House Report 113-108 - PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1960) TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[House Report 113-108]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

113th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 113-108

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PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1960) TO
AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2014 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, TO
PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES

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June 13 (legislative day, June 12), 2013.--Referred to the House
Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

R E P O R T

[To accompany H. Res. 260]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 260, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be
adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for further consideration of H.R.
1960, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2014, under a structured rule. The resolution provides that no
further general debate shall be in order. The resolution makes
in order as original text for purpose of amendment an amendment
in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules
Committee Print 113-13, modified by the amendment printed in
part A of this report. That amendment in the nature of a
substitute shall be considered as read. The resolution waives
all points of order against that amendment in the nature of a
substitute. The resolution makes in order only those further
amendments printed in part B of this report and amendments en
bloc described in Section 3 of the resolution. The resolution
provides that the amendments printed in part B of this report
may be offered only in the order printed in this report, may be
offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified
in this 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 in the
House or in the Committee of the Whole. The resolution waives
all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of
this report or against amendments en bloc as described in
section 3 of the resolution.
Section 3 of the resolution provides that it shall be in
order at any time for the chair of the Committee on Armed
Services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting
of amendments printed in part B of this report not earlier
disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read,
shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Armed Services or their designees, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question. The original proponent of an
amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a
statement in the Congressional Record immediately before the
disposition of the amendments en bloc.
Finally, the resolution provides one motion to recommit
with or without instructions.

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as
original text includes waivers of the following points of
order:
Clause 4 of rule XXI, prohibiting reporting a bill or joint
resolution carrying an appropriation from a committee not
having jurisdiction to report an appropriation. Section 802 of
the bill includes language allowing the Secretary of Defense to
retain and use royalties collected on intellectual property
developed at a Department of Defense laboratory, which
constitutes an appropriation;
Clause 7 of rule XVI, requiring that no motion or
proposition on a subject different from that under
consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Provisions contained in Rules Committee Print 113-13 fall
outside of the jurisdiction of the Committee on Armed Services;
and
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, consideration
of legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the
Budget unless referred to or reported by the Budget Committee.
It is important to note that while the waivers are
applicable to Rules Committee Print 113-13, the Rules Committee
Print is identical to the bill as ordered reported by the
Committee on Armed Services.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
amendments printed in Part B of this report or against
amendments en bloc as described in Section 3 of the resolution,
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. 42

Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule. Defeated: 1-
9.

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter..................... ............
Mr. Bishop of Utah.............................. Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... ............
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Nugent...................................... Nay
Mr. Webster..................................... Nay
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen................................ Nay
Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 43

Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the
appropriate waivers for amendment #175, offered by Rep. Speier
(CA), Rep. Schrader (OR), Rep. Castor (FL), Rep. Waters (CA),
Rep. Braley (IA), Rep. Loebsack (IA), Rep. Pingree (ME), Rep.
Bonamici (OR), Rep. Keating (MA), Rep. Gutierrez (IL), Rep.
Clay (MO), Rep. Chu (CA), Rep. Garamendi (CA), Rep. Wilson
(FL), Rep. Brownley (CA), Rep. Rahall II (WV), Rep. Kaptur
(OH), Rep. Maloney (NY), Rep. Johnson (GA), Rep. Cohen (TN),
Rep. Jones (NC), Rep. Lujan (NM), Rep. Farr (CA), Rep.
McDermott (WA), Rep. Michaud (ME), Rep. Schakowsky (IL) and
Rep. Van Hollen (MD), which requires that cases of sexual
assault are taken out of the chain of command by giving
prosecutorial discretion to the Office of Chief Prosecutor of
each service rather than the commander. Defeated: 1-9.

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

Camp (MI): Strikes subsection (b) of section 585.

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS IN PART B MADE IN ORDER

1. McKeon (CA): MANAGER'S AMENDMENT Makes technical and
conforming changes in the bill. (10 Minutes)
2. Blumenauer (OR), Mulvaney (SC), Bentivolio (MI): Reduces
from 11 to 10 the statutory requirement for the number of
operational carriers that the U.S. Navy must have. (10 Minutes)
3. Lummis (WY), Daines (MT), Cramer, Kevin (ND): Requires
DOD to preserve currently active ICBM silos in warm status. (10
Minutes)
4. Pearce (NM): Provides the Department of Defense with
final approval over any new land use project that utilizes
covered research, development, test and evaluation lands within
the continuous United States. (10 Minutes)
5. Coffman (CO): Cuts $250 million from the Defense Rapid
Innovation Program (DRIP), and moves the money to alleviate
training and readiness shortfalls. (10 Minutes)
6. Turner (OH): Establishes mandatory minimum sentences of
discharge or dismissal, and confinement required for certain
sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces.
(10 Minutes)
7. Frankel (FL): Adds a provision to Article 120 of the
UCMJ that would make it a new offense to abuse one's position
in the chain of command of the subordinate to rape or sexually
assault that person. Applies to both commissioned and non-
commissioned officers. (10 Minutes)
8. Pierluisi (PR), Grayson (FL): Requires the Department of
Defense to conduct a formal records review and make public a
report detailing all military munitions and training activities
that occurred historically on the islands of Vieques and
Culebra, Puerto Rico, and in the nearby cays and waters. (10
Minutes)
9. Rigell (VA): Modifies the temporary suspension of
public-private competitions for conversion of Department of
Defense functions to contractor performance. Permits the
Secretary of Defense to exempt existing public-private
partnerships from the OMB Budget Circular A-76 process. (10
Minutes)
10. McGovern (MA), Jones (NC), Smith, Adam (WA), Lee,
Barbara (CA), Garamendi (CA): Requires the President to
complete the accelerated transition of combat operations from
U.S. Armed Forces to the Government of Afghanistan no later
than by the end of 2013; the accelerated transition of military
and security operations by the end of 2014, including the
redeployment of U.S. troops; and to pursue robust negotiations
to address Afghanistan's and the region's security and
stability. Establishes the sense of Congress that should the
President determine the necessity for post-2014 deployment of
U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the Congress should vote to
authorize such a presence and mission by no later than June
2014. (10 Minutes)
11. Goodlatte (VA): Requires the government, in habeas
proceedings for United States citizens apprehended in the
United States pursuant to the AUMF, to prove by clear and
convincing evidence that the citizen is an unprivileged enemy
combatant and there is not presumption that the government's
evidence is accurate and authentic. (10 Minutes)
12. Radel, Trey (FL), Amash (MI), Massie (KY), Salmon (AZ):
Requires the Department of Defense to submit to the Congress a
report every year containing: (1) the names of any U.S.
citizens subject to military detention, (2) the legal
justification for their continued detention, and (3) the steps
the Executive Branch is taking to either provide them some
judicial process, or release them. Requires that an
unclassified version of the report be made available, and in
addition, that the report must be made available to all members
of Congress. (10 Minutes)
13. Smith, Adam (WA), Gibson (NY): Amends Section 1021 of
the FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act to eliminate
indefinite military detention of any person detained under AUMF
authority in the United States, territories or possessions by
providing immediate transfer to trial and proceedings by a
court established under Article III of the Constitution or by
an appropriate state court. Strikes section 1022 of the same
Act (which provided for mandatory military custody of covered
parties). (10 Minutes)
14. Polis (CO): Allows those certified by recognized
nontheistic organizations to be appointed as officers in the
chaplain core in order to fully serve nontheistic or
nonreligious servicemembers. (10 Minutes)
15. Denham (CA): Authorizes enlistment in the Armed Forces
of certain undocumented immigrants who are otherwise qualified
for enlistment, and provides a way for the undocumented
immigrants to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent
residence by reason of their honorable service and sacrifice in
the U.S. military. (10 Minutes)
16. Huelskamp (KS): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
provide reports to the House and Senate Armed Services
Committees any time there is a meeting between DOD officials
and civilians regarding the creation or enforcement of
religious liberty regulations. (10 Minutes)
17. Fitzpatrick (PA): Prevents the Service Chiefs from
ending the military tuition assistance programs. (10 Minutes)
18. Radel, Trey (FL), Amash (MI), Massie (KY), Salmon (AZ):
Prohibits the use of lethal military force, including the use
of unmanned aircrafts, against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil,
absent narrow exceptions for imminent and significant national
security threats. (10 Minutes)
19. Walorski, Jackie (IN): Prohibits the Secretary of
Defense from using any funds authorized to the department for
the transfer or release of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen. (10
Minutes)
20. Smith, Adam (WA), Moran, James (VA), Nadler (NY):
Provides framework to close the detention facility at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by December 1, 2014. (20 Minutes)
21. Turner (OH): Requires the President of the United
States to convey to Congress the details of any proposed deals
with the Russian Federation concerning the missile defense or
nuclear arms of the United States. (10 Minutes)
22. Holt (NJ): Strikes all of subtitle C of title II except
section 237 (Iron Dome program). (10 Minutes)
23. Polis (CO): Limits funding for advanced procurement of
inefficient ground-based interceptor rocket motor sets, and the
costly refurbishment of Missile Field 1 at Fort Greely, Alaska,
until the Secretary of Defense makes certain certifications to
Congress, including that the Commander of the United States
Northern Command has full confidence in the homeland missile
defense system. (10 Minutes)
24. Grayson (FL), Pierluisi (PR): Ensures that the
``Commission on Service to the Nation,'' created by this bill,
must hold at least one hearing in Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (in addition to every State
and the District of Columbia). (10 Minutes)
25. McCollum (MN): Prohibits any funds authorized in the
bill from being used to sponsor Army National Guard
professional wrestling sports sponsorships or motor sports
sponsorships. The amendment does not prohibit recruiters from
making direct, personal contact with secondary school students
and other prospective recruits. (10 Minutes)
26. Bilirakis (FL): Allows for the transportation on
military aircraft on a space-available basis for disabled
veterans with a service connected permanent disability rated as
total. (10 Minutes)
27. Larson, John (CT), Rooney (FL): Ensures access to
behavioral health treatment, including applied behavior
analysis, under TRICARE for children with developmental
disabilities, when prescribed by a physician. (10 Minutes)
28. Royce (CA): Provides authority for DOD, with the
concurrence of the Department of State, to advise and assist
foreign nations to suppress the illicit wildlife trade in
Africa, a source of financing for transnational rebel and
extremist groups. It requires an annual report to the Congress.
(10 Minutes)
29. Rigell (VA), Hunter (CA): Strikes language in section
808 of the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act
to provide the Department of Defense flexibility in
implementing the contracting caps extended by section 803 of
the underlying bill. (10 Minutes)
30. Grayson (FL): Requires that the Department of Defense
submit to Congress a report on how sole source suppliers of
components in the military procurement supply chain create
vulnerabilities to military attack, terrorism, natural
disaster, industrial shock, etc. (10 Minutes)
31. Young, Don (AK), Hanabusa (HI): This amendment
clarifies the authority to approve any sole-source contract to
Native Americans through the Small Business Administration's
8(a) program is delegable, as it currently is for all other
sole-source contracts. (10 Minutes)
32. Nolan (MN): Reduces total funds authorized in this Act
by $60 Billion. (10 Minutes)
33. Cooper (TN): Reinstates the New START funding. (10
Minutes)
34. Cuellar (TX), McCaul (TX), Green, Gene (TX), Poe (TX):
Directs the Department of Defense, in coordination with DHS and
FAA, to develop a plan for UAS involving joint testing and
training. (10 Minutes)
35. McCaul (TX), Miller, Candice (MI), Thompson, Bennie
(MS), Jackson Lee (TX): Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to
coordinate with the Secretary of Homeland Security to identify
and transfer equipment that may be used to secure the
international borders of the United States. (10 Minutes)
36. Gibson (NY), Garamendi (CA): Strikes section 1251,
Sense of Congress on the Conflict in Syria. (10 Minutes)
37. Coffman (CO), Griffith (VA), Polis (CO), Blumenauer
(OR): Directs the President of the United States to end the
permanent basing of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (2CR) in Vilseck,
Germany and return the Brigade Combat Team currently stationed
in Europe to the United States, without permanent replacement,
leaving one Brigade Combat Team and one Combat Aviation
Brigade--nothing in this amendment should be construed as
directing the removal of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, nor
certain quick-reaction forces. (10 Minutes)
38. Bentivolio (MI): Sense of Congress Regarding Relations
with Taiwan suggests it should be United States policy to allow
high-level Taiwan officials to conduct meetings with high-level
officials in the United States, particularly in executive
departments. High-level Taiwan officials should be permitted to
make visits to the United States, particularly Washington,
D.C., including their democratically elected president, to
engage in constructive dialogue between our two countries, as
is necessary to make accurate and appropriate assessments in
policy matters. (10 Minutes)
39. Van Hollen (MD), Moran, James (VA), Mulvaney (SC),
Woodall (GA): Matches the President's budget request for
Overseas Contingency Operations. (10 Minutes)
40. Duckworth (IL): Amends the FY13 NDAA to supplement the
Small Business Administration's mandated annual report on
overall performance on government-wide small business goals to
include a remediation plan for any failure to achieve
contracting goals. Their current report must be strengthened to
describe the extent of participation by small business,
justification for any failure to achieve the small business
contracting goal of 23% of procurement contracts being awarded
to small businesses, and a remediation plan with best practices
and analysis of past faulty practices to reach those goals in
the next evaluation period. (10 Minutes)
41. Murphy, Patrick (FL): Requires the Secretary to report
to Congress on efforts to make more efficient use of Defense
facilities, with a focus on underutilized and unutilized
facilities. (10 Minutes)
42. McCaul (TX), Pierluisi (PR): Authorizes the transfer of
Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems from the Department of Defense
to the Department of Homeland Security. (10 Minutes)
43. Lamborn (CO): Restricts funding for the space-based
infrared systems space modernization initiative wide-field-of-
view testbed until the Department of Defense certifies that it
is carrying out the Operationally Responsive Space Program
required by 10 USC 2273a. (10 Minutes)
44. Holt (NJ): Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress
within 60 days of enactment whether the Science, Mathematics
and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship program, or
related scholarship or fellowship programs within the
Department of Defense, are providing the necessary number of
undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of science,
technology, engineer, and mathematics to meet the
recommendations contained in the report of the Commission on
Research and Development in the United States Intelligence
Community, as well as recommendation for how SMART and similar
program might be improved to better satisfy those
recommendations. (10 Minutes)
45. Hudson (NC): Requires the Office of the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
(USD(AT&L)) to provide a report to the Armed Services
Committees, which outlines how the Department intends to
maintain both the capability and the infrastructure required to
support canines as Stand-off Detection of Explosives and
Explosive Precursors (SDE2P). Includes working with private
industry, academic institutions, and federal agencies to ensure
best practices are used. (10 Minutes)
46. Bachmann (MN): Funds the Marine Corps Embassy Security
Group to the requested amount by the Marine Corps. (10 Minutes)
47. Bachmann (MN): This amendment will increase funding for
the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force--Crisis
Response Operations and Maintenance fund at the request of the
Marine Corps. (10 Minutes)
48. Brownley (CA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
establish areas to be known as ``Southern Sea Otter Military
Readiness Areas'' for national defense purposes. (10 Minutes)
49. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires outreach for small business
concerns owned and controlled by women and minorities required
before conversion of certain functions to contractor
performance. (10 Minutes)
50. McKeon (CA): Amends title 32 U.S.C. 508, ``Assistance
for certain youth and charitable organizations,'' by adding
State Student Cadet Corps to the list of 13 eligible youth and
charitable programs eligible to receive National Guard support
services. (10 Minutes)
51. Heck, Denny (WA): Amends the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act by allowing the servicemember to submit a certified
letter from a commanding officer or record from the Defense
Manpower Database Center in lieu of military orders. (10
Minutes)
52. Kline (MN), Hunter (CA), Andrews (NJ), Polis (CO):
Ensures all students from legally operating secondary schools
are treated equally and given the same opportunities to enlist
in the armed forces. (10 Minutes)
53. Walz (MN): Requires the Government Accountability
office to submit a report to Congress regarding the Department
of Defense's use of Personality/Adjustment disorders as a basis
to separate members from the Armed Forces. (10 Minutes)
54. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires posting of information
relating to sexual assault prevention and response resources.
(10 Minutes)
55. Velazquez (NY): Creates the Military Hazing Prevention
Oversight Panel to help guide the military's anti-hazing
policies. (10 Minutes)
56. Lowey (NY): Requires service academies to add sexual
assault prevention in ethics curricula. (10 Minutes)
57. Pingree (ME): Instructs the DOD to insure that
servicemembers are aware of the Interim Guidance by the
Director of National Intelligence that victims of military
sexual assault who received counseling answer ``no'' to Q21 on
their Security Form 86 (SF86) for security clearances. (10
Minutes)
58. Lee, Barbara (CA), Ros-Lehtinen (FL): Requires the
Defense Secretary to report to Congress on the use of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice, the Manual for Courts-
Martial, and related policies, punitive articles, and
regulations with regard to service members living with or at
risk of contracting HIV. (10 Minutes)
59. DeLauro (CT), Pingree (ME), Tsongas (MA): Requires the
services to include in the annual report to Congress on sexual
assaults in the military steps taken to ensure the retention of
and access to evidence and records relating to sexual assaults.
Requires the services to provide in the report a description of
the policies, procedures, and processes implemented to ensure
detailed evidence and records are transmitted to the Department
of Veterans Affairs. (10 Minutes)
60. Cummings (MD), Michaud (ME), Takano, Mark (CA), Tierney
(MA), Cicilline (RI), Braley (IA): Expands home foreclosure
protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to
service members receiving hostile fire or imminent danger pay,
surviving spouses of service members whose deaths are service
connected, and certain veterans who are disabled due to service
connected injuries. Increases fines for violations of SCRA. (10
Minutes)
61. Lujan Grisham, Michelle (NM): Instructs the DOD to
identify and recognize dependents of a member of the armed
forces who is serving or has served in a combat zone for a
period of more than 30 days with a lapel button and to conduct
presentation ceremonies to eligible dependents. (10 Minutes)
62. Brownley (CA): Expresses the sense of Congress that the
Federal Government and State governments should make the
transition of a member of the Armed Forces and the member's
spouse from military to civilian life as seamless as possible.
(10 Minutes)
63. Green, Gene (TX): Requires the military departments to
provide free Internet access to servicemembers serving in a
combat zone. The requirement may be waived if the security
environment is unsafe for recreational Internet use. (10
Minutes)
64. Andrews (NJ), Markey, Edward (MA): Requires a report on
whether the Department of Defense could make current no accrual
of interest for certain servicemembers (20 U.S.C. 1087e(o))
benefit automatic. (10 Minutes)
65. Blackburn (TN): Requires the Department to conduct a
review of the current Troops to Teachers program by March 1,
2014. (10 Minutes)
66. Culberson (TX): Authorizes use of gold in the metal
content of the Medal of Honor. (10 Minutes)
67. Bustos (IL): Requires the Secretary of the Army to
review and provide a report on the Medal of Honor nomination of
Captain William L. Albracht. (10 Minutes)
68. Hunter (CA): Requires the Secretary of the Army to
consider the Silver Star Award nominations for four soldiers
whose award nominations were lost and subsequently downgraded.
(10 Minutes)
69. Esty (CT): Establishes standards for the prompt
replacement of military medals & decorations requested by
veterans, current service members, and eligible family members.
Requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure the following: (a)
that decorations are mailed within 60 days of successful
verification of the service record claimed; (b) that requests
cannot take more than one year to fulfill; and (c) that the
Secretary submits annual reports measuring responsiveness to
such requests. (10 Minutes)
70. Kind (WI), Sensenbrenner (WI): Authorizes an award of
the Medal of Honor to First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for
Acts of Valor during the Civil War. Requires Secretary of
Defense to submit a report on the process and materials used
for consideration of Medal of Honor recommendations for acts of
heroism that occurred during the Civil War. (10 Minutes)
71. McKinley (WV), Owens (NY): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to establish an electronic tour calculator so that
reservists could keep track of aggregated active duty tours of
90 days or more served within a fiscal year. For each active
duty tour totaling 90 days served ``inside'' a FY, a reservist
who subsequently qualifies for a reserve retirement (at age 60)
may credit such tours towards early retirement. (10 Minutes)
72. Kirkpatrick (AZ), Coffman (CO), O'Rourke (TX),
Thompson, Mike (CA), Shea-Porter, Carol (NH), Rahall (WV):
Requires the Department of Defense to provide certified and
complete service treatment records to the Department of
Veterans Affairs within 90 days of military discharge or
release in an electronic format. (10 Minutes)
73. Swalwell, Eric (CA), Meehan (PA): Ensures that money
paid to the Department of Defense on behalf of military bands
is reimbursed to the appropriate accounts, allowing military
bands to play at community events if the organization fully
funds the bands expenditures. (10 Minutes)
74. Bishop, Tim (NY): Expresses the sense of Congress that
the remains of three crewmen of the Martin Mariner PBM-5
seaplane George One, ensign Maxwell Lopez, USN, Naval Aviator,
Frederick Williams, Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class,
Wendell Henderson, Aviation Radioman 1st Class, should be
recovered from Thurston Island, Antarctica. (10 Minutes)
75. Terry (NE): Amends title 4 USC by adding at the end the
following: Members of the armed forces not in uniform and
veterans may render the military salute in the manner provided
for persons in uniform. (10 Minutes)
76. Schakowsky (IL), Miller, George (CA): Provides
procurement guidance, with regards to sourcing garments from
Bangladesh by the Defense Department's commissary and exchange
store system, to assure fire and building safety conditions are
audited and addressed with respect to exchange branded apparel,
licensing of exchange brands, and procurement of branded
garments. (10 Minutes)
77. Thompson, Glenn (PA), Ryan, Tim (OH): Extends the 180-
day Transitional Assistance Management Program (TAMP) coverage
for service members and their families by an additional 180-
days for any treatment provided by telemedicine. Extends tele-
behavioral services for as long as the health care professional
treating the individual deems necessary, so long as that
individual has used TAMP during the first 180-day period, or
accessed mental health treatment sometime in the year prior to
separation from the service. (10 Minutes)
78. Guthrie (KY): Requires a comprehensive policy on
improvements to the care, management, and transition of
recovering service members with urotrauma from DoD to VA.
Urotrauma is a class of wounds to the genitourinary system,
which includes the kidneys, reproductive organs, and urinary
organs. (10 Minutes)
79. Gallego (TX): Allows the Secretary of Defense to take
measurable action to determine the effectiveness of suicide
prevention efforts. (10 Minutes)
80. Terry (NE): Requires Secretary of Defense to report to
Congress within 180 days on the methods currently being
employed across the military departments to collect charges
from third party payers. (10 Minutes)
81. Holt (NJ): Allows any adjutant general of a State to
request contact information for Individual Ready Reservists and
Individual Mobilization Augmentees in the State for the purpose
of conducting suicide prevention efforts. (10 Minutes)
82. Kuster (NH): Requires a report on the role of the
Department of Veterans Affairs in Department of Defense centers
of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation,
treatment, and rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury, post-
traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions,
and military eye injuries. (10 Minutes)
83. Thompson, Glenn (PA), Roe (TN), Napolitano (CA),
Thompson, Mike (CA), Perlmutter (CO), Andrews (NJ), Hinojosa
(TX), Lujan (NM): Ensures the Department of Defense conducts a
preliminary mental health assessment on individuals before they
join the military. This assessment will help serve as a
baseline to help track and assess any mental health changes
during the individual's military career. (10 Minutes)
84. Jackson Lee (TX): Provides for increased collaboration
with NIH to combat Triple Negative Breast Cancer. (10 Minutes)
85. Jackson Lee (TX): Expresses the sense of the Congress
that the Secretary of Defense should develop a plan to ensure a
sustainable flow of qualified mental health counselors to meet
the long-term needs of members of the Armed Forces, veterans,
and their families. (10 Minutes)
86. Pascrell (NJ), Thompson, Mike (CA): Expresses the sense
of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should submit the
plan required by the National Defense Authorization for Fiscal
Year 2013 to improve coordination and integration of the
programs that address traumatic brain injury and psychological
health of members of the Armed Forces within the appropriate
time-frame. (10 Minutes)
87. Pascrell (NJ): Requires a report on how the Secretary
of Defense will identify, refer, and treat traumatic brain
injuries with respect to members of the Armed Forces who served
in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom prior
to June 2010 when a memorandum regarding a 50-meter distance
from an explosion as a criterion to properly identify, refer
and treat members for potential traumatic brain injury took
effect. (10 Minutes)
88. Sessions (TX), Thompson, Mike (CA): Establishes a 5-
year pilot program for treatments of traumatic brain injury and
post traumatic stress disorder for members of the Armed Forces
in health care facilities other than military treatment
facilities. Requires that all treatments must be approved by
the Secretary of Defense following approval by an institutional
review board. (10 Minutes)
89. McKeon (CA), Smith, Adam (WA): Requires the Secretaries
of Defense and Veterans Administration to make all health care
information contained in the Department of Defense AHLTA and
the Department of Veterans Affairs VistA systems available and
actionable to health care providers in both Departments by
October 1, 2014 and requires the Secretaries to implement an
integrated health record by October 1, 2016. (10 Minutes)
90. Wilson, Joe (SC): Requires a report from the
comptroller general evaluating the different programs and
contracting methods that Medicare and TRICARE use to prevent
and correct improper payments to medical providers. Requires an
evaluation of the effectiveness of these programs. (10 Minutes)
91. Sarbanes (MD): Seeks to promote greater compliance with
sourcing laws by incorporating them into the DoD Supplement to
the FAR, which contracting officers look to closely for
guidance. Seeks to strengthen compliance with existing law. (10
Minutes)
92. Rigell (VA): Prohibits any funds from being used to
purchase military coins that are not produced in the United
States. (10 Minutes)
93. Tsongas (MA), Michaud (ME): Requires athletic footwear
furnished to newly recruited servicemembers to be American-made
after the Secretary of Defense certifies that there are at
least two domestic suppliers who can provide 100% Berry
Amendment-compliant footwear; provides a waiver for
servicemembers with unique medical requirements. (10 Minutes)
94. Fitzpatrick (PA): Requires the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, to study
the impact of Veteran Owned Small Business contracting on
veteran unemployment and entrepreneurship. Requires the
Department of Defense to provide an analysis on the feasibility
and impacts of a Veterans First' style contracting program
which would put priority on meeting Veteran Owned Small
Business and Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business
goals first. (10 Minutes)
95. Jackson Lee (TX): Provides for improved management of
defense equipment and supplies through automated information
and data capture technologies. (10 Minutes)
96. Young, Don (AK): Requires the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to
report, to the congressional defense committees, on the
strategic value of installations operating within the Pacific
Area of Responsibility. This report would analyze various
characteristics including geographic advantage, usefulness for
future missions, and proximity to training ranges, among other
things, and will provide the information Congress needs to
assess our country's strategic shift to the Pacific. (10
Minutes)
97. Young, Don (AK): Requires GAO to review the potential
of co-locating Federal entities onto military bases, so long as
those missions are compatible with the missions of the military
installations. This report will focus on federal entities with
homeland security, defense, international trade, commerce, and
other national security-related functions. (10 Minutes)
98. Cardenas (CA): Ensures that an assessment of the
retention, recruitment, and management of the cyber operation
forces is included in a comprehensive mission analysis of cyber
operations by the Department of Defense. (10 Minutes)
99. Cardenas (CA): Ensures that the investigations launched
by the Department of Defense related to the compromise of
critical program information include an estimate of economic
losses resulting from the intrusion and any actions needed to
protect intellectual property. (10 Minutes)
100. Ruiz, Raul (CA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to the Congress on the feasibility of
establishing a small business cyber technology office to assist
small business concerns in providing cybersecurity solutions to
the Federal Government. (10 Minutes)
101. Cardenas (CA): Authorizes the Department of Defense to
create a education program to assist small business understand
cyber security threats. (10 Minutes)
102. DeSantis (FL): Prohibits funds from being authorized
for collaborative cybersecurity activities with the People's
Republic of China. (10 Minutes)
103. Langevin (RI): Requires a report providing an updated
comparison of the costs and risks of acquiring DDG 1000 and DDG
51 Flight III vessels equipped for enhanced ballistic missile
defense capability. (10 Minutes)
104. Conyers (MI): Clarifies that the assessment mandated
in Section 1036(3) includes associated forces that are engaged
in hostilities against the United States or its coalition
partners for purposes of interpreting the scope of the 2001
Authorization for Use of Military Force. (10 Minutes)
105. Ross (FL): Prohibits the Department of Defense from
using taxpayer funds to provide additional or upgraded
recreational facilities for individuals detained at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (10 Minutes)
106. Braley (IA), Jones (NC): Directs the President to
submit to Congress a report on the long-term costs of Operation
Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring
Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan. (10 Minutes)
107. Broun (GA): Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to
report on the implementation of the recommendations of the
Palomares Nuclear Weapons Accident Revised Dose Evaluation
Report released in April by the Air Force in 2001. (10 Minutes)
108. Andrews (NJ), Shuster (PA), LoBiondo (NJ), Hunter
(CA), Runyan (NJ): Makes technical changes to underlying text,
including one grammatical change and a revision to ensure
subcontracts are also captured by a provision on contracting
for airlift services. (10 Minutes)
109. Posey (FL): Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to
transport, at his discretion and without charge, to any country
supplies furnished by a nonprofit organization that are
intended for distribution to members of the Armed Forces. (10
Minutes)
110. Speier (CA), Coffman (CO): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to provide congressional support offices the same
access to Defense Department facilities as employees of the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
and Senate. (10 Minutes)
111. McCaul (TX), Miller, Candice (MI), Thompson, Bennie
(MS), Jackson Lee (TX): Amends 10 USC 2576a to include ``border
security activities'' to the list of preferred applications the
Department of Defense considers when transferring excess
property to other federal agencies. (10 Minutes)
112. Hanna (NY): Expresses the sense of Congress that the
use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) should be condemned;
expresses support for our Armed Forces and first responders;
and supports policies to reduce the use of IEDs. (10 Minutes)
113. Turner (OH), Maffei (NY), Hanna (NY), LoBiondo (NJ),
Owens (NY): Clarifies the authority of the Secretary of Defense
to enter into a memorandum of understanding with applicable
entities regarding non-regulatory special use airspace. (10
Minutes)
114. Bachmann (MN): Requires that the POW/MIA flag be flown
365 days a year on certain Federal Buildings. (10 Minutes)
115. Collins, Chris (NY): Expresses a sense of Congress to
maintain a strong National Guard and Military Reserve force.
(10 Minutes)
116. Lewis, John (GA): Requires the Secretary of Defense,
in consultation with the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
Service and the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, to
post the cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to each
American taxpayer on the Department of Defense's website. (10
Minutes)
117. Farr (CA): Establishes the sense of Congress that
senior leadership in the Department of Defense should take into
consideration the importance of foreign language and cultural
education. (10 Minutes)
118. Gallego (TX): Extends by five years an existing
Expedited Hiring Authority for civilian personnel in order to
fast-track the method of recruiting and hiring select
healthcare professionals, and allows DoD to pay individuals in
critical and shortage healthcare occupations (specifically
including those who treat wounded warriors). (10 Minutes)
119. Langevin (RI), Cummings (MD): Requires DoD to comply
with a law enacted in the FY10 NDAA to ensure that funding was
available to use civilian employees instead of contractors for
requirements that last more than five years. (10 Minutes)
120. Connolly (VA), Poe (TX): Authorizes up to 5% of
humanitarian assistance program funds to be used for monitoring
and evaluation of said programs. Requires a Congressional
briefing 90 days after enactment describing, among other
things, how the Department evaluates program and project
outcomes and impact, including cost effectiveness and whether
the programs met their goals. (10 Minutes)
121. Rohrabacher (CA), Sherman (CA): Expands the
certification requirement on reimbursements to Pakistan to
include human rights concerns. (10 Minutes)
122. Lynch (MA): Requires an assessment of the Afghan
National Security Force's (ANSF) ability to provide proper
Operations & Maintenance for U.S.-funded ANSF infrastructure
projects after January 1, 2015. (10 Minutes)
123. Blumenauer (OR), Kinzinger (IL), Gabbard (HI), Stivers
(OH): Strengthens and reforms the Iraq and Afghanistan Special
Immigration Visa programs, and expresses the sense of the House
that these programs are of significant importance to the US
mission, and should be extended and reformed before their
expiration. (10 Minutes)
124. Johnson, Hank (GA), Lee, Barbara (CA): Prohibits
funding to construct permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
(10 Minutes)
125. Schneider (IL): Adds an additional requirement to the
annual report on Iran that requires an analysis of how
sanctions are impacting Iran's Threat Network. (10 Minutes)
126. Conaway (TX): Makes an authority change to the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, allowing the U.S. military to provide
integrated air-missile defense training/coordination to Gulf
Cooperation Council countries. (10 Minutes)
127. Grimm (NY): Expresses condemnation of the government
of Iran for its systematic, state-sponsored persecution of the
country's Baha'i religious minority. (10 Minutes)
128. Connolly (VA), Wolf (VA), Schneider (IL): Requires
that the report authorized by section 1242 of this act include
information on how the Egyptian military is supporting the
rights of individuals involved in civil society and democratic
promotion efforts through nongovernmental organizations. (10
Minutes)
129. Ros-Lehtinen (FL): Authorizes the Secretary of Defense
to deploy assets, personnel and resources to the Joint
Interagency Task Force South, in coordination with SOUTHCOM, to
combat transnational criminal organization, drug trafficking,
bulk shipments of narcotics or currency, narco-terrorism, human
trafficking and the Iranian presence in SOUTHCOM's AOR. (10
Minutes)
130. Turner (OH): Provides the sense of Congress regarding
the U.S. Defense Cooperation with the Georgian Government. (10
Minutes)
131. Schneider (IL): Expands the findings section of the
bill to express the sense of Congress that the President should
use all diplomatic means to limit the transfer of arms from
Russia, Lebanon, and Iran to the Assad regime. (10 Minutes)
132. Lamborn (CO): Establishes the sense of Congress on the
threat posed to Israel by the sale or transfer of advanced
anti-aircraft weapons to Syria. (10 Minutes)
133. Kelly (PA): Prohibits funds from being used to
implement the UN Arms Trade Treaty unless the treaty has been
signed by the President, received the advice and consent of the
Senate, and has been the subject of implementing legislation by
the Congress. (10 Minutes)
134. Rigell (VA): Reaffirms Congress' constitutional war
powers by clearly stating that nothing in this Act shall be
construed to authorize any use of military force. (10 Minutes)
135. Ellison (MN): Prohibits the authorization of Defense
Department funds for tear gas and other riot control items to
Middle East and North African countries undergoing democratic
transition unless the Secretary of Defense certifies to the
appropriate Congressional committees that the security forces
of such countries are not using excessive force to repress
peaceful, lawful and organized dissent. (10 Minutes)
136. Broun (GA): Prohibits the Department of Defense from
using a drone to kill a citizen of the United States unless
they are actively engaged in combat against the United States.
(10 Minutes)
137. DeLauro (CT), Granger (TX), Moran, James (VA),
Kingston (GA), Ellison (MN), Wolf (VA), Connolly (VA):
Prohibits the Defense Department from continuing to purchase
equipment from the Russian arms dealer Rosoboronexport unless
the Secretary of Defense certifies that the firm is cooperating
with a Defense Contract Audit Agency audit, not delivering S-
300 missile defense batteries to Syria, and that no new
contracts have been signed by the firm with Syria since January
1, 2013. Provides a national security waiver with a requirement
that the Secretary justify the waiver in a report to Congress
30 days prior to the purchase of any equipment from
Rosoboronexport. (10 Minutes)
138. Connolly (VA), Granger (TX), Diaz-Balart, Mario (FL),
Gingrey (GA), Sires (NJ), Carter (TX): Directs the President to
sell 66 F-16 C/D aircraft to Taiwan. (10 Minutes)
139. Roskam (IL): Requires the President to submit to the
appropriate committees every 90 days a report that identifies
that the United States has taken all necessary steps to ensure
that Israel possesses and maintains an independent capability
to remove existential threats to its security and defend its
vital national interests. (10 Minutes)
140. Bridenstine (OK): Requires the Department of Defense
to submit a report on the implications of Caspian Sea-based
resource development for energy security strategies of the U.S.
and NATO. (10 Minutes)
141. Welch (VT): Requires the Department of Defense to
submit to Congress a report on measures to monitor and ensure
that U.S. financial assistance to the Afghan National Security
Forces is not used to purchase fuel from Iran in violation of
U.S. sanctions. (10 Minutes)
142. Ros-Lehtinen (FL): Enhances DoD and State Department
reporting requirements on the comprehensive plan for United
States military assistance and cooperation with Egypt to
include a description of the strategic objectives of the United
States regarding the provision of U.S. security assistance to
the Government of Egypt, a description of vetting and end-use
monitoring systems in place by both Egypt and the U.S. for
defense articles and training provided by the U.S.--including
human rights vetting--and additional requirements. Requires a
GAO report requesting recommendations regarding the DoD and
State report and requesting additional actions with respect to
the provision of United States security assistance to Egypt.
(10 Minutes)
143. Lamborn (CO): Establishes the sense of Congress on the
threat posed by Hezbollah. Encourages our European allies to
recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. (10 Minutes)
144. Gosar (AZ): States that Congress fully supports
Israel's lawful exercise of self-defense, including actions to
halt regional aggression. (10 Minutes)
145. Bridenstine (OK): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit to the specified Congressional committees a report in
both classified and unclassified form on the current and future
military power of the Russian Federation. (10 Minutes)
146. Conyers (MI), Jones (NC), Johnson, Hank (GA), Ellison
(MN): Clarifies that nothing in the bill shall be construed as
authorizing the use of force against Iran. (10 Minutes)
147. Walorski, Jackie (IN), Lamborn (CO): Expresses the
sense of Congress in support of fully implementing U.S. and
international sanctions on Iran. Reiterates that it is U.S.
policy to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon
capability, and declares that the U.S. has a vital national
interest in the survival and security of the State of Israel.
(10 Minutes)
148. Fortenberry (NE): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
establish a strategy to modernize the Cooperative Threat
Reduction Program in order to prevent the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and related materials in the Middle
East and North Africa region. (10 Minutes)
149. Hanna (NY), Graves (MO), Shuster (PA), Hunter (CA),
Connolly (VA): Makes it easier for small businesses to compete
for lower tier subcontracts on federal projects and improves
visibility into the health of the industrial base. (10 Minutes)
150. Graves (MO), Hanna (NY): Simplifies small business
contracting by reconciling the limitation on subcontracting
provisions enacted in Sec. 802 of the FY 2013 NDAA with those
in the Small Business Act. (10 Minutes)
151. Schrader (OR): Establishes a program to provide
improved access to Federal contract opportunities for early
stage small business concerns, defined as a small business
concern that has not more than 15 employees; and has average
annual receipts that total not more than $1,000,000. It
disallows any contracts awarded under this program if its value
is less than $3,000 or less than half the upper threshold of
section 15(j)(1) of the Small Business Act. (10 Minutes)
152. Collins, Doug (GA): Allows for the administrative
transfer of 282.304 acres, in Dahlonega, Georgia known as Camp
Frank D. Merrill, from the Department of Agriculture to the
Department of Army. (10 Minutes)
153. Murphy, Tim (PA): Requires the consideration of the
value of services provided by a local community to the armed
forces as part of the economic analysis in making base
realignment or closure decisions. (10 Minutes)
154. Turner (OH), Langevin (RI), Tsongas (MA), Hoyer (MD):
Increases the authorization from $2M to $4M that the defense
laboratories can spend on minor military construction and
modifies the Laboratory Revitalization (LRP) section 2805 of
Title 10 regarding unspecified minor MILCON. (10 Minutes)
155. Garcia (FL): Requires the Secretary of Defense, not
later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to issue a
report to Congress on the Military Housing Privatization
Initiative. The report shall include the details of any project
where the project owner had outstanding local, county, city,
town or State tax obligations dating back over 12 months, as
determined by a tax authority. (10 Minutes)
156. Blumenauer (OR): Provides additional guidance for
military installation master planning documents, consistent
with Department of Defense, UFC 2-100-01. (10 Minutes)
157. Gardner (CO): Requires prior Congressional approval in
order for the DoD to expand Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, Fort
Carson, CO, which is located in my Congressional District.
Requires specific appropriation approval for PCMS expansion.
(10 Minutes)
158. Hunter (CA): Ensures the inclusion of emblems of
belief on military memorials. Emblems of belief may include
those that are currently authorized by the National Cemetery
Administration. (10 Minutes)
159. Bilirakis (FL): Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy
to designate an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School
at the Washington Navy Yard for a memorial to honor the members
of the Armed Forces who have served as military divers. (10
Minutes)
160. Lujan, Ben Ray (NM): Extends the sunset of the
Secretary of Energy's Other Transaction authority by 5 years.
(10 Minutes)
161. Hastings, Doc (WA): Directs the Department of Energy
to transfer a parcel of land at the Hanford Site to the DOE
designated Community Reuse Organization. (10 Minutes)
162. Pearce (NM): Extends of the Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant mission. (10 Minutes)
163. Hastings, Doc (WA), Fleischmann (TN), Lujan (NM):
Amends Division C, Title XXXI regarding the Department of
Energy (DOE) to protect and provide public access to Manhattan
Project facilities at three DOE defense sites through the
establishment of an historical park. (10 Minutes)
164. Young, Don (AK): Makes a change that will allow MARAD
to receive funding from non-federal entities, but it does not
mandate that this funding be sent to MARAD. (10 Minutes)
165. Young, Don (AK), Enyart (IL), Hahn (CA), Weber, Randy
(TX), Kilmer (WA): Allows MARAD to give funding priority in the
existing Port Infrastructure Development Program to the 21
strategic seaports in the United States. Clarifies existing
language to ensure that the Port Infrastructure Development
Program, created by Public Law 111-84 (National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010), may be used by the
MARAD Administrator to provide grants to ports. (10 Minutes)
166. Issa (CA), Connolly (VA): Reforms the process by which
Federal agencies procure products and services related to
information technology. (10 Minutes)
167. Whitfield (KY), Polis (CO), Perlmutter (CO): Expresses
the sense of Congress that the President should establish an
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health. The Board
would advise the President on the review and approval of the
site exposure matrix (SEM) used to determine the eligibility of
DOE contractor employee claims for compensation for illnesses
resulting from exposure to toxic substances. (10 Minutes)
168. Franks (AZ): Establishes the sense of Congress that
the paramount security concern of the United States is the
ongoing and illegal nuclear weapons programs of the Islamic
Republic of Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(10 Minutes)
169. Franks (AZ): Adds consultation to the main roles and
responsibilities as prescribed in section 1086, to include the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC). (10 Minutes)
170. Garamendi (CA): Withholds the $2.6 billion dollars in
additional funding that have been added to the Afghan National
Security Forces Fund this year for acquisition of aircraft,
vehicles and other equipment until the Secretary of Defense
submits a report to Congress confirming when these systems
would be delivered, the ANSF's capabilities of operating and
maintaining these systems, and the impact of such acquisitions
on the future US costs of funding the ANSF. (10 Minutes)
171. Gingrey (GA): Expresses the sense of Congress that
active military personnel that are either live in or are
stationed in Washington, DC would be exempt from existing
District of Columbia firearms restrictions. (10 Minutes)
172. Davis, Susan (CA): Recognizes additional means by
which members of the National Guard called into federal service
for a period of 30 days or less may initially report for duty
for enlistment to basic pay. (10 Minutes)

PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED

In section 585, relating to treatment of victims of the
attacks at recruiting station in Little Rock, Arkansas, and at
Fort Hood, Texas, strike subsection (b), redesignate subsection
(c) as subsection (b), and, in such subsection (as
redesignated), insert ``described in'' after ``attack''.
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PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKeon (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 400, line 15, after ``committees'' insert the following:
``the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives''.

