[House Report 116-143]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
116th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 116-143
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2500) TO AUTHORIZE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 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, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE
RULES
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July 9, 2019.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. McGovern, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 476]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 476, by a record vote of 8 to 4, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2500, the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, under
a structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Armed Services. The
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill. The resolution provides that an amendment in the
nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules
Committee Print 116-19, modified by the amendment printed in
part A of this report, shall be considered as adopted and the
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution
waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as
amended. The resolution makes in order only those further
amendments printed in part B of the report and amendments en
bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. Each amendment
in part B may be offered only in the order printed in this
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the
proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question. The resolution waives all points of
order against the further amendments printed in part B of this
report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the
resolution. Section 3 of the resolution provides that the chair
of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee may 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
resolution provides that at the conclusion of consideration of
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the
bill, as amended, to the House with such further amendments as
may have been adopted. The question of such amendments'
adoption shall be put to the House en gros and without division
of the question. The resolution provides one motion to recommit
with or without instructions. The resolution provides that
clause 7(a)(1) of rule XV shall not apply with respect to H.R.
553. The resolution provides that it shall be in order at any
time on the legislative day of July 11, 2019, or July 12, 2019,
for the Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the
rules, as though under clause 1 of rule XV, relating to the
bill (H.R. 1327) to extend authorization for the September 11th
Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and
for other purposes.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
the bill includes waivers of the following:
Clause 3(e) of rule XIII (Ramseyer),
requiring a committee report accompanying a bill
amending or repealing statutes to show, by
typographical device, parts of statute affected.
Clause 12(a)(1) of rule XXI, which prohibits
consideration of a bill unless there is a searchable
electronic comparative print that shows how the bill
proposes to change current law.
Clause 12(b) of rule XXI, which prohibits
consideration of a bill unless there is a searchable
electronic comparative print that shows how the text of
the bill as proposed to be considered differs from the
text of the bill as reported.
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act,
which prohibits consideration of legislation within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless
referred to or reported by the Budget Committee.
Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits
consideration of a measure that has a net effect of
increasing the deficit or reducing the surplus over the
five- or 10-year period.
Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget
Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation
providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a)
allocation of such authority.
The waiver of all points of order against the provisions of
the bill, as amended, includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule
XXI, which prohibits reporting a bill or joint resolution
carrying an appropriation from a committee not having
jurisdiction to report an appropriation.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
the amendments or against amendments en bloc 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. 148
Motion by Mr. Cole to report an open rule for H.R. 2500.
Defeated: 4-8
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Minority
Majority Members Vote Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings................. ........... Mr. Cole....... Yea
Mrs. Torres.................. Nay Mr. Woodall.... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter............... Nay Mr. Burgess.... Yea
Mr. Raskin................... Nay Mrs. Lesko..... Yea
Ms. Scanlon.................. Nay
Mr. Morelle.................. Nay
Ms. Shalala.................. Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier............... Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman....... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 149
Motion by Mr. Cole to add a section to the rule that
provides for consideration of H.R. 1372, to clarify that it is
United States policy to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the
Golan Heights authored by Rep. Gallagher (WI), as a standalone
measure under an open rule. Defeated: 4-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Woodall....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Lesko........................ Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Ms. Shalala..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 150
Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend the rule to H.R. 2500 to
make in order amendment #177, offered by Rep. Byrne (AL), which
prohibits the authorization of funds to transfer or release
individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay to the United States.
Defeated: 4-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Woodall....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Lesko........................ Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Ms. Shalala..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 151
Motion by Mr. Burgess to amend the rule to H.R. 2500 to
make in order amendment #322, offered by Rep. Smith (NJ), which
directs the Secretary of Defense to work with the Secretary of
Health and Human Services to develop a national strategy on
Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases infecting members of
the Armed Forces and civilians. Defeated: 4-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Woodall....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Lesko........................ Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Ms. Shalala..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 152
Motion by Mr. Burgess to amend the rule to H.R. 2500 to
make in order amendment #375, offered by Rep. Gabbard (HI),
which allows the VA to provide infertility treatment to all
veterans and extends newborn access care for all veterans.
Defeated: 4-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Woodall....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Lesko........................ Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Ms. Shalala..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 153
Motion by Mrs. Lesko to amend the rule to H.R. 2500 to make
in order amendment #3, offered by Rep. Biggs (AZ), which
strikes section 1046 which prohibits the use of funds for
construction of a wall, fence, or other physical barrier along
the southern border of the United States. Defeated: 4-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Yea
Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Woodall....................... Yea
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea
Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Lesko........................ Yea
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay
Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay
Ms. Shalala..................................... Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Nay Rules Committee record vote No. 154
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Hastings.................................... ............ Mr. Cole.......................... Nay
Mrs. Torres..................................... Yea Mr. Woodall....................... Nay
Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Yea Mr. Burgess....................... Nay
Mr. Raskin...................................... Yea Mrs. Lesko........................ Nay
Ms. Scanlon..................................... Yea
Mr. Morelle..................................... Yea
Ms. Shalala..................................... Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
1. Smith, Adam (WA): Increases basic pay for members of the
uniformed services by 3.1%. Provides 12 weeks of paid family
leave to federal employees for qualified purposes listed under
the Family Medical Leave Act. Repeals the existing law
requiring military surviving spouses to forfeit all or part of
their military Survivor Benefit Plan annuity when military
service causes the members death (also known as the SBP/DIC
offset). Allows active duty servicemembers to seek compensation
for injury and death caused by medical malpractice. Provides
for additional Afghan Special Immigrant Visas.
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS IN PART B MADE IN ORDER
1. Smith, Adam (WA), Gabbard (HI), Schiff (CA), Speier
(CA), Cisneros (CA), Crow (CO), Engel (NY), Panetta (CA),
Khanna (CA): Increases oversight and transparency of civilian
casualties. (10 minutes)
2. Speier (CA): Clarifies policies affecting career paths
for military service academy graduates. (10 minutes)
3. Speier (CA), Kennedy (MA), Brown (MD), Davis, Susan
(CA), Wexton (VA), McEachin (VA), Cisneros (CA), Crow (CO),
Kildee (MI): Requires that qualifications for eligibility to
serve in an armed force account only for the ability of an
individual to meet gender-neutral occupational standards and
not include any criteria relating to the race, color, national
origin, religion, or sex (including gender identity or sexual
orientation) of an individual. (10 minutes)
4. Brown (MD), Pappas (NH), Escobar (TX), Lieu (CA):
Directs the Secretary of Defense to produce a report on the
number of certain waivers received by transgender individuals.
(10 minutes)
5. Speier (CA), Escobar (TX), Hill, Katie (CA), Haaland
(NM), Pressley (MA), Chu (CA), Lee, Barbara (CA), Schakowsky
(IL), Brownley (CA), Khanna (CA): Clarifies the contraception
coverage parity provision in the bill text to ensure all
methods of contraception approved by the FDA are covered by
TRICARE without copay, including contraceptive counseling,
insertion and removal. (10 minutes)
6. Speier (CA), Escobar (TX), Hill, Katie (CA), Haaland
(NM), Pressley (MA), Chu (CA), Lee, Barbara (CA), Schakowsky
(IL), Brownley (CA), Khanna (CA): Enhances access to high-
quality family planning education by requiring DOD to establish
a standardized educational program across all branches of the
military to be provided during the first year of service for a
member. (10 minutes)
7. Speier (CA): Removes an exemption that would exclude
federal civilian employees from representation in negotiations
of career path requirements for the defense acquisition
workforce. (10 minutes)
8. Speier (CA), Meadows (NC), Khanna (CA): Places
limitations on the issuance of non-recurring cost waivers to
certain Foreign Military Sales customers. Requires Defense and
State Department reports on reforms on various aspects of the
Foreign Military Sales enterprise. (10 minutes)
9. Brindisi (NY), McKinley (WV): Reinstates the Berry
Amendment's DoD domestic sourcing requirement for stainless
steel flatware, also adding a ``dinner ware'' domestic sourcing
requirement. Provides for a one year phase-in period. (10
minutes)
10. Torres, Norma (CA): Prohibits the President from
removing items from Categories 1-3 of the United States
Munitions List. (10 minutes)
11. Connolly (VA), Norton (DC), Beyer (VA): Prohibits the
elimination of the Office of Personnel Management. (10 minutes)
12. Connolly (VA), King, Peter (NY): Codifies a DOD policy
to report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check
System (NICS) servicemembers who are prohibited from purchasing
firearms. Requires DOD to study the feasibility of creating a
database of military protective orders issued in response to
domestic violence and the feasibility for reporting such MPOs
to NICS. (10 minutes)
13. Gabbard (HI), Haaland (NM), Moulton (MA): Expands
access to infertility treatment to all servicemembers. (10
minutes)
14. Shalala (FL), Porter (CA): Requires the DOD Secretary
to publish on its website the distribution of DOD Tuition
Assistance Funds at institutions of higher education; audit any
proprietary institution receiving DOD Tuition Assistance funds
that fails to meet the Financial Responsibility Standards in
the Higher Education Act of 1965 under Section 498(c) and
publish the results of the audit on its website. (10 minutes)
15. Meeks (NY), Beatty (OH): Prohibits the Secretary of
Defense from naming a DOD asset after a person who served or
held a leadership position in the Confederacy, a city or
battlefield made significant by a confederate victory. (10
minutes)
16. Cunningham (SC), Clyburn (SC): Authorizes the Coast
Guard to establish a Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers
Training Corps program at Lucy Garrett Beckham High School in
Charleston County, South Carolina. (10 minutes)
17. Omar (MN): Requires reporting on financial costs and
national security benefits for overseas military operations,
including permanent military installations and bases. (10
minutes)
18. Clark, Katherine (MA): Prohibits the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs from using the fact that a veteran's income
derives from a State legalized marijuana industry as a factor
in determining whether to issue a VA home loan. (10 minutes)
19. Clark, Katherine (MA): Amends the current statutory
prohibition on members of Congress contracting with the federal
government to include the President, Vice President, and any
Cabinet member. (10 minutes)
20. Sherman (CA), Waters (CA): Directs the Administration
to issue a prohibition against Americans trading in new Russian
sovereign debt, subject to review by the Administration and
Congress following each national mid-term and presidential
election. And includes a mechanism for lifting the prohibition
in the absence of Russian interference in the most recent
federal U.S. election. (10 minutes)
21. Sherman (CA), Speier (CA), Schiff (CA), Pallone (NJ):
Prohibits funds from being used to transfer defense articles or
services to Azerbaijan unless the President certifies to
Congress that the articles or services do not threaten civil
aviation. (10 minutes)
22. Sherman (CA): Prevents funds from being spent on the
production of a Nonproliferation Assessment Statement with a
country that has not signed an Additional Protocol agreement
with the International Atomic Energy Agency. (10 minutes)
23. Gabbard (HI): Prohibits funds from the Special Defense
Acquisition Fund to aid Saudi Arabia or the United Arab
Emirates if such assistance could be used to conduct or
continue hostilities in Yemen. (10 minutes)
24. Lieu (CA), Amash (MI), Cicilline (RI), Malinowski (NJ),
Engel (NY): Prohibits funds from being used to transfer any
defense articles or services to Saudi Arabia or the United Arab
Emirates under the emergency authority of the Arms Export
Control Act that circumvents congressional review. (10 minutes)
25. Malinowski (NJ), Engel (NY), Lowenthal (CA), Cohen
(TN), Espaillat (NY), Trone (MD), Wagner (MO), Raskin (MD),
Cicilline (RI), Sires (NJ), Wild (PA), Sherman (CA),
Fitzpatrick (PA), Wasserman Schultz (FL), Khanna (CA), Porter
(CA), Curtis (UT): Requires an ODNI determination of parties
responsible for the premeditated murder of Washington Post
journalist Jamal Khashoggi, imposes visa sanctions with a
national security waiver, and requires a report on human rights
in Saudi Arabia. (10 minutes)
26. Khanna (CA), Schiff (CA), Smith, Adam (WA), Jayapal
(WA): Prohibits support to and participation in the Saudi-led
coalition's military operations against the Houthis in Yemen.
(10 minutes)
27. Cicilline (RI), Bilirakis (FL): Repeals existing
restrictions on the United States from transferring and
exporting weapons, and defense articles and services to the
Republic of Cyprus. (10 minutes)
28. Engel (NY): Preserves Congressional review of arms
export licenses by restricting the President's emergency export
authority under the Arms Export Control Act to situations in
which defense items are transferred only within 90 days of an
emergency determination and to limit use of an emergency
determination to approve overseas manufacturing or co-
production of defense items to extensions or renewals of
existing licenses. (10 minutes)
29. Engel (NY): Improves current law related to policies
and planning to ensure civilian protection, including
procedures for incidents involving civilian casualties. (10
minutes)
30. Engel (NY), Sherman (CA), Chabot (OH), Deutch (FL),
Wagner (MO), Cicilline (RI), Spanberger (VA), Meadows (NC),
Castro (TX), Omar (MN): Limits military to military cooperation
between the US military and the Burma Army, applies sanctions
to perpetrators of human rights abuses including against the
Rohingya, encourages reform in the military-dominated Burmese
gemstone sector, and calls for a determination of crimes
perpetrated against the Rohingya, and authorizes support for
preservation of evidence and transitional justice efforts. (10
minutes)
31. Engel (NY): Expresses that the U.S. should seek to
extend the New START Treaty (set to expire in 2021), unless
Russia is in material breach of the Treaty, or the US and
Russia have entered into a new agreement that has equal or
greater constraints, transparency, and verification measures on
Russia's nuclear forces. Prohibits use of funds to withdraw
from New START. Requires DNI, SecState, and SecDef reports
detailing the consequences of the Treaty's lapse and impact on
US nuclear modernization plan. Also requires Presidential
certification regarding future of the Treaty before its
potential expiration. (10 minutes)
32. Blumenauer (OR): Requires an independent study on
options to extend the life of the Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missiles and delaying the ground-
based strategic deterrent program (GBSD). Prevents 10% of funds
for the Secretary of Defense from being distributed until the
study is submitted. (10 minutes)
33. Blumenauer (OR), Garamendi (CA): Requires the Under
Secretary for Nuclear Security to conduct a study on the
unexpected cost increases for the W80-4 nuclear warhead life
extension program and prevents $185 million from being
obligated or expended until the study is completed. (10
minutes)
34. Frankel (FL): Prohibits funding for missiles
noncompliant with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
until the Secretary of Defense meets certain conditions. (10
minutes)
35. Langevin (RI), Courtney (CT), Garamendi (CA), Larsen,
Rick (WA), Foster (IL), Smith, Adam (WA), Hill, Katie (CA):
Increases by $20,000,000 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
budget to conduct research and development on low-enriched
uranium for naval reactors, decreases the National Nuclear
Security Agency federal expenses and other expenditures budget
by $20,000,000. (10 minutes)
36. McNerney (CA): States that a pay raise for military
personnel shall take effect on January 1, 2020, even if the
president attempts to change it. (10 minutes)
37. Jayapal (WA): Requires the Defense Department to submit
to Congress annual reports on employment or compensation of
retired general or flag officers by foreign governments for
emoluments clause purposes. (10 minutes)
38. Aguilar (CA): Requires a feasibility study on
Department of Defense using two Federal Bureau of Investigation
databases to screen potential enlistees for ties to white
nationalist organizations. (10 minutes)
39. Takano (CA): Any member of the Armed Forces and their
respective spouse, widow, widower, parent, son or daughter is
eligible for parole in place under the Immigration and
Nationality Act. (10 minutes)
40. Porter (CA): Repeals the delay in the payday lending
rule as it relates to servicemembers, veterans and surviving
spouses. (10 minutes)
41. Keating (MA): Authorizes funds for a pilot program to
support nonprofits operating on bases to providing food,
clothing, and related assistance to active duty personnel. (10
minutes)
42. Huffman (CA): Amends Section 2831 to restrict any
energy sourced from Russia and repeals another Section from
FY19 NDAA dealing with preference for domestic sources at one
specific European base. (10 minutes)
43. Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Velazquez (NY): Allocates
$10,000,000 for the purchase, deployment and operation of
closed detonation chambers on Vieques, Puerto Rico. (10
minutes)
44. Lieu (CA), Jayapal (WA), Cohen (TN), Beyer (VA):
Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended at properties
owned by the President or that bear his name (enumerated in the
amendment). A waiver is made available if the President
reimburses the Department of the Treasury for the amount
associated with the expense. (10 minutes)
45. Raskin (MD): Prohibits military parades and exhibitions
for political purposes. (10 minutes)
46. Huffman (CA): Takes land into trust as part of the
reservation of the Lytton Rancheria. (10 minutes)
47. Torres, Norma (CA), Fitzpatrick (PA): Directs the
Office of Management and Budget to categorize public safety
telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the
Standard Occupational Classification System. (10 minutes)
48. Pappas (NH): Requires the EPA to revise the list of
toxic pollutants under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
to include per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and
publish effluent and pretreatment standards. (10 minutes)
49. Khanna (CA), Lee, Barbara (CA), DeFazio (OR), Omar
(MN), Pressley (MA): Reduces funding from the Overseas
Contingency Operations (OCO) account by $16.8 billion, to
prevent a topline DoD spending increase from the FY19 level.
The amendment would only reduce OCO funds in the Operations and
Maintenance account. (10 minutes)
50. Amash (MI), Lee, Barbara (CA): Repeals section 1022 of
the FY2012 NDAA and amends Section 1021 of the FY2012 NDAA to
eliminate indefinite military detention of any person detained
under AUMF authority in the U.S., territories, or possessions
by providing immediate transfer to trial and proceedings by a
court established under Article III of the Constitution of the
United states or by an appropriate State court. (10 minutes)
51. Aguilar (CA): Expands the types of associate degrees
and certifications covered by the Military Spouse Career
Advancement Account program. (10 minutes)
52. Aguilar (CA): Calls for budget officials from the
Department of Defense, Office of Management and Budget, and
National Nuclear Security Administration to be present at
Nuclear Weapons Council and Standing and Safety Committee
meetings, thereby ensuring budgetary concerns are taken into
account when decisions are made. (10 minutes)
53. Aguilar (CA): Expands the Department of Defense Cyber
Scholarship Program (formerly known as the Information
Assurance Scholarship Program) to include students attending
certificate programs that span 1 to 2 years. (10 minutes)
54. Aguilar (CA), Porter (CA): Codifies existing practice
at DOD to debrief veterans during TAP counselling on how to
file claims and where to send paperwork when they transition
out of the military. (10 minutes)
55. Allred (TX): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
increase Basic Operational Medical Research Science by $5
million for the purpose of partnering with universities to
study brain injuries. (10 minutes)
56. Allred (TX): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
increase University Research Initiatives by $5 million for the
purpose of studying ways to increase the longevity and
resilience of infrastructure on military bases. (10 minutes)
57. Armstrong (ND), Courtney (CT), Meadows (NC), Hice (GA):
Directs the SECDEF to include the names of the seventy-four
crew of the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969 on the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. (10 minutes)
58. Arrington (TX): Inserts text that requires Secretary of
the Air Force to make available and conduct military type
certifications for light attack experimentation aircraft as
needed. (10 minutes)
59. Bacon (NE), Brown (MD), Cisneros (CA), Lamb (PA),
Taylor (TX), Panetta (CA), Conaway (TX), Lamborn (CO):
Authorizes senior officials of the armed forces to endorse and
participate in activities of charitable foundations that
support the armed forces service academies. (10 minutes)
60. Bacon (NE), Taylor (TX), Panetta (CA), Lamb (PA):
Authorizes Department of Defense civilian academic faculty at
covered institutions to retain copyright for scholarly works
completed outside of their assigned instructional duties. (10
minutes)
61. Bacon (NE), Fortenberry (NE): Authorizes an increase to
Air Force procurement to replace RC-135 training and ground
mission equipment destroyed in recent storms. (10 minutes)
62. Banks (IN): Mandates that the General Counsel of the
Department of the Army begin a preliminary inquiry to
investigate the burial of Jack Edward Dunlap at Arlington
Cemetery. (10 minutes)
63. Banks (IN), Roe (TN), Bilirakis (FL), Radewagen (AS),
Watkins (KS), Bost (IL), Barr (KY), Meuser (PA), Lee, Susie
(NV), Lamb (PA), Brownley (CA), Luria (VA), Allred (TX), Pappas
(NH), Cisneros (CA), Roy (TX), Takano (CA), Bergman (MI),
Levin, Mike (CA), Rose, Max (NY), Dunn (FL), Sablan (MP):
Requires the Department of Defense, Coast Guard, and the
Department of Veterans Affairs to develop jointly a
comprehensive enterprise interoperability strategy, 180 days
after enactment, to achieve nine goals, principally
interoperability sufficient for seamless health care with
TRICARE providers and community care providers under the
MISSION Act. Additionally, defines the term
``interoperability.'' (10 minutes)
64. Bera (CA): Requires DoD to do a study on extending the
parent's level of TRICARE health coverage to their newborn
child. (10 minutes)
65. Bera (CA): Increases DoD funding to partner nations to
help them prevent, detect, and respond to biological threats
and infectious disease before they come to the U.S. by $20
million to match DoD Approps. (10 minutes)
66. Bera (CA): Requires report on defense cooperation
between U.S. and India in the Western Indian Ocean. (10
minutes)
67. Bera (CA): Requires a report on the implementation of
the Global Health Security Strategy and the National Biodefense
Strategy, including follow up actions from pending GAO report
on the Biodefense Strategy. (10 minutes)
68. Bera (CA): Requires DoD and VA to submit a report to
Congress evaluating best practices for providing financial
literacy education to separating servicemembers and Veterans.
(10 minutes)
69. Beyer (VA), Norton (DC): Requires DoD to fulfill one of
the recommendations of its 2018 report entitled ``Report on the
Effects of Military Helicopter Noise on National Capital Region
Communities'' by establishing a noise inquiry website to track
and analyze complaints. (10 minutes)
70. Beyer (VA), Norton (DC): Requires DoD to submit a
report to Congress on the frequency of helicopters used for
executive travel in the National Capital Region. (10 minutes)
71. Biggs (AZ), Roy (TX): Requires the Secretary of Defense
to submit a report to Congress on annual defense spending by
ally and partner countries. (10 minutes)
72. Biggs (AZ), Roy (TX), Steube (FL): Expresses a sense of
Congress about the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship.
(10 minutes)
73. Blumenauer (OR): Improves flood risk assessments for
military construction projects by incorporating projected
current and future mean sea level fluctuations. (10 minutes)
74. Blumenauer (OR): Requires the Secretary to submit a
quarterly report regarding ex gratia payments or lack of ex
gratia payments. (10 minutes)
75. Blumenauer (OR), Kinzinger (IL), Moulton (MA), Waltz
(FL), Welch (VT), Crow (CO), Omar (MN), Bacon (NE), Hurd (TX),
Watkins (KS), Lamb (PA), Raskin (MD): Requires the State
Department Inspector General to submit a report to Congress on
the obstacles to effective protection of Afghan and Iraqi
allies through the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) programs and
provide suggestions for improvements to the program. (10
minutes)
76. Blumenauer (OR), Rouda (CA): Codifies President Obama's
Executive Order 13653 to require the Secretary to identify and
seek to remove barriers that discourage investments to increase
resiliency to climate change. (10 minutes)
77. Brindisi (NY): Requires the Comptroller General to
report on the implementation and efficacy of Section 701 of
FY2015 NDAA, which requires that the Department of Defense
provide a person-to-person mental health assessment for each
member of the Armed Forces. (10 minutes)
78. Brindisi (NY): Directs DoD and the Air Force to
establish a Quantum Information Science Innovation Center and
authorizes $10 million for that purpose. Increases Air Force
RDT&E, decreases Defense-Wide O&M. (10 minutes)
79. Brindisi (NY), Carson (IN), Banks (IN): Makes
requirement of mental health assessments every 180 days for
deployed servicemembers permanent by removing sunset. (10
minutes)
80. Brown (MD): Gives the President the authority to issue
an honorary commissioning, promoting to brigadier general in
the Air Force, COL Charles E. McGee, a distinguished Tuskegee
Airman. (10 minutes)
81. Brownley (CA): Directs the Government Accountability
Office (GAO) to conduct a report comparing out-of-pocket
uniform costs for men and women service members in each of the
Services of the Armed Forces, as well as past uniform changes
that have affected one gender more than the other. (10 minutes)
82. Brownley (CA): Directs the Department of Defense, as
part of the report required under Section 232 of the Committee-
reported bill, to provide an update to a 2016 report on
necessary military construction updates of real property assets
at Major Range and Test Facility Bases (MRTFB). The amendment
also requires that the report include an assessment of MRTFBs'
readiness to support advanced testing for future needs. (10
minutes)
83. Brownley (CA), Hill, Katie (CA): Includes Sense of
Congress language underscoring the importance of the Modular
Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) to fire fighting response
efforts and encouraging the Department of Defense to use
National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account funding to support
development of MAFFS capabilities in the future. (10 minutes)
84. Burchett (TN): Strikes Subtitle F--Industrial Base
Matters, Section 872, page 556, line 10: ``not later than 90
days'' and replaces it with ``not later than 30 days'' after
the date of the enactment of this Act. (10 minutes)
85. Bustos (IL), Gianforte (MT), Axne (IA), Balderson (OH),
Lowey (NY), Schakowsky (IL), Clark, Katherine (MA), Steil (WI),
Haaland (NM), Thompson, Glenn (PA), Kuster (NH), Pappas (NH),
Fitzpatrick (PA), Stanton (AZ), Harder (CA), Johnson, Hank
(GA), Watkins (KS), McKinley (WV), Underwood (IL), Moulton
(MA), Joyce, David (OH), Bacon (NE), Trahan (MA), Courtney
(CT), Crow (CO), Houlahan (PA): Recognizes and honors the
service of individuals who served in the United States Cadet
Nurse Corps during World War II. (10 minutes)
86. Bustos (IL), Wenstrup (OH), Pappas (NH), Fitzpatrick
(PA), Porter (CA), Brownley (CA): Allows Gold Star and military
spouses to terminate lease premises and motor vehicles of
service members who incur catastrophic injury or illness or die
while in military service. (10 minutes)
87. Carbajal (CA): Requires the National Academies of
Sciences to conduct an independent review of plans and
capabilities for nuclear verification, detection, and
monitoring of nuclear weapons and fissile material. (10
minutes)
88. Carbajal (CA): Requires the Department of Defense, in
consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to
develop guidelines regarding the consideration and use of
unofficial sources of information in determining benefits and
decoration eligibility when a veteran's service records are
incomplete due to damage caused to the records while in the
possession of the Department of Defense. (10 minutes)
89. Carbajal (CA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
issue an offshore wind assessment before objecting to an
offshore energy project filed for review by the Military
Aviation and Installation Assurance Clearinghouse. (10 minutes)
90. Carson (IN): Requires the Secretary to provide Congress
with a report detailing the extent to which waivers are granted
for mental health assessments for members of the armed services
deployed in support of contingency operations, and it requires
the report to also include information about the effectiveness
of those health assessments. (10 minutes)
91. Carson (IN): Revises and narrows language that
qualifies an administrative processing issue as an option for
the Secretary in granting an exception to required mental
health assessments for members of the armed forces deployed in
support of contingency operations. The language makes the
standard and the burden higher to meet. (10 minutes)
92. Carter, John (TX), Womack (AR), Hudson (NC), Bishop,
Sanford (GA), Cuellar (TX), Ruppersberger (MD): Increases the
amount of money earned by military recycling centers that can
roll over into the next fiscal year from $2 million to $10
million. This will allow to maximize the revenue to improve
installations and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation activities.
(10 minutes)
93. Carter, John (TX), Womack (AR), Hudson (NC), Bishop,
Sanford (GA), Cuellar (TX), Ruppersberger (MD): Allows military
recycling centers the authority to accept quality recyclable
goods from local communities. (10 minutes)
94. Case (HI): Requires the Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Sustainment to provide a report regarding the security
risks posed by non-military aircraft overflying military
installations inside the United States. (10 minutes)
95. Case (HI): Requires the Secretary of Defense to report
on current and possible expansion of security cooperation and
assistance with Pacific island countries, including Papua New
Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Fiji, the Federated
States of Micronesia, Palau, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands,
Nauru, and Tonga. (10 minutes)
96. Case (HI): Requires a report from the Defense
Intelligence Agency detailing actions by foreign militaries
operating in the Pacific Island countries, gaps in intelligence
collection capabilities for these countries, and plans to
overcome any current intelligence collection deficiencies. (10
minutes)
97. Chu (CA), Pallone (NJ), Schiff (CA): Supports the
measures to continue the cease fire in Nagorno Karabakh,
including the non-deployment of snipers, heavy arms, and new
weaponry. It also encourages the deployment of gun-fire locator
systems and an increase in OSCE observers along the line-of-
contact. (10 minutes)
98. Cicilline (RI): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
produce a report analyzing the effects of automation within the
Defense Industrial Base over the next ten years. (10 minutes)
99. Cicilline (RI), Reschenthaler (PA), Takano (CA):
Requires written consent from all parties involved in a dispute
under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act before settling said
conflict through arbitration. (10 minutes)
100. Cisneros (CA), Torres, Norma (CA): Increases Navy
university basic research by $5,000,000 in order to support
innovative scientific research to help the U.S. military
maintain technical superiority. (10 minutes)
101. Clark, Katherine (MA): Ensures that federal employees
may enroll in federal employee health benefits program (FEHBP)
should they experience a qualifying life event during a lapse
in appropriations and prohibits the loss of life insurance
coverage, dental, vision, and long-term care benefits for
federal employees in the case of a lapse in federal
appropriations. (10 minutes)
102. Clyburn (SC): Allows all 8th grade students across the
country to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training
Corps. (10 minutes)
103. Cohen (TN): Directs the Department of Defense to
pursue compensation from the contractor for costs of non-RFI
spare parts that it failed to deliver since 2015 as described
in the June 13, 2019 DoD Inspector General Report No. DODIG-
2019-094. DoD received non-RFI spare parts and spent up to $303
million in DoD labor costs since 2015. (10 minutes)
104. Cohen (TN): Directs the Department of Defense to
conduct a study analyzing the cost growth of major defense
acquisition programs over the last fifteen years. (10 minutes)
105. Connolly (VA): Delegates to a single Board member or
the agency General Counsel the authority to stay an agency
action that the Office of Special Counsel suspects was taken as
a result of a prohibit personnel practice in order to better
protect whistleblowers when the Merit Systems Protection Board
lacks a confirmed member or a quorum. (10 minutes)
106. Connolly (VA): Prohibits states from coercing military
technicians into accepting an offer of realignment or
conversion to any other military status. Prohibits retaliation
against military technicians who decline to participate in such
realignment or conversion. (10 minutes)
107. Connolly (VA): Requires a report on any individuals or
security force units who have participated in security
cooperation training programs and received security assistance
training provided by the United States and were subsequently
sanctioned by the United States for human rights violations or
terrorist activities. (10 minutes)
108. Connolly (VA): Provides $2,000,000 in funding for the
European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats, a
NATO-EU joint venture to combat threats based on a combination
of military and nonmilitary means, including but not limited to
cyberattacks, election interference, and disinformation
campaigns. (10 minutes)
109. Connolly (VA), Beyer (VA): Requires periodic reporting
on security clearance adjudication backlogs. (10 minutes)
110. Cooper (TN): Directs DOD, CIA, and the State
Department to each generate a report detailing progress towards
reducing the backlog in legally required historical
declassification obligations, offer solutions, and consider new
approaches (both technology and policy) to return to
productivity. (10 minutes)
111. Correa (CA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
provide the congressional defense committees a report on cyber-
attacks and intrusions against the Department of Defense
systems in the previous 12 months by agents or associates of
the Governments of the Russian Federation, the People's
Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea. (10 minutes)
112. Correa (CA), Porter (CA): Requires the ``National
Security Commission on Defense Research at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities and other Minority Institutions,'' to
evaluate the effectiveness of the Department of Defense in
attracting and retaining STEM students from covered
institutions for the Department's programs on emerging
capabilities and technologies. (10 minutes)
113. Courtney (CT): Requires a report regarding US,
Russian, and Chinese nuclear systems. (10 minutes)
114. Courtney (CT): Adds the United States Coast Guard
Academy to the list of military service academies covered by
Section 538. (10 minutes)
115. Craig (MN): Adds $30 Million to the Army Community
Services account to provide family assistance, victim advocacy,
financial counseling, employment readiness, and other similar
support services at installations where 500 or more military
members are assigned. (10 minutes)
116. Crenshaw (TX), Cunningham (SC), Brooks, Mo (AL), Trone
(MD), Lamb (PA): Provides for the inclusion of home schooled
students in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC)
units by adding criteria under Title 10 and would in return
give the JROTC unit credit toward an existing requirement for
the standing of their unit. (10 minutes)
117. Crenshaw (TX), Waltz (FL): Waives time limitation and
authorizes the award of the Medal of Honor to SFC Alwyn Cashe
for valor, described within, during combat in Operation Iraqi
Freedom. (10 minutes)
118. Crist (FL), Pingree (ME): Requires the Secretary to
account for sea level rise projections and future flood risk
when creating guidelines for energy and climate resiliency at
military facilities. (10 minutes)
119. Cuellar (TX), Carter, John (TX): Requests an
independent assessment of the United States' funding and
resources available to the Department of Defense, the
Department of State and the United States Agency for
International Development, for use in the Western Hemisphere.
The assessment will also focus on investments made by China,
Iran, and Russia in the Western Hemisphere. (10 minutes)
120. Cummings (MD), Collins, Doug (GA): Prohibits federal
employers and contractors from asking about the criminal
history of job applicants until they receive conditional offers
of employment. The amendment includes exceptions for positions
related to law enforcement and national security, positions
requiring access to classified information, and positions for
which access to criminal history information is required by
law. (10 minutes)
121. Cummings (MD), Moore (WI), Brown (MD): Requires the
Secretary of Defense to carry out activities to improve the
ability of the Department of Defense to detect and address
racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in the military justice
system. (10 minutes)
122. Cunningham (SC): Expands eligibility in the My Career
Advancement Account Scholarship Program to spouses of members
of the Coast Guard and to the spouses of enlisted
servicemembers of all grades. (10 minutes)
123. Cunningham (SC): Authorizes the Department of Defense
to give preference to contractors that employ veterans on a
full-time basis. (10 minutes)
124. Cunningham (SC), Cox (CA): Requires the Secretary of
the Navy to issue a report on plans to support and maintain
aircraft assigned to Marine Corps air stations that will be
transitioning from F-18s to F-35s. (10 minutes)
125. Dean (PA), Kildee (MI), Upton (MI), Pappas (NH), Boyle
(PA), Fitzpatrick (PA), Rouda (CA): Authorizes an additional $5
million for the nationwide CDC ATSDR PFAS health study. (10
minutes)
126. Dean (PA), Pappas (NH), Kildee (MI): Directs the
Secretary of the Navy to publish a military specification for a
fluorine-free fire fighting agent by 2023 to ensure it can be
used by 2025. It prohibits usage on or after September 30th,
2025. It also limits the ability for the Secretary of Defense
to use a waiver for a period that exceeds one year--current
waiver period is up to 6 years. (10 minutes)
127. Delgado (NY): Requires a report within 90 days of
enactment on current Defense Logistics Agency and Defense
Commissary Agency programs, policies, and practices relating to
small farms, farms owned by new and beginning farmers, veteran
farmers, and minority farmers, and opportunities and barriers
to expanding their use. (10 minutes)
128. Delgado (NY), Torres, Norma (CA): Increases funding
for the University and Industry Research Centers by $5 million.
(10 minutes)
129. DeSaulnier (CA), Gallego (AZ): Requires the
Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to conduct a joint
study on the impact of the current policy of withholding
disability pay from veterans who receive separation pay. (10
minutes)
130. DeSaulnier (CA), Lee, Barbara (CA): Expresses the
sense of Congress that the Port Chicago 50 should be exonerated
of any charges brought against them in the aftermath of the
deadliest home front explosion in World War II. (10 minutes)
131. Dingell (MI), Fitzpatrick (PA), Levin, Andy (MI):
Prohibits the Defense Logistics Agency from using any food
contact substances to assemble or package meals ready-to-eat
(MRE) with PFAS chemicals beginning in FY2021. (10 minutes)
132. Doggett (TX): Ensures an assessment of the policy and
operational necessity, risks, benefits and costs of
establishing military-to-military discussions with Iran. (10
minutes)
133. Duffy (WI), Gabbard (HI), Crenshaw (TX), Diaz-Balart
(FL), Harder (CA), Ratcliffe (TX), Bacon (NE): Expands and
renames the Troops to Teachers program to assist troops
transition into any role in an education setting. (10 minutes)
134. Dunn (FL): Requires the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the head of the Joint Artificial intelligence
center, to submit a report to Congress regarding the use and
future use of A.I. in DoD. (10 minutes)
135. Engel (NY): Requires the Secretary of Defense and
Secretary of State to report on the implications of Russian
military or private military corporation involvement in the
U.S. Africa Command Area of Responsibility, provide an analysis
of the implications of such activity for U.S. interests, and
develop a plan to counteract destabilizing Russian activity in
Africa. (10 minutes)
136. Engel (NY): Requires Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of State to develop a strategy to improve the efforts
of the Nigerian military to prevent, mitigate, and respond to
civilian harm in the operation of the Super Tucano aircraft and
associated weapons acquired from the United States. (10
minutes)
137. Engel (NY): Requires the development of common
standards for implementing human right vetting and integrating
civilian protection into the assessment, monitoring, and
evaluation of security cooperation. (10 minutes)
138. Escobar (TX): Clarifies that certain standards must be
met before DoD may assist HHS in providing housing for
unaccompanied migrant children. (10 minutes)
139. Escobar (TX): Allows installations to use funds
derived from energy cost savings for operational energy
programs. (10 minutes)
140. Escobar (TX), Rouda (CA): Requires the Department of
Defense to specify climate-related mitigation and recovery
costs in its annual budget submission to Congress. (10 minutes)
141. Finkenauer (IA), Curtis (UT), Velazquez (NY): Directs
Procurement Center Representatives and other acquisition
personnel to assist small business in the SBIR and STTR program
in terms of researching applicable solicitations for small
business concerns and technical assistance when bidding for
contracts. (10 minutes)
142. Fitzpatrick (PA): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
raise the priority of completing DOD Directive 2310.07E in
order to clarify processes and efficiencies in recovering the
remains of heroes missing in action, via the POW/MIA Accounting
Agency. (10 minutes)
143. Fitzpatrick (PA): Directs DOD to conduct a review of
the foreign currency rates used at disbursement to determine
whether cost-savings opportunities exist by more consistently
selecting cost-effective rates. (10 minutes)
144. Fitzpatrick (PA): Protects and preserves military
tuition assistance programs. (10 minutes)
145. Fitzpatrick (PA): Sense of Congress that the Secretary
of Defense should work to implement a process to coordinate
annual research requests between all services and offices under
Department of Defense to optimize both the benefits to the
Department and the efficiency of the research. (10 minutes)
146. Fitzpatrick (PA): Ensures that GPS M-code
modernization efforts promote interoperability and efficiency
while avoiding unnecessary duplication. (10 minutes)
147. Fortenberry (NE), Eshoo (CA), Speier (CA), Moolenaar
(MI), Bilirakis (FL), Harder (CA): Provides a Sense of Congress
supporting the conditions for security of displaced Christians
and other religious minorities in Northern Iraq and to enable
their safe return home. (10 minutes)
148. Foster (IL): Amends the testing requirement for the
Ground-based Midcourse Defense System to include the use of
threat-representative countermeasures. (10 minutes)
149. Foster (IL): Extends the congressional notification
period to 180 days if the Secretary of Defense chooses to
terminate its contract with the JASON scientific advisory group
and requires that the Secretary receive congressional approval.
