
Rickettsia. Corp Author Name: FORT DETRICK
FREDERICK MD Report Number: SMUFD-TM-538
Publish Date: 19690601.
(D) Site Holding: CB DW 531493 Title:
Progress Report for Ecology and Epidemiology
and Biological Field Test Technology, Third
Quarter FY 1967. Corp Author Name: ARMY DUGWAY
PROVING GROUND UT Publish Date: 19670508.
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to Congress a report that includes
the following:
(A) The scope of any research described in
subsection (a).
(B) Whether any ticks used in such research
were released outside of any facility
(including any ticks that were released
unintentionally).
(C) Whether any records related to such
research were destroyed, and whether such
destruction was intentional or unintentional.
(2) Form of report.--The report required under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may contain a classified annex.
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225. 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, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF INFLUENCE OF CHINA IN PACIFIC ISLAND NATIONS.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
section, and each year thereafter, the Director of the Defense
Intelligence Agency shall publish in the annual China military
power report required by section 1202 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106-65), or
other relevant publication, an assessment of the following:
(1) Investments and influence of China in Pacific
Island nations.
(2) How China's activities have or have not impacted
United States military strategy in the Pacific region,
as it relates to Pacific Island nations.
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226. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walberg of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. ANNUAL REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ASSISTANCE TO U.S.
CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION AND DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY ON NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an annual
report on the assistance the Department of Defense provides to
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Department of
Homeland Security to secure the northern border of the United
States.
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227. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Slotkin of Michigan
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. REPORTS ON NATIONAL SECURITY RISKS.
(a) GAO Report.--
(1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit to Congress a report
containing the results of a study on the national
security risks posed by consulting firms who
simultaneously contract with the Federal Government and
the Chinese government or its proxies or affiliates.
(2) Contents.--In performing the study under
paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall--
(A) assess the extent to which Federal
agencies collect information on contracts
performed on behalf of the Chinese government
or its proxies or affiliates by consulting
firms that hold or have held contracts with the
Federal Government, and whether such
information includes specific projects and
deliverables of such contracts;
(B) evaluate the extent to which selected
Federal agencies, to include at a minimum the
Department of Defense and elements of the
Intelligence Community, have assessed the risks
posed by American consulting firms' work for
the Chinese government and its proxies or
affiliates, including an assessment of risk of
deliberate or inadvertent sharing of Federal
Government information that may be used for
Chinese economic or military advantage;
(C) identify relevant contract clauses,
procedures, and information used by Federal
agencies to identify, evaluate and resolve
organizational conflicts of interest when
awarding consulting contracts;
(D) assess the extent to which agencies
experience challenges when identifying,
evaluating and resolving organizational
conflicts of interest, including determining
whether the offeror or potential contractor
also performs work for China; and
(E) identify steps federal agencies take to
monitor contractor compliance with any contract
clauses, terms or conditions intended to
resolve identified conflicts of interest.
(b) Report on Conflicts of Interest.--The Secretary of
Defense shall annually submit to Congress a report on--
(1) the implementation of section 812 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (10
U.S.C. 4501 note prec.); and
(2) how the Department of Defense is defining the
term ``entities related to the Chinese or Russian
governments'' and whether, and to what extent, the
Secretary is investigating conflicts of interest
between prime contractors of the Department of Defense
and subsidiary companies of such contractors.
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228. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative James of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Amend section 1725 to read as follows:
SEC. 1725. CERTIFICATION AND REPORTS ON SOUTH AFRICA.
(a) Presidential Certification.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense, shall certify to the appropriate
congressional committees and release publicly an
unclassified determination explicitly stating whether
South Africa has engaged in activities that undermine
United States national security or foreign policy
interests.
(2) Report.--The certification required under
paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by an unclassified
report, with a classified annex if the President
considers such as necessary, providing a justification
for the determination made pursuant to such paragraph.
(b) Review of Bilateral Relationship.--
(1) Full review.--The President, in consultation with
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the
Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, the United States Ambassador
to South Africa, and the heads of such other Federal
departments and agencies that play a substantial role
in United States relations with South Africa, shall
conduct a review of the bilateral relationship between
the United States and South Africa.
(2) Report.--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 the findings of the review
required by paragraph (1).
(c) Supplemental Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on United States defense
cooperation with the Government of South Africa.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph
(1) shall also include the following:
(A) An overview of United States defense
cooperation with the Government of South
Africa, including military exercises, arms
sales, and international military education and
training.
(B) An assessment of defense cooperation
between the Government of South Africa and the
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the
Government of the People's Republic of China,
and the Government of the Russian Federation.
(3) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall be transmitted in an unclassified form and may
contain a classified annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, 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.
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229. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burlison of Missouri
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION OF AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO GREGORY MCMANUS
FOR ACTS OF VALOR.
(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--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 Gregory McManus for
the acts of valor described in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in
this subsection are the following:
(1) Chief Warrant Officer Gregory McManus
distinguished himself for his brave acts of valor while
serving in the United States Army by risking his life
to save the lives of his fellow servicemembers.
(2) Chief Warrant Officer McManus deserves
recognition for his acts of valor while serving as the
commander of a single helicopter gunship on an
important mission north of Chai Duc.
(3) Discovering an envoy of hundreds of enemy troops
along the Cambodian border, Chief Warrant Officer
McManus attacked the enemy without hesitation.
(4) Chief Warrant Officer McManus disregarded the
tracers that rose to meet him, firing rockets the
entire length of the convoy, confusing the enemy, and
scattering the troop column.
(5) Chief Warrant Officer McManus then attacked an
armored vehicle with a mounted machine gun, destroying
it and a large artillery piece which it was towing.
(6) Over and over, Chief Warrant Officer McManus flew
through heavy automatic weapons and machine gun fire to
attack the enemy, only deciding to return when his
ordinance was expended, and his ship had taken so much
damage that further flight was inadvisable.
(7) With this noble deed, Chief Warrant Officer
McManus was able to destroy the enemy unit and
scattered the rest in disorder with a single ship.
(8) Disregarding the size and scope of the enemy
troop's convoy, Chief Warrant Officer McManus put his
own life in danger, all in the service of his country
and members of the Armed Forces.
(9) Because of the heroic actions of Chief Warrant
Officer McManus, countless American soldier's lives
were saved.
(10) These actions of heroism by Chief Warrant
Officer McManus deserves recognition and demonstrates
this hero of the United States more than deserve the
medal of honor.
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230. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. MILITARY COOPERATION WITH MOROCCO.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States recognizes the 20th anniversary
of the African Lion exercise hosted by Morocco, a key
United States ally in Africa and the Middle East.
(2) The African Lion exercise is United States Africa
Command's largest annual combined joint exercise.
(3) African Lion builds and maintains
interoperability with our African and North Atlantic
Treaty Organization partners and improves our ability
to meet security related challenges together to address
the growing threats from nation states, private
military corporations, militias, non-state armed groups
and violent extremist organizations, given the
increasing presence of malign actors in Africa,
including the Iranian regime and its proxies,
particularly in North Africa and the Sahel.
(b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States to--
(1) support strengthening security cooperation with
Morocco given increasing instability in Africa and the
Middle East and provide for close cooperation between
the United States and Morocco in order to contribute to
the region's broader security; and
(2) provide for the continuation of the African Lion
exercise in future years will support the crucial
efforts to address security challenges facing NATO's
southern flank.
(c) Report.--
(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 appropriate congressional
committees a report detailing how the United States can
improve its interoperability and cooperation with
Morocco through the African Lion exercise to continue
to address the growing threats in Africa, including the
Iranian regime and its proxies, particularly in North
Africa and the Sahel.
(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) and the Committee on Armed Services and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate.
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231. 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 XVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. __. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PLAN TO CONSTRUCT MEMORIAL AT ARLINGTON
NATIONAL CEMETERY IN COMMEMORATION OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES KILLED IN CERTAIN ATTACK AT HAMID
KARZAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan and
strategy to construct a memorial in Arlington National
Cemetery, Virginia, to commemorate the thirteen members of the
Armed Forces killed in the attack at Hamid Karzai International
Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, in August of 2021.
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232. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Golden of Maine or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. OPT-OUT SHARING OF INFORMATION ON MEMBERS RETIRING OR
SEPARATING FROM THE ARMED FORCES WITH COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND RELATED ENTITIES.
Section 570F of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 10 U.S.C. 1142 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking ``out the form to indicate an
email address'' and inserting the following:
``out the form to indicate--
``(1) an email address; and''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) if the individual would like to opt-out of the
transmittal of the individual's information to and
through a State veterans agency as described in
subsection (a).''; and
(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
``(d) Opt-Out of Information Sharing.--Information on an
individual shall be transmitted to and through a State veterans
agency as described in subsection (a) unless the individual
indicates pursuant to subsection (c)(2) that the individual
would like to opt out of such transmittal.''.
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233. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Westerman of Arkansas
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, insert the
following new section:
SEC. 28__. REMOVAL OF USE CONDITIONS AND CONDITIONS ON REVERSION FOR
THE FORMER ARMY AND NAVY GENERAL HOSPITAL, HOT
SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.
(a) Removal of Use Conditions.--Section 3(a) of Public Law
86-323 (73 Stat. 594; Sept. 21, 1959) is amended by striking
``as a vocational rehabilitation center or for other public
health or educational purposes'' and inserting ``for
appropriate purposes, as determined by the Governor of the
State of Arkansas''.
(b) Conditions on Reversion.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the provisions
contained in section 3 of Public Law 86-323 (73 Stat.
594; Sept. 21, 1959) any reversionary interest retained
by the United States in the Covered Property may be
extinguished by occurrence of the following conditions:
(A) Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Governor of the
State of Arkansas submits to the Secretary of
the Army a written request to extinguish any
reversionary or other future interest in the
surface rights held by the United States in the
covered property.
(B) The Secretary of the Army, in
consultation with the Administrator of the
General Services Administration and the
Secretary of the Interior, concurs in writing
with the said request.
(2) Quitclaim deed.--If the conditions described in
paragraph (1) are met, the Secretary of the Army shall
extinguish by quitclaim deed any reversionary or other
future interest in the surface rights held by the
United States in the covered property.
(3) Rights and interests reserved to the united
states.--In exercising the authority under this
section, the Secretary of the Army may not convey or
extinguish any interests reserved to the United
States--
(A) pursuant to section 2 of Public Law 86-
323 (73 Stat. 594; Sept. 21, 1959) in--
(i) all mineral rights (including gas
and oil), together with necessary
rights of ingress, egress, and surface
use; or
(ii) thermal waters or other hot
waters, together with necessary rights
of ingress, egress, and surface use;
and
(B) relating to the location, installation,
and relocation of utility facilities for such
mineral rights, thermal waters, or other hot
waters; and
(C) in the conditions set forth in paragraphs
(2) and (3) of the Deed of Conveyance.
(4) Reversion.--If the Governor of the State of
Arkansas does not submit a request described in
subsection (b)(2) before the deadline in such
subsection, all right, title and interest held by the
State of Arkansas in the covered property shall revert
to the United States in accordance with section 3 of
Public Law 86-323 (73 Stat. 594; Sept. 21, 1959).
(c) Definition.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered property'' means the real
property conveyed by the Deed of Conveyance pursuant to
Public Law 86-323 (73 Stat. 594; Sept. 21, 1959).
(2) The term ``Deed of Conveyance'' means the
quitclaim deed between the United States of America and
the State of Arkansas dated March 10, 1960, recorded in
the land records of the County of Garland, State of
Arkansas, at book 480, page 77.
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234. 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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235. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title XI of division A the following:
SEC. 11__. OMB EMPLOYMENT FORM REQUIREMENT FOR DOD CONTRACTORS.
The Secretary shall require all individuals hired to
Department of Defense contracts to use Declaration for Federal
Employment Form OMB No. 3206-0812.
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236. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Amodei of Nevada or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. BRIEFING ON ARMY ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT USED
IN COLD AND EXTREME COLD WEATHER ENVIRONMENTS.
(a) In General.--Not later than March 31, 2025, the Secretary
of the Army shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on
the modernization and sustainment plans of the Army for
organizational clothing and equipment used in cold and extreme
cold weather environments. The briefing shall include the
following topics:
(1) The planned requirement of the Army for
organizational clothing and equipment used in cold and
extreme cold weather environments.
(2) The current inventory of the Army of such
clothing and equipment.
(3) The modernization plan of the Army with respect
to such clothing and equipment.
(4) Any relevant investments currently programmed for
such clothing and equipment in the Future Years Defense
Program.
(5) The cost and timeline associated with
implementing such plan, including any additional
outlays by Congress necessary to fulfil the plan.
(6) Such other matters as the Secretary finds
appropriate.
(b) Organizational Clothing and Equipment Used in Cold and
Extreme Cold Weather Environments.--In this section, the term
``organizational clothing and equipment used in cold and
extreme cold weather environments'' includes extreme cold
weather clothing, footwear, handwear, shelters, sleep systems,
sleep mats, snowshoes, and skis.
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237. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative James of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON THE USE OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLY STATUS FOR KENYA.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the designation of a country as a major non-NATO
ally is intended to facilitate an increased security
relationship between the United States and the
designated country and is not intended to be merely a
symbolic gesture;
(2) Kenya is an increasingly important security
partner in East Africa and the Western Indian Ocean;
and
(3) major non-NATO ally status for Kenya should be
utilized to facilitate increased security cooperation
with Kenya to advance our shared security priorities.
(b) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit a
classified report, along with an unclassified summary, to the
appropriate congressional committees, which shall--
(1) identify all opportunities to increase security
cooperation with Kenya as a result of its major non-
NATO ally designation;
(2) assess the feasibility of implementing the
identified opportunities, including cost, timeline, and
availability of defense articles as applicable; and
(3) assess the priority of identified opportunities
based on the Kenyan government's requests and input and
the impact on advancing the national security interests
of the United States.
(c) Supplemental Reports.--On the date that is 180 days after
the report required under subsection (b) is submitted, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, shall submit a classified annex,
along with an unclassified summary, to the appropriate
congressional committees containing a report that identifies
all requests by the Kenyan government on cooperation on
activities covered under the major non-NATO ally status,
including--
(1) a detailed summary of each request, including
cost and the defense articles requested;
(2) whether those requests were approved or denied;
and
(3) an explanation for why each request was approved
or denied.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives; and
(4) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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238. 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 new
section:
SEC. 13__. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING ASYMMETRIC
NAVAL ASSETS IN DEFENSE OF TAIWAN.
(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 developing and deploying
asymmetric naval assets for a potential defense of
Taiwan;
(2) whether Taiwan's ability to deter, or in the
alternative confront, a maritime invasion by the
People's Republic of China would be enhanced by
deployment of 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
fully meeting the needs of an effective asymmetric
naval defense strategy; and
(4) the vulnerability of Taiwan's existing larger-
platform surface naval fleet, including Keelung-class
destroyers, Cheung Kung-class frigates, Chi Yang-class
frigates, Kang Ding-class frigates.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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239. 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, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON USE OF UNMANNED VEHICLES TO
REDUCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPENSES.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study to assess ways unmanned vehicles can
reduce overall operating expenses and costs at the Department
of Defense. Such study shall include--
(1) an analysis of unmanned ground and air systems
and a comparison of the capability, capacity, and
operating cost tradeoffs associated with each such
system and those associated with similar manned
technologies or systems;
(2) recommendations regarding new areas in which
unmanned technology could supplant or complement manned
systems in order to reduce overall force operating
costs; and
(3) such other matters as the Comptroller General
determines appropriate.