Page 405, line 9, after the period insert the following:
``The Secretary of Defense shall submit any such classified
annex to the congressional defense committees.''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer (OR) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 123. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT
CARRIERS OF THE NAVY.

(a) In General.--Section 5062(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``11'' and inserting ``10''.
(b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 1023 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123
Stat. 2447) is repealed.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lummis (WY) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 79, after line 23, insert the following:

SEC. 241. READINESS OF INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE FORCE.

The Secretary of Defense shall preserve each intercontinental
ballistic missile silo that contains a deployed missile as of
the date of the enactment of this Act in, at minimum, a warm
status that enables such silo to--
(1) remain a fully functioning element of the
interconnected and redundant command and control system
of the missile field; and
(2) be made fully operational with a deployed
missile.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pearce (NM) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 93, after line 7, insert the following:

SEC. 267. APPROVAL OF CERTAIN NEW USES OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST,
AND EVALUATION LAND.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Defense, or the head of any other department
or agency of the Federal Government, may not finalize any
decision regarding new land use activity on covered land unless
the Secretary concerned approves such activity in writing.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered land'' means ranges, test
areas, or other land in the contiguous United States
used by the Secretary of Defense for activities related
to research, development, test, and evaluation that the
Secretary determines, for purposes of this section, to
be critical to national security.
(2) The term ``new land use activity'' means an
activity regarding the use of covered land that--
(A) as of the date of the enactment of this
Act, is not carried out on covered land; and
(B) is carried out by, or in cooperation
with, a department or agency of the Federal
Government other than the Department of
Defense.
(3) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning
given that term in section 101(a)(9) of title 10,
United States Code.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Coffman (CO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

In section 301, strike ``Funds are hereby authorized'' and
insert the following:

(a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized

In section 301, add at the end the following:

(b) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts specified
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for
operation and maintenance, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby
increased by a total of $250,000,000, to alleviate
training and readiness shortfalls, to be derived as
follows:
(A) Operation and Maintenance, Army, for
Maneuver Units, Line 010, $85,000,000.
(B) Operation and Maintenance, Army, for
Aviation Assets, Line 060, $35,000,000.
(C) Operation and Maintenance, Navy, for
Mission and Other Flight Operations, Line 010,
$32,500,000.
(D) Operation and Maintenance, Navy, for
Fleet Air Training, Line 020, $7,500,000.
(E) Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps,
for Operational Forces, Line 010, $25,000,000.
(F) Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, for
Primary Combat Forces, Line 010, $65,000,000.
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts specified in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 201 for Research,
Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defensewide, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4201 for the Defense Rapid Innovation Program, is
hereby reduced by $250,000,000.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner (OH) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. DISCHARGE OR DISMISSAL, AND CONFINEMENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN
SEX-RELATED OFFENSES COMMITTED BY MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES.

(a) Mandatory Punishments.--
(1) Imposition.--Section 856 of title 10, United
States Code (article 56 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The
punishment''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b)(1) While a person subject to this chapter who is found
guilty of an offense specified in paragraph (2) shall be
punished as a general court-martial may direct, such punishment
must include, at a minimum--
``(A) dismissal or dishonorable discharge; and
``(B) confinement for two years.
``(2) Paragraph (1) applies to the following offenses:
``(A) An offense in violation of subsection (a) or
(b) of section 920 (article 120(a) or (b)).
``(B) Forcible sodomy under section 925 of this title
(article 125).
``(C) An attempt to commit an offense specified in
subparagraph (A) or (B) that is punishable under
section 880 of this title (article 80).''.
(2) Clerical amendments.--
(A) Section heading.--The heading of such
section is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 856. Art. 56. Maximum and minimum limits''.

(B) Table of sections.--The table of sections
at the beginning of subchapter VIII of chapter
47 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 856 and inserting the
following new item:

``856. Art 56. Maximum and minimum limits.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, and apply to offenses specified in section 856(b)(2)
of title 10, United States Code (article 56(b)(2) of the
Uniform Code of Military Justice), as added by subsection
(a)(1), committed after that date.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Frankel (FL) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of section 549, add the following new subsections:

(c) Additional Duty for Response Systems Panel Regarding
Instances of Members' Abusing Chain of Command Position to Gain
Access to or Coerce Another Person for a Sex-related Offense.--
(1) In general.--The independent panel established by
the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a)(1) of
section 576 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat.
1758) shall conduct an assessment of instances in the
Armed Forces in which a member of the Armed Forces has
committing a sexual act upon another person by abusing
one's position in the chain of command of the other
person to gain access to or coerce the other person.
(2) Submission of results.--The panel shall include
the results of the assessment and its recommendations
and comments in the report required by subsection
(c)(1) of such section 576, as amended by subsection
(b) of this section.
(d) Additional Duty for Judicial Proceedings Panel Regarding
Additional Revision of Definition of Article 120 Sex-related
Offenses.--The independent panel established by the Secretary
of Defense under subsection (a)(2) of section 576 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public
Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1758) shall assess the likely
consequences of amending of definition of rape and sexual
assault under article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice to expressly cover a situation in which a person
subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice commits a
sexual act upon another person by abusing one's position in the
chain of command of the other person to gain access to or
coerce the other person. The panel shall include the results of
the assessment in one of the reports required by subsection
(c)(2)(B) of such section 576.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pierluisi (PR) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 110, after line 15, insert the following new section:

SEC. 334. ORDNANCE RELATED RECORDS REVIEW AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR
VIEQUES AND CULEBRA ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO.

(a) Identification of Military Munitions and Navy Operational
History.--
(1) Records review.--The Secretary of Defense shall
conduct a review of all existing Department of Defense
records to determine and describe the historical use of
military munitions and military training on the islands
of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico, and in the nearby
cays and waters. The review shall, to the extent
practicable and based on historical documents
available, identify the type of munitions, the quantity
of munitions, and the location where such munitions may
have potentially been used or may be remaining on the
islands of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico, and in the
nearby cays or waters. The historical review shall also
determine the type of various military training
exercises that occurred on each island and in the
nearby cays and waters.
(2) Cooperation and consultation.--The Secretary of
Defense may request the assistance of other Federal
agencies and may consult the Governor of Puerto Rico as
may be deemed appropriate in conducting the review
required by this subsection and in preparing the report
required by subsection (b).
(b) Report.--Not later than 450 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, and shall make publicly
available, a report detailing the findings and determinations
of the review required by subsection (a). The report shall be
organized to include the information detailed in subsection (a)
in addition to site history, site description, real estate
ownership information, and any other information about known
military munitions and military training that occurred
historically on the islands of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto
Rico, and in the nearby cays and waters. The report shall
include any information and recommendations that the Secretary
deems appropriate about the potential hazards to the public
associated with unexploded ordnance on the islands of Vieques
and Culebra, Puerto Rico, and in the nearby cays and waters.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``military munitions'' has the meaning
given that term in section 101(e)(4) of title 10,
United States Code.
(2) The term ``unexploded ordnance'' has the meaning
given that term in section 101(e)(5) of title 10,
United States Code.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rigell (VA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of title III, insert the following:

SEC. 352. MODIFICATION OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE
COMPETITIONS FOR CONVERSION OF DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE FUNCTIONS TO CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE.

(a) Modification.--Section 325 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123
Stat. 2253) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Secretary of
Defense submits to the congressional defense committees
the certification required under subsection (d)'' and
inserting ``Comptroller General submits to the
congressional defense committees the assessment
required under subsection (c)''; and
(2) by striking subsection (d).
(b) Exemption of Public-private Partnerships.--The Secretary
of Defense may exempt from study or competition pursuant to
Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 those functions
or workloads which are the subject of an existing public-
private partnership.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McGovern (MA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Strike section 1222 and insert the following:

SEC. 1222. COMPLETION OF ACCELERATED TRANSITION OF UNITED STATES COMBAT
AND MILITARY AND SECURITY OPERATIONS TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN.

(a) In General.--It is the policy of the United States that,
in coordination with the Government of Afghanistan, North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries, and other
allies in Afghanistan, the President shall--
(1) complete the accelerated transition of United
States combat operations to the Government of
Afghanistan by not later than December 31, 2013;
(2) complete the accelerated transition of United
States military and security operations to the
Government of Afghanistan and redeploy United States
Armed Forces from Afghanistan (including operations
involving military and security-related contractors) by
not later than December 31, 2014; and
(3) pursue robust negotiations leading to a political
settlement and reconciliation of the internal conflict
in Afghanistan, to include the Government of
Afghanistan, all interested parties within Afghanistan
and with the observance and support of representatives
of donor nations active in Afghanistan and regional
governments and partners in order to secure a secure
and independent Afghanistan and regional security and
stability.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
should the President determine the necessity to maintain United
States troops in Afghanistan to carry out missions after
December 31, 2014, and such presence and missions should be
authorized by a separate vote of Congress not later than June
1, 2014.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed so as to limit or prohibit any authority of the
President to--
(1) modify the military strategy, tactics, and
operations of United States Armed Forces as such Armed
Forces redeploy from Afghanistan;
(2) attack Al Qaeda forces wherever such forces are
located;
(3) provide financial support and equipment to the
Government of Afghanistan for the training and supply
of Afghanistan military and security forces; or
(4) gather, provide, and share intelligence with
United States allies operating in Afghanistan and
Pakistan.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Goodlatte (VA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. PROCEDURES GOVERNING UNITED STATES CITIZENS APPREHENDED
INSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO THE
AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE.

(a) Availability of Writ of Habeas Corpus.--Nothing in the
Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50
U.S.C. 1541 note), or any other law, shall be construed to deny
the availability of the writ of habeas corpus to any United
States citizen apprehended inside the United States pursuant to
the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40;
50 U.S.C. 1541 note).
(b) Procedures.--In any habeas proceeding brought by a United
States citizen apprehended inside the United States pursuant to
the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40;
50 U.S.C. 1541 note), the government shall have the burden of
proving by clear and convincing evidence that such citizen is
an unprivileged enemy belligerent and there shall be no
presumption that any evidence presented by the government as
justification for the apprehension and subsequent detention is
accurate and authentic.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Radel (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 442, after line 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1080. REPORT ON UNITED STATES CITIZENS SUBJECT TO MILITARY
DETENTION.

(a) Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit
to Congress an annual report on United States citizens subject
to military detention. Such report shall include, for the
period covered by the report, each of the following:
(1) The name of each United States citizen subject to
military detention during such period.
(2) The legal justification for such detention of
such citizen.
(3) The steps taken to provide judicial process for
or to release each such citizen.
(b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall be in unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex.
(c) Availability of Report.--The report submitted under
subsection (a) shall be made available to all members of
Congress.
(d) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to authorize or express approval for subjecting
United States citizens to military detention.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith (WA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 405, after line 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1040B. DISPOSITION OF COVERED PERSONS DETAINED IN THE UNITED
STATES PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF
MILITARY FORCE.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Due
Process and Military Detention Amendments Act''.
(b) Disposition.--Section 1021 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 125
Stat. 1562; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ``The
disposition'' and inserting ``Except as provided in
subsection (g), the disposition''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subsections:
``(g) Disposition of Persons Detained in the United States.--
``(1) Persons detained pursuant to the authorization
for use of military force or the fiscal year 2012
national defense authorization act.--In the case of a
covered person who is detained in the United States, or
a territory or possession of the United States,
pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force
or this Act, disposition under the law of war shall
occur immediately upon the person coming into custody
of the Federal Government and shall only mean the
immediate transfer of the person for trial and
proceedings by a court established under Article III of
the Constitution of the United States or by an
appropriate State court. Such trial and proceedings
shall have all the due process as provided for under
the Constitution of the United States.
``(2) Prohibition on transfer to military custody.--
No person detained, captured, or arrested in the United
States, or a territory or possession of the United
States, may be transferred to the custody of the Armed
Forces for detention under the Authorization for Use of
Military Force or this Act.
``(h) Rule of Construction.--This section shall not be
construed to authorize the detention of a person within the
United States, or a territory or possession of the United
States, under the Authorization for Use of Military Force or
this Act.''.
(c) Repeal of Requirement for Military Custody.--
(1) Repeal.--Section 1022 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 is hereby
repealed.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1029(b) of such
Act is amended by striking ``applies to'' and all that
follows through ``any other person'' and inserting
``applies to any person''.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Polis (CO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 502. EXPANSION OF CHAPLAIN CORPS.

The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the appointment,
as officers in the Chaplain Corps of the Armed Forces, of
persons who are certified or ordained by non-theistic
organizations and institutions, such as humanist, ethical
culturalist, or atheist.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Denham (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SECTION 530E. AUTHORITY TO ENLIST IN THE ARMED FORCES CERTAIN ALIENS
WHO ARE UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES AND
LEGAL STATUS OF SUCH ENLISTEES BY REASON OF
HONORABLE SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Certain Aliens Authorized for Enlistment.--Subsection
(b)(1) of section 504 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(D) An alien who was unlawfully present in the
United States on December 31, 2011, who has been
unlawfully and continuously present in the United
States since that date, who was younger than 15 years
of age on the date the alien intially entered the
United States, and who, disregarding such unlawful
status, is otherwise eligible for original enlistment
in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps, or Coast Guard under section 505(a) of
this title and regulations issued to implement such
section.''.
(b) Conditional Admission to Permanent Residence of Alien
Enlistees.--Such section is further amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
``(c) Conditional Admission to Permanent Residence of Alien
Enlistees.--(1) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall adjust
the status of an alien described in subsection (b)(1)(D) who
enlists in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force,
Marine Corps, or Coast Guard to the status of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence under the provisions of
section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1259), except that the alien does not have to--
``(A) establish that he or she entered the United
States prior to January 1, 1972; or
``(B) comply with section 212(e) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(e)).
``(2) The lawful permanent resident status of an alien
described in subsection (b)(1)(D) who enlisted in a regular
component of the armed forces and whose status was adjusted
under paragraph (1) is automatically rescinded, by operation of
law, if the alien is separated from the armed forces under
other than honorable conditions before the alien serves the
term of enlistment of such alien. Such grounds for rescission
are in addition to any other grounds for rescission provided by
law. Proof of separation from the armed forces under other than
honorable conditions shall be established by a duly
authenticated certification from the armed force in which the
alien last served.
``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to
alter--
``(A) the process prescribed by sections 328, 329,
and 329A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1439, 1440, 1440-1) by which a person may
naturalize through service in the armed forces; or
``(B) the qualifications for original enlistment in
the armed forces described in section 505(a) of this
title and regulations issued to implement such
section.''.
(c) Offset and Delayed Effective Date.--
(1) Budgetary effects.--Not later than 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President
shall submit to Congress an analysis of the budgetary
effects of enactment of this section and a
determination regarding whether such enactment would
result in an increase in the deficit in the current
year, the budget year, or the subsequent nine fiscal
years.
(2) Delayed effective date.--With the exception of
paragraph (1), this section and the amendments made by
this section shall become effective only upon enactment
of an Act referencing this section and the title of
which is as follows: ``An Act to provide budgetary
treatment of changes to enlistment policies of the
Armed Forces.''.
(d) Clerical Amendments.--
(1) Section heading.--The heading of such section is
amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 504. Persons not qualified; citizenship or residency
requirements; exceptions''.

(2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 31 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 504 and inserting
the following new item:

``504. Persons not qualified; citizenship or residency requirements;
exceptions.''.
____________________________________________________

16. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Huelskamp (KS) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. MEETINGS WITH RESPECT TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY.

(a) Notice.--
(1) In general.--The Department of Defense shall
provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services
of the Senate advance written notice of any meeting to
be held between Department employees and civilians for
the purpose of writing, revising, issuing,
implementing, enforcing, or seeking advice, input, or
counsel regarding military policy related to religious
liberty.
(2) Contents of notice.--Notice provided under
paragraph (1) shall include information on the time,
date, location, and anticipated attendees of the
meeting and information on who initiated the meeting.
(3) Verbal notice.--If a meeting to which this
subsection applies is scheduled less than 24 hours in
advance of the meeting, the notice requirement under
paragraph (1) may be satisfied by a phone call if
Committee staff provide verbal confirmation of receipt
of the notice.
(b) Reports.--Not later than 72 hours after the conclusion of
a meeting to which subsection (a) applies, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of
the Senate a report on the meeting, which shall include
information on the time, date, location, duration, and
attendees of the meeting and information on who initiated the
meeting.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzpatrick (PA) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 243, after line 8, insert the following:

SEC. 568. REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUE PROVISION OF TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

The Secretary of each military department shall carry out
tuition assistance programs for members of an Armed Force under
the jurisdiction of that Secretary during fiscal year 2014
using an amount not less than the sum of any amounts
appropriated or otherwise made available for tuition assistance
for members of that Armed Force for fiscal year 2014.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Radel (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF LETHAL MILITARY FORCE AGAINST CITIZENS
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.

(a) Prohibition.--The President may not use lethal military
force against a citizen of the United States who is located in
the United States.
(b) Exception.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall
not apply to the President using lethal military force against
an individual if--
(1) the individual poses an imminent threat of death
or serious bodily injury to another individual; and
(2) using such force will prevent or minimize such
deaths or serious bodily injuries.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``lethal military force'' means a
targeted killing or other lethal action by the Armed
Forces that is typically used against an enemy of the
United States, including through the use of an unmanned
aircraft or other aircraft.
(2) The term ``serious bodily injury'' has the
meaning given that term in section 1365(h)(3) of title
18, United States Code.
(3) The term ``United States'', as used in a
territorial sense, has the meaning given that term in
section 5 of title 18, United States Code.
(4) The term ``unmanned aircraft'' has the meaning
given that term in section 331(8) of the FAA
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101
note).
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walorski (IN) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 405, after line 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1040B. PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED
AT GUANTANAMO TO YEMEN.

None of the amounts authorized to be available to the
Department of Defense may be used to transfer, release, or
assist in the transfer or release, during the period beginning
on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31,
2014, any individual detained at Guantanamo (as such term is
defined in section 1033(f)(2)) to the custody or control of the
Republic of Yemen or any entity within Yemen.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith (WA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes

Strike sections 1032, 1033, and 1034.

Page 399, line 9, strike ``120 days'' and insert ``60 days''.

Page 402, lines 6 through 7, strike ``90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense'' and
insert ``30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the President''.

Page 402, lines 8 through 9, strike ``of the Department of
Defense''.

Page 402, line 10, after ``principal responsibility'' insert
the following: ``, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, the Attorney General, and the intelligence community
(under the meaning given such term section 3(4) of the National
Security 18 Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)),''.

Page 402, line 12, after ``Cuba'' insert the following: ``,
and the closure of the detention facility at such Naval
Station''.

Page 402, line 14, after ``transfers'' insert the following:
``and such closure''.

Page 403, line 5, strike ``120 days'' and insert ``60 days''.

Page 403, line 20, strike ``120 days'' and insert ``60
days''.

Page 404, line 24, strike ``90 days'' and insert ``60 days''.

Page 405, after line 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1040B. GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY CLOSURE ACT OF 2013.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2013''.
(b) Use of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be
used to--
(1) construct or modify any facility in the United
States, its territories, or possessions to house any
individual detained at Guantanamo for the purposes of
detention or imprisonment;
(2) transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or
release to or within the United States, its
territories, or possessions an individual detained at
Guantanamo; or
(3) transfer an individual detained at Guantanamo to
the custody or control of the individual's country of
origin, any other foreign country, or any other foreign
entity.
(c) Notice to Congress.--Not later than 30 days before
transferring any individual detained at Guantanamo to the
United States, its territories, or possessions, or to a foreign
country or entity, the President shall submit to Congress a
report about such individual that includes--
(1) notice of the proposed transfer; and
(2) the assessment of the Secretary of Defense and
the intelligence community (under the meaning given
such term section 3(4) of the National Security 18 Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)) of available evidence
relating to the threat posed by the individual, any
security concerns about the individual, the likelihood
that the individual will engage in recidivism, and
humanitarian concerns about the individual, including--
(A) the likelihood the detainee will resume
terrorist activity if transferred or released;
(B) the likelihood the detainee will
reestablish ties with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or
associated forces that are engaged in
hostilities against the United States or its
coalition partners if transferred or released;
(C) the likelihood of family, tribal, or
government rehabilitation or support for the
detainee if transferred or released;
(D) the likelihood the detainee may be
subject to trial by military commission; and
(E) any law enforcement interest in the
detainee.
(d) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--No amounts authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of
Defense may be used after December 31, 2014, for the detention
facility or detention operations at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
(e) Periodic Review Boards.--The Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that each periodic review board established pursuant to
Executive Order No. 13567 or section 1023 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-
81; 125 Stat. 1564; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is completed by not
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(f) Individual Detained at Guantanamo.--In this section, the
term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means any individual
located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,
as of October 1, 2009, who--
(1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(2) is--
(A) in the custody or under the control of
the Department of Defense; or
(B) otherwise under detention at United
States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

In section 2901, strike subsections (a), (b), and (c).

Page 646, lines 11 and 12, strike ``120 days'' and insert
``60 days''.

Page 648, after line 5, insert the following:

(F) The estimated security costs associated
with trying such individuals in courts
established under Article III of the
Constitution or in military commissions
conducted in the United States, including the
costs of military personnel, civilian
personnel, and contractors associated with the
prosecution at such location, including any
costs likely to be incurred by other Federal
departments or agencies, or State or local
governments.
(G) A plan developed by the Attorney General,
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense,
the Secretary of State, the Director of
National Intelligence, and the heads of other
relevant departments and agencies, identifying
a disposition, other than continued detention
at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, for each individual detained at such
Naval Station as of the date of the enactment
of this Act who is designated for prosecution.
Such a disposition may include transfer to the
United States for trial or detention pursuant
to the law of war, transfer to a foreign
country for prosecution, or release.
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner (OH) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 79, after line 23, insert the following:

SEC. 241. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NEGOTIATIONS AFFECTING THE MISSILE
DEFENSES OF THE UNITED STATES.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On April 15, 2013, the National Security Advisor
to the President, Tom Donilon, conveyed a personal
letter from President Obama to the President of the
Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
(2) Press reports indicate that in this letter the
President proposed, ``developing a legally-binding
agreement on transparency, which would include exchange
of information to confirm that our programs do not pose
a threat to each other's deterrence forces,'' through
``a so-called executive agreement, for which [the
President] does not need to seek the consent of
Congress.''.
(3) The Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergei
Ryabkov, stated in response to the letter that, ``the
proposals of the U.S. side on the issue are quite
concrete and are related in a certain way to the
discussions our countries had at various levels in the
past years. And it cannot be said from this point of
view that the offers are decorative and not serious.
No, I want to emphasize that we are committing to the
seriousness of these proposals but we note their
insufficiency.''.
(4) Press reports indicate that the Secretary of the
Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, conveyed a
response to the letter from President Putin.
(5) President Obama's proposed deal with Russian
President Putin has been kept secret from Congress and
the American people.
(6) The Administration has systematically denied
Congress information about past offers of U.S. missile
defense concessions to Russia, including written
requests from Members of the House of Representatives.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the President should promptly convey to Congress
the details of any proposed deals with the Russian
Federation concerning the missile defenses or nuclear
arms of the United States; and
(2) the missile defenses of the United States are
central to the defense of the homeland from ballistic
missile threats, particularly if nuclear deterrence
fails, thus such defenses are not something that the
President should continue to trade away for the
prospects of nuclear arms reductions with Russia, the
People's Republic of China, or any other foreign
country.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Holt (NJ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Strike page 59, line 15, and all that follows through page
72, line 12.

Strike page 72, line 23, and all that follows through page
79, line 23.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Polis (CO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 79, after line 23, insert the following:

SEC. 241. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN GROUND-BASED
MIDCOURSE DEFENSE SYSTEM PURPOSES.

(a) Limitation.--
(1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available
for fiscal year 2014 for the purposes described in
paragraph (2) shall be obligated or expended until the
Secretary of Defense--
(A) certifies to the congressional defense
committees that--
(i) the ground-based midcourse
defense system has performed at least
two successful intercept tests at
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California,
before October 1, 2014; and
(ii) the Commander of the United
States Northern Command has full
confidence in the homeland missile
defense system; and
(B) submits to such committees justification
with respect to the national security
requirement for expanding the ground-based
missile defense site located at Fort Greely,
Alaska, from 30 ground-based interceptors to 44
ground-based interceptors.
(2) Purposes described.--The purposes described in
this paragraph are the following:
(A) Advance procurement of 14 ground-based
interceptor rocket motor sets.
(B) The missile refurbishment project at
Missile Field 1 at Fort Greely, Alaska.
(C) The mechanical-electrical building at
such Missile Field.
(b) Annual Certifications.--The Secretary shall annually
submit to the congressional defense committees a certification
of whether--
(1) the ground-based midcourse defense system has
performed at least two successful intercept tests at
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; and
(2) the Commander of the United States Northern
Command has full confidence in the homeland missile
defense system.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grayson (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Beginning on page 270, strike line 23 and all that follows
through page 271, line 2.

Page 270, line 22, after ``State'' insert ``, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American
Samoa.''
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCollum (MN) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. PROHIBITION ON ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SPONSORSHIPS OF
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT OR MOTOR
SPORTS.

Section 503(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Recruiting and advertising campaigns authorized by
paragraphs (1) and (2) or by any other provision of law,
including section 561(b) of the Floyd D. Spence National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into
law by Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-129; 10 U.S.C. 503
note), for the purposes of branding or marketing of, or
promoting enlistment in, the Army National Guard may not
include payments for professional wrestling entertainment
sponsorships or motor sports sponsorships. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prohibit recruiters from making
direct, personal contact with secondary school students and
other prospective recruits.''.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bilirakis (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. TRANSPORTATION ON MILITARY AIRCRAFT ON A SPACE-AVAILABLE
BASIS FOR DISABLED VETERANS WITH A SERVICE-
CONNECTED, PERMANENT DISABILITY RATED AS TOTAL.

(a) Availability of Transportation.--Section 2641b of title
10, United States Code, as amended by section 622 of National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, is further
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection
(g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following
new subsection (f):
``(f) Special Priority for Certain Disabled Veterans.--(1)
The Secretary of Defense shall provide, at no additional cost
to the Department of Defense and with no aircraft modification,
transportation on scheduled and unscheduled military flights
within the continental United States and on scheduled overseas
flights operated by the Air Mobility Command on a space-
available basis for any veteran with a service-connected,
permanent disability rated as total.
``(2) Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), in establishing
space-available transportation priorities under the travel
program, the Secretary shall provide transportation under
paragraph (1) on the same basis as such transportation is
provided to members of the armed forces entitled to retired or
retainer pay.
``(3) The requirement to provide transportation on Department
of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis on the priority
basis described in paragraph (2) to veterans covered by this
subsection applies whether or not the travel program is
established under this section.
``(4) In this subsection, the terms `veteran' and `service-
connected' have the meanings given those terms in section 101
of title 38.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Subsection (f) of section 2641b of title
10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take
effect at the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larson, John (CT) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 299, after the matter following line 23, insert the
following:

SEC. 703. BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
UNDER TRICARE.

(a) In General.--Section 1077 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(g)(1) Subject to paragraph (3)(A), in providing health
care under subsection (a), the treatment of developmental
disabilities (as defined by section 102(8) of the Developmental
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (42
U.S.C. 15002(8))), including autism spectrum disorder, shall
include behavioral health treatment, including applied behavior
analysis, when prescribed by a physician.
``(2) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall
ensure that--
``(A) except as provided by subparagraph (B), a
person who is authorized to provide behavioral health
treatment is licensed or certified by a State or
accredited national certification board; and
``(B) applied behavior analysis or other behavioral
health treatment may be provided by an employee,
contractor, or trainee of a person described in
subparagraph (A) if the employee, contractor, or
trainee meets minimum qualifications, training, and
supervision requirements as set forth by the Secretary.
``(3)(A) This subsection shall not apply to--
``(i) a medicare eligible beneficiary (as defined in
section 1111(b) of this title); or
``(ii) a covered beneficiary who is a beneficiary by
reason of being a retired member of the Coast Guard,
the Commissioned Corp of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, or the Commissioned Corp of
the Public Health Service, or by being a dependent of
such a retired member.
``(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (A), nothing in this
subsection shall be construed as limiting or otherwise
affecting the benefits otherwise provided to a covered
beneficiary under--
``(i) this chapter;
``(ii) title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); or
``(iii) any other law.''.
(b) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 1406 for the
Defense Health Program, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4501, for
Private Sector Care is hereby increased by $60,000,000.
(2) 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, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4301, for the Office of the Secretary
of Defense (Line 280) is hereby reduced by $60,000,000.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Royce (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. AUTHORITY TO ADVISE AND ASSIST HOST NATION GAME AND WILDLIFE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO SUPPRESS THE
ILLICIT WILDLIFE TRADE IN AFRICA.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of State, is authorized to advise
and assist host nation game and wildlife, law enforcement, and
other appropriate agencies to suppress the illicit wildlife
trade in Africa.
(b) Report.--Not later than March 31, 2014, and annually
thereafter for each of the following 4 years, the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services
and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on
the implementation of this section.
(c) Termination.--The authority of subsection (a) shall
expire on September 30, 2018.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rigell (VA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 317, line 20, strike ``and'' at the end.

Page 317, line 23, strike the period at the end and insert a
semicolon.

Page 317, insert after line 23 the following new paragraphs:

(3) by striking subsection (c);
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection
(c); and
(5) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection
(c) (as so redesignated) and redesignating paragraph
(4) as paragraph (2).
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grayson (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 833. REPORT ON PROCUREMENT SUPPLY CHAIN VULNERABILITIES.

(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 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report on how sole source
suppliers of components to the Department of Defense
procurement supply chain create vulnerabilities to military
attack, terrorism, natural disaster, industrial shock,
financial crisis, or geopolitical crisis, such as an embargo of
key raw materials or industrial inputs.
(b) Matters Covered.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A list of the components in the Department of
Defense procurement supply chain for which there is a
supplier that controls over 50 percent of the global
market.
(2) A list of parts of the supply chain where there
is inadequate information to ascertain whether there is
a single source supplier of components.
(3) The Secretary's recommendations on which single
source suppliers create vulnerabilities, as well
recommendations on how to reduce those vulnerabilities.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
may be classified.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young (AK) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 833. REVISIONS TO REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO JUSTIFICATION AND
APPROVAL OF SOLE-SOURCE DEFENSE CONTRACTS.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall modify the provisions
of the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal
Acquisition Regulation that implement section 811 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public
Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2401) to clarify that the authority of
the head of an agency (as defined in section 811(c)(2)(A) of
such section) to make an award pursuant to such section is
delegable.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nolan (MN) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10_. ACROSS-THE-BOARD FUNDING REDUCTION.

Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables
in division D, the total amount authorized to be appropriated
in this Act is hereby reduced by 9.4 percent.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cooper (TN) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 425, after line 23, insert the following:

SEC. 1060. NEW START TREATY FUNDING.

(a) Reduction.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D--
(1) the amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 201, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4201, for research, development, test,
and evaluation, defense-wide, Space Programs and
Technology, is decreased by $50,000,000; and
(2) the amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 301, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4301, for operation and maintenance,
defense-wide, Office of the Secretary of Defense is
decreased by $20,491,000.
(b) Increases.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D:
(1) The amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 101, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4101, for procurement is increased as
follows:
(A) Weapons Procurement, Navy, Trident II
Modifications by $14,100,000.
(B) Other Procurement, Navy, Strategic
Missiles System Equipment by $25,919,000.
(C) Other Procurement, Navy, Spares and
repair Parts by $275,000.
(D) Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, B52 by
$500,000.
(2) The amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 201, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4201, for Missile Procurement, Air
Force, Initial Spares/Repair Parts is increased by
$703,000.
(3) The amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 301, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4301, for operation and maintenance is
increased as follows:
(A) Combat Communications by $9,594,000.
(B) Depot Maintenance by $4,000,000.
(C) Other Service-wide Activities by
$15,400,000.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cuellar (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT JOINT TRAINING AND USAGE PLAN.

(a) Methods.--The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration jointly shall develop and implement
plans and procedures to review the potential of joint testing
and evaluation of unmanned aircraft equipment and systems with
other appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal
Government that may serve the dual purpose of providing
capabilities to the Department of Defense to meet the future
requirements of combatant commanders and domestically to
strengthen international border security.
(b) Report.--Not later than 270 days after date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary
of Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration shall jointly submit to Congress a
report on the status of the development of the plans and
procedures required under subsection (a), including a cost
benefit analysis of the shared expenses between the Department
of Defense and other appropriate departments and agencies of
the Federal Government to support such plans.
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCaul (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1090. TRANSFER OR LOAN OF EQUIPMENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY RELATING TO BORDER SECURITY.