The amendment also clarifies that JASON provides scientific and
technical advice to multiple Federal agencies, including the
Department of Defense. (10 minutes)
150. Foster (IL): Requires an independent study on the
impacts of missile defense development and deployment. (10
minutes)
151. Foxx (NC): Expresses the Sense of Congress that (1)
NATO is central to U.S.-European defense matters and (2)
military cooperation in Europe by NATO member countries should
complement NATO efforts and should not hinder military system
interoperability and burden sharing among NATO allies. (10
minutes)
152. Frankel (FL), Schakowsky (IL): Requires the Director
of National Intelligence to submit an intelligence assessment
on the relationship between women and violent extremism and
terrorism. (10 minutes)
153. Gaetz (FL): Requires a report to Congress on contracts
being forcibly terminated based on foreign governments' actions
that impeded the ability of the contractor to perform their
contract. (10 minutes)
154. Gaetz (FL), Gallego (AZ): Promotes posthumously LT.
Col. Dick Cole to the rank of colonel. (10 minutes)
155. Gallagher (WI), Hartzler (MO), Malinowski (NJ):
Directs the President to submit to Congress a report on ZTE's
compliance with the settlement agreement it reached with the
Department of Commerce on June 8, 2018. (10 minutes)
156. Gallagher (WI): Restores $75 million for National
Security Innovation Capital to fund the commercialization and
scaling of dual use, hardware-based critical to the military
but currently underserved by the private venture capital and
often funded by strategic and persistent capital from China.
(10 minutes)
157. Gallagher (WI), Malinowski (NJ): Prohibits the
Secretary of Commerce from removing Huawei from the Entity List
maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security until the
Secretary certifies that Huawei and its officers have not
engaged in sanctions violations or IP theft in the preceding
five years, and that Huawei does not pose an ongoing threat to
US or allied telecommunications and infrastructure. (10
minutes)
158. Gallego (AZ): Requires a report on the National
Guard's capacity to meet Homeland Defense missions. (10
minutes)
159. Gallego (AZ): Changes eligibility of
telecommunications goods and services to be provided to DoD
installations in U.S. Territories in the Pacific Ocean to
restrict ownership by or significant components from U.S.
adversaries. (10 minutes)
160. Garamendi (CA): Extends the authority to carry out the
backup Global Positioning System capability demonstration,
which is a current expiring directive authority from the FY18
NDAA, by an additional 18 months, and extends the report
submission an additional 18 months. (10 minutes)
161. Garamendi (CA), Wittman (VA), Golden (ME): Ensures
departing servicemembers and veterans can more easily credit
their military sea service toward earning a Merchant Mariner
Credential needed to sail US-flagged vessels. (10 minutes)
162. Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer (PR): Requires the Secretary
of Defense to review the effects on preparedness to provide
support to States and territories in connection with natural
disasters, threats, and emergencies prior to inactivating any
Army watercraft unit. (10 minutes)
163. Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer (PR): Directs GAO to
complete a study and submit a report to the congressional
defense committees on the status of the Federal cleanup and
decontamination process in the former military training sites
located on the island-municipalities of Vieques and Culebra,
Puerto Rico. The study shall include an analysis of the pace of
ongoing environmental restoration efforts and potential
challenges and alternatives to accelerate the completion of
such process. (10 minutes)
164. Gonzalez-Colon, Jenniffer (PR): Expresses the sense of
Congress that combating transnational criminal organizations
and illicit narcotics trafficking across the transit zone and
the Caribbean basin is critical to the national security of the
United States and that the Department of Defense (DoD) should
work with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department
of State, and other relevant Federal, State, local, and
international partners to improve surveillance capabilities and
maximize the effectiveness of counterdrug operations in the
region. (10 minutes)
165. Gosar (AZ), Amodei (NV), Hice (GA), Stauber (MN),
Tipton (CO), Hartzler (MO), Bishop, Rob (UT): Ensures that the
United States will eliminate dependency on rare earth materials
from China by fiscal year 2035. (10 minutes)
166. Gottheimer (NJ): Adds ``adversary actions that
threaten freedom of navigation on the international waterways,
including attacks on foreign ships and crews'' to the matters
to be studied in the study on Mobility Capability Requirements.
(10 minutes)
167. Gottheimer (NJ): Directs the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of State to send Congress recommendations to
improve the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. (10 minutes)
168. Gottheimer (NJ): Adds Hamas, Hizballah, Palestine
Islamic Jihad, al-Shabaab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to
the organizations prohibited from being provided weapons. (10
minutes)
169. Gottheimer (NJ): Adds ``anti-Semitism'' to the list of
questions about workplace experiences on DOD surveys. (10
minutes)
170. Graves, Garret (LA): Extends the expiration of the
exemption from enhanced competition requirements for no-cost
contracts for the purchase of property and services by
executive agencies. (10 minutes)
171. Graves, Garret (LA): Authorizes the service
secretaries to award the Vietnam Service medal to veterans who
participated in Operation End Sweep. (10 minutes)
172. Graves, Garret (LA): Requires a report regarding
management of military commissaries and exchanges to the
congressional defense committees. (10 minutes)
173. Graves, Garret (LA), Thompson, Mike (CA): Allows the
National Guard to be reimbursed in a timely manner in response
to an emergency declared under the Stafford Act. (10 minutes)
174. Green, Mark (TN): Assesses the availability and usage
of the assistance of chaplains, houses of worship, and other
spiritual resources for members of the Armed Forces of all
self-identified religious affiliations in order to help counter
the tragic rate of military suicides. (10 minutes)
175. Haaland (NM), Khanna (CA), Johnson, Hank (GA),
Grijalva (AZ), Wild (PA), Lewis (GA), Espaillat (NY), Raskin
(MD): Requiring the Secretaries of Defense and State to report
on human rights of Brazil's security forces in light of
potential increased security cooperation. (10 minutes)
176. Haaland (NM), Speier (CA), Escobar (TX), Pressley
(MA), Schakowsky (IL), Crow (CO), Cisneros (CA): Prohibits the
Department of Defense from contracting with companies that do
not have a sexual harassment policy. (10 minutes)
177. Hagedorn (MN): Parrots the language found in OMB
memorandums M-11-32 and M-12-16 as closely as possible,
directing agencies to accelerate payment of small business
prime contractors to the fullest extent possible, with a goal
of 15 days after receipt of proper invoice. Furthermore, the
amendment extends this accelerated payment objective to other-
than-small prime contractors that subcontract with small
businesses on the condition that the prime contractors agree to
accelerate payments to their small subcontractors. (10 minutes)
178. Hastings (FL): Requires contractors to submit total
Independent Research and Development spending to the Defense
Technical Information Center, who will provide access to the
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the
Director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, and Director of
the Defense Contract Management Agency. Further, it requires
the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to
report to Congress on the cost expended and trends related to
Independent Research and Development spending. (10 minutes)
179. Hastings (FL): Requires contractors to submit total
Bid and Proposal spending to the Director of the Defense
Contract Audit Agency, who will provide access to the Principal
Director for Defense Pricing and Contracting to fulfill DoD
reporting requirements. (10 minutes)
180. Hastings (FL): Repeals the Defense Cost Accounting
Standards Board as duplicative of the Cost Accounting Standards
Board under the Office of Procurement Policy. (10 minutes)
181. Hastings (FL): Establishes a joint Military Transition
Outreach Pilot Program for contacting service-members 30, 60,
and 90 days post-separation and/or retirement from active duty,
to improve communication between the veteran and DoD related to
benefits and other general concerns. (10 minutes)
182. Hastings (FL), Case (HI), Sablan (MP), San Nicolas
(GU), Radewagen (AS), Gabbard (HI): Expresses the sense of
Congress that the United States has strong and enduring
interests in the security and prosperity of Oceania and the
Western Pacific region and should expeditiously begin
negotiations on the renewal of the Compacts of Free Association
(COFA) (10 minutes)
183. Heck (WA), Porter (CA): Requires the Services as part
of their annual financial literacy education briefing, to
include information on free credit monitoring available to
servicemembers under the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief,
and Consumer Protection Act. (10 minutes)
184. Heck (WA), Smith, Adam (WA), McMorris Rodgers (WA):
Improves emergency response, this amendment requires the DoD
Fire and Emergency Services Working Group to implement a plan
to address any deficiencies with interoperability caused by
incompatibility between the DoD communications system and that
of and civilian agencies. (10 minutes)
185. Higgins, Brian (NY): Authorizes the Secretary of
Defense to contribute up to $5 million to the National Maritime
Heritage Grant Program. A program that offers funding for
education and preservation projects designed to preserve
historic maritime resources. (10 minutes)
186. Hill, Katie (CA): Directs the Office of the Secretary
of Defense to strengthen the domestic industrial base for small
unmanned aircraft systems. (10 minutes)
187. Hollingsworth (IN): Expressing a Sense of the House of
Representatives that the Defense Health Agency should increase
research and development efforts regarding bioprinting and
biofabricating of human tissues in austere military
environments. (10 minutes)
188. Horn (OK): Allows all retired air traffic controllers
who are FERS employees and working as instructors or
supervisors to keep the annuity they paid into during their
careers as air traffic controllers regardless of how many hours
a week they work training the next generation of air traffic
controllers for the FAA. (10 minutes)
189. Horn (OK), Cole (OK): Direct the Department of Defense
IG to conduct an audit of each of the military services and DoD
agencies as applicable to determine if there has been any
excess profit or excessive cost escalation in sole source,
commercial depot maintenance contracts, including parts,
supplies, equipment and maintenance services. (10 minutes)
190. Horn (OK), Vela (TX), Conaway (TX): Requires DoD to
treat disclosures of disciplinary matters from audit firms
confidentially and makes statutory the DoD's interim guidance
issued in March of 2019 which preserves the confidentiality of
these proceedings. (10 minutes)
191. Horsford (NV), Torres, Norma (CA): Increases funding
for Air Force University Research Initiatives by $5,000,000.
(10 minutes)
192. Houlahan (PA): Allows contracting officers the ability
to provide unsuccessful offerors of certain task or delivery
orders a brief explanation as to why the offeror lost the
award. (10 minutes)
193. Houlahan (PA): Extends death benefits to members of
the Armed Forces participating in the Career Intermission
Program. (10 minutes)
194. Houlahan (PA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to Congress assessing the potential military,
intelligence, and logistical threats facing U.S. military
infrastructure due to Chinese military assets in Djbouti. (10
minutes)
195. Jackson Lee (TX): Adds report to be submitted within
220 days following enactment on Capacity to Provide Disaster
Survivors with Emergency Short Term Housing. (10 minutes)
196. Jackson Lee (TX): Condemns the actions of Boko Haram
and directs that the Secretary of Defense submit a report on
efforts to combat Boko Haram. (10 minutes)
197. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires Secretary of Defense to
report to Congress programs and procedures employed to ensure
students studying abroad through Department of Defense National
Security Education Programs are trained to recognize, resist,
and report against recruitment efforts by agents of foreign
governments. (10 minutes)
198. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires report on Maternity
Mortality Rates for military members and their dependents. (10
minutes)
199. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires report to be submitted to
Congress within 240 days following enactment on the risks posed
by debris in low earth orbit and to make recommendations on
remediation of risks and outline plans to reduce the incident
of space debris. (10 minutes)
200. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires that a report from the
Secretary of Defense 240 days after the date of the enactment
to the congressional defense committees that accounts for all
of the efforts, programs, initiatives, and investments of the
Department of Defense to train elementary, secondary, and
postsecondary students in fields related to cybersecurity,
cyber defense, and cyber operations. (10 minutes)
201. Jackson Lee (TX): Provides authorization for a $10
million increase in funding for increased collaboration with
NIH to combat Triple Negative Breast Cancer. (10 minutes)
202. Jackson Lee (TX): Provides authorization for $2.5
million increase in funding to combat post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD). (10 minutes)
203. Jackson Lee (TX): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
promulgate regulations to ensure that candidates granted
admission to attend a military academy undergo screening for
speech disorders and be provided the results of the screening
test and a list of warfare unrestricted line (URL) Officer
positions and occupation specialists that require successful
performance on the speech test. Academy students shall have the
option of undergoing speech therapy to reduce speech disorders
or impediments. (10 minutes)
204. Jackson Lee (TX): Adds to the objectives of the
Artificial Intelligence Education Strategy to include
instruction on the ``opportunities and risks'' posed by
advancements in AI. (10 minutes)
205. Jayapal (WA): Increases available funding for the
National Guard Suicide Prevention Pilot Program by $5,000,000.
(10 minutes)
206. Jayapal (WA): Directs federal agencies to initiate
debarment proceedings for contractors with repeat and willful
wage theft violations. (10 minutes)
207. Jeffries (NY): Adds a requirement to the DOD's annual
report on the military and security developments involving
People's Republic of China about the nature of China and
Russia's strategic cooperation. Specifically, the amendment
requires the DOD to include in their annual report an
evaluation of what strategic objectives Russia and China share
and are acting on and what objectives they misalign on. (10
minutes)
208. Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX): Requires an annual update
of the climate vulnerability and risk assessment tool by the
Secretary of Defense in consultation with requisite Federal
agencies. (10 minutes)
209. Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX): Adds the inclusion of
cultural competence and diversity to the strategy for the
recruitment and retention of mental health providers for
members of the Armed Forces. (10 minutes)
210. Johnson, Eddie Bernice (TX): Mandates the installation
and maintenance of an appropriate number of carbon monoxide
detectors in each unit of military family housing on military
posts and bases. (10 minutes)
211. Joyce, John (PA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to Congress describing projects awaiting
evaluation from the Realty Governance Board and an assessment
of the impact such projects would have on the overall security
of the requesting installation. (10 minutes)
212. Kaptur (OH), Young (AK): Expands DOD's authority to
operate the youth civil-military STEM program, STARBASE, to
allow participation and collaboration with the Coast Guard. (10
minutes)
213. Keating (MA): Requires the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, to ensure the
meaningful inclusion of Afghan women in peace negotiations. (10
minutes)
214. Keating (MA): Establishes a coordinator for ISIS
detainee issues. (10 minutes)
215. Kelly, Robin (IL), Foster (IL): Requires the Secretary
of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to submit a report to
Congress on military spouse financial literacy efforts. (10
minutes)
216. Khanna (CA): Authorizes $10M to be available to
develop and prepare a monitoring and verification program
related to the phased denuclearization of North Korea, in
coordination with relevant international partners and
organizations. (10 minutes)
217. Khanna (CA), Sherman (CA), Kim (NJ), Lee, Barbara
(CA), Norton (DC), Cisneros (CA), Espaillat (NY), Omar (MN),
Haaland (NM), Lofgren (CA), Jayapal (WA), Perlmutter (CO):
Expresses a Sense of Congress that diplomacy is essential for
addressing North Korea's nuclear program as a military
confrontation would pose extreme risks, and the US should
pursue a sustained and credible diplomatic process to achieve
the denuclearization of North Korea and an end to the 69-year-
long Korean War. (10 minutes)
218. Kildee (MI), Fitzpatrick (PA), Kim (NJ), Rouda (CA):
Requires GAO to conduct a review of DoD's response to PFAS
contamination in and around military bases. (10 minutes)
219. Kildee (MI), Speier (CA): Requires the DoD to train
service members on the threat posed by foreign misinformation
campaigns, including by Russia, that actively target service
members and their families. (10 minutes)
220. Kildee (MI), Speier (CA), Haaland (NM): Requires the
DoD certify that it is complying with HUD's regulations to
protect service members and their families against lead-based
paint in military housing. Would also require the DoD to create
regulations to allow independent testing of lead hazards in
military housing. (10 minutes)
221. Kildee (MI), Speier (CA), Khanna (CA), Malinowski
(NJ): Requires the DoD to report to Congress on civilian
casualties caused by Saudi airstrikes in Yemen and whether the
Saudi strikes would have complied with the DoD's rules of
engagement and interpretation of international law. (10
minutes)
222. Kilmer (WA): Directs the Secretary of the Defense to
conduct a study on the status of the transition from the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to the National
Reconnaissance Office of the leadership role in acquiring
commercial satellite remote sensing data on behalf of the
Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. (10
minutes)
223. Kilmer (WA), Case (HI), Scott, Bobby (VA), Pappas
(NH), Pingree (ME), Golden (ME), Kuster (NH): Directs the
Secretary of the Navy to enter into an agreement with a
Federally funded research and development center with relevant
expertise to conduct an assessment of the impacts resulting
from the Navy's suspension in 2016 of the Accelerated Promotion
Program. The Secretary shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the results of the evaluation by
not later than June 1, 2020, and shall provide interim
briefings upon request. (10 minutes)
224. King, Steve (IA): Requires an additional requirement
in ``Matters to be Included'' under Section 1246 to require an
assessment of China's expansion of its surveillance state; any
correlation of such expansion with its oppression of its
citizens and its threat to United States national security
interests around the world; and an overview of the extent to
which such surveillance corresponds to the overall respect for,
or lack thereof, human rights within its own borders. (10
minutes)
225. Kinzinger (IL), Cole (OK): Prohibits divestiture from
the RC-26B manned intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance (ISR) platform, permits the use of resources
authorized by the legislation for support of the RC-26B, allows
the National Guard to enter into at least one memorandum of
agreement with other federal entities for the purposes of
mission support, and requires a report detailing how the Air
Force intends to provide manned or unmanned ISR mission support
in the event the platform is divested. (10 minutes)
226. Krishnamoorthi (IL): Requires the Secretary of Defense
to provide a report to Congress on the effectiveness of
readiness contracts in meeting the military's prescription drug
supply needs and how the contractual approach can be a model
for responding to drug shortages in the civilian health care
market. (10 minutes)
227. Krishnamoorthi (IL), Kuster (NH), Taylor (TX), Hudson
(NC): Adds ``carbon monoxide,'' to Section 2815 of the bill on
page 1008. (10 minutes)
228. Krishnamoorthi (IL), Thompson, Glenn (PA): Allows the
Secretary of Defense to coordinate with workforce development
organizations in implementing the Junior Reserve Officers'
Training Corps (JROTC) Computer Science and Cybersecurity
Program. (10 minutes)
229. Kuster (NH): Requires board for the correction of
military records and discharge review boards to consult with a
expert in trauma specific to sexual assault, intimate partner
violence, or spousal abuse when reviewing applicant claims
based on sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or spousal
abuse. (10 minutes)
230. Kuster (NH): Requires members of boards for the
correction of military records and discharge review boards
receive training in sexual trauma, intimate partner violence,
spousal abuse, and the various responses of individuals to
trauma. (10 minutes)
231. Kuster (NH): Requires the Secretary of Defense enact
policies and procedures to register civilian protection orders
on military bases. (10 minutes)
232. Kuster (NH), Bustos (IL): Requires the Undersecretary
for Acquisition and Sustainment submit a report to Congress
evaluating service-level best practices for collecting real
property data and implement service-wide guidance based off
these best practices. (10 minutes)
233. Kuster (NH), Speier (CA): Requires GAO complete a
study on partnerships between military installations and
civilian domestic and sexual violence response organizations to
improve collaboration and services provided to survivors of
sexual and domestic violence. (10 minutes)
234. LaMalfa (CA), Carbajal (CA), Gallego (AZ), Haaland
(NM), Napolitano (CA), Cardenas (CA), Cook (CA), Davis, Rodney
(IL), Young (AK), Brownley (CA), McClintock (CA), Torres, Norma
(CA), Gomez (CA), Moore (WI), Porter (CA), Calvert (CA), Correa
(CA), Ruiz (CA), Cox (CA), Levin, Mike (CA), Davids (KS):
Reaffirms the action of the Secretary of the Interior to take
land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians. (10 minutes)
235. Lamb (PA): Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry
out a program on musculoskeletal injury prevention research to
identify risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries among
members of the Armed Forces and to create a better
understanding for adaptive bone formation during initial entry
military training. (10 minutes)
236. Lamb (PA), Takano (CA), Lee, Susie (NV), Brownley
(CA), Luria (VA), Allred (TX), Pappas (NH), Cisneros (CA),
Sablan (MP), Levin, Mike (CA), Banks (IN), Roe (TN), Bilirakis
(FL), Radewagen (AS), Watkins (KS), Bost (IL), Barr (KY),
Meuser (PA), Rose, Max (NY), Porter (CA): Requires the
Interagency Program Office of the Department of Defense and
Department of Veterans Affairs to demonstrate that it has
achieved interoperability in the implementation of electronic
health records. Requires the Office to manage the configuration
of the electronic health records, consult with clinicians, and
survey clinicians and patients; defines ``interoperability''
and ``seamless health care''. (10 minutes)
237. Lamborn (CO): Requires a report and brief from Under
Secretary of Defense for R&E on potential need for a multi-
object kill vehicle (MOKV) in future architecture of the
Ballistic Missile Defense System, including: an assessment of
technology readiness level of needed components and operational
system; cost and comprehensive development and testing schedule
to deploy such system by 2025; an assessment of if MOKV was
considered in the Redesigned Kill Vehicle program re-baseline
as a replacement for future Ground-Based Midcourse Defense
(GMD) kill vehicles; a concept of operations of how an MOKV
capability could be employed and how it compares to alternative
GMD interceptors. (10 minutes)
238. Lamborn (CO), Bost (IL), Kim (NJ), Smith, Christopher
(NJ): Modifies the current bill language to prohibit the use of
funds to enter into a global household goods contract until
after the Comptroller General reports back to congressional
defense committees on a comprehensive study analyzing the
effects of outsourcing the defense personal property program to
a private entity or entities, a cost-benefit analysis, and
recommendations for changes to the strategy. (10 minutes)
239. Langevin (RI): Adds cybersecurity metrics as a
required component of acquisitions using the new Section 801
authority: ``ESTABLISHMENT OF ACQUISITION PATHWAYS FOR SOFTWARE
APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE UPGRADES.'' (10 minutes)
240. Langevin (RI), Lieu (CA): Requires the President to
provide the congressional defense committees with a copy of all
National Security Presidential Memorandums relating to DoD
operations in cyberspace. (10 minutes)
241. Langevin (RI), Stefanik (NY), Smith, Adam (WA), Crow
(CO), Panetta (CA), Waltz (FL): Extends Section 1202 of Title
10, support of special operations for irregular warfare, for
three years. (10 minutes)
242. Langevin (RI), Stefanik (NY), Smith, Adam (WA), Crow
(CO), Panetta (CA), Waltz (FL): Strengthens current written
notifications of Section 127e of Title 10, support of special
operations to combat terrorism. (10 minutes)
243. Larsen, Rick (WA): Increases funding for the Defense
Language and National Security Education Office by $13,404,000
for Chinese language and culture studies. (10 minutes)
244. Larsen, Rick (WA): Amends Section 1089 to require the
Interagency Working Group to provide best practices to grantees
at the time of agreement and to develop a risk mitigation plan.
(10 minutes)
245. Larsen, Rick (WA): Modifies Section 1091(b) of the
Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act to require
that the Secretary of Defense develop a transition plan for
institutions of higher education to develop independent Chinese
language programs. (10 minutes)
246. Lawrence (MI): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
share lessons learned and best practices on progress of gender
integration implementation in the Armed Forces. (10 minutes)
247. Lawrence (MI): States that the Secretary of Defense
shall require each of the military departments to examine
successful strategies in use by foreign military services to
recruit and retain women, and to consider potential best
practices for implementation in the United States Armed Forces,
as recommended by the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in
the Services. (10 minutes)
248. Lee, Susie (NV): Requires DOD to update service branch
abuse programs to explicitly include gambling disorder within
six months of enactment. (10 minutes)
249. Lee, Susie (NV), Takano (CA), Brownley (CA), Luria
(VA), Allred (TX), Pappas (NH), Cisneros (CA), Sablan (MP),
Levin, Mike (CA), Banks (IN), Roe (TN), Bilirakis (FL),
Radewagen (AS), Watkins (KS), Bost (IL), Barr (KY), Meuser
(PA), Lamb (PA), Rose, Max (NY): Clarifies the purpose of the
interagency program office to include decision-making on
functional, technical, and programmatic activities to promote
interoperability of electronic health records and requires the
Secretaries of the Departments to allocate sufficient resources
and authorities for management of the activities of the office,
including budget and staffing. Mandates reports to Congress and
the public on the activities of the office. (10 minutes)
250. Lesko (AZ), Gallego (AZ): Expresses a sense of the
House of Representatives that it's critical for the Air Force
to have the capability to train against advanced air adversary
and that the Air Force's use of F-35As as aggressor aircraft
reflects a recognition of the need to field a modernized
aggressor fleet. Requires a report from the Air Force on
strategy for modernizing the organic aggressor fleet. (10
minutes)
251. Levin, Andy (MI), Khanna (CA): Requires the Secretary
of Defense to ensure that all incineration of materials
containing PFAS is conducted in a manner that eliminates PFAS
while also ensuring that no PFAS is emitted into the air; that
all incineration is conducted in accordance with the
requirements of the Clean Air Act; that materials containing
PFAS and designated for disposal are stored safely; and that no
incineration be conducted at any facility that violated the
requirements of the Clean Air Act during the year preceding the
date of disposal. (10 minutes)
252. Levin, Andy (MI), Haaland (NM): Directs GAO to submit
a report regarding the number of defense contractors in the
last five years who have been found to have committed willful
or repeat violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
and the Fair Labor Standards Act. (10 minutes)
253. Levin, Mike (CA), Torres, Norma (CA): Authorizes an
additional $5 million for Naval University Research
Initiatives, which improve the quality of defense research at
universities and support the education of engineers and
scientists in disciplines critical to national defense needs.
(10 minutes)
254. Levin, Mike (CA): Directs a 1-year independent
assessment and 5-year longitudinal study of the Transition
Assistance Program, as in Sections 6 and 7 of H.R. 2326. (10
minutes)
255. Levin, Mike (CA): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
report on the Department's Combating Trafficking Persons
Initiative. (10 minutes)
256. Lieu (CA), Cicilline (RI), Malinowski (NJ): Prohibits
in-flight refueling to non-United States aircraft that engage
in hostilities in the ongoing civil war in Yemen for two years,
or until a specific authorization has been enacted. (10
minutes)
257. Lieu (CA), Wagner (MO), Malinowski (NJ): Requires a
report to Congress detailing the U.S. strategy for Libya. (10
minutes)
258. Loebsack (IA), Bustos (IL): Extends Temporary
Installation Reutilization Authority for leasing excess space
at Army arsenals, depots, and plants through September 30,
2025. Requires the Secretary of the Army to determine the
logistical, information technology, and security requirements
to create an internal listing service of Army assets available
for lease at Arsenals, depots, and plants. (10 minutes)
259. Loebsack (IA), Bustos (IL), Porter (CA): Requires the
Secretary of Defense to perform an assessment of the Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Math, as well as Maintenance and
Manufacturing (STEM) workforce for organizations within the
DOD, identify the types and quantities of STEM jobs needed to
support future mission work, and identify a plan of action to
address the STEM jobs gap. (10 minutes)
260. Lowenthal (CA), Woodall (GA): Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Defense may
continue to consider and select heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning systems that utilize variable refrigerant flow as
an option for use in Department of Defense facilities. (10
minutes)
261. Lucas (OK): Expands an already existing Department of
Defense reporting requirement on solid rocket motors to include
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (10 minutes)
262. Lujan (NM): Expresses the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of Energy should ensure that each laboratory
operating contractor or plant or site manager of a National
Nuclear Security Administration facility adopt generally
accepted and consistent accounting practices for laboratory,
plant, or site directed research and development. (10 minutes)
263. Lujan (NM): Directs Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering and the Director of the Advanced
Manufacturing Office to write a report on the feasibility and
benefits of a multiyear entrepreneurial fellowship program. The
report will include information on the program's costs,
benefits, and plan for implementation. (10 minutes)
264. Lujan (NM), Haaland (NM): Amends the Radiation
Exposure Compensation Act to include a Congressional apology to
the states of New Mexico, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, Utah,
Texas, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Nevada, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. (10 minutes)
265. Luria (VA): Calls attention to musculoskeletal
injuries, one of the top injuries facing warfighters,
recognizes the importance of tissue repair innovations for
these injuries, and encourages continued research and
innovation that is occurring within the Navy's Wound Care
Research program. (10 minutes)
266. Luria (VA), Khanna (CA): Directs the Department of
Defense to conduct a study on how it could enter into more
energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs). (10 minutes)
267. Lynch (MA): Reestablishes the Commission on Wartime
Contracting and requires it to to examine federal agency
contracting funded by OCO; federal agency contracting for the
logistical support of coalition forces operating under the 2001
or 2002 AUMF; and federal agency contracting for the
performance of security functions in countries where coalition
forces are operating under the 2001 or 2002 AUMF. (10 minutes)
268. Maloney, Sean (NY): Improves the ability of separating
or retiring members of the Armed Forces to seek state veterans
services by enabling them to elect to have their DD-214 shared
with county veterans service officers. (10 minutes)
269. Maloney, Sean (NY): Ensures the availability of
certain medical services at U.S. Service Academies, including
emergency room services, orthopedic services, general surgery
services and gynecological services. (10 minutes)
270. Mast (FL), Bacon (NE), Baird (IN), Taylor (TX), Gaetz
(FL), Lamb (PA): Expands eligibility of military MWR housing in
order to give financial relief to allow Foreign Service
Officers (FSOs) who temporarily lose housing allowance while on
mandatory Home Leave status to rent military housing. (10
minutes)
271. McBath (GA), Steube (FL): Exempts from the calculation
of monthly income a disabled veteran's disability payments from
the VA and DoD during bankruptcy proceedings. (10 minutes)
272. McGovern (MA), Walorski (IN): Authorizes and increases
by $11 million the Wounded Warrior Service Dog Program,
decreases Operations and Maintenance Defense-Wise by $11
million. (10 minutes)
273. McKinley (WV): Adds the Secretary of Energy to the
list of people the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Sustainment should consult when establishing guidance as
outlined in Section 807--Acquisition and Disposal of Certain
Rare Earth Materials. (10 minutes)
274. McKinley (WV): Clarifies that the Under Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment should not acquire
items simply containing rare earth materials, but should
instead focus on acquiring materials with high concentrations
of rare earth materials. (10 minutes)
275. McKinley (WV): Clarifies that the guidance for best
value contracting methods should consider if and when sole
source contracts with universities or other entities are
appropriate. (10 minutes)
276. McKinley (WV), Napolitano (CA): Requires the
Department of Defense to submit a report to Congress regarding
the resources and authorities the Secretary determines
necessary to identify the effects of the National Guard Youth
Challenge Program on graduates of that program during the five
years immediately preceding the date of the report. (10
minutes)
277. McNerney (CA): Requires the Department of Defense to
submit a plan to reduce facility water consumption intensity by
2 percent annually through the end of fiscal year 2025. (10
minutes)
278. Meadows (NC): Requires a report on the feasibility of
revising the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
to include requirements relating to ``consumption-based
solutions'' to provide capabilities that are metered and billed
based on actual usage, with the ability to scale capacity up or
down, in line with defense acquisition system reforms
identified by the Section 809 Panel created by the FY2016 NDAA.
(10 minutes)
279. Meadows (NC): Makes delinquent or unpaid federal taxes
one of the data elements federal contractors are required to
disclose and periodically update in the Federal Awardee
Performance and Integrity Information System (FAPIIS). (10
minutes)
280. Meadows (NC): Authorizes the service acquisition
executive of the relevant military department, in administering
software acquisition pathways, to delegate responsibilities
under Sec. 801(d) to a program executive officer (or
equivalent) to facilitate more rapid acquisition of software
applications and software upgrades. (10 minutes)
281. Meadows (NC): Requires a briefing from the Secretary
of Defense detailing how the Trusted Capital Marketplace pilot
program will 1) align with critical defense requirements and 2)
become self-sustaining. (10 minutes)
282. Meadows (NC), Fitzpatrick (PA): Establishes that it is
the policy of the United States to prevent the financing of al-
Shabaab by combatting illicit trafficking and encouraging
compliance with international bans on trafficked goods which
finance al-Shabaab. Requires a Defense and State Department
report on: a) the previous and current engagement of the
departments with relevant national and subnational governments,
b) recommendations to end trafficking that finances al-Shabaab,
and c) the underlying forces leading to continued widespread
trafficking. (10 minutes)
283. Meadows (NC), Young (AK), Chabot (OH), Yoho (FL),
Cohen (TN), Price (NC), Titus (NV): Expresses the sense of
Congress that the ability of Mongolia, a consistent troop
contributor to United States combat operations and partner of
NATO, to protect its sovereignty, democracy, and ability to
pursue an independent foreign policy is relevant to the
national security interests of the United States. (10 minutes)
284. Meng (NY): Requires the Department of Defense to
submit a report on the number of military installations that
may have lead service lines, what steps DOD has taken to
replace such lines, and whether DOD has established an
awareness campaign to inform military service members and their
families of these service lines. (10 minutes)
285. Meng (NY), Porter (CA), Crow (CO): Permits any member
of the armed services who gives birth to be exempt from
deployment for 12 months after such birth unless they request
deployment. Current bill text only covers members who give
birth while on active duty. (10 minutes)
286. Meng (NY), Porter (CA): Permanently authorizes the
Suicide Prevention and Resilience Program. (10 minutes)
287. Miller (WV), Peterson (MN): Adds a provision stating
that the last surviving World War II Medal of Honor recipient
will be permitted to lay in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol
upon death. (10 minutes)
288. Mitchell (MI): Applies the FY18 NDAA's increase of the
micro-purchase threshold to acquisitions conducted through the
issuance of task and delivery orders under multiple award
contracts. (10 minutes)
289. Moore (WI): Expresses the Sense of Congress about the
need for the leadership of the National Capital Consortium
Psychiatry Residency program to maintain a workplace free of
racial, gender or other forms of discrimination or harassment.
(10 minutes)
290. Moore (WI): Calls for a report and recommendations
from the Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency on the need for
and/or benefits of constructing new or maintaining direct fuel
pipeline connections at appropriate Air National Guard and
Reserve Installations including any barriers that may impede
such projects. (10 minutes)
291. Morelle (NY): Increases funding for the facility
operations and target production within the Inertial
Confinement Fusion ignition and High Yield program by
$5,000,000 to support laser direct drive. Decreases funding for
management, technology, and production within the Stockpile
Services by $5,000,000. (10 minutes)
292. Mullin (OK), Reschenthaler (PA), Crist (FL), Hudson
(NC): Requires the Department of Defense to report to Congress
on the number of its medical providers who were dropped by
their medical malpractice insurers prior to being employed by
DOD. (10 minutes)
293. Murphy (FL): Adds a new section to Title II (RDT&E),
Subtitle C (Reports and Other Matters) requiring the Secretary
of Defense to contract with a federally funded research and
development center to prepare a report for the congressional
defense committees on the development of hypersonic weapons
capabilities by foreign nations and the threat posed by such
capabilities to United States territory, forces and overseas
bases, and allies. (10 minutes)
294. Murphy (FL), Kilmer (WA): Makes a technical correction
to Section 1108 of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense
Authorization Act (P.L. 115-232) to enable federal agencies to
use expedited hiring authority for post-secondary students in
the manner intended by Section 1108. (10 minutes)
295. Napolitano (CA), McKinley (WV): Increases funding for
the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program by $50 million. This
would match the program's 2020 funding of $200 million in HR
2740, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. (10
minutes)
296. Norman (SC): Revises the effective date of a DoD pilot
program on bid protests to ensure DoD has audited business
systems in place prior to initiating the pilot program. (10
minutes)
297. Norman (SC), Roy (TX): Authorizes a public-private
pilot program to train and place veterans as cybersecurity
personnel with the DoD. (10 minutes)
298. O'Halleran (AZ): Includes the U.S. Naval Observatory
and its associated facilities in the DOD's ``Master Plan for
Infrastructure Required to Support Research, Development, Test,
and Evaluation Missions (Title II, Subtitle C, Sec. 232)''. (10
minutes)
299. O'Halleran (AZ), Stefanik (NY): Requires DOD and the
Defense Health Agency (DHA) to submit a report to Congress on
the implementation and results of DHA's June 2018 guidance on
first fill opioid prescriptions to TRICARE beneficiaries for
acute post-operative pain. (10 minutes)
300. Omar (MN): Requires contractors performing DoD
contracts in foreign countries to report possible cases of
gross violations of human rights. (10 minutes)
301. Omar (MN): Prohibits the use of funds to establish any
permanent military base or installation in Somalia. (10
minutes)
302. Panetta (CA): Authorizes the Army to carry out a pilot
program to construct new military housing in diverse climate
regions in the United States utilizing the All-American Abode
design by the United States Military Academy. (10 minutes)
303. Panetta (CA): Requires a report on the legal services
the Department of Defense may provide to servicemembers harmed
by a health or environmental hazard while living in military
housing and dissemination of the information at all U.S.
installations. (10 minutes)
304. Panetta (CA): Requires the Department of Defense to
provide a plan to improve the collection and monitoring of
information, both financial and non-financial, regarding
intergovernmental support agreements. (10 minutes)
305. Panetta (CA): Requires a report on the efforts of the
Department of Defense to improve innovation investments and
management. (10 minutes)
306. Panetta (CA): Expresses sense of Congress that the
Army should continue to invest in research, development, test,
and evaluation programs to mature future vertical lift
technologies. (10 minutes)
307. Panetta (CA), Bacon (NE), Baird (IN), Cisneros (CA),
Crenshaw (TX), Crow (CO), Gallagher (WI), Golden (ME), Houlahan
(PA), Kinzinger (IL), Luria (VA), Mast (FL), Rose, Max (NY),
Sherrill (NJ), Steube (FL), Taylor (TX), Waltz (FL), Lamb (PA),
Moulton (MA): Provides a full military honors ceremony--
including funeral escort platoon, military band, firing party,
and horse-drawn caisson--to Medal of Honor recipients and
Prisoners of War eligible for burial at Arlington National
Cemetery. (10 minutes)
308. Panetta (CA), Engel (NY), Bacon (NE), Gallagher (WI),
Connolly (VA), Hurd (TX): Reaffirms strong Congressional
support for NATO and prohibits the use of funds to withdraw
from the alliance. (10 minutes)
309. Panetta (CA), Hurd (TX), Langevin (RI): Improves
coordination between the federal government, industry, and
academia to ensure global superiority of the United States in
quantum information science necessary for meeting national
security requirements. (10 minutes)
310. Pappas (NH), Kuster (NH), Rouda (CA): Creates an
online clearinghouse of information for members of the Armed
Services to find information about exposure to PFAS and
treatment for associated health conditions. (10 minutes)
311. Perlmutter (CO): Makes technical changes to the
Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health within the
Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act
and extends the authorization for the Office of the Ombudsman.