(b) Briefing and Report.--Not later than March 31, 2025, the
Comptroller General shall--
(1) provide to the congressional defense committees a
briefing on the preliminary findings of the study
required under subsection (a); and
(2) agree to a format and timeline for providing to
such committees a final report on the study.
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240. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garbarino of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR SURFACE AND SHALLOW WATER MINE COUNTER-MEASURES.
(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 advanced component development and
prototypes, surface and shallow water mine countermeasures,
line 035 (PE 0603502N), is hereby increased by $9,000,000.
(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, Navy, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4201, for advanced component development and
prototypes, chalk coral, line 063 (PE 0603734N), is hereby
reduced by $9,000,000.
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241. 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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242. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Amodei of Nevada or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII the following:
SEC. 28__. TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO MAP REFERENCE IN THE MILITARY LAND
WITHDRAWALS ACT OF 2013.
Subtitle G of the Military Land Withdrawals Act of 2013
(Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 1025; 136 Stat. 3027) is amended
by striking ``November 30, 2022'' each place it appears and
inserting ``May 22, 2024''.
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243. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carbajal of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 17__. LIMITATION ON DISPLAYING IN CERTAIN PUBLIC AREAS 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) The term ``cut flower'' means a flower removed
from a living plant for decorative use.
(2) The term ``cut green'' means a green, foliage, or
branch removed from a living plant for decorative use.
(3) 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
section.
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244. 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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245. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. POSTHUMOUS COMMISSION AS CAPTAIN IN THE REGULAR ARMY FOR
MILTON HOLLAND.
(a) Posthumous Commission.--Milton Holland, who, while
sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored
Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his
action on September 29, 1864, during the Battle of Chapin's
Farm, Virginia, when, as the citation for the medal states, he
``took command of Company C, after all the officers had been
killed or wounded, and gallantly led it'', shall be deemed for
all purposes to have held the grade of captain in the regular
Army, effective as of that date and continuing until his
separation from the Army.
(b) Prohibition of Benefits.--Section 1523 of title 10,
United States Code, applies in the case of the posthumous
commission described in subsection (a).
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246. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garcia of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. ANNUAL TRAINING ON THE PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ABUSE FOR
STUDENTS IN THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING
CORPS.
Chapter 102 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2037. Training on prevention of sexual abuse
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, acting
through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness, shall establish training for students enrolled in
the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps regarding
prevention of sexual abuse.
``(b) Elements.--The training established under this section
shall--
``(1) be age-appropriate;
``(2) be evidence-based in polyvictimization
research;
``(3) be comprehensive, including elements
regarding--
``(A) grooming;
``(B) bullying, including cyberbullying;
``(C) appropriate relationships and
interactions between such students and
instructors;
``(D) signs of inappropriate behavior between
adults and adolescents; and
``(E) digital abuse; and
``(4) provide such students with the contact
information of local resources through which a student
may report alleged sexual abuse or receive treatment
and support for such abuse.
``(c) Provision.--The Secretary shall ensure that each such
student receives training established under this section--
``(1) from an entity other than an administrator or
instructor of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training
Corps; and
``(2) once each year.
``(d) Metrics.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain
metrics regarding the effectiveness of the training established
under this section.
``(e) Sexual Abuse Defined.--In this section, the term
`sexual abuse' means an offense covered by section 920, 920b,
920c, or 930 of this title (article 120, 120b, 120c, or 130 of
the Uniform Code of Military Justice).''.
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247. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stansbury of New
Mexico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS UNDER NATIVE
AMERICAN LANDS ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PROGRAM.
Section 2713(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``two calendar years'' and inserting ``five
calendar years''.
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248. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Joyce of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 17__. PROJECT SPECTRUM.
Chapter 19 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting before section 399 the following new section:
``Sec. 398b. Project Spectrum
``(a) Project Spectrum; Purpose.--There is within the Office
of Small Business Programs of the Department of Defense a
program known as `Project Spectrum', the purpose of which is to
provide to covered entities, through an online platform,
digital resources and services that increase awareness about
cybersecurity risks and help such covered entities to comply
with the cybersecurity requirements of the defense acquisition
system.
``(b) Eligibility.--The Director of the Office of Small
Business Programs may establish eligibility requirements for
the receipt by a covered entity of a given resource or service
made available through Project Spectrum.
``(c) Application.--To receive through Project Spectrum a
resource or service for which the Director has established an
eligibility requirement under subsection (b), a covered entity
shall submit to the Director an application at such time, in
such form, and containing such information as the Director
determines appropriate.
``(d) Functions.--In carrying out Project Spectrum, the
Director shall maintain an online platform through which the
Director shall make available to each covered entity that the
Director determines to be eligible under subsection (b) with
respect to a given resource or service, the following:
``(1) Educational materials regarding cybersecurity,
including cybersecurity training courses and workforce
development training.
``(2) Guidance regarding best practices for
cybersecurity matters, including guidance for
developing internal cybersecurity policies and
suggestions for procedures for reviewing any violation
of such policies.
``(3) Assessments of the cybersecurity practices and
cybersecurity systems used by a covered entity.
``(4) A review and feasibility assessment of
products, software, and data security tools available
in the commercial marketplace.
``(5) Cybersecurity services, including dashboard
monitoring services, continuous threat monitoring
services, software patching services, and patch testing
services.
``(6) Cybersecurity readiness checks.
``(7) A platform for secure data collaboration
between two or more employees of a covered entity and
between multiple covered entities.
``(8) Any additional resources or services, as
determined by the Director.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The term `covered entity' means a supplier of
the Department of Defense that is a small or medium
business and registers to access the online platform of
Project Spectrum.
``(2) The term `defense acquisition system' has the
meaning given to such term in section 3001 of this
title.''.
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249. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wilson of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR BADR ORGANIZATION.
None of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2025 may be made available, directly or indirectly,
to the Badr Organization.
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250. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17_. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES
COOPERATION.
Subtitle G of title XII of the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2016 is amended by inserting after section
1279 (22 U.S.C. 8606 note) the following:
``SEC. 1279A. UNITED STATES-ISRAEL EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITIES
COOPERATION.
``(a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States to support and encourage further defense collaboration
with Israel in areas of emerging technologies capable of
enabling the warfare capabilities of both the United States and
Israel to meet emerging defense challenges, including but not
limited to the areas of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity,
robotics, quantum and automation.
``(b) Authority To Establish Emerging Defense Technology
Capabilities Program With Israel.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, upon
request of the Ministry of Defense of Israel and in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the
Director of National Intelligence, is authorized to
carry out research, development, test, and evaluation,
on a joint basis with Israel, in areas of emerging
technologies capable of enabling the warfare
capabilities of both the United States and Israel to
meet emerging defense challenges, including the areas
of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, robotics,
quantum and automation. Any activities carried out
pursuant to such authority shall be conducted in a
manner that appropriately protects sensitive
information and United States and Israel national
security interests.
``(2) Report.--The activities described in paragraph
(1) and subsection (c) may be carried out after the
Secretary of Defense submits to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report setting forth the
following:
``(A) A memorandum of agreement between the
United States and Israel regarding sharing of
research and development costs for the
capabilities described in paragraph (1), and
any supporting documents.
``(B) A certification that the memorandum of
agreement--
``(i) requires sharing of costs of
projects, including in-kind support,
between the United States and Israel;
``(ii) establishes a framework to
negotiate the rights to any
intellectual property developed under
the memorandum of agreement; and
``(iii) requires the United States
Government to receive semiannual
reports on expenditure of funds, if
any, by the Government of Israel,
including a description of what the
funds have been used for, when funds
were expended, and an identification of
entities that expended the funds.
``(c) Annual Limitation on Amount.--The amount of support
provided under this section in any year may not exceed
$47,500,000.
``(d) Lead Agency.--The Secretary of Defense shall designate
the Irregular Warfare Technology Support Directorate as the
lead agency of the Department of Defense in carrying out this
section.
``(e) Semiannual Reports.--The Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress on a
semiannual basis a report that contains a copy of the most
recent semiannual report provided by the Government of Israel
to the Department of Defense pursuant to subsection
(b)(2)(B)(iii).
``(f) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term `appropriate committees of Congress' means--
``(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate; and
``(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security,
the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
``(g) Sunset.--The authority in this section to carry out
activities described in subsection (b), and to provide support
described in subsection (c), shall expire on the date that is 5
years after the date of the enactment of this section.''.
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251. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wilson of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 2__. REPORT ON POTENTIAL INCLUSION OF ISRAEL IN THE NATIONAL
TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) Assessment.--The Secretary of Defense shall assess the
feasibility and advisability of including Israel in the
national technology and industrial base.
(b) Elements.--The assessment under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A detailed assessment of the potential benefit to
the national security of the United States of including
Israel in the national technology and industrial base.
(2) An assessment of how Israel's inclusion in the
national technology and industrial base may affect
research and development projects on which Israel and
the United States are collaborating.
(3) Detailed delineation of the specific steps Israel
must take to facilitate eligibility for inclusion in
the national technology and industrial base.
(4) An analysis of the progress Israel has made, as
of the date of the assessment, with respect to the
steps described in paragraph (3).
(5) Analysis of how Israel's potential inclusion in
the national technology and industrial base could aid
United States strategic competitiveness with China.
(6) An assessment of any barriers--
(A) to expansion of the national technology
and industrial base generally; and
(B) to Israel's inclusion in the national
technology and industrial base specifically.
(c) Report.--Not later than 30 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 results of
the assessment conducted under subsection (a).
(d) Form.--The report required under subsection (c) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(e) National Technology and Industrial Base Defined.--In this
section, the term ``national technology and industrial base''
has the meaning given that term in section 4801 of title 10,
United States Code.
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252. 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__. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT ON THREAT OF RIFLE-TOTING ROBOT
DOGS USED BY CHINA TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report
on--
(1) the use of rifle-toting robot dogs by China; and
(2) the threat such use poses to the national
security of the United States.
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253. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spanberger of
Virginia or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title IX, insert the following:
SEC. 9__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT OFFICIAL.
Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 430c. Senior Intelligence Oversight Official
``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, or a designee
of the Secretary determined by regulations prescribed by the
Secretary, shall designate a civilian employee of the
Department of Defense in the Senior Executive Service to serve
as the Senior Intelligence Oversight Official.
``(b) Responsibilities.--The Senior Intelligence Oversight
Official shall exercise independent oversight of all
intelligence, intelligence-related, and sensitive activities of
the Department of Defense, including activities involving--
``(1) tradecraft;
``(2) the operational use of an individual; or
``(3) clandestine operational tactics, techniques,
and procedures.
``(c) Access.--The Senior Intelligence Oversight Official
shall have--
``(1) complete and unrestricted access to all
information concerning any intelligence, intelligence-
related, or sensitive activity of the Department of
Defense regardless of classification or
compartmentalization, including special access
programs, from any personnel or organizational entity
of the Department of Defense, to the extent necessary
to carry out the responsibilities and functions of the
Senior Intelligence Oversight Official; and
``(2) direct access to the Secretary of Defense and
the Deputy Secretary of Defense, as circumstances
require in the determination of the Senior Intelligence
Oversight Official.
``(d) Review of Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall
review and update Department of Defense Directive 5148.13, and
any associated or successor regulation or directive, to conform
to this section.''.
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254. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Slotkin of Michigan
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 272, lines 22-23, strike ``located within the
continental United States'' and insert ``located within a
State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession
of the United States''.
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255. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kildee of Michigan 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 DEVELOPMENT OF STORAGE
FACILITIES FOR PERMANENT STORAGE OF NUCLEAR
MATERIAL WITHIN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN.
It is the sense of Congress that the Government of the United
States and the government of Canada should not develop storage
facilities for the permanent storage of spent nuclear fuel,
low-level or high-level nuclear waste, or military-grade
nuclear material within the Great Lakes Basin.
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256. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Plaskett of Virgin
Islands or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 13_. REPORT ON IMPACT OF THE MALIGN INFLUENCE OF CHINA AND RUSSIA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the heads of other Federal departments and
agencies as necessary, shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report that includes a detailed assessment of the impact of the
malign influence of China and Russia in Africa, South America,
Central America, and the Caribbean on the national security and
economic interests of the United States.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
also include the following:
(1) A detailed description of the--
(A) current political, economic, and social
stability of Africa, South America, Central
America, and the Caribbean;
(B) economic investments of Russia and China
in Africa, South America, Central America, and
the Caribbean, and the collateral conditions;
(C) impact of the presence of Russia and
China in Africa, South America, Central
America, and the Caribbean on democracy and
diplomacy; and
(D) use of private military companies by
Russia and China to advance political,
economic, and military interests.
(2) An assessment of the--
(A) direct and indirect impacts of Russia and
China's presence in Africa, South America,
Central America, and the Caribbean on the
national and regional security interests of the
United States;
(B) current United States military and
diplomatic strategies in response to the
expansion of Chinese and Russian influence in
Africa, South America, Central America, and the
Caribbean;
(C) assets and resources available to counter
threats from Russia and China, and protect the
security interests of the United States; and
(D) United States military force posture in
Africa, South America, Central America, and the
Caribbean.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall be submitted in unclassified form without any designation
relating to dissemination control, but may include a classified
annex.
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257. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wexton of Virginia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF MANUFACTURING INNOVATION INSTITUTES ON
THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the
impact of continued investment in Department of Defense
sponsored manufacturing innovation institutes on the defense
industrial base in the United States.
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258. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Raskin of Maryland or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title XVIII, add the following
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON REDUCING MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND
SECURITY CLEARANCE ELIGIBILITY.
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 on
the Department's activities to inform members of the Armed
Forces about how mental health affects security clearance
eligibility. The report required under this section shall
include the following topics:
(1) The Department's outreach and education
activities to inform members of the Armed Forces that
seeking mental health care will not affect their
security clearance status or eligibility.
(2) The Department's outreach and education
activities to ensure that health care providers in the
military health system, non-medical counselors, TRICARE
providers, and other relevant personnel convey accurate
information to members of the Armed Forces regarding
mental health and security clearance eligibility,
making clear that seeking mental health care will not
affect their security clearance status or eligibility.
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259. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Radewagen of American
Samoa or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XXVIII, insert the
following new section:
SEC. 28__. ASSESSMENT OF WORKFORCE NEEDS IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED
STATES TO SUPPORT FUTURE MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Energy, Installations, and Environment shall conduct a study
and submit a report to the congressional defense committees--
(1) summarizing planned military major and minor
construction in the Freely Associated States (``FAS'')
over the next 5 fiscal years;
(2) assessing the ability of the local workforce in
the FAS to support future military construction; and
(3) detailing options for the Department of Defense
to cooperate with the Department of Labor, the
Department of the Interior, and the FAS to develop
plans to help address any construction workforce
shortages.
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260. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nunn of Iowa or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In subtitle G of title V, add at the end the following:
SEC. 5__. ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE SOLID
START PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.
(a) Transition Assistance Program of the Department of
Defense.--Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``(11),'' before
``and (16)''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (11) and inserting the
following:
``(11) Information concerning mental health,
including--
``(A) the availability of mental health
services furnished by the Secretary concerned,
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, or a non-profit entity;
``(B) the treatment of post-traumatic stress
disorder, traumatic brain injury, anxiety
disorders, depression, chronic pain, sleep
disorders, suicidal ideation, or other mental
health conditions associated with service in
the armed forces;
``(C) the risk of suicide, including signs,
symptoms, and risk factors (including adverse
childhood experiences, depression, bipolar
disorder, homelessness, unemployment, and
relationship strain);
``(D) the availability of treatment options
and resources to address substance abuse,
including alcohol, prescription drug, and
opioid abuse;
``(E) the potential effects of the loss of
community and support systems experienced by a
member separating from the armed forces;
``(F) isolation from family, friends, or
society; and
``(G) the potential stressors associated with
separation from the armed forces.''.