The Secretary of Defense may coordinate with the Secretary of
Homeland Security to identify and provide for the transfer or
long-term loan to the Department of Homeland Security of
equipment the Secretary of Defense determines to be excess and
the Secretary of Homeland Security determines to be appropriate
in order to increase situational awareness and achieve
operational control of the international borders of the United
States.
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gibson (NY) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Strike section 1251.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Coffman (CO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

After section 1256, insert the following new section (and
redesignate subsequent sections accordingly):

SEC. 1257. REMOVAL OF BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS FROM EUROPE.

(a) Finding.--Congress finds that, because defense spending
among European NATO countries fell 12% since 2008, from $314
billion to $275 billion, so that currently only 4 out of the 28
NATO allies of the United States are spending the widely
agreed-to standard of 2% of their GDP on defense, the United
States must look to more wisely allocate scarce resources to
provide for the national defense.
(b) Removal Required.--The President shall end the permanent
basing of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment (2CR) in Vilseck, Germany
and return that Brigade Combat Team currently stationed in
Europe to the United States, without permanent replacement,
leaving one Brigade Combat Team and one Combat Aviation
Brigade.
(c) Use of Rotational Forces to Satisfy Security Needs.--It
is the policy of the United States that the deployment of units
of the United States Armed Forces on a rotational basis at
military installations in European member nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization pursuant to the Army Force
Generation (ARFORGEN) process is a force-structure arrangement
sufficient to permit the United States--
(1) to satisfy the commitments undertaken by United
States pursuant to Article 5 of the North Atlantic
Treaty, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, on
April 4, 1949, and entered into force on August 24,
1949 (63 Stat. 2241; TIAS 1964);
(2) to address the current security environment in
Europe; and
(3) to contribute to peace and stability in Europe.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed so as to require the removal of Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center or to prohibit the utilization of the 82nd
Airborne's Division Readiness Brigade, Marine Corps Fleet Anti-
Terrorism Security Teams, Marine Corps Special-Purpose Marine
Air-Ground Task Forces, Marine Corps expeditionary units,
Special Operations Command forces, or other quick-response
forces to respond to threats in Europe and in the vicinity of
the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) area.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bentivolio (MI) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1259. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN.

It is the sense of Congress that the United States should--
(1) allow all high-level officials of Taiwan to enter
into the United States or its embassies and consulates
under conditions which demonstrate appropriate respect
for the dignity of such leaders;
(2) allow meetings between all high-level Taiwan and
United States officials in United States executive
departments;
(3) allow the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office and all other instrumentalities
established in the United States by Taiwan to conduct
business activities, including activities which involve
participation by Members of Congress and other
representatives of Federal, State, and local
governments, and all high-level Taiwan officials,
without obstruction from the United States Government
or any foreign power; and
(4) adopt a policy of allowing high-ranking Taiwan
leaders to make official visits with high-ranking
officials of the United States, including official
visits by Taiwan's democratically elected president,
and allowing for visits between these officials in
Washington, D.C.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Van Hollen (MD) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 563, after line 11, insert the following:

SEC. 1510. FUNDING LEVELS AS REQUESTED IN PRESIDENT'S BUDGET.

(a) Reductions.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amounts authorized to be
appropriated in this subtitle, as specified in the
corresponding funding tables in sections 4102, 4202, 4302,
4402, and 4502, for additional funds for overseas contingency
operations are hereby reduced by a total of $5,043,828,000.
(b) Deficit Reduction.--The amount reduced under subsection
(a) shall not be available for any purpose other than deficit
reduction.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Duckworth (IL) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 582, insert after line 25 the following (and conform the
table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 1607. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS.

Subsection (h) of section 15 of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 644) is amended to read as follows:
``(h) Reporting on Goals for Procurement Contracts Awarded to
Small Business Concerns.--
``(1) Agency reports.--At the conclusion of each
fiscal year, the head of each Federal agency shall
submit to the Administrator a report describing--
``(A) the extent of the participation by
small business concerns, small business
concerns owned and controlled by veterans
(including service-disabled veterans),
qualified HUBZone small business concerns,
small business concerns owned and controlled by
socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals, and small business concerns owned
and controlled by women in the procurement
contracts of such agency during such fiscal
year;
``(B) whether the agency achieved the goals
established for the agency under subsection
(g)(2) with respect to such fiscal year;
``(C) any justifications for a failure to
achieve such goals; and
``(D) a remediation plan with proposed new
practices to better meet such goals, including
analysis of factors leading to any failure to
acheive such goals.
``(2) Reports by administrator.--Not later than 60
days after receiving a report from each Federal agency
under paragraph (1) with respect to a fiscal year, the
Administrator shall submit to the President and
Congress, and to make available on a public Web site,
an annual report that includes--
``(A) a copy of each report submitted to the
Administrator under paragraph (1);
``(B) a determination of whether each goal
established by the President under subsection
(g)(1) for such fiscal year was achieved;
``(C) a determination of whether each goal
established by the head of a Federal agency
under subsection (g)(2) for such fiscal year
was achieved;
``(D) the reasons for any failure to achieve
a goal established under paragraph (1) or (2)
of subsection (g) for such fiscal year and a
description of actions planned by the
applicable agency to address such failure,
including the Administrator's comments and
recommendations on the proposed remediation
plan; and
``(E) for the Federal Government and each
Federal agency, an analysis of the number and
dollar amount of prime contracts awarded during
such fiscal year to--
``(i) small business concerns--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through sole source
contracts;
``(III) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns; and
``(IV) through unrestricted
competition;
``(ii) small business concerns owned
and controlled by service-disabled
veterans--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through sole source
contracts;
``(III) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns;
``(IV) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns owned and controlled
by service-disabled veterans;
and
``(V) through unrestricted
competition;
``(iii) qualified HUBZone small
business concerns--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through sole source
contracts;
``(III) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns;
``(IV) through competitions
restricted to qualified HUBZone
small business concerns;
``(V) through unrestricted
competition where a price
evaluation preference was used;
and
``(VI) through unrestricted
competition where a price
evaluation preference was not
used;
``(iv) small business concerns owned
and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged
individuals--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through sole source
contracts;
``(III) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns;
``(IV) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns owned and controlled
by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals;
``(V) through unrestricted
competition; and
``(VI) by reason of that
concern's certification as a
small business owned and
controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged
individuals;
``(v) small business concerns owned
by an Indian tribe (as such term is
defined in section 8(a)(13)) other than
an Alaska Native Corporation--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through sole source
contracts;
``(III) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns;
``(IV) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns owned and controlled
by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals; and
``(V) through unrestricted
competition;
``(vi) small business concerns owned
by a Native Hawaiian Organization--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through sole source
contracts;
``(III) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns;
``(IV) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns owned and controlled
by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals; and
``(V) through unrestricted
competition;
``(vii) small business concerns owned
by an Alaska Native Corporation--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through sole source
contracts;
``(III) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns;
``(IV) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns owned and controlled
by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals; and
``(V) through unrestricted
competition; and
``(viii) small business concerns
owned and controlled by women--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through competitions
restricted to small business
concerns;
``(III) through competitions
restricted using the authority
under section 8(m)(2);
``(IV) through competitions
restricted using the authority
under section 8(m)(2) and in
which the waiver authority
under section 8(m)(3) was used;
and
``(V) through unrestricted
competition; and
``(F) for the Federal Government, the number,
dollar amount, and distribution with respect to
the North American Industry Classification
System of subcontracts awarded during such
fiscal year to small business concerns, small
business concerns owned and controlled by
service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone
small business concerns, small business
concerns owned and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged individuals, and
small business concerns owned and controlled by
women, provided that such information is
publicly available through data systems
developed pursuant to the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
(Public Law 109-282), or otherwise available as
provided in paragraph (3).
``(3) Access to data.--
``(A) Federal procurement data system.--To
assist in the implementation of this section,
the Administration shall have access to
information collected through the Federal
Procurement Data System, Federal Subcontracting
Reporting System, or any new or successor
system.
``(B) Agency procurement data sources.--To
assist in the implementation of this section,
the head of each contracting agency shall
provide, upon request of the Administration,
procurement information collected through
agency data collection sources in existence at
the time of the request. Contracting agencies
shall not be required to establish new data
collection systems to provide such data.''.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Murphy, Patrick (FL)
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 28__. REPORT ON UTILIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REAL
PROPERTY.

(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 on the utilization of real property
across the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements of Report.--The report required by subsection
(a) shall describe the following:
(1) The strategy of the Department of Defense for
maximizing utilization of existing facilities, progress
implementing this strategy, and obstacles to
implementing this strategy.
(2) The efforts of the Department of Defense to
systematically collect, process, and analyze data on
real property utilization to aid in the planning and
implementation of the strategy referred to in paragraph
(1).
(3) The number of underutilized Department
facilities, to be defined as facilities rated less than
66 percent utilization, and unutilized Department
facilities, to be defined as facilities rated at zero
percent utilization, in the Real Property Inventory
Database of the Department of Defense.
(4) The annual cost of maintaining and improving such
underutilized and unutilized Department facilities.
(5) The efforts of the Department of Defense to
dispose of underutilized and unutilized facilities.
(c) Classified Annex.--The report required by subsection (a)
may include a classified annex if necessary to fully describe
the matters required by subsection (b).
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42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCaul (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1090. TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF THE
TETHERED AEROSTAT RADAR SYSTEM.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than
September 30, 2013, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to
transfer to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the
Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to accept from the
Secretary of Defense, full contract ownership and management
responsibilities for the existing Tethered Aerostat Radar
System (TARS) program and contracts. Neither the Department of
Defense nor the Department of Homeland Security shall be
required to reimburse the other agency for any services under
the TARS program.
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43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn (CO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 59, after line 12, insert the following:

SEC. 225. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SPACE-BASED INFRARED
SYSTEMS SPACE PROGRAM.

Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the
Department of Defense, not more than 50 percent may be
obligated or expended for the space-based infrared systems
space modernization initiative wide-field-of-view testbed until
the Executive Agent for Space of the Department of Defense
certifies to the congressional defense committees that the
Secretary of Defense is carrying out the Operationally
Responsive Space Program Office in accordance with section
2273a of title 10, United States Code.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Holt (NJ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 255. REPORT ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.

Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report that assesses whether the Science,
Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship
program, or related scholarship or fellowship programs within
the Department of Defense, are providing the necessary number
of undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of
science, technology, engineer, and mathematics to meet the
recommendations contained in the report of the Commission on
Research and Development in the United States Intelligence
Community, as well as recommendation for how SMART and similar
program might be improved to better satisfy those
recommendations.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hudson (NC) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2__. CANINES AS STAND-OFF DETECTION OF EXPLOSIVES AND EXPLOSIVE
PRECURSORS.

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics shall provide to the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report that--
(1) describes how the Department of Defense intends
to maintain the capability and infrastructure required
to support canines as stand-off detection of explosives
and explosive precursors;
(2) specifies the appropriate office to oversee the
acquisition process, research and development,
technology advancement, testing and evaluation, and
production and procurement with respect to canines as
stand-off detection of explosives and explosive
precursors;
(3) specifies the plan to sustain and enhance the
partnerships and relationships of the Department of
Defense with service laboratories, private sector
companies, and academic institutions to ensure that the
latest data and information regarding canine
capabilities are distributed throughout the Department
and other Federal agencies that could benefit from such
information; and
(4) specifies any technologies capable of replacing
the canine as a stand-off detection capability during
the next 2 years.
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bachmann (MN) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 93, after line 18, insert the following:

SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MARINE SECURITY GUARD.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for Marine Security Guard is hereby increased by $13,400,000.
(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,
Army, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4301, is hereby reduced by $13,400,000, to be derived
from the Maneuver Units.
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bachmann (MN) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 93, after line 18, insert the following:

SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CRISIS RESPONSE FORCE.

(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for the Crisis Response Force is hereby increased by
$10,600,000.
(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,
Army, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4301, is hereby reduced by $10,600,000, to be derived
from the Maneuver Units.
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brownley (CA) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3__. MILITARY READINESS AND SOUTHERN SEA OTTER CONSERVATION.

(a) Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Military
Readiness Areas.--Chapter 631 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 7235. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness
Areas

``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish areas to be known as `Southern Sea Otter Military
Readiness Areas' for national defense purposes. Such areas
shall include each of the following:
``(1) The area that includes Naval Base Ventura
County, San Nicolas Island, and Begg Rock and the
adjacent and surrounding waters within the following
coordinates:
``N. Latitude/W. Longitude
``3327.8'/11934.3'
``3320.5'/11915.5'
``3313.5'/11911.8'
``3306.5'/11915.3'
``3302.8'/11926.8'
``3308.8'/11946.3'
``3317.2'/11956.9'
``3330.9'/11954.2';
``(2) That area that includes Naval Base Coronado,
San Clemente Island and the adjacent and surrounding
waters running parallel to shore to 3 nautical miles
from the high tide line designated by 33 C.F.R. part
165 on May 20, 2010, as the San Clemente Island 3NM
Safety Zone.
``(b) Activities Within the Southern Sea Otter Military
Readiness Areas.--
``(1) Incidental takings under endangered species act
of 1973.--Sections 4 and 9 of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533, 1538) shall not apply with
respect to the incidental taking of any southern sea
otter in the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness
Areas in the course of conducting a military readiness
activity.
``(2) Incidental takings under marine mammal
protection act of 1972.--Sections 101 and 102 of the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1371,
1372) shall not apply with respect to the incidental
taking of any southern sea otter in the Southern Sea
Otter Military Readiness Areas in the course of
conducting military readiness activities.
``(3) Treatment as species proposed to be listed.--
For purposes of any military readiness activity, any
southern sea otter while within the Southern Sea Otter
Military Readiness Areas shall be treated for the
purposes of section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536) as a member of a species that is
proposed to be listed as an endangered species or a
threatened species under section 4 of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533).
``(c) Removal.--Nothing in this section or any other Federal
law shall be construed to require that any southern sea otter
located within the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Areas
as of the effective date of this section or thereafter be
removed from the Areas.
``(d) Revision or Termination of Exceptions.--The Secretary
of the Interior may revise or terminate the application of
subsection (b) if the Secretary, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Navy, determines that military activities
authorized under subsection (b) are impeding southern sea otter
conservation or the return of southern sea otters to optimum
sustainable population levels.
``(e) Monitoring.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Navy shall
conduct monitoring and research within the Southern Sea
Otter Military Readiness Areas to determine the effects
of military readiness activities on the growth or
decline of the sea otter population and on the near-
shore eco-system. Monitoring and research parameters
and methods shall be determined in consultation with
the service.
``(2) Reports.--Within 24 months after the effective
date of this section and every three years thereafter,
the Secretary of the Navy shall report to Congress and
the public on monitoring undertaken pursuant to
paragraph (1).
``(f) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Incidental taking.--The term `incidental
taking' means any take of a southern sea otter that is
incidental to, and not the purpose of, the carrying out
of an otherwise lawful activity.
``(2) Optimum sustainable population.--The term
`optimum sustainable population' means, with respect to
any population stock, the number of animals that will
result in the maximum productivity of the population or
the species, keeping in mind the carrying capacity of
the habitat and the health of the ecosystem of which
they form a constituent element.
``(3) Southern sea otter.--The term `southern sea
otter' means any member of the subspecies Enhydra
lutris nereis.
``(4) Take.--The term `take'--
``(A) when used in reference to activities
subject to regulation by the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544) shall have
the meaning given such term in that statute;
and
``(B) when used in reference to activities
subject to regulation by the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361-1423h),
shall have the meaning given such term in that
statute.
``(5) Military readiness activity.--The term
`military readiness activity' has the meaning given
that term in section 315(f) of the Bob Stump National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public
Law 107-314; 116 Stat. 2509; 16 U.S.C. 703 note), and
includes all training and operations of the Armed
Forces that relate to combat, and the adequate and
realistic testing of military equipment, vehicles,
weapons, and sensors for proper operation and
suitability for combat use.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``7235. Establishment of the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness
Areas.''.

49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee (TX) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 106, after line 8, insert the following:

SEC. 324. ASSESSMENT OF OUTREACH FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND
CONTROLLED BY WOMEN AND MINORITIES REQUIRED BEFORE
CONVERSION OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS TO CONTRACTOR
PERFORMANCE.

No Department of Defense function that is performed by
Department of Defense civilian employees and is tied to a
certain military base may be converted to performance by a
contractor until the Secretary of Defense conducts an
assessment to determine if the Department of Defense has
carried out sufficient outreach programs to assist small
business concerns owned and controlled by women (as such term
is defined in section 8(d)(3)(D) of the Small Business Act) and
small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged individuals (as such term is defined
in section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act) that are
located in the geographic area near the military base.
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50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKeon (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 136, after line 24, insert the following:

SEC. 1065. DESIGNATION OF STATE STUDENT CADET CORPS AS DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.

Section 508(d) of title 32, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (14) as paragraph
(15); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following
new paragraph (14):
``(14) Any State student cadet corps authorized under
State law.''.
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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heck, Denny (WA) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 170, after line 4, insert the following:

SEC. 530F. PROOF OF PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF INTEREST
RATE LIMITATION UNDER THE SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL
RELIEF ACT.

Section 207(b)(1) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50
U.S.C. App 527(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after ``calling
the servicemember to military service'' the following: ``, or
other appropriate indicator of military service, including a
certified letter from a commanding officer or information from
the Defense Manpower Database Center,''.
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kline (MN) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. POLICY ON MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND ENLISTMENT OF GRADUATES OF
SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

(a) Conditions on Use of Test, Assessment, or Screening
Tools.--In the case of any test, assessment, or screening tool
utilized under the policy on recruitment and enlistment
required by subsection (b) of section 532 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-
81; 125 Stat. 1403; 10 U.S.C. 503 note) for the purpose of
identifying persons for recruitment and enlistment in the Armed
Forces, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) implement a means for ensuring that graduates of
a secondary school (as defined in section 9101(38) of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801(38)), including all persons described in
subsection (a)(2) of section 532 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, are
required to meet the same standard on the test,
assessment, or screening tool; and
(2) use uniform testing requirements and grading
standards.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in section 532(b) of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 or this
section shall be construed to permit the Secretary of Defense
or the Secretary of a military department to create or use a
different grading standard on any test, assessment, or
screening tool utilized for the purpose of identifying
graduates of a secondary school (as defined in section 9101(38)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801(38)), including all persons described in subsection
(a)(2) of section 532 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2012, for recruitment and enlistment in the
Armed Forces.
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53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walz (MN) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON USE OF DETERMINATION OF
PERSONALITY DISORDER OR ADJUSTMENT DISORDER AS
BASIS TO SEPARATE MEMBERS FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report evaluating--
(1) the use by the Secretaries of the military
departments, since January 1, 2007, of the authority to
separate members of the Armed Forces from the Armed
Forces due of unfitness for duty because of a mental
condition not amounting to disability, including
separation on the basis of a personality disorder or
adjustment disorder and the total number of members
separated on such basis;
(2) the extent to which the Secretaries failed to
comply with regulatory requirements in separating
members of the Armed Forces on the basis of a
personality or adjustment disorder; and
(3) the impact of such a separation on the ability of
veterans so separated to access service-connected
disability compensation, disability severance pay, and
disability retirement pay.
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54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee (TX) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 223, after line 23, insert the following new section:

SEC. 550A. ENHANCEMENT TO REQUIREMENTS FOR AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION
ON SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
RESOURCES.

(a) Required Posting of Information on Sexual Assault
Prevention and Response Resources.--
(1) Posting.--The Secretary of Defense shall require
that there be prominently posted, in accordance with
paragraph (2), notice of the following information
relating to sexual assault prevention and response, in
a form designed to ensure visibility and understanding:
(A) Resource information for members of the
Armed Forces, military dependents, and civilian
personnel of the Department of Defense with
respect to prevention of sexual assault and
reporting of incidents of sexual assault.
(B) Contact information for personnel who are
designated as Sexual Assault Response
Coordinators and Sexual Assault Victim
Advocates.
(C) The Department of Defense ``hotline''
telephone number, referred to as the Safe
Helpline, for reporting incidents of sexual
assault, or any successor operation.
(2) Posting placement.--Posting under subsection (a)
shall be at the following locations, to the extent
practicable:
(A) Any Department of Defense duty facility.
(B) Any Department of Defense dining
facility.
(C) Any Department of Defense multi-unit
residential facility.
(D) Any Department of Defense health care
facility.
(E) Any Department of Defense commissary or
exchange.
(F) Any Department of Defense Community
Service Agency.
(G) Any Department of Defense website.
(b) Notice to Victims of Available Assistance.--The Secretary
of Defense shall require that procedures in the Department of
Defense for responding to a complaint or allegation of sexual
assault submitted by or against a member of the Armed Forces
include prompt notice to the person making the complaint or
allegation of the forms of assistance available to that person
from the Department of Defense and, to the extent known to the
Secretary, through other departments and agencies, including
State and local agencies, and other sources.
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55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Velazquez (NY) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. MILITARY HAZING PREVENTION OVERSIGHT PANEL.

(a) Establishment.--There is established a panel to be known
as the Military Hazing Prevention Oversight Panel (in this
section referred to as the ``Panel'').
(b) Membership.--The Panel shall be composed of the following
members:
(1) The Secretary of the Army or the Secretary's
designee.
(2) The Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary's
designee.
(3) The Secretary of the Air Force or the Secretary's
designee.
(4) The Secretary of Homeland Security (with respect
to the Coast Guard) or the Secretary's designee.
(5) Members appointed by the Secretary of Defense
from among individuals who are not officers or
employees of any government and who have expertise in
advocating for--
(A) women;
(B) racial or ethnic minorities;
(C) religious minorities; or
(D) gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender
individuals.
(c) Duties.--The Panel shall--
(1) make recommendations to the Secretary concerned
(as defined in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United
States Code) on the development of the policies,
programs, and procedures to prevent and respond to
hazing in the Armed Forces; and
(2) monitor any policies, programs, and procedures in
place to prevent and respond to hazing in the Armed
Forces and make recommendations to the Secretary
concerned on ways to improve such policies, programs,
and procedures.
(d) Initial Meeting.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Panel shall hold its initial
meeting.
(e) Meetings.--The Panel shall meet not less than annually.
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56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lowey (NY) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 550A. PREVENTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AT MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES.

The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each of the
military service academies adds a section in the ethics
curricula of such academies that outlines honor, respect, and
character development as such pertain to the issue of
preventing sexual assault in the Armed Forces. Such curricula
shall include a brief history of the problem of sexual assault
in the Armed Forces, a definition of sexual assault,
information relating to reporting a sexual assault, victims'
rights, and dismissal and dishonorable discharge for offenders.
Such ethics training shall be provided within 60 days after the
initial arrival of a new cadet or midshipman at a military
services academy and repeated in annual ethics training
requirements.
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57. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pingree (ME) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 550A. ENSURING AWARENESS OF POLICY TO INSTRUCT VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
ASSAULT SEEKING SECURITY CLEARANCE TO ANSWER ``NO''
TO QUESTION 21.

(a) Ensuring Awareness of Policy.--The Secretary of Defense
shall inform members of the United States Armed Forces of the
policy described in subsection (b)--
(1) at the earliest time possible, such as upon
enlistment and commissioning; and
(2) during sexual assault awareness training and
service member interactions with sexual assault
response coordinators.
(b) Policy Described.--The policy described in this
subsection is the policy of instructing an individual to answer
``no'' to question 21 of Standard Form 86 of the Questionnaire
for National Security Positions with respect to consultation
with a health care professional if--
(1) the individual is a victim of a sexual assault;
and
(2) the consultation occurred with respect to an
emotional or mental health condition strictly in
relation to the sexual assault.
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58. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee (CA) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 550A. REPORT ON POLICIES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING SERVICE MEMBERS
LIVING WITH OR AT RISK OF CONTRACTING HIV.

(a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report
on the use of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the Manual
for Courts-Martial, and related policies, punitive articles,
and regulations with regard to service members living with or
at risk of contracting HIV.
(b) Contents.--The report shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of whether the Uniform Code of
Military Justice, the Manual for Courts-Martial, and
related policies, punitive articles, and regulations
are exercised in a way that demonstrates an evidence-
based, medically accurate understanding of--
(A) the multiple factors that lead to HIV
transmission;
(B) the relative risk of HIV transmission
routes;
(C) the associated benefits of treatment and
support services for people living with HIV;
and
(D) the impact of HIV-specific policies and
regulations on public health and on people
living with or at risk of contracting HIV.
(2) A review of court-martial decisions in recent
years preceding the date of enactment of this Act.
(3) Recommendations for adjustments to the Uniform
Code of Military Justice, the Manual for Courts-
Martial, and related policies, punitive articles, and
regulations, as may be necessary, in order to ensure
that policies and regulations regarding service members
living with or at risk of contracting HIV are in
accordance with a contemporary understanding of HIV
transmission routes and associated benefits of
treatment.
(c) Definition of HIV.--In this section, the term ``HIV''
means infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.
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59. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeLauro (CT) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. ADDITIONAL MODIFICATION OF ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS REGARDING SEXUAL ASSAULTS
AND PREVENTION AND RESPONSE PROGRAM.

(a) Additional Elements of Each Report.--Section 1631(b) of
the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2011 (Public Law 111-383; 124 Stat. 4433; 10 U.S.C. 1561
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(11) A description of the implementation of the
comprehensive policy on the retention of and access to
evidence and records relating to sexual assaults
involving members of the Armed Forces required to
comply with section 586 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-
81; 125 Stat. 1434; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note).
``(12) The policies, procedures, and processes
implemented by the Secretary concerned to ensure
detailed evidence and records are transmitted to the
Department of Veterans Affairs, including medical
records of sexual assault victims that accurately and
completely describe the physical and emotional injuries
resulting from a sexual trauma that occurred during
active duty service.''.
(b) Application of Amendments.--The amendment made by this
section shall apply beginning with the report regarding sexual
assaults involving members of the Armed Forces required to be
submitted by March 1, 2014, under section 1631 of the Ike
Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2011.
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60. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cummings (MD) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 232, after line 18, insert the following:

SEC. 555. MORTGAGE PROTECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES,
SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND CERTAIN VETERANS AND OTHER
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF
ACT.

(a) Members of the Armed Forces, Surviving Spouses, and
Certain Disabled Veterans.--
(1) In general.--Title III of the Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 501 et seq.) is
amended by inserting after section 303A, as added by
section 553, the following new section:

``SEC. 303B. MORTGAGES AND TRUST DEEDS OF CERTAIN SERVICEMEMBERS,
SURVIVING SPOUSES, AND DISABLED VETERANS.

``(a) Mortgage as Security.--This section applies only to an
obligation on real or personal property owned by a covered
individual that--
``(1) originated at any time and for which the
covered individual is still obligated; and
``(2) is secured by a mortgage, trust deed, or other
security in the nature of a mortgage.
``(b) Stay of Proceedings.--
``(1) In general.--In accordance with subsection
(d)(1), in a judicial action pending or in a
nonjudicial action commenced during a covered time
period to enforce an obligation described in subsection
(a), a court--
``(A) may, after a hearing and on its own
motion, stay the proceedings until the end of
the covered time period; and
``(B) shall, upon application by a covered
individual, stay the proceedings until the end
of the covered time period.
``(2) Obligation to stop proceedings.--Upon receipt
of notice provided under subsection (d)(1), a
mortgagee, trustee, or other creditor seeking to
foreclose on real property secured by an obligation
covered by this section using any judicial or
nonjudicial proceedings shall immediately stop any such
proceeding until the end of the covered time period.
``(c) Sale or Foreclosure.--A sale, judicial or nonjudicial
foreclosure, or seizure of property for a breach of an
obligation described in subsection (a) that is not stayed under
subsection (b) shall not be valid during a covered time period
except--
``(1) upon a court order granted before such sale,
judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure, or seizure with a
return made and approved by the court; or
``(2) if made pursuant to an agreement as provided in
section 107.
``(d) Notice Required.--
``(1) In general.--To be covered under this section,
a covered individual shall provide to the mortgagee,
trustee, or other creditor written notice that such
individual is so covered.
``(2) Manner.--Written notice under paragraph (1) may
be provided electronically.
``(3) Time.--Notice provided under paragraph (1)
shall be provided during the covered time period.
``(4) Contents.--With respect to a servicemember
described in subsection (g)(1)(A), notice shall
include--
``(A) a copy of the servicemember's official
military orders, or any notification,
certification, or verification from a
servicemember's commanding officer that
provides evidence of servicemember's
eligibility for special pay as described in
subsection (g)(1)(A); or
``(B) an official notice using a form
designed under paragraph (5).
``(5) Official forms.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense
shall design and distribute an official
Department of Defense form that can be used by
an individual to give notice under paragraph
(1).
``(B) Use of official form not required.--
Failure by any individual to use a form
designed or distributed under subparagraph (A)
to provide notice shall not make such provision
of notice invalid.
``(e) Aggregate Duration.--The aggregate duration for which a
covered individual (except a servicemember described in
subsection (g)(1)(A)) may be covered under this section is one
year.
``(f) Misdemeanor.--A person who knowingly makes or causes to
be made a sale, foreclosure, or seizure of property that is
prohibited by subsection (c), or who knowingly attempts to do
so, shall be fined as provided in title 18, United States Code,
or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Covered individual.--The term `covered
individual' means the following individuals:
``(A) A servicemember who is or was eligible
for hostile fire or imminent danger special pay
under section 310 of title 37, United States
Code, during a period of military service.
``(B) A servicemember placed on convalescent
status, including a servicemember transferred
to the temporary disability retired list under
section 1202 or 1205 of title 10, United States
Code.
``(C) A veteran who was medically discharged
and retired under chapter 61 of title 10,
United States Code, except for a veteran
described in section 1207 of such title.
``(D) A surviving spouse (as defined in
section 101(3) of title 38, United States Code,
and in accordance with section 103 of such
title) of a servicemember who died while in
military service if such spouse is the
successor in interest to property covered under
subsection (a).
``(2) Covered time period.--The term `covered time
period' means the following time periods:
``(A) With respect to a servicemember who is
or was eligible for hostile fire or imminent
danger special pay under section 310 of title
37, United States Code, during a period of
military service, during the period beginning
on the first day on which the servicemember is
or was eligible for such special pay during
such period of military service and ending on
the date that is one year after the last day of
such period of military service.
``(B) With respect to a servicemember
described in paragraph (1)(B), during the one-
year period beginning on the date on which the
servicemember is placed on convalescent status
or transferred to the temporary disability
retired list under section 1202 or 1205 of
title 10, United States Code.
``(C) With respect to a veteran described in
paragraph (1)(C), during the one-year period
beginning on the date of the retirement of such
veteran.
``(D) With respect to a surviving spouse of a
servicemember as described in paragraph (1)(D),
during the one-year period beginning on the
date on which the spouse receives notice of the
death of the servicemember.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in
section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 303 the following new
item:

``Sec. 303B. Mortgages and trust deeds of certain servicemembers,
surviving spouses, and disabled veterans.''.

(3) Conforming amendment.--Section 107 of the
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 517) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Other Individuals.--For purposes of this section, the
term `servicemember' includes any covered individual under
section 303B.''.
(b) Increased Civil Penalties for Mortgage Violations.--
Paragraph (3) of section 801(b) of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 597(b)(3)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(3) to vindicate the public interest, assess a
civil penalty--
``(A) with respect to a violation of section
207, 303, or 303B regarding real property--
``(i) in an amount not exceeding
$110,000 for a first violation; and
``(ii) in an amount not exceeding
$220,000 for any subsequent violation;
and
``(B) with respect to any other violation of
this Act--
``(i) in an amount not exceeding
$55,000 for a first violation; and
``(ii) in an amount not exceeding
$110,000 for any subsequent
violation.''.
(c) Credit Discrimination.--Section 108 of such Act (50
U.S.C. App. 518) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Application by'' and inserting
``(a) Application or Receipt.--Application by''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Eligibility.--In addition to the protections under
subsection (a), an individual who is entitled to any right or
protection provided under this Act may not be denied or refused
credit or be subject to any other action described under
paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) solely by reason
of such entitlement.''.
(d) Requirements for Lending Institutions That Are Creditors
for Obligations and Liabilities Covered by the Servicemembers
Civil Relief Act.--Section 207 of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 527) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following
new subsection (d):
``(d) Lending Institution Requirements.--
``(1) Compliance officers.--Each lending institution
subject to the requirements of this section shall
designate an employee of the institution as a
compliance officer who is responsible for ensuring the
institution's compliance with this section and for
distributing information to servicemembers whose
obligations and liabilities are covered by this
section.
``(2) Toll-free telephone number.--During any fiscal
year, a lending institution subject to the requirements
of this section that had annual assets for the
preceding fiscal year of $10,000,000,000 or more shall
maintain a toll-free telephone number and shall make
such telephone number available on the primary Internet
website of the institution.''.
(e) Pension for Certain Veterans Covered by Medicaid Plans
for Services Furnished by Nursing Facilities.--Section
5503(d)(7) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``November 30, 2016'' and inserting ``March 1, 2017''.
(f) Effective Date.--Section 303B of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act, as added by subsection (a), and the amendments made
by this section (other than the amendment made by subsection
(e)), shall take effect on the date that is one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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61. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan Grisham (NM) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 232, after line 18, insert the following:

SEC. 555. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECOGNITION OF DEPENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES WHO SERVE IN COMBAT ZONES.

(a) Establishment and Presentation of Lapel Buttons.--Chapter
57 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after section 1126 the following new section:

``Sec. 1126b. Dependent-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button: eligibility
and presentation

``(a) Design and Eligibility.--A lapel button, to be known as
the dependent-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button, shall be
designed, as approved by the Secretary of Defense, to identify
and recognize the dependent of a member of the armed forces who
is serving or has served in a combat zone for a period of more
than 30 days.
``(b) Presentation.--The Secretary concerned may authorize
the use of appropriated funds to procure dependent-of-a-combat-
veteran lapel buttons and to provide for their presentation to
eligible dependents of members.
``(c) Exception to Time-period Requirement.--The 30-day
period specified in subsection (a) does not apply if the member
is killed or wounded in the combat zone before the expiration
the period.
``(d) License to Manufacture and Sell Lapel Buttons.--Section
901(c) of title 36 shall apply with respect to the dependent-
of-a-combat-veteran lapel button authorized by this section.
``(e) Combat Zone Defined.--In this section, the term `combat
zone' has the meaning given that term in section 112(c)(2) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
``(f) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall issue such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. The
Secretary shall ensure that the regulations are uniform for
each armed force to the extent practicable.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 1126 the following new item:

``1126b. Dependent-of-a-combat-veteran lapel button: eligibility and
presentation.''.
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62. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brownley (CA) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 232, after line 18, insert the following:

SEC. 555. TRANSITION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES
FROM MILITARY TO CIVILIAN LIFE.

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) Members of the Armed Forces and their families
make great sacrifices on behalf of the United States,
and, when their active duty service is successfully
concluded, members deserve the opportunity to also make
a successful transition to the civilian labor force.
(2) When transitioning from active duty in the Armed
Forces to civilian employment, members often face
barriers that make it difficult to fully utilize the
skills and training they gained during their military
service.
(3) Members and veterans are too often required to
repeat education or training in order to receive
industry certifications and State occupational
licenses, even though their military training and
experience often overlaps with the certification or
licensing requirements.
(4) When members are transferred from military
assignment to military assignment, their spouses often
face barriers to transferring their credentials and to
securing employment in their new location.
(5) More than one million members will make the
transition to civilian life in the coming years.
(6) The Department of Defense established the
Military Credentialing and Licensing Task Force in
2012.
(7) The Joining Forces program, a national initiative
to mobilize all sectors of society to give members of
the Armed Forces and their families the opportunities
and support they have earned, will make it easier for
members and their families to transfer skills learned
while the member was serving in the Armed Forces to
civilian employment.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Federal Government and State governments
should make the transition of a member of the Armed
Forces and the member's spouse from military to
civilian life as seamless as possible by creating
opportunities for the member and spouse to earn, while
the member is in the Armed Forces, civilian
occupational credentials and licenses, with an emphasis
on well-paying industries and occupations that have a
high demand for skilled workers, including:
manufacturing, information technology, transportation
and logistics, health care, and emergency medical
services;
(2) the Federal Government should assist State
governments in translating military training and
experience into credit towards professional licensure;
and
(3) State governments should streamline approaches
for assessing the equivalency of military training and
experience, and accelerate occupational licensing
processes for members, veterans, and their spouses.
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63. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green, Gene (TX) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 243, after line 8, insert the following:

SEC. 568. INTERNET ACCESS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, AND
MARINE CORPS SERVING IN COMBAT ZONES.

(a) Provision of Internet Access Requirement.--The
Secretaries of the military departments shall ensure that
members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps who are
deployed in an area for which imminent danger pay or hazardous
duty pay is authorized under section 310 or 351 of title 37,
United States Code, have reasonable access to the Internet in
order to permit the members--
(1) to engage in video-conferencing and other
communication with their families and friends; and
(2) to enjoy the educational and recreational
capabilities of the Internet via websites approved by
the Secretary concerned.
(b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary of a military department
may waive the requirement imposed by subsection (a) for an
area, or for certain time periods in an area, if the Secretary
determines that the security environment of the area does not
reasonably allow for recreational Internet use.
(c) No Charge for Access and Use.--Internet access and use
shall be provided to members under this section without charge.
(d) Effective Date.--The requirement imposed by subsection
(a) shall take effect on January 1, 2014.
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64. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Andrews (NJ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF REQUIRING
AUTOMATIC OPERATION OF CURRENT PROHIBITION ON
ACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON DIRECT STUDENT LOANS OF
CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, after consultation with
relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to Congress a report
addressing the following:
(1) Whether application of the benefits provided
under section 455(o) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(o)) could occur automatically for
members of the Armed Forces eligible for the benefits.
(2) How the Department of Defense would implement the
automatic operation of the current prohibition on the
accrual of interest on direct student loans of certain
members, including the Federal agencies with which the
Department of Defense would coordinate.
(3) If the Secretary determines that automatic
operation is not feasible, an explanation of the
reasons for that determination.
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65. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blackburn (TN) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 568. REPORT ON THE TROOPS TO TEACHERS PROGRAM.