(10 minutes)
312. Perry (PA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to Congress on the threat information sharing
between the Department and the Defense Industrial Base,
including academic institutions. (10 minutes)
313. Peters (CA), Davis, Susan (CA), Banks (IN),
Kirkpatrick (AZ): Establishes a pilot program to provide
friends and family of servicemembers a better understanding of
the rigors, challenges, and needs associated with military
service. (10 minutes)
314. Phillips (MN): Instructs the Defense Intelligence
Agency to provide a report to the Committee on Armed Services
and other committees, describing the detailed military
capabilities of China and Russia. The report must include a
survey of any national training centers and an evaluation of
the respective nation's military and logistical readiness
relative to those of the United States. The Defense
Intelligence Agency may make use of or add to any existing
reports completed by the Agency in order to respond to the
reporting requirement. (10 minutes)
315. Phillips (MN): Requires the Secretary of the Army to
submit a report to congress, listing any areas, such as Nike
missile sites, that were once used by the military and that
have since been reassigned to local governments, as well as the
nature of any pollutants that remain on these lands as a result
of the military's activities. (10 minutes)
316. Pingree (ME), Crow (CO): Directs DOD to ensure that
Sexual Assault Response Coordinators advise servicemembers who
report instances of military sexual trauma about the
eligibility of such members for health and benefits services at
the Department of Veterans Affairs. (10 minutes)
317. Plaskett (VI): Requires a report regarding transition
from Overseas Housing Allowance to Basic Allowance for Housing
for servicemembers in the U.S. territories. (10 minutes)
318. Price (NC), Schakowsky (IL), Lee, Barbara (CA), Welch
(VT), Blumenauer (OR), Yarmuth (KY), Doggett (TX), Connolly
(VA): Requires a report from the President on the status of
deconfliction channels with Iran to prevent miscalculation. (10
minutes)
319. Porter (CA): Requires the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Sustainment to investigate all reports of reprisals
against a member of the Armed Forces for reporting an issue
relating to a privatized military housing unit. (10 minutes)
320. Porter (CA): Preserves the requirement for the
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to produce a public
annual report. (10 minutes)
321. Porter (CA), Torres, Norma (CA): Increases funding for
Army University Research Initiatives by $5,000,000. (10
minutes)
322. Porter (CA): Allows servicemembers to have a private
right of action in the event that credit reporting bureaus
engage in misconduct related to free credit monitoring. (10
minutes)
323. Porter (CA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
develop partnerships with civilian academic medical centers and
teaching hospitals to improve combat casualty care for
personnel of the Armed Forces. (10 minutes)
324. Porter (CA), Cisneros (CA), Takano (CA): Makes spouses
and other dependents of active duty members of the Armed Forces
eligible for the Direct Employment Pilot Program. (10 minutes)
325. Price (NC), Young (AK), Cisneros (CA), Larsen, Rick
(WA), Panetta (CA), Langevin (RI), Moulton (MA): Enables DOD to
award three-year competitive grants to DODEA schools and to
local education agencies that host a JROTC program for the
establishment, improvement, or expansion of world language
programs in elementary and secondary schools. (10 minutes)
326. Quigley (IL), Kelly, Trent (MS): Establishes a pilot
program on partnerships with civilian organizations for
specialized medical skills training program and advanced
orthopedic skills training. (10 minutes)
327. Ratcliffe (TX): Requires DOD to provide a report
looking into the feasibility of establishing a high-level,
interagency U.S.-Taiwan working group for coordinating
responses to merging issues related to cybersecurity. (10
minutes)
328. Rice, Kathleen (NY): Requires the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland
Security, to conduct an assessment of the impact that the
construction of any planned or proposed border wall would have
on the volume of illegal narcotics entering the United States.
(10 minutes)
329. Riggleman (VA), Luria (VA), Wittman (VA), McEachin
(VA), Beyer (VA): Directs the Secretary of Defense to Develop a
plan, cost estimate, and schedule for a pilot program to train
skilled technicians for immediate placement in the defense
industrial base, including critical shipbuilding skills such as
welding, metrology, quality assurance, machining, and additive
manufacturing. (10 minutes)
330. Roby (AL), Davis, Susan (CA): Provides clarity that
the authority in section 1521 can be used for the specific
purposes enumerated in (H) and (I) in order to give more
flexibility for CSTC-A to pursue some of the programs they
believe will be helpful. (10 minutes)
331. Ruiz (CA): Requires DOD to conduct an implementation
plan to phase out the use of the 9 burn pits included in the
DOD report on burn pits to Congress issued in April 2019. (10
minutes)
332. Ruiz (CA): Require DOD to provide Congress and the VA
with a list of the locations of military bases, posts, forward
operating bases, combat outposts, and any other locations at
which open-air burn pits have been used. (10 minutes)
333. Ruiz (CA), Welch (VT): Requires DOD to provide a
detailed report to Congress on the status, methodology, and
culmination timeline of all the research and studies being
conducted to assess the health effects of burn pits. (10
minutes)
334. Ruiz (CA), Welch (VT): Requires DOD to implement
mandatory training for all medical providers working under DOD
on the potential health effects of burn pits and its early
detection, as well as other airborne hazards, such as PFAS,
mold, or depleted uranium. (10 minutes)
335. Rutherford (FL), Lawson (FL), Cisneros (CA), Brownley
(CA), Bacon (NE), Dunn (FL), Crow (CO), Houlahan (PA): Amends
the recurring report required by the FY 2019 NDAA to include an
evaluation on the effectiveness of the Transition Assistance
Program for female members of the Armed Forces. (10 minutes)
336. Rutherford (FL), Waltz (FL), Diaz-Balart (FL), Dunn
(FL), Spano (FL), Gaetz (FL), Wasserman Schultz (FL), Crow
(CO): Provides U.S. Special Operations Command procurement
authority for Light Attack aircraft in support of the Air Force
Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Combat Air Advisor (CAA)
mission. It also directs the Secretary of the Air Force to
obligate, or transfer to USSOCOM, the necessary funds that have
been made available for light attack aircraft to procure the
required number of aircraft for Air Combat Command's Air Ground
Operations School and AFSOC's CAA mission. (10 minutes)
337. Sablan (MP): Allows community college students holding
or expecting to receive an associate degree to apply for the
new Technology and National Security Fellowship program
authorized in Section 239 of the bill. Currently the bill
limits eligibility to individuals holding or expecting to
receive an undergraduate or graduate degree. (10 minutes)
338. Schakowsky (IL): Tasks the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense to analyze all contracts and task orders
that provide private security firms access to U.S. theaters of
military operations in order to compile a report that will
inform Congress about the size of the contracting force; the
total value of the contracts; the number of persons operating
on the contracts that have been wounded or killed; and the
disciplinary actions that have been taken against individual
contractors. (10 minutes)
339. Schiff (CA): Authorizes inclusion on the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial of the names of seventy-four crew members of
the USS Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969. (10 minutes)
340. Schiff (CA): Authorizes military judges in any
proceeding of a military commission at United States Naval
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to order arrangements for remote
public viewing of the proceedings via internet. (10 minutes)
341. Schneider (IL), Spano (FL): Authorizes for five years
the Boots to Business program which helps transitioning service
members and veterans become entrepreneurs and create jobs
through a standardized three-step entrepreneurship training
track while giving access to resources in their local
communities. This program currently runs as a collaboration
between the Small Business Administration's Office of Veterans
Business Development and the Department of Defense's Transition
Assistance Program. (10 minutes)
342. Schrader (OR): Exempts members of the Armed Forces who
voluntarily separated from active duty, are involuntarily
recalled, and incur a 100 percent service-connected disability
during that time from the requirement to repay voluntary
separation pay. (10 minutes)
343. Schrader (OR): Calls for recently separated
servicemembers to receive a notice of their rights under the
Servicemember Civil Relief Act 180 days following the end of
their military service. (10 minutes)
344. Schrader (OR), Rooney (FL), Welch (VT): Requires the
DOD Chief Management Officer to release public versions of the
mandated cost savings reports submitted to Congress. (10
minutes)
345. Schrier (WA): Directs the Secretary of the Navy to
adhere to competitive procedures to better ensure small and
medium defense contractors can compete with respect to any task
order or delivery order issued for a dual aircraft carrier
contract for CVN-80 and CVN-81. (10 minutes)
346. Scott, Austin (GA): Requires all military chaplains
receive their religious endorsement badge or insignia upon
their commissioning. (10 minutes)
347. Scott, Bobby (VA), Lee, Barbara (CA): Requires the
Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress on the
status of each of the 91 priority recommendations that the
Secretary has not implemented in report GAO-19-366SP. If the
reasoning for not implementing a recommendation is funding,
then the Secretary must provide the estimated cost for such
implementation. (10 minutes)
348. Shalala (FL): Requires that all OC-135B Open Skies
Treaty aircraft recapitalization request for proposals (RFP) be
open to a full competitive bidding process from a wide variety
of contracts, including those that prioritize existing recently
manufactured low-hour/low-cycle aircraft. The RFP shall be open
to including recently used aircraft, or parts of aircraft, in
addition to ``new'' aircraft from an original equipment
manufacturer (OEM). (10 minutes)
349. Sherman (CA), Wilson, Joe (SC), Bera (CA), Yoho (FL),
Holding (NC), Case (HI), Krishnamoorthi (IL): Adds a sense of
Congress regarding improving U.S.-India defense cooperation and
requires a report on cooperation in the Western Indian Ocean.
(10 minutes)
350. Sherrill (NJ): Expresses the Sense of Congress that
Army Contracting Command--New Jersey plays a vital role in
support of major weapons, armaments, and ammunition systems for
the Army and other Department of Defense customers. (10
minutes)
351. Shimkus (IL): Expands U.S. funding for the Baltic
States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania to $125 million in
order to expand their military and cyber-security
infrastructure. This will protect them and Europe from Russia's
continuing aggression in the region. (10 minutes)
352. Smith, Adam (WA): Authorizes the Department of Energy
to impose civil penalties on contractors who retaliate against
nuclear safety whistleblowers. (10 minutes)
353. Smith, Adam (WA): Prohibits the use of funds by the
Department of Energy for applying its interpretation of high-
level radioactive waste with respect to waste located in the
State of Washington. (10 minutes)
354. Smith, Christopher (NJ): Requires a pilot program on a
one-stop online application to assist members of the Armed
Forces and veterans participating in the Transition Assistance
Program. (10 minutes)
355. Smith, Christopher (NJ), Harris (MD), Peterson (MN):
Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Defense to
initiate an investigation into the Department's possible
involvement in the bioweaponization of ticks and other insects.
(10 minutes)
356. Smith, Christopher (NJ), Norcross (NJ): Requires GAO
to conduct a study of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its
practices and protocols for identifying misclassification at
federal construction projects. (10 minutes)
357. Soto (FL): Increases funding for the manufacturing
science and technology program by $5 million for anti-tamper
heterogeneous integrated microelectronics. Reduces funding for
Army procurement by the same amount. (10 minutes)
358. Soto (FL): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
establish trusted supply chain and operational security
standards for the purchase of microelectronics products and
services by the Department. (10 minutes)
359. Soto (FL): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
conduct, and submit to Congress, an assessment to determine the
required size and composition of its operational medical and
dental personnel who support the wartime mission. (10 minutes)
360. Soto (FL), Schweikert (AZ), Rouda (CA): Directs the
Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering to
provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on
the potential use of distributed ledger technology for defense
purposes. (10 minutes)
361. Spanberger (VA): Requires the President's report under
Sec. 1264 of the NDAA for FY18 include a list of foreign
forces, groups, and individuals for which a determination has
been made that force could legally be used under the 2001
Authorization for Use of Military Force, including the legal
and factual basis, whether force has been used, and the
criteria for designating an individual as lawfully targetable.
(10 minutes)
362. Spanberger (VA), Cox (CA), Eshoo (CA), Meadows (NC):
Requires that the Secretary of Defense upgrade the capacity of
military criminal investigative organizations in order to
confront the misuse of DoD computer networks to access and
trade child pornography. Also requires DoD to enter into
collaborative agreements with appropriate government and child
protection and other organizations. (10 minutes)
363. Speier (CA): Increases funding for the Defense
Security Service by $5,206,997 for the purposes of procurement
of advanced cyber threat detection sensors, hunt and response
mechanisms, and commercial cyber threat intelligence to ensure
Defense Industrial Base networks remain protected from nation
state adversaries. (10 minutes)
364. Speier (CA): Allows the Secretary of Defense to refer
military members for mental health services within the TRICARE
network if services cannot be provided at a military medical
facility within 15 days. (10 minutes)
365. Speier (CA): Renames the Lejeune High School at Camp
Lejeune for recently deceased Congressman and member of the
House Armed Services Committee, Walter B. Jones. (10 minutes)
366. Stanton (AZ): Allows certain veterans who are enrolled
in their respective service's Wounded Warriors Program to
continue their enrollment in the Military Services Adaptive
Sports Programs for an additional year after separation. (10
minutes)
367. Stauber (MN), Duffy (WI), Cox (CA): Requires the
Secretary of the Navy to submit a report to the appropriate
congressional defense committees a report on the feasibility of
doing maintenance work on naval vessels at shipyards other than
shipyards in the vessels' homeport. (10 minutes)
368. Stefanik (NY): Updates the title of Under Secretary of
Defense for Intelligence to Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security to match and reflect the OUSD(I)'s
existing responsibility for conducting the Department's
security mission over the last several years. (10 minutes)
369. Stefanik (NY), Crow (CO): Provides a technical
correction to the Catch a Serial Offender Program and preserves
the nature of a restricted report of military sexual assault.
(10 minutes)
370. Stefanik (NY): Makes a technical change to a provision
in last year's NDAA that requires a consolidated budget display
for small business research grants; the clarification adds
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). (10 minutes)
371. Stivers (OH), Speier (CA), Schrier (WA), Kelly, Trent
(MS): Directs the Department of Defense to submit an annual
report on findings of the Millennium Cohort Study regarding the
gynecological and perinatal health of servicewomen. The report
must include completed, ongoing, and proposed research on the
gynecological and perinatal health of women servicemembers in
addition to areas in need of improvement and what steps the
Department of Defense is taking to meet those needs. (10
minutes)
372. Suozzi (NY): Requires the Secretary of the Navy to
conduct a third-party quality review of all radium testing
conducted by contractors at locations where the Navy is
undertaking projects and activities relating to environmental
cleanup. (10 minutes)
373. Takano (CA), Calvert (CA), Cook (CA), Hill, Katie
(CA), Cartwright (PA), Joyce, John (PA), Thompson, Mike (CA),
Matsui (CA), Eshoo (CA), Cardenas (CA), Sherman (CA), Aguilar
(CA), Lieu (CA), Ruiz (CA), Lowenthal (CA), Vargas (CA), Rouda
(CA), Napolitano (CA), Porter (CA), Cox (CA), Costa (CA),
Garamendi (CA), Gomez (CA), Khanna (CA), Roybal-Allard (CA),
Panetta (CA), Schiff (CA), Waters (CA), Lee, Barbara (CA),
Brownley (CA), Cisneros (CA), Harder (CA), Lamb (PA), Chu (CA),
Levin, Mike (CA), Correa (CA), Swalwell (CA), Torres, Norma
(CA), Sanchez (CA), Bass (CA): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to report to Congress on its current and future plans
to consolidate Defense Media Activity. Prohibits funding for
such consolidation until at least 180 days have elapsed
following the day on which the Secretary of Defense submits the
required report. (10 minutes)
374. Thompson, Mike (CA): Authorizes the Secretary of
Defense to provide no more than $250,000 per fiscal year for
the maintenance, preservation and operation of the Mare Island
Naval Cemetery, in Vallejo, California. The amendment
stipulates that the funding can only be provided to a historic
preservation foundation, designated by the City of Vallejo,
which will administer the funds and manage the cemetery on a
day-to-day basis. (10 minutes)
375. Tipton (CO): Expressing the sense of Congress that
military aviation training in Colorado, including the training
conducted at the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation
Training Site, is critical to the national security of the
United States and the readiness of the Armed Forces. (10
minutes)
376. Torres Small, Xochitl (NM): Requires the DoD to
establish a pilot program to provide broadband access to
military families and medical facilities on remote or isolated
military installations. (10 minutes)
377. Torres, Norma (CA): Directs the National Security
Commission on Defense Research at Historically Black Colleges
and Universities and Other Minority Serving Institutions, in
consultation with the Secretary of Education, to make available
a list identifying eligible institutions. (10 minutes)
378. Torres, Norma (CA): Requires the President to impose
sanctions on Central American officials previously named in
reports to Congress. (10 minutes)
379. Torres, Norma (CA), Engel (NY): Prohibits the
provision of vehicles to joint task forces including the
Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of the Interior of
Guatemala, unless the Secretary of Defense has certified to
appropriate Congressional committees that such ministries have
made a credible commitment to only use such vehicles for their
intended purpose. (10 minutes)
380. Torres, Norma (CA), Gonzalez, Anthony (OH): Mandates
the Department of Defense provide a briefing on its efforts to
address manipulated media content, specifically deepfakes, from
adversarial sources, and provides a $5 million increase for the
Department of Defense's Media Forensics Program. (10 minutes)
381. Torres, Norma (CA), Panetta (CA), Cisneros (CA),
Stevens (MI): Requires the Department of Defense, in
consultation with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership
program, to develop policies to assist small- and mid-sized
manufacturers to meet cybersecurity requirements. (10 minutes)
382. Turner (OH): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
enter into agreements with municipalities or municipal drinking
water utilities located adjacent to military installations to
share monitoring data relating to perfluoroalkyl substances,
polyfluoroalkyl substances, and other emerging contaminants
collected on military installations. (10 minutes)
383. Turner (OH), Davis, Susan (CA): Requires the President
to prescribe regulations pertaining to the expansion of matters
that may be reviewed by military judges and military
magistrates prior to the referral of charges in the interest of
efficiency in military justice. (10 minutes)
384. Turner (OH), Davis, Susan (CA): Directs the Secretary
of Defense to establish a policy that preserves the victims
preference for a restricted report in the event a sexual
assault allegation was inadvertantly disclosed or reported by
an unprotected third party. (10 minutes)
385. Turner (OH), Davis, Susan (CA): Directs the Secretary
of Defense to establish comprehensive training standards for
Commanders on their role as it pertains to all stages of
military justice in connection with the sexual assault by
servicemembers against servicemembers. (10 minutes)
386. Turner (OH): Strikes the provision relating to the
prohibition on the use of funds for the deployment of low-yield
ballistic missile warheads and requires the SECDEF to certify
on the availability of proportional response options. (10
minutes)
387. Velazquez (NY): Requires a report as to the number of
contracts awarded to program participants under the Small
Business Program prescribed in 15 USC 637(a). (10 minutes)
388. Velazquez (NY): Provides permanent authorization to
the Department of Defense Mentor Protege Program and requires
annual submission of reports regarding the Program. (10
minutes)
389. Velazquez (NY), Cisneros (CA): Amends subsection 15(x)
of the Small Business Act to allow prime contractors the
ability to double the value of a subcontract for purposes of
the subcontracting goals. (10 minutes)
390. Velazquez (NY), Sablan (MP), San Nicolas (GU),
Radewagen (AS), Plaskett (VI): Amends subsection 15(x) of the
Small Business Act granting small businesses in the Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
the contracting credit provided therein. (10 minutes)
391. Wagner (MO): Instructs the Secretary of Defense to
brief the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate on the utility and feasibility of
establishing a multinational regional security education center
based in Southeast Asia to offer year-round training and
educational courses for Indo-Pacific civilian and military
security personnel, including English-language training, rule
of law and legal studies, security, governance and institution-
building courses, and budget and procurement training. (10
minutes)
392. Wagner (MO), Lieu (CA): Requires that all foreign
persons receiving training in IMET professional military
education programs participate in human rights training. (10
minutes)
393. Walden (OR): Allows Air Force reserve component
personnel to provide pilot training and instruction to address
our nation's pilot shortage. (10 minutes)
394. Walorski (IN): Recognizes the honorable service of
military working dogs and soldier handlers in the Tactical
Explosive Detection Dog (TEDD) program and encourages the Army
to prioritize adoption of the dogs to former TEDD handlers. (10
minutes)
395. Waters (CA): Increases funding for assistance to
schools with significant numbers of military dependent students
by $10,000,000 in order to further support local educational
agencies that serve military communities and families. (10
minutes)
396. Waters (CA): Directs the Department of Defense to
produce an assessment of the Direct Employment Pilot Program's
minority outreach efforts, participation outcomes, and
participation rates for individuals specified under subsection
(a). (10 minutes)
397. Waters (CA): Requires applicable emerging technologies
procured and used by the Department of Defense to be tested for
algorithmic bias and potential discriminatory outcome. (10
minutes)
398. Welch (VT): Requires the Department of Defense to
semi-annually report on monitoring and evaluation measures of
direct government-to-government assistance provided to the
government of Afghanistan. (10 minutes)
399. Welch (VT): Requires the Department of Defense to
annually report on direct government-to-government assistance
provided to the government of Afghanistan. (10 minutes)
400. Welch (VT), Cook (CA): Authorizes assistance for
deployment-related support of members of the Armed Forces
undergoing deployment and their families beyond the Yellow
Ribbon Reintegration Program. (10 minutes)
401. Wexton (VA): Require a GAO report on the feasibility
of establishing a program for members of the Armed Forces
transitioning to civilian intelligence employment. (10 minutes)
402. Wild (PA), Fitzpatrick (PA): Requires the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to establish a
University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) and partner with
Academic Health Centers to focus on the unique challenges
wounded servicemembers experience. Emphasis should be placed on
research that reduces dependency on opioids, develops novel
pain management and mental health strategies, and leverages
partnerships with industry and medical device manufacturers to
advance promising technologies for wounded servicemembers. (10
minutes)
403. Wittman (VA), Courtney (CT), Ruppersberger (MD), Brown
(MD): Establishes a Cable Security Fleet of United States-
documented cable vessels in order to provide installation,
maintenance, and repair of submarine cables and related
equipment. (10 minutes)
404. Yoho (FL): Technical change to counter-UAS provision
ensuring Congressional oversight. (10 minutes)
405. Young (AK): Provides for a strategic Arctic port
designation following a comprehensive DoD evaluation and
report. (10 minutes)
406. Young (AK), Stefanik (NY): Requires the Secretary of
the Army to assess cold weather training requirements and
develop a plan to increase and expand cold weather training
opportunities. (10 minutes)
407. Young (AK), Stefanik (NY): Requires an independent
study and report of Chinese Arctic foreign direct investment,
with a focus on the effects of Chinese foreign direct
investment on U.S. national security and near peer competition
in the Arctic. (10 minutes)
408. McCarthy (CA), Cook (CA): Authorizes funding to assist
military installations recovering from earthquakes and other
natural disasters in 2019 and requires an earthquake damaged
infrastructure restoration master plan be submitted to
Congress. (10 minutes)
409. Sherrill (NJ): Increases the authorized funding in the
Defense Health Program for TRICARE lead level screening and
testing for children by $5 million. (10 minutes)
410. Kildee (MI), Dean (PA): Authorizes $5 million for the
first year of a five year study by the USGS to survey for PFAS
contamination across the country. (10 minutes)
411. LaMalfa (CA): Prohibits funds from being used by the
U.S. Air Force for the removal of the Over-the-Horizon-
Backscatter Radar (OTHB) station located in Modoc County, CA.
(10 minutes)
412. Luria (VA), Gallego (AZ), Haaland (NM): Assists
employees during the relocation process. (10 minutes)
413. Phillips (MN): Instructs SECDEF to author a report
that prioritizes the list of agencies and/or programs in need
of funds under Section 385 to Title 10 of U.S. Code, as well as
a justification as to why the money is necessary/beneficial.
(10 minutes)
414. Porter (CA): Requires a study on the feasibility and
effectiveness of routine neuroimaging modalities in the
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of brain injury among
servicemembers due to blast pressure exposure during combat and
training. (10 minutes)
415. Porter (CA): Requires a GAO report on defense business
processes including analyzing the DOD's development of a
culture that recognizes the important of business processes and
reengineering initiatives necessary to achieve improved
financial management. (10 minutes)
416. Tonko (NY), Morelle (NY), Delgado (NY), Higgins, Brian
(NY): Increases by $2 million the funding limitation for the
Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. (10 minutes)
417. Zeldin (NY), Luria (VA): Requires a report on the
relationship between the Lebanese Armed Forces and Hizballah.
(10 minutes)
418. Dingell (MI), Upton (MI), Fitzpatrick (PA): Requires
the Department of Defense to enter into cooperative agreements
with states to mitigate PFAS contamination resulting from their
facilities. (10 minutes)
419. Cunningham (SC): Makes changes to the Defense Access
Roads program to authorize funding towards water management
infrastructure; the enhancement or improvement of eligible
infrastructure; and infrastructure affected, or projected to be
affected, by natural disasters, recurrent flooding, or other
environmental conditions. Also expands funding eligibility to
roads to air or sea ports that are necessary for the deployment
or sustainment of troops, equipment, or supplies. (10 minutes)
420. Rose, Max (NY), Brindisi (NY), Fitzpatrick (PA), Hill,
French (AR), Trone (MD), Lamb (PA): Requires imposition of
sanctions on drug manufacturers who knowingly provide synthetic
opioids to traffickers, transnational criminal organizations
who mix fentanyl with other drugs and traffic them into the
U.S., and financial institutions that assist such entities.
Authorizes new funding to U.S. law enforcement and intelligence
agencies while establishing a Commission on Synthetic Opioid
Trafficking to monitor U.S. efforts. (10 minutes)
421. Omar (MN): Specifies that the DoD plan for diversity
in hiring, promotion, and retention should include plans for
hiring, promoting, and retaining racial minorities, women,
religious minorities, immigrants, members of the LGBTI+
community, and people with disabilities. (10 minutes)
422. Barr (KY), Stivers (OH): Imposes secondary sanctions
to cut off Pyongyang's ability to finance its weapons programs
by requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit, or
impose strict conditions on, correspondent or payable-through
accounts held in the U.S. by foreign financial institutions
that knowingly deal with persons involved in trade or other
support for North Korea. (10 minutes)
423. Khanna (CA), Gaetz (FL), Brown (MD), Engel (NY),
Smith, Adam (WA), McGovern (MA), Levin, Andy (MI), Eshoo (CA),
Himes (CT), Slotkin (MI), Lee, Barbara (CA), Crow (CO), Ocasio-
Cortez (NY), Garamendi (CA), Biggs (AZ), Gallego (AZ), Moulton
(MA), Haaland (NM), Jayapal (WA), Cicilline (RI), Thompson,
Mike (CA), Pocan (WI), Blumenauer (OR), Cohen (TN), Cisneros
(CA), Buck (CO), Welch (VT), Waters (CA), DeFazio (OR), Omar
(MN), Beyer (VA), Escobar (TX), Torres Small, Xochitl (NM),
Harder (CA), Norton (DC), Schrier (WA), Porter (CA), Rose, Max
(NY), Watson Coleman (NJ), Kilmer (WA), Pressley (MA), Speier
(CA), Tonko (NY), DeGette (CO), Larson, John (CT), Schakowsky
(IL), Huffman (CA), Lowenthal (CA), Velazquez (NY), Neguse
(CO), Serrano (NY), Lieu (CA), Kim (NJ), Wild (PA), Schweikert
(AZ), Ruppersberger (MD), Lofgren (CA), Cox (CA), Raskin (MD),
Malinowski (NJ), Houlahan (PA), Trahan (MA), Lewis (GA),
Brownley (CA), Spanberger (VA), Lujan (NM), Bonamici (OR),
Takano (CA), Kildee (MI), Butterfield (NC), Rouda (CA),
Carbajal (CA), Napolitano (CA), McCollum (MN), Sherrill (NJ),
Espaillat (NY), Tlaib (MI), Grijalva (AZ), Garcia, Jesus (IL),
Connolly (VA), Kuster (NH), Hill, Katie (CA), Perlmutter (CO),
Meeks (NY), Wexton (VA), Price (NC), Dingell (MI), Cardenas
(CA): Prohibits unauthorized military force in or against Iran.
(20 minutes)
424. Lee, Barbara (CA), Lewis (GA), Amash (MI), Schiff
(CA), Pocan (WI), Crow (CO), Engel (NY): Repeals the
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution
of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 50 USC. 1541). (10 minutes)
425. Lee, Barbara (CA): Expresses the sense of Congress
that the 2001 AUMF has been utilized well beyond the scope that
Congress intended, that it has served a blank check for any
President to wage war at any time and any place, and that any
new authorization for the use of military force to replace the
2001 AUMF should include a sunset clause, a clear and specific
expression of objectives, targets, and geographic scope, and
reporting requirements. (10 minutes)
426. Engel (NY): Ensures reporting to Congress when U.S.
forces are involved in hostilities if the President has not
determined that the involvement is authorized by Congress and
has not reported it pursuant to the War Powers Resolution. (10
minutes)
427. Engel (NY): Improves congressional oversight of the
2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) by
requiring the President to submit reports and provide briefings
on actions related to that authority. (10 minutes)
428. Garcia, Sylvia (TX), Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Garcia, Jesus
(IL), Vargas (CA), Tlaib (MI), Pressley (MA): Prevents DOD
facilities from being used to house or detain unaccompanied
migrant children. (10 minutes)
429. Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Pressley (MA), Tlaib (MI), Castro
(TX): Prohibits the President from deploying troops on the
southern border if the purpose of this deployment is to enforce
immigration law. (10 minutes)
430. Ocasio-Cortez (NY), Pressley (MA), Tlaib (MI):
Prohibits the President from using the authorized funds to
detain undocumented immigrants in Department of Defense
facilities. (10 minutes)
431. Peters (CA): Directs the Secretary of Defense to
coordinate with oversight entities, such as the HHS Inspector
General, to establish a process for military base access in
order to perform surprise inspections of facilities used to
house, detain, screen, or review migrants, refuges or other
persons recently arriving the in United States. (10 minutes)
432. Rice, Kathleen (NY): Requires GAO to conduct an audit
of ongoing and planned future DOD support for DHS operations to
secure the southwest border, with a subsequent briefing and
report to Congress. (10 minutes)
433. Stanton (AZ), Gallego (AZ): Directs the Secretary of
Defense to modify the pre-separation counseling check-list
administered to servicemembers separating from the Armed Forces
to provide further information regarding the expedited
naturalization resources available to them. (10 minutes)
434. Takano (CA), Vargas (CA), Davis, Susan (CA), Grijalva
(AZ), Barragan (CA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
provide the Secretary of Homeland Security with a copy of the
Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form
214) for each noncitizen honorably discharged from the military
for the purposes of including such record in an I-213 Record of
Deportable/Inadmissible Alien. (10 minutes)
435. Aguilar (CA): Directs DOD to debrief non-citizens on
how to apply for naturalization when they transition out of the
armed services. (10 minutes)
436. Aguilar (CA), Garcia, Jesus (IL): Prohibits persons
with DACA or TPS from being separated from the Armed Services
to be deported. This also applies to DACA or TPS recipients who
were honorably discharged. (10 minutes)
437. Thompson, Bennie (MS), Rice, Kathleen (NY), Clarke,
Yvette (NY): Prohibits DoD funding to house any foreign
nationals who are in the custody of and detained by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (10 minutes)
438. Malinowski (NJ), Cicilline (RI), Lieu (CA), Khanna
(CA), Omar (MN), Trone (MD), Engel (NY), Smith, Adam (WA):
Provides for a one-year prohibition on the sale of air-to-
ground munitions used in the conflict in Yemen to the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, while providing
an exemption for any export or license suspensions that would
incur a cost to the United States Government. (10 minutes)
439. Pocan (WI), Pappas (NH), Lowenthal (CA), Lee, Barbara
(CA), Foster (IL), Watson Coleman (NJ), Norton (DC), Maloney,
Sean (NY), Takano (CA), Moulton (MA), Higgins, Brian (NY), Case
(HI), Raskin (MD), Tonko (NY), Heck (WA), Schakowsky (IL),
Escobar (TX), Kelly, Robin (IL), Brownley (CA), Schrader (OR),
Cohen (TN), Omar (MN), Jackson Lee (TX), DelBene (WA), Brown
(MD), Kennedy (MA), Shalala (FL), Bonamici (OR), Porter (CA),
Garcia, Jesus (IL): Requires review of the discharge
characterizations of former members of the military who were
discharged because of their sexual orientation. Requires boards
to change discharge characterizations from dishonorable to
honorable in such cases. (10 minutes)
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. INCREASE IN BASIC PAY.
Effective on January 1, 2020, the rates of monthly basic pay
for members of the uniformed services are increased by 3.1
percent.
At the end of subtitle C of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 630A. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT OF REDUCTION OF SURVIVOR BENEFIT PLAN
SURVIVOR ANNUITIES BY AMOUNT OF DEPENDENCY AND
INDEMNITY COMPENSATION.
(a) Repeal.--
(1) Repeal.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended as follows:
(A) In section 1450, by striking subsection
(c).
(B) In section 1451(c)--
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (3)
and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3),
respectively.
(2) Conforming amendments.--Such subchapter is
further amended as follows:
(A) In section 1450--
(i) by striking subsection (e); and
(ii) by striking subsection (k).
(B) In section 1451(g)(1), by striking
subparagraph (C).
(C) In section 1452--
(i) in subsection (f)(2), by striking
``does not apply--'' and all that
follows and inserting ``does not apply
in the case of a deduction made through
administrative error.''; and
(ii) by striking subsection (g).
(D) In section 1455(c), by striking ``,
1450(k)(2),''.
(b) Prohibition on Retroactive Benefits.--No benefits may be
paid to any person for any period before the effective date
provided under subsection (f) by reason of the amendments made
by subsection (a).
(c) Prohibition on Recoupment of Certain Amounts Previously
Refunded to SBP Recipients.--A surviving spouse who is or has
been in receipt of an annuity under the Survivor Benefit Plan
under subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 10, United States
Code, that is in effect before the effective date provided
under subsection (f) and that is adjusted by reason of the
amendments made by subsection (a) and who has received a refund
of retired pay under section 1450(e) of title 10, United States
Code, shall not be required to repay such refund to the United
States.
(d) Repeal of Authority for Optional Annuity for Dependent
Children.--Section 1448(d)(2) of such title is amended--
(1) by striking ``Dependent children.--'' and all
that follows through ``In the case of a member
described in paragraph (1),'' and inserting ``Dependent
children.--In the case of a member described in
paragraph (1),''; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (B).
(e) Restoration of Eligibility for Previously Eligible
Spouses.--The Secretary of the military department concerned
shall restore annuity eligibility to any eligible surviving
spouse who, in consultation with the Secretary, previously
elected to transfer payment of such annuity to a surviving
child or children under the provisions of section 1448(d)(2)(B)
of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before
the effective date provided under subsection (f). Such
eligibility shall be restored whether or not payment to such
child or children subsequently was terminated due to loss of
dependent status or death. For the purposes of this subsection,
an eligible spouse includes a spouse who was previously
eligible for payment of such annuity and is not remarried, or
remarried after having attained age 55, or whose second or
subsequent marriage has been terminated by death, divorce or
annulment.
(f) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the later of--
(1) October 1, 2019; and
(2) the first day of the first month that begins
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 729. ALLOWING CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES FOR INJURY AND
DEATH OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES CAUSED BY
IMPROPER MEDICAL CARE.
(a) In General.--Chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 2681. Claims against the United States for injury and death of
members of the Armed Forces of the United States
``(a) A claim may be brought against the United States under
this chapter for damages relating to the personal injury or
death of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States
arising out of a negligent or wrongful act or omission in the
performance of medical, dental, or related health care
functions (including clinical studies and investigations) that
is provided at a covered military medical treatment facility by
a person acting within the scope of the office or employment of
that person by or at the direction of the Government of the
United States.
``(b) A claim under this section shall not be reduced by the
amount of any benefit received under subchapter III (relating
to Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance) of chapter 19 of title
38.
``(c) Notwithstanding section 2401(b), a claim brought under
this section shall have a three-year statute of limitations
beginning on the date the claimant discovered or by reasonable
diligence should have discovered the injury and the cause of
the injury.
``(d) For purposes of claims brought under this section--
``(1) subsections (j) and (k) of section 2680 do not
apply; and
``(2) in the case of an act or omission occurring
outside the United States, the law of the place where
the act or omission occurred shall be deemed to be the
law of the State of domicile of the claimant.