(b) Solid Start Program of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.--Section 6320(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and (H) as
subparagraphs (I) and (J), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following
new subparagraphs:
``(G) assisting eligible veterans who elect to enroll
in the system of patient enrollment under section
1705(a) of this title;
``(H) educating veterans about mental health and
counseling services available through the Veterans
Health Administration;''.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the
information and materials developed pursuant to the amendments
made by this section.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--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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261. 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, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 7_. COMBATING OBESITY IN CERTAIN ARMED FORCES.
(a) Strategy and Educational Campaign.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall--
(A) develop a strategy to align the obesity-
related programs of the Department of Defense
with the classification of obesity as a
medically accepted disease; and
(B) conduct an educational campaign to
promote awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of
obesity as a disease in the covered Armed
Forces.
(2) Requirements for strategy.--The strategy
developed under paragraph (1)(A) shall include the
following:
(A) A plan to coordinate obesity-related
programs across the Department of Defense to
treat obesity as a disease and reduce the
prevalence of obesity in the covered Armed
Forces.
(B) An assessment of the effectiveness of
health programs of the Department of Defense
that are intended to educate, prevent, or treat
obesity among members of the covered Armed
Forces, and a plan to modify or update such
programs to treat obesity as a disease.
(C) An assessment of the adequacy of
nutrition education for physicians and other
health care practitioners in the military
health system to evaluate and treat obesity as
a disease, including the need for any
additional education or guidelines for such
physicians and other health care practitioners.
(D) A strategy to work toward members of the
covered Armed Forces with obesity receiving
appropriate treatment.
(3) Requirements for educational campaign.--The
educational campaign conducted under paragraph (1)(B)
shall include the following:
(A) Information to educate members of the
covered Armed Forces regarding best practices
to prevent, reduce, or mitigate obesity, and
available resources to address the root causes
of obesity.
(B) Information targeted to physicians and
other health care practitioners in the military
health system to promote diagnosis and
treatment of obesity as a disease.
(4) Consultation.--In developing the strategy and
educational campaign required by paragraph (1), the
Secretary of Defense shall consult with the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, acting through the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and other
Health and Human Services agencies, as determined
appropriate by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
(b) Inclusion of Information Regarding Unmet Weight Standards
in Certain Reports.--Beginning not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall include information regarding unmet weight standards in
any report submitted by the Secretary to Congress regarding
disqualifications for enlistment in, disability incurred in, or
medical discharges from, the covered Armed Forces.
(c) Additional Department of Defense Reports.--
(1) Effects of obesity on readiness of covered armed
forces.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report regarding
the effects of obesity on the readiness of the covered
Armed Forces. Such report shall include legislative
recommendations of the Secretary to address such
effects.
(2) Effectiveness of obesity, food, and nutrition-
related programs of department of defense.--Not later
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of the
Defense Health Agency shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the effectiveness
of the obesity, food, and nutrition-related programs of
the Department of Defense in reducing obesity and
improving military readiness.
(d) GAO Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General
of the United States shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report analyzing the
existing obesity, food, and nutrition-related programs
of the Department of Defense.
(2) Requirements.--The report required by paragraph
(1) shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of programs directed to
members of the covered Armed Forces.
(B) An assessment of programs directed to
health care providers in the military health
system.
(C) An assessment of the effectiveness of
such programs in reducing obesity and the
impact of obesity on military readiness.
(D) Recommendations to coordinate and improve
existing programs to reduce obesity and the
impact of obesity on military readiness.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means the following:
(A) The Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
House of Representatives.
(C) The Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives.
(D) The Committee on Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives.
(E) The Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate.
(F) The Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate.
(G) The Committee on Finance of the Senate.
(H) The Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.
(2) The term ``covered Armed Force'' means the Army,
Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Space Force.
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262. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ivey of Maryland or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY AND REPORT ON ANTAGONISTIC USE OF
SATELLITES.
(a) Study.--
(1) In general.--The Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct a study to assess threats
to the interests of the United States posed by
antagonistic use of satellites by adversarial foreign
states, including--
(A) use of a satellite for combat;
(B) damage, destruction, or incapacitation of
a satellite that is owned, operated,
controlled, or used by--
(i) the United States Government;
(ii) a commercial entity organized
under the laws of the United States or
any jurisdiction within the United
States; or
(iii) a country that is a member of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
and
(C) conducting or attempting to conduct
espionage or surveillance of, or a cyber
intrusion that affects--
(i) a physical resource of the
Department of Defense, including a
Department of Defense installation; or
(ii) critical infrastructure (as
defined in section 1016(e) of the USA
PATRIOT Act (42 U.S.C. 5195c(e))),
including--
(I) an electricity
transmission system or network;
(II) a water management
system or resource;
(III) a telecommunications
facility or network;
(IV) a nuclear facility;
(V) an airport;
(VI) a railway; or
(VII) a sea port.
(2) Consultation.--In conducting the study under this
subsection, the Comptroller General shall consult
with--
(A) the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration;
(B) the Chair of the Federal Communications
Commission;
(C) the Secretary of Defense;
(D) the Secretary of Homeland Security; and
(E) specialists who--
(i) are affiliated with an
institution of higher education or
research organization; and
(ii) have expertise in satellite
technology, satellite warfare,
cybersecurity, or another relevant
subject related to warfare and
communications.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to
the Secretary of Defense, the Committee on Armed Services of
the Senate, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report that--
(1) includes operational, policy, and legislative
recommendations to protect against and respond to
threats identified by the study required under
subsection (a); and
(2) may include recommendations for--
(A) preventive, preparatory, and emergency
response actions by municipal governments,
State governments, and private sector entities;
and
(B) educational curricula and workforce
development programs to address the need for
trained professionals who are able to implement
the recommendations described in such report.
(c) Adversarial Foreign State Defined.--In this section, the
term ``adversarial foreign state'' means--
(1) the Islamic Republic of Iran;
(2) the People's Republic of China;
(3) the Russian Federation; and
(4) any foreign state designated by the Secretary of
State as an adversarial foreign state for purposes of
this section.
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263. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crenshaw of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12__. REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GUARD AND THE
REPUBLIC OF INDIA.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than February 15, 2024, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the feasibility and
advisability of enhanced cooperation between the National Guard
and the Republic of India. Such report shall include the
following elements:
(1) A description of the cooperation between the
National Guard and India during the 10 preceding
calendar years, including mutual visits, exercises,
training, and equipment opportunities.
(2) An evaluation of the feasibility and advisability
of enhancing cooperation between the National Guard and
India on a range of activities, including--
(A) disaster and emergency response;
(B) cyber defense and communications
security;
(C) military medical cooperation;
(D) mountain warfare;
(E) jungle warfare;
(F) counterinsurgency;
(G) counterterrorism;
(H) cultural exchange and education of
members of the National Guard in Hindi; and
(I) programs for National Guard advisors to
assist in training the reserve components of
the military forces of India.
(3) Recommendations to enhance such cooperation and
improve interoperability, including through
familiarization visits, cooperative training and
exercises, and co-deployments.
(4) Identification of States that may serve as
potential partners with India through a State
partnership under section 341 of title 10, United
States Code.
(5) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense
determines appropriate.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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264. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kaptur of Ohio or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In subtitle I of title V, add at the end the following;
SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION FOR LAST SERVICEMEMBER 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 Servicemember Standing medal
``(a) Medal Authorized.--The Secretary concerned may issue a
service medal, to be known as the `Last Servicemember Standing
medal', to persons eligible under subsection (c).
``(b) Design.--The Last Servicemember 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 Servicemember 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
Servicemember 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 Servicemember Standing medal to the
next-of-kin of the person.
``(f) Regulations.--The issuance of a Last Servicemember
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 Servicemember 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
Servicemember Standing Medal to persons eligible for
the issuance of the medal under such section.
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265. 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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266. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nunn of Iowa or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO COVERED DISTRIBUTED LEDGER
TECHNOLOGY AND BLOCKCHAIN EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES.
(a) Prohibition on Acquisition.--The Secretary of Defense may
not acquire, or enter into, extend, or renew a contract or
other agreement for, any equipment, system, or service that
uses covered distributed ledger technology and blockchain
equipment or services as--
(1) a substantial or essential component of such
equipment, system, or service; or
(2) critical technology as part of such equipment,
system, or service.
(b) Prohibition on Loan and Grant Funds.--
(1) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Defense may not
obligate or expend loan or grant funds to acquire, or
to enter into, extend, or renew a contract or other
agreement for, any equipment, system, or service
described in subsection (a).
(2) Prioritization.--In implementing the prohibition
under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense, in
administering a loan, grant, or subsidy program, shall
prioritize available funding and technical support to
assist affected entities as is reasonably necessary for
those affected entities to cease use of covered
distributed ledger technology and blockchain equipment
or services, to acquire replacement equipment and
services, and to ensure that communications service to
users and customers is sustained.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) or (b)
shall be construed to--
(1) prohibit the Secretary of Defense from acquiring
from an entity, or entering into, extending, or
renewing a contract or other agreement with an entity
for, a service that connects to the facilities of a
third party, such as blockchain protocols or
interconnection arrangements; or
(2) apply to wireless telecommunications equipment or
third-party validators that cannot route or redirect
user data traffic or permit visibility into any user
data or packets that such equipment transmits or
otherwise handles.
(d) Effective Date.--The prohibitions under subsections (a)
and (b) shall take effect on the date that is two years after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(e) Waiver Authority.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
beginning on the effective date under subsection (d),
the Secretary of Defense may, upon request of an
entity, issue a waiver of the requirements under
subsection (a) with respect to such entity for a period
of not more than two years.
(2) Requirements.--The Secretary may only provide a
waiver under this subsection if the entity seeking the
waiver--
(A) provides a compelling justification for
the additional time to implement the
requirements of this section; and
(B) submits to the Secretary, who shall not
later than 30 days thereafter submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, a full and
complete description of the presence of covered
distributed ledger technology and blockchain
equipment or services in the entity's supply
chain and a phase-out plan to eliminate such
covered distributed ledger technology and
blockchain equipment or services.
(3) Elements of the intelligence community.--
Beginning on the effective date under subsection (d),
each head of an element of the intelligence community
may waive the requirements under subsection (a) if such
head determines the waiver is in the national security
interests of the United States.
(f) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) The term ``covered distributed ledger technology
and blockchain equipment or services'' means
distributed ledger technology and blockchain equipment
or services of or originating from a foreign adversary,
including any of the following companies or
subsidiaries thereof:
(A) The Blockchain-based Services Network.
(B) The Spartan Network.
(C) The Conflux Network.
(D) iFinex, Inc.
(E) Red Date Technology Co., Ltd.
(2) The term ``executive agency'' has the meaning
given the term in section 133 of title 41, United
States Code.
(3) The term ``foreign adversary'' has the meaning
given such term in section 7.2 of title 15, Code of
Federal Regulations.
(4) The term ``intelligence community'' has the
meaning given the term in section 3 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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267. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Amo of Rhode Island
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DOMESTIC PROCUREMENT OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
FOR AUKUS PARTNERSHIP.
(a) In General.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) researching, producing, and procuring defense
articles for the AUKUS partnership from within the
United States boosts local economies and improves
national security by enhancing domestic defense article
production capabilities; and
(2) therefore, the Secretary of Defense should
promote and prioritize domestic manufacturing, supply
chains, and research for defense articles intended for
use by members of the AUKUS partnership.
(b) AUKUS Partnership Defined.--In this section, the term
``AUKUS partnership'' means the enhanced trilateral security
partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the
United States announced in September 2021.
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268. 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 the following:
(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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269. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO DETAIL MEMBERS TO LAW EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.
(a) Expansion.--Section 2004 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The
Secretary'';
(B) by striking the second sentence; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(2)(A) The Secretary of the military department concerned
may pay expenses incident to the detail, under this subsection,
of an officer or enlisted member for a period of training
described in paragraph (1).
``(B) Not more than 25 officers and enlisted members from
each military department may, in any single fiscal year, begin
a period of training described in paragraph (1) for which the
Secretary of the military department concerned pays expenses
under this paragraph.
``(3) The Secretary of the military department concerned may
detail an officer or enlisted member under paragraph (1)
without paying expenses under paragraph (2).'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``either''
and inserting ``in the case of a member for
whose training the Secretary of the military
department concerned pays expenses under
subsection (a)(2), either'';
(B) in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3)--
(i) by striking ``period of two
years'' and all that follows and
inserting an em dash; and
(ii) by adding at the end the
following new clauses:
``(i) in the case of a member for
whose training the Secretary of the
military department concerned pays
expenses under subsection (a)(2), two
years; or
``(ii) in the case of a member
described in subsection (a)(3), one
year for each year or part thereof of
legal training under subsection (a).'';
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3)
as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
(D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following new paragraph (2):
``(2) in the case of a member described in subsection
(a)(3), either--
``(A) have served on active duty for a period
of not less than two years nor more than eight
years and be an officer in the grade of O-3 or
below as of the time the training is to begin;
or
``(B) have served on active duty for a period
of not less than four years nor more than ten
years and be an enlisted member in the grade of
E-5, E-6, or E-7 as of the time the training is
to begin;''; and
(E) in subsection (d), by striking ``under
this section'' and inserting ``paid under
subsection (a)(2) of''.
(b) Basic Allowance for Housing During Detail.--
(1) Rule of construction.--Section 403 of title 37,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsection (q) as
subsection (r); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (p) the
following new subsection (q):
``(q) Rule of Construction for Certain Detail.--A member of
the armed forces may not be denied an allowance under this
section solely on the basis that such member has been detailed
for a period of training under section 2004 of title 10.''.
(2) Retroactive effect.--A member of the Armed Forces
who, on or after August 1, 2023, the Secretary of the
military department concerned determined, under section
502 of title 37, United States Code, was absent for a
period that is longer than the leave authorized by
section 701 of title 10, United States Code, because
the member was detailed or assigned by the Secretary of
the military department concerned as a full-time
student to a civilian institution to pursue a program
of education, is entitled to the basic allowance for
housing under section 403 of title 37, United States
Code, to which the member would have been entitled if
the member were not so absent.
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270. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Buchanan of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM FOR SERVICEMEMBERS.
The Secretary of Defense shall study the feasibility of
establishing a mentoring program for members of the Armed
Forces who are interested in becoming entrepreneurs or founding
start-up businesses after their active duty service.
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271. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moskowitz 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__. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CANINE AND FELINE
RESEARCH.
(a) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to conduct
biomedical research or testing using canines or felines.
(b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the
prohibition under subsection (a) if the Secretary--
(1) determines that the waiver is in the national
security interest of the United States; and
(2) not later than the date on which the waiver is
invoked, submits a notification of the waiver and a
justification of the reason for seeking the waiver to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
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272. 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, add the following new
section:
SEC. 31__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON COMMITMENT TO NUCLEAR POWER.
It is the sense of Congress that in order to achieve
geopolitical energy leadership and secure American energy
security in the years to come, Congress urges the Department of
Defense to embrace and accept nuclear power as a clean baseload
energy source that is easily compatible with other intermittent
energy sources to ultimately achieve a reliable, secure, and
resilient energy apparatus within the Department of Defense.
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273. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nunn of Iowa or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12__. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ON DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL PRIORITIES
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL.