Not later than March 1, 2014, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
House of Representatives a report on the Troops to Teachers
program that includes each of the following:
(1) An evaluation of whether there is a need to
broaden eligibility to allow service members and
veterans without a bachelor's degree admission into the
program and whether the program can be strengthened.
(2) An evaluation of whether a pilot program should
be established to demonstrate the potential benefit of
an institutional based award for troops to teachers, as
long as any such pilot maximizes benefits to soldiers
and minimizes administrative and other overhead costs
at the participating academic institutions.
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66. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Culberson (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 255, after line 9, insert the following new section:

SEC. 589. REQUIRED GOLD CONTENT FOR MEDAL OF HONOR.

(a) Army.--
(1) Gold content.--Section 3741 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``The President'' and
inserting ``(a) Award.--The President''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Gold Content.--The metal content of the Medal of Honor
shall be 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.''.
(2) Exception for duplicate medal.--Section 3754 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``Section 3741(b) of this title
shall not apply to the issuance of a duplicate Medal of
Honor under this section.''.
(b) Navy.--
(1) Gold content.--Section 6241 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``The President'' and
inserting ``(a) Award.--The President''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Gold Content.--The metal content of the Medal of Honor
shall be 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.''.
(2) Exception for duplicate medal.--Section 6256 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``Section 6241(b) of this title
shall not apply to the issuance of a duplicate Medal of
Honor under this section.''.
(c) Air Force.--
(1) Gold content.--Section 8741 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``The President'' and
inserting ``(a) Award.--The President''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Gold Content.--The metal content of the Medal of Honor
shall be 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.''.
(2) Exception for duplicate medal.--Section 8754 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``Section 8741(b) of this title
shall not apply to the issuance of a duplicate Medal of
Honor under this section.''.
(d) Coast Guard.--
(1) Gold content.--Section 491 of title 14, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by striking ``The President'' and
inserting ``(a) Award.--The President''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Gold Content.--The metal content of the Medal of Honor
shall be 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy.''.
(2) Exception for duplicate medal.--Section 504 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the
following new sentence: ``Section 491(b) of this title
shall not apply to the issuance of a duplicate Medal of
Honor under this section.''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to Medals of Honor awarded after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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67. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bustos (IL) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle H of title V (page 255, after line 9),
insert the following new section:

SEC. 589. REPORT ON ARMY REVIEW, FINDINGS, AND ACTIONS PERTAINING TO
MEDAL OF HONOR NOMINATION OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM L.
ALBRACHT.

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a
report describing the Army's review, findings, and actions
pertaining to the Medal of Honor nomination of Captain William
L. Albracht. The report shall account for all evidence
submitted with regard to the case.
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68. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hunter (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 589. CONSIDERATION OF SILVER STAR AWARD NOMINATIONS.

The Secretary of the Army shall consider the nominations for
the Silver Star Award, as previously submitted, for retired
Master Sergeants Michael McElhiney, Ronnie Raikes, Gilbert
Magallanes, and Staff Sergeant Wesley McGirr.
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69. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Esty (CT) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. REPLACEMENT OF MILITARY DECORATIONS.

(a) Prompt Replacement Required; Annual Report.--Section 1135
of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection
(d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following
new subsections:
``(b) Prompt Replacement Required.--When a request for the
replacement of a military decoration is received under this
section or section 3747, 3751, 6253, 8747, or 8751 of this
title, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that--
``(1) all actions to be taken with respect to the
request, including verification of the service record
of the recipient of the military decoration, are
completed within one year; and
``(2) the replacement military decoration is mailed
to the person requesting the replacement military
decoration within 60 days after verification of the
service record.
``(c) Annual Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees an annual report
regarding compliance by the military departments with the
performance standards imposed by subsection (b). Each report
shall include--
``(1) for the one-year period covered by the report--
``(A) the average number of days it took to
verify the service record and entitlement of
members and former members of the armed forces
for replacement military decorations;
``(B) the average number of days between
receipt of a request and the date on which the
replacement military decoration was mailed; and
``(C) the average number of days between
verification of a service record and the date
on which the replacement military decoration
was mailed; and
``(2) an estimate of the funds necessary for the next
fiscal year to meet or exceed such performance
standards.''.
(b) 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 (as defined in
section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code) a plan to
implement the amendments made by subsection (a), including an
estimate of the funds necessary for fiscal year 2015 to meet or
exceed the performance standards imposed by such amendments.
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70. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kind (WI) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 589. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO FIRST
LIEUTENANT ALONZO H. CUSHING FOR ACTS OF VALOR
DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

(a) Authorization.--Subject to subsection (c),
notwithstanding the time limitations specified in section 3744
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 and
requested to award the Medal of Honor under section 3741 of
such title to then First Lieutenant Alonzo H. Cushing for
conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of
life and beyond the call of duty in the Civil War, as described
in subsection (b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to
in subsection (a) are the actions of then First Lieutenant
Alonzo H. Cushing while in command of Battery A, 4th United
States Artillery, Army of the Potomac, at Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War.
(c) Report Submission.--Subsection (a) shall take effect upon
receipt by the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
House of Representatives of the report, as required in House
Report 112-705, providing information on the process and
materials used by review boards for the consideration of Medal
of Honor recommendations for acts of heroism that occurred
during the Civil War.
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71. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKinley (WV) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 273, after line 10, insert the following:

SEC. 595. ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF CERTAIN RESERVE DUTY.

The Secretary of Defense shall establish an electronic means
by which members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces can
track their operational active-duty service performed after
January 28, 2008, under section 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g),
12302, or 12304 of title 10, United States Code. The tour
calculator shall specify early retirement credit authorized for
each qualifying tour of active duty, as well as cumulative
early reserve retirement credit authorized to date under
section 12731(f) of such title.
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72. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kirkpatrick (AZ) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 273, after line 10, insert the following:

SEC. 595. PROVISION OF SERVICE RECORDS.

(a) In General.--In accordance with subsection (b), the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, shall make the covered records of each member
of the Armed Forces available to the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs in an electronic format.
(b) Timeline.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the
covered records of members are made available to the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs as follows:
(1) With respect to a member of the Armed Forces who
was discharged or released from the Armed Forces during
the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending
on the day before the date of the enactment of this
Act, not later than 120 days after the date of such
discharge or release.
(2) With respect to a member of the Armed Forces who
is discharged or released from the Armed Forces on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act, not later
than 90 days after the date of such discharge or
release.
(c) Certification.--For each member of the Armed Forces whose
covered records are made available under subsection (a), the
Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs a letter certifying that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense thoroughly reviewed the
records of the member;
(2) the information provided in the covered records
of such member is complete as of the date of the
letter;
(3) no other information that should be included in
such covered records exist as of such date; and
(4) if other information is later discovered--
(A) such other information will be added to
such covered records; and
(B) the Secretary of Defense will notify the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs of such addition.
(d) Sharing of Protected Health Information.--For purposes of
the regulations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C.
1320d-2 note), making medical records available to the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs under subsection (a) shall be
treated as a permitted disclosure.
(e) Currently Available Records.--The Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall
ensure that the covered records of members of the Armed Forces
that are available to the Secretary as of the date of the
enactment of this Act are made electronically accessible and
available in real-time to the Veterans Benefits Administration.
(f) Covered Records Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered records'' means, with respect to a member of the
Armed Forces--
(1) service treatment records;
(2) accompanying personal records;
(3) relevant unit records; and
(4) medical records created by reason of treatment or
services received pursuant to chapter 55 of title 10,
United States Code.
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73. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Swalwell (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 273, after line 10, insert the following:

SEC. 595. GIFTS MADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MILITARY MUSICAL UNITS.

Section 974 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Performances Funded by Private Donation.--
Notwithstanding section 2601(c) of this title, any gift made to
the Secretary of Defense under section 2601 on the condition
that such gift be used for the benefit of a military musical
unit shall be credited to the appropriation or account
providing the funds for such military musical unit. Any amount
so credited shall be merged with amounts in the appropriation
or account to which credited, and shall be available for the
same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and
limitations, as amounts in such appropriation or account.''.
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74. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bishop (NY) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE RECOVERY OF THE REMAINS OF
CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES KILLED IN
THURSTON ISLAND, ANTARCTICA.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Commencing August 26, 1946, though late February
1947 the United States Navy Antarctic Developments
Program Task Force 68, codenamed ``Operation Highjump''
initiated and undertook the largest ever-to-this-date
exploration of the Antarctic continent.
(2) The primary mission of the Task Force 68
organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd Jr. USN,
(Ret) and led by Rear Admiral Richard H. Cruzen, USN,
was to do the following:
(A) Establish the Antarctic research base
Little America IV.
(B) In the defense of the United States of
America from possible hostile aggression from
abroad--to train personnel test equipment,
develop techniques for establishing,
maintaining and utilizing air bases on ice,
with applicability comparable to interior
Greenland, where conditions are similar to
those of the Antarctic.
(C) Map and photograph a full two-thirds of
the Antarctic Continent during the classified,
hazardous duty/volunteer-only operation
involving 4700 sailors, 23 aircraft and 13
ships including the first submarine the U.S.S.
Sennet, and the aircraft carrier the U.S.S.
Philippine Sea, brought to the edge of the ice
pack to launch (6) Navy ski-equipped, rocket-
assisted R4Ds.
(D) Consolidate and extend United States
sovereignty over the largest practicable area
of the Antarctic continent.
(E) Determine the feasibility of
establishing, maintaining and utilizing bases
in the Antarctic and investigating possible
base sites.
(3) While on a hazardous duty/all volunteer mission
vital to the interests of National Security and while
over the eastern Antarctica coastline known as the
Phantom Coast, the PBM-5 Martin Mariner ``Flying Boat''
``George 1'' entered a whiteout over Thurston Island.
As the pilot attempted to climb, the aircraft grazed
the glacier's ridgeline and exploded within 5 seconds
instantly killing Ensign Maxwell Lopez, Navigator and
Wendell ``Bud'' Hendersin, Aviation Machinists Mate 1st
Class while Frederick Williams, Aviation Radioman 1st
Class died several hours later. Six other crewmen
survived including the Captain of the ``George 1's''
seaplane tender U.S.S. Pine Island.
(4) The bodies of the dead were protected from the
desecration of Antarctic scavenging birds (Skuas) by
the surviving crew wrapping the bodies and temporarily
burying the men under the starboard wing engine
nacelle.
(5) Rescue requirements of the ``George-1'' survivors
forced the abandonment of their crewmates' bodies.
(6) Conditions prior to the departure of Task Force
68 precluded a return to the area to the recover the
bodies.
(7) For nearly 60 years Navy promised the families
that they would recover the men: ``If the safety,
logistical, and operational prerequisites allow a
mission in the future, every effort will be made to
bring our sailors home.''.
(8) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command twice
offered to recover the bodies of this crew for Navy.
(9) A 2004 NASA ground penetrating radar overflight
commissioned by Navy relocated the crash site three
miles from its crash position.
(10) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command offered to
underwrite the cost of an aerial ground penetrating
radar (GPR) survey of the crash site area by NASA.
(11) The Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command studied the
recovery with the recognized recovery authorities and
national scientists and determined that the recovery is
only ``medium risk''.
(12) National Science Foundation and scientists from
the University of Texas, Austin, regularly visit the
island.
(13) The crash site is classified as a ``perishable
site'', meaning a glacier that will calve into the
Bellingshausen Sea.
(14) The National Science Foundation maintains a
presence in area--of the Pine Island Glacier.
(15) The National Science Foundation Director of
Polar Operations will assist and provide assets for the
recovery upon the request of Congress.
(16) The United States Coast Guard is presently
pursuing the recovery of 3 WWII air crewmen from
similar circumstances in Greenland.
(17) On Memorial Day, May 25, 2009, President Barack
Obama declared: ``. . . the support of our veterans is
a sacred trust . . . we need to serve them as they have
served us . . . that means bringing home all our POWs
and MIAs. . .''.
(18) The policies and laws of the United States of
America require that our armed service personnel be
repatriated.
(19) The fullest possible accounting of United States
fallen military personnel means repatriating living
American POWs and MIAs, accounting for, identifying,
and recovering the remains of military personnel who
were killed in the line of duty, or providing
convincing evidence as to why such a repatriation,
accounting, identification, or recovery is not
possible.
(20) It is the responsibility of the Federal
Government to return to the United States for proper
burial and respect all members of the Armed Forces
killed in the line of duty who lie in lost graves.
(b) Sense of Congress.--In light of the findings under
subsection (a), Congress--
(1) reaffirms its support for the recovery and return
to the United States, the remains and bodies of all
members of the Armed Forces killed in the line of duty,
and for the efforts by the Joint POW-MIA Accounting
Command to recover the remains of members of the Armed
Forces from all wars, conflicts and missions;
(2) recognizes the courage and sacrifice of all
members of the Armed Forces who participated in
Operation Highjump and all missions vital to the
national security of the United States of America;
(3) acknowledges the dedicated research and efforts
by the US Geological Survey, the National Science
Foundation, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, the
Fallen American Veterans Foundation and all persons and
organizations to identify, locate, and advocate for,
from their temporary Antarctic grave, the recovery of
the well-preserved frozen bodies of Ensign Maxwell
Lopez, Naval Aviator, Frederick Williams, Aviation
Machinist's Mate 1ST Class, Wendell Hendersin, Aviation
Radioman 1ST Class of the ``George 1'' explosion and
crash; and
(4) encourages the Department of Defense to review
the facts, research and to pursue new efforts to
undertake all feasible efforts to recover, identify,
and return the well-preserved frozen bodies of the
``George 1'' crew from Antarctica's Thurston Island.
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75. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Terry (NE) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. MILITARY SALUTE DURING RECITATION OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES NOT IN UNIFORM AND BY
VETERANS.

Section 4 of title 4, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Members of the
Armed Forces not in uniform and veterans may render the
military salute in the manner provided for persons in
uniform.''.
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76. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schakowsky (IL) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. EXCHANGE STORE SYSTEM PARTICIPATION IN THE ACCORD ON FIRE AND
BUILDING SAFETY IN BANGLADESH.

(a) Special Procurement Guidance for Garments Manufactured in
Bangladesh.--The senior official of the Department of Defense
designated pursuant to section 2481(c) to oversee the defense
commissary system and the exchange store system shall require,
consistent with applicable international agreements, that the
exchange store system--
(1) for the purchase of garments manufactured in
Bangladesh for the private label brands of the exchange
store system, becomes a signatory of or otherwise
complies with applicable requirements set forth in the
Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh;
(2) for the purchase of licensed apparel manufactured
in Bangladesh, gives a preference to licensees that are
signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety
in Bangladesh; and
(3) for the purchase of garments manufactured in
Bangladesh from retail suppliers, gives a preference to
retail suppliers that are signatories to the Accord on
Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh.
(b) Notice of Exceptions.--If any garments manufactured in
Bangladesh are purchased from suppliers that are not
signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in
Bangladesh, the Department of Defense official referred to in
subsection (a) shall notify Congress of the purchase and the
reasons therefor.
(c) Effective Date.--The requirements imposed by this section
shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act or as soon after that date as the Secretary of Defense
determines to be practicable so as to avoid disruption in
garment supplies for the exchange store system.
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77. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thompson (PA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 299, after the matter following line 23, insert the
following:

SEC. 703. EXTENSION OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

(a) Telemedicine.--In carrying out the Transitional
Assistance Management Program, the Secretary of Defense shall
extend the coverage of such program to individuals by an
additional 180 days for treatment provided through
telemedicine.
(b) Mental Health Care and Behavioral Services.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall extend the
coverage of the Transitional Assistance Management
Program for covered treatment to covered individuals
for a period determined necessary by a health care
professional treating the covered individual.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) The term ``covered individual'' means an
individual who--
(i) during the initial 180-day period
of being enrolled in the Transitional
Assistance Management Program, received
any mental health care treatment or
covered treatment; or
(ii) during the one-year period
preceding separation or discharge from
the Armed Forces, received any mental
health care treatment.
(B) The term ``covered treatment'' means
behavioral services provided through
telemedicine.
(3) Sunset.--The authority of the Secretary to carry
out paragraph (1) shall terminate on December 31, 2018,
if the Secretary determines that by that date the
suicide rates for both members of the Armed Forces
serving on active duty and for members of a reserve
component are 50 percent less than such rates as of
December 31, 2012.
(c) Telemedicine Defined.--In this section, the term
``telemedicine'' means the use by a health care provider of
telecommunications to assist in the diagnosis or treatment of a
patient's medical condition, including for behavioral services.
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78. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Guthrie (KY) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 299, after the matter following line 23, insert the
following:

SEC. 703. COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ON IMPROVEMENTS TO CARE AND TRANSITION
OF SERVICE MEMBERS WITH UROTRAUMA.

(a) Comprehensive Policy Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2014, the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs shall jointly develop and implement a
comprehensive policy on improvements to the care,
management, and transition of recovering service
members with urotrauma.
(2) Scope of policy.--The policy shall cover each of
the following:
(A) The care and management of the specific
needs of service members who are urotrauma
patients, including eligibility for the
Recovery Care Coordinator Program pursuant to
the Wounded Warrior Act (10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
(B) The return of service members who have
recovered to active duty when appropriate.
(C) The transition of recovering service
members from receipt of care and services
through the Department of Defense to receipt of
care and services through the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
(3) Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall develop the policy
in consultation with the heads of other appropriate
departments and agencies of the Federal Government,
with representatives of military service organizations
representing the interests of service members who are
urotrauma patients and with appropriate nongovernmental
organizations having an expertise in matters relating
to the policy.
(b) Report.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to Congress a report that
includes a review identifying and options for responding to
gaps in the care of service members who are urotrauma patients.
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79. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallego (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, line 7, strike ``and'' after the semicolon.

Page 308, line 11, strike the period and insert ``; and''.

Page 308, after line 11, insert the following:

(3) determine the effectiveness of the efforts of the
Department of Defense in reducing suicide rates of
members of the Armed Forces.
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80. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Terry (NE) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 306, after line 10, insert the following new subsection:

(f) Additional 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 methods, as of the date of the report, employed by the
military departments to collect charges from third-party payers
incurred at military medical treatment facilities, including
specific data with respect to the dollar amount of third-party
collections that resulted from each method currently being used
throughout the military departments. The Secretary shall take
into account the results of such report in evaluating the
results of the pilot program under subsection (a)(1).
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81. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Holt (NJ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 726. DATA SHARING WITH STATE ADJUTANT GENERALS TO FACILITATE
SUICIDE PREVENTION EFFORTS.

Upon the request of any adjutant general of a State, the
Secretary of Defense shall share the contact information of
members of the Individual Ready Reserve and individual
mobilization augmentees who reside in the State of such
adjutant general for the purpose of conducting suicide
prevention outreach efforts.
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82. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kuster (NH) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 726. REPORT ON ROLE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS IN
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services and Veterans' Affairs of the House
of Representatives and the Committees on Armed Services and
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate a report on the centers of
excellence established under sections 1621, 1622, and 1623 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
(Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note). Such report shall
include each of the following:
(1) The amount of resources that have been obligated
by Department of Veterans Affairs in support of each of
the centers since the dates on which they were
established, including the amount of personnel, time,
money, and function provided in support of the centers.
(2) An estimate of the amount of resources the
Secretary expects the Department to dedicate to each of
the centers during each of fiscal years 2014 through
2018.
(3) A description of the role of the Department
within each of the centers.
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83. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thompson (PA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 726. PRELIMINARY MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.

Before any individual enlists in the Armed Forces or is
commissioned as an officer in the Armed Forces, the Secretary
of Defense shall provide the individual with a mental health
assessment. The Secretary shall use such results as a baseline
for any subsequent mental health examinations, including such
examinations provided under sections 1074f and 1074m of title
10, United States Code, and section 1074n of such title, as
added by section 702.
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84. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee (TX) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, after line 21, add the following new section:

SEC. 726. INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH NIH TO COMBAT TRIPLE NEGATIVE
BREAST CANCER.

The Office of Health of the Department of Defense shall work
in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health to--
(1) identify specific genetic and molecular targets
and biomarkers for triple negative breast cancer; and
(2) provide information useful in biomarker
selection, drug discovery, and clinical trials design
that will enable both--
(A) triple negative breast cancer patients to
be identified earlier in the progression of
their disease; and
(B) the development of multiple targeted
therapies for the disease.
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85. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee (TX) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 726. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS FOR MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense should develop a plan to
ensure a sustainable flow of qualified counselors to
meet the long-term needs of members of the Armed Forces
and their families for counselors; and
(2) the plan should include the participation of
accredited schools and universities, health care
providers, professional counselors, family service or
support centers, chaplains, and other appropriate
resources of the Department of Defense.
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86. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pascrell (NJ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, after line 21, insert the following new section:

SEC. 726. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PLAN.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) section 739(b) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-
239; 126 Stat. 1822) requires the Secretary of Defense
to submit a plan to Congress to improve the
coordination and integration of the programs of the
Department of Defense that address traumatic brain
injury and the psychological health of members of the
Armed Forces not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of such Act;
(2) the requirement to submit the plan is still in
effect and the contents of the plan are still
important; and
(3) the Secretary of Defense should deliver the
report within the required time frame.
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87. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pascrell (NJ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 726. REPORT ON MEMORANDUM REGARDING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES.

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 how the Secretary
will identify, refer, and treat traumatic brain injuries with
respect to members of the Armed Forces who served in Operation
Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom before the date in
June 2010 on which the memorandum regarding using a 50-meter
distance from an explosion as a criterion to properly identify,
refer, and treat members for potential traumatic brain injury
took effect.
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88. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sessions (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 726. PILOT PROGRAM FOR INVESTIGATIONAL TREATMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND POST-
TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.

(a) Process.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a
five-year pilot program under which the Secretary shall
establish a process through which the Secretary shall provide
payment for investigational treatments (including diagnostic
testing) of traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress
disorder received by members of the Armed Forces in health care
facilities other than military treatment facilities. Such
process shall provide that payment be made directly to the
health care facility furnishing the treatment.
(b) Conditions for Approval.--The approval by the Secretary
for payment for a treatment pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
subject to the following conditions:
(1) Any drug or device used in the treatment must be
approved or cleared by the Food and Drug Administration
for any purpose and its use must comply with rules of
the Food and Drug Administration applicable to
investigational new drugs or investigational devices.
(2) The treatment must be approved by the Secretary
following approval by an institutional review board
operating in accordance with regulations issued by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(3) The patient receiving the treatment must
demonstrate an improvement under criteria approved by
the Secretary, as a result of the treatment on one or
more of the following:
(A) Standardized independent pre-treatment
and post-treatment neuropsychological testing.
(B) Accepted survey instruments including,
such instruments that look at quality of life.
(C) Neurological imaging.
(D) Clinical examination.
(4) The patient receiving the treatment must be
receiving the treatment voluntarily and based on
informed consent.
(5) The patient receiving the treatment may not be a
retired member of the Armed Forces who is entitled to
benefits under part A, or eligible to enroll under part
B, of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
(c) Additional Restrictions Authorized.--The Secretary may
establish additional restrictions or conditions for
reimbursement as the Secretary determines appropriate to ensure
the protection of human research subjects, appropriate fiscal
management, and the validity of the research results.
(d) Authority.--The Secretary shall make payments under this
section for treatments received by members of the Armed Forces
using the authority in subsection (c)(1) of section 1074 of
title 10, United States Code.
(e) Amount.--A payment under this section shall be made at
the equivalent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
reimbursement rate in effect for appropriate treatment codes
for the State or territory in which the treatment is received.
If no such rate is in effect, payment shall be made on a cost-
reimbursement basis, as determined by the Secretary, in
consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(f) Data Collection and Availability.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall develop and
maintain a database containing data from each patient
case involving the use of a treatment under this
section. The Secretary shall ensure that the database
preserves confidentiality and that any use of the
database or disclosures of such data are limited to
such use and disclosures permitted by law and
applicable regulations.
(2) Publication of qualified institutional review
board studies.--The Secretary shall ensure that an
Internet website of the Department of Defense includes
a list of all civilian institutional review board
studies that have received a payment under this
section.
(g) Assistance for Members to Obtain Treatment.--
(1) Assignment to temporary duty.--The Secretary of a
military department may assign a member of the Armed
Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to
temporary duty or allow the member a permissive
temporary duty in order to permit the member to receive
treatment for traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic
stress disorder, for which payments shall be made under
subsection (a), at a location beyond reasonable
commuting distance of the permanent duty station of the
member.
(2) Per diem.--A member who is away from the
permanent station of the member may be paid a per diem
in lieu of subsistence in an amount not more than the
amount to which the member would be entitled if the
member were performing travel in connection with a
temporary duty assignment.
(3) Gift rule waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may
waive any rule of the Department of Defense regarding
ethics or the receipt of gifts with respect to any
assistance provided to a member of the Armed Forces for
travel or per diem expenses incidental to receiving
treatment under this section.
(h) Memoranda of Understanding.--The Secretary shall enter
into memoranda of understandings with civilian institutions for
the purpose of providing members of the Armed Forces with
treatment carried out by civilian health care practitioners
under treatment--
(1) approved by and under the oversight of civilian
institutional review boards; and
(2) that would qualify for payment under this
section.
(i) Outreach.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
process to notify members of the Armed Forces of the
opportunity to receive treatment pursuant to this section.
(j) Report to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the
last day of each fiscal year during which the Secretary is
authorized to make payments under this section, the Secretary
shall submit to Congress an annual report on the implementation
of this section and any available results on investigational
treatment studies authorized under this section.
(k) Termination.--The authority to make a payment under this
section shall terminate on the date that is five years after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(l) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each
fiscal year during which the Secretary is authorized to make
payments under this section.
(m) Funding Increase and Offsetting Reduction.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the amounts set
forth in the funding tables in division D, to carry out
this section during fiscal year 2014--
(A) the amount authorized to be appropriated
in section 1406 for the Defense Health Program,
as specified in the corresponding funding table
in division D, is hereby increased by
$10,000,000, with the amount of the increase
allocated to the Defense Health Program, as set
forth in the table under section 4501, to carry
out this section; and
(B) the amount authorized to be appropriated
in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance,
Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in division D, is hereby reduced
by $10,000,000, with the amount of the
reduction to be derived from Line 280, Office
of the Secretary of Defense as set forth in the
table under section 4301.
(2) Merit-based or competitive decisions.--A decision
to commit, obligate, or expend funds referred to in
paragraph (1)(A) with or to a specific entity shall--
(A) be based on merit-based selection
procedures in accordance with the requirements
of sections 2304(k), 2361, and 2374 of title
10, United States Code, or on competitive
procedures; and
(B) comply with other applicable provisions
of law.
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89. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKeon (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 726. INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF
DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) despite repeated attempts at cooperation over the
past 20 years, the Department of Defense and the
Department of Veterans Affairs have failed to implement
a solution that allows for seamless electronic sharing
of medical health care data;
(2) the recent decision by the Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to abandon their
earlier agreement and pursue separate paths to
integration jeopardizes the stated goal of providing
``a patient-centered health care system that delivers
excellent quality, access, satisfaction, and value,
consistently across the Departments'';
(3) despite the repeated concerns and objections of
the congressional committees of jurisdiction, the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans
Affairs seem to be on a continued path to fail in
achieving the goal of creating a seamless health record
that integrates data across the Departments; and
(4) the President should make the necessary
leadership changes to assure timely completion of this
requirement.
(b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall--
(1) implement an integrated electronic health record
to be used by each of the Secretaries; and
(2) deploy such record by not later than October 1,
2016.
(c) Design Principles.--The integrated electronic health
record established under subsection (b) shall adhere to the
following principles:
(1) To the extent practicable, efforts to establish
such record shall be based on objectives, activities,
and milestones established by the Joint Executive
Committee Joint Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2013-2015,
including any requirements, definition, documents, or
analyses previously developed to satisfy said Joint
Strategic Plan.
(2) Principles with respect to open architecture
standards, including--
(A) modular designs based on standards with
loose coupling and high cohesion that allow for
independent acquisition of system components;
(B) if existing national standards do not
exist as of the date on which the record is
being established, the Secretaries shall agree
upon and adopt a standard for purposes of the
record until such time as national standards
are established;
(C) enterprise investment strategies that
maximize reuse of proven system designs;
(D) implementation of aggressive life-cycle
sustainment planning that uses proven
technology insertion strategies and product
upgrade techniques;
(E) enforcement of system design
transparency, continuous design disclosure and
improvement, and peer reviews that include
government, academia, and industry; and
(F) strategies for data-use rights to ensure
a level competitive playing field and access to
alternative solutions and sources across the
life-cycle of the program.
(3) By the point of full deployment decision, such
record must be at a generation 3 level or better for a
health information technology system.
(d) Program Plan.--Not later than January 31, 2014, the
Secretaries shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a program plan for the oversight and
execution of the integrated electronic health record program
established under this section. This plan shall include--
(1) program objectives;
(2) organization;
(3) responsibilities of the Departments;
(4) technical system requirements;
(5) milestones, including a schedule for industry
competitions for capabilities needed to satisfy the
technical system requirements;
(6) technical system standards being adopted by the
program;
(7) outcome-based metrics proposed to measure the
performance and effectiveness of the program; and
(8) level of funding for fiscal years 2014 through
2017.
(e) Assessment.--
(1) In general.--The Secretaries shall jointly
commission an independent assessment of the program
plan under subsection (d).
(2) Submission.--Not later than 60 days after the
date on which the program plan under subsection (d) is
submitted to the appropriate congressional committees,
the Secretaries shall jointly submit to such committees
the independent assessment conducted under paragraph
(1).
(f) Limitation of Funds.--Not more than 25 percent of the
amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise
made available for development , modernization, or enhancement
of the integrated electronic health record within the
Department of Veterans Affairs or for operation and maintenance
for the Defense Health Agency of the Department of Defense may
be obligated or expended until the date on which the program
plan under subsection (d) is submitted to the appropriate
congressional committees.
(g) Monthly Reporting.--On a monthly basis, the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans affairs shall each submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
expenditures incurred by the Secretary in the development of an
integrated electronic health record under this section. Such
reports shall include obligations by major categories of
spending and by support of milestones identified in the program
plan required under subsection (d).
(h) Requirements.--
(1) In general.--Not later than October 1, 2014, all
health care information contained in the Department of
Defense AHLTA and the Department of Veterans Affairs
VistA systems shall be available and actionable in
real-time to health care providers in each Department
through shared technology.
(2) Certification.--At such time as the operational
capability described in paragraph (1) is achieved, the
Secretaries shall jointly certify to the appropriate
congressional committees that the Secretaries have
implemented such operational capability.
(3) Limitation of funds.--Neither the Secretary of
Defense or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may
obligate or expend more than 10 percent of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise
made available for the research, development, test, and
evaluation, or procurement for the Virtual Lifetime
Electronic Record until the date on which the
certification is made under paragraph (2).
(4) Responsible official.--The Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall each
identify a senior official to be responsible for the
electronic health record established under this
section, including the operational capability described
in paragraph (1). Such official shall have included
within their performance evaluation performance metrics
related to the execution of the responsibilities under
this paragraph. Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees the
name of the senior official selected under this
paragraph.
(5) Accountability review.--If the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs fail to
meet the requirements under paragraph (1), the
Secretaries shall jointly conduct an accountability
review to identify the following:
(A) The root cause of the failure and if the
failure is a result of technology or human
performance.
(B) The work sections responsible for the
failure.
(C) The milestones and resource investment
required to achieve such requirements.
(D) The recommendations for corrective
actions, to include personnel actions, to
achieve such requirements.
(6) Submission of accountability review.--If the
Secretaries conduct a review under paragraph (5), the
Secretaries shall jointly submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report of the results of the
review by not later than November 30, 2014.
(i) Advisory Panel.--
(1) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries
shall jointly establish an advisory panel to support
the development and validation of requirements,
programmatic assessment, and other actions, as needed
by the Secretaries, with respect to the integrated
electronic health record established under subsection
(b). The panel shall certify to the appropriate
congressional committees that such record meets the
definition of ``integrated'' as specified in subsection
(j)(4).
(2) Membership.--The panel established under
paragraph (1) shall consist of not more than 14
members, appointed by the Secretaries as follows:
(A) Two co-chairs, one appointed by each of
the Secretaries.
(B) The chief information officer of the
Department of Defense and the chief information
officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(C) One member from the acquisition community
of the Department of Defense and one member
from such community of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
(D) Two members from the academic community
appointed by the Secretary of Defense.
(E) Two members from the academic community
appointed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(F) Two members from industry appointed by
the Secretary of Defense.
(G) Two members from industry appointed by
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(3) Reporting.--The Advisory panel established under
paragraph (1) shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a quarterly report on the
activities of the panel. The panel shall submit the
first report by not later than December 31, 2013.
(j) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``actionable'' means information that is
directly useful to customers for immediate use in
clinical decision making.
(2) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
(B) the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of
the Senate and the House of Representatives.
(3) The term ``generation 3'' means, with respect to
an electronic health systems, a system that has the
technical capability to bring evidence-based medicine
to the point of care and provide functionality for
multiple care venues.
(4) The term ``integrated'' means one single core
technology or an inherent cross-platform capability
without the need for additional patch development to
accomplish this capability.
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90. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wilson, Joe (SC) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 308, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 726. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON RECOVERY AUDIT PROGRAM FOR
TRICARE.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that
evaluates the similarities and differences in the approaches to
identifying and recovering improper payments across Medicare
and TRICARE. The report shall contain an evaluation of the
following:
(1) Medicare and TRICARE claims processing efforts to
prevent improper payments by denying claims prior to
payment.
(2) Medicare and TRICARE claims processing efforts to
correct improper payments post-payment.
(3) The effectiveness of Medicare and TRICARE post-
payment audit programs in place to identify and correct
improper payments that are returned to the government
plans.
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91. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sarbanes (MD) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 833. REVISION OF DEFENSE SUPPLEMENT TO THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION
REGULATION TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOURCING LAWS.

Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal
Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to implement the
requirements imposed by sections 129, 129a, 2330a, 2461, and
2463 of title 10, United States Code.
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92. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rigell (VA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 833. PROHIBITION ON PURCHASE OF MILITARY COINS NOT MADE IN UNITED
STATES.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be used to purchase military coins that are not produced in
the United States.
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93. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tsongas (MA) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 833. COMPLIANCE WITH DOMESTIC SOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOTWEAR
FURNISHED TO ENLISTED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
UPON THEIR INITIAL ENTRY INTO THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Requirement.--Section 418 of title 37, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(d)(1) In the case of athletic footwear needed by members
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps upon their
initial entry into the armed forces, the Secretary of Defense
shall furnish such footwear directly to the members instead of
providing a cash allowance to the members for the purchase of
such footwear.
``(2) In procuring athletic footwear to comply with paragraph
(1), the Secretary of Defense shall comply with the
requirements of section 2533a of title 10, without regard to
the applicability of any simplified acquisition threshold under
chapter 137 of title 10 (or any other provision of law).--
``(3) This subsection does not prohibit the provision of a
cash allowance to a member described in paragraph (1) for the
purchase of athletic footwear if such footwear--
``(A) is medically required to meet unique
physiological needs of the member; and
``(B) cannot be met with athletic footwear that
complies with the requirements of this subsection.''.
(b) Certification.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall not take effect until the Secretary of Defense certifies
that there are at least two sources that can provide athletic
footwear to the Department of Defense that is 100 percent
compliant with section 2533a of title 10, United States Code.
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94. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzpatrick (PA) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 335, after line 12, insert the following:

SEC. 833. STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF CONTRACTING WITH VETERAN-OWNED SMALL
BUSINESSES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall issue a report that
includes--
(1) a description of the impacts of Department of
Defense contracting with small business concerns owned
and controlled by veterans and small business concerns
owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans on
veteran entrepreneurship and veteran unemployment;
(2) a description of the effect that increased
economic opportunity for veterans has on issues such as
veteran suicide and veteran homelessness; and
(3) an analysis of the feasibility and expected
impacts of the implementation within the Department of
Defense of a contracting program modeled on the program
authorized under section 8127 of title 38, United
States Code.
(b) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``veteran'' has the meaning given the
term under section 101(2) of title 38, United States
Code; and
(2) the terms ``small business concern owned and
controlled by veterans'' and ``small business concern
owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans''
have the meanings given such terms under section 3 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
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95. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee (TX) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 335, after line 12, insert the following:

SEC. 833. IMPROVED MANAGEMENT OF DEFENSE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES THROUGH
AUTOMATED INFORMATION AND DATA CAPTURE
TECHNOLOGIES.