``(e) In this section, the term `covered military medical
treatment facility' means the facilities described in
subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 1073d of title 10,
regardless of whether the facility is located in or outside the
United States. The term does not include battalion aid stations
or other medical treatment locations deployed in an area of
armed conflict.
``(f) Not later than two years after the date of the
enactment of this section, and every two years thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the
number of claims filed under this section.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter
171 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``2681. Claims against the United States for injury and death of members
of the Armed Forces of the United States.''.
(c) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this
Act shall apply to--
(1) a claim filed on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act; and
(2) a claim that--
(A) is pending as of the date of the
enactment of this Act; and
(B) arises from an incident occurring not
more than two years before the claim was filed.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act or the
amendments made by this Act shall be construed to limit the
application of the administrative process and procedures of
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to claims
permitted under section 2681 of such chapter, as amended by
this section.
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``$14,420,000''.
Before section 1101, insert the following:
Subtitle A--Personnel Management
At the end of title XI, add the following:
Subtitle B--Paid Family Leave for Federal Personnel
SEC. 1121. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Federal Employee Paid
Leave Act''.
SEC. 1122. PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES COVERED BY TITLE 5.
(a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 6382 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
``(c)(1) Leave granted under subsection (a) shall be paid
leave.
``(2)(A) An employee may elect to substitute for any leave
under such subsection any other paid leave which is available
to such employee for that purpose.
``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed to require that
an employee first use all or any portion of the other paid
leave described in such subparagraph before being allowed to
use leave under subsection (a).
``(3) Leave under subsection (a)--
``(A) shall be payable from any appropriation or fund
available for salaries or expenses for positions within
the employing agency;
``(B) shall not be considered to be annual or
vacation leave for purposes of section 5551 or 5552 or
for any other purpose; and
``(C) if not used by the employee before the end of
the 12-month period (as referred to in subsection
(a)(1)) to which it relates, shall not accumulate for
any subsequent use.
``(4) The Director of the Office of Personnel Management--
``(A) may promulgate regulations to increase the
amount of leave available to an employee under
subsection (a) to a total of not more than 16
administrative workweeks, based on the consideration
of--
``(i) the benefits provided to the Federal
Government of increasing such leave, including
enhanced recruitment and retention of
employees;
``(ii) the cost to the Federal Government of
increasing the amount of such leave that is
available to employees;
``(iii) trends in the private sector and in
State and local governments with respect to
offering such leave;
``(iv) the Federal Government's role as a
model employer;
``(v) the impact of increased leave under
subsection (a) on lower-income and economically
disadvantaged employees and their children; and
``(vi) such other factors as the Director
considers necessary; and
``(B) shall prescribe any regulations necessary to
carry out this subsection, including the manner in
which an employee may designate any day or other period
as to which such employee wishes to use leave under
subsection (a).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall
not be effective with respect to any birth or placement
occurring before October 1, 2020.
SEC. 1123. PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.
(a) Amendments to Congressional Accountability Act.--Section
202 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1312) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by adding at the end the
following: ``In applying section 102(a)(1) of such Act
to covered employees, subsection (d) shall apply.'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Special Rule for Paid Family Leave for Congressional
Employees.--
``(1) In general.--Any leave taken by a covered
employee under section 102(a)(1) of the Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) shall
be paid leave.
``(2) Amount of paid leave.--The paid leave that is
available to a covered employee for purposes of
paragraph (1) is--
``(A) the number of weeks of paid family
leave in connection with the birth or placement
involved that correspond to the number of
administrative workweeks of paid family leave
available to Federal employees under section
6382(d)(3)(A) of title 5, United States Code;
and
``(B) any additional paid vacation or sick
leave provided by the employing office to such
employee.
``(3) Substitution.--An employee may elect to
substitute for any leave under such section 102(a)(1)
any other paid leave which is available to such
employee for that purpose. The previous sentence shall
not be construed to require that an employee first use
all or any portion of the other paid leave before being
allowed to use the paid family leave described in this
subsection.
``(4) Additional rules.--Paid family leave under this
subsection--
``(A) shall be payable from any appropriation
or fund available for salaries or expenses for
positions within the employing office; and
``(B) if not used by the covered employee
before the end of the 12-month period (as
referred to in section 102(a)(1) of the Family
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C.
2612(a)(1))) to which it relates, shall not
accumulate for any subsequent use.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall
not be effective with respect to any birth or placement
occurring before October 1, 2020.
SEC. 1124. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT FOR GAO
EMPLOYEES.
(a) Amendment to Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.--
Section 102(d) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29
U.S.C. 2612(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Special rule for gao employees.--
``(A) In general.--Any leave under subsection
(a)(1) taken by an employee of the Government
Accountability Office shall be paid leave.
``(B) Amount of paid leave.--The paid leave
that is available to such an employee for
purposes of subparagraph (A) is--
``(i) the number of weeks of paid
family leave in connection with the
birth or placement involved that
correspond to the number of
administrative workweeks of paid family
leave available to Federal employees
under section 6382(d)(3)(A) of title 5,
United States Code; and
``(ii) any additional paid vacation
or sick leave provided by such
employer.
``(C) Substitution.--An employee may elect to
substitute for any leave under subsection
(a)(1) any other paid leave which is available
to such employee for that purpose. The previous
sentence shall not be construed to require that
an employee first use all or any portion of the
other paid leave before being allowed to use
the paid family leave described in this
subsection.
``(D) Additional rules.--Paid family leave
under subsection (a)(1)--
``(i) shall be payable from any
appropriation or fund available for
salaries or expenses for positions with
the Government Accountability Office;
and
``(ii) if not used by the employee of
such employer before the end of the 12-
month period (as referred to in
subsection (a)(1)) to which it relates,
shall not accumulate for any subsequent
use.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall
not be effective with respect to any birth or placement
occurring before October 1, 2020.
SEC. 1125. CLARIFICATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND
RESERVES.
(a) Executive Branch Employees.--For purposes of determining
the eligibility of an employee who is a member of the National
Guard or Reserves to take leave under section 6382(a) of title
5, United States Code, or to substitute such leave pursuant to
paragraph (2) of such section (as added by section 1122), any
service by such employee on active duty (as defined in section
6381(7) of such title) shall be counted as service as an
employee for purposes of section 6381(1)(B) of such title.
(b) Congressional Employees.--For purposes of determining the
eligibility of a covered employee (as such term is defined in
section 101(3) of the Congressional Accountability Act) who is
a member of the National Guard or Reserves to take leave under
section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
(pursuant to section 202(a)(1) of the Congressional
Accountability Act), or to substitute such leave pursuant to
subsection (d) of section 202 of such Act (as added by section
1123), any service by such employee on active duty (as defined
in section 101(14) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
shall be counted as time during which such employee has been
employed in an employing office for purposes of section
202(a)(2)(B) of the Congressional Accountability Act.
(c) GAO Employees.--For purposes of determining the
eligibility of an employee of the Government Accountability
Office who is a member of the National Guard or Reserves to
take leave under section 102(a)(1) of the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993, or to substitute such leave pursuant to
paragraph (3) of section 102(d) of such Act (as added by
section 1124), any service by such employee on active duty (as
defined in section 101(14) of such Act) shall be counted as
time during which such employee has been employed for purposes
of section 101(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 1126. CONFORMING AMENDMENT FOR CERTAIN TSA EMPLOYEES.
Section 111(d)(2) of the Aviation and Transportation Security
Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 note) is amended to read as follows
``(2) Exceptions.--
``(A) Reemployment.--In carrying out the
functions authorized under paragraph (1), the
Under Secretary shall be subject to the
provisions set forth in chapter 43 of title 38,
United States Code.
``(B) Leave.--The provisions of section
6382(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, and
subsection (c) of such section shall apply to
any individual appointed under paragraph
(1).''.
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PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of Washington or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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insert ``Director of National Intelligence''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
SEC. 560B. COMMISSION OF GRADUATES OF THE MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES AS
OFFICERS.
(a) Military Academy.--Section 7453(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``may'' and inserting
``shall''.
(b) Naval Academy.--Section 8467 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking the heading and inserting
``Midshipmen: degree and commission on graduation'';
(2) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Under''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
midshipman who completes the prescribed course of instruction
shall, upon graduation, be appointed an ensign in the Regular
Navy or a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps under section
531 of this title.''.
(c) Air Force Academy.--Section 9453(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``may'' and inserting
``shall''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:
SEC. 530. NONDISCRIMINATION WITH RESPECT TO SERVICE IN THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 37 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by inserting after section 651 the following new
section:
``Sec. 651a. Members: nondiscrimination
``(a) Standards for Eligibility for Service.--Any
qualifications established or applied for eligibility for
service in an armed force shall take into account only the
ability of an individual to meet gender-neutral occupational
standards for military service generally and the military
occupational specialty concerned in particular, and may not
include any criteria relating to the race, color, national
origin, religion, or sex (including gender identity or sexual
orientation) of an individual.
``(b) Equality of Treatment in Service.--Any personnel policy
developed or implemented by the Department of Defense with
respect to members of the armed forces shall ensure equality of
treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces,
without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, and
sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation).
``(c) Gender Identity Defined.--In this section, the term
`gender identity' means the gender-related identity,
appearance, mannerisms, or other gender-related characteristics
of an individual, regardless of the individual's designated sex
at birth.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 37 of such title is amended by inserting
after the item relating to section 651 the following new item:
``651a. Members: nondiscrimination.''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brown of Maryland or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following:
SEC. __. REPORT ON CERTAIN WAIVERS RECEIVED BY TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter during the
two subsequent calendar years, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a report identifying the number
of individuals (disaggregated by the status of the individuals
as exempt individuals or nonexempt individuals) to whom the
following applied during the reporting period for such report:
(1) Diagnosed with a covered medical condition--
(A) prior to accession into the Armed Forces;
or
(B) as a member of the Armed Forces.
(2) Presumptively denied accession into the Armed
Forces as a result of a covered medical condition.
(3) Applied for a service waiver as a result of a
covered medical condition.
(4) Received a service waiver for a covered medical
condition.
(5) Denied a service waiver for a covered medical
condition.
(6) Separated from the Armed Forces as a result of a
covered medical condition.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Exempt and nonexempt individuals.--The terms
``exempt individuals'' and ``nonexempt individuals''
have the meanings given those terms in attachment 3 of
the memorandum--
(A) issued by the Office of the Deputy
Secretary of Defense;
(B) dated March 12, 2019; and
(C) with the subject heading ``Directive-type
Memorandum (DTM)-19-004 - Military Service by
Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender
Dysphoria''.
(2) Covered medical condition.--The term ``covered
medical condition'' means--
(A) gender dysphoria;
(B) gender transition treatment; or
(C) any other condition related to gender
dysphoria or gender transition treatment.
(3) Reporting period.--The term ``reporting period''
means, with respect to a report submitted under
subsection (a), the calendar year most recently
completed before the date on which such report is to be
submitted.
(4) Service waiver.--The term ``service waiver''
includes a waiver--
(A) for accession into the Armed Forces;
(B) to continue service in the Armed Forces;
or
(C) to otherwise permit service in the Armed
Forces.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 334, after line 15, insert the following new subsection
(c) Care Related to Prevention of Pregnancy.--Subsection
(d)(3) of such section 1074d, as redesignated by subsection
(a)(2) of this section, is further amended by inserting before
the period at the end the following: ``(including all methods
of contraception approved by the Food and Drug Administration,
contraceptive care (including with respect to insertion,
removal, and follow up), sterilization procedures, and patient
education and counseling in connection therewith)''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 729. EDUCATION ON FAMILY PLANNING FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Education Programs.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall
establish a uniform standard curriculum to be used in
education programs on family planning for all members
of the Armed Forces, including both men and women
members. Such education programs shall be provided to
members as follows:
(A) During the first year of service of the
member.
(B) At such other times as each Secretary of
a military department determines appropriate.
(2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress
that the education programs under paragraph (1) should
be evidence-informed and use the latest technology
available to efficiently and effectively deliver
information to members of the Armed Forces.
(b) Elements.--The uniform standard curriculum under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Information for members of the Armed Forces on
active duty to make informed decisions regarding family
planning.
(2) Information about the prevention of unintended
pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections,
including human immunodeficiency virus (commonly known
as ``HIV'').
(3) Information on--
(A) the importance of providing comprehensive
family planning for members, including
commanding officers; and
(B) the positive impact family planning can
have on the health and readiness of the Armed
Forces.
(4) Current, medically accurate information.
(5) Clear, user-friendly information on--
(A) the full range of methods of
contraception approved by the Food and Drug
Administration; and
(B) where members can access their chosen
method of contraception.
(6) Information on all applicable laws and policies
so that members are informed of their rights and
obligations.
(7) Information on patients' rights to
confidentiality.
(8) Information on the unique circumstances
encountered by members and the effects of such
circumstances on the use of contraception.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 439, line 8, strike ``(a) In General.--''.
Page 439, strike line 14 through line 17.
Page 501, line 12, strike ``(a) In General.--''.
Page 501, strike line 18 through line 21.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in title XII of the bill, insert the
following new subtitle:
Subtitle ___--Return Expenses Paid and Yielded Act
SEC. _1. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Return Expenses Paid and
Yielded Act'' or ``REPAY Act''.
SEC. _2. MODIFICATION OF CERTIFICATION AND REPORT REQUIREMENTS RELATING
TO SALES OF MAJOR DEFENSE EQUIPMENT WITH RESPECT TO
WHICH NONRECURRING COSTS OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
AND PRODUCTION ARE WAIVED OR REDUCED UNDER THE ARMS
EXPORT CONTROL ACT.
(a) Certification.--Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(7)(A) In the case of any letter of offer to sell any major
defense equipment for $14,000,000 or more, in addition to the
other information required to be contained in a certification
submitted to the Congress under this subsection, or a similar
certification prior to finalization of a letter of offer to
sell, each such certification shall include the amount of any
charge or charges for the proportionate amount of any
nonrecurring costs of research, development, and production of
the major defense equipment that was waived or reduced under
section 21(e).
``(B) Each such certification shall also include information
on--
``(i) the type of waiver or reduction;
``(ii) the percentage of otherwise obligated
nonrecurring costs with respect to which the waiver or
reduction comprises;
``(iii) a justification for issuance of the waiver or
reduction;
``(iv) in the case of a waiver or reduction made
under paragraph (2)(A) of section 21(e)--
``(I) the manner in which a sale would
significantly advance standardization with the
foreign countries or international organization
described in such section; and
``(II) the extent to which the sale's
significance should be considered relative to
the existing capabilities of the foreign
country or international organization and the
manner in which the major defense equipment
would enhance the capacity of the country or
organization in joint operations; and
``(v) in the case of a waiver or reduction made under
paragraph (2)(B) of section 21(e)--
``(I) the military needs and ability to pay
of the foreign country or international
organization;
``(II) the price and capability of other
relevant options that are or likely would be
considered by the foreign country or
international organization for purchase in lieu
of the major defense equipment described in the
letter of offer; and
``(III) the previous buying history and
existing capabilities of the foreign country or
international organization.''.
(b) Report.--Section 36(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2776(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (11), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(13) with respect to requests to waive or reduce
nonrecurring costs with respect to the sale of major
defense equipment for $14,000,000 or more under this
Act, a report on--
``(A) the total number of such requests that
have been approved or denied during the
quarter, including the total number of such
requests that are currently under review and
pending a decision; and
``(B) for each such request--
``(i) an identification of the
foreign country or international
organization requesting the waiver or
reduction; and
``(ii) the total amount of
nonrecurring costs to be waived or
reduced;
``(iii) a description of the major
defense equipment to be purchased; and
``(iv) the justification for the
waiver or reduction; and
``(C) for each such request that is approved,
the actual amount of nonrecurring costs that
are waived or reduced that are attributable to
quantities of major defense equipment sold
under such request.''.
(c) Repeal of Waiver Authority in Case of Sales of Major
Defense Equipment Also Being Procured for Use by United States
Armed Forces.--Section 21(e)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
(i) by striking ``The President'' and
inserting ``Except as provided
subparagraphs (D) and (E), the
President''; and
(ii) by striking ``that--'' and all
that follows through ``(i) imposition''
and inserting ``that imposition'';
(B) by striking ``sale; or'' and inserting
``sale.''; and
(C) by striking clause (ii); and
(2) by inserting at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
``(D) The President may not waive the charge or
charges for a proportionate amount of any nonrecurring
costs that would otherwise be considered appropriate
under paragraph (1)(B) for a particular sale to a
country or international organization for a two-year
period that begins on any of the following dates:
``(i) The date of approval of a waiver under
paragraph (1)(B) of a charge or charges that
are valued at $16,000,000 or more under this
Act with respect to a sale to the country or
organization.
``(ii) The date that is the last day of any
five-year period in which the country or
organization receives 15 or more waivers of a
charge or charges under paragraph (1)(B) with
respect to sales to the country or
organization.
``(iii) The date that is the last day of any
five-year period in which the country or
organization receives waivers of a charge or
charges under paragraph (1)(B) that are valued
at $425,000,000 or more under this Act with
respect to sales to the country or
organization.
``(E)(i) In the case of any proposed waiver of the
charge or charges which would otherwise be considered
appropriate under paragraph (1)(B) for a particular
sale to a country or international organization of
major defense equipment for $10,000,000 or more under
this Act, the President shall submit to the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the
chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate a notification with respect to such proposed
waiver.
``(ii) The President may not waive such charge or
charges if Congress, not later than 60 calendar days
after receiving such notification, enacts a joint
resolution prohibiting the proposed waiver.''.
(d) Maximum Aggregate Amount of Charges for Administrative
Services.--Section 21(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2761(e)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``subject to
paragraph (4),'' before ``administrative services'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4)(A) For each fiscal year beginning on or after
the date of the enactment of the Return Expenses Paid
and Yielded Act, the President shall--
``(i) determine a maximum aggregate amount of
charges for administrative services that would
be required by paragraph (1)(A) based on the
ability of the Department of Defense to issue
and administer letters of offer for sale of
defense articles or the sale of defense
services pursuant to this section or pursuant
to section 22 of this Act; and
``(ii) submit to Congress a report that
contains the determination and specifies the
maximum aggregate amount of charges for
administrative services.
``(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), charges
for administrative services that are required by
paragraph (1)(A) may not exceed the maximum aggregate
amount of charges for administrative services
determined under subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year
involved.
``(ii) The President may waive the requirement of
clause (i) on a case-by-case basis if the amount of
charges for administrative services that are required
by paragraph (1)(A) with respect to a sale of defense
articles or a sale of defense services would exceed the
maximum aggregate amount of charges for administrative
services determined under subparagraph (A) for the
fiscal year.''.
(e) Modification of Administrative Expenses.--
(1) In general.--Section 43(b) of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2792(b) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at
the end;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``; and''
and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking paragraph (3).
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 21(e)(1)(A) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(A)) is
amended by striking ``and section 43(c)''.
(f) Biennial Review and Modification of User Charges.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency,
shall, not less than once every two years--
(A) carry out a review of user charges under
the foreign military sales program and, based
on the results of the review, modify the user
charges as appropriate; and
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that contains the results
of the review carried out under subparagraph
(A) and a description of any user charges that,
based on the results of the review, were
modified under subparagraph (A).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In
this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional
committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
SEC. _3. REVIEW AND REPORT ON USE AND MANAGEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
SURCHARGES UNDER THE FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
PROGRAM.
(a) Review.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, acting
through the Director of the Defense Security
Cooperation Agency, shall review options for expanding
the use of administrative surcharges under the foreign
military sales program, including practices for
managing administrative surcharges and contract
administrative services surcharges.
(2) Matters to be included.--The review conducted
under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A determination of which specific
expenses are incurred by the United States
Government in operation of the foreign military
sales program that the administrative surcharge
does not currently pay for.
(B) The estimated annual cost of each of such
specific expenses.
(C) An assessment of the costs and benefits
of funding such specific expenses through the
administrative surcharge, including any data to
support such an assessment.
(D) An assessment of how the Department of
Defense could calculate an upper bound of a
target range for the administrative surcharge
account and the contract administration
services surcharge account, including an
assessment of the costs and benefits of setting
such a bound.
(E) An assessment of how the Department of
Defense calculates the lower bound, or safety
level, for the administrative surcharge account
and the contract administration services
surcharge account, including what specific
factors inform the calculation and whether such
a method for calculating the safety level is
still valid or should be revisited.
(F) An assessment of the process used by the
Department of Defense to review and set rates
for the administrative surcharge and the
contract administration services surcharge,
including the extent to which outside parties
are consulted and any proposals of the
Department of Defense may have for better
ensuring that the fee rates are set
appropriately.
(G) Such other matters as the Secretary of
Defense determines to be appropriate.
(b) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on--
(1) the findings of the review conducted under
paragraph (1); and
(2) any legislative changes needed to allow the
surcharge under the foreign military sales program to
pay for any expenses currently not covered by
administrative surcharge under the foreign military
sales program.
SEC. _4. PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO MONITOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency and in
consultation with the heads of other relevant components of the
Department of Defense, shall enhance the ability of the
Department of Defense to monitor the performance of the foreign
military sales program by taking the following actions:
(1) Develop performance measures to monitor the
timeliness of deliveries of defense articles and
defense services to purchasers in accordance with the
delivery schedule for each sale under the foreign
military sales program.
(2) Identify key choke points, processes, and tasks
that contribute most significantly to delays,
shortcomings, and issues in the foreign military sales
program.
(3) Review existing performance measures for the
foreign military sales program to determine whether
such measures need to be updated, replaced, or
supplemented to ensure that all key aspects of the
foreign military sales program's efficiency and service
of United States national interests are able to be
monitored and informed by reliable data.
(b) Report on Performance Measures.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense, acting through the Director of the Defense
Security Cooperation Agency, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that
lists the performance measures developed and identified
under subsection (a).
(2) Matters to be included.--The report required by
paragraph (1) shall--
(A) define the performance measures,
including targets set for the performance
measures;
(B) identify the data systems used to monitor
the performance measures;
(C) identify any concerns related to the
reliability of the data used to monitor the
performance measures; and
(D) report the results for the performance
measures for the most recent fiscal year.
(3) Plan.--If the performance measures developed and
identified under subsection (a) cannot be included in
the report required by paragraph (1) for the most
recent fiscal year based on reliable and accessible
data, the report shall include a plan for ensuring that
such data will be monitored within a defined period of
time.
(4) Update.--
(A) In general.--For each fiscal year after
the fiscal year in which the report required by
subsection (b) is submitted to the appropriate
congressional committees, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to such committees an
update of the report required by paragraph (1).
(B) Matters to be included.--Each update of
the report required by paragraph (1) shall also
include the following:
(i) For any performance measures that
indicate a decreased level of
performance from the prior year--
(I) a description of the
factors that led to such
decreased level of performance;
and
(II) plans to improve such
level of performance.
(ii) For any performance measures
that remain unable to be monitored due
to lack of reliable and accessible
data, an update on plans to improve the
monitoring of data.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date on
which the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of
the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, submits to the
appropriate congressional committees the report required by
subsection (b), the Comptroller General of the United States
shall provide a briefing to such committees on the report,
including an evaluation of the performance measures developed
and identified under subsection (a).
SEC. _5. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETING OF FOREIGN
MILITARY SALES PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall provide a briefing to the congressional
defense committees and submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the methodology used by the Department
of Defense to determine future-year needs for administrative
surcharges under the foreign military sales program.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The briefing and report required
by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of the methodology the Department
of Defense used to develop the overall administrative
budget of the foreign military sales program and the
administrative budgets for each other relevant
component of the Department of Defense that receives
funds from the foreign military sales program.
(2) An assessment of the extent to which the
methodology described in paragraph (1) reflects
relevant best practices.
(3) Any other related matters the Comptroller General
determines to be appropriate.
SEC. _6. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR RELEVANT OFFICIALS AND STAFF OF THE
DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the
Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall
establish and implement a program to provide training to
relevant officials and staff of the Defense Security
Cooperation Agency for purposes of carrying out this Act and
the amendments made by this Act.
(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on
the implementation of the program required by subsection (a).
SEC. _7. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--Except as
otherwise provided, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives.
(2) Foreign military sales program.--The term
``foreign military sales program'' means the program
authorized under chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.).
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brindisi of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 815. ADDITION OF DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED STAINLESS STEEL FLATWARE
AND DINNERWARE TO THE BERRY AMENDMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 2533a(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(3) Stainless steel flatware.
``(4) Dinnerware.''.
(b) Effective Date.--Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section
2533a(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to contracts entered
into on or after the date occurring 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.
The President may not remove from the United States Munitions
List any item that was included in category I, II, or III of
the United States Munitions List, as in effect on August 31,
2017.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, add the following:
SEC. 1113. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.
The President or his designee may not take any action to
transfer, transition, merge, or consolidate any functions,
responsibilities, programs, authorities, information technology
systems, staff, resources, or records of the Office of
Personnel to or with the General Services Administration, the
Office of Management and Budget, or the Executive Office of the
President.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS FOR NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM.
(a) NICS Records.--Section 101(b) of the NICS Improvement
Amendments Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 40911(b)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1), the following
new paragraph (2):
``(2) Department of defense.--Not later than three
business days after the final disposition of a judicial
proceeding conducted within the Department of Defense,
the Secretary of Defense shall make available to the
Attorney General records which are relevant to a
determination of whether a member of the Armed Forces
involved in such proceeding is disqualified from
possessing or receiving a firearm under subsection (g)
or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code,
for use in background checks performed by the National
Instant Criminal Background Check System.''.
(b) Study and Report on MPO Database.--
(1) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
study on the feasibility of establishing a database of
military protective orders issued by military
commanders against individuals suspected of having
committed an offense of domestic violence under section
928b of title 10, United States Code (article 128b of
the Uniform Code of Military Justice). The study shall
include an examination of each of the following:
(A) The feasibility of creating a database to
record, track, and report such military
protective orders to the National Instant
Criminal Background Check System.
(B) The feasibility of establishing a process
by which a military judge or magistrate may
issue a protective order against an individual
suspected of having committed such an offense.
(2) Report.--Not later then 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report on the results of the study conducted under
paragraph (1).
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gabbard of Hawaii or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. INCLUSION OF INFERTILITY TREATMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
UNIFORMED SERVICES.
(a) Inclusion.--The Secretary of Defense may provide to
members of uniformed services under section 1074(a) of title
10, United States Code, and spouses of such members, treatment
for infertility, including nonexperimental assisted
reproductive services, including, at a minimum, the following:
(1) Services, medications, and supplies for non-
coital reproductive technologies.
(2) Counseling on such services.
(3) Reversal of tubal ligation or vasectomy in
conjunction with services furnished under this section.
(4) Cryopreservation, including associated services,
supplies, and storage.
(b) Prohibition on Cost Sharing.--The Secretary may not
require any fees or other cost-sharing requirements under
subsection (a).
(c) Infertility Defined.--In this section, the term
``infertility'' means a disease, characterized by the failure
to establish a clinical pregnancy--
(1) after 12 months of regular, unprotected sexual
intercourse; or
(2) due to a person's incapacity for reproduction
either as an individual or with his or her partner,
which may be determined after a period of less than 12
months of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse, or
based on medical, sexual and reproductive history, age,
physical findings, or diagnostic testing.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Shalala of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICIPATING IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TUITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
(a) List of Participating Institutions.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall make
available, on a publicly accessible website of the
Department of Defense, a list that identifies--
(A) each institution of higher education that
receives funds under the Department of Defense
Tuition Assistance Program; and
(B) the amount of such funds received by the
institution.
(2) Annual updates.--The Secretary of Defense shall
update the list described in paragraph (1) not less
frequently than once annually.
(b) Audit of Certain Institutions.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall audit
the eligibility a proprietary institution of higher
education to participate in the Department of Defense
Tuition Assistance Program if the institution does not
meet the financial responsibility standards under
section 498 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1099c).
(2) Publication required.--The results of each audit
conducted under paragraph (1) shall be made available
on a publicly accessible website of the Department of
Defense not later than 30 days after the date on which
the audit is complete.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meeks of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1092. PROHIBITION ON NAMES RELATED TO THE CONFEDERACY.
(a) Prohibition on Names Related to the Confederacy.--The
Secretary of Defense may not give a name to an asset that
refers to, or includes a term referring to, the Confederate
States of America (commonly referred to as the
``Confederacy''), including any name referring to--
(1) a person who served or held leadership within the
Confederacy; or
(2) a city or battlefield significant because of a
Confederate victory.
(b) Assets Defined.--In this section, the term ``assets''
includes any base, installation, facility, aircraft, ship,
equipment, or any other property owned or controlled by the
Department of Defense.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cunningham of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle B of title V the following:
SEC. 5__. PILOT PROGRAM ON THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS
PROGRAM AT LUCY GARRETT BECKHAM HIGH SCHOOL,
CHARLESTON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the department in which the
Coast Guard is operating may carry out a pilot program to
establish and maintain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training
Corps (JROTC) program unit in cooperation with Lucy Garrett
Beckham High School, Charleston County, South Carolina.
(b) Program Requirements.--The pilot program carried out by
the Secretary under this section shall provide to students at
Lucy Garrett Beckham High School--
(1) instruction in subject areas relating to
operations of the Coast Guard; and
(2) training in skills which are useful and
appropriate for a career in the Coast Guard.
(c) Provision of Additional Support.--In carrying out the
pilot program under this section, the Secretary may provide to
Lucy Garrett Beckham High School--
(1) assistance in course development, instruction,
and other support activities; and
(2) necessary and appropriate course materials,
equipment, and uniforms.
(d) Employment of Retired Coast Guard Personnel.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary may authorize the Lucy Garrett Beckham High
School to employ, as administrators and instructors for
the pilot program, retired Coast Guard and Coast Guard
Reserve commissioned, warrant, and petty officers not
on active duty who request that employment and who are
approved by the Secretary and Lucy Garrett Beckham High
School.
(2) Authorized pay.--
(A) In general.--Retired members employed
under paragraph (1) are entitled to receive
their retired or retainer pay and an additional
amount of not more than the difference
between--
(i) the amount the individual would
be paid as pay and allowance if the
individual was considered to have been
ordered to active duty during the
period of employment; and
(ii) the amount of retired pay the
individual is entitled to receive
during that period.
(B) Payment to school.--The Secretary shall
pay to Lucy Garrett Beckham High School an
amount equal to one-half of the amount
described in subparagraph (A), from funds
appropriated for such purpose.
(3) Employment not active-duty or inactive-duty
training.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
while employed under this subsection, an individual is
not considered to be on active-duty or inactive-duty
training.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Omar of Minnesota or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON FINANCIAL COSTS OF OVERSEAS UNITED STATES MILITARY
POSTURE AND OPERATIONS.
Not later than March 1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
financial costs and national security benefits of each of the
following for fiscal year 2019:
(1) Operating, improving, and maintaining overseas
military infrastructure at installations included on
the enduring location master list, including
adjustments that take into account direct or in-kind
contributions made by the host nations of such enduring
locations.
(2) Operating, improving, and maintaining overseas
military infrastructure supporting forward-deployed
forces at overseas contingency locations, including
adjustments that take into account direct or in-kind
contributions made by the host nations of such enduring
locations.
(3) Overseas military operations, including support
to contingency operations, rotational deployments, and
training exercises
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Clark of Massachusetts
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1092. PROHIBITION ON DENIAL OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOME
LOANS FOR VETERANS WHO LEGALLY WORK IN THE
MARIJUANA INDUSTRY.
(a) Prohibition.--In the case of a person with documented
income that is derived, in whole or in part, from working in
the marijuana industry in compliance with the law of the State
in which the work takes place, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs may not use the fact that such documented income is
derived, in whole or in part, from working in the marijuana
industry as a factor in determining whether to guarantee,
issue, or make a housing loan under chapter 37 of title 38,
United States Code.
(b) Treatment of Conduct.--Conduct of a person described in
subsection (a) relating to obtaining a housing loan described
in such subsection or conduct relating to guaranteeing,
insuring, or making a housing loan described in such subsection
for a person described in such subsection shall--
(1) not be construed to violate section 401 of the
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 841) or any other
provision of law; and
(2) not constitute the basis for forfeiture of
property under section 511 of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 881) or section 981 of title 18, United
States Code.
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Clark of Massachusetts
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. CONTRACTS BY THE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT.
(a) Amendment.--Section 431 of title 18, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ``the
President, Vice President, Cabinet Member, or a'' after
``Contracts by''; and
(2) in the first undesignated paragraph, by inserting
``the President, Vice President, or any Cabinet
member'' after ``Whoever, being''.
(b) Table of Sections Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 23 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking the item relating to section 431 and inserting the
following:
``431. Contracts by the President, Vice President, or a Member of
Congress.''.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherman of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12_. UNITED STATES ACTIONS RELATING TO RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN
ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.
(a) Prohibition on Transactions Relating to New Russian
Sovereign Debt.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall
issue regulations prohibiting United States persons
from engaging in transactions with, providing financing
for, or in any other way dealing in Russian sovereign
debt that is issued on or after the date that is 180
days after such date of enactment.
(2) Russian sovereign debt defined.--For purposes of
this subsection, the term ``Russian sovereign debt''
means--
(A) bonds issued by the Russian Central Bank,
the Russian National Wealth Fund, the Russian
Federal Treasury, or agents or affiliates of
any such institution, with a maturity of more
than 14 days;
(B) new foreign exchange swap agreements with
the Russian Central Bank, the Russian National
Wealth Fund, or the Russian Federal Treasury,
the duration of which agreement is longer than
14 days; and
(C) any other financial instrument, the
duration or maturity of which is more than 14
days, that the President determines represents
the sovereign debt of Russia.
(3) Requirement to promptly publish guidance.--The
President shall concurrently publish guidance on the
implementation of the regulations issued pursuant to
paragraph (1).
(b) Determination of Russian Interference in Elections for
Federal Office.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after an
election for Federal office, the Director of National
Intelligence, in consultation with the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of the
National Security Agency, and the Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency, shall--
(A) determine whether or not the Government
of Russia, or any person acting as an agent of
or on behalf of that government, knowingly
engaged in interference in the election; and
(B) submit to the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership a report on that
determination, including an identification of
the government or person that interfered in the
election if the Director determines that
interference did occur.
(2) Additional reporting.--If the Director of
National Intelligence determines and reports under
paragraph (1) that neither the Government of Russia nor
any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of that
government knowingly engaged in interference in an
election for Federal office, and the Director
subsequently determines that such government, or such a
person, did engage in such interference, the Director
shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership a report on the subsequent
determination not later than 30 days after making that
determination.
(3) Form of report.--Each report required by
paragraph (1) or (2) shall be submitted in unclassified
form but may include a classified annex.
(c) Lifting the Prohibition on Transactions Relating to New
Russian Sovereign Debt.--The President shall immediately
suspend the prohibition on transactions relating to Russian
sovereign debt required under subsection (a) if, no later than
90 days after the date on which a report required under
subsection (b) is submitted to the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership and no later than 120 days after the
most recent election for Federal office, whichever is sooner--
(1) the Director of National Intelligence has in its
report required under subsection (b) affirmatively
determined that neither the Government of Russia, nor
any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of that
government, has knowingly engaged in interference in
the most recent election for Federal office; and
(2) Congress has passed a joint resolution certifying
the determination of the Director of National
Intelligence.
(d) Reimposing the Prohibition on Transactions Relating to
New Russian Sovereign Debt.--The President shall immediately
reimpose the prohibition on transactions relating to Russian
sovereign debt required under subsection (a) if, after 90 days
following the date on which a report required under subsection
(b) is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees
and leadership or 120 days following the most recent election
for Federal office, whichever is sooner--
(1) the Director of National Intelligence, in the
report required under subsection (b), has not
affirmatively determined that neither the Government of
Russia, nor any person acting as an agent of or on
behalf of that government, has knowingly engaged in
interference in the most recent election for Federal
office; or
(2) Congress has failed to pass a joint resolution
certifying the determination of the Director of
National Intelligence in its report required under
subsection (b) that neither the Government of Russia,
nor any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of
that government, has knowingly engaged in interference
in the most recent Federal election.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs, the Committee on Foreign
Relations, the Committee on Finance, the Select
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Financial Services, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Ways and Means, the Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence, and the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees and
leadership.--The term ``appropriate congressional
committees and leadership'' means--
(A) the appropriate congressional committees;
(B) the majority leader and minority leader
of the Senate; and
(C) the Speaker, the majority leader, and the
minority leader of the House of
Representatives.
(3) Elections for federal office.--The term
``elections for Federal office'' has the meaning given
such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), except that such term does
not include a special election.
(4) Interference in elections for federal office.--
The term ``interference'', with respect to an election
for Federal office:
(A) Means any of the following actions of the
government of a foreign country, or any person
acting as an agent of or on behalf of such a
government, undertaken with the intent to
influence the election:
(i) Obtaining unauthorized access to
election and campaign infrastructure or
related systems or data and releasing
such data or modifying such
infrastructure, systems, or data.
(ii) Blocking or degrading otherwise
legitimate and authorized access to
election and campaign infrastructure or
related systems or data.
(iii) Contributions or expenditures
for advertising, including on the
internet.
(iv) Using social or traditional
media to spread significant amounts of
false information to individuals in the
United States.
(B) Does not include communications clearly
attributable to news and media outlets which
are publicly and explicitly either controlled
or in large part funded by the government of a
foreign country.
(5) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect
to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a
person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of
the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
(6) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual
or entity.
(7) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence to
the United States; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or of any jurisdiction within the
United States, including a foreign branch of
such an entity.
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherman of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TRANSFER DEFENSE ARTICLES AND
SERVICES TO AZERBAIJAN.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2020 may be used to transfer defense articles or
services to Azerbaijan unless the President certifies to
Congress that the transfer of such defense articles or services
does not threaten civil aviation.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherman of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. LIMITATION ON THE PRODUCTION OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
ASSESSMENT STATEMENTS.
(a) Limitation.--The Secretary of State may not provide to
the President, and the President may not submit to Congress, a
Nuclear Proliferation Assessment Statement described in
subsection a. of section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2153) with respect to a proposed cooperation
agreement with any country that has not signed and implemented
an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy
Agency, other than a country with which, as of June 19, 2019,
there is in effect a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement
pursuant to such section 123.