The Secretary of Defense shall seek to establish a
partnership between the Defense Innovation Unit of the
Department of Defense and appropriate counterparts of Israel in
order to--
(1) enhance market opportunities for United States-
based and Israeli-based defense technology companies;
(2) bolster Israel's defense industrial base;
(3) harmonize global security posture through
emerging technology;
(4) counter Iran and Iran-aligned adversarial proxy
group development of dual-use defense technologies; and
(5) in coordination with appropriate counterpart
offices of the Israeli ministry of defense--
(A) enable coordination on defense industrial
priorities;
(B) streamline emerging defense technology
research and development;
(C) create more pathways to market for
defense technology startups; and
(D) collaborate on the development of dual-
use defense capabilities through coordination.
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274. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pettersen of Colorado
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY LOW EARTH ORBIT
SPACECRAFT.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Space Force has demonstrated its commitment
to building a resilient, safe, and secure space
architecture and incorporating transformational
commercially developed space technologies in order to
accelerate the fielding of capabilities, including in
very low earth orbit;
(2) advancements in propulsion systems, materials
science, affordable launch costs, and orbital
management techniques have opened up new possibilities
for utilizing very low earth orbit for various
purposes, including ultra-high-resolution
reconnaissance, low latency communication, and improved
space domain awareness;
(3) Congress and the Department of Defense should
continue to pursue the efforts described in paragraph
(1) in support of the National Defense Strategy and the
Commercial Space Strategy of the Space Force to
accelerate the purposeful pursuit of hybrid space
architectures; and
(4) the Space Force should continue to scale up those
efforts and further explore the benefits of very low
earth orbit spacecraft development to improve
responsiveness, enhance image resolution, generate
orbital diversity, and increase resilience against
space debris and other threats.
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275. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. PLAN ON HACKING FOR DEFENSE EXPANSION.
(a) Plan 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 plan for the
expansion of the Hacking for Defense program of the Department
of Defense over the period of three fiscal years following the
date of the plan.
(b) Elements.--The plan required under subsection (a) shall
include measures--
(1) to increase the number of institutions of higher
education participating in Hacking for Defense
programs;
(2) to expand support for certain elite teams after
Hacking for Defense course completion;
(3) to expand opportunities after Hacking for Defense
course completion in countries that are members of--
(A) the AUKUS partnership;
(B) the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue; or
(C) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
(4) to partner with other organizations and elements
of the Department of Defense to expand the Hacking for
Defense curriculum to a second semester prototyping
course; and
(5) to support the development of professional
military education programs in the National Defense
University system that are similar to the Hacking for
Defense program.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``AUKUS partnership'' means the enhanced
trilateral security partnership between Australia, the
United Kingdom, and the United States announced in
September 2021.
(2) The term ``Quadrilateral Security Dialogue''
means the strategic security dialogue between--
(A) India;
(B) Japan;
(C) Australia; and
(D) the United States.
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276. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nunn of Iowa or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. REPORT ON POTENTIAL STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DEFENSE
INNOVATION UNIT AND THE TAIWAN MINISTRY OF NATIONAL
DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall assess the
feasibility and advisability of establishing a strategic
partnership between the Defense Innovation Unit and the Taiwan
Ministry of National Defense, pursuant to which the Unit and
the Ministry would--
(1) coordinate on defense industrial priorities;
(2) collaborate on the development of dual-use
defense capabilities.
(3) establish mechanisms to streamline emerging
defense technology research and development and
microchip supply chain security;
(4) create additional pathways to market for relevant
defense technology startups; and
(5) carry out other activities to--
(A) enhance market opportunities for United
States-based and Taiwan-based defense
technology companies;
(B) bolster Taiwan's defense industrial base;
(C) harmonize global security posture through
emerging technology; and
(D) counter the development of dual-use
defense technologies by the Chinese Communist
Party.
(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 results of
the assessment conducted under subsection (a).
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277. 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 XVII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 17_. REPORTING ON IRANIAN CENTRIFUGE INSTALLATION.
(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall provide a report to the congressional defense
committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate with the content described in
paragraph (2).
(2) Content described.--The content described for the
report in paragraph (1) includes the following:
(A) An assessment of the types and numbers of
centrifuges installed in declared and
undeclared nuclear facilities in Iran since May
2021.
(B) An assessment of the timeline required by
Iran to produce weapons-grade uranium in May
2021.
(C) An assessment of the current timeline
required by Iran to produce weapons-grade
uranium.
(D) An assessment of whether Iran has moved
advanced centrifuges to facilities other than
its safeguarded enrichment plants, including
where and how many, if applicable.
(E) An assessment of how many advanced
centrifuges Iran would need of each type to
enrich to weapons-grade.
(F) An assessment of whether a heavily
fortified nuclear facility Iran is building
near the Natanz site contains or will contain
an enrichment plant.
(3) Form.--This report shall be transmitted in
unclassified form and may contain a classified annex.
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278. 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 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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279. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walberg of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. STUDY ON TESTING OF FOREIGN ADVERSARY HIGHLY AUTONOMOUS
VEHICLES.
(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 on the national security of the United
States of highly automated vehicles (as such term is defined in
section 503(c)(6) of title 23, United States Code) associated
with foreign adversary countries operating or testing in the
United States.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The study required by subsection
(a) shall also include the following:
(1) An evaluation of the technology used by highly
automated vehicles and their capabilities.
(2) A list of entities--
(A) domiciled in or directly or indirectly
owned, controlled, or directed by a foreign
adversary country;
(B) that manufacture highly automated
vehicles; and
(C) are currently operating highly automated
vehicles in the United States.
(3) The number of highly automated vehicles currently
operating in the United States that are owned or
operated by such entities.
(4) An evaluation whether any such entity has
contracted with or supplied any technology to the
military of a foreign adversary country.
(5) The locations where highly automated vehicles
owned or operated by such entities are operating in the
United States.
(6) Potential vulnerabilities posed by the operation
of such highly automated vehicles in the United States.
(c) Submission.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit the
results of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) to--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Homeland Security, and the Committee on Energy and
Commerce of the House of Representatives.
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280. 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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281. 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 XXXI, add the following
new section:
SEC. 31__. 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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282. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kelly of Illinois or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 6__. EXPANSION OF PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF MILITARY ONESOURCE
PROGRAM FOR RETIRED AND DISCHARGED MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES AND THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES.
(a) In General.--Under regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of Defense, the period of eligibility for the
Military OneSource program of the Department of Defense of an
eligible individual retired, discharged, or otherwise released
from the Armed Forces, and for the eligible immediate family
members of such an individual, shall be the 18-month period
beginning on the date of the retirement, discharge, or release,
as applicable, of such individual.
(b) Information to Families.--The Secretary shall, in such
manner as the Secretary considers appropriate, inform military
families and families of veterans of the Armed Forces of the
wide range of benefits available through the Military OneSource
program.
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283. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative James of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MULTIYEAR PROCUREMENT OF PRIORITY
ITEMS.
(a) Recommendation.--Along with the budget materials
submitted to Congress in support of the annual budget request
of the President (submitted to Congress pursuant to section
1105 of title 31, United States Code), for fiscal year 2026 and
for each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget and the Comptroller General of the United States, shall
include an annex with recommendations to Congress--
(1) contracts for priority items that could be
considered under a covered multiyear contract that were
not considered as such in the budget materials
submitted, and the rationale for exclusion of such
priority items from such materials;
(2) the cost of implementation of such contracts for
priority items under a covered multiyear contract;
(3) any challenges to implementing such contracts for
priority items under a covered multiyear contract; and
(4) any technical assistance required to include
contracts for such priority items under a covered
multiyear contract in a subsequent fiscal year.
(b) Prioritization.--The Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the covered officials, shall designate any
contracts for priority items based on need that will best serve
the commanders of the geographic combatant commands for
contingency planning and execution.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``contract for priority items'' means a
contract for goods for any the following:
(A) Shipbuilding.
(B) Fighter aircraft.
(C) Submarines.
(D) Ground vehicle systems.
(E) Unmanned aerial systems.
(F) Hypersonics.
(G) Any goods needed to address supply chain
disruptions and constraints for the Department
of Defense.
(2) The term ``covered officials'' mean--
(A) the Secretary of the Army;
(B) the Secretary of the Navy;
(C) the Secretary of the Air Force; and
(D) the Director of the National Guard
Bureau.
(3) The term ``covered multiyear procurement'' means
a multiyear contract described under section 3501 of
title 10, United States Code, except that--
(A) such contract shall be for a term of
greater than one but less than three years;
(B) performance of such contract during the
second or subsequent year of such term may be
contingent upon the appropriation of funds and
may provide for a cancellation payment to be
made to the contractor if such appropriations
are not made.
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284. 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 XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. RESEARCH, STANDARDS, AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO
INDOOR RESIDENTIAL MOLD.
(b) Research on Health Impacts of Indoor Residential Mold.--
(1) Research.--
(A) In general.--As soon as practicable after
the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Director of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Health Affairs, the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development, the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, the President of
the National Academy of Sciences, and the Chair
of the Board of Directors of the National
Institute of Building Sciences shall conduct a
comprehensive study of the health effects of
indoor residential mold growth in barracks or
other housing on military installations, using
the most up-to-date scientific peer-reviewed
medical literature.
(B) Contents.--The study conducted under
subparagraph (A) shall ascertain--
(i) detailed information about
harmful or toxigenic mold that may
impact the services and those living on
military installations, as well as any
toxin or toxic compound such mold can
produce;
(ii) the most accurate research-based
methods of detecting harmful or
toxigenic mold;
(iii) potential dangers of prolonged
or chronic exposure to indoor
residential mold growth in residential
areas on military installations;
(iv) the hazards involved with
inadequate mold inspections on military
installations and improper indoor
residential mold remediation in
barracks on military installations;
(v) the estimated current public
health burden of new or exacerbated
physical illness resulting from
exposure to indoor residential mold on
the military services and its effect on
quality of life as it impacts
readiness, including its impact on
children in military families;
(vi) improved understanding of the
different health symptomology that can
result from exposure to mold in indoor
residential environments on military
installations, including military
barracks;
(vii) ongoing surveillance of the
prevalence of idiopathic pulmonary
hemorrhage in infants living on
military installations; and
(viii) longitudinal studies on the
effects of indoor old exposure in early
childhood on the development of asthma
and other respiratory illnesses of
children living on military
installations.
(C) Availability.--Not later than the
expiration of the 3-year period beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act, the
results of the study conducted under
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted to Congress
and the President and made available to the
general public.
(c) Health, Safety, and Habitability Standards and Model
Standards.--
(1) Model standards for preventing, detecting, and
remediating indoor residential mold growth.--Based on
the results of the interagency health study conducted
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, the Director of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety
and Health at the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, the Secretary of Energy, the Executive
Director of the National Institute of Building
Sciences, and the President of the National Academy of
Sciences shall, in accordance with section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of
1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note; Public Law 104-113), jointly
issue model health, safety, and habitability standards
for preventing, detecting, and remediating indoor
residential mold growth on military installations,
including--
(A) model residential mold inspection
standards for military barracks;
(B) model indoor residential mold remediation
standards for military installations;
(C) standards for testing the toxicity of
indoor residential mold and any toxin or toxic
compound produced by indoor residential mold on
military installations;
(D) health and safety standards for the
protection of those inspecting for and
remediating mold in housing on military
installations;
(E) standards for indoor residential mold
testing labs that serve military installations;
(F) model ventilation standards for the
design, installation, and maintenance of air
ventilation or air-conditioning systems in
housing on military installations to prevent
indoor residential mold growth or the creation
of conditions that foster indoor mold growth in
housing on military installations; and
(G) model building code standards for housing
on military installations to control moisture
and prevent mold growth.
(2) Consultation.--To the maximum extent possible,
model standards issued under this subsection shall be
developed with the assistance of--
(A) organizations that develop mold and water
damage standards and work with military
installations;
(B) organizations involved in establishing
national building construction standards and
work with military installations;
(C) organizations involved in improving
indoor air quality;
(D) public health advocates that serve the
military community; and
(E) health and medical professionals that
serve military servicemembers and their
families, including practitioners that care for
children of servicemembers.
(3) Resiliency.--Model standards issued under this
subsection shall take into account geographic
diversity, propensity for extreme weather or flooding,
and other resiliency metrics impacting military
housing.
(4) Deadlines.--
(A) Public review and comment.--The officers
identified in paragraph (1) shall make draft
standards issued under this section available
for public review and comment at least 90 days
prior to publication of the final standards or
model standards pursuant to subparagraph (B).
(B) Publication.--Not later than years after
the results of the study conducted under
subsection (a) are submitted to Congress in
accordance with such section, the officers
identified in subsection (a) shall issue, and
make available to the public, final standards
and model standards under this section.
(5) Review and updates.--The officers identified in
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) review the model standards issued under
this subsection at least once every 5 years
based on latest scientific advances and
published studies relating to indoor
residential mold growth; and
(B) update such standards and model standards
as necessary to preserve and improve the
quality of housing on military installations,
and prevent the displacement of those currently
living on military installations.
(d) Construction Requirements for New Housing on Military
Installations.--
(1) Model construction standards.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, the Executive Director of
the National Institute of Building Sciences,
and the President of the National Academy of
Sciences, to the extent such Director and
President agree to participate, shall develop
model construction standards and techniques for
preventing and controlling indoor residential
mold in new residential properties on military
installations.
(B) Contents.--The model standards and
techniques shall provide for geographic
differences in construction types and
materials, geology, weather, and other
variables that may affect indoor residential
mold levels in new buildings and on various
military installations.
(C) Consultation.--To the maximum extent
possible, such standards and techniques shall
be developed with--
(i) the assistance of organizations
involved in establishing national
building construction standards and
techniques, especially those who do
this work on military installations;
(ii) the assistance of organizations
that develop mold and water damage
standards on military installations;
and
(iii) public health advocates that
serve the military community.
(D) Publication.--The Secretary shall make a
draft of the document containing the model
standards and techniques available for public
review and comment. The Secretary shall make
final model standards and techniques available
to the public not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(E) Applicability to new construction and
rehabilitation.--Within 1 year of the
publication of the final model standards and
techniques required by subparagraph (D), the
Secretary of Defense shall include such model
standards and techniques as a requirement for
residential rehabilitation or new construction
projects funded with Federal appropriations
made available by such agencies.
(e) Education for Military Health Professionals.--The
Secretary of Defense shall include education for military
health professions on mold-related illness, including signs and
symptoms of toxigenic mold exposure, in recurring training
received by miliary health practitioners at such time and in
such manner as the Secretary chooses.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``indoor residential mold'' means any
form of multi-cellular fungi in indoor environments,
including cladosporium, penicillium, alternaria,
aspergillus, fusarium, trichoderma, memnoniella, mucor,
stachybotrys chartarum, streptomyces, and
epicoccumoften found in water-damaged indoor
environments and building materials.
(2) The term ``toxigenic mold'' means any indoor mold
growth that may be capable of producing a toxin or
toxic compound, including mycotoxins and mVOCs, that
can cause pulmonary, respiratory, neurological,
gastrointestinal, or dermatological illnesses, or other
major adverse health impacts, as determined by the
Secretary of Defense in consultation with the Director
of the National Institutes of Health, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Director of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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285. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thompson of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title VIII, insert
the following:
SEC. 8__. REPORT ON CONTRACT GOAL FOR THE ABILITYONE PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on--
(1) the progress of the Department of Defense in
achieving the goal for the Department to acquire
products and services from qualified nonprofit agencies
for the blind and qualified nonprofit agencies for the
other severely disabled (as such terms are defined,
respectively, in section 8501 of title 41, United
States Code) pursuant to chapter 85 of title 41, United
States Code, in an amount equal to one percent of the
total funds obligated or expended by the Department for
procurement for a fiscal year; and
(2) any obstacles faced by the Secretary in achieving
the goal described in paragraph (1).