The Secretary of Defense shall improve the management of
defense equipment and supplies throughout their life cycles by
adopting and implementing Item Unique Identification (IUID),
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), biometrics, and other
automated information and data capture (AIDC) technologies for
the tracking, management, and accountability for assets
deployed across the Department of Defense.
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96. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young (AK) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 9__. REPORT ON STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF UNITED STATES MILITARY
INSTALLATION OF THE U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
strategic value of each major installation that supports
operations in the United States Pacific Command.
(b) Content of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall include, at a minimum, an assessment of the following
with respect to each major installation covered by the report:
(1) The strategic value of the operations of the
installation in the Pacific Command Area of
Responsibility, including the strategic value of the
installation for the global deployment of airpower,
military personnel, and logistical support.
(2) The usefulness of the installation for potential
future missions, including military, search and rescue,
and humanitarian missions in a changing Pacific and
Arctic region.
(3) The suitability of the installation for basing of
F-35 aircraft and other future weapons systems in the
Pacific Command Area of Responsibility.
(4) The suitability of the installation for mission
growth, including relocation of combat-coded aircraft,
Army units, naval vessels, and Marine Corps units from
overseas bases.
(5) How critical the installation is in maintaining
and expanding the North and Southern Pacific air
refueling bridge.
(6) The availability of the installation for basing
remotely piloted aircraft.
(7) The proximity of the installation to scoreable,
instrumented training ranges, with an emphasis on
joint-training.
(8) The impact of urban encroachment on the
installation and its training ranges.
(c) Classified Annex.--The report required by subsection (a)
may include a classified annex if necessary to fully describe
the matters required by subsection (b).
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97. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young (AK) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 9__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON POTENTIAL RELOCATION OF FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TENANTS ON ASIA-PACIFIC AND ARCTIC-
ORIENTED UNITED STATES MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 1, 2014, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report containing the
results of a review of the potential for--
(1) effectively consolidating underused facilities on
military installations; or
(2) vacating costly leased space by relocating
Federal Government agency tenants, activities,
missions, and personnel onto such installations.
(b) Specific Consideration of Asia-Pacific and Arctic-
oriented Installations.--As a result of the Federal
Government's decision to emphasize Asia-Pacific security issues
and changes in the Arctic environment, the Comptroller General
shall specifically evaluate potential consolidation of Federal
tenants on Asia-Pacific and Arctic-oriented installations,
focusing on Federal entities with homeland security, defense,
international trade, commerce, and other national security-
related functions that are compatible with the missions of the
military installations.
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98. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cardenas (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 360, after line 8, insert the following new paragraph:

(3) An assessment of the mechanisms for improving
recruitment, retention, and management of cyber
operations forces, including through focused
recruiting; educational, training, or certification
scholarships; bonuses; or the use of short-term or
virtual deployments without the need for permanent
relocation.
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99. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cardenas (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 363, line 10, insert after ``investigation'' the
following: ``, an estimate of the economic losses from the
intrusion, and any additional actions needed to improve the
protection of intellectual property''.

Page 363, line 24, insert after ``compromised,'' the
following: ``an estimate of the economic losses from the
intrusion,''.
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100. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruiz (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 365, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. 936. SMALL BUSINESS CYBERSECURITY SOLUTIONS OFFICE.

(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit a
report to the Congress on the feasibility of establishing a
small business cyber technology office to assist small business
concerns in providing cybersecurity solutions to the Federal
Government.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``small business
concern'' has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the
Small Business Act.
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101. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cardenas (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 365, after line 22, insert the following new section:

SEC. 936. SMALL BUSINESS CYBER EDUCATION.

The Secretary of Defense shall establish an outreach and
education program to assist small businesses (as defined in
section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) contracted
by the Department of Defense to assist such businesses to--
(1) understand the gravity and scope of cyber
threats;
(2) develop a plan to protect intellectual property;
and
(3) develop a plan to protect the networks of such
businesses.
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102. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeSantis (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. __. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR COLLABORATIVE
CYBERSECURITY ACTIVITIES WITH CHINA.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be used for collaborative cybersecurity activities with the
People's Republic of China or any entity owned or controlled by
China, including cybersecurity war games, cybersecurity working
groups, the exchange of classified cybersecurity technologies
or methods, and the exchange of procedures for investigating
cyber intrusions.
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103. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin (RI) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 385, after line 2, insert the following:

SEC. 1035. REPORT COMPARING COSTS OF DDG 1000 AND DDG 51 FLIGHT III
SHIPS.

Not later than March 15, 2014, the Secretary of the Navy
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
providing an updated comparison of the costs and risks of
acquiring DDG 1000 and DDG 51 Flight III vessels equipped for
enhanced ballistic missile defense capability. The report shall
include each of the following:
(1) An updated estimate of the total cost to develop,
procure, operate, and support ballistic missile defense
capable DDG 1000 destroyers equipped with the air and
missile defense radar that would be procured in
addition to the three prior-year-funded DDG 1000 class
ships, and in lieu of Flight III DDG-51 destroyers.
(2) The estimate of the Secretary of the total cost
of the current plan to develop, procure, operate, and
support Flight III DDG 51 destroyers.
(3) Details on the assumed ballistic missile defense
requirements and construction schedules for both the
DDG 1000 and DDG 51 Flight III destroyers referred to
in paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
(4) An updated comparison of the program risks and
the resulting ship capabilities in all dimensions (not
just ballistic missile defense) of the options referred
to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(5) Any other information the Secretary determines
appropriate.
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104. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Conyers (MI) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 401, line 23, add at the end before the period the
following: ``for purposes of interpreting the scope of section
2 of the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law
107-40; 115 Stat. 224; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note)''.
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105. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ross (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 405, after line 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1040B. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
FOR INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT GUANTANAMO.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
available to the Department of Defense may be used to provide
additional or upgraded recreational facilities for individuals
detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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106. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Braley (IA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1080. REPORT ON LONG-TERM COSTS OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

(a) Report Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President, with
contributions from the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of
State, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall submit to
Congress a report containing an estimate of previous costs of
Operation New Dawn (the successor contingency operation to
Operation Iraqi Freedom) and the long-term costs of Operation
Enduring Freedom for a scenario, determined by the President
and based on current contingency operation and withdrawal
plans, that takes into account expected force levels and the
expected length of time that members of the Armed Forces will
be deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
(b) Estimates to Be Used in Preparation of Report.--In
preparing the report required by subsection (a), the President
shall make estimates and projections through at least fiscal
year 2023, adjust any dollar amounts appropriately for
inflation, and take into account and specify each of the
following:
(1) The total number of members of the Armed Forces
expected to be deployed in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom, including--
(A) the number of members of the Armed Forces
actually deployed in Southwest Asia in support
of Operation Enduring Freedom;
(B) the number of members of reserve
components of the Armed Forces called or
ordered to active duty in the United States for
the purpose of training for eventual deployment
in Southwest Asia, backfilling for deployed
troops, or supporting other Department of
Defense missions directly or indirectly related
to Operation Enduring Freedom; and
(C) the break-down of deployments of members
of the regular and reserve components and
activation of members of the reserve
components.
(2) The number of members of the Armed Forces,
including members of the reserve components, who have
previously served in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, Operation New Dawn, or Operation Enduring
Freedom and who are expected to serve multiple
deployments.
(3) The number of contractors and private military
security firms that have been used and are expected to
be used during the course of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom.
(4) The number of veterans currently suffering and
expected to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder,
traumatic brain injury, or other mental injuries.
(5) The number of veterans currently in need of and
expected to be in need of prosthetic care and treatment
because of amputations incurred during service in
support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn,
or Operation Enduring Freedom.
(6) The current number of pending Department of
Veterans Affairs claims from veterans of military
service in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the total number
of such veterans expected to seek disability
compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(7) The total number of members of the Armed Forces
who have been killed or wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan,
including noncombat casualties, the total number of
members expected to suffer injuries in Afghanistan, and
the total number of members expected to be killed in
Afghanistan, including noncombat casualties.
(8) The amount of funds previously appropriated for
the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and
the Department of Veterans Affairs for costs related to
Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and
Operation Enduring Freedom, including an account of the
amount of funding from regular Department of Defense,
Department of State, and Department of Veterans Affairs
budgets that has gone and will go to costs associated
with such operations.
(9) Previous, current, and future operational
expenditures associated with Operation Enduring Freedom
and, when applicable, Operation Iraqi Freedom and
Operation New Dawn, including--
(A) funding for combat operations;
(B) deploying, transporting, feeding, and
housing members of the Armed Forces (including
fuel costs);
(C) activation and deployment of members of
the reserve components of the Armed Forces;
(D) equipping and training of Iraqi and
Afghani forces;
(E) purchasing, upgrading, and repairing
weapons, munitions, and other equipment
consumed or used in Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Operation New Dawn, or Operation Enduring
Freedom; and
(F) payments to other countries for
logistical assistance in support of such
operations.
(10) Past, current, and future costs of entering into
contracts with private military security firms and
other contractors for the provision of goods and
services associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom.
(11) Average annual cost for each member of the Armed
Forces deployed in support of Operation Enduring
Freedom, including room and board, equipment and body
armor, transportation of troops and equipment
(including fuel costs), and operational costs.
(12) Current and future cost of combat-related
special pays and benefits, including reenlistment
bonuses.
(13) Current and future cost of calling or ordering
members of the reserve components to active duty in
support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
(14) Current and future cost for reconstruction,
embassy operations and construction, and foreign aid
programs for Iraq and Afghanistan.
(15) Current and future cost of bases and other
infrastructure to support members of the Armed Forces
serving in Afghanistan.
(16) Current and future cost of providing health care
for veterans who served in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, Operation New Dawn, or Operation Enduring
Freedom, including--
(A) the cost of mental health treatment for
veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress
disorder and traumatic brain injury, and other
mental problems as a result of such service;
and
(B) the cost of lifetime prosthetics care and
treatment for veterans suffering from
amputations as a result of such service.
(17) Current and future cost of providing Department
of Veterans Affairs disability benefits for the
lifetime of veterans who incur disabilities while
serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
Operation New Dawn, or Operation Enduring Freedom.
(18) Current and future cost of providing survivors'
benefits to survivors of members of the Armed Forces
killed while serving in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, Operation New Dawn, or Operation Enduring
Freedom.
(19) Cost of bringing members of the Armed Forces and
equipment back to the United States upon the conclusion
of Operation Enduring Freedom, including the cost of
demobilization, transportation costs (including fuel
costs), providing transition services for members of
the Armed Forces transitioning from active duty to
veteran status, transporting equipment, weapons, and
munitions (including fuel costs), and an estimate of
the value of equipment that will be left behind.
(20) Cost to restore the military and military
equipment, including the equipment of the reserve
components, to full strength after the conclusion of
Operation Enduring Freedom.
(21) Amount of money borrowed to pay for Operation
Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation
Enduring Freedom, and the sources of that money.
(22) Interest on money borrowed, including interest
for money already borrowed and anticipated interest
payments on future borrowing, for Operation Iraqi
Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring
Freedom.
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107. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Broun (GA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1080. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
PALOMARES NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENT REVISED DOSE
EVALUATION REPORT.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the implementation of the
recommendations of the Palomares Nuclear Weapons Accident
Revised Dose Evaluation Report released in April by the Air
Force in 2001.
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108. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Andrews (NJ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 447, line 20, strike ``is capable and available'' and
insert ``are available and capable''.

Page 449, line 5, insert ``or subcontract'' after
``contract''.
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109. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Posey (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 452, after line 6, insert the following new section:

SEC. 1082A. TRANSPORTATION OF SUPPLIES TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
FROM NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 20 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 402 the following new
section:

``Sec. 403. Transportation of supplies from nonprofit organizations

``(a) Authorization of Transportation.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, and subject to subsection (b), the
Secretary of Defense may transport to any country, without
charge, supplies that have been furnished by a nonprofit
organization and that are intended for distribution to members
of the armed forces. Such supplies may be transported only on a
space available basis.
``(b) Limitations.--(1) The Secretary may not transport
supplies under subsection (a) unless the Secretary determines
that--
``(A) the transportation of the supplies is
consistent with the policies of the United States;
``(B) the supplies are suitable for distribution to
members of the armed forces and are in usable
condition;
``(C) there is a legitimate need for the supplies by
the members of the armed forces for whom they are
intended; and
``(D) adequate arrangements have been made for the
distribution and use of the supplies.
``(2) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish procedures
for making the determinations required under paragraph (1).
Such procedures shall include inspection of supplies before
acceptance for transport.
``(3) Preparation.--It shall be the responsibility of the
nonprofit organization requesting the transport of supplies
under this section to ensure that the supplies are suitable for
transport.
``(c) Distribution.--Supplies transported under this section
may be distributed by the United States Government or a
nonprofit organization.
``(d) Definition of Nonprofit Organization.--In this section,
the term `nonprofit organization' means an organization
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 20 of such title is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 402 the following new item:

``403. Transportation of supplies from nonprofit organizations.''.
____________________________________________________

110. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier (CA) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1090. ACCESS OF EMPLOYEES OF CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT OFFICES TO
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES.

(a) Finding.--Congress finds that Congressional support
offices perform a critical role in enabling Congress to carry
out its Constitutionally-mandated task of performing oversight
of the executive branch.
(b) Access in Same Manner as Employees of Defense
Committees.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide employees
of any Congressional support office who work on issues related
to national security with access to facilities of the
Department of Defense in the same manner, and subject to the
same terms and conditions, as employees of the Committees on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and Senate.
(c) Congressional Support Offices Defined.--In this section,
the term ``Congressional support office'' means any of the
following:
(1) The Congressional Budget Office.
(2) The Congressional Research Service of the Library
of Congress.
(3) The Government Accountability Office.
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111. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCaul (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1090. SALE OR DONATION OF EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR BORDER
SECURITY ACTIVITIES.

Section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting
``border security activities and'' before ``law
enforcement activities''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, the
Secretary of Homeland Security,'' after
``Attorney General''; and
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ``border security
activities or'' before ``counter-drug''.
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112. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hanna (NY) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 463, after line 6, insert the following new section:

SEC. 1090. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the use of improvised explosive devices (in this
section referred to as ``IEDs'') against members of the
Armed Forces or people of the United States should be
condemned;
(2) unwavering support for members of the Armed
Forces, first responders, and explosive ordnance
disposal personnel of the United States who face the
threat of IEDs and put their lives on the line to
defeat them should be expressed;
(3) all relevant agencies of the Government should be
called on to coordinate with international partners and
other responsible entities to reduce the use of IEDs
and curb their proliferation; and
(4) the exchange of blast trauma research data should
be facilitated between all relevant agencies of the
Government.
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113. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner (OH) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 463, after line 6, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND NATIONAL AIRSPACE.

(a) Memoranda of Understanding.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Defense may enter into a
memorandum of understanding with a non-Department of Defense
entity that is engaged in the test range program authorized
under section 332(c) of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of
2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) to allow such entity to access
nonregulatory special use airspace if such access--
(1) is used by the entity as part of such test range
program; and
(2) does not interfere with the activities of the
Secretary or otherwise interrupt or delay missions or
training of the Department of Defense.
(b) Established Procedures.--The Secretary shall carry out
subsection (a) using the established procedures of the
Department of Defense with respect to entering into a
memorandum of understanding.
(c) Construction.--A memorandum of understanding entered into
under subsection (a) between the Secretary and a non-Department
of Defense entity shall not be construed as establishing the
Secretary as a partner, proponent, or team member of such
entity in the test range program specified in such subsection.
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114. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bachmann (MN) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 463, after line 6, insert the following new section:

SEC. 1090. DAYS ON WHICH THE POW/MIA FLAG IS DISPLAYED ON CERTAIN
FEDERAL PROPERTY.

Section 902 of title 36, United States Code, is amended by
striking subsection (c) and inserting the following new
subsection:
``(c) Days for Flag Display.--For the purposes of this
section, POW/MIA flag display days are all days on which the
flag of the United States is displayed.''.
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115. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Collins, Chris (NY)
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 463, after line 6, insert the following:

SEC. 1090. SENSE OF CONGRESS TO MAINTAIN A STRONG NATIONAL GUARD AND
MILITARY RESERVE FORCE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The first volunteer militia unit in America was
formed in 1636 in Massachusetts Bay, followed by other
units in the colonies of Virginia and Connecticut. the
American founding fathers wrote article I, section 8,
of the United States Constitution to keep the militia
model, authorizing a standing military force that could
organize, train, and equip militia volunteers when
needed.
(2) In World War I, nearly all National Guardsmen
were mobilized into Federal service, and while they
represented only 15 percent of the total United States
Army, they comprised 40 percent of the American
divisions sent to France and sustained 43 percent of
the casualties in combat. In World War II, the National
Guard comprised 19 Army divisions and 29 observation
squadrons with aircraft assigned to the United States
Army Air Forces.
(3) On September 11, 2001, the first fighter jets
over New York City and Washington, DC, were Air
National Guard F-15 and F-16 aircraft from
Massachusetts and North Dakota, with over 400 more Air
National Guard fighter aircraft on alert by that
afternoon. Over 600,000 Air and Army National Guard
soldiers and airmen have deployed in the many campaigns
since 9/11.
(4) Air and Army National Guard soldiers and airmen
have been involved in countless domestic response
missions, including missions in response to hurricanes,
tornadoes, floods, and forest fires including the more
recent events of Superstorm Sandy and the tornados in
Oklahoma.
(5) The volunteer National Guard and Reserve have
time and again demonstrated their readiness to meet
operational requirements through cost-effective means.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense should make every effort
to ensure the Military Reserve and National Guard
forces are sustained by a fully manned and fully funded
force and that the United States fulfill its
longstanding commitment to unyielding readiness in
terms of defense;
(2) the Secretary of Defense should act with the
knowledge that the National Guard and Reserve are
critical components to the Armed Forces, particularly
as means of preserving combat power during a time of
budget austerity; and
(3) Congress repudiates proposals to diminish the
National Guard or Reserve and affirms the growth of
these components as circumstances warrant.
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116. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lewis, John (GA) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. COST OF WARS.

The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and the Director
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis, shall post on the public
Web site of the Department of Defense the costs, including the
relevant legacy costs, to each American taxpayer of each of the
wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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117. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Farr (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 1090. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF FOREIGN
LANGUAGES AND CULTURES IN THE BUILDING OF PARTNER
CAPACITY.

It is the sense of Congress that the head of each element of
the Department of Defense should take into consideration
foreign languages and cultures during the development by such
element of the Department of training, tools, and methodologies
to engage in military-to-military activities and in the
building of partner capacity.
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118. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallego (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 11__. EXTENSION OF ENHANCED APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION AUTHORITY
FOR CIVILIAN PERSONNEL FOR CARE AND TREATMENT OF
WOUNDED AND INJURED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

(a) Extension.--Subsection (c) of section 1599c of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``December 31,
2015'' both places it appears and inserting ``December 31,
2020''.
(b) Repeal of Fulfilled Requirement.--Such section is further
amended--
(1) by striking subsection (b); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (c), as amended by
subsection (a), as subsection (b).
(c) Repeal of References to Certain Title 5 Authorities.--
Subsection (a)(2)(A) of such section is amended--
(1) by striking ``sections 3304, 5333, and 5753 of
title 5'' and inserting ``section 3304 of title 5'';
and
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ``the authorities in
such sections'' and inserting ``the authority in such
section''.
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119. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin (RI) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1108. COMPLIANCE WITH LAW REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING FOR
CIVILIAN PERSONNEL.

(a) Regulations.--No later than 45 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe
regulations implementing the authority in subsection (a) of
section 1111 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 10 U.S.C. 1580 note
prec.).
(b) Coordination.--The Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller), in consultation with the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness, shall be responsible for
coordinating the preparation of the regulations required under
subsection (a).
(c) Limitations.--The regulations required under subsection
(a) shall not be restricted by any civilian full-time
equivalent or end-strength limitation, nor shall such
regulations require offsetting civilian pay funding, civilian
full-time equivalents, or end-strength.
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120. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly (VA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER,
AND CIVIC AID PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.

(a) In General.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
by this Act to carry out sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and
2561 of title 10, United States Code, up to 5 percent of such
amounts may be made available to conduct monitoring and
evaluation of programs conducted pursuant to such authorities
during fiscal year 2014.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a
briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on
mechanisms to evaluate the programs conducted pursuant to the
authorities listed in subsection (a). The briefing shall
include the following:
(1) A description of how the Department of Defense
evaluates program and project outcomes and impact,
including cost effectiveness and extent to which
programs meet designated goals.
(2) An analysis of steps taken to implement the
recommendations from the following reports:
(A) The Government Accountability Office's
Report entitled ``Project Evaluations and
Better Information Sharing Needed to Manage the
Military's Efforts''.
(B) The Department of Defense Inspector
General Report numbered ``DODIG-2012-119''.
(C) The RAND Corporation's Report prepared
for the Office of the Secretary of Defense
entitled ``Developing a Prototype Handbook for
Monitoring and Evaluating Department of Defense
Humanitarian Assistance Projects''.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means the following:
(1) The congressional defense committees.
(2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate.
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121. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rohrabacher (CA) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 490, after line 6, add the following new subparagraph:
(C) That Pakistan is not using its military
or any funds or equipment provided by the
United States to persecute minority groups for
their legitimate and nonviolent political and
religious beliefs, including the Balochi,
Sindhi, and Hazara ethnic groups and minority
religious groups, including Christian, Hindu,
and Ahmadiyya Muslim.
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122. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lynch (MA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 497, line 13, strike ``(g), (h), and (i)'' and insert
``(h), (i), and (j)''.

Page 497, line 15, strike ``subsection'' and insert
``subsections''.

Page 498, line 11, before the closing quotation marks insert
the following:

``(g) Matters to Be Included: Assessment of Capability of
ANSF to Provide Operations and Maintenance Functions.--The
report required under subsection (a) shall include a detailed
assessment of the capability of the Afghan National Security
Forces (ANSF) to provide operations and maintenance functions
for infrastructure projects constructed for the ANSF after
January 1, 2015, including--
``(1) a description of training provided to the ANSF
by the United States and the International Security
Assistance Force;
``(2) a comprehensive evaluation of operations and
maintenance capabilities and skills; and
``(3) the Government of Afghanistan's financial
wherewithal to perform or contract out such functions.
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123. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer (OR) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 496, insert after line 24 the following (and conform the
table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 1218. IMPROVEMENT OF THE IRAQI SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.

The Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 (8 U.S.C. 1157 note)
is amended--
(1) in section 1242, by amending subsection (c) to
read as follows:
``(c) Improved Application Process.--Not later than 120 days
after the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014,'';
(2) in section 1244, as amended by this Act, is
further amended--
(A) by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:
``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary
of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary of State in consultation with the
Secretary of Homeland Security, may provide an alien described
in subsection (b) with the status of a special immigrant under
section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101 (a)(27)), and shall, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, ensure efficiency by which applications
for special immigrant visas under section 1244(a) are processed
so that all steps incidental to the issuance of such visas,
including required screenings and background checks, are
completed not later than 9 months after the date on which an
eligible alien applies for such visa, if the
alien--''.
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (4) by adding at the
end the following:
``(A) Review process for denial by chief of
mission.--
``(i) In general.--An applicant who
has been denied Chief of Mission
approval required by subparagraph (A)
shall--
``(I) receive a written
decision; and
``(II) be provided 120 days
from the date of the decision
to request reopening of the
decision to provide additional
information, clarify existing
information, or explain any
unfavorable information.
``(ii) Senior coordinator.--The
Secretary of State shall designate, in
the Embassy of the United States in
Baghdad, Iraq, a senior coordinator
responsible for overseeing the
efficiency and integrity of the
processing of special immigrant visas
under this section, who shall be
given--
``(I) sufficiently high
security clearance to review
Chief of Mission denials in
cases that appear to have
relied upon insufficient or
incorrect information; and
``(II) responsibility for
ensuring that an applicant
described in clause (i)
receives the information
described in clause (i)(I).''.
(3) in section 1248, by adding at the end the
following:
``(f) Report on Improvements.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, the Secretary
of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall
submit a report, with a classified annex, if necessary,
to--
``(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the
Senate;
``(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate;
``(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives; and
``(D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives.
``(2) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph
(1) shall describe the implementation of improvements
to the processing of applications for special immigrant
visas under section 1244(a), including information
relating to--
``(A) enhancing existing systems for
conducting background and security checks of
persons applying for special immigrant status,
which shall--
``(i) support immigration security;
and
``(ii) provide for the orderly
processing of such applications without
delay;
``(B) the financial, security, and personnel
considerations and resources necessary to carry
out this subtitle;
``(C) the number of aliens who have applied
for special immigrant visas under section 1244
during each month of the preceding fiscal year;
``(D) the reasons for the failure to
expeditiously process any applications that
have been pending for longer than 9 months;
``(E) the total number of applications that
are pending due to the failure--
``(i) to receive approval from the
Chief of Mission;
``(ii) for U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services to complete the
adjudication of the Form I-360;
``(iii) to conduct a visa interview;
or
``(iv) to issue the visa to an
eligible alien;
``(F) the average wait times for an applicant
at each of the stages described in subparagraph
(E);
``(G) the number of denials or rejections at
each of the stages described in subparagraph
(E); and
``(H) a breakdown of reasons for denials at
by the Chief of Mission based on the categories
already made available to denied special
immigrant visa applicants in the denial letter
sent to them by the Chief of Mission.
``(g) Public Quarterly Reports.--Not later than 120 days
after the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, and every 3 months
thereafter, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, shall publish a report on the website of the
Department of State that describes the efficiency improvements
made in the process by which applications for special immigrant
visas under section 1244(a) are processed, including
information described in subparagraphs (C) through (H) of
subsection (f)(2).''.

SEC. 1219. IMPROVEMENT OF THE AFGHAN SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM.

Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in subparagraph (D)--
(i) by adding at the end the
following:
``(ii) Review process for denial by
chief of mission.--
``(I) In general.--An
applicant who has been denied
Chief of Mission approval
shall--
``(aa) receive a
written decision; and
``(bb) be provided
120 days from the date
of receipt of such
opinion to request
reconsideration of the
decision to provide
additional information,
clarify existing
information, or explain
any unfavorable
information.
``(II) Senior coordinator.--
The Secretary of State shall
designate, in the Embassy of
the United States in Kabul,
Afghanistan, a senior
coordinator responsible for
overseeing the efficiency and
integrity of the processing of
special immigrant visas under
this section, who shall be
given--
``(aa) sufficiently
high security clearance
to review Chief of
Mission denials in
cases that appear to
have relied upon
insufficient or
incorrect information;
and
``(bb) responsibility
for ensuring that an
applicant described in
subclause (I) receives
the information
described in subclause
(I)(aa).'';
(2) in paragraph (4)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``Prohibition
on fees'' and inserting ``Application
process'';
(B) by striking ``The Secretary'' and
inserting the following:
``(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days
after the date of enactment of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014,
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, shall improve the
efficiency by which applications for special
immigrant visas under paragraph (1) are
processed so that all steps incidental to the
issuance of such visas, including required
screenings and background checks, are completed
not later than 6 months after the date on which
an eligible alien applies for such visa.
``(B) Prohibition on fees.--The Secretary'';
and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(12) Report on improvements.--Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland
Security, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report, with a classified annex, if
necessary, that describes the implementation of
improvements to the processing of applications for
special immigrant visas under this subsection,
including information relating to--
``(A) enhancing existing systems for
conducting background and security checks of
persons applying for special immigrant status,
which shall--
``(i) support immigration security;
and
``(ii) provide for the orderly
processing of such applications without
delay;
``(B) the financial, security, and personnel
considerations and resources necessary to carry
out this section;
``(C) the number of aliens who have applied
for special immigrant visas under this
subsection during each month of the preceding
fiscal year;
``(D) the reasons for the failure to
expeditiously process any applications that
have been pending for longer than 9 months;
``(E) the total number of applications that
are pending due to the failure--
``(i) to receive approval from the
Chief of Mission;
``(ii) for U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services to complete the
adjudication of the Form I-360;
``(iii) to conduct a visa interview;
or
``(iv) to issue the visa to an
eligible alien;
``(F) the average wait times for an applicant
at each of the stages described in subparagraph
(E);
``(G) the number of denials or rejections at
each of the stages described in subparagraph
(E); and
``(H) a breakdown of reasons for denials by
the Chief of Mission based on the categories
already made available to denied special
immigrant visa applicants in the denial letter
sent to them by the Chief of Mission.
``(13) Public quarterly reports.--Not later than 120
days after the date of the enactment of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, and
every 3 months thereafter, the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, shall publish a report
on the website of the Department of State that
describes the efficiency improvements made in the
process by which applications for special immigrant
visas under this subsection are processed, including
information described in subparagraph (C) through (H)
of paragraph (12).''.

SEC. 1219. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

(b) Purpose.--Expressing the Sense of the House or
Representatives that the Special Immigration Visa programs
authorized in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2008 and the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 are
critical to the U.S. national security, and that these programs
must be reformed and extended in order to meet the
Congressional intent with which they were created.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Congress created the Special Immigration Visa
program for the purposes of protecting and aiding the
many brave Iraqis and Afghans whose lives, and the
lives of their families, were endangered as a result of
their faithful and valuable service to the United
States during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi
Freedom.
(2) The Iraq Special Immigrant Visa program is set to
expire at the end of fiscal year 2013.
(3) The Afghanistan Special Immigrant Visa program is
set to expire at the end of fiscal year 2014.
(4) Despite the pending expiration of the Special
Immigrant Visa programs, many brave Iraqis, Afghans,
and their families, continue to face ongoing and
serious threats as a result of their employment by or
on behalf of the U.S. Government.
(5) Between FY08-FY12, only 22 percent of the
available Iraqi SIVs (5,500 visas out of 25,000 visas)
have been issued and 12 percent of the available Afghan
SIVs (1,051 visas out of 8,500 visas) have been issued.
(6) As the Washington Post reported in October 2012,
over 5,000 documentarily complete Afghan SIV
applications remained in a backlog.
(7) The implementation of the Special Immigration
Visa programs has been protracted and inefficient.
(8) The application and approval process for the
Special Immigration Visa program is unnecessarily
opaque and difficult to navigate.
(9) Applicants in both Iraq and Afghanistan often
have effusive recommendations from numerous military
personnel, have served the U.S. war efforts for many
years, and have served valiantly, in some instances
literally taking a bullet for a U.S. service member,
and yet are denied approval for a Special Immigration
Visa with little to no transparency.
(10) Overly narrow provisions contained in the Afghan
Allies Protection Act of 2009 leave many deserving
Afghans and their families in need of U.S. assistance,
but unable to access the Special Immigration Visa
program.
(11) The United States has a responsibility to follow
through on its promise to protect those Iraqis and
Afghans who have risked their lives to aid our troops
and protect America's security.
(12) The extension and reform of the Iraq and
Afghanistan Special Immigrant Visa programs is a matter
of national security.
(13) The extension and reform of the Afghan Special
Immigrant Visa program is essential to the U.S. mission
in Afghanistan.
(c) Sense of the House.--It is the sense of the House of
Representatives that the Iraq and Afghanistan Special Immigrant
Visa programs should be--
(1) reformed by--
(A) ensuring applications are processed in a
timely, and transparent fashion;
(B) providing parity between the two Special
Immigrant Visa programs so that Afghan
principal applicants, like Iraqi principal
applicants, are able to include their spouse,
children, siblings, and parents; and
(C) expanding eligibility for the Special
Immigrant Visa programs to Afghan or Iraqi men
and women employed by, or on behalf of, a media
or nongovernmental organization headquartered
in the United States, or an organization or
entity closely associated with the United
States mission in Iraq or Afghanistan that has
received U.S. Government funding through an
official and documented contract, award, grant,
or cooperative agreement; and
(2) extended in--
(A) Iraq through the year 2018, without
authorizing any additional Special Immigrant
Visas as authorized in the original statue; and
(B) Afghanistan through the year 2018,
without authorizing any additional Special
Immigrant Visas as authorized in the original
statue.
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124. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Johnson (GA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. LIMITATION ON FUNDS TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS OR BASES IN AFGHANISTAN.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended by the United States Government to
establish any military installation or base for the purpose of
providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed
Forces in Afghanistan.
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125. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider (IL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 509, line 7, strike ``and'' at the end.

Page 509, line 11, strike the first period, the closing
quotation marks, and the second period and insert ``; and''.

Page 509, after line 11, add the following new subparagraph:

``(G) an analysis of how sanctions on Iran
are effecting its military capability and its
ability to export terrorism to proxy groups
within its Threat Network.''.
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126. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Conaway (TX) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS AT TRAINING
LOCATIONS IN SOUTHWEST ASIA.

Section 544(c)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2347c(c)(1)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting after
``programs'' the following: ``and integrated air and
missile defense programs''; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ``post-
undergraduate flying and tactical leadership'' and
inserting ``such''.
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127. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grimm (NY) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON CONDEMNING THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN FOR
ITS STATE-SPONSORED PERSECUTION OF ITS BAHA'I
MINORITY.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996,
2000, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2013, Congress
declared that it deplored the religious persecution by
the Government of Iran of the Baha'i community and
would hold the Government of Iran responsible for
upholding the rights of all Iranian nationals,
including members of the Baha'i faith.
(2) The United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom 2012 Report stated, ``The Baha'i
community has long been subject to particularly severe
religious freedom violations in Iran. Baha'is, who
number at least 300,000, are viewed as `heretics' by
Iranian authorities and may face repression on the
grounds of apostasy.''.
(3) The United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom 2012 Report stated, ``Since 1979,
Iranian government authorities have killed more than
200 Baha'i leaders in Iran and dismissed more than
10,000 from government and university jobs.''.
(4) The United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom 2012 Report stated, ``Baha'is may not
establish places of worship, schools, or any
independent religious associations in Iran.''.
(5) The United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom 2012 Report stated, ``Baha'is are
barred from the military and denied government jobs and
pensions as well as the right to inherit property.
Their marriages and divorces also are not recognized,
and they have difficulty obtaining death certificates.
Baha'i cemeteries, holy places, and community
properties are often seized or desecrated, and many
important religious sites have been destroyed.''.
(6) The United States Commission on International
Religious Freedom 2012 Report stated, ``The Baha'i
community faces severe economic pressure, including
denials of jobs in both the public and private sectors
and of business licenses. Iranian authorities often
pressure employers of Baha'is to dismiss them from
employment in the private sector.''.
(7) The Department of State 2011 International
Religious Freedom Report stated, ``The government
prohibits Baha'is from teaching and practicing their
faith and subjects them to many forms of discrimination
that followers of other religions do not face.''.
(8) The Department of State 2011 International
Religious Freedom Report stated, ``According to law,
Baha'i blood is considered `mobah', meaning it can be
spilled with impunity.''.
(9) The Department of State 2011 International
Religious Freedom Report stated that ``members of
religious minorities, with the exception of Baha'is,
can serve in lower ranks of government employment'',
and ``Baha'is are barred from all leadership positions
in the government and military''.
(10) The Department of State 2011 International
Religious Freedom Report stated, ``Baha'is suffered
frequent government harassment and persecution, and
their property rights generally were disregarded. The
government raided Baha'i homes and businesses and
confiscated large amounts of private and commercial
property, as well as religious materials belonging to
Baha'is.''.
(11) The Department of State 2011 International
Religious Freedom Report stated, ``Baha'is also are
required to register with the police''.
(12) The Department of State 2011 International
Religious Freedom Report stated that ``[p]ublic and
private universities continued to deny admittance to
and expelled Baha'i students'' and ``[d]uring the year,
at least 30 Baha'is were barred or expelled from
universities on political or religious grounds''.
(13) The Department of State 2011 International
Religious Freedom Report stated, ``Baha'is are
regularly denied compensation for injury or criminal
victimization.''.
(14) On March 6, 2012, the United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the
Islamic Republic of Iran issued a report (A/HRC/19/66),
which stated that ``the Special Rapporteur continues to
be alarmed by communications that demonstrate the
systemic and systematic persecution of members of
unrecognized religious communities, particularly the
Baha'i community, in violation of international
conventions'' and expressed concern regarding ``an
intensive defamation campaign meant to incite
discrimination and hate against Baha'is''.
(15) On May 23, 2012, the United Nations Secretary-
General issued a report, which stated that ``the
Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief . .
. pointed out that the Islamic Republic of Iran had a
policy of systematic persecution of persons belonging
to the Baha'i faith, excluding them from the
application of freedom of religion or belief by simply
denying that their faith had the status of a
religion''.
(16) On August 22, 2012, the United Nations
Secretary-General issued a report, which stated, ``The
international community continues to express concerns
about the very serious discrimination against ethnic
and religious minorities in law and in practice, in
particular the Baha'i community. The Special Rapporteur
on the situation of human rights in the Islamic
Republic of Iran expressed alarm about the systemic and
systematic persecution of members of the Baha'i
community, including severe socioeconomic pressure and
arrests and detention. He also deplored the
Government's tolerance of an intensive defamation
campaign aimed at inciting discrimination and hate
against Baha'is.''.
(17) On September 13, 2012, the United Nations
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in
the Islamic Republic of Iran issued a report (A/67/
369), which stated, ``Reports and interviews submitted
to the Special Rapporteur also continue to portray a
disturbing trend with regard to religious freedom in
the country. Members of both recognized and
unrecognized religions have reported various levels of
intimidation, arrest, detention and interrogation that
focus on their religious beliefs.'', and stated, ``At
the time of drafting the report, 105 members of the
Baha'i community were reported to be in detention.''.
(18) On November 27, 2012, the Third Committee of the
United Nations General Assembly adopted a draft
resolution (A/C.3/67/L.51), which noted, ``[I]ncreased
persecution and human rights violations against persons
belonging to unrecognized religious minorities,
particularly members of the Baha'i faith and their
defenders, including escalating attacks, an increase in
the number of arrests and detentions, the restriction
of access to higher education on the basis of religion,
the sentencing of twelve Baha'is associated with Baha'i
educational institutions to lengthy prison terms, the
continued denial of access to employment in the public
sector, additional restrictions on participation in the
private sector, and the de facto criminalization of
membership in the Baha'i faith.''.
(19) On December 20, 2012, the United Nations General
Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/67/182), which
called upon the government of Iran ``[t]o eliminate
discrimination against, and exclusion of . . . members
of the Baha'i Faith, regarding access to higher
education, and to eliminate the criminalization of
efforts to provide higher education to Baha'i youth
denied access to Iranian universities,'' and ``to
accord all Baha'is, including those imprisoned because
of their beliefs, the due process of law and the rights
that they are constitutionally guaranteed''.
(20) On February 28, 2013, the United Nations Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the
Islamic Republic of Iran issued a report (A/HRC/22/56),
which stated, ``110 Bahai's are currently detained in
Iran for exercising their faith, including two women,
Mrs. Zohreh Nikayin and Mrs. Taraneh Torabi, who are
reportedly nursing infants in prison''.
(21) In March and May of 2008, intelligence officials
of the Government of Iran in Mashhad and Tehran
arrested and imprisoned Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr.
Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie,
Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, Mrs. Mahvash Sabet, and Mr.
Vahid Tizfahm, the seven members of the ad hoc
leadership group for the Baha'i community in Iran.
(22) In August 2010, the Revolutionary Court in
Tehran sentenced the seven Baha'i leaders to 20-year
prison terms on charges of ``spying for Israel,
insulting religious sanctities, propaganda against the
regime and spreading corruption on earth''.
(23) The lawyer for these seven leaders, Mrs. Shirin
Ebadi, the Nobel Laureate, was denied meaningful or
timely access to the prisoners and their files, and her
successors as defense counsel were provided extremely
limited access.
(24) These seven Baha'i leaders were targeted solely
on the basis of their religion.
(25) Beginning in May 2011, Government of Iran
officials in four cities conducted sweeping raids on
the homes of dozens of individuals associated with the
Baha'i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE) and
arrested and detained several educators associated with
BIHE.
(26) In October 2011, the Revolutionary Court in
Tehran sentenced seven of these BIHE instructors and
administrators, Mr. Vahid Mahmoudi, Mr. Kamran
Mortezaie, Mr. Mahmoud Badavam, Ms. Nooshin Khadem, Mr.
Farhad Sedghi, Mr. Riaz Sobhani, and Mr. Ramin Zibaie,
to prison terms for the crime of ``membership of the
deviant sect of Baha'ism, with the goal of taking
action against the security of the country, in order to
further the aims of the deviant sect and those of
organizations outside the country''.
(27) Six of these educators remain imprisoned, with
Mr. Mortezaie serving a 5-year prison term and Mr.
Badavam, Ms. Khadem, Mr. Sedghi, Mr. Sobhani, and Mr.
Zibaie serving 4-year prison terms.
(28) Since October 2011, four other BIHE educators,
Ms. Faran Hessami, Mr. Kamran Rahimian, Mr. Kayvan
Rahimian, and Mr. Shahin Negari have been sentenced to
4-year prison terms, which they are now serving.
(29) The efforts of the Government of Iran to collect
information on individual Baha'is have recently
intensified as evidenced by a letter, dated November 5,
2011, from the Director of the Department of Education
in the county of Shahriar in the province of Tehran,
instructing the directors of schools in his
jurisdiction to ``subtly and in a confidential manner''
collect information on Baha'i students.
(30) The Baha'i community continues to undergo
intense economic and social pressure, including an
ongoing campaign in the town of Semnan, where the
Government of Iran has harassed and detained Baha'is,
closed 17 Baha'i owned businesses in the last three
years, and imprisoned several members of the community,
including three mothers along with their infants.
(31) Ordinary Iranian citizens who belong to the
Baha'i faith are disproportionately targeted,
interrogated, and detained under the pretext of
national security.
(32) The Government of Iran is party to the
International Covenants on Human Rights and is in
violation of its obligations under the Covenants.
(b) Statement of Policy.--Congress--
(1) condemns the Government of Iran for its state-
sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its
continued violation of the International Covenants on
Human Rights;
(2) calls on the Government of Iran to immediately
release the seven imprisoned leaders, the ten
imprisoned educators, and all other prisoners held
solely on account of their religion; and
(3) calls on the President and Secretary of State, in
cooperation with responsible nations, to immediately
condemn the Government of Iran's continued violation of
human rights and demand the immediate release of
prisoners held solely on account of their religion.
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128. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly (VA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 522, line 8, insert before the semicolon the following:
``, including those involved in Egyptian civil society and
democratic promotion efforts through nongovernmental
organizations''.
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129. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ros-Lehtinen (FL) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 522, after line 18, insert the following:

(D) A description of the strategic objectives
of the United States regarding the provision of
United States security assistance to the
Government of Egypt.
(E) A description of biennial outlays of
United States security assistance to the
Government of Egypt for the purposes of
strategic planning, training, provision of
equipment, and construction of facilities,
including funding streams.
(F) A description of vetting and end-user
monitoring systems in place by both Egypt and
the United States for defense articles and
training provided by the United States,
including human rights vetting.
(G) A description of actions that the
Government of Egypt is taking to--
(i) repudiate, combat, and stop
incitement to violence against the
United States and United States
citizens and prohibit the transmission
within its domains of satellite
television or radio channels that
broadcast such incitement; and
(ii) adopt and implement legal
reforms that protect the religious and
democratic freedoms of all citizens and
residents of Egypt.
(H) Recommendations, including with respect
to required resources and actions, to maximize
the effectiveness of United States security
assistance provided to Egypt.