(b) Waiver.--The limitation under subsection (a) shall be
waived with respect to a particular country if--
(1) the President submits to the appropriate
congressional committees a request to enter into a
proposed cooperation agreement with such country that
includes a report describing the manner in which such
agreement would advance the national security and
defense interests of the United States and not
contribute to the proliferation of nuclear weapons; and
(2) there is enacted a joint resolution approving the
waiver of such limitation with respect to such
agreement.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives; and
(3) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources,
the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gabbard of Hawaii or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1268. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FROM THE SPECIAL DEFENSE
ACQUISITION FUND.
Section 114(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), none of the
funds made available from the Special Defense
Acquisition Fund for any fiscal year may be made
available to provide any assistance to Saudi Arabia or
the United Arab Emirates if such assistance could be
used by either country to conduct or continue
hostilities in Yemen.''.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ted Lieu of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES FOR THE SALE
OR TRANSFER OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO
SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be made available
to process a commercial sale or foreign military sale, or to
transfer, deliver, or facilitate the transfer or delivery, of
any defense article or service to Saudi Arabia or the United
Arab Emirates pursuant to any certification of emergency
circumstances submitted in accordance with section 36(b) of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)) with respect to
such countries, including any such certification submitted to
Congress before the date of the enactment of this section.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Malinowski of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XII, insert the following new subtitle:
Subtitle I--Saudi Arabia Human Rights and Accountability
SEC. 1281. REPORT ON INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT RELATING TO THE
KILLING OF WASHINGTON POST COLUMNIST JAMAL
KHASHOGGI.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of National Intelligence
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report consisting of--
(1) a determination and presentation of evidence with
respect to the advance knowledge and role of any
current or former official of the Government of Saudi
Arabia or any current or former senior Saudi political
figure over the directing, ordering, or tampering of
evidence in the killing of Washington Post columnist
Jamal Khashoggi; and
(2) a list of foreign persons that the Director of
National Intelligence has high confidence--
(A) were responsible for, or complicit in,
ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing
an act or acts contributing to or causing the
death of Jamal Khashoggi;
(B) knowingly and materially assisted,
sponsored, or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or services
in support of, an activity described in
subparagraph (A); or
(C) impeded the impartial investigation of
the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, including
through the tampering of evidence relating to
the investigation.
(b) Form.--
(1) In general.--The report required by subsection
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may
include a classified annex.
(2) Names of foreign persons listed.--The name of
each foreign person listed in the report described in
subsection (a)(2) shall be included in the unclassified
portion of the report unless the Director of National
Intelligence determines that such disclosure would
undermine United States intelligence sources and
methods or threaten the national security interests of
the United States.
(c) Defined.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate.
(2) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect
to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a
person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of
the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
SEC. 1282. SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN PERSONS THAT ENGAGE IN
ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION 1281(A)(2).
(a) Imposition of Sanctions.--On and after the date that is
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
sanctions described in subsection (b) shall be imposed with
respect to each foreign person listed in the report described
in section 1281(a)(2).
(b) Sanctions Described.--
(1) In general.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(A) Ineligibility for visas and admission to
the united states.--
(i) Inadmissibility to the United
States.
(ii) Ineligibility to receive a visa
or other documentation to enter the
United States.
(iii) Ineligibility to otherwise be
admitted or paroled into the United
States or to receive any other benefit
under the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(B) Current visas revoked.--
(i) Revocation of any visa or other
entry documentation regardless of when
the visa or other entry documentation
is or was issued.
(ii) A revocation under clause (i)
shall--
(I) take effect immediately;
and
(II) automatically cancel any
other valid visa or entry
documentation that is in the
foreign person's possession.
(2) Exception to comply with international
obligations.--Sanctions under paragraph (1) shall not
apply with respect to a foreign person if admitting or
paroling the person into the United States is necessary
to permit the United States to comply with the
Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and
entered into force November 21, 1947, between the
United Nations and the United States, or other
applicable international obligations.
(3) Waiver in the interest of national security.--The
President may waive the application of this section
with respect to a foreign person who is A-1 visa
eligible and who is present in or seeking admission
into the United States for purposes of official
business if the President determines and transmits to
the appropriate congressional committees written notice
and justification not later than 15 days before the
granting of such waiver, that such a waiver is in the
national security interests of the United States.
(c) Suspension of Sanctions.--
(1) In general.--The President may suspend in whole
or in part the imposition of sanctions otherwise
required under this section for periods not to exceed
180 days if the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that the following criteria
have been met in Saudi Arabia:
(A) The Government of Saudi Arabia has
released any individual who is a journalist,
blogger, human rights defender, advocate for
religious liberty, or civil society activist
detained by the Government of Saudi Arabia.
(B) The Government of Saudi Arabia is
cooperating in outstanding criminal proceedings
in the United States in which a Saudi citizen
or national departed from the United States
while the citizen or national was awaiting
trial or sentencing for a criminal offense
committed in the United States.
(C) The Government of Saudi Arabia is
refraining from the obstruction of the free
expression of opinion and restriction of
individuals from engaging in public criticism
of the political sphere.
(D) The Government of Saudi Arabia has made
verifiable commitments to cease the practice of
harming citizens of Saudi Arabia conducting
peaceful dissent, whether or not those citizens
reside in Saudi Arabia, including enforced
repatriation, disappearance, arrest,
imprisonment, or harassment.
(E) The Government of Saudi Arabia has taken
verifiable steps to hold accountable Saudi
violators of human rights, whether or not those
violations took place in Saudi Arabia.
(F) The Government of Saudi Arabia has taken
verifiable steps to repeal any law or
regulation that requires Saudi women to obtain
approval from a male guardian in order to leave
the country.
(G) The Government of Saudi Arabia--
(i) has made public the names of all
individuals under prosecution for the
murder of Jamal Khashoggi and
associated crimes and the details of
the charges such individuals face;
(ii) has made public the trial
proceedings and all evidence against
the accused;
(iii) has invited international,
independent experts to monitor the
trials;
(iv) has made public details of
efforts to establish the location of
Mr. Khashoggi's remains and associated
findings and returned his body to his
family; and
(v) has made public the rationale for
why ten of the individuals initially
detained were later released without
charge.
(H) The Government of Saudi Arabia has
disbanded any units of its intelligence or
security apparatus dedicated to the forced
repatriation of dissidents in other countries.
(I) The Government of Saudi Arabia is
cooperating with efforts to investigate the
murder of Jamal Khashoggi being conducted by
law enforcement authorities in the United
States and Turkey, or by the United Nations.
(2) Report.--Accompanying the certification described
in paragraph (1), the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that
contains a detailed description of Saudi Arabia's
adherence to the criteria described in the
certification.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Admitted; alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and
``alien'' have the meanings given those terms in
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on the Judiciary, and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' has
the meaning given such term in section 595.304 of title
31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the
day before the date of the enactment of this Act),
except that such term does not include an entity (as
such term is described in such section).
(4) Foreign person who is a-1 visa eligible.--The
term ``foreign person who is A-1 visa eligible'' means
an alien described in section 101(a)(15)(A)(i) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(A)(i)).
(5) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen or an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence to
the United States; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or any jurisdiction within the
United States, including a foreign branch of
such an entity.
SEC. 1283. REPORT ON SAUDI ARABIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in accordance
with section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2304(c)), shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report in writing that--
(1) includes the information required under paragraph
(1) of such section 502B(c) with respect to Saudi
Arabia;
(2) describes the extent to which officials of the
Government of Saudi Arabia, including members of the
military or security services, are responsible for or
complicit in gross violations of internationally
recognized human rights, including violations of the
human rights of journalists, bloggers, human rights
defenders, and those who support women's rights or
religious freedom;
(3) describes violations of human rights in Saudi
Arabia by officials of the Government of Saudi Arabia,
including against journalists, bloggers, human rights
defenders, and civil society activists;
(4) describes United States actions to address Saudi
violations of human rights, including against
journalists, bloggers, human rights defenders, and
civil society activists, including demands for clemency
review of these cases;
(5) describes any intolerant content in educational
materials published by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of
Education that are used in schools both inside Saudi
Arabia and at schools throughout the world; and
(6) describes United States actions to encourage
Saudi Arabia to retrieve and destroy materials with
intolerant material and revise teacher manuals and
retrain teachers to reflect changes in educational
materials and promote tolerance.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In the
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Khanna of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. PROHIBITION ON SUPPORT FOR MILITARY PARTICIPATION AGAINST
THE HOUTHIS.
(a) Prohibition Relating to Support.--None of the funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act may be made available to provide the following forms
of United States support to Saudi-led coalition's operations
against the Houthis in Yemen:
(1) Sharing intelligence for the purpose of enabling
coalition strikes.
(2) Providing logistical support for coalition
strikes, including by providing maintenance or
transferring spare parts to coalition members flying
warplanes engaged in anti-Houthi bombings.
(b) Prohibition Relating to Military Participation.--None of
the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be made available for any civilian or
military personnel of the Department of Defense to command,
coordinate, participate in the movement of, or accompany the
regular or irregular military forces of the Saudi and United
Arab Emirates-led coalition forces in hostilities against the
Houthis in Yemen or in situations in which there exists an
imminent threat that such coalition forces become engaged in
such hostilities, unless and until the President has obtained
specific statutory authorization, in accordance with section
8(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547(a)).
(c) Rule of Construction.--The prohibitions under this
section may not be construed to apply with respect to United
States Armed Forces engaged in operations directed at al Qaeda
or associated forces.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cicilline of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF ARTICLES ON THE UNITED
STATES MUNITIONS LIST TO CYPRUS.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the direct sale or transfer of arms by the United
States to Cyprus would advance United States security
interests in Europe by helping to reduce the dependence
of the Government of Cyprus on other countries for
defense-related materiel, including countries that pose
challenges to United States interests around the world;
and
(2) it is in the interest of the United States--
(A) to continue to support United Nations-
facilitated efforts toward a comprehensive
solution to the division of Cyprus; and
(B) for the Republic of Cyprus to join NATO's
Partnership for Peace program.
(b) Modification of Prohibition.--Section 620C(e) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2373(e)) is amended
by adding at the end of the following new paragraph:
``(3) The requirement under paragraph (1) shall not
apply to any sale or other provision of any defense
article or defense service to Cyprus if the end-user of
such defense or defense service is Cyprus.''.
(c) Exclusion of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus
From Certain Related Regulations.--Beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall not apply a
policy of denial for exports, re-exports, or transfers of
defense articles and defense services destined for or
originating in the Republic of Cyprus if--
(1) the request is made by or on behalf of Cyprus;
and
(2) the end-user of such defense articles or defense
services is Cyprus.
(d) Exception.--This exclusion shall not apply to any denial
based upon credible human rights concerns.
(e) Limitations on the Transfer of Articles on the United
States Munitions List to the Republic of Cyprus.--
(1) In general.--The policy of denial for exports,
re-exports, or transfers of defense articles on the
United States Munitions List to the Republic of Cyprus
shall remain in place unless the President determines
and certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees not less than annually that--
(A) the Government of the Republic of Cyprus
is continuing to cooperate with the United
States Government in efforts to implement
reforms on anti-money laundering regulations
and financial regulatory oversight; and
(B) the Government of the Republic of Cyprus
has made and is continuing to take the steps
necessary to deny Russian military vessels
access to ports for refueling and servicing.
(2) Waiver.--The President may waive the limitations
contained in this subsection for one fiscal year if the
President determines that it is essential to the
national security interests of the United States to do
so.
(3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In
this section, the term ``appropriate congressional
committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. RESTRICTION ON EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO ARMS SALES UNDER
THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.
Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Restriction on Emergency Authority Relating to Arms
Sales Under This Act.--A determination of the President that an
emergency exists which requires a proposed transfer of defense
articles or defense services to be in the national security
interest of the United States, thus waiving the congressional
review requirements pursuant to section 3(d)(2) or subsection
(b)(1), (c)(2), or (d)(2) of this section--
``(1) shall apply only if--
``(A) the President--
``(i) consults with the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate
regarding the determination that an
emergency exists not later than three
days after the date on which the
President issues the determination; and
``(ii) includes in the certification
to be submitted to Congress with
respect to the emergency--
``(I) a determination and
justification for each
individual letter of offer,
license, or approval for the
defense articles or defense
services; and
``(II) a specific and
detailed description of how
such waiver of the
congressional review
requirements directly responds
to or addresses the
circumstances of the emergency;
``(B) the delivery of the defense articles or
defense services will take place not later than
90 days after the date on which the President
issues the determination; and
``(C) the President submits the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate a report on the defense articles or
defense services that were delivered, including
the type of defense articles or defense
services, not later than 30 days after the date
of delivery; and
``(2) shall not apply in the case of a license or
other authorization that includes manufacturing or co-
production of the articles or services outside the
United States if such manufacturing or co-production
has not been previously licensed or authorized.''.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In subsection (b) of section 1087--
(1) redesignate paragraphs (7), (8), and (9) as
paragraphs (9), (10), and (11), respectively; and
(2) insert after paragraph (6) the following:
(7) An analysis of reasons for any disparity between
third party public estimates and official United States
Government estimates of civilian casualties resulting
from United States or joint operations, including with
respect to each specific mission, strike, engagement,
raid, or incident.
(8) A comparison of a representative sample of pre-
strike collateral damage estimates and confirmed
civilian casualty incidents for the purposes of
developing possible explanations for any gaps between
the two and assessing how to reduce such gaps.
In paragraph (10) of section 1087(b), as redesignated, add at
the end before the period the following: ``, including an
analysis of the principal and secondary causes of civilian
casualties in a suitably representative sample of air
operations that includes both planned and dynamic strikes''.
In paragraph (1) of section 1087(d), insert ``and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives'' after
``congressional defense committees''.
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CIVILIAN CASUALTY MATTERS.
(a) Modification of Responsibility for Policy on Civilian
Casualty Matters.--Section 936 of the John S. McCain National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-
232; 10 U.S.C. 134 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (3)--
(i) by inserting ``appropriate to the
specific regional circumstances'' after
``publicly available means''; and
(ii) by inserting ``or in-person''
after ``Internet-based'';
(B) in paragraph (5)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
``, including for acknowledging the
status of any individuals killed or
injured who were initially reported as
lawful targets, but subsequently
determined not to be lawful targets''
after ``operations''; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B)--
(I) by inserting ``or other
assistance'' after
``payments''; and
(II) by striking
``necessary'' and inserting
``reasonable and culturally
appropriate''; and
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at
the end;
(D) by redesignating paragraph (8) as
paragraph (10); and
(E) by inserting after paragraph (7) the
following:
``(8) uniform processes and standards across the
combatant commands for integrating civilian protection
into operational planning, including assessments of the
optimal staffing models for tracking, analyzing, and
responding to civilian casualties in named military
operations of various sizes and compositions, to
include multinational coalition operations;
``(9) cultivating, developing, retaining, and
disseminating lessons learned about the proximate cause
or causes of civilian casualties, and practices
developed to prevent, mitigate, or respond to such
casualties; and'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d);
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Coordination.--
``(1) In general.--The senior civilian official
designated under subsection (a) shall develop and
implement steps to increase coordination with the
Chiefs of Mission and other appropriate positions in
the Department of State in any country with respect to
which the policy required pursuant to subsection (a) is
relevant.
``(2) Matters for coordination.--The coordination
required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
``(A) The development of publicly available
means, appropriate to the specific regional
circumstances, including an internet-based or
in-person mechanism, for submission to the
United States Government of allegations of
civilian casualties resulting from United
States military operations.
``(B) The offering of reasonable and
culturally appropriate ex gratia payments or
other assistance to civilians who have been
injured, or to the families of civilians
killed, as a result of United States military
operations.'';
(4) by inserting after subsection (d), as
redesignated, the following:
``(e) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, the senior civilian official
designated under subsection (a) shall brief the congressional
defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives on--
``(1) the updates made to the policy developed by the
senior civilian official pursuant to this section; and
``(2) the efforts of the Department to implement such
updates.''.
(b) Modification of Annual Report on Civilian Casualties in
Connection With United States Military Operations.--Section
1057 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2018 (Public Law 115-91) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``congressional
defense committees'' and inserting ``appropriate
congressional committees''; and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking the period
at the end and inserting the following: ``and,
when relevant, makes ex gratia payments or
provides other assistance to the victims or
their families, including--
``(A) whether interviews were conducted with
witnesses and survivors of United States lethal
actions, directly or through a third party or
intermediary;
``(B) whether the investigation relied on
public reports or other nongovernmental
sources; and
``(C) the process, criteria, and methodology
used to assess external allegations of civilian
casualties, including the sources of such
allegations.'';
(B) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end
before the period the following: ``, including
any assistance and support, as appropriate,
provided for civilians displaced by such
operations'';
(C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as
paragraph (9); and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (5) the
following:
``(6) A list of allegations where the Department
could confirm United States military activity but could
not confirm civilian casualties due to lack of
evidence, and any steps taken to further corroborate
the allegations.
``(7) A list?of allegations that the Department could
not fully assess in a Civilian Casualty Assessment
Review (CCAR) due to lack of information and any steps
taken to obtain additional information needed to
conduct a CCAR.
``(8) A description of the specific criteria the
Department employed during the CCAR to determine that a
civilian casualty is more likely than not to have
occurred.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term `appropriate congressional committees'
means--
``(1) the congressional defense committees; and
``(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives.''.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XII, add the following new subtitle:
Subtitle __--Matters Relating to Burma
SEC. 1281. LIMITATION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND SECURITY COOPERATION.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), for
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this
subtitle and ending on the date described in subsection (c),
the United States may not provide any security assistance or
engage in any security cooperation with any of the military or
security forces of Burma.
(b) Exceptions; Waiver.--
(1) Exceptions.--
(A) Certain existing authorities.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary
of Defense shall retain the authority granted
by section 1253 of the Carl Levin and Howard P.
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note).
The limitation in subsection (a) of this
section may not be construed to limit the
authority to provide the Government of Burma
with assistance necessary to make available the
activities described in subsection (a) of such
section 1253.
(B) Hospitality.--Notwithstanding subsection
(a), the Secretary of State and the United
States Agency for International Development may
provide assistance authorized under part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.) to provide hospitality during
research, dialogues, meetings, or other
activities by the parties attending the Union
Peace Conference 21st Century Panglong or
related processes seeking inclusive,
sustainable reconciliation.
(2) Waiver.--The Secretary of State, with respect to
security assistance, and the Secretary of State in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, with
respect to security cooperation programs and activities
of the Department of Defense, may waive on a case-by-
case basis the limitation under subsection (a) if the
Secretary submits to the appropriate congressional
committees, not later than 30 days before such waiver
enters into effect--
(A) a list of the activities and participants
to which such waiver would apply;
(B) a certification, including a
justification, that the waiver is in the
national security interest of the United
States; and
(C) a certification that none of the
participants included in the list described in
subparagraph (A) have committed any of the acts
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section
1282(b)(1) or committed any other gross
violation of human rights, as such term is
defined for purposes of section 362 of title
10, United States Code.
(c) Certification of Significant Progress.--The date
described in this subsection is the earlier of the date that is
8 years after the date of the enactment of this subtitle or the
date on which the Secretary of State certifies to the
appropriate congressional committees the following:
(1) The military and security forces of Burma--
(A) have demonstrated significant progress in
abiding by international human rights standards
and are undertaking meaningful security sector
reform, including reforms that enhance
transparency and accountability, to prevent
future abuses;
(B) adhere to international humanitarian law;
(C) pledge to stop future human rights
abuses;
(D) support efforts to carry out
comprehensive independent investigations of
alleged abuses;
(E) are taking steps to hold accountable any
members of such forces determined to be
responsible for human rights abuses; and
(F) cease their attacks against ethnic
minority groups and participate in the
conclusion of a nationwide cease-fire
agreement, political accommodation, and
constitutional change, including the provision
of citizenship to the Rohingya.
(2) The Government of Burma, including the military
and security forces--
(A) allows full humanitarian access to
communities in areas affected by conflict,
including Rohingya communities in Rakhine
State;
(B) cooperates with the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and organizations
affiliated with the United Nations to ensure
the protection of displaced persons and the
safe, voluntary, sustainable, and dignified
return of refugees and internally displaced
persons;
(C) defines a transparent plan that
includes--
(i) a timeline for professionalizing
the military and security forces; and
(ii) a process by which the military
withdraws from ownership or control of
private-sector business enterprises and
ceases involvement in the illegal trade
in natural resources and narcotics; and
(D) establishes civilian control over the
finances and assets of its military and
security forces, including that military
expenditures are subject to civilian oversight.
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this subtitle, and annually
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the strategy and plans for
military-to-military engagement between the United
States Armed Forces and the military and security
forces of Burma.
(2) Elements required.--The report required under
paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description and assessment of the
Government of Burma's strategy for security
sector reform, including any plans to withdraw
the military from owning or controlling
private-sector business entities and end
involvement in the illegal trade in jade and
other natural resources, reforms to end
corruption and illicit drug trafficking, and
constitutional reforms to ensure civilian
control.
(B) A list of ongoing military activities
conducted by the United States Government with
the Government of Burma, and a description of
the United States strategy for future military-
to-military engagements between the United
States and Burma's military and security
forces.
(C) An assessment of the progress of the
military and security forces of Burma towards
developing a framework to implement human right
reforms, including--
(i) cooperation with civilian
authorities and independent
international investigations to
investigate and prosecute cases of
human rights abuses;
(ii) steps taken to demonstrate
respect for and implementation of the
laws of war; and
(iii) a description of the elements
of the military-to-military engagement
between the United States and Burma
that promote such implementation.
(D) An assessment of progress on the peaceful
settlement of armed conflicts between the
Government of Burma and ethnic minority groups,
including actions taken by the military of
Burma to adhere to cease-fire agreements, allow
for safe, voluntary, sustainable, and dignified
returns of displaced persons to their homes,
and withdraw forces from conflict zones.
(E) An assessment of the manner and extent to
which the Burmese military recruits and uses
children as soldiers.
(F) An assessment of the Burmese's military's
use of violence against women, sexual violence,
or other gender-based violence as a tool of
terror, war, or ethnic cleansing.
(e) Form.--
(1) In general.--The certification described in
subsection (c) and the report required by subsection
(d) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
include a classified annex.
(2) Certification.--The certification described in
subsection (c) shall be accompanied by a written
justification in unclassified form, that may contain a
classified annex, describing the Burmese military's
efforts to implement reforms, end impunity for human
rights abuses, and increase transparency and
accountability.
SEC. 1282. IMPOSITION OF EXISTING AND ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS FOR THE
VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE COMMISSION OF
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN BURMA.
(a) Sanctions Pursuant to Existing Authorities.--The
President shall impose sanctions--
(1) against officials in Burma, including Commander
in Chief of the Armed Forces of Myanmar Min Aung
Hlaing, under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656 note); and
(2) against military-owned enterprises, including the
Myanmar Economic Corporation and Union of Myanmar
Economic Holding, under the Burmese Freedom and
Democracy Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), the Tom Lantos
Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts)
Act of 2008 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), and other relevant
statutory authorities.
(b) Additional Sanctions.--For the 8-year period beginning on
the date that is 270 days after the date of the enactment of
this subtitle, the President shall impose the sanctions
described in subsection (c) with respect to each foreign person
that the President determines, based on credible evidence--
(1) is a current or former senior official of the
military or security forces of Burma who--
(A) knowingly perpetrated, ordered, or
otherwise directed serious human rights abuses
in Burma; or
(B) has taken significant steps to impede
investigations or prosecutions of alleged
serious human rights abuses, including against
the Rohingya community in Rakhine State;
(2) is an entity owned or controlled by any person
described in paragraph (1);
(3) is an entity, such as the Myanmar Economic
Cooperation or the Myanmar Economic Holding
Corporation, that is owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by the military or security forces of
Burma, including through collective or cooperative
structures, from which one or more persons described in
paragraph (1) derive significant revenue or financial
benefit; or
(4) has knowingly--
(A) provided significant financial, material,
or technological support--
(i) to a foreign person described in
paragraph (1) in furtherance of any of
the acts described in subparagraph (A)
or (B) of such paragraph; or
(ii) to any entity owned or
controlled by such person or an
immediate family member of such person;
or
(B) received significant financial, material,
or technological support from a foreign person
described in paragraph (1) or an entity owned
or controlled by such person or an immediate
family member of such person.
(c) Sanctions Described; Exceptions.--
(1) Sanctions.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the following:
(A) Asset blocking.--Notwithstanding the
requirements of section 202 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701), the exercise of all powers
granted to the President by such Act to the
extent necessary to block and prohibit all
transactions in all property and interests in
property of a foreign person the President
determines meets one or more of the criteria
described in subsection (b) if such property
and interests in property are in the United
States, come within the United States, or are
or come within the possession or control of a
United States person.
(B) Ineligibility for admission.--In the case
of a foreign person who is an individual, such
person shall be--
(i) inadmissible to the United
States;
(ii) ineligible to receive a visa or
other documentation to enter the United
States; and
(iii) otherwise ineligible to be
admitted or paroled into the United
States or to receive any other benefit
under the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
(C) Current visas revoked.--
(i) The issuing consular officer or
the Secretary of State, (or a designee
of the Secretary of State) shall, in
accordance with section 221(i) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1201(i)), revoke any visa or
other entry documentation issued to a
foreign person who is an individual
regardless of when the visa or other
entry documentation is issued.
(ii) A revocation under clause (i)
shall take effect immediately and
automatically cancel any other valid
visa or entry documentation that is in
the person's possession.
(D) Applicability to foreign entities and
foreign governments.--Subparagraphs (B) and (C)
of this section shall also apply with respect
to aliens who are officials of, agents or
instrumentalities of, working or acting on
behalf of, or otherwise associated with, a
foreign entity or foreign government that is a
foreign person subject to the imposition of
sanctions under subsection (b), if such aliens
are determined by the Secretary of State to
have knowingly authorized, conspired to commit,
been responsible for, engaged in, or otherwise
assisted or facilitated the actions described
in such subsection.
(2) Exception to comply with united nations
headquarters agreement.--Sanctions under this section
shall not apply with respect to an alien if admitting
or paroling the alien into the United States is
necessary to permit the United States to comply with
the Agreement regarding the Headquarters of the United
Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and
entered into force November 21, 1947, between the
United Nations and the United States, or other
applicable international obligations.
(d) Penalties.--Any person that violates, attempts to
violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation of this
section or any regulation, license, or order issued to carry
out subsection (c) shall be subject to the penalties set forth
in subsections (b) and (c) of section 206 of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same
extent as a person that commits an unlawful act described in
subsection (a) of that section.
(e) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and
1704) to carry out this section and shall issue such
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out
this section.
(f) Waiver.--The President may annually waive the application
of sanctions imposed on a foreign person pursuant to subsection
(b) if the President--
(1) determines that a waiver with respect to such
foreign person is in the national interest of the
United States; and
(2) not later than the date on which such waiver will
take effect, submits to the following committees notice
of and justification for such waiver:
(A) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, the
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee
on Financial Services of the House of
Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the
Senate.
(g) Exception Relating to the Importation of Goods.--
(1) In general.--The authorities and requirements to
impose sanctions authorized under this subtitle shall
not include the authority or requirement to impose
sanctions on the importation of goods.
(2) Good defined.--In this subsection, the term
``good'' means any article, natural or man-made
substance, material, supply or manufactured product,
including inspection and test equipment, and excluding
technical data.
(h) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) Admitted; alien.--The terms ``admitted'' and
``alien'' have the meanings given those terms in
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1001).
(2) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person''
means a person that is not a United States person.
(3) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'' means, with
respect to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means
that a person has actual knowledge, or should have
known, of the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
(4) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) a United States citizen, an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence to
the United States, or any other individual
subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States; or
(B) an entity organized under the laws of the
United States or of any jurisdiction within the
United States, including a foreign branch of
such entity.
SEC. 1283. GUIDANCE RELATING TO THE MINING SECTOR OF BURMA.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In 2015, the nongovernmental organization Global
Witness estimated that the value of total production of
jade in Burma in 2014 was $31,000,000,000, almost 48
percent of the official gross domestic product of
Burma. As much as 80 percent of that jade sold is
smuggled out of Burma.
(2) Burma's military and associated entities,
including companies owned or controlled by Myanmar
Economic Corporation and Myanmar Economic Holding
Limited, their affiliated companies, and companies
owned or controlled by current and former senior
military officers or their family members, are linked
to the mining sector, including the gemstone industry,
and benefit financially from widespread illegal
smuggling of jade and rubies from Burma.
(3) Illegal trafficking in precious and semiprecious
stones from Burma, including the trade in high-value
jade and rubies, deprives the people of Burma and the
civilian government of critical revenue and instead
benefits military-linked entities, non-state armed
groups, and transnational organized criminal networks.
(4) In 2016, the Government of Burma began to take
steps to reform aspects of the mining sector, but the
Gemstone Law adopted in January 2019 does not
adequately address corruption and tax avoidance,
conflicts of interest, or the factors fueling conflict
in Kachin State and other gemstone mining areas.
(5) The lifting in October 2016 of United States
sanctions on the importation of jade and jadeite and
rubies from Burma allowed such gemstones to legally
enter the United States market, but some retailers have
refrained from sourcing gemstones of Burmese origin due
to governance and reputational concerns.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) notwithstanding Burma's ``Trafficking in
Persons'' ranking, the President should continue to
provide assistance to Burma, pursuant to the waiver
authority under section 110(d)(4) of the Trafficking
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(d)(4)),
in order to re-engage with the Government of Burma with
respect to the mining sector and should make available
technical, capacity-building and other assistance
through the Department of State or the United States
Agency for International Development to support the
Government of Burma in efforts to reform the gemstone
industry; and
(2) companies that seek to import to the United
States gemstones or minerals that may be of Burmese
origin or articles of jewelry containing such gemstones
should--
(A) obtain such materials exclusively from
entities that satisfy the transparency criteria
described in subsection (d)(2) or from third
parties that can demonstrate that they sourced
the materials from entities that meet such
criteria; and
(B) undertake robust due diligence procedures
in line with the ``Due Diligence Guidance for
Responsible Business Conduct'' and ``Due
Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply
Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and
High-Risk Areas'' promulgated by the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development.
(c) List of Participating White-list Entities.--Not later
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this subtitle,
and annually thereafter until the date described in subsection
(e), the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees, and publish on a publicly available
website, a list of each entity described in subsection (d)(1)
that--
(1) participates in Burma's mining sector;
(2) publicly discloses beneficial ownership, as such
term is defined for purposes of the Myanmar Extractive
Industry Transparency Initiative (``Myanmar EITI'');
(3) is not owned or controlled, either directly or
indirectly, by the Burmese military or security forces,
any current or former senior Burmese military officer,
or any person sanctioned by the United States pursuant
to any relevant sanctions authority; and
(4) is making significant progress toward meeting the
criteria described in subsection (d)(2).
(d) Entities and Criteria Described.--
(1) Entities described.--The entities described in
this subsection are the following:
(A) Entities that produce or process precious
and semiprecious gemstones.
(B) Entities that sell or export precious and
semiprecious gemstones from Burma or articles
of jewelry containing such gemstones.
(2) Criteria described.--The criteria described in
this subsection are the following:
(A) The entity publicly discloses any
politically exposed persons, officers,
directors or beneficial owners, as defined
under the Myanmar EITI.
(B) The entity publicly discloses valid
authorization, license, or permit to produce,
process, sell, or export minerals or gemstones,
as applicable.
(C) The entity publicly discloses payments to
the Government of Burma, including tax and non-
tax, license, or royalty payments, and other
payments or contract terms as may be required
under Myanmar EITI standards.
(D) The entity undertakes due diligence, in
line with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for
Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from
Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas,
including public reporting.
(e) Periodic Updating.--The Secretary shall periodically
update the publicly available version of the list described in
subsection (c) as appropriate.
(f) Guidance and White-List Entities.--The Secretary shall
issue guidance for entities in the United States private sector
with respect to the best practices for supply-chain due
diligence that are applicable to importation of gemstones or
minerals that may be of Burmese origin or articles of jewelry
containing such gemstones, including with respect to
transactions with entities approved for inclusion in the list
published pursuant subsection (c), in order to mitigate
potential risks and legal liabilities associated with the
importation of such items.
(g) Termination.--The date described in this section is the
date on which the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that the Government of Burma has taken
substantial measures to reform the mining sector in Burma,
including the following:
(1) Require the mandatory disclosure of payments,
permit and license allocations, project revenues,
contracts, and beneficial ownership, including the
identification any politically exposed persons who are
beneficial owners, consistent with the approach agreed
under the Myanmar EITI and with due regard for civil
society participation.
(2) Separate the commercial, regulatory, and revenue
collection responsibilities within the Myanmar Gems
Enterprise and other key state-owned enterprises to
remove existing conflicts of interest.
(3) Monitor and undertake enforcement actions, as
warranted, to ensure that entities--
(A) adhere to environmental and social impact
assessment and management standards in
accordance with international responsible
mining practices, the country's environmental
conservation law, and other applicable laws and
regulations; and
(B) uphold occupational health and safety
standards and codes of conduct that are aligned
with the core labor standards of the
International Labour Organisation and with
domestic law.
(4) Address the transparent and fair distribution of
benefits from natural resources, including through
local benefit-sharing.
(5) Reform the process for valuation of gemstones at
the mine-site, including developing an independent
valuation system to prevent undervaluation and tax
evasion.
(6) Require companies bidding for jade and ruby
mining, finishing, or export permits to be
independently audited upon the request of the
Government of Burma and making the results of all such
audits public.
(7) Establish credible and transparent procedures for
permit allocations that are independent from external
influence, including scrutiny of applicants that
prevents unscrupulous entities from gaining access to
concessions or the right to trade in minerals or
gemstones.
(8) Establish effective oversight of state-owned
enterprises operating in such sector, including through
parliamentary oversight or requirements for independent
financial auditing.
SEC. 1284. REPORT AND DETERMINATION ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WAR CRIMES,
CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND GENOCIDE IN BURMA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary of State shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report that--
(1) summarizes credible reports of serious human
rights violations, including war crimes, committed
against the Rohingya or other ethnic minorities in
Burma between 2012 and the date of the submission of
the report;
(2) describes any potential transitional justice
mechanisms in Burma;
(3) provides an analysis of whether the serious human
rights violations summarized pursuant to paragraph (1)
amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, or
genocide; and
(4) includes a determination of the Secretary
whether--
(A) the events that took place in the state
of Rakhine in Burma, starting on August 25,
2017, constitute war crimes, crimes against
humanity, or genocide; or
(B) the situation faced by the Rohingya in
Rakhine State, between 2012 and the date of the
submission of the report, amounts to or has
amounted to the crime of apartheid.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
also include each of the following:
(1) A description of--
(A) each incident for which there is credible
evidence that the incident may constitute war
crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide
committed by the Burmese military or security
forces against the Rohingya and other ethnic
minorities, including the identities of any
other actors involved in such incident;
(B) the role of the civilian government in
the commission of any such incidents;
(C) each incident for which there is credible
evidence that the incident may constitute war
crime, crimes against humanity, or genocide
committed by violent extremist groups in Burma;
(D) each attack on health workers, health
facilities, health transport, or patients and,
to the extent possible, the identities of any
individuals who engaged in or organized such
incidents in Burma; and
(E) to the extent possible, a description of
the conventional and unconventional weapons
used for any such crimes and the sources of
such weapons.
(2) A description and assessment, in consultation
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, the Attorney General, and
other heads of any other appropriate Federal
departments or agencies, of the effectiveness of any
programs that the United States has already undertaken
to ensure accountability for war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide perpetrated against the Rohingya
by the military and security forces of Burma, the
Rakhine State government, pro-government militias, and
all other armed groups operating fighting in Rakhine,
including programs to--
(A) train civilian investigators within and
outside of Burma and Bangladesh on how to
document, investigate, develop findings of,
identify, and locate alleged perpetrators of
war crimes, crimes against humanity, or
genocide in Burma;
(B) promote and prepare for a transitional
justice process or processes for the
perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide occurring in the State
of Rakhine in 2017; and
(C) document, collect, preserve, and protect
evidence of war crimes, crimes against
humanity, and genocide in Burma, including by
providing support for Burmese, Bangladeshi,
foreign, and international nongovernmental
organizations, the United Nations Human Rights
Council's investigative team, and other
entities engaged in such investigative
activities.
(3) A detailed study of the feasibility and
desirability of potential transitional justice
mechanisms for Burma, such as an international
tribunal, a hybrid tribunal, or other international
options, that includes--
(A) a discussion of the use of universal
jurisdiction or of legal cases brought against
the country of Burma by other sovereign
countries at the International Court of Justice
to address war crimes, crimes against humanity,
and genocide perpetrated in Burma;
(B) recommendations on which transitional
justice mechanisms the United States should
support, why such mechanisms should be
supported, and what type of support should be
offered; and
(C) close consultation regarding transitional
justice mechanisms with Rohingya
representatives and those of other ethnic
minorities who have suffered grave human rights
abuses.
(c) Protection of Witnesses and Evidence.--The Secretary of
State shall ensure that the identification of witnesses and
physical evidence for purposes of the report required by
subsection (a) are not publicly disclosed in a manner that
might place such persons at risk of harm or encourage the
destruction of such evidence by the military or Government of
Burma.
(d) Crime of Apartheid.--In this section, the term ``crime of
apartheid'' means inhumane acts that--
(1) are of a character similar to the acts referred
to in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of section 1285(2);
(2) are committed in the context of an
institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and
domination by one racial group over any other racial
group; and
(3) are committed with the intention of maintaining
such regime.
(e) Authorization to Provide Technical Assistance.--The
Secretary of State is authorized to provide assistance to
support appropriate civilian or international entities that are
undertaking the efforts described in subsection (f) with
respect to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide
perpetrated by the military and security forces of Burma, the
Rakhine State government, pro-government militias, or any other
armed groups fighting in Rakhine State.
(f) Efforts Against Human Rights Abuses.--The efforts
described in this subsection are the following:
(1) Identifying suspected perpetrators of war crimes,
crimes against humanity, and genocide.
(2) Collecting, documenting, and protecting evidence
of such crimes and preserve the chain of custody for
such evidence.
(3) Conducting criminal investigations.
(4) Supporting investigations conducted by other
countries, as appropriate.