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286. 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 VIII, insert the following
section:
SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN CHINESE E-COMMERCE PURCHASES.
(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2025 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or
expended to acquire any good from Temu or Shein or through a
service operated by either such entity except as provided by
subsection (b).
(b) Waiver.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to
the acquisition of a good to the extent that the Secretary of
Defense determines that such acquisition of such good from Temu
or Shein or through a service operated by either such entity is
in the interest of national security.
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287. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moolenaar of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 599, lines 1 and 2, strike ``(d)(1)(A) of such section
is amended'' and insert ``(d)(1) of such section is amended--
''.
Page 599, line 2, strike ``by'' and insert the following:
(1) in subparagraph (A), by
Page 599, line 3, strike the period at the end and insert ``;
and''.
After page 599, line 3, add the following:
(2) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the
following:
``(viii) An identification of
performance goals and measures to
advance the lines of effort of the
Initiative relative to the operational
requirements of the Initiative,
determined in coordination with the
Secretary of each military
department.''.
Page 599, line 5, insert an em dash after ``amended''.
Page 599, line 2, strike ``by'' and insert the following:
(1) by
Page 599, line 6, strike the period at the end and insert ``;
and''.
After page 599, line 6, add the following:
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
``(2) A detailed description of the progress made
toward achieving the performance goals and measures
identified pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(B)(viii).''.
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288. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walberg of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. PROHIBITION OF TIKTOK.
The Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity
shall publish guidance prohibiting the use of TikTok for
instructional purposes at schools operated by the Department of
Defense Education Activity.
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289. 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__. REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OPTIMIZING THE HUMAN WEAPON
SYSTEM PROGRAM.
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 that includes--
(1) an analysis of the effectiveness of the
Optimizing the Human Weapon System Program of the Army;
and
(2) recommendations for improving and expanding the
Program.
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290. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Levin of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. AMENDMENTS TO PATHWAYS FOR COUNSELING IN TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
Section 1142(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (M) as subparagraph
(R); and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (L) the
following:
``(M) Child care requirements of the member
(including whether a dependent of the member is
enrolled in the Exceptional Family Member Program).
``(N) The employment status of other adults in the
household of the member.
``(O) The location of the duty station of the member
(including whether the member was separated from family
while on duty).
``(P) The effects of operating tempo and personnel
tempo on the member and the household of the member.
``(Q) Whether the member is an Indian or urban
Indian, as those terms are defined in section 4 of the
Indian Health Care Improvement Act (Public Law 94-437;
25 U.S.C. 1603).''.
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291. 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__. PODIATRISTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) Qualification of Doctors of Podiatry for Original
Appointment as Commissioned Officers.--Section 532(b)(1) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting
``podiatry,'' after ``osteopathy,''.
(b) Members of Medical Corps.--Not later than one year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall ensure that podiatrists are assigned to the Medical Corps
of each military department. The Secretary shall notify the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives in writing upon carrying out this subsection.
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292. 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 VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. ADDITION OF DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED STAINLESS STEEL FLATWARE TO
THE REQUIREMENT TO BUY CERTAIN ARTICLES FROM
AMERICAN SOURCES.
(a) Addition to Covered Items.--
(1) In general.--Section 4862(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following new paragraph:
``(3) Stainless steel flatware.''; and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as
paragraph (4)
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph
(1) shall take effect on October 1, 2025.
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293. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tenney of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 920, after line 5, insert the following new section:
SEC. 28__. FEASIBILITY STUDY BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ON REPLICATING
THE ARMY FUTURE SOLDIER PREP COURSE THROUGH THE
OTHER SERVICE BRANCHES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
feasibility study on replicating the Army Future Soldier Prep
Course through the other services that contains the following:
(1) A cost estimate for each of the services
including--
(A) Any military construction or Facilities
sustainment, restoration and modernization
costs;
(B) Additional personnel costs; and
(C) Additional operations and maintenance
costs.
(2) Existing bases for each service that could host
such a program.
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294. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCaul of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 7__. REPORT ON MEDICAL INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION.
(a) Study Required.--
(1) In general.--The Inspector General of the Defense
Health Agency shall conduct a study on the adequacy of
sterilization of medical instruments at medical
facilities of the Defense Health Agency.
(2) Elements.--The study required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following elements:
(A) A description of the processes or checks
used to ensure medical instruments are
sterilized prior to use on patients at medical
facilities of the Defense Health Agency.
(B) A description of the policies and
processes used to identify and mitigate the use
of insufficiently sterilized medical
instruments at such medical facilities and the
processes and timelines for informing patients
of any such near-miss (if any disclosure is
required).
(C) An identification of the aggregate number
of adverse events or near-misses as a result of
insufficiently sterilized medical instruments
at such medical facilities during the period
beginning on January 1, 2022, and ending on
January 1, 2024.
(D) A determination of primary factors that
result in insufficiently sterilized medical
instruments at such medical facilities.
(E) A description of the extent to which
unsterilized medical instruments have impacted
the operation of such medical facilities.
(F) An assessment of whether such medical
facilities have sufficient--
(i) medical instruments;
(ii) medical devices to timely clean
and sterilize medical instruments; and
(iii) staff to sterilize medical
instruments.
(G) An assessment of whether staff at such
medical facilities are properly trained to
sterilize medical instruments.
(H) A determination of the number of
surgeries at such medical facilities that were
delayed or rescheduled as a result of
unsterilized medical instruments.
(I) Recommendations to improve the
sterilization of medical instruments at such
medical facilities, including an identification
and evaluation of existing options, such as
mobile sterilization units and coordinating
with community medical centers to expand
surgical capacity.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense
Health Agency shall submit to Congress a report on the study
required by subsection (a), which shall include an action plan
to consider and implement the recommendations included in such
study.
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295. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moulton of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in title XXVIII, insert the
following:
SEC. __. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO EXPEDITE CERTAIN MILITARY
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LOCATED IN GUAM.
(a) In General.--To expedite military construction projects
in Guam intended to improve the defense of Guam and the Indo-
Pacific region, each Secretary of a military department may
provide grants, conclude cooperative agreements, and supplement
other Federal funds to regulatory agencies located in Guam that
such Secretary determines appropriate, including--
(1) the Guam Environmental Protection Agency; and
(2) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(b) Elements.--Each agreement under subsection (a) may
include--
(1) the provision of Department of Defense technical
assistance to regulatory agencies responsible for the
timely completion of military construction projects;
and
(2) the use of Department of Defense personnel to
perform conservation activities for which the
regulatory agency is responsible.
(c) Military Construction Project Defined.--In this section,
the term ``military construction project'' has the meaning
given such term in section 2801 of title 10, United States
Code.
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296. 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 V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TIME PERIOD FOR TRANSFER OR DISCHARGE OF
CERTAIN ARMY AND AIR FORCE RESERVE COMPONENT
GENERAL OFFICERS.
Section 14314 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2),
(3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C),
and (D), respectively;
(B) by striking ``Within'' and inserting
``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2),
within''; and
(C) by inserting at the end the following new
paragraph (2):
``(2) For any general officer covered by paragraph
(1) who is released from a joint duty assignment or
other non-joint active-duty assignment, the Secretary
concerned shall complete the transfer or discharge
required by paragraph (1) not later than 60 days after
the officer's release.''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``subsection
(a)(3)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)(1)(C)''.
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297. 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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298. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mills of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 288, insert after line 10 the following:
SEC. 597. DEFENSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION;
REPORT.
Not later than October 1, 2024, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and House of Representatives a report regarding the Defense
Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (DACODAI). The
report shall contain the following items:
(1) An overview of the appointment process used to
select individuals currently serving as members of the
DACODAI, including the nominating source for each
individual currently serving as a DACODAI member.
(2) An explanation of how the Department ensures
individuals selected to serve as members of DACODAI
comprise points of view that are ``fairly balanced'' as
required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
(3) A complete listing of all recommendations made by
the DACODAI since September 23, 2022.
(4) A complete listing of all studies initiated by
the DACODAI since September 23, 2022.
(5) The cost associated with operating the DACODAI
since September 23, 2022.
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299. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mills of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. REPORT ON SMALL PURCHASES OF CRITICAL MINERALS AND MAGNETS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the enactment
of this section, the Director of the Defense Contract
Management Agency shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report detailing the dollar amount of covered
materials manufactured in China and Russia and acquired by the
Department of Defense through contracts valued at or below the
simplified acquisition threshold during the period beginning on
January 1, 2020, and ending on the date of the submission of
such report to the congressional defense committees.
(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) the total value of contracts under which covered
materials were acquired by the Department of Defense
during the period covered by the report;
(2) the total value of contracts under which covered
materials manufactured in China or Russia were acquired
by the Department of Defense during the period covered
by the report;
(3) the total value of contracts under which covered
materials were acquired by the Department of Defense
during the period covered by the report for which the
Director could not determine whether the covered
materials were manufactured in China or Russia;
(4) for each covered material, the value of the
covered material acquired by the Department of Defense
during the period covered by the report that was
manufactured in China or Russia; and
(5) any recommendations from the Director for
improving the ability of the Department of Defense to
track the manufacturer of covered materials.
(c) Acquisitions by the Defense Logistics Agency.--Each value
described in subsection (b) contained in the report required by
subsection (a) shall be disaggregated by acquisitions made by
the Defense Logistics Agency and acquisitions made by other
elements of the Department of Defense.
(d) Rule of Construction.--For the purposes of this section,
the Director shall regard ``manufacturing'' as being the main
value-add step in the supply chain in which raw minerals are
initially combined into a metallic, alloyed, or magnetic form
and shall not count late-stage cutting and finishing processes
or distribution as the critical manufacturing step.
(e) Covered Material Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered material'' means--
(1) samarium-cobalt magnets;
(2) neodymium-iron-boron magnets;
(3) tungsten metal powder;
(4) tungsten heavy alloy;
(5) tantalum metals and alloys;
(6) aluminum-nickel-cobalt magnets; or
(7) any other metals listed in section 4863(l) of
title 10, United States Code.
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300. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON DREDGING CAPACITY AND PORT
READINESS.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study to assess the capability and capacity of
Department of Defense to complete harbor and channel dredging
at seaports that require such dredging.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall include--
(1) identification of any dredging work required by
the Department of Defense to ensure deep water access
at seaports, set forth separately by seaport;
(2) a review of the capacity of the domestic dredging
industry to complete the dredging work identified under
paragraph (1);
(3) an assessment of time required to complete
outstanding dredging work at seaports in the Strategic
Seaport Program; and
(4) development of recommendations for Federal
policies, including contracting policies, that may be
implemented to support domestic manufacturers of
critical components used in the manufacturing of United
States dredging vessels, including critical components
such as cranes, spring couplings, torque limiters,
diesel engine clutches, clutch couplings, wet brakes,
and combination gearboxes.
(c) Consultation.--In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Comptroller General shall consult with--
(1) the National Port Readiness Network;
(2) entities in the United States dredging industry;
(3) domestic critical component manufacturers; and
(4) such other individuals and entities as the
Comptroller General determines appropriate.
(d) 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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301. 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 XVII, insert the following:
SEC. 17__. 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 2024, 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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302. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wexton of Virginia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. STUDY TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF SECURE PARTS FOR UNMANNED
AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
(a) Study.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Sustainment shall conduct a study to identify sources of
secure parts for unmanned aircraft systems. For purposes of the
study, a part shall be considered secure if it--
(1) is not produced or sold by a Chinese military
company (as defined in section 1260H of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public
Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 113 note));
(2) will not be used for a sensitive platform, such
as the F-35 aircraft;
(3) does not connect to wireless or other data
networks; and
(4) meets such other criteria as may be established
by the Under Secretary.
(b) Report.--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 congressional
defense committees a report on the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a).
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303. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Donalds of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable or 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. REPORT ON USE OF NUCLEAR POWER FOR MILITARY AND SOFT POWER
PURPOSES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State
shall jointly submit a report to Congress on Russian and
Chinese efforts relating to transportable nuclear power that
specifically evaluates the manner and extent to which both
Russia and China are using transportable nuclear power for
direct military purposes and as a soft power tool globally.
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304. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Arrington of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII, insert the
following new section:
SEC. __. BRIEFING ON INSTANCES OF ATTEMPTED BREACHES OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE MILITARY INSTALLATIONS REQUIRED.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide to
Congress a briefing on any instance of an attempted breach of a
military installation under the jurisdiction of the Department
of Defense during the period beginning on January 1, 2021, and
ending on the date of the provision of such briefing.
(b) Elements.--Each briefing under subsection shall include,
with respect to each perpetrator of an attempted breach
described in such subsection, a statement of the applicable
immigration status and citizenship status.
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305. 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 III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. AVAILABILITY OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR
SOFTWARE.
Section 2241(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(8) Acquisition, development, modification, and
sustainment of software.''.
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306. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moylan of Guam or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle I of title 5, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION OF AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO JOSEPH M. PEREZ
FOR ACTS OF VALOR AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY DURING
THE VIETNAM WAR.
(a) Recognition of Acts of Valor.--Congress recognizes the
following acts of valor by Joseph M. Perez:
(1) Joseph M. Perez distinguished himself by valorous
actions against overwhelming odds while serving as a
Sergeant in the Army, with Company C, 3rd Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, in South
Vietnam.
(2) On May 26, 1967, during the Vietnam War, Sergeant
Perez acted as the fire team leader with the Commanding
Officer of Company C and led an infantry unit
conducting a search and destroy task near the Cambodian
border. When the unit reached the top of a hill, they
were suddenly under attack from a concealed sniper.
(3) During the initial phase of battle, Sergeant
Perez and the unit took cover to assess and decide the
strength of the enemy and determine the direction of
where the attack was coming from. When the enemy
launched a hand-grenade, the fire team returned fire.
Without hesitation or concern for his personal safety,
Sergeant Perez absorbed the full lethal explosion of
the grenade and shielded his fellow soldiers from the
blast. The explosion caused Sergeant Perez to lose his
right eye and severed his right hand.
(4) The fire team moved to relocate to a safer area,
leaving Sergeant Perez alone. Once Sergeant Perez
regained consciousness, he crawled twenty meters to
safe ground to be treated by medics.
(5) Sergeant Perez's personal leadership in intense
close combat resulted in a major win for his battalion
against overwhelming odds, though he lost his eye and
hand and nearly lost his life, he saved the lives of
three of his fire team members from death and serious
injuries from the explosion.
(6) Sergeant Perez'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 makes the following findings:
(1) When awarding him the distinguished-service
cross, Sergeant Perez'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) Although Sergeant Perez absorbed the lethal
explosion of a hand grenade, once he regained
consciousness, he continued to move with his battalion
against devastating and overwhelming enemy fire.
(c) 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 Joseph M. Perez for the acts of
valor described in subsection (d).
(d) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor described in
this subsection are the actions of Joseph M. Perez on May 26,
1967, while serving as a member of the Army during the Vietnam
War, for which he was previously awarded the distinguished-
service cross.
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307. 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 XXVIII, 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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308. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 949, beginning on line 19, strike ``means'' and all that
follows through the second period on line 21 and insert
``means--''.
Page 949, after line 19, insert the following:
``(1) a government owned vessel disposed of in
accordance with this part and section 548 of title 40;
``(2) a vessel seized or forfeited pursuant to any
law, and auctioned by the Federal Government, including
a vessel seized or forfeited pursuant to section 7301
or 7302 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
``(3) a fishing vessel seized or forfeited pursuant
to section 310 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1860).''.