Page 523, after line 3, insert the following:

(c) GAO Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the submission of the report required under subsection (b), the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that--
(1) reviews and comments on the report required under
subsection (b); and
(2) provides recommendations regarding additional
actions with respect to the provision of United States
security assistance to Egypt, if necessary.
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130. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner (OH) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Amend section 1244 to read as follows:

SEC. 1244. STATEMENT OF CONGRESS ON DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH GEORGIA.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Republic of Georgia is a highly valued ally
of the United States and has repeatedly demonstrated
its commitment to advancing the mutual interests of
both countries, including the deployment of Georgian
forces as part of the NATO-led International Security
Assistance Force in Afghanistan and the Multi-National
Force in Iraq.
(2) The peaceful transfer of power as the result of
the free and fair parliamentary elections in Georgia in
October 2012 represents a major accomplishment toward
the Georgian people's creation of a free society and
full democracy.
(3) However, since the October 2012 parliamentary
elections the new Georgian Government has taken a
series of measures against former officials and members
of the current political opposition that appear to be
motivated by political considerations.
(4) Over 100 former Georgian Government officials
have been charged with criminal violations since the
October 2012 parliamentary elections.
(5) Similar charges have been filed against members
of the political opposition, including Vano
Merabishvili, the Secretary General of the United
National Movement.
(6) The arrest of the leader of an opposition party
is especially troubling, particularly its chilling
effect on political freedom prior to the presidential
election scheduled for October 2013.
(7) The Georgian Government has taken insufficient
action to prevent further violence against members of
the United National Movement and to punish offenders.
(8) These actions call into question the Georgian
Government's continued progress toward the creation of
a free and democratic society in which basic freedoms,
including freedom for political opposition, are
guaranteed.
(b) Statement of Congress.--Congress declares that--
(1) the United States remains committed to assisting
the people of Georgia in establishing a free and
democratic society in their country;
(2) the measures taken by the Georgian Government
against former officials and political opponents,
apparently in part motivated by political
considerations, may have a significant negative impact
on cooperation between the United States and Georgia,
including efforts to build a stronger relationship in
political, economic, and security matters, as well as
progress on integrating Georgia into international
organizations;
(3) the United States must be unambiguous when
democratic backsliding occurs in a key ally after a
peaceful and democratic transfer of power between
political parties; and
(4) the people of the United States and the Members
of Congress express their deepest condolences to the
Georgian people on the tragic loss of seven soldiers of
Georgia in a suicide bombing on June 6, 2013, and the
deaths of three soldiers killed in another suicide
bombing on May 13, 2013, while they were supporting
United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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131. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider (IL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 539, strike lines 4 through 7 and insert the following:

(3) the conflict in Syria threatens the vital
national security interests of Israel and the stability
of Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey, the implications of
which should be sufficiently weighed by the President
when considering policy approaches towards the conflict
in Syria;

Page 540, line 11, strike ``and'' at the end.

Page 540, line 14, strike the period at the end and insert
``; and''.

Page 540, after line 14, insert the following new paragraph:

(11) the President should use all diplomatic means to
disrupt the flow of arms into Syria, including efforts
to dissuade Russia from further arms sales with Syria,
the influx of weapons and fighters from Hezbollah, and
the infiltration of weapons and fighters from Iran.
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132. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn (CO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 539, after line 7, insert the following new paragraph:

(4) the sale or transfer of advanced anti-aircraft
weapons systems to Syria poses a grave risk to Israel
and the United States supports Israel's right to
respond to this grave threat as needed;

Page 539, line 8, through page 540, line 12, redesignate
paragraphs (4) through (10) as paragraphs (5) through (11),
respectively.
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133. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kelly (PA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE ARMS
TRADE TREATY.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal
year thereafter for the Department of Defense may be obligated
or expended to implement the Arms Trade Treaty, or to make any
change to existing programs, projects, or activities as
approved by Congress in furtherance of, pursuant to, or
otherwise to implement the Arms Trade Treaty, unless the Arms
Trade Treaty has been signed by the President, received the
advice and consent of the Senate, and has been the subject of
implementing legislation by the Congress.
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134. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rigell (VA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. WAR POWERS OF CONGRESS.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1793, George Washington said, ``The
constitution vests the power of declaring war in
Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of
importance can be undertaken until after they shall
have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a
measure.''.
(2) In a letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1798, James
Madison wrote: ``The constitution supposes, what the
History of all Governments demonstrates, that the
Executive is the branch of power most interested in
war, and most prone to it. It has accordingly with
studied care vested the question of war to the
Legislature.''
(3) In 1973, Congress passed the War Powers
Resolution which states in section 2: ``The
constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-
Chief to introduce United States Armed Forces into
hostilities, or into situations where imminent
involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the
circumstances, are exercised only pursuant to (1) a
declaration of war, (2) specific statutory
authorization, or (3) national emergency created by
attack upon the United States, its territories or
possessions, or its armed forces.''.
(4) In its April 1, 2011, Memorandum to President
Obama, the Office of Legal Counsel concluded:
``President Obama could rely on his constitutional
power to safeguard the national interest by directing
the anticipated military operations in Libya--which
were limited in their nature, scope, and duration--
without prior congressional authorization.''.
(5) On June 15, 2011, in a letter to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives from the Department of
Defense and Department of State, the Departments
informed Congress that ``The President is of the view
that the current U.S. military operations in Libya are
consistent with the War Powers Resolution and do not
under that law require further congressional
authorization, because U.S. military operations are
distinct from the kind of `hostilities contemplated by
the Resolution's 60 day termination provision'.''.
(6) The precedence set by the Executive Branch in its
assertion that Congress plays no role in military
actions like those taken in Libya is contrary to the
intent of the Framers and of the Constitution which
vests sole authority to declare war in the Legislative
Branch.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be
construed to authorize any use of military force.
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135. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ellison (MN) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO PROVIDE TEAR GAS OR OTHER RIOT
CONTROL ITEMS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be used to provide tear gas or other riot control items to
the government of a country undergoing a transition to
democracy in the Middle East or North Africa unless the
Secretary of Defense certifies to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives that the security forces of such
government are not using excessive force to repress peaceful,
lawful, and organized dissent.
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136. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Broun (GA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DRONES TO KILL UNITED STATES CITIZENS.

(a) Prohibition.--The Department of Defense may not use a
drone to kill a citizen of the United States.
(b) Exception.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall
not apply to an individual who is actively engaged in combat
against the United States.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``drone'' means an
unmanned aircraft (as defined in section 331 of the FAA
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note)).
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137. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeLauro (CT) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FROM
ROSOBORONEXPORT.

(a) Limitation.--No funds authorized to be appropriated for
the Department of Defense for any fiscal year after fiscal year
2013 may be used for the purchase of any equipment from
Rosoboronexport until the Secretary of Defense certifies in
writing to the congressional defense committees that, to the
best of the Secretary's knowledge--
(1) Rosoboronexport is cooperating fully with the
Defense Contract Audit Agency;
(2) Rosoboronexport has not delivered S-300 advanced
anti-aircraft missiles to Syria; and
(3) no new contracts have been signed between the
Bashar al Assad regime in Syria and Rosoboronexport
since January 1, 2013.
(b) National Security Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may waive
the limitation in subsection (a) if the Secretary
certifies that the waiver in order to purchase
equipment from Rosoboronexport is in national security
interest of the United States.
(2) Report.--If the Secretary waives the limitation
in subsection (a) pursuant to paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees, not later than 30 days before purchasing
equipment from Rosoboronexport pursuant to the waiver,
a report on the waiver. The report shall be submitted
in classified or unclassified form, at the election of
the Secretary. The report shall include the following:
(A) An explanation why it is in the national
security interest of the United States to
purchase equipment from Rosoboronexport.
(B) An explanation why comparable equipment
cannot be purchased from another corporation.
(C) An assessment of the cooperation of
Rosoboronexport with the Defense Contract Audit
Agency.
(D) An assessment of whether and how many S-
300 advanced anti-aircraft missiles have been
delivered to the Assad regime by
Rosoboronexport.
(E) A list of the contracts that
Rosoboronexport has signed with the Assad
regime since January 1, 2013.
(c) Requirement for Competitively Bid Contracts.--The
Secretary of Defense shall award any contract that will use
United States funds for the procurement of helicopters for the
Afghan Security Forces using competitive procedures based on
requirements developed by the Secretary of Defense.
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138. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly (VA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. SALE OF F-16 AIRCRAFT TO TAIWAN.

The President shall carry out the sale of no fewer than 66 F-
16C/D multirole fighter aircraft to Taiwan.
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139. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roskam (IL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. STATEMENT OF POLICY AND REPORT ON THE INHERENT RIGHT OF
ISRAEL TO SELF-DEFENSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States-Israel Enhanced Security
Cooperation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8601 et seq.)
established the policy of the United States to support
the inherent right of Israel to self-defense.
(2) The United States-Israel Enhanced Security
Cooperation Act of 2012 (22 U.S.C. 8601 et seq.)
expressed the sense of Congress that the Government of
the United States should transfer to the Government of
Israel defense articles and defense services such as
air refueling tankers, missile defense capabilities,
and specialized munitions.
(3) The inherent right of Israel to self-defense
necessarily includes the possession and maintenance by
Israel of an independent capability to remove
existential threats to its security and defend its
vital national interests.
(b) Policy of the United States.--It is the policy of the
United States to take all necessary steps to ensure that Israel
possesses and maintains an independent capability to remove
existential threats to its security and defend its vital
national interests.
(c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that air
refueling tankers and advanced bunker-buster munitions should
immediately be transferred to Israel to ensure our democratic
ally has an independent capability to remove any existential
threat posed by the Iranian nuclear program and defend its
vital national interests.
(d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the
President shall submit to the House and Senate Armed Services
committees, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, and the House and Senate
Appropriations committees a report that--
(1) identifies all aerial refueling platforms,
bunker-buster munitions, and other capabilities and
platforms that would contribute significantly to the
maintenance by Israel of a robust independent
capability to remove existential security threats,
including nuclear and ballistic missile facilities in
Iran, and defend its vital national interests;
(2) assesses the availability for sale or transfer of
items necessary to acquire the capabilities and
platforms described in paragraph (1) as well as the
legal authorities available for making such transfers;
and
(3) describes the steps the President is taking to
immediately transfer the items described in paragraph
(1) pursuant to the policy described in subsection (b).
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140. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bridenstine (OK) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1259. REPORT ON COLLECTIVE AND NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF
CENTRAL ASIAN AND SOUTH CAUCASUS ENERGY
DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Assured access to stable energy supplies is an
enduring concern of both the United States and the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) .
(2) Adopted in Lisbon in November 2010, the new NATO
Strategic Concept declares that ``[s]ome NATO countries
will become more dependent on foreign energy suppliers
and in some cases, on foreign energy supply and
distribution networks for their energy needs''.
(3) The report required by section 1233 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
(Public Law 112-81) reaffirmed the Strategic Concept's
assessment of growing energy dependence of some members
of the NATO alliance and also noted there is value in
the assured access, protection, and delivery of energy.
(4) Development of energy resources and transit
routes in the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea can
diversify sources of supply for members of the NATO
alliance, particularly those in Eastern Europe.
(b) Report.--
(1) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Energy, submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a detailed report on the
implications of new energy resource development and
distribution networks, both planned and under
construction, in the areas surrounding the Caspian Sea
for energy security strategies of the United States and
NATO.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) An assessment of the dependence of NATO
members on a single oil or natural gas supplier
or distribution network.
(B) An assessment of the potential of energy
resources of the areas surrounding the Caspian
Sea to mitigate such dependence on a single
supplier or distribution network.
(C) Recommendations, if any, for ways in
which the United States can help support
increased energy security for NATO members.
(3) Submission of classified information.--The report
under this subsection 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 Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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141. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Welch (VT) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1259. REPORT ON CERTAIN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO AFGHAN MILITARY.

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 measures to monitor and ensure that United States
financial assistance to the Afghan National Security Forces to
purchase fuel is not used to purchase fuel from Iran in
violation of United States sanctions.
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142. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ros-Lehtinen (FL) or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle E of title XII (page 551, after line
12), add the following new section:

SEC. 1259. COMBATING CRIME THROUGH INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES.

The Secretary of Defense is authorized to deploy assets,
personnel, and resources to the Joint Interagency Task Force
South, in coordination with SOUTHCOM, to combat the following
by supplying sufficient intelligence capabilities:
(1) Transnational criminal organizations.
(2) Drug trafficking.
(3) Bulk shipments of narcotics or currency.
(4) Narco-terrorism.
(5) Human trafficking.
(6) The Iranian presence in the Western Hemisphere.
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143. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn (CO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE THREAT POSED BY HEZBOLLAH.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Hezbollah has been designated a foreign terrorist
organization by the Department of State since October
8, 1997.
(2) Hezbollah has been responsible for numerous
terrorist attacks and attempted terrorist attacks
around the world, including attacks against United
States citizens.
(3) Hezbollah is active in Europe and has been linked
to a July 18, 2012, suicide bombing in Bulgaria which
killed five people.
(4) Hezbollah operatives have been captured around
the world attacking or attempting to attack Western and
Israeli targets.
(5) The United States is working with its European
allies to combat terrorism through a variety of means,
including through NATO's Partnership Action Plan
against Terrorism and the Defence Against Terrorism
Programme of Work.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States should continue to use all
necessary means to fight against terrorism, including
Hezbollah;
(2) President Obama should strongly encourage his
European counterparts to publicly condemn Hezbollah;
(3) European allies should seek to officially
recognize Hezbollah as a terrorist organization;
(4) any attempt to distinguish between military and
civilian wings in Hezbollah is meaningless; and
(5) all countries should work together to fight
radical terrorist organizations like Hezbollah.
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144. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar (AZ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO SELF-DEFENSE.

Congress fully supports Israel's lawful exercise of self-
defense, including actions to halt regional aggression.
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145. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bridenstine (OK) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 551, after line 12, insert the following:

SEC. 1259. REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

(a) Report.--Not later than June 1, 2014, and June 1 of each
year thereafter through 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the specified congressional committees a report, in
both classified and unclassified form, on the current and
future military power of the Russian Federation (in this
section referred to as ``Russia''). The report shall address
the current and probable future course of military-
technological development of the Russian military, the tenets
and probable development of Russian security strategy and
military strategy, and military organizations and operational
concepts, for the 20-year period following submission of such
report.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--A report required under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the security situation in
regions neighboring Russia.
(2) The goals and factors shaping Russian security
strategy and military strategy.
(3) Trends in Russian security and military behavior
that would be designed to achieve, or that are
consistent with, the goals described in paragraph (2).
(4) An assessment of Russia's global and regional
security objectives, including objectives that would
affect the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the
Middle East, and the People's Republic of China.
(5) A detailed assessment of the sizes, locations,
and capabilities of Russian nuclear, special
operations, land, sea, and air forces.
(6) Developments in Russian military doctrine and
training.
(7) An assessment of the proliferation activities of
Russia and Russian entities, as a supplier of
materials, technologies, or expertise relating to
nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or
missile systems.
(8) Developments in Russia's asymmetric capabilities,
including its strategy and efforts to develop and
deploy cyberwarfare and electronic warfare
capabilities, details on the number of malicious cyber
incidents originating from Russia against Department of
Defense infrastructure, and associated activities
originating or suspected of originating from Russia.
(9) The strategy and capabilities of Russian space
and counterspace programs, including trends, global and
regional activities, the involvement of military and
civilian organizations, including state-owned
enterprises, academic institutions, and commercial
entities, and efforts to develop, acquire, or gain
access to advanced technologies that would enhance
Russian military capabilities.
(10) Developments in Russia's nuclear program,
including the size and state of Russia's stockpile, its
nuclear strategy and associated doctrines, its civil
and military production capacities, and projections of
its future arsenals.
(11) A description of Russia's anti-access and area
denial capabilities.
(12) A description of Russia's command, control,
communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance modernization program and its
applications for Russia's precision guided weapons.
(13) In consultation with the Secretary of Energy and
the Secretary of State, developments regarding United
States-Russian engagement and cooperation on security
matters.
(14) The current state of United States military-to-
military contacts with the Russian Federation Armed
Forces, which shall include the following:
(A) A comprehensive and coordinated strategy
for such military-to-military contacts and
updates to the strategy.
(B) A summary of all such military-to-
military contacts during the one-year period
preceding the report, including a summary of
topics discussed and questions asked by the
Russian participants in those contacts.
(C) A description of such military-to-
military contacts scheduled for the 12-month
period following such report and the plan for
future contacts.
(D) The Secretary's assessment of the
benefits the Russians expect to gain from such
military-to-military contacts.
(E) The Secretary's assessment of the
benefits the Department of Defense expects to
gain from such military-to-military contacts,
and any concerns regarding such contacts.
(F) The Secretary's assessment of how such
military-to-military contacts fit into the
larger security relationship between the United
States and the Russian Federation.
(15) A description of Russian military-to-military
relationships with other countries, including the size
and activity of military attache offices around the
world and military education programs conducted in
Russia for other countries or in other countries for
the Russians.
(16) Other military and security developments
involving Russia that the Secretary of Defense
considers relevant to United States national security.
(c) Definition.--In this section the term ``specified
congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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146. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Conyers (MI) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 551, line 12, add at the end before the period the
following: ``or Iran''.
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147. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walorski (IN) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in title XII insert the following
new section:

SEC. 12_. SENSE OF CONGRESS STRONGLY SUPPORTING THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION
OF UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS ON
IRAN AND URGING THE PRESIDENT TO CONTINUE TO
STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT OF SANCTIONS LEGISLATION.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On May 14, 1948, the people of Israel proclaimed
the establishment of the sovereign and independent
State of Israel.
(2) On March 28, 1949, the United States Government
recognized the establishment of the new State of Israel
and established full diplomatic relations.
(3) Since its establishment nearly 65 years ago, the
modern State of Israel has rebuilt a nation, forged a
new and dynamic democratic society, and created a
thriving economic, political, cultural, and
intellectual life despite the heavy costs of war,
terrorism, and unjustified diplomatic and economic
boycotts against the people of Israel.
(4) The people of Israel have established a vibrant,
pluralistic, democratic political system, including
freedom of speech, association, and religion; a
vigorously free press; free, fair, and open elections;
the rule of law; a fully independent judiciary; and
other democratic principles and practices.
(5) Since the 1979 revolution in Iran, the leaders of
the Islamic Republic of Iran have repeatedly made
threats against the existence of the State of Israel
and sponsored acts of terrorism and violence against
its citizens.
(6) On October 27, 2005, President of Iran Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad called for a world without America and
Zionism.
(7) In February 2012, Supreme Leader of Iran Ali
Khamenei said of Israel, ``The Zionist regime is a true
cancer tumor on this region that should be cut off. And
it definitely will be cut off.''.
(8) In August 2012, Supreme Leader Khamenei said of
Israel, ``This bogus and fake Zionist outgrowth will
disappear off the landscape of geography.''.
(9) In August 2012, President Ahmadinejad said that
``in the new Middle East . . . there will be no trace
of the American presence and the Zionists'';
(10) The Department of State has designated the
Islamic Republic of Iran as a state sponsor of
terrorism since 1984 and has characterized the Islamic
Republic of Iran as the ``most active state sponsor of
terrorism'' in the world.
(11) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
has provided weapons, training, funding, and direction
to terrorist groups, including Hamas, Hizballah, and
Shiite militias in Iraq that are responsible for the
murder of hundreds of United States service members and
innocent civilians.
(12) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
has provided weapons, training, and funding to the
regime of Bashar al Assad that has been used to
suppress and murder its own people.
(13) Since at least the late 1980s, the Government of
the Islamic Republic of Iran has engaged in a sustained
and well-documented pattern of illicit and deceptive
activities to acquire a nuclear weapons capability.
(14) Since September 2005, the Board of Governors of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found
the Islamic Republic of Iran to be in non-compliance
with its safeguards agreement with the IAEA, which Iran
is obligated to undertake as a non-nuclear-weapon State
Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons, done at Washington, London, and Moscow July 1,
1968, and entered into force March 5, 1970 (NPT).
(15) The United Nations Security Council has adopted
multiple resolutions since 2006 demanding of the
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran its full and
sustained suspension of all uranium enrichment-related
and reprocessing activities and its full cooperation
with the IAEA on all outstanding issues related to its
nuclear activities, particularly those concerning the
possible military dimensions of its nuclear program.
(16) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran
has refused to comply with United Nations Security
Council resolutions or to fully cooperate with the
IAEA.
(17) In November 2011, the IAEA Director General
issued a report that documented ``serious concerns
regarding possible military dimensions to Iran's
nuclear programme'', and affirmed that information
available to the IAEA indicates that ``Iran has carried
out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear
explosive device'' and that some activities may be
ongoing.
(18) The Government of Iran stands in violation of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for denying
its citizens basic freedoms, including the freedoms of
expression, religion, peaceful assembly and movement,
and for flagrantly abusing the rights of minorities and
women.
(19) In his State of the Union Address on January 24,
2012, President Barack Obama stated, ``Let there be no
doubt: America is determined to prevent Iran from
getting a nuclear weapon, and I will take no options
off the table to achieve that goal.''.
(20) Congress has passed and the President has signed
into law legislation imposing significant economic and
diplomatic sanctions on Iran to encourage the
Government of Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear
weapons and end its support for terrorism.
(21) These sanctions, while having significant
effect, have yet to persuade Iran to abandon its
illicit pursuits and comply with United Nations
Security Council resolutions.
(22) More stringent enforcement of sanctions
legislation, including elements targeting oil exports
and access to foreign exchange, could still lead the
Government of Iran to change course.
(23) In his State of the Union Address on February
12, 2013, President Obama reiterated, ``The leaders of
Iran must recognize that now is the time for a
diplomatic solution, because a coalition stands united
in demanding that they meet their obligations. And we
will do what is necessary to prevent them from getting
a nuclear weapon.''.
(24) On March 4, 2012, President Obama stated,
``Iran's leaders should understand that I do not have a
policy of containment; I have a policy to prevent Iran
from obtaining a nuclear weapon.''.
(25) On October 22, 2012, President Obama said of
Iran, ``The clock is ticking . . . And we're going to
make sure that if they do not meet the demands of the
international community, then we are going to take all
options necessary to make sure they don't have a
nuclear weapon.''.
(26) On May 19, 2011, President Obama stated, ``Every
state has the right to self-defense, and Israel must be
able to defend itself, by itself, against any
threat.''.
(27) On September 21, 2011, President Obama stated,
``America's commitment to Israel's security is
unshakeable. Our friendship with Israel is deep and
enduring.''.
(28) On March 4, 2012, President Obama stated, ``And
whenever an effort is made to delegitimize the state of
Israel, my administration has opposed them. So there
should not be a shred of doubt by now: when the chips
are down, I have Israel's back.''.
(29) On October 22, 2012, President Obama stated,
``Israel is a true friend. And if Israel is attacked,
America will stand with Israel. I've made that clear
throughout my presidency . . . I will stand with Israel
if they are attacked.''.
(30) In December 2012, 74 United States Senators
wrote to President Obama ``As you begin your second
term as President, we ask you to reiterate your
readiness to take military action against Iran if it
continues its efforts to acquire a nuclear weapon. In
addition, we urge you to work with our European and
Middle Eastern allies to demonstrate to the Iranians
that a credible and capable multilateral coalition
exists that would support a military strike if, in the
end, this is unfortunately necessary.''.
(31) The United States-Israel Enhanced Security
Cooperation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-150) stated
that it is United States policy to support Israel's
inherent right to self-defense.
(b) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
(1) reaffirms the special bonds of friendship and
cooperation that have existed between the United States
and the State of Israel for more than sixty years and
that enjoy overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress
and among the people of the United States;
(2) strongly supports the close military,
intelligence, and security cooperation that President
Obama has pursued with Israel and urges this
cooperation to continue and deepen;
(3) deplores and condemns, in the strongest possible
terms, the reprehensible statements and policies of the
leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran threatening the
security and existence of Israel;
(4) recognizes the tremendous threat posed to the
United States, the West, and Israel by the Government
of Iran's continuing pursuit of a nuclear weapons
capability;
(5) reiterates that the policy of the United States
is to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon
capability and to take such action as may be necessary
to implement this policy;
(6) reaffirms its strong support for the full
implementation of United States and international
sanctions on Iran and urges the President to continue
and strengthen enforcement of sanctions legislation;
(7) declares that the United States has a vital
national interest in, and unbreakable commitment to,
ensuring the existence, survival, and security of the
State of Israel, and reaffirms United States support
for Israel's right to self-defense; and
(8) urges that, if the Government of Israel is
compelled to take military action in legitimate self-
defense against Iran's nuclear weapons program, the
United States Government should stand with Israel and
provide, in accordance with United States law and the
constitutional responsibility of Congress to authorize
the use of military force, diplomatic, military, and
economic support to the Government of Israel in its
defense of its territory, people, and existence.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed as an authorization for the use of force or a
declaration of war.
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148. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fortenberry (NE) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 13_. STRATEGY TO MODERNIZE COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION AND
PREVENT THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS
DESTRUCTION AND RELATED MATERIALS IN THE MIDDLE
EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION.

(a) Strategy Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Energy, shall establish a comprehensive and broad
nonproliferation strategy to modernize cooperative threat
reduction and advance cooperative efforts with international
partners to reduce the threat from the proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction and related materials in the Middle East
and North Africa region.
(b) Elements.--The strategy required by subsection (a)
shall--
(1) build upon the current activities of the
Departments of Defense, State, and Energy's
nonproliferation programs that aim to mitigate the
range of threats in the Middle East and North Africa
region posed by weapons of mass destruction;
(2) review issues relating to the threat from the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
related materials in the Middle East and North Africa
region on a regional basis as well as on a country-by-
country basis;
(3) review the activities and achievements in the
Middle East and North Africa region of the Department
of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and the
nonproliferation programs at the Department of State
and Department of Energy and other United States
Government agencies and departments designed to address
nuclear, radiological, chemical, and biological safety
and security issues;
(4) ensure the continued coordination of cooperative
nonproliferation efforts within the United States
Government and further mobilize and leverage additional
resources from partner nations, nongovernmental and
multilateral organizations, and international
institutions;
(5) include an assessment of what countries are
financially, materially, or technologically supporting
proliferation in this region and how the strategy will
prevent, stop or interdict the support;
(6) include an estimate of associated costs required
to plan and execute the proposed cooperative threat
reduction activities in order to execute the
comprehensive strategy to prevent the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and related materials; and
(7) include a discussion of the metrics to measure
the strategy's and activities' success in reducing the
regional threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction.
(c) Integration and Coordination.--The strategy required by
subsection (a) shall include an assessment of gaps in current
cooperative nonproliferation efforts, an articulation of
agencies' threat reduction priorities in the Middle East and
North Africa region, the establishment of appropriate metrics
for determining success in the region, and steps to ensure that
the strategy fits in broader United States efforts to reduce
the threat from weapons of mass destruction.
(d) Consultation.--In establishing the strategy required by
subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may consult with both
governmental and nongovernmental experts from a diverse set of
views.
(e) Strategy and Implementation Plan.--Not later than March
31, 2014, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
specified congressional committees the cooperative threat
reduction modernization strategy required by subsection (a), as
well as a plan for the implementation of the strategy required
by subsection (a).
(f) Form.--The strategy required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(g) Specified Congressional Committees.--In this section, the
term ``specific congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate.
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149. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hanna (NY) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 582, insert after line 25 the following:

SEC. 1607. CREDIT FOR CERTAIN SUBCONTRACTORS.

(a) In General.--Section 8(d) of the Small Business Act (15
U.S.C. 637(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(16) Credit for certain subcontractor.--For
purposes of determining whether or not a prime
contractor has attained the percentage goals specified
in paragraph (6)--
``(A) if the subcontracting goals pertain
only to a single contract with the executive
agency, the prime contractor shall receive
credit for small business concerns performing
as first tier subcontractors or subcontractors
at any tier pursuant to the subcontracting
plans required under paragraph (6)(D) in an
amount equal to the dollar value of work
awarded to such small business concerns; and
``(B) if the subcontracting goals pertain to
more than one contract with one or more
executive agencies, or to one contract with
more than one executive agency, the prime
contractor may only count first tier
subcontractors that are small business
concerns.''.
(b) Definitions Pertaining to Subcontracting.--Section 3 of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(dd) Definitions Pertaining to Subcontracting.--In this
Act:
``(1) Subcontract.--The term `subcontract' means a
legally binding agreement between a contractor that is
already under contract to another party to perform
work, and a third party, hereinafter referred to as the
subcontractor, for the subcontractor to perform a part,
or all, of the work that the contractor has undertaken.
``(2) First tier subcontractor.--The term `first tier
subcontractor' means a subcontractor who has a
subcontract directly with the prime contractor.
``(3) At any tier.--The term `at any tier' means any
subcontractor other than a subcontractor who is a first
tier subcontractor.''.

SEC. 1608. GAO STUDY ON SUBCONTRACTING REPORTING SYSTEMS.

Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
to the Committee on Small Business of the House of
Representatives and to the Committee on Small Business and
Entrepreneurship of the Senate a report studying the
feasibility of using Federal subcontracting reporting systems,
including the Federal subaward reporting system required by
section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006 and any electronic subcontracting
reporting award system used by the Small Business
Administration, to attribute subcontractors to particular
contracts in the case of contractors that have subcontracting
plans under section 8(d) of the Small Business Act that pertain
to multiple contracts with executive agencies.
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150. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves (MO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 582, insert after line 25 the following:

SEC. 1607. INAPPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW AND JUSTIFY CERTAIN
CONTRACTS.

In the case of a contract to which the provisions of section
46 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657s) apply, the
requirements under section 802 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 do not apply.
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151. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schrader (OR) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1607. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FEDERAL CONTRACTS TO EARLY STAGE SMALL
BUSINESSES.

(a) In General.--The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 48. PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FEDERAL CONTRACTS TO EARLY STAGE SMALL
BUSINESSES.

``(a) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish and
carry out a program in accordance with the requirements of this
section to provide improved access to Federal contract
opportunities for early stage small business concerns.
``(b) Procurement Contracts.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out subsection (a),
the Administrator, in consultation with other Federal
agencies, shall identify procurement contracts of
Federal agencies for award under the program.
``(2) Contract awards.--Under the program established
pursuant to this section, the award of a procurement
contract of a Federal agency identified by the
Administrator pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be made
by the agency to an eligible program participant
selected, and determined to be responsible, by the
agency.
``(3) Competition.--
``(A) Sole source.--A contracting officer may
award a sole source contract under this program
if such concern is determined to be a
responsible contractor with respect to
performance of such contract opportunity and
the contracting officer does not have a
reasonable expectation that 2 or more early
stage small business concerns will submit
offers for the contracting opportunity and in
the estimation of the contracting officer, the
contract award can be made at a fair and
reasonable price.
``(B) Restricted competition.--A contracting
officer may award contracts on the basis of
competition restricted to early stage small
business concerns if the contracting officer
has a reasonable expectation that not less than
2 early stage small business concerns will
submit offers and that the award can be made at
a fair market price.
``(4) Contract value.--Contracts shall be awarded
under this program if its value is greater than $3,000
and less than half the upper threshold of section
15(j)(1) of the Small Business Act.
``(c) Eligibility.--Only an early stage small business
concern shall be eligible to compete for a contract to be
awarded under the program. The Administrator shall certify that
a small business concern is an early stage small business
concern, or the Administrator shall approve a Federal agency, a
State government, or a national certifying entity to certify
that the business meets the eligibility criteria of an early
stage small business concern.
``(d) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator shall provide
early stage small business concerns with technical assistance
and counseling with regard to--
``(1) applying for and competing for Federal
contracts; and
``(2) fulfilling the administrative responsibilities
associated with the performance of a Federal contract.
``(e) Attainment of Contract Goals.--All contract awards made
under the program shall be counted toward the attainment of the
goals specified in section 15(g) of the Small Business Act.
``(f) Regulations.--The Administrator shall--
``(1) issue proposed regulations to carry out this
section not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act; and
``(2) issue final regulations to carry out this
section not later than 270 days after the date of
enactment of this Act.
``(g) Report to Congress.--Not later than April 30, 2015, the
Administrator shall transmit to the Congress a report on the
performance of the program.
``(h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the
following definitions shall apply:
``(1) Program.--The term `program' means a program
established pursuant to subsection (a).
``(2) Early stage small business concern.--The term
`early stage small business concern' means a small
business concern that--
``(A) has not more than 15 employees; and
``(B) has average annual receipts that total
not more than $1,000,000, except if the concern
is in an industry with an average annual
revenue standard that is less than $1,000,000,
as defined by the North American Industry
Classification System.''.
(b) Repeal of Similar Program.--Section 304 of the Small
Business Administration Reauthorization and Amendments Act of
1994 (15 U.S.C. 644 note) is repealed.
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152. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Collins, Doug (GA) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SECTION ____. TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION, CAMP FRANK D.
MERRILL, DAHLONEGA, GEORGIA.

(a) Transfer Required.--Not later than September 30, 2014,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall transfer to the
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for
required Army force protection measures certain Federal land
administered as part of the Chattahoochee National Forest, but
permitted to the Secretary of the Army for Camp Frank D.
Merrill in Dahlonega, Georgia, consisting of approximately
282.304 acres identified in the permit numbered 0018-01.
(b) Use of Transferred Land.--Upon receipt of the land under
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army shall continue to use
the land for military purposes.
(c) Protection of the Etowah Darter and Holiday Darter.--
Nothing in the transfer required by subsection (a) shall affect
the prior designation of lands within the Chattahoochee
National Forest as critical habitat for the Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae) and the Holiday darter (Etheostoma
brevirostrum).
(d) Legal Description and Map.--
(1) Preparation and publication.--The Secretary of
Agriculture shall publish in the Federal Register a
legal description and map of the land to be transferred
under subsection (a) not later than 180 days of this
Act's enactment.
(2) Force of law.--The legal description and map
filed under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and
effect as if included in this Act, except that the
Secretary of Agriculture may correct errors in the
legal description and map.
(e) Reimbursements of Costs.--The transfer required by
subsection (a) shall be made without reimbursement, except that
the Secretary of the Army shall reimburse the Secretary of
Agriculture for any costs incurred by the Secretary of
Agriculture to prepare the legal description and map under
subsection (c).
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153. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Murphy, Tim (PA) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 27__. CONSIDERATION OF THE VALUE OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY A LOCAL
COMMUNITY TO THE ARMED FORCES AS PART OF THE
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN MAKING BASE REALIGNMENT OR
CLOSURE DECISIONS.