(g) Authorization for Transitional Justice Mechanisms.--The
Secretary of State, taking into account any relevant findings
in the report required by subsection (a), is authorized to
provide support for the creation and operation of transitional
justice mechanisms, including a potential hybrid tribunal, to
prosecute individuals suspected of committing war crimes,
crimes against humanity, or genocide in Burma.
SEC. 1285. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
(2) Crimes against humanity.--The term ``crimes
against humanity'' includes, when committed as part of
a widespread or systematic attack directed against any
civilian population, with knowledge of the attack--
(A) murder;
(B) deportation or forcible transfer of
population;
(C) torture;
(D) extermination;
(E) enslavement;
(F) rape, sexual slavery, or any other form
of sexual violence of comparable severity;
(G) persecution against any identifiable
group or collectivity on political, racial,
national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender,
or other grounds that are universally
recognized as impermissible under international
law; and
(H) enforced disappearance of persons.
(3) Genocide.--The term ``genocide'' means any
offense described in section 1091(a) of title 18,
United States Code.
(4) Transitional justice.--The term ``transitional
justice'' means the range of judicial, nonjudicial,
formal, informal, retributive, and restorative measures
employed by countries transitioning out of armed
conflict or repressive regimes to redress legacies of
atrocities and to promote long-term, sustainable peace.
(5) War crime.--The term ``war crime'' has the
meaning given the term in section 2441(c) of title 18,
United States Code.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. REPORTS RELATING TO THE NEW START TREATY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
United States should seek to extend the New START Treaty, from
its initial termination date in February 2021 to February 2026,
as provided for under Article XIV of the Treaty, unless--
(1) the President determines and informs the
appropriate congressional committees that Russia is in
material breach of the Treaty; or
(2) the Treaty is superseded by a new arms control
agreement that provides equal or greater constraints,
transparency, and verification measures with regard to
Russia's nuclear forces.
(b) Prohibition on Use of Funds to Withdraw From the New
START Treaty.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2020 may be used to take any action to withdraw the
United States from the New START Treaty, unless the President
determines and so informs the appropriate congressional
committees that Russia is in material breach of the Treaty.
(c) Assessments From Director of National Intelligence.--
(1) Relating to expiration of new start treaty.--Not
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Director of National Intelligence shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an
intelligence assessment based on all sources of the
national security and intelligence implications of the
expiration of the New START Treaty without the United
States and Russia having entered into a new arms
control agreement that provides equal or greater
constraints, transparency, and verification measures
with regard to Russia's nuclear forces. The assessment
shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may
contain a classified annex, and shall include the
following elements:
(A) A description of the size and posture of
Russia's nuclear forces, including strategic
nuclear warheads and strategic delivery
vehicles, as well as predicted force levels
through February 2026 under each of the
following potential scenarios:
(i) The Treaty expires in February
2026 without such a replacement
agreement.
(ii) The Treaty is extended until
February 2026.
(B) A description of Russia's likely response
to an expiration of the New START Treaty,
including potential changes to Russia's nuclear
forces, conventional forces, as well as
Russia's willingness to negotiate an arms
control agreement on Russian non-strategic or
tactical nuclear weapons, short-and-
intermediate-range delivery systems, (including
dual-capable and nuclear-only), and new
strategic delivery systems (such as the kinds
announced by President Putin on March 1, 2018)
in the future.
(C) An assessment of the strategic impact on
United States and Russian strategic nuclear
forces if the Treaty is not extended and such
an agreement is not concluded, including the
likelihood that Russia pursues new strategic
offensive arms research and development
programs.
(D) An assessment of the potential quantity
of Russia's new strategic delivery systems
(such as the kinds announced by President Putin
on March 1, 2018) between 2021 and 2026, and
the impact to strategic stability between
Russia and the United States as related to
Russia's existing strategic forces.
(E) An assessment of the impact on United
States allies if the limitations on Russia's
nuclear forces are dissolved if the Treaty is
not extended and such an agreement is not
concluded.
(F) A description of the verification and
transparency benefits of the Treaty and a
description of the Treaty's impact on the
United States' understanding of Russia's
military and nuclear forces.
(G) An assessment of how the United States'
confidence in its understanding of Russia's
strategic nuclear arsenal and future nuclear
force levels would be impacted if the Treaty is
not extended and such an agreement is not
concluded.
(H) An assessment of what actions would be
necessary for the United States to remediate
the loss of the Treaty's verification and
transparency benefits if the Treaty is not
extended and such an agreement is not
concluded, and an estimate of the remedial
resources required to ensure no concomitant
loss of understanding of Russia's military and
nuclear forces.
(2) Relating to russia's willingness to engage in
nuclear arms control negotiations.--Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees an intelligence
assessment based on all sources of Russia's willingness
to engage in nuclear arms control negotiations and
Russia's priorities in these negotiations. The
assessment shall be submitted in an unclassified form
but may contain a classified annex, and shall include
the following elements:
(A) An assessment of Russia's willingness to
extend the New START Treaty and its likely
negotiating position to discuss such an
extension with the United States.
(B) An assessment of Russia's interest in
negotiating a broader arms control agreement
that would include nuclear weapons systems not
accountable under the New START Treaty,
including non-strategic nuclear weapons.
(C) An assessment of what concessions Russia
would likely seek from the United States during
such negotiations, including what additional
United States' military capabilities Russia
would seek to limit, in any broader arms
control negotiation.
(d) Reports and Briefing From Secretary of State.--
(1) Relating to nato, nato member countries, and
other united states allies.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Defense, shall submit a report, which shall be in an
unclassified form but may contain a classified annex,
and provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional
committees that includes--
(A) an assessment of the likely reactions of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
NATO member countries, and other United States
allies to a United States decision not to
extend the New START Treaty or enter into a new
agreement with Russia to replace the Treaty
that provides equal or greater constraints,
transparency, and verification measures with
regard to Russia's nuclear forces; and
(B) a description of the consultations
undertaken with such allies in which the New
START Treaty was raised, and the level of
allied interest in, recommendations on, or
concerns raised with respect to discussions
between the United States and Russia relating
to the Treaty and other related matters.
(2) Relating to ongoing implementation of the new
start treaty.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter
until the New START Treaty is extended or expires, the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary
of Defense, shall submit a report, which shall be in an
unclassified form but may contain a classified annex,
to the appropriate congressional committees with an
assessment of the following elements:
(A) Whether the Russian Federation remains in
compliance with its obligations under the New
START Treaty.
(B) Whether implementation of the New START
Treaty remains in the national security
interest of the United States.
(3) Relating to other matters.--Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
every 180 days thereafter until the New START Treaty is
extended or expires, the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall
provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional
committees that includes the following elements:
(A) A description of any discussions with
Russia on the Treaty or on a broader,
multilateral arms control treaty with Russia
and other countries on the reduction and
limitation of strategic offensive arms, and
discussions addressing the disparity between
the non-strategic nuclear weapons stockpiles of
Russia and of the United States, at the
Assistant Secretary level, Ambassadorial level,
or higher.
(B) The dates, locations, discussion topics,
agenda, outcomes, and Russian interlocutors
involved in those discussions.
(C) An identification of the United States
Government departments and agencies involved in
the discussions.
(D) The types of systems, both nuclear and
nonnuclear, discussed by either side in such
discussions as the potential subjects of an
agreement.
(E) Whether an offer of extension of the
Treaty for any length of time, or to negotiate
a new agreement, has been offered by either
side.
(e) Report and Briefing From Secretary of Defense.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of
Energy and the Secretary of State, shall submit a report, which
shall be in unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex, and provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional
committees that includes--
(1) an assessment of the impact on the United States
nuclear arsenal and posture of the expiration of the
New START Treaty without the United States and Russia
having entered into a new agreement with Russia to
replace the Treaty that provides equal or greater
constraints, transparency, and verification measures
with regard to Russia's nuclear forces;
(2) a description of the potential changes to the
expected force structure of the Armed Forces to respond
to potential changes in Russia's nuclear posture if the
limitations in the Treaty are no longer in force, and
in the absence of such a new bilateral or multilateral
agreement, and an estimation of expected costs
necessary to make such changes to the force structure
of the Armed Forces;
(3) a description, to be submitted jointly with the
Secretary of Energy, of potential changes to the
modernization plan for the United States nuclear
weapons complex, which anticipates the continued
existence of the Treaty, if the Treaty is not extended
or such a new bilateral or multilateral agreement is
not concluded;
(4) a description of the strategic impact on United
States and Russian strategic nuclear forces if the
Treaty is not extended or such a new bilateral or
multilateral agreement is not concluded; and
(5) a description of potential changes regarding
United States nuclear weapons forward deployed to
Europe and regarding the nuclear deterrent of the
United Kingdom and France, if the Treaty is not
extended or such a new bilateral or multilateral
agreement is not concluded.
(f) Presidential Certification in Advance of Expiration of
New START Treaty.--Not later than September 7, 2020, if the New
START Treaty has not been extended, and if the United States
and Russia have not entered into a new treaty to replace the
New START Treaty, the President shall submit a report, which
shall be in an unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex, to the appropriate congressional committees that
contains the following elements--
(1) an assessment as to whether the limits of the New
START Treaty on Russia's strategic nuclear forces
advance United States national security interests;
(2) an explanation of how the United States will
address the imminent expiration of the New START
Treaty, including--
(A) a plan to extend the New START Treaty
before it expires;
(B) a plan to otherwise retain the Treaty's
limits on Russia's nuclear forces; or
(C) a plan to provide for the expiration of
the Treaty, including--
(i) a justification for why the
expiration of the Treaty is in the
national security interest of the
United States; and
(ii) a plan, including steps the
United States military and the
intelligence community will take before
February 5, 2021, to account for the
expiration of the Treaty and the
failure to replace it with a new
agreement to maintain confidence in
United States nuclear deterrence
requirements and a similar level of
confidence in intelligence information
regarding Russia's nuclear forces.
(g) Department of Defense Reporting Requirements in Event of
Expiration of New START Treaty.--If the New START Treaty
expires before the United States and Russia enter into a new
arms control agreement to replace the Treaty that provides
equal or greater constraints, transparency, and verification
measures with regard to the Russia's nuclear forces, not later
than 30 days after such expiration--
(1) the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report
describing changes to the expected force structure of
the Armed Forces and estimating the expected costs
necessary to make such changes; and
(2) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Energy shall jointly submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report--
(A) describing the manner in which the
current United States nuclear modernization
plan, which anticipates the continued existence
of the Treaty, will be modified without the
existence of the Treaty; and
(B) including--
(i) the information required to be
submitted in the report required by
section 1043 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
(Public Law 112-81; 125 Stat. 1576);
(ii) a separate 10-year cost estimate
from the Department of Defense to
implement a nuclear sustainment plan;
and
(iii) a separate 10-year cost
estimate from the Department of Energy
to implement a nuclear sustainment and
modernization plan.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(2) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence
community'' has the meaning given that term in section
3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3003).
(3) New start treaty; treaty.--The terms ``New START
Treaty'' and ``Treaty'' mean the Treaty between the
United States of America and the Russian Federation on
Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of
Strategic Offensive Arms, signed on April 8, 2010, and
entered into force on February 5, 2011.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON EXTENSION OF MINUTEMAN III
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES.
(a) Independent Study.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a
federally funded research and development center to
conduct a study on extending the life of Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missiles to 2050.
(2) Limitation.--Of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available
for fiscal year 2020 for the Office of the Secretary of
Defense, not more than 90 percent may be obligated or
expended until the date on which the Secretary submits
the study under paragraph (1) to the congressional
defense committees pursuant to subsection (d).
(b) Matters Included.--The study under subsection (a)(1)
shall include the following:
(1) A comparison of the costs through 2050 of--
(A) extending the life of Minuteman III
intercontinental ballistic missiles; and
(B) delaying the ground-based strategic
deterrent program.
(2) An analysis of opportunities to incorporate
technologies into the Minuteman III intercontinental
ballistic missile program as part of a service life
extension program that could also be incorporated in
the future ground-based strategic deterrent program,
including, at a minimum, opportunities to increase the
resilience against adversary missile defenses.
(3) An analysis of the benefits and risks of
incorporating sensors and nondestructive testing
methods and technologies to reduce destructive testing
requirements and increase the service life and number
of Minuteman III missiles through 2050.
(4) An analysis and validation of the methods used to
estimate the operational service life of Minuteman II
and Minuteman III motors, taking into account the test
and launch experience of motors retired after the
operational service life of such motors in the rocket
systems launch program.
(5) An analysis of the risks and benefits of
alternative methods of estimating the operational
service life of Minuteman III motors, such as those
methods based on fundamental physical and chemical
processes and nondestructive measurements of individual
motor properties.
(c) Submission to DOD.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded
research and development center shall submit to the Secretary a
report containing the study conducted under subsection (a)(1).
(d) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 210 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall
submit to the congressional defense committees the study under
subsection (a)(1), without change.
(e) Form.--The study under subsection (a)(1) shall be in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 31__. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON THE W80-4 NUCLEAR WARHEAD LIFE
EXTENSION PROGRAM.
(a) Independent Study.--
(1) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator
for Nuclear Security shall seek to enter into an
agreement with a federally funded research and
development center to conduct a study on the W80-4
nuclear warhead life extension program.
(2) Limitation.--Of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available
for fiscal year 2020 for the W80-4 nuclear warhead life
extension program, not more than $713,551,000 may be
obligated or expended until the date on which the
Administrator submits the study under paragraph (1) to
the congressional defense committees pursuant to
subsection (d).
(b) Matters Included.--The study under section (a)(1) shall
include the following:
(1) An explanation of the unexpected increase in cost
of the W80-4 nuclear warhead life extension program.
(2) An analysis of--
(A) the future costs of the program; and
(B) schedule requirements.
(3) An analysis of the impacts on other programs as a
result of the additional funding for W80-4, including--
(A) life-extension programs;
(B) infrastructure programs; and
(C) research, development, test, and
evaluation programs.
(4) An analysis of the impacts that a delay of the
program will have on other programs due to--
(A) technical or management challenges; and
(B) changes in requirements for the program.
(c) Submission to NNSA.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded
research and development center shall submit to the
Administrator a report containing the study conducted under
subsection (a)(1).
(d) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 210 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall
submit to the congressional defense committees the study under
subsection (a)(1), without change.
(e) Form.--The study under subsection (a) shall be in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Frankel of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SHORTER- OR INTERMEDIATE-RANGE
GROUND LAUNCHED BALLISTIC OR CRUISE MISSILE
SYSTEMS.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's February 1,
2019, announcement of the decision of the United States
to withdraw from the INF Treaty, without proper
consultation with Congress, is a serious breach of
Congress's proper constitutional role as a co-equal
branch of government;
(2) United States withdrawal from the INF Treaty will
free Russia to deploy greater quantities of the SSC-8
missile to the detriment of United States national
security and that of our allies in Europe and the Indo-
Pacific region;
(3) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
alliance makes critical contributions to United States
national security, and the failure to weigh the
concerns of NATO allies risks weakening the joint
resolve necessary to counter Russia's aggressive
behavior;
(4) as opposed to withdrawing from the INF Treaty,
the United States should continue to advance other
diplomatic, economic, and military measures outlined in
the ``Trump Administration INF Treaty Integrated
Strategy'' to resolve the concerns related to Russia's
violation of the INF Treaty and to reach agreement on
measures to ensure the INF Treaty's future viability;
and
(5) further, in lieu of withdrawing from the INF
Treaty, the United States should look at options to
expand arms control treaties to include China in an
effort to limit its short- and intermediate-range
missiles.
(b) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 may be made
available for the research, development, testing, evaluation,
procurement, or deployment of a United States shorter- or
intermediate-range ground launched ballistic or cruise missile
system with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers until the
following has been submitted to the appropriate committees of
Congress:
(1) A report from the Secretary of Defense, jointly
with the Secretary of State and the Director of
National Intelligence, that includes--
(A) a detailed diplomatic proposal for
negotiating an agreement to obtain the
strategic stability benefits of the INF Treaty;
(B) an assessment of the implications, in
terms of the military threat to the United
States and its allies in Europe and the Indo-
Pacific region, of Russian deployment of
intermediate-range cruise and ballistic
missiles without restriction;
(C) identification of what types of
technologies and programs the United States
would need to pursue to offset the additional
Russian capabilities, and at what cost;
(D) identification of what mission
requirements will be met by INF Treaty-type
systems; and
(E) details regarding ramifications of a
collapse of the INF Treaty on the ability to
generate consensus among States Parties to the
NPT Treaty ahead of the 2020 NPT Review
Conference, and assesses the degree to which
Russia will use the United States unilateral
withdrawal to sow discord within the NATO
alliance.
(2) A copy or copies of at least one Memorandum of
Understanding from a NATO or Indo-Pacific ally that
commits it to host deployment of any such ballistic or
cruise missile system on its own territory, and in the
case of deployment on the European continent, has the
concurrence of the North Atlantic Council.
(3) An unedited copy of an analysis of alternatives
conducted by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and the Director of Cost Assessment and Program
Evaluation that considers other ballistic or cruise
missile systems, to include sea- and air-launched
missiles, that could be deployed to meet current
capability gaps due to INF Treaty restrictions, and
further to include cost, schedule, and operational
considerations.
(c) Form.--The documents required by paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3) of subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may contain a classified annex.
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to authorize the use of funds described in subsection
(b) for the research, development, testing, evaluation,
procurement, or deployment of INF Treaty-type systems in the
United States or its territories.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives.
(2) INF treaty.--The term ``INF Treaty'' means the
Treaty between the United States of America and the
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination
of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles,
together with the Memorandum of Understanding and Two
Protocols, signed at Washington December 8, 1987, and
entered into force June 1, 1988.
(3) NPT treaty.--The term ``NPT Treaty'' means the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,
signed at Washington July 1, 1968.
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 31__. FUNDING FOR LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by this title for defense nuclear
nonproliferation, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4701, for low-enriched uranium research and
development is hereby increased by $20,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by this title for atomic energy defense
activities, as specified in the corresponding funding table in
section 4701, for Federal salaries and expenses is hereby
reduced by $20,000,000.
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mcnerney of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT OF BASIC PAY.
The adjustment in the rates of monthly basic pay required by
subsection (a) of section 1009 of title 37, United States Code,
to be made on January 1, 2020, shall take effect,
notwithstanding any determination made by the President under
subsection (e) of such section with respect to an alternative
pay adjustment to be made on such date.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jayapal of Washington
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. ANNUAL REPORTS ON APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT OR COMPENSATION OF
RETIRED GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS BY FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS FOR EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE PURPOSES.
(a) Annual Reports.--Section 908 of title 37, United States
Code is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following
new subsection (c):
``(c) Annual Reports on Approvals for Retired General and
Flag Officers.--(1) Not later than January 31each year, the
Secretaries of the military departments shall jointly submit to
the appropriate committees and Members of Congress a report on
each approval under subsection (b) for employment or
compensation described in subsection (a) for a retired member
of the armed forces in general or flag officer grade that was
issued during the preceding year. The report shall be posted on
a publicly available Internet website of the Department of
Defense no later than 30 days after it has been submitted to
Congress.
``(2) In this subsection, the appropriate committees and
Members of Congress are--
``(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate;
``(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee
on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives;
``(C) the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of
the Senate; and
``(D) the Speaker of the House of Representatives and
the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.''.
(b) Scope of First Report.--The first report submitted
pursuant to subsection (c) of section 908 of title 37, United
States Code (as amended by subsection (a) of this section),
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall cover the
five-year period ending with the year before the year in which
such report is submitted.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aguilar of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:
SEC. 530. STUDY REGARDING SCREENING INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEK TO ENLIST IN
THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall study the
feasibility of, in background investigations and security and
suitability screenings of individuals who seek to enlist in the
Armed Forces--
(1) screening for white nationalists and individuals
with ties to white nationalist organizations; and
(2) using the following resources of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation:
(A) The Tattoo and Graffiti Identification
Program.
(B) The National Gang Intelligence Center.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an
unclassified report in writing to the congressional defense
committees containing conclusions of the Secretary regarding
the study under subsection (a).
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 733, insert after line 15 the following:
SEC. 1092. PAROLE IN PLACE FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.--Any alien who is a member of the Armed
Forces and each spouse, widow, widower, parent, son, or
daughter of that alien shall be eligible for parole in place
under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) parole in place reinforces family unity;
(2) disruption to servicemembers must be minimized,
in order to faithfully execute their objectives;
(3) separation of military families must be
prevented;
(4) military readiness must be the supreme objective;
(5) servicemembers are given peace of mind, relived
of the stressful burden worrying about their loved
ones; and
(6) Congress reaffirms parole in place authority for
the Secretary of Homeland Security.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
SEC. 550C. EFFECTIVE DATE OF RULE REGARDING PAYDAY LENDING PROTECTIONS.
(a) In General.--Sections1041.4 through 1041.6, 1041.10, and
1041.12(b)(1) through (3) in the final rule published on
November 17, 2017 by the Bureau of Consumer Financial
Protection (82 F.R. 54472) related to Mandatory Underwriting
Provisions shall go into effect on August 19, 2019, with
regards to servicemembers, veterans and surviving spouses.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``servicemember'' has the meaning given
that term in section 101 of title 10, United States
Code.
(2) The terms ``veteran'' and ``surviving spouse''
have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of
title 38, United States Code.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:
SEC. 580A. PILOT PROGRAM TO FUND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT
MILITARY FAMILIES.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish
a two-year pilot program to provide grants to eligible
nonprofit organizations.
(b) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operations and Maintenance,
Defense Wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4301, line 460 for the Office of the Secretary of
Defense is hereby increased by $1,000,000.
(c) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 101 for Procurement of Wheeled and
Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4101, for Bradley
Program (Mod) is hereby reduced by $1,000,000.
(d) Distribution of Funds.--The Secretary may operate the
pilot program under this section on not more than eight covered
military installations in a fiscal year, expending not more
than $125,000 per such covered military installation.
(e) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the Secretary
disburses the last of the funds appropriated for the pilot
program, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
regarding--
(1) the efficacy of the pilot program; and
(2) any recommendation of the Secretary to expand,
extend, or make permanent the pilot program.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``eligible organization'' means an
organization that--
(A) is a nonprofit organization under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
(B) on the date of the enactment of this Act,
is providing food, clothing, or other
assistance to families on a covered military
installation; and
(C) proves, to the satisfaction of the
Secretary, that the organization has received
funding commitments that match each dollar
requested from the Secretary by the
organization under the pilot program under this
section.
(2) The term ``covered military installation'' means
a military installation--
(A) on which not more than 5,000 members of
the Armed Forces serve on active duty; and
(B) located in a county for which the
Secretary determines the cost of living exceeds
the national average.
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42. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Huffman of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 2831, relating to Improved Energy Security for
Main Operating Bases in Europe, strike ``natural gas'' on page
1020, lines 8 and 9, and insert ``any energy''.
At the end of section 2831, relating to Improved Energy
Security for Main Operating Bases in Europe, page 1022, after
line 2, insert the following new subsection:
(d) Conforming Repeal.--Section 2811 of the Military
Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (division B
of Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2266) is repealed.
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43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ocasio-Cortez of New
York or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. FUNDING FOR DETONATION CHAMBERS IN VIEQUES, PUERTO RICO.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 4301 for environmental restoration,
Navy, line 060, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4301, for the purchase, deployment, and operation of
a closed detonation chambers of the dimensions necessary to
achieve a substantial reduction in open air burning and open
air detonation that will bring the practice of open air burning
and open air detonation to the lowest practicable level, is
hereby increased by $10,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 4301 for Operations and Maintenance, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
line 460, Office of the Secretary of Defense for Admin &
SRVWIDE Activities is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ted Lieu of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES AT
CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
(a) Limitation.--None of the funds made available for the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to the
following properties or to an entity with an ownership interest
in such property:
(1) Trump Vineyard Estates.
(2) Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago.
(3) Mar-A-Lago Club.
(4) Trump Grande Sunny Isles.
(5) Trump Hollywood.
(6) Trump Towers Sunny Isles.
(7) Trump Plaza New Jersey.
(8) Trump International Hotel, Las Vegas.
(9) The Estates at Trump National.
(10) 610 Park Avenue, New York City.
(11) Trump International Hotel & Tower, New York.
(12) Trump Palace.
(13) Trump Parc.
(14) Trump Parc East.
(15) Trump Park Avenue.
(16) Trump Park Residences, Yorktown.
(17) Trump Place.
(18) Trump Plaza, New Rochelle.
(19) Trump Soho, New York City.
(20) Trump Tower at City Center, Westchester.
(21) Trump Tower, New York City.
(22) Trump World Tower.
(23) Trump Parc, Stamford.
(24) Trump International Hotel and Tower, Waikiki
Beach Walk.
(25) Trump Towers, Istanbul Sisli.
(26) Trump Ocean Club.
(27) Trump International & Tower Hotel, Toronto.
(28) Trump Tower at City Century City, Makati,
Philippines.
(29) Trump Tower, Mumbai.
(30) Trump Towers, Pune.
(31) Trump Tower, Punta Del Este, Uruguay.
(32) Trump International Hotel & Tower, Vancouver.
(33) 40 Wall Street, New York City.
(34) 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New, York City.
(35) Trump International Hotel, Washington
(36) 555 California Street, San Francisco.
(37) Trump Tower, Rio de Janeiro.
(38) Trump International Golf Links & Hotel, Doonbeg,
Ireland.
(39) Trump National Doral, Miami.
(40) Trump Ocean Club, Panama City, Panama.
(41) Albemarle Estate at Trump Winery,
Charlottesville, Virginia.
(42) Trump International Golf Links, Scotland.
(43) Trump National Golf Club, Bedminster.
(44) Trump National Golf Club, Charlotte.
(45) Trump National Golf Club, Colts Neck.
(46) Trump International Golf Links, Ireland.
(47) Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point, New York.
(48) Trump National Golf Club, Hudson Valley.
(49) Trump National Golf Club, Jupiter.
(50) Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles.
(51) Trump International Golf Club, West Palm Beach.
(52) Trump National Golf Club, Philadelphia.
(53) Trump International Golf Club, Dubai.
(54) Trump World Golf Club, Dubai.
(55) Trump Turnberry, Scotland.
(56) Trump National Golf Club, Potomac Falls,
Virginia.
(57) Trump National Golf Club, Westchester.
(b) Waiver.--The President may issue a waiver to the
limitation under subsection (a) for costs incurred with respect
to the properties listed above if the president reimburses the
Department of the Treasury for the amount of the cost
associated with the expense.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Raskin of Maryland or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR EXHIBITION OF PARADE OF
MILITARY FORCES AND HARDWARE FOR REVIEW BY THE
PRESIDENT.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise appropriated for Fiscal Year 2020 for the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for any
exhibition or parade of military forces and hardware, with the
exception of the display of small arms and munitions
appropriate for customary ceremonial honors and for the
participation of military units that perform customary
ceremonial duties, for review by the President in a public or
private exercise outside of authorized military operations or
activities.
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Huffman of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. __. LANDS TO BE TAKEN INTO TRUST AS PART OF THE RESERVATION OF THE
LYTTON RANCHERIA.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Lytton Rancheria of California is a federally
recognized Indian tribe that lost its homeland after
its relationship to the United States was unjustly and
unlawfully terminated in 1958. The Tribe was restored
to Federal recognition in 1991, but the conditions of
its restoration have prevented it from regaining a
homeland on its original lands.
(2) Congress needs to take action to reverse historic
injustices that befell the Tribe and that have
prevented it from regaining a viable homeland for its
people.
(3) Prior to European contact there were as many as
350,000 Indians living in what is now the State of
California. By the turn of the 19th century, that
number had been reduced to approximately 15,000
individuals, many of them homeless and living in
scattered bands and communities.
(4) The Lytton Rancheria's original homeland was
purchased by the United States in 1926 pursuant to
congressional authority designed to remedy the unique
tragedy that befell the Indians of California and
provide them with reservations called Rancherias to be
held in trust by the United States.
(5) After the Lytton Rancheria lands were purchased
by the United States, the Tribe settled on the land and
sustained itself for several decades by farming and
ranching.
(6) By the mid-1950s, Federal Indian policy had
shifted back towards a policy of terminating the
Federal relationship with Indian tribes. In 1958,
Congress enacted the Rancheria Act of 1958 (72 Stat.
619), which slated 41 Rancherias in California,
including the Lytton Rancheria, for termination after
certain conditions were met.
(7) On August 1, 1961, the Federal Government
terminated its relationship with the Lytton Rancheria.
This termination was illegal because the conditions for
termination under the Rancheria Act had never been met.
After termination was implemented, the Tribe lost its
lands and was left without any means of supporting
itself.
(8) In 1987, the Tribe joined three other tribes in a
lawsuit against the United States challenging the
illegal termination of their Rancherias. A Stipulated
Judgment in the case, Scotts Valley Band of Pomo
Indians of the Sugar Bowl Rancheria v. United States,
No. C-86-3660 (N.D.Cal. March 22, 1991), restored the
Lytton Rancheria to its status as a federally
recognized Indian tribe.
(9) The Stipulated Judgment provides that the Lytton
Rancheria would have the ``individual and collective
status and rights'' which it had prior to its
termination and expressly contemplated the acquisition
of trust lands for the Lytton Rancheria.
(10) The Stipulated Judgment contains provisions,
included at the request of the local county governments
and neighboring landowners, that prohibit the Lytton
Rancheria from exercising its full Federal rights on
its original homeland in the Alexander Valley.
(11) In 2000, approximately 9.5 acres of land in San
Pablo, California, was placed in trust status for the
Lytton Rancheria for economic development purposes.
(12) The Tribe has since acquired, from willing
sellers at fair market value, property in Sonoma County
near the Tribe's historic Rancheria. This property,
which the Tribe holds in fee status, is suitable for a
new homeland for the Tribe.
(13) On a portion of the land to be taken into trust,
which portion totals approximately 124.12 acres, the
Tribe plans to build housing for its members and
governmental and community facilities.
(14) A portion of the land to be taken into trust is
being used for viniculture, and the Tribe intends to
develop more of the lands to be taken into trust for
viniculture. The Tribe's investment in the ongoing
viniculture operation has reinvigorated the vineyards,
which are producing high-quality wines. The Tribe is
operating its vineyards on a sustainable basis and is
working toward certification of sustainability.
(15) No gaming shall be conducted on the lands to be
taken into trust by this section.
(16) No gaming shall be conducted on any lands taken
into trust on behalf of the Tribe in Sonoma County
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(17) By directing that these lands be taken into
trust, the United States will ensure that the Lytton
Rancheria will finally have a permanently protected
homeland on which the Tribe can once again live
communally and plan for future generations. This action
is necessary to fully restore the Tribe to the status
it had before it was wrongfully terminated in 1961.
(18) The Tribe and County of Sonoma have entered into
a Memorandum of Agreement as amended in 2018 in which
the County agrees to the lands in the County being
taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe in
consideration for commitments made by the Tribe.
(b) Definitions.--For the purpose of this section, the
following definitions apply:
(1) County.--The term ``County'' means Sonoma County,
California.
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of the Interior.
(3) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the Lytton
Rancheria of California.
(c) Lands to Be Taken Into Trust.--
(1) In general.--The land owned by the Tribe and
generally depicted on the map titled ``Lytton Fee Owned
Property to be Taken into Trust'' and dated May 1,
2015, is hereby taken into trust for the benefit of the
Tribe, subject to valid existing rights, contracts, and
management agreements related to easements and rights-
of-way.
(2) Lands to be made part of the reservation.--Lands
taken into trust under paragraph (1) shall be part of
the Tribe's reservation and shall be administered in
accordance with the laws and regulations generally
applicable to property held in trust by the United
States for an Indian tribe.
(d) Gaming.--
(1) Lands taken into trust under this section.--Lands
taken into trust for the benefit of the Tribe under
subsection (c) shall not be eligible for gaming under
the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et
seq.).
(2) Other lands taken into trust.--Lands taken into
trust for the benefit of the Tribe in Sonoma County
after the date of the enactment of this Act shall not
be eligible for gaming under the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
(e) Applicability of Certain Law.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Memorandum of Agreement entered into by
the Tribe and the County concerning taking land in the County
into trust for the benefit of the Tribe, which was approved by
the County Board of Supervisors on March 10, 2015, and any
addenda and supplement or amendment thereto, is not subject to
review or approval of the Secretary in order to be effective,
including review or approval under section 2103 of the Revised
Statutes (25 U.S.C. 81).
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, add the following new section:
SEC. 11__. REVIEW OF STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall not
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective
service occupation under the Standard Occupational
Classification System.
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pappas of New
Hampshire or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III insert the following:
SEC. 3__. PFAS DESIGNATION, EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AND PRETREATMENT
STANDARDS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency shall revise the list of toxic pollutants
described in paragraph (1) of section 307(a) of the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(a)) to add per- and
polyfluoroalkyl substances to such list, and publish such
revised list, without taking into account the factors listed in
such paragraph.
(b) Effluent Standards.--As soon as practicable after the
date on which the revised list is published under subsection
(a), but not later than January 1, 2022, the Administrator
shall publish in the Federal Register effluent standards under
section 307(a)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act
(33 U.S.C. 1317(a)(2)) for substances added to the list of
toxic pollutants pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, in
accordance with sections 301(b)(2)(A) and 304(b)(2) of such
Act.
(c) Pretreatment Standards.--Not later than January 1, 2022,
the Administrator shall promulgate pretreatment standards for
per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances under section 307(b) of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(b)).
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49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Khanna of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 1504 and insert the following:
SEC. 1504. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
(a) In General.--Funds are hereby authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2020 for the use of the Armed
Forces and other activities and agencies of the Department of
Defense for expenses, not otherwise provided for, for operation
and maintenance, as specified in the funding table in section
4302.
(b) Reduction.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in this section for operations and maintenance for
overseas contingency operations, as specified in the funding
table in section 4302, is hereby reduced by $16,800,000,000.
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50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Amash of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. MODIFICATION AND REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO MILITARY
DETENTION OF CERTAIN PERSONS.
(a) Disposition.--Section 1021 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 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.''.
(b) Repeal of Requirement for Military Custody.--
(1) Repeal.--Section 1022 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-
81; 10 U.S.C. 801 note).
(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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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aguilar of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. EXPANSION OF THE MY CAREER ADVANCEMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM FOR
MILITARY SPOUSES TO NONPORTABLE CAREER FIELDS AND
OCCUPATIONS.
The Secretary of Defense shall modify the My Career
Advancement Account program of the Department of Defense to
ensure that military spouses participating in the program may
receive financial assistance for the pursuit of a license,
certification, or Associate's degree in any career field or
occupation, including both portable and nonportable career
fields and occupations.
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aguilar of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1651. CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET MATTERS AT MEETINGS OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS COUNCIL.
Section 179 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by
section 1642, is further amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(4) The Director of Cost Assessment and Program
Evaluation of the Department of Defense, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget of the National
Nuclear Security Administration, the Director for Cost
Estimating and Program Evaluation of the National
Nuclear Security Administration, and the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall attend the
meetings of the Council.''; and
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
``(4) The Director of Cost Assessment and Program
Evaluation of the Department of Defense, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget of the National
Nuclear Security Administration, the Director for Cost
Estimating and Program Evaluation of the National
Nuclear Security Administration, and the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall be members of
the Standing and Safety Committee of the Council, or
such successor committee.''.
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53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aguilar of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. MODIFICATION OF CYBER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
Section 2200a(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``or advanced degree, or a certification,''
and inserting ``advanced degree, or certificate''.
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54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aguilar of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 567. REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING BENEFITS CLAIMS
TO MEMBERS DURING TAP COUNSELING.
Section 1142(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(19) Information regarding how to file claims for
benefits available to the member under laws
administered by the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans
Affairs.''.
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55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Allred of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:
SEC. __. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR BASIC OPERATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH
SCIENCE.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Defense-wide, basic research, basic operational
medical research science, line 004 (PE 0601117E) is hereby
increased by $5,000,000 (with the amount of such increase to be
made available for partnering with universities to research
brain injuries).
(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, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, operating forces,
Special Operations Command management/operational headquarters,
line 080 is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Allred of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:
SEC. __. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Army, basic research, university research
initiatives, line 003 (PE 0601103A) is hereby increased by
$5,000,000 (with the amount of such increase to be made
available for studying ways to increase the longevity and
resilience of infrastructure on military bases).
(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, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, operating forces,
Special Operations Command management/operational headquarters,
line 080 is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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57. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Armstrong of North
Dakota or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1092. INCLUSION ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL OF THE NAMES
OF THE LOST CREW MEMBERS OF THE U.S.S. FRANK E.
EVANS KILLED ON JUNE 3, 1969.
(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall authorize
the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in the
District of Columbia of the names of the 74 crew members of the
U.S.S. Frank E. Evans killed on June 3, 1969.
(b) Required Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense shall
consult with the Secretary of the Interior, the American
Battlefield Monuments Commission, and other applicable
authorities with respect to any adjustments to the nomenclature
and placement of names pursuant to subsection (a) to address
any space limitations on the placement of additional names on
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
(c) Nonapplicability of Commemorative Works Act.--Chapter 89
of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the
``Commemorative Works Act''), shall not apply to any activities
carried out under subsection (a) or (b).
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58. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Arrington of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. MILITARY TYPE CERTIFICATION FOR LIGHT ATTACK EXPERIMENTATION
AIRCRAFT.
The Secretary of the Air Force shall make available and
conduct military type certifications for light attack
experimentation aircraft as needed, pursuant to the Department
of Defense Directive on Military Type Certificates, 5030.61.
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59. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bacon of Nebraska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
SEC. 560B. SUPPORT OF MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY FOUNDATIONS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 155 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2616. Support of military service academy foundations
``(a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary
concerned may provide the following support to a covered
foundation:
``(1) Participation in fundraising or a membership
drive for the covered foundation by any--
``(A) general or flag officer;
``(B) Senior Executive Service employee
assigned to the service academy supported by
that covered foundation; or
``(C) official designated by the Secretary
concerned.
``(2) Endorsement by an individual described in
paragraph (1) of--
``(A) the covered foundation;
``(B) an event of the covered foundation; or
``(C) an activity of the covered foundation.