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309. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rose of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON RED FLAGS MISSED IN JANET YAMANAKA MELLO FRAUD
SCHEME.
(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 on the fraud scheme
perpetrated by Janet Yamanaka Mello, a civilian employee of the
Department of the Army, who was indicted and pleaded guilty to
stealing over $100 million in Army funds.
(b) Contents of Report.--The report required under subsection
(a) shall include a detailed examination of the following:
(1) Breakdown in supervision of Mello, including any
failures of management or oversight that contributed to
the ability of Mello to carry out the fraud scheme
undetected.
(2) Breakdown in accountability, including any
failures to ensure that funds were actually being spent
for their intended purposes.
(3) Failure to ensure that financial program
managers, such as Mello, cannot funnel money to
themselves or their own entities.
(4) Any other red flags or warning signs that were
missed or ignored, including any instances of
whistleblower retaliation or suppression of concerns.
(5) An assessment of the current policies and
procedures in place to prevent similar fraud schemes
from occurring in the future.
(6) Recommendations for improvements to policies,
procedures, and oversight to prevent similar fraud
schemes from occurring in the future.
(7) A description of any disciplinary or
administrative actions taken against any individuals or
entities found to have contributed to the ability of
Mello to carry out the fraud scheme.
(8) A description of any changes made or planned to
be made to the Army's financial management and
oversight processes as a result of this incident.
(9) An assessment of the impact of the fraud scheme
on the Army's programs and operations.
(10) Any other information the Secretary of Defense
determines relevant to understanding the fraud scheme
and preventing similar incidents in the future.
(c) Public Availability.--The report required under
subsection (a) shall be posted publicly on the website of the
Department of Defense
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310. 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 XIII, add the following:
SEC. 13_. REPORT ON SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN'S MILITARY PREPAREDNESS.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of
National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on deterrence in the Taiwan
Strait.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment on the feasibility of economic
tools to deter the People's Republic of China from
conducting covered contingencies.
(2) An assessment by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Director of National
Intelligence, on how covered countries would likely
respond to various covered contingencies.
(3) A description of the policy changes the Secretary
of State would recommend in response to covered
contingencies.
(4) A description of the messaging the Secretary of
State would employ to in response to covered
contingencies.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in classified form with an unclassified summary.
(d) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee
on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee
on Banking of the Senate;
(2) the term ``covered contingencies'' include--
(A) a military strike or invasion of one or
more of Taiwan's off-shore islands, including
Kinmen, Matsu, Wuciou, and Taiping Island;
(B) a military strike against the Island of
Taiwan or Penghu;
(C) a commercial blockade of Taiwan in which
international vessels are subjected to search
or seizure by the People's Liberation Army;
(D) a major cyber-attack against the critical
infrastructure of Taiwan; and
(E) a seizure of one or several of Taiwan's
outlining islands or territorial claims; and
(3) the term ``covered countries'' means Japan, the
Republic of Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam, and
any other country the Secretary of State determines to
be relevant.
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311. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dunn of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII the following:
SEC. 28__. REPORT ON LAND USE PRACTICES AROUND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
IN THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy,
Installations, and Environment shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report that includes the
following:
(1) An assessment of land use policies and
encroachment risks near military installations (as
defined in section 2801 of title 10, United States
Code) located in the Freely Associated States, real
property located in the Freely Associated States used
to support the Armed Forces, and real property located
in the Freely Associated States that may be used to
support the Armed Forces during the five-year period
following the date of submission of the report.
(2) An assessment of the feasibility and advisability
of establishing a coalition to include representatives
from Federal agencies, the governments of the Freely
Associated States, nongovernmental organizations, and
landowners and land managers in the Freely Associated
States to advance sustainable land use practices around
military installations that would assist in efforts to
prevent encroachment and promote conservation.
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312. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dunn of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17__. UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY STUDY AND REPORT ON
EXPANSION OF NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNERSHIP
PROGRAM.
(a) Study.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau, shall conduct a study to assess the
feasibility and benefits of expanding the National Guard State
Partnership Program to additional countries in the First Island
Chain and the Second Island Chain, including--
(1) Brunei Darussalam;
(2) the Federated States of Micronesia;
(3) the Republic of Kiribati;
(4) the Republic of the Marshall Islands;
(5) the Republic of Nauru; and
(6) the Republic of Vanuatu.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the results of the
study conducted under subsection (a).
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313. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larsen of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. EXPANSION OF PARTICIPATION IN THE DIGITAL ON-DEMAND PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall take such
steps as may be necessary--
(1) to expand participation in the Digital On-Demand
Program to--
(A) all organizations and elements of the
Department of Defense; and
(B) all members of the Armed Forces and
civilian employees of the Department; and
(2) to actively promote the Program throughout the
Department.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter
through 2029, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the progress of the Secretary in
expanding and promoting the Digital On-Demand Program as
described in subsection (a).
(c) Digital on Demand Program Defined.--In this section, the
term ``Digital On-Demand Program'' means the program overseen
by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer
pursuant to which educational resources on artificial
intelligence, emerging technologies, data literacy, and related
topics are made available to personnel of the Department of
Defense through a digital platform on an on-demand basis.
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314. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative LaLota of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTILATERAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
WORKING GROUP.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish a working group, which shall be known as the
``Multilateral Artificial Intelligence Working Group'', to
develop and coordinate an artificial intelligence initiative
among the allies and partners of the United States.
(b) Organization.--
(1) Designation of head.--The Secretary shall
designate a senior civilian officer of the Department
of Defense or senior military officer with experience
leading relevant efforts, as determined by the
Secretary, to serve as the head of the Working Group.
(2) Participation by other member countries.--The
Secretary shall determine which allies and partners of
the United States shall be asked to participate as
member countries in the Working Group.
(c) Responsibilities.--The responsibilities of the Working
Group shall be to develop and coordinate efforts to implement
an artificial intelligence initiative between the Department of
Defense and allies and partners of the United States, including
by--
(1) comparing--
(A) the various artificial intelligence
systems and the elements thereof (including
machine learning and generative artificial
intelligence such as large language models)
used for covered operational uses by members
countries; and
(B) the respective practices associated with
the employment of such systems for covered
operational uses by members countries;
(2) identifying (including by experimenting, testing,
and evaluating) potential solutions to advance and
accelerate the interoperability of artificial
intelligence systems used for intelligence sharing,
battlespace awareness, and other covered operational
uses;
(3) testing and evaluating the effects of artificial
intelligence model redundancy, including the risks and
safety measures associated with operating multiple
artificial intelligence systems, including in tandem
with one another;
(4) developing a shared strategy for the research,
development, test, evaluation, and employment of
artificial intelligence systems for covered operational
uses carried out jointly by the member countries;
(5) developing a shared strategy for--
(A) managing data-informed artificial
intelligence systems; and
(B) testing and evaluating artificial
intelligence systems with combined data sets at
the unclassified and classified levels;
(6) testing and evaluating the capabilities of the
defense industrial base of the member countries to
incorporate artificial intelligence systems into
systems used for covered operational uses;
(7) comparing and using ethical frameworks to
accelerate technological advancements with respect to
artificial intelligence systems;
(8) expanding innovation efforts by the member
countries and share among such countries best practices
for the accelerated procurement and adoption of
artificial intelligence technologies for covered
operational uses;
(9) leveraging commercially available artificial
intelligence technologies to advance near-term
jointness between the armed forces of the member
countries;
(10) jointly identifying and sourcing artificial
intelligence systems, as practicable, and advising
member countries with respect to export controls
applicable to such systems; and
(11) carrying out such other activities as the
Secretary determines to be relevant to such
responsibilities.
(d) Control of Knowledge and Technical Data.--The Secretary
shall seek to ensure that any knowledge or technical data
produced by a member country under any cooperative project
carried out by the Working Group shall be controlled by that
country under the export control laws and regulations of that
country and shall not be subject to the jurisdiction or control
of any other member country.
(e) Plan and Reports.--
(1) Plan.--
(A) Submission.--Not later than 60 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a plan for the establishment
and activities of the Working Group.
(B) Elements.--The plan under subparagraph
(A) shall include--
(i) a plan for the establishment of
the Working Group;
(ii) a description of any funding
requirements or administrative support
necessary to carry out this section;
(iii) a description of any additional
statutory authorities necessary to
carry out this section;
(iv) a plan for the fulfilment of
responsibilities under subsection (c)
by the Working Group;
(v) an evaluation of existing
multilateral artificial intelligence
efforts;
(vi) a plan for the integration of
the artificial intelligence initiative
developed and coordinated by the
Working Group with other programs and
initiatives of the elements of the
Department of Defense with
responsibilities relating to mutual
security and artificial intelligence
efforts among the member countries;
(vii) performance indicators by which
the activities of the Working Group
will be assessed; and
(viii) a description of how efforts
of the commanders of the combatant
commands relating to military
interoperability and test and
evaluation of artificial intelligence
systems will be tasked and executed by
and through the Working Group.
(2) Semiannual report.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and on a
semiannual basis thereafter until the date of
termination under subsection (f), the Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on the activities and milestones of the Working Group.
Each such report shall include, with respect to the
period covered by the report--
(A) an assessment of the activities of the
Working Group based on the performance
indicators set forth in the plan under
paragraph (1)(B)(vii); and
(B) a description of any efforts of the
commanders of the combatant commands taken in
support of the responsibilities of the Working
Group.
(f) Termination.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
the Working Group shall terminate on September 30,
2028.
(2) Authority to extend.--The Secretary may extend
the termination date under paragraph (1) if the
Secretary determines such extension to be in the
national security interests of the United States.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``battlespace awareness'' has the
meaning given that term in the Joint Publication 1-02
of the Department of Defense, titled ``Department of
Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms'',
or successor publication.
(2) The term ``covered operational use'' means use by
a government for operations in a defense context.
(3) The term ``member country'' means a member
country of the Working Group.
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315. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative LaLota of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 8__. REPORT ON BUNDLED CONTRACTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
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--
(1) the effects of awarding bundled contracts (as
defined in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 632)) on the Department of Defense and small
business concerns (as defined under such section); and
(2) the potential effects of reducing the number of
bundled contracts awarded.
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316. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Edwards of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 10___ SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF CERTAIN PERMISSIONS TO ACCESS
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall suspend or
revoke a security clearance held by a covered individual if
such individual has expressed support for a terrorist
organization or engaged in a demonstration supporting a
terrorist organization.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered individual'' means any--
(A) retired or active member of the Armed
Forces; or
(B) employee of the Department of Defense.
(2) The term ``terrorist organization'' means any
foreign terrorist organization designated by the
Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189), as
amended, or those designated by Executive Order 13224.
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317. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ocasio-Cortez of New
York or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO INVOLVEMENT
OF UNITED STATES IN 1973 COUP IN CHILE.
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary
of State and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,
shall conduct a declassification review of documents relating
to the involvement of the United States in the 1973 coup in
Chile, including--
(1) any record of financial support provided by the
United States Government to any organization or other
entity, whether private or public, that supported the
coup;
(2) any record of communication between an officer or
employee of the United States Government and a senior
military or intelligence officer of the Government of
Chile during the period beginning on September 11,
1972, and ending on September 11, 1974; and
(3) any other document containing information
relating to the involvement of the United States
Government in the coup.
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318. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XV, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 15__. REPORT ON USER ACTIVITY MONITORING PROGRAMS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
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 user activity
monitoring programs of the Department of Defense. The report
shall include--
(1) a description of the implementation and
enforcement of the requirements of section 1537 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
(10 U.S.C. 2224 note; Public Law 118-31; 137 Stat.
570);
(2) a detailed description of the status of user
activity monitoring on the Non-classified Internet
Protocol Router Network;
(3) a comprehensive accounting of the funds made
available funds made available for user activity
monitoring on the Non-classified Internet Protocol
Router Network in fiscal years 2022, 2023, and 2024;
and
(4) information on how any such user activity
monitoring programs might deviate from the minimum
standards outlined in--
(A) the National Insider Threat Policy and
Minimum Standards for Executive Branch Insider
Threat Programs;
(B) the Committee on National Security
Systems Directive 504 (issued on February 4,
2014, relating to the protection of national
security systems from insider threats); or
(C) the Department of Defense Directive
5205.16 (issued on September 30, 2014, relating
to the insider threat program of the Department
of Defense).
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319. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Radewagen of American
Samoa or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. REPORT ON INTEGRATION OF CHAPLAINS INTO ACTIVITIES IN THE
INDO-PACIFIC REGION.
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 assessing the use of
chaplains and the Chaplain Corps during campaigning efforts in
the Indo-Pacific, that also includes the following:
(1) A summary of the manner and extent to which
chaplains are deliberately integrated into campaigning
events in the Indo-Pacific to build relationships and
partnerships with partners and host countries.
(2) A description of the deployment and exercise
events chaplains are integrated into.
(3) A list of host country or partner outreach events
that chaplains hosted or supported.
(4) An assessment of future integration planned for
chaplains in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
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320. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rose of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. BRIEFING ON INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING OF COUNTRIES
WITHIN UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Africa is a theater of strategic competition
where the People's Republic of China and Russia
continue to increase their presence through economic
and military relations;
(2) stability in the region has suffered, resulting
in 8 military coups in the Sahel region of Africa in
just the last 4 years;
(3) this region serves as an important training
ground for violent extremist organizations whose
attacks spread across the African continent and the
globe; and
(4) United States Africa Command faces challenges in
building strategic partnerships with African countries
and bolstering stability on the continent.
(b) Briefing Required.--Not later than March 1, 2025, the
Secretary of Defense shall offer to all members of Congress a
briefing on the adequacy of institutional capacity building in
countries within the area of responsibility of the United
States Africa Command to strengthen governance in the defense
sectors of such countries. Such briefing shall also include, at
a minimum, an analysis of programs and efforts of the
Department of Defense focused on--
(1) strategy and policy development;
(2) budget development and execution;
(3) human resource management systems;
(4) logistics processes; and
(5) recommendations to counter the influence of the
People's Republic of China, Russia, and non-state
violent extremist organizations through additional
institutional capacity building in such countries by
the Department.
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321. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mills of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR ALTERNATIVE DOMESTIC SOURCE C-130J IRSS.
(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 operational system
development, Aviation Systems, line 281 (PE 1160403BB) is
hereby increased by $6,000,000 (with the amount of such
increase to be made available for Alternative Domestic Source
C-130J IRSS).
(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 operational system
development, industrial base analysis and sustainment support,
line 214 (PE 0607210D8Z) is hereby reduced by $6,000,000.
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322. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luna of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. DIVE SCHOOL REQUIRED ELEMENT OF QUALIFICATION AS A COMBAT
CONTROLLER OF THE AIR FORCE.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall require that training to
qualify as a combat controller of the Air Force includes dive
school.
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323. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luna of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION OF MEMBERS AWARDED CERTAIN DECORATIONS TO WEAR
THE UNIFORM WHEN NOT ON ACTIVE DUTY.
Section 772 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(k)(1) A member awarded a decoration specified in paragraph
(2) may wear the uniform prescribed by the Secretary concerned
on the same basis as a retired officer under subsection (c)
while such member attends a special event (including a
wedding).
``(2) The decorations specified in this paragraph are the
following:
``(A) The Purple Heart.
``(B) The Medal of Honor.
``(C) The Distinguished Service Cross.
``(D) The Navy Cross.
``(E) The Air Force Cross.
``(F) The Coast Guard Cross.
``(G) The Bronze Star.''.