As part of the economic analysis conducted in making any base
realignment or closure decision under section 2687 of title 10,
United States Code, or other base realignment or closure
authority, or in making any decision under section 993 of such
title to reduce the number of members of the armed forces
assigned at a military installation, the Secretary of Defense
shall include an accounting of the value of services, such as
schools, libraries, and utilities, as well as land, structures,
and access to infrastructure, such as airports and seaports,
that are provided by the local community to the military
installation and that result in cost savings for the Armed
Forces.
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154. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner (OH) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of section 2801, add the following new subsection:

(d) Modification and Extension of Authority for Laboratory
Revitalization Projects.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (d) of section 2805 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``not
more than $2,000,000'' and inserting ``not more
than $4,000,000, notwithstanding subsection
(c)'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the first
sentence and inserting the following: ``For
purposes of this subsection, an unspecified
minor military construction project is a
military construction project that
(notwithstanding subsection (a)) has an
approved cost equal to or less than
$4,000,000.''
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ``2016''
and inserting ``2020''.
(2) Application to current projects.--The amendments
made by paragraph (1) do not apply to any laboratory
revitalization project for which the design phase has
been completed as of the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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155. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garcia (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 617, after line 7, insert the following:

SEC. 2807A. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT ON MILITARY HOUSING
PRIVATIZATION INITIATIVE.

Not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall issue a report to Congress on the
Military Housing Privatization Initiative under subchapter IV
of chapter 169 of title 10, United States Code. The report
shall include the details of any project where the project
owner has outstanding local, county, city, town or State tax
obligations dating back over 12 months, as determined by a
final judgment by a tax authority.
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156. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer (OR) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 617, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. 2809. DEVELOPMENT OF MASTER PLANS FOR MAJOR MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.

Section 2864 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``At a time'' and inserting
``(1) At a time''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) To address the requirements under paragraph (1), each
installation master plan shall include consideration of--
``(A) planning for compact and infill development;
``(B) horizontal and vertical mixed-use development;
``(C) the full lifecycle costs of planning decisions;
``(D) healthy communities with a focus on walking,
running and biking infrastructure, pedestrian and
cycling plans, and community green and garden space;
and
``(E) capacity planning through the establishment of
growth boundaries around cantonment areas to focus
development towards the core and preserve range and
training space.''.
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``The transportation'' and
inserting ``(1) The transportation''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(2) To address the requirements under subsection (a) and
paragraph (1), each installation master plan shall include
consideration of ways to diversify and connect transit systems
that do not neglect the pedestrian realm and enable safe
walking or biking.'';
(3) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(e); and
(4) by inserting after subsection (b) the following
new subsections:
``(c) Vertical Mixed Uses.--A master plan for a major
military installation shall be designed to strongly multi-
story, mixed-use facility solutions that are sited in walkable
complexes so as to avoid, when reasonable, single-purpose,
inflexible facilities that are sited in a sprawling manner.
Vertical mixed-use infrastructure can integrate government,
non-government, or jointly financed construction within a
single unit.
``(d) Savings Clause.--Nothing in this section shall
supercede the requirements of section 2859(a) of this title.''.
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157. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gardner (CO) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 28__. CONDITIONS ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPANSION OF PINON
CANYON MANEUVER SITE, FORT CARSON, COLORADO.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, Fort
Carson was established in 1942 and has since been a
vital contributor to our Nation's defense and a valued
part of the State of Colorado.
(2) The units at Fort Carson have served with a great
honor and distinction in the current War on Terror.
(3) The current Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site near Fort
Carson, Colorado, plays an important role in training
our men and women in uniform so they are as prepared
and effective as possible before going off to war.
(b) Conditions on Expansion.--The Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of the Army may not acquire any land to expand
the size of the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site near Fort Carson,
Colorado, unless each of the following occurs:
(1) The land acquisition is specifically authorized
in an Act of Congress enacted after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(2) Funds are specifically appropriated for the land
acquisition.
(3) The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the
Army, as the case may be, completes an environmental
impact statement with respect to the land acquisition.
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158. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hunter (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 2866. INCLUSION OF EMBLEMS OF BELIEF AS PART OF MILITARY
MEMORIALS.

(a) Inclusion of Emblems of Belief Authorized.--Chapter 21 of
title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:

``Sec. 2115. Inclusion of emblems of belief as part of military
memorials

``(a) Authorized Inclusion.--For the purpose of honoring the
sacrifice of members of the United States Armed Forces,
including those members who make the ultimate sacrifice in
defense of the United States, emblems of belief may be included
as part of--
``(1) a military memorial that is established or
acquired by the United States Government; or
``(2) a military memorial that is not established by
the United States Government, but for which the
American Battle Monuments Commission cooperated in the
establishment of the memorial.
``(b) Scope of Inclusion.--When including emblems of belief
as part of a military memorial, any approved emblem of belief
may be included on such a memorial. The list of approved
emblems of belief shall include, at a minimum, all those
emblems of belief authorized by the National Cemetery
Administration.
``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) The terms `emblem of belief' and `emblems of
belief' refer to the emblems of belief contained on the
list maintained by the National Cemetery Administration
for placement on Government-provided headstones and
markers.
``(2) The term `military memorial' means a memorial
or monument commemorating the service of the United
States Armed Forces. The term includes works of
architecture and art described in section 2105(b) of
this title.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``2115. Inclusion of emblems of belief as part of military memorials.''.
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159. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bilirakis (FL) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 28__. ESTABLISHMENT OF MILITARY DIVERS MEMORIAL AT WASHINGTON NAVY
YARD.

(a) Memorial Authorized.--Consistent with the sense of the
Congress expressed in section 2855 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, the Secretary of the
Navy may permit a third party to establish and maintain, at a
suitable location at the former Navy Dive School at the
Washington Navy Yard in the District of Columbia, a memorial to
honor the members of the United States Armed Forces who have
served as divers and whose service in defense of the United
States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.
(b) Location and Design of Monument.--The actual location at
the Washington Navy Yard for the memorial authorized by
subsection (a) and the final design of the memorial shall be
subject to the approval of the Secretary. In selecting the site
to serve as the location for the memorial, the Secretary shall
seek to maximize visitor access to the memorial.
(c) Military Support.--The Secretary shall provide military
ceremonial support at the dedication of the memorial authorized
by subsection (a).
(d) Use of Federal Funds Prohibited.--Federal funds may not
be used to design, procure, prepare, install, or maintain the
memorial authorized by subsection (a), but the Secretary may
accept and expend contributions of non-Federal funds and
resources for such purposes.
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160. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan, Ben Ray (NM)
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3123. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY TO ENTER INTO
TRANSACTIONS TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN RESEARCH
PROJECTS.

Section 646(g)(10) of the Department of Energy Organization
Act (42 U.S.C. 7256(g)(10)) is amended by striking ``September
30, 2015'' and inserting ``September 30, 2020''.
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161. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings (WA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 3145. CONVEYANCE OF LAND AT THE HANFORD SITE.

(a) Conveyance Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Energy shall convey, for consideration at the estimated
fair market value or, in accordance with paragraph (2),
below such value, to the Community Reuse Organization
of the Hanford Site (in this section referred to as the
``Organization'') all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to the real property, including
any improvements thereon, described in paragraph (3).
(2) Consideration.--The Secretary may convey real
property pursuant to paragraph (1) for consideration
below the estimated fair market value of the real
property, or without consideration, only if the
Organization--
(A) agrees that the net proceeds from any
sale or lease of the real property (or any
portion thereof) received by the Organization
during at least the seven-year period beginning
on the date of such conveyance will be used to
support the economic redevelopment of, or
related to, the Hanford Site; and
(B) executes the agreement for such
conveyance and accepts control of the real
property within a reasonable time.
(3) Real property described.--The real property
described in this paragraph is the real property
consisting of two parcels of land of approximately
1,341 acres and 300 acres, respectively, of the Hanford
Reservation, as requested by the Community Reuse
Organization for the Hanford Site on May 31, 2011, and
October 13, 2011, and as depicted within the proposed
boundaries on the map titled ``Attachment 2--Revised
Map'' included in the letter sent by the Community
Reuse Organization for the Hanford Site to the
Department of Energy on October 13, 2011.
(b) Priority Consideration.--The Secretary shall actively
solicit, and provide priority consideration to, the views of
the cities and counties adjacent to the Hanford Site with
respect to the development and execution of the Hanford
Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
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162. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pearce (NM) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 723, after line 23, insert the following:

SEC. 3145. GOVERNMENT WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT EXTENSION.

(a) Extension of Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Mission.--The
Secretary of Energy shall manage WIPP in such a way as to
include, in addition to the disposal of wastes authorized by
section 213 of the Department of Energy National Security and
Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization Act of
1980 (Public Law 96-164; 93 Stat. 1259, 1265), the
transportation and disposal of any non-defense Federal
Government-owned transuranic waste that can be shown to meet
the applicable criteria described in the document entitled
``Transuranic Waste Acceptance Criteria For The Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant'', published by the Department of Energy on April
21, 2011, or any successor document.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Disposal; transuranic waste.--The terms
``disposal'' and ``transuranic waste'' have the
meanings given those terms in section 2 of the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act (Public Law
102-579; 106 Stat. 4777).
(2) WIPP.--The term ``WIPP'' means the Waste
Isolation Pilot Plant project authorized under section
213 of the Department of Energy National Security and
Military Applications of Nuclear Energy Authorization
Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-164; 93 Stat. 1259, 1265).
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163. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings (WA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 31__. MANHATTAN PROJECT NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.

(a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
(1) to preserve and protect for the benefit of
present and future generations the nationally
significant historic resources associated with the
Manhattan Project and which are under the jurisdiction
of the Department of Energy defense environmental
cleanup program under this title;
(2) to improve public understanding of the Manhattan
Project and the legacy of the Manhattan Project through
interpretation of the historic resources associated
with the Manhattan Project;
(3) to enhance public access to the Historical Park
consistent with protection of public safety, national
security, and other aspects of the mission of the
Department of Energy; and
(4) to assist the Department of Energy, Historical
Park communities, historical societies, and other
interested organizations and individuals in efforts to
preserve and protect the historically significant
resources associated with the Manhattan Project.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Historical park.--The term ``Historical Park''
means the Manhattan Project National Historical Park
established under subsection (c).
(2) Manhattan project.--The term ``Manhattan
Project'' means the Federal military program to develop
an atomic bomb ending on December 31, 1946.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of the Interior.
(c) Establishment of Manhattan Project National Historical
Park.--
(1) Establishment.--
(A) Date.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this section, there shall
be established as a unit of the National Park
System the Manhattan Project National
Historical Park.
(B) Areas included.--The Historical Park
shall consist of facilities and areas listed
under paragraph (2) as determined by the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary
of Energy. The Secretary shall include the area
referred to in paragraph (2)(C)(i), the B
Reactor National Historic Landmark, in the
Historical Park.
(2) Eligible areas.--The Historical Park may only be
comprised of one or more of the following areas, or
portions of the areas, as generally depicted in the map
titled ``Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Sites'', numbered 540/108,834-C, and dated September
2012:
(A) Oak ridge, tennessee.--Facilities, land,
or interests in land that are--
(i) at Buildings 9204-3 and 9731 at
the Department of Energy Y-12 National
Security Complex;
(ii) at the X-10 Graphite Reactor at
the Department of Energy Oak Ridge
National Laboratory;
(iii) at the K-25 Building site at
the Department of Energy East Tennessee
Technology Park; and
(iv) at the former Guest House
located at 210 East Madison Road.
(B) Los alamos, new mexico.--Facilities,
land, or interests in land that are--
(i) in the Los Alamos Scientific
Laboratory National Historic Landmark
District, or any addition to the
Landmark District proposed in the
National Historic Landmark Nomination--
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL)
NHL District (Working Draft of NHL
Revision), Los Alamos National
Laboratory document LA-UR 12-00387
(January 26, 2012);
(ii) at the former East Cafeteria
located at 1670 Nectar Street; and
(iii) at the former dormitory located
at 1725 17th Street.
(C) Hanford, washington.--Facilities, land,
or interests in land on the Department of
Energy Hanford Nuclear Reservation that are--
(i) the B Reactor National Historic
Landmark;
(ii) the Hanford High School in the
town of Hanford and Hanford
Construction Camp Historic District;
(iii) the White Bluffs Bank building
in the White Bluffs Historic District;
(iv) the warehouse at the
Bruggemann's Agricultural Complex;
(v) the Hanford Irrigation District
Pump House; and
(vi) the T Plant (221-T Process
Building).
(3) Written consent of owner.--No non-Federal
property may be included in the Historical Park without
the written consent of the owner.
(d) Agreement.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this section, the Secretary and the
Secretary of Energy (acting through the Oak Ridge, Los
Alamos, and Richland site offices) shall enter into an
agreement governing the respective roles of the
Secretary and the Secretary of Energy in administering
the facilities, land, or interests in land under the
administrative jurisdiction of the Department of Energy
that is to be included in the Historical Park under
subsection (c)(2), including provisions for enhanced
public access, management, interpretation, and historic
preservation.
(2) Responsibilities of the secretary.--Any agreement
under paragraph (1) shall provide that the Secretary
shall--
(A) have decisionmaking authority for the
content of historic interpretation of the
Manhattan Project for purposes of administering
the Historical Park; and
(B) ensure that the agreement provides an
appropriate advisory role for the National Park
Service in preserving the historic resources
covered by the agreement.
(3) Responsibilities of the secretary of energy.--Any
agreement under paragraph (1) shall provide that the
Secretary of Energy--
(A) shall ensure that the agreement
appropriately protects public safety, national
security, and other aspects of the ongoing
mission of the Department of Energy at the Oak
Ridge Reservation, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, and Hanford Site;
(B) may consult with and provide historical
information to the Secretary concerning the
Manhattan Project;
(C) shall retain responsibility, in
accordance with applicable law, for any
environmental remediation that may be necessary
in or around the facilities, land, or interests
in land governed by the agreement; and
(D) shall retain authority and legal
obligations for historic preservation and
general maintenance, including to ensure safe
access, in connection with the Department's
Manhattan Project resources.
(4) Amendments.--The agreement under paragraph (1)
may be amended, including to add to the Historical Park
facilities, land, or interests in land within the
eligible areas described in subsection (c)(2) that are
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Energy.
(e) Public Participation.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall consult with
interested State, county, and local officials,
organizations, and interested members of the public--
(A) before executing any agreement under
subsection (d); and
(B) in the development of the general
management plan under subsection (f)(2).
(2) Notice of determination.--Not later than 30 days
after the date on which an agreement under subsection
(d) is entered into, the Secretary shall publish in the
Federal Register notice of the establishment of the
Historical Park, including an official boundary map.
(3) Availability of map.--The official boundary map
published under paragraph (2) shall be on file and
available for public inspection in the appropriate
offices of the National Park Service. The map shall be
updated to reflect any additions to the Historical Park
from eligible areas described in subsection (c)(2).
(4) Additions.--Any land, interest in land, or
facility within the eligible areas described in
subsection (c)(2) that is acquired by the Secretary or
included in an amendment to the agreement under
subsection (d)(4) shall be added to the Historical
Park.
(f) Administration.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the
Historical Park in accordance with--
(A) this section; and
(B) the laws generally applicable to units of
the National Park System, including--
(i) the National Park System Organic
Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); and
(ii) the Act of August 21, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 461 et seq.).
(2) General management plan.--Not later than 3 years
after the date on which funds are made available to
carry out this subsection, the Secretary, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of Energy, and in
consultation and collaboration with the Oak Ridge, Los
Alamos and Richland Department of Energy site offices,
shall complete a general management plan for the
Historical Park in accordance with section 12(b) of
Public Law 91-383 (commonly known as the National Park
Service General Authorities Act; 16 U.S.C. 1a-7(b)).
(3) Interpretive tours.--The Secretary may, subject
to applicable law, provide interpretive tours of
historically significant Manhattan Project sites and
resources in the States of Tennessee, New Mexico, and
Washington that are located outside the boundary of the
Historical Park.
(4) Land acquisition.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary may acquire
land and interests in land within the eligible
areas described in subsection (c)(2) by--
(i) transfer of administrative
jurisdiction from the Department of
Energy by agreement between the
Secretary and the Secretary of Energy;
(ii) donation; or
(iii) exchange.
(B) No use of condemnation.--The Secretary
may not acquire by condemnation any land or
interest in land under this section or for the
purposes of this section.
(5) Donations; cooperative agreements.--
(A) Federal facilities.--
(i) In general.--The Secretary may
enter into one or more agreements with
the head of a Federal agency to provide
public access to, and management,
interpretation, and historic
preservation of, historically
significant Manhattan Project resources
under the jurisdiction or control of
the Federal agency.
(ii) Donations; cooperative
agreements.--The Secretary may accept
donations from, and enter into
cooperative agreements with, State
governments, units of local government,
tribal governments, organizations, or
individuals to further the purpose of
an interagency agreement entered into
under clause (i) or to provide visitor
services and administrative facilities
within reasonable proximity to the
Historical Park.
(B) Technical assistance.--The Secretary may
provide technical assistance to State, local,
or tribal governments, organizations, or
individuals for the management, interpretation,
and historic preservation of historically
significant Manhattan Project resources not
included within the Historical Park.
(C) Donations to department of energy.--For
the purposes of this section, or for the
purpose of preserving and providing access to
historically significant Manhattan Project
resources, the Secretary of Energy may accept,
hold, administer, and use gifts, bequests, and
devises (including labor and services).
(g) Clarification.--
(1) No buffer zone created.--Nothing in this section,
the establishment of the Historical Park, or the
management plan for the Historical Park shall be
construed to create buffer zones outside of the
Historical Park. That an activity can be seen and heard
from within the Historical Park shall not preclude the
conduct of that activity or use outside the Historical
Park.
(2) No cause of action.--Nothing in this section
shall constitute a cause of action with respect to
activities outside or adjacent to the established
boundary of the Historical Park.
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164. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young, Don (AK) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 35__. TREATMENT OF FUNDS FOR INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION MARITIME
FACILITY, PORT OF ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.

Section 10205 of Public Law 109-59 (119 Stat. 1934) is
amended by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''.
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165. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young, Don (AK) or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of title XXXV (page 730, after line 19) add the
following:

SEC. 350_. STRATEGIC SEAPORTS.

(a) Priority.--
(1) In general.--Under the port infrastructure
development program established under section 50302(c)
of title 46, United States Code, the Maritime
Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, may give priority to providing funding to
strategic seaports in support of national security
requirements.
(2) Strategic seaport defined.--In this subsection
the term ``strategic seaport'' means a military port or
and commercial port that is subject to a port planning
order or Basic Ordering Agreement (or both) that is
projected to be used for the deployment of forces and
shipment of ammunition or sustainment supplies in
support of military operations.
(b) Financial Assistance.--Section 50302(c)(2)(D) of title
46, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``and financial
assistance, including grants,'' after ``technical assistance''.
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166. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Issa (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of the bill, add the following new division:

DIVISION E--FEDERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION REFORM ACT

SEC. 5001. SHORT TITLE.

This division may be cited as the ``Federal Information
Technology Acquisition Reform Act''.

SEC. 5002. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents for this division is as follows:

Sec. 5001. Short title.
Sec. 5002. Table of contents.
Sec. 5003. Definitions.

TITLE LI--MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WITHIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Sec. 5101. Increased authority of agency Chief Information Officers over
information technology.
Sec. 5102. Lead coordination role of Chief Information Officers Council.
Sec. 5103. Reports by Government Accountability Office.

TITLE LII--DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION

Sec. 5201. Purpose.
Sec. 5202. Definitions.
Sec. 5203. Federal data center optimization initiative.
Sec. 5204. Performance requirements related to data center
consolidation.
Sec. 5205. Cost savings related to data center optimization.
Sec. 5206. Reporting requirements to Congress and the Federal Chief
Information Officer.

TITLE LIII--ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATION AND WASTE IN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION

Sec. 5301. Inventory of information technology assets.
Sec. 5302. Website consolidation and transparency.
Sec. 5303. Transition to the cloud.
Sec. 5304. Elimination of unnecessary duplication of contracts by
requiring business case analysis.

TITLE LIV--STRENGTHENING AND STREAMLINING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Subtitle A--Strengthening and Streamlining IT Program Management
Practices

Sec. 5401. Establishment of Federal infrastructure and common
application collaboration center.
Sec. 5402. Designation of Assisted Acquisition Centers of Excellence.

Subtitle B--Strengthening IT Acquisition Workforce

Sec. 5411. Expansion of training and use of information technology
acquisition cadres.
Sec. 5412. Plan on strengthening program and project management
performance.
Sec. 5413. Personnel awards for excellence in the acquisition of
information systems and information technology.

TITLE LV--ADDITIONAL REFORMS

Sec. 5501. Maximizing the benefit of the Federal Strategic Sourcing
Initiative.
Sec. 5502. Promoting transparency of blanket purchase agreements.
Sec. 5503. Additional source selection technique in solicitations.
Sec. 5504. Enhanced transparency in information technology investments.
Sec. 5505. Enhanced communication between Government and industry.
Sec. 5506. Clarification of current law with respect to technology
neutrality in acquisition of software.

SEC. 5003. DEFINITIONS.

In this division:
(1) Chief acquisition officers council.--The term
``Chief Acquisition Officers Council'' means the Chief
Acquisition Officers Council established by section
1311(a) of title 41, United States Code.
(2) Chief information officer.--The term ``Chief
Information Officer'' means a Chief Information Officer
(as designated under section 3506(a)(2) of title 44,
United States Code) of an agency listed in section
901(b) of title 31, United States Code.
(3) Chief information officers council.--The term
``Chief Information Officers Council'' or ``CIO
Council'' means the Chief Information Officers Council
established by section 3603(a) of title 44, United
States Code.
(4) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
(5) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency''
means each agency listed in section 901(b) of title 31,
United States Code.
(6) Federal chief information officer.--The term
``Federal Chief Information Officer'' means the
Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government
established under section 3602 of title 44, United
States Code.
(7) Information technology or it.--The term
``information technology'' or ``IT'' has the meaning
provided in section 11101(6) of title 40, United States
Code.
(8) Relevant congressional committees.--The term
``relevant congressional committees'' means each of the
following:
(A) The Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform and the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate.

TITLE LI--MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WITHIN FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT

SEC. 5101. INCREASED AUTHORITY OF AGENCY CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS
OVER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

(a) Presidential Appointment of CIOs of Certain Agencies.--
(1) In general.--Section 11315 of title 40, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsection (a) as
subsection (e) and moving such subsection to
the end of the section; and
(B) by inserting before subsection (b) the
following new subsection (a):
``(a) Presidential Appointment or Designation of Certain
Chief Information Officers.--
``(1) In general.--There shall be within each agency
listed in section 901(b)(1) of title 31, other than the
Department of Defense, an agency Chief Information
Officer. Each agency Chief Information Officer shall--
``(A)(i) be appointed by the President; or
``(ii) be designated by the President, in
consultation with the head of the agency; and
``(B) be appointed or designated, as
applicable, from among individuals who possess
demonstrated ability in general management of,
and knowledge of and extensive practical
experience in, information technology
management practices in large governmental or
business entities.
``(2) Responsibilities.--An agency Chief Information
Officer appointed or designated under this section
shall report directly to the head of the agency and
carry out, on a full-time basis, responsibilities as
set forth in this section and in section 3506(a) of
title 44 for Chief Information Officers designated
under paragraph (2) of such section.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 3506(a)(2)(A) of
title 44, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after ``each agency'' the following: ``, other than an
agency with a Presidentially appointed or designated
Chief Information Officer as provided in section
11315(a)(1) of title 40,''.
(b) Authority Relating to Budget and Personnel.--Section
11315 of title 40, United States Code, is further amended by
inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:
``(d) Additional Authorities for Certain CIOs.--
``(1) Budget-related authority.--
``(A) Planning.--The head of each agency
listed in section 901(b)(1) or 901(b)(2) of
title 31, other than the Department of Defense,
shall ensure that the Chief Information Officer
of the agency has the authority to participate
in decisions regarding the budget planning
process related to information technology or
programs that include significant information
technology components.
``(B) Allocation.--Amounts appropriated for
any agency listed in section 901(b)(1) or
901(b)(2) of title 31, other than the
Department of Defense, for any fiscal year that
are available for information technology shall
be allocated within the agency, consistent with
the provisions of appropriations Acts and
budget guidelines and recommendations from the
Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, in such manner as may be specified by,
or approved by, the Chief Information Officer
of the agency in consultation with the Chief
Financial Officer of the agency and budget
officials.
``(2) Personnel-related authority.--The head of each
agency listed in section 901(b)(1) or 901(b)(2) of
title 31, other than the Department of Defense, shall
ensure that the Chief Information Officer of the agency
has the authority necessary to approve the hiring of
personnel who will have information technology
responsibilities within the agency and to require that
such personnel have the obligation to report to the
Chief Information Officer in a manner considered
sufficient by the Chief Information Officer.''.
(c) Single Chief Information Officer in Each Agency.--
(1) Requirement.--Section 3506(a)(3) of title 44,
United States Code, is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(B) Each agency shall have only one
individual with the title and designation of
`Chief Information Officer'. Any bureau,
office, or subordinate organization within the
agency may designate one individual with the
title `Deputy Chief Information Officer',
`Associate Chief Information Officer', or
`Assistant Chief Information Officer'.''.
(2) Effective date.--Section 3506(a)(3)(B) of title
44, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1),
shall take effect as of October 1, 2014. Any individual
serving in a position affected by such section before
such date may continue in that position if the
requirements of such section are fulfilled with respect
to that individual.

SEC. 5102. LEAD COORDINATION ROLE OF CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS
COUNCIL.

(a) Lead Coordination Role.--Subsection (d) of section 3603
of title 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Lead Interagency Forum.--
``(1) In general.--The Council is designated the lead
interagency forum for improving agency coordination of
practices related to the design, development,
modernization, use, operation, sharing, performance,
and review of Federal Government information resources
investment. As the lead interagency forum, the Council
shall develop cross-agency portfolio management
practices to allow and encourage the development of
cross-agency shared services and shared platforms. The
Council shall also issue guidelines and practices for
infrastructure and common information technology
applications, including expansion of the Federal
Enterprise Architecture process if appropriate. The
guidelines and practices may address broader
transparency, common inputs, common outputs, and
outcomes achieved. The guidelines and practices shall
be used as a basis for comparing performance across
diverse missions and operations in various agencies.
``(2) Report.--Not later than December 1 in each of
the 6 years following the date of the enactment of this
paragraph, the Council shall submit to the relevant
congressional committees a report (to be known as the
`CIO Council Report') summarizing the Council's
activities in the preceding fiscal year and containing
such recommendations for further congressional action
to fulfill its mission as the Council considers
appropriate.
``(3) Relevant congressional committees.--For
purposes of the report required by paragraph (2), the
relevant congressional committees are each of the
following:
``(A) The Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives.
``(B) The Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate.''.
(b) Additional Function.--Subsection (f) of section 3603 of
such title is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(8) Assist the Administrator in developing and
providing guidance for effective operations of the
Federal Infrastructure and Common Application
Collaboration Center established under section 11501 of
title 40.''.
(c) References to Administrator of E-Government as Federal
Chief Information Officer.--
(1) References.--Section 3602(b) of title 44, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following: ``The Administrator may also be referred to
as the Federal Chief Information Officer.''.
(2) Definition.--Section 3601(1) of such title is
amended by inserting ``or `Federal Chief Information
Officer''' before ``means''.

SEC. 5103. REPORTS BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

(a) Requirement to Examine Effectiveness.--The Comptroller
General of the United States shall examine the effectiveness of
the Chief Information Officers Council in meeting its
responsibilities under section 3603(d) of title 44, United
States Code, as added by section 5102, with particular focus
on--
(1) whether agencies are actively participating in
the Council and heeding the Council's advice and
guidance; and
(2) whether the Council is actively using and
developing the capabilities of the Federal
Infrastructure and Common Application Collaboration
Center created under section 11501 of title 40, United
States Code, as added by section 5401.
(b) Reports.--Not later than 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a
report containing the findings and recommendations of the
Comptroller General from the examination required by subsection
(a).

TITLE LII--DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION

SEC. 5201. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this title is to optimize Federal data center
usage and efficiency.

SEC. 5202. DEFINITIONS.

In this title:
(1) Federal data center optimization initiative.--The
term ``Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative'' or
the ``Initiative'' means the initiative developed and
implemented by the Director, through the Federal Chief
Information Officer, as required under section 5203.
(2) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency''
means any agency included in the Federal Data Center
Optimization Initiative.
(3) Data center.--The term ``data center'' means a
closet, room, floor, or building for the storage,
management, and dissemination of data and information,
as defined by the Federal Chief Information Officer
under guidance issued pursuant to this section.
(4) Federal data center.--The term ``Federal data
center'' means any data center of a covered agency used
or operated by a covered agency, by a contractor of a
covered agency, or by another organization on behalf of
a covered agency.
(5) Server utilization.--The term ``server
utilization'' refers to the activity level of a server
relative to its maximum activity level, expressed as a
percentage.
(6) Power usage effectiveness.--The term ``power
usage effectiveness'' means the ratio obtained by
dividing the total amount of electricity and other
power consumed in running a data center by the power
consumed by the information and communications
technology in the data center.

SEC. 5203. FEDERAL DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION INITIATIVE.

(a) Requirement for Initiative.--The Federal Chief
Information Officer, in consultation with the chief information
officers of covered agencies, shall develop and implement an
initiative, to be known as the Federal Data Center Optimization
Initiative, to optimize the usage and efficiency of Federal
data centers by meeting the requirements of this division and
taking additional measures, as appropriate.
(b) Requirement for Plan.--Within 6 months after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Chief Information
Officer, in consultation with the chief information officers of
covered agencies, shall develop and submit to Congress a plan
for implementation of the Initiative required by subsection (a)
by each covered agency. In developing the plan, the Federal
Chief Information Officer shall take into account the findings
and recommendations of the Comptroller General review required
by section 5205(e).
(c) Matters Covered.--The plan shall include--
(1) descriptions of how covered agencies will use
reductions in floor space, energy use, infrastructure,
equipment, applications, personnel, increases in
multiorganizational use, server virtualization, cloud
computing, and other appropriate methods to meet the
requirements of the initiative; and
(2) appropriate consideration of shifting Federally
owned data centers to commercially owned data centers.

SEC. 5204. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO DATA CENTER
CONSOLIDATION.

(a) Server Utilization.--Each covered agency may use the
following methods to achieve the maximum server utilization
possible as determined by the Federal Chief Information
Officer.
(1) The closing of existing data centers that lack
adequate server utilization, as determined by the
Federal Chief Information Officer. If the agency fails
to close such data centers, the agency shall provide a
detailed explanation as to why this data center should
remain in use as part of the submitted plan. The
Federal Chief Information Officer shall include an
assessment of the agency explanation in the annual
report to Congress.
(2) The consolidation of services within existing
data centers to increase server utilization rates.
(3) Any other method that the Federal Chief
Information Officer, in consultation with the chief
information officers of covered agencies, determines
necessary to optimize server utilization.
(b) Power Usage Effectiveness.--Each covered agency may use
the following methods to achieve the maximum energy efficiency
possible as determined by the Federal Chief Information
Officer:
(1) The use of the measurement of power usage
effectiveness to calculate data center energy
efficiency.
(2) The use of power meters in data centers to
frequently measure power consumption over time.
(3) The establishment of power usage effectiveness
goals for each data center.
(4) The adoption of best practices for managing--
(A) temperature and airflow in data centers;
and
(B) power supply efficiency.
(5) The implementation of any other method that the
Federal Chief Information Officer, in consultation with
the Chief Information Officers of covered agencies,
determines necessary to optimize data center energy
efficiency.

SEC. 5205. COST SAVINGS RELATED TO DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION.

(a) Requirement to Track Costs.--
(1) In general.--Each covered agency shall track
costs resulting from implementation of the Federal Data
Center Optimization Initiative within the agency and
submit a report on those costs annually to the Federal
Chief Information Officer. Covered agencies shall
determine the net costs from data consolidation on an
annual basis.
(2) Factors.--In calculating net costs each year
under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall use the
following factors:
(A) Energy costs.
(B) Personnel costs.
(C) Real estate costs.
(D) Capital expense costs.
(E) Maintenance and support costs such as
operating subsystem, database, hardware, and
software license expense costs.
(F) Other appropriate costs, as determined by
the agency in consultation with the Federal
Chief Information Officer.
(b) Requirement to Track Savings.--
(1) In general.--Each covered agency shall track
savings resulting from implementation of the Federal
Data Center Optimization Initiative within the agency
and submit a report on those savings annually to the
Federal Chief Information Officer. Covered agencies
shall determine the net savings from data consolidation
on an annual basis.
(2) Factors.--In calculating net savings each year
under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall use the
following factors:
(A) Energy savings.
(B) Personnel savings.
(C) Real estate savings.
(D) Capital expense savings.
(E) Maintenance and support savings such as
operating subsystem, database, hardware, and
software license expense savings.
(F) Other appropriate savings, as determined
by the agency in consultation with the Federal
Chief Information Officer.
(c) Requirement to Use Cost-effective Measures.--Covered
agencies shall use the most cost-effective measures to
implement the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative.
(d) Use of Savings.--Subject to appropriations, any savings
resulting from implementation of the Federal Data Center
Optimization Initiative within a covered agency shall be used
for the following purposes:
(1) To offset the costs of implementing the
Initiative within the agency.
(2) To further enhance information technology
capabilities and services within the agency.
(e) Government Accountability Office Review.--Not later than
3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall examine methods
for calculating savings from the Initiative and using them for
the purposes identified in subsection (d), including
establishment and use of a special revolving fund that supports
data centers and server optimization, and shall submit to the
Federal Chief Information Officer and Congress a report on the
Comptroller General's findings and recommendations.

SEC. 5206. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO CONGRESS AND THE FEDERAL CHIEF
INFORMATION OFFICER.

(a) Agency Requirement to Report to CIO.--Each year, each
covered agency shall submit to the Federal Chief Information
Officer a report on the implementation of the Federal Data
Center Optimization Initiative, including savings resulting
from such implementation. The report shall include an update of
the agency's plan for implementing the Initiative.
(b) Federal Chief Information Officer Requirement to Report
to Congress.--Each year, the Federal Chief Information Officer
shall submit to the relevant congressional committees a report
that assesses agency progress in carrying out the Federal Data
Center Optimization Initiative and updates the plan under
section 5203. The report may be included as part of the annual
report required under section 3606 of title 44, United States
Code.

TITLE LIII--ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATION AND WASTE IN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION

SEC. 5301. INVENTORY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSETS.

(a) Plan.--The Director shall develop a plan for conducting a
Governmentwide inventory of information technology assets.
(b) Matters Covered.--The plan required by subsection (a)
shall cover the following:
(1) The manner in which Federal agencies can achieve
the greatest possible economies of scale and cost
savings in the procurement of information technology
assets, through measures such as reducing hardware or
software products or services that are duplicative or
overlapping and reducing the procurement of new
software licenses until such time as agency needs
exceed the number of existing and unused licenses.
(2) The capability to conduct ongoing Governmentwide
inventories of all existing software licenses on an
application-by-application basis, including
duplicative, unused, overused, and underused licenses,
and to assess the need of agencies for software
licenses.
(3) A Governmentwide spending analysis to provide
knowledge about how much is being spent for software
products or services to support decisions for strategic
sourcing under the Federal strategic sourcing program
managed by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy.
(c) Other Inventories.--In developing the plan required by
subsection (a), the Director shall review the inventory of
information systems maintained by each agency under section
3505(c) of title 44, United States Code, and the inventory of
information resources maintained by each agency under section
3506(b)(4) of such title.
(d) Availability.--The inventory of information technology
assets shall be available to Chief Information Officers and
such other Federal officials as the Chief Information Officers
may, in consultation with the Chief Information Officers
Council, designate.
(e) Deadline and Submission to Congress.--Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director
shall complete and submit to Congress the plan required by
subsection (a).
(f) Implementation.--Not later than two years after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall complete
implementation of the plan required by subsection (a).
(g) Review by Comptroller General.--Not later than two years
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General of the United States shall review the plan required by
subsection (a) and submit to the relevant congressional
committees a report on the review.

SEC. 5302. WEBSITE CONSOLIDATION AND TRANSPARENCY.

(a) Website Consolidation.--The Director shall--
(1) in consultation with Federal agencies, and after
reviewing the directory of public Federal Government
websites of each agency (as required to be established
and updated under section 207(f)(3) of the E-Government
Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 note)),
assess all the publicly available websites of Federal
agencies to determine whether there are duplicative or
overlapping websites; and
(2) require Federal agencies to eliminate or
consolidate those websites that are duplicative or
overlapping.
(b) Website Transparency.--The Director shall issue guidance
to Federal agencies to ensure that the data on publicly
available websites of the agencies are open and accessible to
the public.
(c) Matters Covered.--In preparing the guidance required by
subsection (b), the Director shall--
(1) develop guidelines, standards, and best practices
for interoperability and transparency;
(2) identify interfaces that provide for shared, open
solutions on the publicly available websites of the
agencies; and
(3) ensure that Federal agency Internet home pages,
web-based forms, and web-based applications are
accessible to individuals with disabilities in
conformance with section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d).
(d) Deadline for Guidance.--The guidance required by
subsection (b) shall be issued not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5303. TRANSITION TO THE CLOUD.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
transition to cloud computing offers significant potential
benefits for the implementation of Federal information
technology projects in terms of flexibility, cost, and
operational benefits.
(b) Governmentwide Application.--In assessing cloud computing
opportunities, the Chief Information Officers Council shall
define policies and guidelines for the adoption of
Governmentwide programs providing for a standardized approach
to security assessment and operational authorization for cloud
products and services.
(c) Additional Budget Authorities for Transition.--In
transitioning to the cloud, a Chief Information Officer of an
agency listed in section 901(b) of title 31, United States
Code, may establish such cloud service Working Capital Funds,
in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the agency,
as may be necessary to transition to cloud-based solutions.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such cloud service
Working Capital Funds may preserve funding for cloud service
transitions for a period not to exceed 5 years per
appropriation. Any establishment of a new Working Capital Fund
under this subsection shall be reported to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
and relevant Congressional committees.