``(b) Limitations.--Support under subsection (a) may be
provided only if such support--
``(1) is without any liability of the United States
to the covered foundation;
``(2) does not affect the ability of any official or
employee of the Department of Defense or the Department
of Homeland Security, or any member of the armed
forces, to carry out any responsibility or duty in a
fair and objective manner;
``(3) does not compromise the integrity or appearance
of integrity of any program of the Department of
Defense or the Department of Homeland Security, or any
individual involved in such a program; and
``(4) does not include the participation of any cadet
or midshipman.
``(c) Briefing.--In any fiscal year during which support is
provided under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall
provide a briefing not later than the last day of that fiscal
year to the congressional defense committees regarding the
following:
``(1) The number of events, activities, or
fundraising or membership drives of a covered
foundation in which an individual described in
subsection (a)(1) participated during such fiscal year.
``(2) The amount of funds raised for each covered
foundation during each such event, activity, or drive.
``(3) Each designated purpose of funds described in
paragraph (2).
``(d) Covered Foundation Defined.--In this section, the term
`covered foundation' means a charitable, educational, or civic
nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, that the Secretary concerned determines
operates exclusively to support, with respect to a military
service academy, any of the following:
``(1) Recruiting.
``(2) Parent or alumni development.
``(3) Academic, leadership, or character development.
``(4) Institutional development.
``(5) Athletics.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the
following new item:
``2616. Support of military service academy foundations.''.
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60. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bacon of Nebraska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION FOR CIVILIAN FACULTY OF ACCREDITED
INSTITUTIONS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 108 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2169a. Copyright of works created by civilian faculty members
``(a) Copyright of Works.--Subject to subsection (b), for
purposes of sections 101 and 105 of title 17, a work produced
by a civilian member of the faculty of a covered institution is
only a work of the United States Government if the work is
created in direct support of a lecture, instruction, curriculum
development, or special duty assigned to such civilian member
at the covered institution.
``(b) Use by Federal Government.--The Secretary concerned may
require a civilian member of the faculty of a covered
institution who becomes the owner of a copyright in a work that
would be considered a work of the United States Government but
for the applicability of subsection (a) to--
``(1) provide the Federal Government with an
irrevocable, royalty-free, world-wide, nonexclusive
license to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform,
display, or disclose such work for United States
Government purposes; and
``(2) authorize the Federal Government to authorize
persons that are not officers or employees of the
Federal Government to use, modify, reproduce, release,
perform, display, or disclose such work for United
States Government purposes.
``(c) Covered Institution Defined.--In this section, the term
`covered institution' means the following:
``(1) National Defense University.
``(2) United States Military Academy.
``(3) Army War College.
``(4) United States Army Command and General Staff
College.
``(5) United States Naval Academy.
``(6) Naval War College.
``(7) Naval Post Graduate School.
``(8) Marine Corps University.
``(9) United States Air Force Academy.
``(10) Air University.
``(11) Defense Language Institute.
``(12) United States Coast Guard Academy.''.
(b) Table of Sections Amendment.--The table of sections at
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end
the following new item:
``2169a. Copyright of works created by civilian faculty members.''.
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61. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bacon of Nebraska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR RC-135 AIRCRAFT.
(a) Increase for RC-135.--Notwithstanding the amounts set
forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, other aircraft, RC-
135, line 055 is hereby increased by $171,000,000 .
(b) Increase for DARP RC-135.--Notwithstanding the amounts
set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for other procurement, Air Force, special support
projects, DARP RC135, line 063 is hereby increased by
$29,000,000.
(c) Offsets.--
(1) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 301 for operation and
maintenance, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4301, for operation and maintenance,
Defense-wide, admin & servicewide activities, Defense
Contract Management Agency, line 200 is hereby reduced
by $25,000,000.
(2) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 301 for operation and
maintenance, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4301, for operation and maintenance,
Defense-wide, admin & servicewide activities, Office of
the Secretary of Defense, line 460 is hereby reduced by
$25,000,000.
(3) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, Initial
Spares/Repair Parts, line 069 is hereby reduced by
$40,000,000.
(4) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, Other
Production Charges, line 088 is hereby reduced by
$33,000,000.
(5) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, Flares, line
015 is hereby reduced by $14,000,000.
(6) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 201 for research,
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4201, for
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force,
Acq Workforce-Global Vigilance and Combat Systems, line
130 is hereby reduced by $25,000,000.
(7) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 201 for research,
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4201, for
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force,
Acq Workforce-Global Battle Management, line 133 is
hereby reduced by $16,000,000.
(8) Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 201 for research,
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4201, for
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Air Force,
Acq Workforce-Capability Integration, line 134 is
hereby reduced by $22,000,000.
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62. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. PRELIMINARY INQUIRY ON ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY BURIAL.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Department of Defense must ensure that only
individuals who have served honorably are interred or
inurned at Arlington National Cemetery.
(2) Recent news reports have alleged that Army
Sergeant Jack Edward Dunlap, who was buried at
Arlington National Cemetery in 1963, may have been the
past subject of an espionage investigation by the
National Security Agency, the results of which have not
been made public.
(b) Inquiry Required.--The General Counsel of the Department
of the Army shall, pursuant to the terms of section 553.21 of
title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, carry out a preliminary
inquiry to investigate the Arlington National Cemetery burial
of Jack Edward Dunlap due to accusations that he supplied the
Soviet Union with valuable intelligence during the Cold War.
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63. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Insert after section 713 the following new section:
SEC. 713A. COMPREHENSIVE ENTERPRISE INTEROPERABILITY STRATEGY FOR THE
ARMED FORCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs, acting through the office established by
section 1635(b) of the Wounded Warrior Act (title XVI of Public
Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note), shall jointly develop and
implement a comprehensive interoperability strategy to--
(1) improve the delivery of health care by the Armed
Forces and the Department of Veterans Affairs by taking
advantage of advances in the health information
technology marketplace;
(2) achieve interoperability capabilities that are
more adaptable and farther reaching than those
achievable through bidirectional information exchange
between electronic health records or the exchange of
read-only data alone;
(3) establish an environment that will enable and
encourage the adoption of innovative technologies for
health care delivery;
(4) leverage data integration to advance health
research and develop an evidence base for the health
care programs of both Departments;
(5) prioritize open systems architecture;
(6) ensure ownership and control by patients of their
health data;
(7) protect patient privacy and enhance opportunities
for innovation by preventing contractors of the
Departments or other non-Department entities from
owning or exclusively controlling patient health data;
(8) make maximum use of open-application program
interfaces and the Fast Healthcare Interoperability
Resources standard, or successor standard; and
(9) achieve--
(A) a single lifetime longitudinal personal
health record between the Armed Forces and the
Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(B) interoperability capabilities sufficient
to enable the provision of seamless health care
relating to--
(i) the Armed Forces and private-
sector health care providers under the
TRICARE program; and
(ii) the Department of Veterans
Affairs and community health care
providers pursuant to sections 1703 and
1703A of title 38, United States Code,
and other provisions of law
administered by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
(b) Content.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall--
(1) include, but shall not be limited to, the
Electronic Health Record Modernization Program and the
Healthcare Management System Modernization Program of
the Armed Forces; and
(2) consist of--
(A) elements formulated and implemented
jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and
(B) elements that are unique to either
Department and are formulated and implemented
separately by either Secretary.
(c) Submission of Strategy.--
(1) Strategy.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit
to each Secretary concerned, and to the appropriate
congressional committees, the strategy under subsection
(a), including any accompanying or associated
implementation plans and supporting information.
(2) Updated strategy.--Not later than December 31,
2024, the Director shall submit to each Secretary
concerned, and to the appropriate congressional
committees, an update to the strategy under subsection
(a), including any accompanying or associated
implementation plans and supporting information.
(3) Availability.--The Secretaries concerned shall
make available to the public the strategy submitted
under paragraphs (1) and (2), including by posting such
strategy on the internet websites of the Secretaries
that is available to the public.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means the following:
(A) The congressional defense committees.
(B) The Committees on Veterans' Affairs of
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(2) The term ``Director'' means the Director of the
office established by section 1635(b) of the Wounded
Warrior Act (title XVI of Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C.
1071 note).
(3) The term ``Electronic Health Record Modernization
Program'' has the meaning given that term in section
503 of the Veterans Benefits and Transition Act of 2018
(Public Law 115-407; 132 Stat. 5376).
(4) The term ``interoperability'' means the ability
of different information systems, devices, or
applications to connect in a coordinated and secure
manner, within and across organizational boundaries,
across the complete spectrum of care, including all
applicable care settings, and with relevant
stakeholders, including the person whose information is
being shared, to access, exchange, integrate, and use
computable data regardless of the data's origin or
destination or the applications employed, and without
additional intervention by the end user, including--
(A) the capability to reliably exchange
information without error;
(B) the ability to interpret and to make
effective use of the information so exchanged;
and
(C) the ability for information that can be
used to advance patient care to move between
health care entities, regardless of the
technology platform in place or the location
where care was provided.
(5) The term ``seamless health care'' means health
care which is optimized through access by patients and
clinicians to integrated, relevant, and complete
information about the patient's clinical experiences,
social and environmental determinants of health, and
health trends over time in order to enable patients and
clinicians to move from task to task and encounter to
encounter, within and across organizational boundaries,
such that high-quality decisions may be formed easily
and complete plans of care may be carried out smoothly.
(6) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means--
(A) the Secretary of Defense, with respect to
matters concerning the Department of Defense;
(B) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with
respect to matters concerning the Department of
Veterans Affairs; and
(C) the Secretary of Homeland Security, with
respect to matters concerning the Coast Guard
when it is not operating as a service in the
Department of the Navy.
(7) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning
given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United
States Code.
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64. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bera of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 387, after line 7, insert the following:
SEC. 7__. STUDY ON EXTENDING PARENT'S LEVEL OF TRICARE HEALTH COVERAGE
TO NEWBORN CHILD.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on
extending a parent's level of TRICARE health coverage to the
newborn child of the parent.
(b) Coordination.--In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall, with respect to members of the Coast
Guard, coordinate with the Secretary of the Department in which
the Coast Guard is operating when it is not operating as a
service in the Department of the Navy.
(c) Elements.--In conducting the study under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall study--
(1) the feasibility and the cost of automatically
extending the parent's level of TRICARE coverage to the
newborn child for the remainder of the first year of
the child's life after the first 90 days; and
(2) the current notification system for parents to
change their children's health care plan during the
first 90 days of the newborn's life.
(d) Submission.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the study
conducted under subsection (a).
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65. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bera of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title XIII the following new section:
SEC. __. FUNDING FOR COOPERATIVE BIOLOGICAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amount set forth in
section 1301(4) for cooperative biological engagement and the
amounts authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for
operation and maintenance for the Department of Defense
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4301, the amount for
cooperative biological engagement is hereby increased by
$20,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, Defense-wide, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4201, for Advanced Innovative
Technologies, line 096, is hereby reduced by $20,000,000.
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66. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bera of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. MODIFICATION OF REPORT RELATING TO ENHANCING DEFENSE AND
SECURITY COOPERATION WITH INDIA.
Section 1292(a)(2) of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2751 note)
is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) in clause (iv), by striking ``and'' at
the end;
(B) in clause (v), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(vi) a description of defense
cooperation between the United States
and India in the Western Indian Ocean,
including--
``(I) a description of
military activities of the
United States and India,
separately, in the Western
Indian Ocean;
``(II) a description of
military cooperation activities
between the United States and
India in the areas of
humanitarian assistance,
counter terrorism, counter
piracy, maritime security, and
other areas as the Secretary
determines appropriate;
``(III) a description of how
the relevant geographic
combatant commands coordinate
their activities with the
Indian military in the Western
Indian Ocean;
``(IV) a description of the
mechanisms in place to ensure
the relevant geographic
combatant commands maximize
defense cooperation with India
in the Western Indian Ocean;
and
``(V) areas of future
opportunity to increase
military engagement with India
in the Western Indian Ocean.''.
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Definitions.--In subparagraph (B)(vi):
``(i) Relevant geographic combatant
commands.--The term `relevant
geographic combatant commands' means
the United States Indo-Pacific Command,
United States Central Command, and
United States Africa Command.
``(ii) Western indian ocean.--The
term `Western Indian Ocean' means the
area in the Indian Ocean extending from
the west coast of India to the east
coast of Africa.''.
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67. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bera of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 729. REPORT ON GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY STRATEGY AND THE NATIONAL
BIODEFENSE SECURITY.
(a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which
the Comptroller General of the United States publishes a review
of the National Biodefense Strategy, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report on the implementation of the Global Health Security
Strategy and the National Biodefense Strategy.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall, at a
minimum--
(1) designate the individual and offices responsible
for overseeing the implementation of each strategy
referred to in subsection (a) within the Department of
Defense;
(2) detail actions that the Department is taking to
support implementation of the Global Health Security
Agenda;
(3) detail actions taken to coordinate the efforts of
the Department with the other agencies responsible for
the Global Health Security Strategy and National
Biodefense Strategy; and
(4) with respect to the review of the National
Biodefense Strategy conducted by the Comptroller
General--
(A) detail the recommendations in the review
that the Secretary plans on or is currently
implementing;
(B) specify the official implementing such
recommendations and the actions the official is
taking to implement the recommendations;
(C) specify the recommendations in the review
that the Secretary has determined not to
implement; and
(D) explain the rationale of the Secretary
with respect to not implementing such
recommendations.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate.
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68. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bera of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. STUDY ON BEST PRACTICES FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL LITERACY
EDUCATION FOR VETERANS.
(a) Study Required.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and with respect to members of
the Coast Guard, in coordination with the Secretary of the
Department in which the Coast Guard is operating when it is not
operating as a service in the Navy, shall conduct a study on
the best practices to provide financial literacy education for
separating members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
(b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) an examination, recommendations, and reporting on
best practices for providing financial literacy
education to veterans and separating members of the
Armed Forces;
(2) detailed current financial literacy programs for
separating members of the Armed Forces, and an
examination of linkages between these programs and
those for veterans provided by the Department of
Veterans Affairs; and
(3) steps to improve coordination between the
Department of Defense and Department of Veterans
Affairs for the provision of these services.
(c) Consultation.--In conducting the study required by
subsection (a), the Secretaries shall consult with the
Financial Literacy and Education Commission of the Department
of the Treasury.
(d) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the study
under subsection (a).
(e) Definition.-- In this section:
(1) The term ``financial literacy'' means education
of personal finance including the insurance, credit,
loan, banking, career training and education benefits
available to veterans.
(2) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and the Committees on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
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69. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. __. MITIGATION OF HELICOPTER NOISE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop a
noise inquiry website, to assist in directing mitigation
efforts toward concentrated areas of inquiry, that is based off
of the websites of the Ronald Reagan Washington National
Airport and the Dulles International Airport. Such website
shall--
(1) provide a form to collect inquiry information;
(2) geo-tag the location of the inquiry to an
exportable map;
(3) export information to an Excel spreadsheet; and
(4) send an email response to the individual making
the inquiry.
(b) Definition of National Capital Region.--In this section,
the term ``National Capital Region'' has the meaning given the
term in section 2574 of title 10, United States Code.
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70. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON EXECUTIVE HELICOPTER FLIGHTS IN THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL REGION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that in the ``Report on the
Effects of Military Helicopter Noise on National Capital Region
Communities and Individuals'' submitted by the Department of
the Army to Congress on February 15, 2018, the Department of
the Army stated: ``The DoD possesses helicopters which operate
and train inside the NCR supporting multiple missions to
include continuity of operations, defense support of civil
authorities, executive transport, and other activities as
directed.''.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report on the number of helicopter trips
used for executive transport, including the number of such
helicopters from each branch of the Armed Services, in the
National Capital Region during the period beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act and ending on the day that is 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act
(c) Public Availability of Report.--The Secretary shall make
the report required under subsection (b) publicly available.
(d) Executive Transport Defined.--In this section, the term
``executive transport'' has the meaning given such term in the
``Report on the Effects of Military Helicopter Noise on
National Capital Region Communities and Individuals'' submitted
by the Department of the Army to Congress on February 15, 2018.
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71. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12__. REPORT ON ANNUAL DEFENSE SPENDING BY ALLY AND PARTNER
COUNTRIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report that includes a
description of--
(1) the annual defense spending of each mutual
defense treaty ally and major non-NATO ally, including
the nominal budget figure and the share of such
spending as a percentage of the ally's gross domestic
product, for the fiscal year immediately preceding the
fiscal year in which the report is submitted;
(2) the activities of each such ally in contributing
to military or stability operations in which the Armed
Forces participate;
(3) any limitations that each such ally places on the
use of the Armed Forces of such ally for such military
or stability operations; and
(4) any actions undertaken by the United States or
other countries to minimize or modify such limitations.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Mutual defense treaty ally.--The term ``mutual
defense treaty ally'' means a country that is a party
to a treaty of mutual defense with the United States.
(2) Major non-nato ally.--The term ``major non-NATO
ally'' means a country so designated pursuant to
section 2350a or section 517 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.
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72. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) since 1948, Israel has been one of the United
States' strongest friends and allies;
(2) Israel is a stable, democratic country in a
region often marred by turmoil;
(3) it is essential to the strategic interest of the
United States to continue to offer full security
assistance and related support to Israel; and
(4) such assistance and support is especially vital
as Israel confronts a number of potential challenges at
the present time, including continuing threats from
Iran.
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73. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. IMPROVED FLOOD RISK DISCLOSURE FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.
(a) When Disclosure Required.--Section 2805(a)(1) of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(division B of Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2262; 10 U.S.C.
2802 note) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ``hazard
data'' the following: ``, or will be impacted by
projected current and future mean sea level
fluctuations over the lifetime of the project''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting after
``floodplain'' the following: ``or will be impacted by
projected current and future mean sea level
fluctuations over the lifetime of the project''.
(b) Reporting Requirements.--Section 2805(a)(3) of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(division B of Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2262; 10 U.S.C.
2802 note) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding the subparagraphs, by
inserting after ``floodplain'' the following: ``or are
to be impacted by projected current and future mean sea
level fluctuations over the lifetime of the project'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) A description of how the proposed
project has taken into account projected
current and future mean sea level fluctuations
over the lifetime of the project.''.
(c) Mitigation Plan Assumptions.--Section 2805(a)(4) of the
Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(division B of Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2262; 10 U.S.C.
2802 note) is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding the subparagraphs--
(A) by inserting after ``floodplain'' the
following: ``or that will be impacted by
projected current and future mean sea level
fluctuations over the lifetime of the
project''; and
(B) by striking ``an additional'';
(2) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by inserting ``an additional'' before ``2
feet''; and
(B) by striking ``and'' at the end of the
subparagraph;
(3) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by inserting ``an additional'' before ``3
feet''; and
(B) by striking the period at the end of the
subparagraph and inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) any additional flooding that will
result from projected current and future mean
sea level fluctuations over the lifetime of the
project.''.
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74. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 763, beginning line 21, strike subsection (b) and insert
the following:
(b) Quarterly Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report including the following:
(1) With respect to each ex gratia payment made under
the authority in this subsection or any other authority
during the preceding 90-day period, each of the
following:
(A) The amount used for such payments.
(B) The manner in which claims for such
payments were verified.
(C) The officers or officials authorized to
approve claims for payments.
(D) The manner in which payments are made.
(2) With respect to a preceding 90-day period in
which no ex gratia payments were made--
(A) whether any such payment was refused,
along with the reason for such refusal; or
(B) any other reason for which no such
payments were made.
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75. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA PROGRAM REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the
Department of State shall submit a report, which may contain a
classified annex, to--
(1) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Armed Services
of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a)
shall evaluate the obstacles to effective protection of Afghan
and Iraqi allies through the special immigrant visa programs
and suggestions for improvements in future programs, including
information relating to--
(1) the hiring of locally employed staff and
contractors;
(2) documenting the identity and employment of
locally employed staff and contractors of the United
States Government, including the possibility of
establishing a central database of employees of the
United States Government and its contractors;
(3) the protection and safety of employees of locally
employed staff and contractors;
(4) means of expediting processing at all stages of
the process for applicants, including consideration of
reducing required forms;
(5) appropriate staffing levels for expedited
processing domestically and abroad;
(6) the effect of uncertainty of visa availability on
visa processing;
(7) the cost and availability of medical
examinations; and
(8) means to reduce delays in interagency processing
and security checks.
(c) Consultation.--In preparing the report under subsection
(a), the Inspector General shall consult with current and, to
the extent possible, former employees of--
(1) the Department of State, Bureau of Consular
Affairs, Visa Office;
(2) the Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern
Affairs and South and Central Asian Affairs, Executive
Office;
(3) the United States embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan,
Consular Section;
(4) the United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq,
Consular Section;
(5) the Department of Homeland Security, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services;
(6) the Department of Defense; and
(7) non-governmental organizations providing legal
aid in the special immigrant visa application process.
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76. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. REMOVAL OF BARRIERS THAT DISCOURAGE INVESTMENTS TO INCREASE
RESILIENCY TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
The Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) identify and seek to remove barriers that
discourage investments to increase resiliency to
climate change;
(2) reform policies and programs that unintentionally
increased the vulnerability of systems to related
climate change risks; and
(3) develop, and update at least once every four
years, an adaptation plan that assessed how climate
impacts affected the ability of the department or
agency to accomplish its mission, and the short-and
long- term actions the department or agency can take to
manage climate risks.
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77. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brindisi of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7___. REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS.
(a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and the Committee
on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
House of Representatives a publicly available report on the
Department of Defense's implementation section 1074n of title
10, United States Code. The report shall include the following:
(1) An evaluation of the implementation of such
section across the Armed Forces.
(2) An evaluation of the efficacy of the mental
health assessments under such section in helping to
identify mental health conditions among members of the
Armed Forces in order to prevent suicide.
(3) An evaluation of the tools and processes used to
provide the annual mental health assessments of members
of the Armed Forces conducted pursuant to such section.
(4) An analysis of how lessons learned from the
annual mental health assessments can be used within the
Department of Veterans Affairs to prevent veteran
suicide.
(5) An analysis of potential policy options to
improve the monitoring and reporting required and to
achieve a more robust implementation of such section.
(6) Such other information as the Comptroller General
determines appropriate.
(b) Interim Briefing.--Not later than March 1, 2020, the
Comptroller General shall provide to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives a briefing on the topics to be
covered by the report under subsection (a), including and
preliminary data and any issues or concerns of the Comptroller
General relating to the report.
(c) Access to Relevant Data.--For purposes of this section,
the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Comptroller
General has access to all relevant data.
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78. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Brindisi of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE INNOVATION CENTER.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall establish a Quantum
Information Science Innovation Center to accelerate the
research and development of quantum information sciences by the
Air Force.
(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Quantum Information
Science Innovation Center shall be to--
(1) provide an environment where researchers from the
Air Force, Government, industry, and academia can
collaborate to solve difficult problems using quantum
information technology;
(2) accelerate the research and development of new
computing technologies, including quantum information
sciences; and
(3) stimulate research and development of quantum
information sciences technologies by building upon the
quantum information technology developed at the Air
Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate,
including secure communication networks and advanced
computing technology.
(c) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4201, for research, development, test, and evaluation,
Air Force, applied research, dominant information
sciences and methods, line 014 is hereby increased by
$10,000,000 (to be made available for the establishment
of the Quantum Information Science Innovation Center
under subsection (a)).
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 301 for operation and
maintenance, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4301, for operation and maintenance,
Defense-wide, operating forces, Special Operations
Command Operational Support, line 090 is hereby reduced
by $10,000,000.
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79. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brindisi of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 351, after line 22, insert the following new subsection
(and redesignate the subsequent subsection accordingly):
(c) Elimination of Sunset for Assessments During Deployment
.--Section 1074m(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended by striking
``Until January 1, 2019, once'' and inserting ``Once''.
Page 351, line 24, strike ``this section'' and insert
``subsections (a) and (b)''.
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80. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brown of Maryland or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following:
SEC. 597. HONORARY PROMOTION OF COLONEL CHARLES E. MCGEE TO BRIGADIER
GENERAL IN THE AIR FORCE.
The President is authorized to issue an honorary commission
promoting, to brigadier general in the Air Force, Colonel
Charles E. McGee, United States Air Force (retired), a
distinguished Tuskegee Airman whose honorary promotion has the
recommendation of the Secretary of the Air Force under section
1563 of title 10, United States Code.
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81. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brownley of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS FOR SERVICE
DRESS UNIFORMS.
(a) Review Required.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study of the out-of-pocket costs to
members of the Armed Forces for service dress uniforms.
(b) Elements.--The review under subsection (a) shall address
each of the following:
(1) A description and comparison of the out-of-pocket
cost to members of the Armed Forces for the purchase of
service dress uniforms and service dress uniform items,
broken down by--
(A) gender;
(B) Armed Force;
(C) enlisted; and
(D) officer.
(2) Stipends, in-kind provision of items, or other
assistance provided by each service to personnel to
offset cost of service dress uniforms.
(3) A comparison of the out-of-pocket cost for
purchase and maintenance of service and service dress
uniforms over one, five, 10, and 20-year periods.
(4) A description of service dress uniform changes
directed by any of the Armed Forces over the past 10
years that have affected the out-of-pocket costs to
members of the Armed Forces and the costs associated
with such change, by gender.
(5) Any other information that the Comptroller
General determines appropriate.
(c) Briefing and Report.--
(1) Briefing.--Not later than April 15, 2020, the
Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional
defense committees a briefing on the preliminary
findings of the study required under this section.
(2) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2020, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a final report on the findings of
such study.
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82. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Brownley of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 107, after line 9, insert the following:
(6) An updated description of real property asset
military construction needs at MRTFBs compared to those
reported by the Department of Defense in response to
House Report 114-102, to accompany H.R. 1735, the
National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2016.
(7) An assessment of the Department of Defense Test
and Resource Management Center's ability to support
testing for future warfare needs at MRTFBs, including
those identified in the Department of Defense 2018
National Defense Strategy.
Page 107, line 10, strike ``(6)'' and insert ``(8)''.
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83. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brownley of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1075. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MODULAR AIRBORNE FIRE FIGHTING
SYSTEM; REPORT.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Congress established the Modular Airborne Fire
Fighting System (in this section referred to as
``MAFFS'') after civilian fire fighting tanker fleets
were overwhelmed by the 1970 Laguna Fire that killed
eight individuals and destroyed 382 homes.
(2) Air National Guard C-130 aircraft equipped with
the MAFFS provide emergency capability to supplement
existing commercial tanker support on wildland fires.
(3) A MAFFS II unit can discharge its load of 3,000
gallons of flame retardant in less than five seconds,
covering an area one-quarter of a mile long and 60 feet
wide.
(4) Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units
equipped with MAFFS II have provided critical support
in fire fighting response efforts in recent years,
including the Camp and Woolsey Fires in November 2018.
(5) The National Guard Bureau is currently developing
a replacement system to the current, aging fleet of
MAFFS II systems.
(6) The current MAFFS II system requires significant
maintenance and repair, including deteriorating
compression systems, that could reduce MAFFS capability
in as soon as two years.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) MAFFS provides a necessary capability to support
national, State, and local fire fighting response
efforts;
(2) fire fighting response would be severely affected
if MAFFS II or replacement MAFFS systems were not
available, including reducing the number of sorties and
drops planes can fly during emergencies; and
(3) the Department of Defense should use funding
provided under the National Guard and Reserve Equipment
Account to develop, sustain and maintain continued
MAFFS capability, including IMAFFS systems to replace
the current fleet.
(c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a
report to the congressional defense committees regarding plans
of the Secretary to fund long-term sustainment and operation
and maintenance of MAFFS capabilities, including plans for the
National Guard Bureau to submit program objective memoranda for
funding for lifetime costs to the Department of Defense to be
included in future Department of Defense Budget Requests,
including the feasibility of establishing a dedicated program-
of-record.
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84. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burchett of Tennessee
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 556, line 10, strike ``90 days'' and insert ``30 days''.
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85. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bustos of Illinois or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 530. RECOGNITION AND HONORING OF SERVICE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVED
IN UNITED STATES CADET NURSE CORPS DURING WORLD WAR
II.
(a) Determination of Active Military Service.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall be
deemed to have determined under subparagraph (A) of
section 401(a)(1) of the GI Bill Improvement Act of
1977 (Public Law 95-202; 38 U.S.C. 106 note) that the
service of the organization known as the United States
Cadet Nurse Corps during the period beginning on July
1, 1943, and ending on December 31, 1948, constitutes
active military service.
(2) Issuance of discharge.--Not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall, pursuant to subparagraph (B) of such
section, issue to each member of such organization a
discharge from service of such organization under
honorable conditions where the nature and duration of
the service of such member so warrants.
(b) Benefits.--
(1) Status as a veteran.--Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, an individual who receives
a discharge under subsection (a)(2) for service shall
be honored as a veteran but shall not be entitled by
reason of such service to any benefit under a law
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
(2) Burial benefits.--Service for which an individual
receives a discharge under subsection (a)(2) shall be
considered service in the active military, naval, or
air service (as defined in section 101 of title 38,
United States Code) for purposes of eligibility and
entitlement to benefits under chapters 23 and 24 of
title 38, United States Code, not including section
2410 of that title.
(3) Medals or other commendations.--The Secretary of
Defense may design and produce a service medal or other
commendation to honor individuals who receive a
discharge under subsection (a)(2).
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86. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bustos of Illinois or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
SEC. 550C. TERMINATION OF LEASES OF PREMISES AND MOTOR VEHICLES OF
SERVICEMEMBERS WHO INCUR CATASTROPHIC INJURY OR
ILLNESS OR DIE WHILE IN MILITARY SERVICE.
(a) Catastrophic Injuries and Illnesses.--Subsection (a) of
section 305 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C.
3955), as amended by section 301 of the Veterans Benefits and
Transition Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-407), is further amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Catastrophic injury or illness of lessee.--The
spouse of the lessee on a lease described in subsection
(b) may terminate the lease during the one-year period
beginning on the date on which the lessee incurs a
catastrophic injury or illness (as that term is defined
in section 439(g) of title 37, United States Code), if
the lessee incurs the catastrophic injury or illness
during a period of military service or while performing
full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve
duty, or inactive-duty training (as such terms are
defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United States
Code).''.
(b) Deaths.--Paragraph (3) of such subsection is amended by
striking ``in subsection (b)(1)'' and inserting ``in subsection
(b)''.
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87. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carbajal of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 3121. INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF PLANS AND CAPABILITIES FOR NUCLEAR
VERIFICATION, DETECTION, AND MONITORING OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AND FISSILE MATERIAL.
(a) Plan.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, shall seek to enter into a
contract with the National Academies of Sciences to conduct an
independent review and assessment of a plan for nuclear
detection and verification and monitoring of nuclear weapons
and fissile material.
(b) Elements.--The review under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) Recommendations for a national research
infrastructure for enhanced nuclear verification,
detection, and monitoring, with respect to policy,
operations, and research, development, testing, and
evaluation, including--
(A) an evaluation of current national
research enterprise for such nuclear
verification, detection, and monitoring;
(B) a plan for maximizing a national research
enterprise to prevent the proliferation of
nuclear weapons and fissile material;
(C) integration of roles, responsibilities,
and planning for such verification, detection,
and monitoring within the Federal Government;
and
(D) a mechanism for the Department of Energy
to consult across the intelligence community
when setting the research agenda to ensure that
goals and priorities are aligned.
(2) Recommendations for international engagement for
building cooperation and transparency, including
bilateral and multilateral efforts, to improve
inspections, detection, and monitoring, and to create
incentives for cooperation and transparency.
(3) Recommendations for--
(A) research and development efforts to
improve monitoring, detection, and in-field
inspection and analysis capabilities, including
persistent surveillance, remote monitoring, and
rapid analysis of large data sets, including
open-source data; and
(B) measures to coordinate technical and
operational requirements early in the process.
(4) Recommendations for improved coordination between
departments and agencies of the Federal Government and
the military departments, national laboratories,
commercial industry, and academia.
(5) Recommendations for leveraging commercial
capability, such as remote sensing.
(c) Submission and Briefing.--Not later than 270 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy
shall--
(1) submit to the congressional defense committees a
report containing the review under subsection (a); and
(2) provide to such committees a briefing on such
review.
(d) Form.--The review under subsection (a) and the report
under subsection (c) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
but may include a classified annex, consistent with the
protection of intelligence sources and methods.
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88. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carbajal of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:
SEC. ___. DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR USE OF UNOFFICIAL SOURCES OF
INFORMATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF MEMBERS AND
FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES FOR BENEFITS AND
DECORATIONS WHEN THE SERVICE RECORDS ARE INCOMPLETE
BECAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
(a) Guidelines Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
develop guidelines regarding the use by the Secretaries of the
military departments and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of
unofficial sources of information, including eyewitness
statements, to determine the eligibility of a member or former
member of the Armed Forces for benefits and decorations when
the service records of the member are incomplete because of
damage to the records as a result of the 1973 fire at the
National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, or
any subsequent incident while the records were in the
possession of the Department of Defense.
(b) Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense shall prepare the
guidelines in consultation with the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, with respect to veterans benefits under title 38,
United States Code, whose eligibility determinations depend on
the use of service records maintained by the Department of
Defense.
(c) Time for Completion.--The Secretary of Defense shall
complete development of the guidelines not later than one year
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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89. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carbajal of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 150, after line 5, insert the following:
SEC. 324. OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT.
(a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Defense shall not issue an
offshore wind assessment that proposes wind exclusion areas and
may not object to an offshore energy project filed for review
by the Military Aviation and Installation Assurance
Clearinghouse (in this section referred to as the
``Clearinghouse'') until 180 days after submitting the report
required under (b).
(b) Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments,
shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees
on the process that will be used to by the Clearinghouse to
review proposed offshore lease blocks and proposed offshore
energy projects. At minimum, the report should include the
following elements:
(1) The process and metrics used in evaluating
proposed offshore lease blocks or specific offshore
energy projects for compatibility with, or unacceptable
risk to, military operations and readiness.
(2) The process for coordinating with the Department
of Interior on assessing proposed offshore lease blocks
and military operations and readiness activities that
occur in those proposed lease blocks.
(3) The process for working with the proponent of a
proposed energy development to identify and evaluate
possible mitigations to enable energy developments that
are compatible with military operations and readiness.
(4) Any legislative changes to section 183a of title
10, United States Code, to enable the Clearinghouse to
perform its new role in reviewing proposed offshore
lease blocks and offshore energy projects.
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90. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carson of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle C of title VII the following new
section:
SEC. 7___. STUDY AND REPORT ON MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF
THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED IN SUPPORT OF A
CONTINGENCY OPERATION.
(a) Study.--Each Secretary concerned, with respect to the
military department concerned, shall conduct a study on the
mental health assessments provided to members of the Armed
Forces deployed in connection with a contingency operation.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall include a
discussion and evaluation of the following:
(1) The mental health assessments provided under
section 1074m of title 10, United States Code,
including any written guidance prescribed by the
Secretary of Defense or the Secretaries concerned with
respect to such mental health assessments.
(2) The extent to which waivers for mental health
assessments are granted by the Secretary of Defense
under subsection (a)(2) and (a)(3) of such section (as
amended by this Act), and the most common reasons why
such waivers are granted.
(3) For each mental health assessment specified in
subsection (a)(1) of such section, the effectiveness of
such assessment with respect to the detection and
initiation of treatment, when appropriate, of members
for behavioral health conditions.
(4) With respect to a mental health assessment
provided to members that is determined by the Secretary
concerned under paragraph (3) to have low
effectiveness, the medical evidence supporting such
determination.
(5) The health impacts on members provided mental
health assessments under such section, including the
extent to which such members--
(A) are prescribed medication as a result of
an assessment;
(B) seek post-deployment treatment, other
than treatment required under such section, for
a behavioral health condition; and
(C) commit suicide or engage in other harmful
activities.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report containing the
results of the study conducted under subsection (a).
(d) Secretary Concerned.--In this section, 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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91. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carson of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 351, line 20, strike ``prevent'' and insert
``prohibit''.
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92. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carter of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. USE OF PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
Section 2577(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``$2,000,000'' and inserting ``$10,000,000''.
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93. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carter of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. DISPOSAL OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS.
Section 2577(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) In this section, the term `recyclable materials'
includes any quality recyclable material provided to the
Department by a State or local government entity.''.
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94. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. REPORT ON ENCROACHMENT CHALLENGES ON MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
POSED BY NON-MILITARY AIRCRAFT.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Sustainment shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report describing--
(1) the encroachment challenges and security risks
posed by non-military aircraft overflying military
installations inside the United States, to include
operational impacts, installation and personnel
security, and intelligence concerns, and
(2) practicable strategies and recommendations for
mitigation of any such challenges and risks, to
include--
(A) increased military regulatory authority;
and
(B) distinctions, if any, among government/
first responder, commercial, civil and
recreational aviation.
(b) Exclusion of Drone Aircraft.--In this section, the term
``aircraft'' does not include unmanned aerial vehicles known as
drones, whether used for military or non-military purposes,
except that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
may make reference in the report required by subsection (a) to
the use of such unmanned aerial vehicles if the Secretary
considers reference to such use relevant to the subject of the
report.
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95. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON EXPANSION OF SECURITY COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE TO
PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than March 31, 2020, the Secretary
of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on the
current status of security cooperation and assistance with
Pacific Island countries and the feasibility of expanding such
cooperation and assistance. At a minimum, the report shall
include the following foreign countries:
(1) Papua New Guinea.
(2) Vanuatu.
(3) The Solomon Islands.
(4) Fiji.
(5) The Federated States of Micronesia.
(6) Palau.
(7) Kiribati.
(8) The Marshall Islands.
(9) Nauru.
(10) Tonga.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) should include the following:
(1) An identification of elements of the theater
campaign plan of the geographic combatant command
concerned and the interagency integrated country
strategy that will be advanced by expansion of security
cooperation and assistance programs and activities with
countries identified in subsection (a).
(2) An assessment of each country's capabilities, a
description of each country's capability enhancement
priorities, and a discussion of United States security
cooperation and assistance authorities (to include the
Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Initiative under section
333 of title 10, United States Code, International
Military Education and Training, Foreign Military
Financing, International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement, and the transfer of excess defense
articles) and how such authorities may be utilized to
enhance the priority capabilities of each such country.
(3) A description of absorption capacity and
sustainability issues for each foreign country and a
plan to resolve such issues.