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324. 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:
SEC. 5__. RECORDS OF A SEPARATING MEMBER: PROVISION OF ELECTRONIC
COPIES.
Section 1142 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)--
(A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``In the
case''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) The Secretary concerned shall provide to a member
described in subsection (a) an electronic copy of the member's
service medical record not later than 30 days before the member
separates, retires, or is discharged.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(f) Separation Documents.--The Secretary concerned shall
provide to a member described in subsection (a) an electronic
copy of the member's separation documents (including a
Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form
214)) not later than 15 days after such member separates,
retires, or is discharged.''.
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325. 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, insert the following:
SEC. 12_. REPORT ON MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE ARCTIC
REGION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of
National Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the following:
(1) Any military activities of the Russian Federation
in the Arctic region.
(2) Any military activities of the People's Republic
of China in the Arctic region.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report under subsection (a)
shall include, with respect to the Russian Federation or the
People's Republic of China, as applicable, the following:
(1) A description of military activities of such
country in the Arctic region, including--
(A) the placement of military infrastructure,
equipment, or forces;
(B) any exercises or other military
activities; and
(C) activities that are ostensibly non-
military in nature but are considered to have
military or other strategic implications.
(2) An assessment of--
(A) the intentions of such activities by each
such country;
(B) the extent to which such activities
affect or threaten the interests of the United
States and allies in the Arctic region; and
(C) any response to such activities by the
United States or allies.
(3) A description of future plans and requirements
with respect to such activities.
(4) A detailed description of the Russian Federation
and the People's Republic of China's cooperation in the
Arctic region.
(5) A description of how the Russian Federation's
full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022,
and the resulting damage to its military forces have
impacted the Russian Federation's posture, activities,
and policy in the Arctic region.
(6) A description of how the Russian Federation's
full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022,
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 recent changes by the Russian
Federation or the People's Republic of China.
(8) A description of the activities of the Arctic
Council and other Arctic fora of which the United
States is a member over the preceding 3-year period,
including--
(A) a description of how the U.S. Ambassador-
at-large for the Arctic region would engage
with the Arctic Council and other established
Arctic fora;
(B) a description of the United States
current role in the Arctic Council and what
steps are being taken to ensure that the
involvement of the Russian Federation does not
detract from continued engagement with regional
partners;
(C) a detailing of all meetings, round
tables, working groups, and other official
activities of the Arctic Council and other
Arctic fora, including a description of which
such events in which the Russian Federation did
and did not participate; and
(D) a description of how the United States is
utilizing current Arctic fora to develop and
implement regional security strategies.
(c) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) 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 Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(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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326. 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 XVII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 17__. GAO STUDY ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY
DISABILITY EMPHASIS PROGRAM.
(a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct a study on--
(1) the effectiveness of the Department of Defense
Education Activity Disability Emphasis Program; and
(2) how such program supports the employment,
retention, and career advancement of individuals with
intellectual, physical, and developmental disabilities.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to
Congress a report containing the study conducted under
subsection (a).
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327. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barragan of
California or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, insert the
following new section:
SEC. __. LAND CONVEYANCE AND AUTHORIZATION FOR INTERIM LEASE, DEFENSE
FUEL SUPPORT POINT SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES,
CALIFORNIA.
(a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Navy (in
this section referred to as the ``Secretary''), may convey to
the city of Los Angeles or the city of Lomita, at a cost less
than fair market value, all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to parcels of real property, including any
improvements therein and thereon, known as the ballfields and
the firing range at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Defense
Fuel Support Point, San Pedro, California, as further described
in subsection (b), for the purposes of permitting the city of
Los Angeles or the city of Lomita (as appropriate) to use such
conveyed parcel of real property for park and recreational
activities or law enforcement affiliated purposes. A conveyance
under this subsection is subject to valid existing rights.
(b) Description of Property.--The parcels of real property
that may be conveyed under subsection (a) consists of the
following:
(1) The City of Lomita Ballfield Parcel consisting of
approximately 5.7 acres.
(2) The City of Los Angeles Ballfield Parcels
consisting of approximately 15.3 acres.
(3) The firing range located at 2981 North Gaffey
Street, San Pedro, California, consisting of
approximately 3.2 acres.
(c) Interim Lease.--Until such time as any parcel of real
property described in subsection (b) is conveyed to the city of
Los Angeles or the city of Lomita (as appropriate), the
Secretary of the Navy may lease such parcel or a portion of
such parcel to either the city of Los Angeles or the city of
Lomita at no cost for a term up to three years. If fee
conveyance described in subsection (a) is not completed within
the period of the lease term with respect to such parcel, the
Secretary shall have no further obligation to make any part of
such parcel available for use by the city of Los Angeles or the
city of Lomita.
(d) Consideration.--
(1) Consideration required.--As consideration for a
conveyance under subsection (a), the city of Los
Angeles or the city of Lomita (as appropriate) shall
pay to the Secretary of the Navy an amount determined
by the Secretary, which may consist of cash payment,
in-kind consideration as described under paragraph (2),
or a combination thereof.
(2) In-kind consideration.--In-kind consideration
provided by the city of Los Angeles or the city of
Lomita (as appropriate) under this subsection may
include--
(A) the acquisition, construction, provision,
improvement, maintenance, repair, or
restoration (including environmental
restoration), or combination thereof, of any
property, facilities, or infrastructure with
proximity to Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach,
that the Secretary considers acceptable; or
(B) the delivery of services relating to the
needs of Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach that
the Secretary considers acceptable.
(3) Treatment of amounts received for conveyance.--
Cash payments received under paragraph (1) as
reimbursement for costs incurred by the Secretary to
carry out a conveyance under subsection (a) shall be
credited to the fund or account 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.
(4) Payment of costs of conveyance.--The Secretary
shall require the city of Los Angeles or the city of
Lomita (as appropriate) to cover costs (except costs
for environmental remediation of the property) to be
incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the
Secretary for such costs incurred by the Secretary, to
carry out a conveyance under subsection (a), including
costs for environmental and real estate due diligence
and any other administrative costs related to the
conveyance and lease execution.
(5) Refund of excess amounts.--If amounts are
collected from the city of Los Angeles or the city of
Lomita under paragraph (4) in advance of the Secretary
incurring the actual costs, and the amount collected
exceeds the costs actually incurred by the Secretary to
carry out a conveyance under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the city of
Los Angeles or the city of Lomita (as appropriate).
(e) Valuation.--The values of the property interests to be
conveyed by the Secretary described in subsection (a) shall be
determined by an independent appraiser selected by the
Secretary and in accordance with the Uniform Standards of
Professional Appraisal Practice.
(f) Condition of Conveyance.--A conveyance under subsection
(a) shall be subject to all existing easements, restrictions,
and covenants of record and conditioned upon the following:
(1) The parcels of real property described in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b) shall be used
solely for park and recreational activities, which may
include ancillary uses such as vending and restrooms.
(2) The parcel of real property described in
subsection (b)(3) shall be used solely for law
enforcement affiliated purposes.
(3) The city of Los Angeles or the city of Lomita (as
appropriate) may not use Federal funds to cover any
portion of the amounts required by subsection (d) to be
paid.
(g) Exclusion of Requirements for Prior Screening.--Section
2696(b) of title 10, United States Code, and the requirements
under title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
(Public Law 101-645; 41 U.S.C. 11411) relating to prior
screenings shall not apply to a conveyance under subsection (a)
or the grant of interim lease authorized under subsection (c).
(h) Reversionary Interest.--If the Secretary determines at
any time that a parcel of real property conveyed under
subsection (a) is not being used in accordance with the purpose
of the conveyance specified in this section, all right, title,
and interest in and to the land, including the improvements
thereto, shall, at the option of the Secretary, revert to and
become the property of the United States, and the United States
shall have the right of immediate entry onto such real
property. A determination by the Secretary under this
subsection shall be made on the record after an opportunity for
a hearing.
(i) Conveyance Agreement.--A conveyance of land under
subsection (a) shall be accomplished using a quitclaim deed or
other legal instrument and upon terms and conditions mutually
satisfactory to the Secretary and the city of Los Angeles or
the city of Lomita (as appropriate), including such additional
terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate to
protect the interests of the United States.
(j) Additional Terms.--The Secretary may require such
additional terms and conditions in connection with a conveyance
under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to
protect the interests of the United States.
(k) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section affects the
application of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq.).
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328. 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 XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12__. REPORT ON COOPERATIVE EFFORTS TO STOP UNMANNED AERIAL
SYSTEMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of
cooperation between the United States and Israel on efforts to
counter threats by Iran in the form of unmanned aerial systems,
including loitering munitions otherwise known as ``suicide'' or
``kamikaze'' drones.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
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329. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gonzales of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title XVIII, insert the
following:
SEC. 18__. BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF QUALITY OF
LIFE PANEL.
Not later than March 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments,
shall provide, to the Committee on Armed Services of the House
of Representatives, a briefing on the implementation of the
recommendations in the report, dated April, 2024, of the
Quality of Life Panel of such Committee. Such briefing shall
include--
(1) updates to pay and compensation of members of the
uniformed services, including--
(A) the basic allowance for housing under
section 403 of title 37, United States Code;
and
(B) implementation of any increase to the
family separation allowance under section 427
of such title, as authorized by section 626 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31);
(2) improvements to child care accessibility and
affordability;
(3) increased transparency on the condition and
funding of unaccompanied and privatized family housing;
(4) improvements in access to health care; and
(5) expansion of support programs for military
spouses.
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330. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER
PROGRAM.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
to Congress a report that includes--
(1) the results of a study of the effectiveness of
the Exceptional Family Member program authorized under
section 1781c(e) of title 10, United States Code, with
respect to the manner by which it currently supports
individuals with intellectual and developmental
disabilities; and
(2) recommendations to improve the program.
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331. 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, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NALOXONE DISTRIBUTION.
Section 706 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2024 (10 U.S.C. 1090 note) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this subsection and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the
implementation and effectiveness of naloxone distribution to
members of the Armed Forces pursuant to this section to reverse
opioid overdoses.''.
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332. 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, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON NAVY USE OF IMMERSIVE LEARNING CAPABILITIES .
Not later than December 1, 2024, the Secretary of the Navy
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report that includes--
(1) an identification of any immersive learning
capabilities, including augmented, virtual and mixed
reality, have been, or potentially could be, integrated
into training across the Navy;
(2) a description of any efforts of the Navy to
coordinate with the Air Force on lessons learned in the
development of the Headquarters Air Force HAF/A4L Air
Force Maintenance and Logistics Extended Reality (XR)
Strategy and what elements of that strategy might be
applicable to the Navy;
(3) an identification of the status of any activities
of the Navy to build a comprehensive and executable
strategy to invest, deploy, and sustain immersive
learning training capabilities across the Navy; and
(4) a description of any limitations or barriers to
integrating immersive learning capabilities into the
Navy, including ensuring compliance with relevant
cybersecurity requirements.
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333. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Magaziner of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. SKILLBRIDGE FOR THE SUBMARINE INDUSTRIAL BASE.
(a) In General.--Not later than September 30, 2025, the
Secretary concerned shall--
(1) conduct a survey to determine which such
employers in the submarine industrial base are
experiencing workforce shortages; and
(2) use the Skillbridge program to provide members
training under such program with such employers.
(b) Preference.--In selecting an employer under subsection
(a), the Secretary concerned shall give preference to smaller
employers.
(c) 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 Senate and House of
Representatives a report on implementation of this section.
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334. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schweikert of Arizona
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. USE OF TECHNOLOGY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO
FACILITATE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
(a) Use of Ai Technology for Audits.--The Secretary of
Defense and the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force
shall encourage, to the greatest extent practicable, the use of
technology that uses artificial intelligence or machine
learning for the purpose of facilitating audits of the
financial statements of the Department of Defense.
(b) Implementation of Ai Technology for Audits.--The Director
of the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office of the
Department, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense
for Research and Engineering and the Inspector General of the
Department, shall oversee the adoption of artificial
intelligence and machine learning technologies in support of
financial management and enterprise business operations.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide
to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives a briefing that includes a description of the
use of artificial intelligence or machine learning technologies
as described in (a) and (b), including an update on the
implementation of the strategy titled ``2023 Data, Analytics,
and Artificial Intelligence Adoption Strategy'' and dated June
27, 2023.
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335. 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:
SEC. 5__. STUDY ON HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING IN DODEA SCHOOLS.
Not later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and House of Representatives a report containing the results of
a study on--
(1) the current usage of tutoring programs in
Department of Defense Education Activity elementary and
secondary schools;
(2) the extent to which current tutoring programs in
Department of Defense Education Activity elementary and
secondary schools incorporate elements of high-impact
tutoring, including tutoring that--
(A) is in math, reading, or both subjects for
at least 30 minutes during the school day and
for at least 3 days per week during the school
year;
(B) is taught by a licensed Department of
Defense Education Activity elementary or
secondary school teacher or paraprofessional
with a student-to-tutor ratio of no more than
3-to-1;
(C) is on a set schedule and with the same
tutor each week;
(D) in the case of tutoring that takes place
during a regular class, occurs in a classroom
or area that is separate from such regular
class; and
(E) with respect to a student, is related to
and aligned with the classwork in the student's
regular classes;
(3) how to increase the participation of students
enrolled in Department of Defense Education Activity
elementary and secondary schools in tutoring programs,
particularly those tutoring programs with the elements
described in paragraph (2), while not reducing funds
available for existing Department of Defense Education
Activity programs and teacher and staff compensation;
and
(4) how to develop a licensed tutoring workforce for
Department of Defense Education Activity elementary and
secondary schools.
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336. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moylan of Guam or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION OF AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO JUAN OGO BLAZ FOR
ACTS OF VALOR WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE ARMY
DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(a) 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 Juan Ogo Blaz 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 Juan Ogo Blaz on January 18,
1969, while serving as a member of the Army during the Vietnam
War, for which he was previously awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross.
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337. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burlison of Missouri
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VIII, insert 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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338. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wenstrup of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle C of title VII of division A the
following:
SEC. __. FUNDING FOR DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATION AND
TRAINING.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, (1) the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 1405 for Defense Health Program
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4501,
for Education and Training is hereby increased by $25,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 1405 for Defense Health Programs, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4501,
for Base Operations/Communications is hereby reduced by
$25,000,000.
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339. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Posey of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, insert the following:
SEC. 11__. SUFFICIENT FIREFIGHTER PERSONNEL COVERED INSTALLATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that--
(1) a minimum number of firefighter personnel are on
duty at each covered installation to maintain optimum
manning and optimum level of service to safeguard life
and property at such covered installation; and
(2) a risk assessment may not be used to limit the
number of firefighter personnel at a covered
installation.
(b) Covered Installation Defined.--The term ``covered
installation'' means a military installation under the
jurisdiction of the Chief of Space Operations of the United
States Space Force with a space launch facility.
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340. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bergman of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR VIRTUAL ENGINEERING FOR ARMY READINESS AND
SUSTAINMENT.
(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, Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology,
line 43, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4201, for Virtual Engineering for Army Readiness and
Sustainment, is hereby increased by $7,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operations and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide, for the office of the Secretary of Defense, line
470, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $7,000,000.
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341. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Self of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5__. REVIEW OF ADVERSE ACTION AGAINST A CHAPLAIN WHO REQUESTED
EXEMPTION FROM THE COVID-19 VACCINATION MANDATE.
(a) Review Required.--Not later than six months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned
shall establish a board under section 1552 or 1553 of title 10,
United States Code, as applicable, to review the military
personnel record, or the characterization of a discharge or
dismissal, of a current or former chaplain in an Armed Force
who suffered an adverse personnel action as a result of,
arising from, or in conjunction with, requesting a religious
exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination mandate.