SEC. 5304. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY DUPLICATION OF CONTRACTS BY
REQUIRING BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to leverage the
Government's buying power and achieve administrative
efficiencies and cost savings by eliminating unnecessary
duplication of contracts.
(b) Requirement for Business Case Approval.--
(1) In general.--Effective on and after 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, an
executive agency may not issue a solicitation for a
covered contract vehicle unless the agency performs a
business case analysis for the contract vehicle and
obtains an approval of the business case analysis from
the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
(2) Review of business case analysis.--
(A) In general.--With respect to any covered
contract vehicle, the Administrator for Federal
Procurement Policy shall review the business
case analysis submitted for the contract
vehicle and provide an approval or disapproval
within 60 days after the date of submission.
Any business case analysis not disapproved
within such 60-day period is deemed to be
approved.
(B) Basis for approval of business case.--The
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
shall approve or disapprove a business case
analysis based on the adequacy of the analysis
submitted. The Administrator shall give primary
consideration to whether an agency has
demonstrated a compelling need that cannot be
satisfied by existing Governmentwide contract
vehicles in a timely and cost-effective manner.
(3) Content of business case analysis.--The
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall
issue guidance specifying the content for a business
case analysis submitted pursuant to this section. At a
minimum, the business case analysis shall include
details on the administrative resources needed for such
contract vehicle, including an analysis of all direct
and indirect costs to the Federal Government of
awarding and administering such contract vehicle and
the impact such contract vehicle will have on the
ability of the Federal Government to leverage its
purchasing power.
(c) Definitions.--
(1) Covered contract vehicle.--The term ``covered
contract vehicle'' has the meaning provided by the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in
guidance issued pursuant to this section and includes,
at a minimum, any Governmentwide contract vehicle ,
whether for acquisition of information technology or
other goods or services, in an amount greater than
$50,000,000 (or $10,000,000, determined on an average
annual basis, in the case of such a contract vehicle
performed over more than one year). The term does not
include a multiple award schedule contract awarded by
the General Services Administration, a Governmentwide
acquisition contract for information technology awarded
pursuant to sections 11302(e) and 11314(a)(2) of title
40, United States Code, or orders against existing
Governmentwide contract vehicles.
(2) Governmentwide contract vehicle and executive
agency.--The terms ``Governmentwide contract vehicle''
and ``executive agency'' have the meanings provided in
section 11501 of title 40, United States Code, as added
by section 5401.
(d) Report.--Not later than June 1 in each of the next 6
years following the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy shall submit to
the relevant congressional committees a report on the
implementation of this section, including a summary of the
submissions, reviews, approvals, and disapprovals of business
case analyses pursuant to this section.
(e) Guidance.--The Administrator for Federal Procurement
Policy shall issue guidance for implementing this section.
(f) Revision of Far.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition
Regulation shall be amended to implement this section.

TITLE LIV--STRENGTHENING AND STREAMLINING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Subtitle A--Strengthening and Streamlining IT Program Management
Practices

SEC. 5401. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMON
APPLICATION COLLABORATION CENTER.

(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 115 of title 40, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:

``CHAPTER 115--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

``Sec.
``11501. Federal infrastructure and common application collaboration
center.

``Sec. 11501. Federal infrastructure and common application
collaboration center

``(a) Establishment and Purposes.--The Director of the Office
of Management and Budget shall establish a Federal
Infrastructure and Common Application Collaboration Center
(hereafter in this section referred to as the `Collaboration
Center') within the Office of Electronic Government established
under section 3602 of title 44 in accordance with this section.
The purposes of the Collaboration Center are to serve as a
focal point for coordinated program management practices and to
develop and maintain requirements for the acquisition of IT
infrastructure and common applications commonly used by various
Federal agencies.
``(b) Organization of Center.--
``(1) Membership.--The Center shall consist of the
following members:
``(A) An appropriate number, as determined by
the CIO Council, but not less than 12, full-
time program managers or cost specialists, all
of whom have appropriate experience in the
private or Government sector in managing or
overseeing acquisitions of IT infrastructure
and common applications.
``(B) At least 1 full-time detailee from each
of the Federal agencies listed in section
901(b) of title 31, nominated by the respective
agency chief information officer for a detail
period of not less than 2 years.
``(2) Working groups.--The Collaboration Center shall
have working groups that specialize in IT
infrastructure and common applications identified by
the CIO Council. Each working group shall be headed by
a separate dedicated program manager appointed by the
Federal Chief Information Officer.
``(c) Capabilities and Functions of the Collaboration
Center.--For each of the IT infrastructure and common
application areas identified by the CIO Council, the
Collaboration Center shall perform the following roles, and any
other functions as directed by the Federal Chief Information
Officer:
``(1) Develop, maintain, and disseminate requirements
suitable to establish contracts that will meet the
common and general needs of various Federal agencies as
determined by the Center. In doing so, the Center shall
give maximum consideration to the adoption of
commercial standards and industry acquisition best
practices, including opportunities for shared services,
consideration of total cost of ownership, preference
for industry-neutral functional specifications
leveraging open industry standards and competition, and
use of long-term contracts, as appropriate.
``(2) Develop, maintain, and disseminate reliable
cost estimates that are accurate, comprehensive, well-
documented, and credible.
``(3) Lead the review of significant or troubled IT
investments or acquisitions as identified by the CIO
Council.
``(4) Provide expert aid to troubled IT investments
or acquisitions.
``(d) Guidance.--The Director, in consultation with the Chief
Information Officers Council, shall issue guidance addressing
the scope and operation of the Collaboration Center. The
guidance shall require that the Collaboration Center report to
the Federal Chief Information Officer.
``(e) Report to Congress.--
``(1) In general.--The Director shall annually submit
to the relevant congressional committees a report
detailing the organization, staff, and activities of
the Collaboration Center, including--
``(A) a list of IT infrastructure and common
applications the Center assisted;
``(B) an assessment of the Center's
achievement in promoting efficiency, shared
services, and elimination of unnecessary
Government requirements that are contrary to
commercial best practices; and
``(C) the use and expenditure of amounts in
the Fund established under subsection (i).
``(2) Inclusion in other report.--The report may be
included as part of the annual E-Government status
report required under section 3606 of title 44.
``(f) Improvement of the Governmentwide Software Purchasing
Program.--
``(1) In general.--The Collaboration Center, in
collaboration with the Office of Federal Procurement
Policy, the Department of Defense, and the General
Services Administration, shall identify and develop a
strategic sourcing initiative to enhance Governmentwide
acquisition, shared use, and dissemination of software,
as well as compliance with end user license agreements.
``(2) Examination of methods.--In developing the
initiative under paragraph (1), the Collaboration
Center shall examine the use of realistic and effective
demand aggregation models supported by actual agency
commitment to use the models, and supplier relationship
management practices, to more effectively govern the
Government's acquisition of information technology.
``(3) Governmentwide user license agreement.--The
Collaboration Center, in developing the initiative
under paragraph (1), shall allow for the purchase of a
license agreement that is available for use by all
executive agencies as one user to the maximum extent
practicable and as appropriate.
``(g) Guidelines for Acquisition of It Infrastructure and
Common Applications.--
``(1) Guidelines.--The Collaboration Center shall
establish guidelines that, to the maximum extent
possible, eliminate inconsistent practices among
executive agencies and ensure uniformity and
consistency in acquisition processes for IT
infrastructure and common applications across the
Federal Government.
``(2) Central website.--In preparing the guidelines,
the Collaboration Center, in consultation with the
Chief Acquisition Officers Council, shall offer
executive agencies the option of accessing a central
website for best practices, templates, and other
relevant information.
``(h) Pricing Transparency.--The Collaboration Center, in
collaboration with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy,
the Chief Acquisition Officers Council, the General Services
Administration, and the Assisted Acquisition Centers of
Excellence, shall compile a price list and catalogue containing
current pricing information by vendor for each of its IT
infrastructure and common applications categories. The price
catalogue shall contain any price provided by a vendor for the
same or similar good or service to any executive agency. The
catalogue shall be developed in a fashion ensuring that it may
be used for pricing comparisons and pricing analysis using
standard data formats. The price catalogue shall not be made
public, but shall be accessible to executive agencies.
``(i) Federal It Acquisition Management Improvement Fund.--
``(1) Establishment and management of fund.--There is
a Federal IT Acquisition Management Improvement Fund
(in this subsection referred to as the `Fund'). The
Administrator of General Services shall manage the Fund
through the Collaboration Center to support the
activities of the Collaboration Center carried out
pursuant to this section. The Administrator of General
Services shall consult with the Director in managing
the Fund.
``(2) Credits to fund.--Five percent of the fees
collected by executive agencies under the following
contracts shall be credited to the Fund:
``(A) Governmentwide task and delivery order
contracts entered into under sections 4103 and
4105 of title 41.
``(B) Governmentwide contracts for the
acquisition of information technology and
multiagency acquisition contracts for that
technology authorized by section 11314 of this
title.
``(C) Multiple-award schedule contracts
entered into by the Administrator of General
Services.
``(3) Remittance by head of executive agency.--The
head of an executive agency that administers a contract
described in paragraph (2) shall remit to the General
Services Administration the amount required to be
credited to the Fund with respect to the contract at
the end of each quarter of the fiscal year.
``(4) Amounts not to be used for other purposes.--The
Administrator of General Services, through the Office
of Management and Budget, shall ensure that amounts
collected under this subsection are not used for a
purpose other than the activities of the Collaboration
Center carried out pursuant to this section.
``(5) Availability of amounts.--Amounts credited to
the Fund remain available to be expended only in the
fiscal year for which they are credited and the 4
succeeding fiscal years.
``(j) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Executive agency.--The term `executive agency'
has the meaning provided that term by section 105 of
title 5.
``(2) Federal chief information officer.--The term
`Federal Chief Information Officer' means the
Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government
established under section 3602 of title 44.
``(3) Governmentwide contract vehicle.--The term
`Governmentwide contract vehicle' means any contract,
blanket purchase agreement, or other contractual
instrument that allows for an indefinite number of
orders to be placed within the contract, agreement, or
instrument, and that is established by one executive
agency for use by multiple executive agencies to obtain
supplies and services.
``(4) Relevant congressional committees.--The term
`relevant congressional committees' means each of the
following:
``(A) The Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives.
``(B) The Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate.
``(k) Revision of Far.--The Federal Acquisition Regulation
shall be amended to implement this section.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The item relating to chapter
115 in the table of chapters at the beginning of
subtitle III of title 40, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:

``115. Information Technology Acquisition Management Practices..11501''.

(b) Deadlines.--
(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue
guidance under section 11501(d) of title 40, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a).
(2) Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish the
Federal Infrastructure and Common Application
Collaboration Center, in accordance with section
11501(a) of such title, as so added.
(3) Not later than 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Federal Infrastructure and
Common Application Collaboration Center shall--
(A) identify and develop a strategic sourcing
initiative in accordance with section 11501(f)
of such title, as so added; and
(B) establish guidelines in accordance with
section 11501(g) of such title, as so added.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 3602(c) of title 44,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4);
and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph (3):
``(3) all of the functions of the Federal
Infrastructure and Common Application Collaboration
Center, as required under section 11501 of title 40;
and''.

SEC. 5402. DESIGNATION OF ASSISTED ACQUISITION CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

(a) Designation.--Chapter 115 of title 40, United States
Code, as amended by section 5401, is further amended by adding
at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 11502. Assisted Acquisition Centers of Excellence

``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to develop
specialized assisted acquisition centers of excellence within
the Federal Government to promote--
``(1) the effective use of best acquisition
practices;
``(2) the development of specialized expertise in the
acquisition of information technology; and
``(3) Governmentwide sharing of acquisition
capability to augment any shortage in the information
technology acquisition workforce.
``(b) Designation of AACEs.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of the enactment of this section, and every 3 years
thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget, in consultation with the Chief Acquisition Officers
Council and the Chief Information Officers Council, shall
designate, redesignate, or withdraw the designation of
acquisition centers of excellence within various executive
agencies to carry out the functions set forth in subsection (c)
in an area of specialized acquisition expertise as determined
by the Director. Each such center of excellence shall be known
as an `Assisted Acquisition Center of Excellence' or an `AACE'.
``(c) Functions.--The functions of each AACE are as follows:
``(1) Best practices.--To promote, develop, and
implement the use of best acquisition practices in the
area of specialized acquisition expertise that the AACE
is designated to carry out by the Director under
subsection (b).
``(2) Assisted acquisitions.--To assist all
Government agencies in the expedient and low-cost
acquisition of the information technology goods or
services covered by such area of specialized
acquisition expertise by engaging in repeated and
frequent acquisition of similar information technology
requirements.
``(3) Development and training of it acquisition
workforce.--To assist in recruiting and training IT
acquisition cadres (referred to in section 1704(j) of
title 41).
``(d) Criteria.--In designating, redesignating, or
withdrawing the designation of an AACE, the Director shall
consider, at a minimum, the following matters:
``(1) The subject matter expertise of the host agency
in a specific area of information technology
acquisition.
``(2) For acquisitions of IT infrastructure and
common applications covered by the Federal
Infrastructure and Common Application Collaboration
Center established under section 11501 of this title,
the ability and willingness to collaborate with the
Collaboration Center and adhere to the requirements
standards established by the Collaboration Center.
``(3) The ability of an AACE to develop customized
requirements documents that meet the needs of executive
agencies as well as the current industry standards and
commercial best practices.
``(4) The ability of an AACE to consistently award
and manage various contracts, task or delivery orders,
and other acquisition arrangements in a timely, cost-
effective, and compliant manner.
``(5) The ability of an AACE to aggregate demands
from multiple executive agencies for similar
information technology goods or services and fulfill
those demands in one acquisition.
``(6) The ability of an AACE to acquire innovative or
emerging commercial and noncommercial technologies
using various contracting methods, including ways to
lower the entry barriers for small businesses with
limited Government contracting experiences.
``(7) The ability of an AACE to maximize commercial
item acquisition, effectively manage high-risk contract
types, increase competition, promote small business
participation, and maximize use of available
Governmentwide contract vehicles.
``(8) The existence of an in-house cost estimating
group with expertise to consistently develop reliable
cost estimates that are accurate, comprehensive, well-
documented, and credible.
``(9) The ability of an AACE to employ best practices
and educate requesting agencies, to the maximum extent
practicable, regarding critical factors underlying
successful major IT acquisitions, including the
following factors:
``(A) Active engagement by program officials
with stakeholders.
``(B) Possession by program staff of the
necessary knowledge and skills.
``(C) Support of the programs by senior
department and agency executives.
``(D) Involvement by end users and
stakeholders in the development of
requirements.
``(E) Participation by end users in testing
of system functionality prior to formal end
user acceptance testing.
``(F) Stability and consistency of Government
and contractor staff.
``(G) Prioritization of requirements by
program staff.
``(H) Maintenance of regular communication
with the prime contractor by program officials.
``(I) Receipt of sufficient funding by
programs.
``(10) The ability of an AACE to run an effective
acquisition intern program in collaboration with the
Federal Acquisition Institute or the Defense
Acquisition University.
``(11) The ability of an AACE to effectively and
properly manage fees received for assisted acquisitions
pursuant to this section.
``(e) Funds Received by AACEs.--
``(1) Availability.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law or regulation, funds obligated and
transferred from an executive agency in a fiscal year
to an AACE for the acquisition of goods or services
covered by an area of specialized acquisition expertise
of an AACE, regardless of whether the requirements are
severable or non-severable, shall remain available for
awards of contracts by the AACE for the same general
requirements for the next 5 fiscal years following the
fiscal year in which the funds were transferred.
``(2) Transition to new aace.--If the AACE to which
the funds are provided under paragraph (1) becomes
unable to fulfill the requirements of the executive
agency from which the funds were provided, the funds
may be provided to a different AACE to fulfill such
requirements. The funds so provided shall be used for
the same purpose and remain available for the same
period of time as applied when provided to the original
AACE.
``(3) Relationship to existing authorities.--This
subsection does not limit any existing authorities an
AACE may have under its revolving or working capital
funds authorities.
``(f) Government Accountability Office Review of AACE.--
``(1) Review.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall review and assess--
``(A) the use and management of fees received
by the AACEs pursuant to this section to ensure
that an appropriate fee structure is
established and enforced to cover activities
addressed in this section and that no excess
fees are charged or retained; and
``(B) the effectiveness of the AACEs in
achieving the purpose described in subsection
(a), including review of contracts.
``(2) Reports.--Not later than 1 year after the
designation or redesignation of AACES under subsection
(b), the Comptroller General shall submit to the
relevant congressional committees a report containing
the findings and assessment under paragraph (1).
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Assisted acquisition.--The term `assisted
acquisition' means a type of interagency acquisition in
which the parties enter into an interagency agreement
pursuant to which--
``(A) the servicing agency performs
acquisition activities on the requesting
agency's behalf, such as awarding,
administering, or closing out a contract, task
order, delivery order, or blanket purchase
agreement; and
``(B) funding is provided through a franchise
fund, the Acquisition Services Fund in section
321 of this title, sections 1535 and 1536 of
title 31, or other available methods.
``(2) Executive agency.--The term `executive agency'
has the meaning provided that term by section 133 of
title 41.
``(3) Relevant congressional committees.--The term
`relevant congressional committees' has the meaning
provided that term by section 11501 of this title.
``(h) Revision of Far.--The Federal Acquisition Regulation
shall be amended to implement this section.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 115 of title 40, United States Code, as
amended by section 5401, is further amended by adding at the
end the following new item:

``11502. Assisted Acquisition Centers of Excellence.''.

Subtitle B--Strengthening IT Acquisition Workforce

SEC. 5411. EXPANSION OF TRAINING AND USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ACQUISITION CADRES.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure timely
progress by Federal agencies toward developing, strengthening,
and deploying personnel with highly specialized skills in
information technology acquisition, including program and
project managers, to be known as information technology
acquisition cadres.
(b) Report to Congress.--Section 1704 of title 41, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(j) Strategic Plan on Information Technology Acquisition
Cadres.--
``(1) Five-year strategic plan to congress.--Not
later than June 1 following the date of the enactment
of this subsection, the Director shall submit to the
relevant congressional committees a 5-year strategic
plan (to be known as the `IT Acquisition Cadres
Strategic Plan') to develop, strengthen, and solidify
information technology acquisition cadres. The plan
shall include a timeline for implementation of the plan
and identification of individuals responsible for
specific elements of the plan during the 5-year period
covered by the plan.
``(2) Matters covered.--The plan shall address, at a
minimum, the following matters:
``(A) Current information technology
acquisition staffing challenges in Federal
agencies, by previous year's information
technology acquisition value, and by the
Federal Government as a whole.
``(B) The variety and complexity of
information technology acquisitions conducted
by each Federal agency covered by the plan, and
the specialized information technology
acquisition workforce needed to effectively
carry out such acquisitions.
``(C) The development of a sustainable
funding model to support efforts to hire,
retain, and train an information technology
acquisition cadre of appropriate size and skill
to effectively carry out the acquisition
programs of the Federal agencies covered by the
plan, including an examination of interagency
funding methods and a discussion of how the
model of the Defense Acquisition Workforce
Development Fund could be applied to civilian
agencies.
``(D) Any strategic human capital planning
necessary to hire, retain, and train an
information acquisition cadre of appropriate
size and skill at each Federal agency covered
by the plan.
``(E) Governmentwide training standards and
certification requirements necessary to enhance
the mobility and career opportunities of the
Federal information technology acquisition
cadre within the Federal agencies covered by
the plan.
``(F) New and innovative approaches to
workforce development and training, including
cross-functional training, rotational
development, and assignments both within and
outside the Government.
``(G) Appropriate consideration and alignment
with the needs and priorities of the
Infrastructure and Common Application
Collaboration Center, Assisted Acquisition
Centers of Excellence, and acquisition intern
programs.
``(H) Assessment of the current workforce
competency and usage trends in evaluation
technique to obtain best value, including
proper handling of tradeoffs between price and
nonprice factors.
``(I) Assessment of the current workforce
competency in designing and aligning
performance goals, life cycle costs, and
contract incentives.
``(J) Assessment of the current workforce
competency in avoiding brand-name preference
and using industry-neutral functional
specifications to leverage open industry
standards and competition.
``(K) Use of integrated program teams,
including fully dedicated program managers, for
each complex information technology investment.
``(L) Proper assignment of recognition or
accountability to the members of an integrated
program team for both individual functional
goals and overall program success or failure.
``(M) The development of a technology fellows
program that includes provisions for
recruiting, for rotation of assignments, and
for partnering directly with universities with
well-recognized information technology
programs.
``(N) The capability to properly manage other
transaction authority (where such authority is
granted), including ensuring that the use of
the authority is warranted due to unique
technical challenges, rapid adoption of
innovative or emerging commercial or
noncommercial technologies, or other
circumstances that cannot readily be satisfied
using a contract, grant, or cooperative
agreement in accordance with applicable law and
the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
``(O) The use of student internship and
scholarship programs as a talent pool for
permanent hires and the use and impact of
special hiring authorities and flexibilities to
recruit diverse candidates.
``(P) The assessment of hiring manager
satisfaction with the hiring process and hiring
outcomes, including satisfaction with the
quality of applicants interviewed and hires
made.
``(Q) The assessment of applicant
satisfaction with the hiring process, including
the clarity of the hiring announcement, the
user-friendliness of the application process,
communication from the hiring manager or agency
regarding application status, and timeliness of
the hiring decision.
``(R) The assessment of new hire satisfaction
with the onboarding process, including the
orientation process, and investment in training
and development for employees during their
first year of employment.
``(S) Any other matters the Director
considers appropriate.
``(3) Annual report.--Not later than June 1 in each
of the 5 years following the year of submission of the
plan required by paragraph (1), the Director shall
submit to the relevant congressional committees an
annual report outlining the progress made pursuant to
the plan.
``(4) Government accountability office review of the
plan and annual report.--
``(A) Not later than 1 year after the
submission of the plan required by paragraph
(1), the Comptroller General of the United
States shall review the plan and submit to the
relevant congressional committees a report on
the review.
``(B) Not later than 6 months after the
submission of the first, third, and fifth
annual report required under paragraph (3), the
Comptroller General shall independently assess
the findings of the annual report and brief the
relevant congressional committees on the
Comptroller General's findings and
recommendations to ensure the objectives of the
plan are accomplished.
``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) The term `Federal agency' means each
agency listed in section 901(b) of title 31.
``(B) The term `relevant congressional
committees' means each of the following:
``(i) The Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
``(ii) The Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs and
the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate.''.

SEC. 5412. PLAN ON STRENGTHENING PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE.

(a) Plan on Strengthening Program and Project Management
Performance.--Not later than June 1 following the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall submit to
the relevant congressional committees a plan for improving
management of IT programs and projects.
(b) Matters Covered.--The plan required by subsection (a)
shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Creation of a specialized career path for program
management.
(2) The development of a competency model for program
management consistent with the IT project manager
model.
(3) A career advancement model that requires
appropriate expertise and experience for advancement.
(4) A career advancement model that is more
competitive with the private sector and that recognizes
both Government and private sector experience.
(5) Appropriate consideration and alignment with the
needs and priorities of the Infrastructure and Common
Application Collaboration Center, the Assisted
Acquisition Centers of Excellence, and acquisition
intern programs.
(c) Combination With Other Cadres Plan.--The Director may
combine the plan required by subsection (a) with the IT
Acquisition Cadres Strategic Plan required under section
1704(j) of title 41, United States Code, as added by section
411.

SEC. 5413. PERSONNEL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ACQUISITION OF
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management shall develop policy and guidance for
agencies to develop a program to recognize excellent
performance by Federal Government employees and teams of such
employees in the acquisition of information systems and
information technology for the agency.
(b) Elements.--The program referred to in subsection (a)
shall, to the extent practicable--
(1) obtain objective outcome measures; and
(2) include procedures for--
(A) the nomination of Federal Government
employees and teams of such employees for
eligibility for recognition under the program;
and
(B) the evaluation of nominations for
recognition under the program by 1 or more
agency panels of individuals from Government,
academia, and the private sector who have such
expertise, and are appointed in such a manner,
as the Director of the Office of Personal
Management shall establish for purposes of the
program.
(c) Award of Cash Bonuses and Other Incentives.--In carrying
out the program referred to in subsection (a), the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation with the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall
establish policies and guidance for agencies to reward any
Federal Government employee or teams of such employees
recognized pursuant to the program--
(1) with a cash bonus, to the extent that the
performance of such individual or team warrants the
award of such bonus and is authorized by any provision
of law;
(2) through promotions and other nonmonetary awards;
(3) by publicizing--
(A) acquisition accomplishments by individual
employees; and
(B) the tangible end benefits that resulted
from such accomplishments, as appropriate; and
(4) through other awards, incentives, or bonuses that
the head of the agency considers appropriate.

TITLE LV--ADDITIONAL REFORMS

SEC. 5501. MAXIMIZING THE BENEFIT OF THE FEDERAL STRATEGIC SOURCING
INITIATIVE.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy
shall prescribe regulations providing that when the Federal
Government makes a purchase of services and supplies offered
under the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative (managed by the
Office of Federal Procurement Policy) but such Initiative is
not used, the contract file for the purchase shall include a
brief analysis of the comparative value, including price and
nonprice factors, between the services and supplies offered
under such Initiative and services and supplies offered under
the source or sources used for the purchase.

SEC. 5502. PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY OF BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.

(a) Price Information to Be Treated as Public Information.--
The final negotiated price offered by an awardee of a blanket
purchase agreement shall be treated as public information.
(b) Publication of Blanket Purchase Agreement Information.--
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Administrator of General Services shall make available
to the public a list of all blanket purchase agreements entered
into by Federal agencies under its Federal Supply Schedules
contracts and the prices associated with those blanket purchase
agreements. The list and price information shall be updated at
least once every 6 months.

SEC. 5503. ADDITIONAL SOURCE SELECTION TECHNIQUE IN SOLICITATIONS.

Section 3306(d) of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1);
(2) by striking the period and inserting ``; or'' at
the end of paragraph (2); and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) stating in the solicitation that the award will
be made using a fixed price technical competition,
under which all offerors compete solely on nonprice
factors and the fixed award price is pre-announced in
the solicitation.''.

SEC. 5504. ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS.

(a) Public Availability of Information About It
Investments.--Section 11302(c) of title 40, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following
new paragraph:
``(2) Public availability.--
``(A) In general.--The Director shall make
available to the public the cost, schedule, and
performance data for at least 80 percent (by
dollar value) of all information technology
investments Governmentwide, and 60 percent (by
dollar value) of all information technology
investments in each Federal agency listed in
section 901(b) of title 31, notwithstanding
whether the investments are for new IT
acquisitions or for operations and maintenance
of existing IT. The Director shall ensure that
the information is current, accurate, and
reflects the risks associated with each covered
information technology investment.
``(B) Waiver or limitation authority.--The
applicability of subparagraph (A) may be waived
or the extent of the information may be
limited--
``(i) by the Director, with respect
to IT investments Governmentwide; and
``(ii) by the Chief Information
Officer of a Federal agency, with
respect to IT investments in that
agency; if the Director or the Chief
Information Officer, as the case may
be, determines that such a waiver or
limitation is in the national security
interests of the United States.''.
(b) Additional Report Requirements.--Paragraph (3) of section
11302(c) of such title, as redesignated by subsection (a), is
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The report shall
include an analysis of agency trends reflected in the
performance risk information required in paragraph (2).''.

SEC. 5505. ENHANCED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall
prescribe a regulation making clear that agency acquisition
personnel are permitted and encouraged to engage in responsible
and constructive exchanges with industry, so long as those
exchanges are consistent with existing law and regulation and
do not promote an unfair competitive advantage to particular
firms.

SEC. 5506. CLARIFICATION OF CURRENT LAW WITH RESPECT TO TECHNOLOGY
NEUTRALITY IN ACQUISITION OF SOFTWARE.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to establish
guidance and processes to clarify that software acquisitions by
the Federal Government are to be made using merit-based
requirements development and evaluation processes that promote
procurement choices--
(1) based on performance and value, including the
long-term value proposition to the Federal Government;
(2) free of preconceived preferences based on how
technology is developed, licensed, or distributed; and
(3) generally including the consideration of
proprietary, open source, and mixed source software
technologies.
(b) Technology Neutrality.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to modify the Federal Government's long-standing
policy of following technology-neutral principles and practices
when selecting and acquiring information technology that best
fits the needs of the Federal Government.
(c) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the
Chief Information Officers Council, shall issue guidance
concerning the technology-neutral procurement and use of
software within the Federal Government.
(d) Matters Covered.--In issuing guidance under subsection
(c), the Director shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Guidance to clarify that the preference for
commercial items in section 3307 of title 41, United
States Code, includes proprietary, open source, and
mixed source software that meets the definition of the
term ``commercial item'' in section 103 of title 41,
United States Code, including all such software that is
used for non-Government purposes and is licensed to the
public.
(2) Guidance regarding the conduct of market research
to ensure the inclusion of proprietary, open source,
and mixed source software options.
(3) Guidance to define Governmentwide standards for
security, redistribution, indemnity, and copyright in
the acquisition, use, release, and collaborative
development of proprietary, open source, and mixed
source software.
(4) Guidance for the adoption of available commercial
practices to acquire proprietary, open source, and
mixed source software for widespread Government use,
including issues such as security and redistribution
rights.
(5) Guidance to establish standard service level
agreements for maintenance and support for proprietary,
open source, and mixed source software products widely
adopted by the Government, as well as the development
of Governmentwide agreements that contain standard and
widely applicable contract provisions for ongoing
maintenance and development of software.
(6) Guidance on the role and use of the Federal
Infrastructure and Common Application Collaboration
Center, established pursuant to section 11501 of title
40, United States Code (as added by section 5401), for
acquisition of proprietary, open source, and mixed
source software.
(e) Report to Congress.--Not later than 2 years after the
issuance of the guidance required by subsection (b), the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the
relevant congressional committees a report containing--
(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the
guidance;
(2) an identification of barriers to widespread use
by the Federal Government of specific software
technologies; and
(3) such legislative recommendations as the
Comptroller General considers appropriate to further
the purposes of this section.
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167. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Whitfield (KY) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1090. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ADVISORY BOARD ON
TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND WORKER HEALTH.

It is the sense of Congress that the President should
establish an Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker
Health, as described in the report of the Comptroller General
of the United States titled ``Energy Employees Compensation:
Additional Independent Oversight and Transparency Would Improve
Program's Credibility'', numbered GAO-10-302, to--
(1) advise the President concerning the review and
approval of the Department of Labor site exposure
matrix;
(2) conduct periodic peer reviews of, and approve,
medical guidance for part E claims examiners with
respect to the weighing of a claimant's medical
evidence;
(3) obtain periodic expert review of evidentiary
requirements for part B claims related to lung disease
regardless of approval;
(4) provide oversight over industrial hygienists,
Department of Labor staff physicians, and Department of
Labor's consulting physicians and their reports to
ensure quality, objectivity, and consistency; and
(5) coordinate exchanges of data and findings with
the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health to
the extent necessary (under section 3624 the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7384o).
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168. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Franks (AZ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12_. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ILLEGAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS OF
IRAN AND NORTH KOREA.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the paramount security concern of the United
States is the ongoing and illegal nuclear weapons
programs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
(2) it should be the primary objective of the
President of the United States to ensure that North
Korea's nuclear program is completely and verifiably
eliminated and that Iran, and its terrorist proxies,
are not allowed to develop nuclear weapons capability
and the means to deliver them;
(3) the continuing failure to compel Iran and North
Korea to comply with their respective obligations under
international law risks greater nuclear proliferation
throughout already unstable regions by states that have
chosen, but not irreversibly so, to refrain from
developing or acquiring their own nuclear weapons
capability;
(4) nuclear arms reductions by the United States and
the Russian Federation have not persuaded or otherwise
incentivized Iran and North Korea to halt or reverse
their destabilizing and dangerous nuclear weapons
programs, nor have they resulted in increased
cooperation by other states to deal with these threats;
and
(5) the President should use all international fora
available to the President to pursue the complete and
verifiable elimination of the nuclear weapons programs
of Iran and North Korea as the President's paramount
obligation to the security of the American people.
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169. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Franks (AZ) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 456, line 12, strike ``Secretary of the Defense'' and
insert ``Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of Homeland Security and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission,''.

Page 456, line 15, after ```TCAs')'' insert the following:
``that receive power supply from commercial or other non-
military sources''.

Page 456, line 21, strike ``Secretary of the Defense'' and
insert ``Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of Homeland Security and the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission,''.

Page 457, lines 3 through 4, after ``Department of Defense''
insert the following: ``, in consultation with the Secretary of
Homeland Security and the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission,''.

Page 457, line 8, after ``Department'' insert the following:
``, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,''.

Page 457, line 12, after ``Department'' insert the following:
``, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,''.

Page 457, line 18, after ``Secretary of Defense'' insert the
following: ``, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,''.
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170. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi (CA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 15_. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR THE AFGHANISTAN SECURITY FORCES FUND
TO ACQUIRE CERTAIN AIRCRAFT, VEHICLES, AND
EQUIPMENT.

(a) Limitation.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this Act to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan
Security Forces Fund (ASFF), $2,600,000,000 shall be withheld
from obligation and expenditure until the Secretary of Defense
submits to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate a report as described in subsection (b).
(b) Report.--The report referred to in subsection (a) is a
report that includes the following information:
(1) A list of all covered aircraft, vehicles, and
equipment to be purchased with funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act to the Department of Defense
for the ASFF.
(2) The expected date on which such covered aircraft,
vehicles, and equipment would be delivered and operable
in Afghanistan.
(3) The full requirements for operating such covered
aircraft, vehicles, and equipment.
(4) The plan for maintenance of such covered
aircraft, vehicles, and equipment and estimated costs
of such covered aircraft, vehicles, and equipment by
year, through 2020.
(5) The expected date that ASFF personnel would be
fully capable of operating and maintaining such covered
aircraft, vehicles, and equipment without support from
United States personnel.
(6) An explanation of the extent to which the
acquisition of such covered aircraft, vehicles, and
equipment will impact the longer-term United States
costs of supporting the ASFF.
(c) Covered Aircraft, Vehicles, and Equipment.--In this
section, the term ``covered aircraft, vehicles, and equipment''
means helicopters, systems for close air support, air mobility
systems, and armored vehicles.
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171. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gingrey (GA) or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1090. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PRESERVATION OF SECOND AMENDMENT
RIGHTS OF ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL STATIONED
OR RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Second Amendment to the United States
Constitution provides that the right of the people to
keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
(2) Approximately 40,000 servicemen and women across
all branches of the Armed Forces either live in or are
stationed on active duty within the Washington, D.C.,
metropolitan area. Unless these individuals are granted
a waiver as serving in a law enforcement role, they are
subject to the District of Columbia's onerous and
highly restrictive laws on the possession of firearms.
(3) Military personnel, despite being extensively
trained in the proper and safe use of firearms, are
therefore deprived by the laws of the District of
Columbia of handguns, rifles, and shotguns that are
commonly kept by law-abiding persons throughout the
United States for sporting use and for lawful defense
of their persons, homes, businesses, and families.
(4) The District of Columbia has one of the highest
per capita murder rates in the Nation, which may be
attributed in part to previous local laws prohibiting
possession of firearms by law-abiding persons who would
have otherwise been able to defend themselves and their
loved ones in their own homes and businesses.
(5) The Gun Control Act of 1968 (as amended by the
Firearms Owners' Protection Act) and the Brady Handgun
Violence Prevention Act provide comprehensive Federal
regulations applicable in the District of Columbia as
elsewhere. In addition, existing District of Columbia
criminal laws punish possession and illegal use of
firearms by violent criminals and felons. Consequently,
there is no need for local laws that only affect and
disarm law-abiding citizens.
(6) On June 26, 2008, the Supreme Court of the United
States in the case of District of Columbia v. Heller
held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's
right to possess a firearm for traditionally lawful
purposes, and thus ruled that the District of
Columbia's handgun ban and requirements that rifles and
shotguns in the home be kept unloaded and disassembled
or outfitted with a trigger lock to be
unconstitutional.
(7) On July 16, 2008, the District of Columbia
enacted the Firearms Control Emergency Amendment Act of
2008 (D.C. Act 17-422; 55 DCR 8237), which places
onerous restrictions on the ability of law-abiding
citizens from possessing firearms, thus violating the
spirit by which the Supreme Court of the United States
ruled in District of Columbia v. Heller.
(8) On February 26, 2009, the United States Senate
adopted an amendment on a bipartisan vote of 62-36 by
Senator John Ensign to S. 160, the District of Columbia
House Voting Rights Act of 2009, which would fully
restore Second Amendment rights to the citizens of the
District of Columbia.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
active duty military personnel who are stationed or residing in
the District of Columbia should be permitted to exercise fully
their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States and therefore should be exempt from the
District of Columbia's restrictions on the possession of
firearms.
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172. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis (CA) or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. RECOGNITION OF ADDITIONAL MEANS BY WHICH MEMBERS OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD CALLED INTO FEDERAL SERVICE FOR A
PERIOD OF 30 DAYS OR LESS MAY INITIALLY REPORT FOR
DUTY FOR ENTITLEMENT TO BASIC PAY.

Section 204(c) of title 37, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``date when he
appears at the place of company rendezvous'' and
inserting ``date on which the member, in person or by
authorized telephonic or electronic means, contacts the
member's unit''; and
(2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the
following new sentence: ``However, this subsection does
not authorize any expenditure before the member makes
authorized contact that is not authorized by law to be
paid after such authorized contact.''.