(b) Scope of Review.--A review under this section shall cover
all adverse personnel actions against a chaplain on or after
August 24, 2021.
(d) Directed Determination.--A board established under this
section shall consider any adverse personnel action against a
chaplain to be the result of such request. unless there is
evidence such chaplain--
(1) was disciplined for a reason other than a request
described in subsection (a); or
(2) breached good order and discipline.
(e) Priority.--A board shall consider a request under this
section before any other request on the docket of such board.
(f) DODIG Report.--No later than one year after enactment of
this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
setting forth the results of an investigation by the Inspector
General during that one-year period regarding the compliance of
the Secretaries concerned with the terms of this section.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``adverse personnel action'' includes--
(A) discrimination;
(B) a denial of promotion, schooling,
training, or assignment;
(C) discharge;
(D) dismissal;
(E) separation;
(F) a lowered or noncompetitive performance
report;
(G) revocation of permanent change of
station;
(H) revocation of temporary duty travel
orders; and
(I) any other restriction or negative
consequence.
(2) The term ``performance report'' means a report of
an Armed Force (including an officer efficiency
report)--
(A) that measures the efficiency, leadership,
and effectiveness of an officer; and
(B) is used as a basis for promotion
selections.
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342. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVII, add the following:
SEC. 17_. COMMON COALITION KEY WITHIN THE BALTIC STATES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
common coalition key within the Baltic states for purposes of
sharing ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems
(HIMARS) among such states for training and operational
purposes.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Baltic states''
means--
(1) Estonia;
(2) Lithuania; and
(3) Latvia.
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343. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bergman of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR HUMANITARIAN AIRBORNE MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
CAPABILITY.
(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 for Ground Advanced Technology, line 38, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201,
for Humanitarian Airborne Mobile Infrastructure Capability, is
hereby increased by $4,200,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operations and Maintenance,
Defense-Wide, for the office of the Secretary of Defense, line
470, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $4,200,000.
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344. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bergman of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, insert the following:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR FUEL CELL MULTI-MODULAR USE UTILIZING HYDROGEN.
(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 for Ground Advanced Technology, line 38, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4201,
for Fuel Cell Multi-Modular Use (FC-MMU) Utilizing Hydrogen, is
hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(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, for the office of the Secretary of Defense, line
470, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
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345. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wilson of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 8__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INSTALLATION OF
PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES.
(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2025 for the Department of Defense may be used to for a
contract for the installation of photovoltaic modules at any
facility or real property of the Department of Defense unless
the contract contains a provision prohibiting the procurement
of such photovoltaic modules from a foreign entity of concern
(as defined in section 9901(8) of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2021 (15 U.S.C. 4651(8))).
(b) Study.--Not later than 30 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 expected
amount to be obligated fiscal year 2025 to install photovoltaic
modules at Department of Defense facilities.
(c) Limitation.--
(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations and except as explicitly provided in a
provision of law enacted after the date of the
enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense may
not obligate or expend from amounts otherwise
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025 for
the purpose of installing photovoltaic modules at any
facility or real property of the Department of Defense
more than the amount certified in the report required
under subsection (b) for such purpose during fiscal
year 2025.
(2) Limitation on transfer authority.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts are
not authorized to be transferred or reprogrammed
pursuant to any authority of the Secretary of Defense
for fiscal year 2025 to exceed the amount certified in
the report required under subsection (b).
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346. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Johnson of South
Dakota or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, insert the following
new section:
SEC. 8__. STUDY AND REPORT ON SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND SPECIALTY
SHIPPING CONTAINERS.
(a) Study and 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 Transportation, shall submit
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, a report that contains the
results of a study on--
(1) the national security implications of reliance on
shipping containers and specialty shipping containers
produced by foreign adversary countries to meet
national defense requirements; and
(2) the feasibility and advisability of production of
shipping containers and specialty shipping containers
by covered countries for procurement by the Department
of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) an assessment of the ability of the Secretary of
Defense to procure shipping containers and specialty
shipping containers from sources other than foreign
adversary countries, including--
(A) any barriers faced by the Secretary for
such procurement, along with recommendations to
mitigate such barriers; and
(B) a timetable for such procurement;
(2) in coordination with entities in the domestic
defense industrial base, an assessment of requirements
for shipping containers and specialty shipping
containers that could be produced in a covered country
or which could be acquired from allied or partner
countries, including an assessment of the capabilities
and capacities of the workforce of the domestic defense
industrial base, supply chain considerations, and the
impact on the economy of the United States;
(3) an assessment how an alternative source for
procurement of specialty shipping containers would
affect defense systems requiring specialty shipping
containers, particularly in the event of a crisis; and
(4) any other relevant considerations, as jointly
determined by the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of
Transportation.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered country'' means the United
States or an ally or partner country.
(2) The term ``foreign adversary country'' means a
country specified in section 4872(d)(2) of title 10,
United States Code.
(3) The term ``shipping container'' has the meaning
given the term ``container'' in section 80501 of title
46, United States Code.
(4) The term ``specialty shipping container'' means a
shipping container that is uniquely configured to
support and protect items contained during handling,
storage, unpacking, and forward and return shipment, or
to protect personnel and equipment from hazardous
contents.
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347. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schweikert of Arizona
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT ON POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS FROM
USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Not later than 90 days the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Undersecretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall conduct a
study and submit to Congress a report on the potential cost-
saving measures of incorporating artificial intelligence and
multi-domain, attributable autonomous, semi-autonomous,
unmanned systems, capabilities and processes into military
department and the civilian workforce of the Department of
Defense.
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348. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stauber of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 625, insert after line 16 the following:
SEC. 1413. CONSULTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF
CERTAIN PROJECTS RELATING TO AVAILABILITY OF
STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MATERIALS FOR ACQUISITION
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE STOCKPILE.
(a) In General.--In the case of a covered project that will
result in an increase in the availability of strategic and
critical materials for acquisition for the Stockpile, the
Secretary shall consult with the head of any cooperating agency
or participating agency responsible for the environmental
review for the project.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) FAST act terms.--The terms ``cooperating
agencies'', ``covered project'', ``environmental
review'', and ``participating agency'' have the
meanings given those terms section 41001 of the FAST
Act (42 U.S.C. 4370m).
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Defense.
(3) Stockpile.--The term ``Stockpile'' means the
National Defense Stockpile established under section 3
of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling
Act (50 U.S.C. 98b).
(4) Strategic and critical materials.--The term
``strategic and critical materials'' means materials,
including rare earth elements, that are necessary to
meet national defense and national security
requirements, including requirements relating to supply
chain resiliency, and for the economic security of the
United States.
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349. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title XI of division A the following:
SEC. __. MILITARY TECHNICIAN MODERNIZATION.
(a) In General.--Section 709 of title 32, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 709. Military technicians (dual status): employment, use, status
``(a) Under regulations prescribed in accordance with section
10503(9) of title 10, persons may be appointed, employed,
administered, detailed, assigned, and disciplined by the
adjutants general as military technicians (dual status) in--
``(1) the organizing, administering, instructing, or
training of Army National Guard or Air National Guard
units or personnel to meet Federal readiness standards
set by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of
the Air Force;
``(2) the maintenance and repair of supplies issued
to the National Guard or the armed forces; and
``(3) the performance of the following additional
duties to the extent that the performance of those
duties does not interfere with the performance of the
duties described by paragraphs (1) and (2):
``(A) Support of any operation or mission
undertaken by the technician's unit at the
request of the President or the Secretary of
Defense.
``(B) Support of Federal training operations
or Federal training missions assigned in whole
or in part to the technician's unit.
``(C) Instructing or training in the United
States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or
possessions of the United States of--
``(i) active-duty members of the
armed forces;
``(ii) members of foreign military
forces (under the same authorities and
restrictions applicable to active-duty
members providing such instruction or
training);
``(iii) Department of Defense
contractor personnel; or
``(iv) Department of Defense civilian
employees.
``(b) A person employed under this section must meet each of
the following requirements:
``(1) Be a military technician (dual status) as
defined in section 10216(a) of title 10.
``(2) Be a member of the Service component of the
National Guard of the State, Commonwealth, Territory,
or District in which the person is serving as a
military technician (dual status).
``(3) Hold the military grade specified by the Chief
of the National Guard Bureau for the military
technician (dual status) position.
``(4) While performing duties as a military
technician (dual status) wear the military uniform
appropriate for the member's grade and component of the
armed forces, conform to military grooming standards,
display proper military customs and courtesies, and
refrain from conduct that is prejudicial to the
efficiency of the service or military good order and
discipline.
``(c) A military technician (dual status) employed under this
subsection is an employee of the National Guard and an employee
of the United States. Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (4) of
section 101(c) of title 10, any act or omission by a military
technician (dual-status) performing duty under this subsection
or any member performing duties under sections 502 and 503 of
this title, including the use of force in defense of Federal
property taken pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Chief,
National Guard Bureau, shall be considered an act by an
employee of the United States Government under section 2671 of
title 28.
``(d)(1) The military aspects of military technician (dual
status) employment and service are paramount over all other
aspects of employment.
``(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a military
technician (dual status) who is involuntarily separated from
the National Guard or ceases to hold the military grade
specified for that position shall be promptly removed from
technician employment by the adjutant general of the
jurisdiction concerned. A technician who is involuntarily
separated from technician employment under this paragraph, not
as a result of misconduct or personal failure to maintain
military fitness for duty standards and is certified in writing
by the adjutant general as not pending investigation nor
awaiting action for misconduct, shall, at the election of the
technician concerned, be granted highest priority consideration
then available for priority placement under Federal law.
``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a military
technician (dual status) who fails to meet the military
security standards established for a member of a reserve
component may be removed from employment as a technician and
concurrently discharged from the National Guard by the adjutant
general of the jurisdiction concerned.
``(4) A military technician (dual status) may, at any time,
be separated from technician employment for cause by the
adjutant general of the jurisdiction concerned. For cause
includes conduct, committed at any time, that is prejudicial to
the efficiency of the service or military good order and
discipline.
``(5)(A) All personnel actions, discipline, or conditions of
employment, including adverse actions pertaining to a military
technician (dual status) shall be accomplished by the adjutant
general of the jurisdiction concerned in accordance with the
authorities and conditions set forth in section 10508(b)(3) of
title 10.
``(B) A right of appeal by a military technician (dual-
status), which may exist with respect to actions, including
separations, based upon laws or regulations relating to
military membership as a member of the National Guard of the
jurisdiction concerned or relating to service as a member of
the reserve component of the Army or Air Force, shall not
extend beyond the adjutant general concerned.
``(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no appeal,
complaint, grievance, claim, or action arising under the
provisions of sections 2302, 7511, 7512, and 7513 of title 5;
section 717 of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
16); or sections 7116 or 7121 of title 5; or under any other
provision of law, shall extend to activity occurring while the
member is in a military pay status or to actions, including
separations, based upon laws or regulations relating to
military membership as a member of the National Guard of the
jurisdiction concerned or relating to service as a reserve of
the Army or Air Force, or pertaining to actions undertaken
under paragraph (2) or (3).
``(6) A technician shall be notified in writing of the
termination of the technician's employment as a technician and,
unless the technician is serving under a temporary appointment,
is serving in a trial or probationary period, or has
voluntarily ceased to be a member of the National Guard when
such membership is a condition of employment, such notification
shall be given at least 30 days before the termination date of
such employment.
``(7) Any administratively imposed civilian hiring controls
or restrictions, including personnel ceilings, hiring freezes,
administrative furloughs, grade restrictions, or reductions
shall not apply to military technicians (dual status) unless
such hiring controls are determined by the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau to be a direct result of a reduction in
military force structure. For the purposes of a furlough due to
a lapse in appropriations, technicians shall be treated as
uniformed members of the armed forces.
``(e) Except as provided in subsection (d), sections 3502,
7511, and 7512 of title 5 do not apply to a person employed
under this section. Sections 2108, 4303, and 5102 of title 5;
the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C.
621-634); the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701-796l);
and section 1076d(a)(2) of title 10 do not apply to a person
employed under this section. A person employed under this
section who is performing Active Guard and Reserve duty (as
that term is defined in section 101(d)(6) of title 10) may not
use civilian employee leave under sections 6307 or 6323(a)(1)
of title 5 during such duty.
``(f) Notwithstanding sections 5544(a) and 6101(a) of title 5
or any other provision of law, the Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall establish the hours of duties for military
technicians (dual status). Notwithstanding sections 5542 and
5543 of title 5 or any other provision of law, technicians
shall be granted an amount of compensatory time off from their
scheduled tour of duty equal to the amount of any time spent by
them in irregular or overtime work, and shall not be entitled
to compensation for such work.
``(g) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau may not
prescribe for purposes of eligibility for Federal recognition
under section 301 of this title a qualification applicable to
technicians employed under subsection (a) that is not
applicable pursuant to that section to the other members of the
National Guard in the same grade, branch, position, and type of
unit or organization involved.
``(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14506, 14507,
or 14508 of title 10, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau
may, at the request of the adjutant general of the jurisdiction
concerned, and with the officer's consent, retain on the
reserve active-status list an officer in the grade of major,
lieutenant colonel, colonel, or brigadier general who is a
reserve officer of the Army or Air Force and who, as a
condition of continued employment as a National Guard military
technician (dual status) is required to maintain membership in
a Selected Reserve unit or organization.
``(i) In this section:
``(1) The term `military pay status' means a period
of military service under titles 10, 32, or State
Active Duty, with respect to which the amount of pay
payable to a technician for that service is based on
rates of military pay provided for under title 37 or
State law.
``(2) The term `fitness for duty in the reserve
components' refers only to military-unique requirements
that attend to requirements for military service as a
member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard
or as a reserve of the Army or Air Force or service on
active duty, that are established by the Secretary of
the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force and that
pertain to requirements of law or policy relating to
military membership as a member of the National Guard
of the jurisdiction concerned.
``(j) For purposes of any administrative complaint,
grievance, claim, or action arising from, or relating to, such
a personnel action or condition of employment:
``(1) The adjutant general of the jurisdiction
concerned shall be considered the head of the agency
and the National Guard of the jurisdiction concerned
shall be considered the employing agency of the
individual and the sole defendant or respondent in any
administrative action.
``(2) The National Guard of the jurisdiction
concerned shall defend any administrative appeal,
complaint, grievance, claim, or action, and shall
promptly implement all aspects of any final
administrative or judicial order, judgment, or decision
that does not involve or concern any military aspect of
the performance of technician duties under this
section.
``(3) In any civil action or proceeding brought in
any court arising from an action under this section,
the United States shall be the sole defendant or
respondent.
``(4) The Attorney General of the United States shall
defend the United States in actions arising under this
section.
``(5) Any settlement, judgment, or costs arising from
an action described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) shall
be paid from appropriated funds allocated to the
National Guard of the jurisdiction concerned.
``(k) Nothing in this section shall reduce, limit, or
eliminate, in any manner, any right or benefit, including any
procedural right, provided by chapter 43 of title 38.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The item relating to section 709 in
the table of sections for chapter 7 of title 32, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
``709. Military Technicians (dual status): employment, use, status.''.
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350. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moylan of Guam or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION OF AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO MARTIN A. MAGLONA
FOR ACTS OF VALOR WHILE SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE
ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
(a) 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 Martin A. Maglona 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 Martin A. Maglona on
February 23, 1969, while serving as a member of the Army during
the Vietnam War, for which he was previously awarded the
Distinguished Service Cross.
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