(4) An identification of the estimated annual cost
for such assistance and training for fiscal year 2020
through fiscal year 2025.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related
Programs of the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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96. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Case of Hawaii or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON FOREIGN MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN PACIFIC ISLAND
COUNTRIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence, in coordination with the Director of the Defense
Intelligence Agency and the Director of National Intelligence,
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
specifying and analyzing--
(1) strategic interests of foreign militaries in
Pacific Island countries, known or emerging foreign
partnerships or alliances with non-Pacific Island
countries, and foreign military training, exercises, or
operations in the region, excluding with countries who
are members of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization;
(2) gaps in intelligence collection capabilities and
activities that prevent or may prevent a comprehensive
understanding of current intelligence assessments for
Pacific Island countries; and
(3) plans to overcome any current intelligence
collection deficiencies, including an analysis of both
United States and allied and partner intelligence
collection capabilities and activities.
(b) Pacific Island Country Defined.--In this section, the
term ``Pacific Island country'' includes any of the following
countries: The Republic of Fiji, the Republic Kiribati, the
Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the
Republic of Nauru, the Republic of Palau, the Independent State
of Samoa, the Solomon Islands, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu,
and the Republic of Vanuatu.
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97. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Chu of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON STABILITY OF THE CAUCASUS REGION AND THE
CONTINUATION OF THE NAGORNO KARABAKH CEASE-FIRE.
It is the sense of Congress that United States interests in
the stability of the Caucasus region and the continuation of
the Nagorno Karabakh cease-fire will be advanced by an
agreement among regional stakeholders on--
(1) the non-deployment of snipers, heavy arms, and
new weaponry along the line-of-contact;
(2) the deployment of gun-fire locator systems on the
line-of-contact; and
(3) an increase in the number of Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe observers along the
line-of-contact.
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98. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cicilline of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF INCREASED AUTOMATION OF DEFENSE
INDUSTRIAL BASE ON MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE.
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 effects of the increased automation of the
defense industrial base over the ten-year period beginning on
the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act. Such report shall include, for the period covered by
the report--
(1) an estimate of the number of jobs in the United
States manufacturing workforce expected to be
eliminated due to automation in the defense sector;
(2) an analysis describing any new types of jobs that
are expected to be established as a result of an
increasingly automated process, including an estimate
of the number of these types of jobs that are expected
to be created;
(3) an analysis of the potential threats to the
national security of the United States that are unique
to the automation of the defense industry;
(4) a strategy to assist in providing workforce
training and transition preparation for workers who may
lose manufacturing jobs in the defense industry due to
automation;
(5) a description of any training necessary for
workers affected by automation to more easily
transition to new types of jobs within the defense
manufacturing industry; and
(6) any actions taken, or planned to be taken, by the
Department of Defense to assist in worker transition.
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99. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cicilline of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
SEC. 550C. TO RESOLVE CONTROVERSIES UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF
ACT.
(a) In General.--Section 102 of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 512) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
``(d) Written Consent Required for Arbitration.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever a contract
with a servicemember, or a servicemember and the
servicemember's spouse jointly, provides for the use of
arbitration to resolve a controversy subject to a provision of
this Act and arising out of or relating to such contract,
arbitration may be used to settle such controversy only if,
after such controversy arises, all parties to such controversy
consent in writing to use arbitration to settle such
controversy.''.
(b) Applicability.--Subsection (d) of such section, as added
by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to contracts
entered into, amended, altered, modified, renewed, or extended
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 550D. LIMITATION ON WAIVER OF RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS UNDER
SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.
(a) In General.--Section 107(a) of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 517(a)) is amended--
(1) in the second sentence, by inserting ``and if it
is made after a specific dispute has arisen and the
dispute is identified in the waiver'' after ``to which
it applies''; and
(2) in the third sentence, by inserting ``and if it
is made after a specific dispute has arisen and the
dispute is identified in the waiver'' after ``period of
military service''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to waivers made on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 550E. PRESERVATION OF RIGHT TO BRING CLASS ACTION UNDER
SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.
(a) In General.--Section 802(a) of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. App. 597a(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) be a representative party on behalf of members
of a class or be a member of a class, in accordance
with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,
notwithstanding any previous agreement to the
contrary.''.
(b) Construction.--The amendments made by subsection (a)
shall not be construed to imply that a person aggrieved by a
violation of such Act did not have a right to bring a civil
action as a representative party on behalf of members of a
class or be a member of a class in a civil action before the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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100. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cisneros Jr. of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NAVAL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
INITIATIVES.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201 for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Navy, basic research, University Research
Initiatives, Line 001 (PE 0601103N) is hereby increased by
$5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, operating forces,
Special Operations Command Theater Forces, line 100 is hereby
reduced by $5,000,000.
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101. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Clark of
Massachusetts or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, add the following:
SEC. 1113. DESIGNATING CERTAIN FEHBP AND FEGLI SERVICES PROVIDED BY
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AS EXCEPTED SERVICES UNDER THE
ANTI-DEFICIENCY ACT.
(a) FEHBP.--Section 8905 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Any services by an officer or employee under this
chapter relating to enrolling individuals in a health benefits
plan under this chapter, or changing the enrollment of an
individual already so enrolled, shall be deemed, for purposes
of section 1342 of title 31, services for emergencies involving
the safety of human life or the protection of property.''.
(b) FEGLI.--Section 8702 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Any services by an officer or employee under this
chapter relating to benefits under this chapter shall be
deemed, for purposes of section 1342 of title 31, services for
emergencies involving the safety of human life or the
protection of property.''.
(c) Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of
Personnel Management shall prescribe regulations to
carry out the amendments made by subsections (a) and
(b).
(2) Pay status for furloughed employees.--The
regulations prescribed under paragraph (1) for the
amendments made by subsection (a) shall provide that an
employee furloughed as result of a lapse in
appropriations shall, during such lapse, be deemed to
be in a pay status for purposes of enrolling or
changing the enrollment (as the case may be) of that
employee under chapter 89 of title 5, United States
Code.
(d) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) and
(b) shall apply to any lapse in appropriations beginning on or
after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1114. CONTINUING SUPPLEMENTAL DENTAL AND VISION BENEFITS AND LONG-
TERM CARE INSURANCE COVERAGE DURING A GOVERNMENT
SHUTDOWN.
(a) In General.--Title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in section 8956, by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Coverage under a dental benefits plan under this
chapter for any employee or a covered TRICARE-eligible
individual enrolled in such a plan and who, as a result of a
lapse in appropriations, is furloughed or excepted from
furlough and working without pay shall continue during such
lapse and may not be cancelled as a result of nonpayment of
premiums or other periodic charges due to such lapse.'';
(2) in section 8986, by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Coverage under a vision benefits plan under this
chapter for any employee or a covered TRICARE-eligible
individual enrolled in such a plan and who, as a result of a
lapse in appropriations, is furloughed or excepted from
furlough and working without pay shall continue during such
lapse and may not be cancelled as a result of nonpayment of
premiums or other periodic charges due to such lapse.''; and
(3) in section 9003, by adding at the end the
following:
``(e) Effect of Government Shutdown.--Coverage under a master
contract under this chapter for long-term care insurance for an
employee or member of the uniformed services enrolled under
such contract and who, due to a lapse in appropriations, is
furloughed or excepted from furlough and working without pay
shall continue during such lapse and may not be cancelled as a
result of nonpayment of premiums or other periodic charges due
to such lapse.''.
(b) Regulations.--
(1) In general.--Consistent with paragraph (2), the
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe regulations under which premiums for
supplemental dental, supplemental vision, or long-term
care insurance under chapter 89A, 89B, or 90
(respectively) of title 5, United States Code, (as
amended by subsection (a)) that are unpaid by an
employee, a covered TRICARE-eligible individual, or a
member of the uniformed services (as the case may be),
as a result of that employee, covered TRICARE-eligible
individual, or member being furloughed or excepted from
furlough and working without pay as a result of a lapse
in appropriations, are paid to the applicable carrier
from back pay made available to the employee or member
as soon as practicable upon the end of such lapse.
(2) Long-term care premiums from source other than
backpay.--The regulations promulgated under paragraph
(1) for the amendments made by subsection (a)(3) may
provide, with respect to any individual who elected
under section 9004(d) of title 5, United States Code,
to pay premiums directly to the carrier, that such
individual may continue to pay premiums pursuant to
such election instead of from back pay made available
to such individual.
(c) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to any contract for supplemental dental, supplemental
vision, or long-term care insurance under chapter 89A, 89B, or
90 (respectively) of title 5, United States Code, entered into
before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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102. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Clyburn of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 197, after line 11, insert the following:
SEC. __. JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS THRESHOLD.
Section 2031(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``8th grade'' each place it appears and
inserting ``7th grade''.
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103. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cohen of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 134. REQUIREMENT TO SEEK COMPENSATION FOR FAILURE TO DELIVER NON-
READY-FOR-ISSUE SPARE PARTS FOR THE F-35 AIRCRAFT
PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Defense shall take such action as necessary
to seek compensation from the contractor for costs related to
the failure to deliver non-Ready-For-Issue spare parts for the
F-35 aircraft program as described in described in the report
titled ``Audit of F-35 Ready-For-Issue Spare Parts and
Sustainment Performance Incentive Fees'' (DODIG-2019-094)
issued by the Department of Defense Inspector General on June
13, 2019.
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104. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cohen of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. REPORT ON COST GROWTH OF MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITIONS PROGRAMS.
The Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives a report analyzing
cost growth of major defense acquisition programs (as defined
in section 2430 of title 10, United States Code) during the 15
fiscal years preceding the date of the enactment of this Act.
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105. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, add the following:
SEC. 11__. INTERIM STAY AUTHORITY TO PROTECT WHISTLEBLOWERS.
(a) Temporary Authority for MSPB General Counsel to Issue
Stays of Personnel Actions.--During the period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act and ending on the first date
after such date of enactment that an individual is confirmed by
the Senate as a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board
under section 1201 of title 5, United States Code, the general
counsel of the Board shall carry out the functions and
authorities relating to stays of personnel actions provided to
a member of the Board under subparagraph (A), or to the Board
under subparagraph (B), (C), or (D), of section 1214(b)(1) of
such title.
(b) Authority for MSPB Member to Carry Out Duties of the
Board in the Event of a Lack of Quorum.--Section 1214(b)(1) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after ``The
Board'' the following: ``, or, if the Board lacks the
number of members appointed under section 1201 required
to constitute a quorum, any remaining member of the
Board,''; and
(2) in subparagraph (D), in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ``A stay may be terminated by
the Board at any time, except that a stay may not be
terminated by the Board'' and inserting the following:
``A stay may be terminated by the Board, or, if the
Board lacks the number of members appointed under
section 1201 required to constitute a quorum, any
remaining member of the Board, at any time, except that
a stay may not be terminated by the Board or any
remaining member of the Board (as the case may be)''.
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106. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 179, line 3, insert ``(a) In General.--'' before
``The''.
Page 179, after line 13, insert the following:
(b) Limitation.--Under no circumstances may a military
technician (dual status) employed under the authority of this
section be coerced by a State into accepting an offer of
realignment or conversion to any other military status,
including as a member of the Active, Guard, and Reserve program
of a reserve component. If a military technician (dual status)
declines to participate in such realignment or conversion, no
further action will be taken against the individual or the
individual's position.
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107. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON PARTICIPANTS IN SECURITY COOPERATION TRAINING
PROGRAMS AND RECIPIENTS OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE
TRAINING THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSES OR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the heads of other
appropriate Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on
individuals and units of security forces of foreign countries
that--
(1) have participated in security cooperation
training programs or received security assistance
training authorized under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or title 10, United
States Code; and
(2) at any time during the period beginning on
January 1, 2009, and ending on the date of the
enactment of this Act--
(A) have been subject to United States
sanctions relating to violations of human
rights under any provision of law, including
under--
(i) the Global Magnitsky Human Rights
Accountability Act (22 U.S.C. 2656
note);
(ii) section 620M of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2378d); or
(iii) section 362 of title 10, United
States Code; or
(B) have been subject to United States
sanctions relating to terrorist activities
under authorities provided in--
(i) section 219 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189);
(ii) the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);
(iii) the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.), other than sanctions on the
importation of goods provided for under
such Act; or
(iv) any other provision of law.
(b) Update.--The Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the heads of other appropriate
Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees an annual update of the
report required by subsection (a) on individuals and units of
security forces of foreign countries that--
(1) have participated in security cooperation
training programs or received security assistance
training authorized under the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) or title 10, United
States Code; and
(2) at any time during the preceding year, any of the
provisions of subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection
(a)(2) have applied with respect to such individuals or
units.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Good.--The term ``good'' means any article,
natural or man-made substance, material, supply or
manufactured product, including inspection and test
equipment, and excluding technical data.
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108. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. EUROPEAN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR COUNTERING HYBRID THREATS.
(a) In General.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
by this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide $2,000,000
for the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid
Threats (in this section referred to as the ``Center'') to--
(1) enhance the ability of military forces and
civilian personnel of countries participating in the
Center to engage in joint hybrid warfare exercises or
coalition or international military operations; and
(2) improve interoperability between the armed forces
and the military forces of friendly foreign countries
in the area of hybrid warfare.
(b) Certification.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) certify to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House
of Representatives that the Secretary of Defense has
assigned executive agent responsibilities for the
Center to an appropriate organization within the
Department of Defense; and
(2) detail the steps being undertaken to strengthen
the role of the Center in fostering hybrid warfare
defense capabilities and coordination within NATO and
the European Union.
(c) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for
operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, for
Office of the Secretary of Defense, is hereby increased
by $2,000,000.
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 201 for research,
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4201, for
Advanced Innovative Technology, is hereby reduced by
$2,000,000.
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109. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON BACKLOG OF PERSONNEL SECURITY CLEARANCE
ADJUDICATIONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter for five
years, the Suitability Executive Agent, shall submit to
Congress a report on the backlog of personnel security
clearance adjudications. Such report shall include--
(1) the size of the backlog of personnel security
clearance adjudications, by agency, for the fiscal
quarter preceding the quarter during which the report
is submitted;
(2) the average length of time, for each security
clearance sensitivity level, to carry out an initial
adjudication and an adjudication following a periodic
reinvestigation, by agency;
(3) the number of cases referred to the Consolidated
Adjudication Facility of the Department of Defense;
(4) the number of cases adjudicated by the
Consolidated Adjudication Facility of the Department of
Defense compared to the number of cases deferred to
continuous evaluation or vetting;
(5) the number of adjudicators by agency; and
(6) a backlog mitigation plan, which shall include--
(A) the identification of the cause of, and
recommendations to remedy, the adjudication
backlog at Federal agencies; and
(B) the steps the Suitability Executive
Agency shall take to reduce the adjudication
backlog.
(b) Public Availability.--The report required under
subsection (a) shall be made publicly available.
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110. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cooper of Tennessee
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle H of title X the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. REPORTS ON REDUCING THE BACKLOG IN LEGALLY REQUIRED
HISTORICAL DECLASSIFICATION OBLIGATIONS.
(a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary
of State, and the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
shall each submit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report detailing progress made by the Secretary or the
Director, as the case may be, toward reducing the backlog in
legally required historical declassification obligations.
(b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) A plan to achieve legally mandated historical
declassification requirements and reduce backlogs.
(2) A plan to incorporate new technologies, such as
artificial intelligence, that would increase
productivity and reduce cost in implementing the plan
under paragraph (1).
(3) A detailed assessment of the documents released
in each of the proceeding three years before the date
of the report, broken out by program, such as the 25
and 50 year programs.
(4) A detailed assessment of the documents awaiting
review for release and an estimate of how many
documents will be released in each of the next three
years.
(5) Potential policy, resource, and other options
available to the Secretary or the Director, as the case
may be, to reduce backlogs.
(6) The progress and objectives of the Secretary or
the Director, as the case may be, with respect to the
release of documents for publication in the Foreign
Relations of the United States series or to facilitate
the public accessibility of such documents at the
National Archives or presidential libraries, or both.
(c) Form and Availability.--Each report under subsection (a)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, which shall be made
publicly available, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
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111. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Correa of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12_. ANNUAL REPORT ON CYBER ATTACKS AND INTRUSIONS AGAINST THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BY CERTAIN FOREIGN ENTITIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and each fiscal year thereafter
through fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report on cyber
attacks and intrusions in the previous 12 months by agents or
associates of the Governments of the Russian Federation, the
People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea against or into--
(1) the information systems (as such term is defined
in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code) of--
(A) the Department of Defense; and
(B) any contractor of the Department of
Defense that works on sensitive United States
military technology; and
(2) the personal communications of the personnel of
the Department of Defense.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in classified form.
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112. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Correa of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 133, after line 23, insert the following:
(K) The effectiveness of the Department of
Defense in attracting and retaining students
specializing in STEM from covered institutions
for the Department's programs on emerging
capabilities and technologies.
Page 134, line 1, strike ``(K)'' and insert ``(L)''.
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113. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Courtney of
Connecticut or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1651. REPORT ON NUCLEAR FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND NEAR-PEER
COUNTRIES.
(a) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
nuclear forces of the United States and near-peer countries.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) An assessment of the current and planned nuclear
systems of the United States, including with respect to
research and development timelines, deployment
timelines, and force size.
(2) An assessment of the current and planned nuclear
systems of Russia and China, including with respect to
research and development timelines, deployment
timelines, and force size.
(3) A comparison of the current and projected nuclear
systems specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) through
2040.
(c) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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114. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Courtney of
Connecticut or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 232, line 12, strike ``or the United States Air Force
Academy'' and insert ``, the United States Air Force Academy,
or the United States Coast Guard Academy''.
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115. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Craig of Minnesota or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. FUNDING FOR ARMY COMMUNITY SERVICES.
(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 for
Army base operations support, line 100, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4301, for Army Community
Services is hereby increased by $30,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, for
Army Force Readiness Operations Support, line 070, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby
reduced by $15,000,000.
(c) 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, for
Army Land Forces Operations Support, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4301, line 050, is
hereby reduced by $15,000,000.
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116. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crenshaw of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 197, after line 11, add the following new section:
SEC. ___. INCLUSION OF HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS IN JUNIOR RESERVE
OFFICER'S TRAINING CORPS UNITS.
Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g)(1) Each public secondary educational institution that
maintains a unit under this section shall permit membership in
the unit to homeschooled students residing in the area served
by the institution who are qualified for membership in the unit
(but for lack of enrollment in the institution).
``(2) A student who is a member of a unit pursuant to this
subsection shall count toward the satisfaction by the
institution concerned of the requirement in subsection (b)(1)
relating to the minimum number of student members in the unit
necessary for the continuing maintenance of the unit.''.
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117. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crenshaw of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle I of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 5__. AUTHORIZATION FOR AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO ALWYN CASHE
FOR ACTS OF VALOR DURING OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
(a) Waiver of Time Limitations.--Notwithstanding the time
limitations specified in section 7271 of title 10, United
States Code, or any other time limitation with respect to the
awarding of certain medals to persons who served in the Armed
Forces, the President may award the Medal of Honor under
section 7271 of such title to Alwyn C. Cashe for the acts of
valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom described in subsection
(b).
(b) Acts of Valor Described.--The acts of valor referred to
in subsection (a) are the actions of Alwyn Cashe on October 17,
2005, in Samarra, Iraq, during Operation Iraqi Freedom, when,
as a Sergeant First Class in Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th
Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, with no regard to his
own safety or wellbeing, he repeatedly entered a burning
Bradley Fighting Vehicle after it struck an improvised
explosive device. While receiving small arms fire, he made his
first evacuation of his Soldiers. On his second evacuation of
Soldiers, his own fuel-soaked uniform caught on fire, yet he
returned to the burning Bradley Fighting Vehicle for a third
evacuation. Cashe, injured the worst of all involved, with
second- and third- degree burns over 72 percent of his body,
still led recovery efforts and refused medical evacuation until
his men were evacuated to safety and treatment. Cashe's actions
saved the lives of six of his Soldiers. Sergeant First Class
Alwyn Cashe succumbed from his wounds on November 8, 2005 at
Brooks Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio,
Texas. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his
heroism.
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118. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crist of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 2805(a), add after the period on page 990, line
12, the following: ``To prepare the amendments required by this
subsection, the Secretary of Defense shall take into account
historical data, current conditions, and sea level rise
projections. The Secretary may consult with the heads of other
Federal departments and agencies with expertise regarding
military installation resilience, energy resilience, energy and
climate resiliency, and cyber resilience.''.
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119. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cuellar of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title XII, add the
following new section:
SEC. 12__. WESTERN HEMISPHERE RESOURCE ASSESSMENT.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the
Administrator of United States Agency for International Aid,
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an
accounting of and an assessment of the sufficiency of resources
available to the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM),
United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM), Department of State,
and United States Agency for International Aid (USAID), to
carry out their respective missions in the Western hemisphere.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The assessment described in
subsection (a) shall include each of the following:
(1) An accounting and description of the funds
available to SOUTHCOM, NORTHCOM, the Department of
State, and USAID.
(2) A list of bilateral and multilateral military
training and exercises with allies and partner
countries in the Western Hemisphere.
(3) A description of the security force activities of
the United States in the Western Hemisphere.
(4) A description of the activities of the
Departments of State and Defense in addressing security
challenges in the Western Hemisphere.
(5) Cyber domain activities of the United States and
those actions in concert with allied and partner
countries in the Western Hemisphere.
(6) A description of the funding for all
international military education and training programs.
(7) An overview of all foreign military sales and
foreign military financing programs with partner
countries in the Western Hemisphere.
(8) A list of investments, programs, or partnerships
in the Western Hemisphere by China, Iran, Russia, or
other adversarial groups or countries that threaten the
national security of the United States.
(9) Recommendations for actions the Department of
Defense, the Department of State, and USAID could take
to advance United States national security interests in
the Western Hemisphere.
(c) Form; Entity.--
(1) Form.--The accounting and assessment required by
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form
but may include a classified annex.
(2) Entity.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide
for the assessment required by subsection (a) to be
performed by an independent, non-governmental institute
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, and exempt from tax under section 501(a)
of such Code, that has recognized credentials and
expertise in national security and military affairs.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate.
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120. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cummings of Maryland
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, add the following:
Subtitle B--Limiting Use of Criminal History in Federal Hiring and
Contracting
SECTION 1121. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Fair Chance to Compete
for Jobs Act of 2019'' or the ``Fair Chance Act''.
SEC. 1122. PROHIBITION ON CRIMINAL HISTORY INQUIRIES PRIOR TO
CONDITIONAL OFFER FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT.
(a) In General.--Subpart H of part III of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``CHAPTER 92--PROHIBITION ON CRIMINAL HISTORY INQUIRIES PRIOR TO
CONDITIONAL OFFER
``Sec.
``9201. Definitions.
``9202. Limitations on requests for criminal history record information.
``9203. Agency policies; complaint procedures.
``9204. Adverse action.
``9205. Procedures.
``9206. Rules of construction.
``Sec. 9201. Definitions
``In this chapter--
``(1) the term `agency' means `Executive agency' as
such term is defined in section 105 and includes--
``(A) the United States Postal Service and
the Postal Regulatory Commission; and
``(B) the Executive Office of the President;
``(2) the term `appointing authority' means an
employee in the executive branch of the Government of
the United States that has authority to make
appointments to positions in the civil service;
``(3) the term `conditional offer' means an offer of
employment in a position in the civil service that is
conditioned upon the results of a criminal history
inquiry;
``(4) the term `criminal history record
information'--
``(A) except as provided in subparagraphs (B)
and (C), has the meaning given the term in
section 9101(a);
``(B) includes any information described in
the first sentence of section 9101(a)(2) that
has been sealed or expunged pursuant to law;
and
``(C) includes information collected by a
criminal justice agency, relating to an act or
alleged act of juvenile delinquency, that is
analogous to criminal history record
information (including such information that
has been sealed or expunged pursuant to law);
and
``(5) the term `suspension' has the meaning given the
term in section 7501.
``Sec. 9202. Limitations on requests for criminal history record
information
``(a) Inquiries Prior to Conditional Offer.--Except as
provided in subsections (b) and (c), an employee of an agency
may not request, in oral or written form (including through the
Declaration for Federal Employment (Office of Personnel
Management Optional Form 306) or any similar successor form,
the USAJOBS internet website, or any other electronic means)
that an applicant for an appointment to a position in the civil
service disclose criminal history record information regarding
the applicant before the appointing authority extends a
conditional offer to the applicant.
``(b) Otherwise Required by Law.--The prohibition under
subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an applicant for
a position in the civil service if consideration of criminal
history record information prior to a conditional offer with
respect to the position is otherwise required by law.
``(c) Exception for Certain Positions.--
``(1) In general.--The prohibition under subsection
(a) shall not apply with respect to an applicant for an
appointment to a position--
``(A) that requires a determination of
eligibility described in clause (i), (ii), or
(iii) of section 9101(b)(1)(A);
``(B) as a Federal law enforcement officer
(as defined in section 115(c) of title 18); or
``(C) identified by the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management in the
regulations issued under paragraph (2).
``(2) Regulations.--
``(A) Issuance.--The Director of the Office
of Personnel Management shall issue regulations
identifying additional positions with respect
to which the prohibition under subsection (a)
shall not apply, giving due consideration to
positions that involve interaction with minors,
access to sensitive information, or managing
financial transactions.
``(B) Compliance with civil rights laws.--The
regulations issued under subparagraph (A)
shall--
``(i) be consistent with, and in no
way supersede, restrict, or limit the
application of title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et
seq.) or other relevant Federal civil
rights laws; and
``(ii) ensure that all hiring
activities conducted pursuant to the
regulations are conducted in a manner
consistent with relevant Federal civil
rights laws.
``Sec. 9203. Agency policies; complaint procedures
``The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall--
``(1) develop, implement, and publish a policy to
assist employees of agencies in complying with section
9202 and the regulations issued pursuant to such
section; and
``(2) establish and publish procedures under which an
applicant for an appointment to a position in the civil
service may submit a complaint, or any other
information, relating to compliance by an employee of
an agency with section 9202.
``Sec. 9204. Adverse action
``(a) First Violation.--If the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management determines, after notice and an
opportunity for a hearing on the record, that an employee of an
agency has violated section 9202, the Director shall--
``(1) issue to the employee a written warning that
includes a description of the violation and the
additional penalties that may apply for subsequent
violations; and
``(2) file such warning in the employee's official
personnel record file.
``(b) Subsequent Violations.--If the Director of the Office
of Personnel Management determines, after notice and an
opportunity for a hearing on the record, that an employee that
was subject to subsection (a) has committed a subsequent
violation of section 9202, the Director may take the following
action:
``(1) For a second violation, suspension of the
employee for a period of not more than 7 days.
``(2) For a third violation, suspension of the
employee for a period of more than 7 days.
``(3) For a fourth violation--
``(A) suspension of the employee for a period
of more than 7 days; and
``(B) a civil penalty against the employee in
an amount that is not more than $250.
``(4) For a fifth violation--
``(A) suspension of the employee for a period
of more than 7 days; and
``(B) a civil penalty against the employee in
an amount that is not more than $500.
``(5) For any subsequent violation--
``(A) suspension of the employee for a period
of more than 7 days; and
``(B) a civil penalty against the employee in
an amount that is not more than $1,000.
``Sec. 9205. Procedures
``(a) Appeals.--The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall by rule establish procedures providing for an
appeal from any adverse action taken under section 9204 by not
later than 30 days after the date of the action.
``(b) Applicability of Other Laws.--An adverse action taken
under section 9204 (including a determination in an appeal from
such an action under subsection (a) of this section) shall not
be subject to--
``(1) the procedures under chapter 75; or
``(2) except as provided in subsection (a) of this
section, appeal or judicial review.
``Sec. 9206. Rules of construction
``Nothing in this chapter may be construed to--
``(1) authorize any officer or employee of an agency
to request the disclosure of information described
under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 9201(4); or
``(2) create a private right of action for any
person.''.
(b) Regulations; Effective Date.--
(1) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the
date of enactment of this subtitle, the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management shall issue such
regulations as are necessary to carry out chapter 92 of
title 5, United States Code (as added by this
subtitle).
(2) Effective date.--Section 9202 of title 5, United
States Code (as added by this subtitle), shall take
effect on the date that is 2 years after the date of
enactment of this subtitle.
(c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
chapters for part III of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 91 the
following:
``92. Prohibition on criminal history inquiries prior to
conditional offer..................................9201''.
(d) Application to Legislative Branch.--
(1) In general.--The Congressional Accountability Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 102(a) (2 U.S.C. 1302(a)), by
adding at the end the following:
``(12) Section 9202 of title 5, United States
Code.'';
(B) by redesignating section 207 (2 U.S.C.
1317) as section 208; and
(C) by inserting after section 206 (2 U.S.C.
1316) the following new section:
``SEC. 207. RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY
INQUIRIES.
``(a) Definitions.--In this section, the terms `agency',
`criminal history record information', and `suspension' have
the meanings given the terms in section 9201 of title 5, United
States Code, except as otherwise modified by this section.
``(b) Restrictions on Criminal History Inquiries.--
``(1) In general.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), an employee of an employing
office may not request that an applicant for
employment as a covered employee disclose
criminal history record information if the
request would be prohibited under section 9202
of title 5, United States Code, if made by an
employee of an agency.
``(B) Conditional offer.--For purposes of
applying that section 9202 under subparagraph
(A), a reference in that section 9202 to a
conditional offer shall be considered to be an
offer of employment as a covered employee that
is conditioned upon the results of a criminal
history inquiry.
``(2) Rules of construction.--The provisions of
section 9206 of title 5, United States Code, shall
apply to employing offices, consistent with regulations
issued under subsection (d).
``(c) Remedy.--
``(1) In general.--The remedy for a violation of
subsection (b)(1) shall be such remedy as would be
appropriate if awarded under section 9204 of title 5,
United States Code, if the violation had been committed
by an employee of an agency, consistent with
regulations issued under subsection (d), except that
the reference in that section to a suspension shall be
considered to be a suspension with the level of
compensation provided for a covered employee who is
taking unpaid leave under section 202.
``(2) Process for obtaining relief.--An applicant for
employment as a covered employee who alleges a
violation of subsection (b)(1) may rely on the
provisions of title IV (other than section 407 or 408,
or a provision of this title that permits a person to
obtain a civil action or judicial review), consistent
with regulations issued under subsection (d).
``(d) Regulations To Implement Section.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of enactment of the Fair Chance to Compete for
Jobs Act of 2019, the Board shall, pursuant to section
304, issue regulations to implement this section.
``(2) Parallel with agency regulations.--The
regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall be the
same as substantive regulations issued by the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management under section
2(b)(1) of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of
2019 to implement the statutory provisions referred to
in subsections (a) through (c) except to the extent
that the Board may determine, for good cause shown and
stated together with the regulation, that a
modification of such regulations would be more
effective for the implementation of the rights and
protections under this section.
``(e) Effective Date.--Section 102(a)(12) and subsections (a)
through (c) shall take effect on the date on which section 9202
of title 5, United States Code, applies with respect to
agencies.''.
(2) Clerical amendments.--
(A) The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995
(Public Law 104-1; 109 Stat. 3) is amended--
(i) by redesignating the item
relating to section 207 as the item
relating to section 208; and
(ii) by inserting after the item
relating to section 206 the following
new item:
``Sec. 207. Rights and protections relating to criminal history
inquiries.''.
(B) Section 62(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``or 207''
and inserting ``207, or 208''.
(e) Application to Judicial Branch.--
(1) In general.--Section 604 of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(i) Restrictions on Criminal History Inquiries.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
``(A) the terms `agency' and `criminal
history record information' have the meanings
given those terms in section 9201 of title 5;
``(B) the term `covered employee' means an
employee of the judicial branch of the United
States Government, other than--
``(i) any judge or justice who is
entitled to hold office during good
behavior;
``(ii) a United States magistrate
judge; or
``(iii) a bankruptcy judge; and
``(C) the term `employing office' means any
office or entity of the judicial branch of the
United States Government that employs covered
employees.
``(2) Restriction.--A covered employee may not
request that an applicant for employment as a covered
employee disclose criminal history record information
if the request would be prohibited under section 9202
of title 5 if made by an employee of an agency.
``(3) Employing office policies; complaint
procedure.--The provisions of sections 9203 and 9206 of
title 5 shall apply to employing offices and to
applicants for employment as covered employees,
consistent with regulations issued by the Director to
implement this subsection.
``(4) Adverse action.--
``(A) Adverse action.--The Director may take
such adverse action with respect to a covered
employee who violates paragraph (2) as would be
appropriate under section 9204 of title 5 if
the violation had been committed by an employee
of an agency.
``(B) Appeals.--The Director shall by rule
establish procedures providing for an appeal
from any adverse action taken under
subparagraph (A) by not later than 30 days
after the date of the action.
``(C) Applicability of other laws.--Except as
provided in subparagraph (B), an adverse action
taken under subparagraph (A) (including a
determination in an appeal from such an action
under subparagraph (B)) shall not be subject to
appeal or judicial review.
``(5) Regulations to be issued.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than 18 months
after the date of enactment of the Fair Chance
to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019, the Director
shall issue regulations to implement this
subsection.
``(B) Parallel with agency regulations.--The
regulations issued under subparagraph (A) shall
be the same as substantive regulations
promulgated by the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management under section 2(b)(1) of
the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019
except to the extent that the Director of the
Administrative Office of the United States
Courts may determine, for good cause shown and
stated together with the regulation, that a
modification of such regulations would be more
effective for the implementation of the rights
and protections under this subsection.
``(6) Effective date.--Paragraphs (1) through (4)
shall take effect on the date on which section 9202 of
title 5 applies with respect to agencies.''.
SEC. 1123. PROHIBITION ON CRIMINAL HISTORY INQUIRIES BY CONTRACTORS
PRIOR TO CONDITIONAL OFFER.
(a) Civilian Agency Contracts.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 47 of title 41, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:
``Sec. 4714. Prohibition on criminal history inquiries by contractors
prior to conditional offer
``(a) Limitation on Criminal History Inquiries.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs
(2) and (3), an executive agency--
``(A) may not require that an individual or
sole proprietor who submits a bid for a
contract to disclose criminal history record
information regarding that individual or sole
proprietor before determining the apparent
awardee; and
``(B) shall require, as a condition of
receiving a Federal contract and receiving
payments under such contract that the
contractor may not verbally, or through written
form, request the disclosure of criminal
history record information regarding an
applicant for a position related to work under
such contract before the contractor extends a
conditional offer to the applicant.
``(2) Otherwise required by law.--The prohibition
under paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to a
contract if consideration of criminal history record
information prior to a conditional offer with respect
to the position is otherwise required by law.
``(3) Exception for certain positions.--
``(A) In general.--The prohibition under
paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to--
``(i) a contract that requires an
individual hired under the contract to
access classified information or to
have sensitive law enforcement or
national security duties; or
``(ii) a position that the
Administrator of General Services
identifies under the regulations issued
under subparagraph (B).
``(B) Regulations.--
``(i) Issuance.--Not later than 16
months after the date of enactment of
the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act
of 2019, the Administrator of General
Services, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, shall issue
regulations identifying additional
positions with respect to which the
prohibition under paragraph (1) shall
not apply, giving due consideration to
positions that involve interaction with
minors, access to sensitive
information, or managing financial
transactions.
``(ii) Compliance with civil rights
laws.--The regulations issued under
clause (i) shall--
``(I) be consistent with, and
in no way supersede, restrict,
or limit the application of
title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et
seq.) or other relevant Federal
civil rights laws; and
``(II) ensure that all hiring
activities conducted pursuant
to the regulations are
conducted in a manner
consistent with relevant
Federal civil rights laws.
``(b) Complaint Procedures.--The Administrator of General
Services shall establish and publish procedures under which an
applicant for a position with a Federal contractor may submit
to the Administrator a complaint, or any other information,
relating to compliance by the contractor with subsection
(a)(1)(B).
``(c) Action for Violations of Prohibition on Criminal
History Inquiries.--
``(1) First violation.--If the head of an executive
agency determines that a contractor has violated
subsection (a)(1)(B), such head shall--
``(A) notify the contractor;
``(B) provide 30 days after such notification
for the contractor to appeal the determination;
and
``(C) issue a written warning to the
contractor that includes a description of the
violation and the additional remedies that may
apply for subsequent violations.
``(2) Subsequent violation.--If the head of an
executive agency determines that a contractor that was
subject to paragraph (1) has committed a subsequent
violation of subsection (a)(1)(B), such head shall
notify the contractor, shall provide 30 days after such
notification for the contractor to appeal the
determination, and, in consultation with the relevant
Federal agencies, may take actions, depending on the
severity of the infraction and the contractor's history
of violations, including--
``(A) providing written guidance to the
contractor that the contractor's eligibility
for contracts requires compliance with this
section;
``(B) requiring that the contractor respond
within 30 days affirming that the contractor is
taking steps to comply with this section; and
``(C) suspending payment under the contract
for which the applicant was being considered
until the contractor demonstrates compliance
with this section.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Conditional offer.--The term `conditional
offer' means an offer of employment for a position
related to work under a contract that is conditioned
upon the results of a criminal history inquiry.
``(2) Criminal history record information.--The term
`criminal history record information' has the meaning
given that term in section 9201 of title 5.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 47 of title 41, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new item:
``4714. Prohibition on criminal history inquiries by contractors prior
to conditional offer.''.
(3) Effective date.--Section 4714 of title 41, United
States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply
with respect to contracts awarded pursuant to
solicitations issued after the effective date described
in section 1122(b)(2) of this subtitle.
(b) Defense Contracts.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 137 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2338
the following new section:
``Sec. 2339. Prohibition on criminal history inquiries by contractors
prior to conditional offer
``(a) Limitation on Criminal History Inquiries.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs
(2) and (3), the head of an agency--
``(A) may not require that an individual or
sole proprietor who submits a bid for a
contract to disclose criminal history record
information regarding that individual or sole
proprietor before determining the apparent
awardee; and
``(B) shall require as a condition of
receiving a Federal contract and receiving
payments under such contract that the
contractor may not verbally or through written
form request the disclosure of criminal history
record information regarding an applicant for a
position related to work under such contract
before such contractor extends a conditional
offer to the applicant.
``(2) Otherwise required by law.--The prohibition
under paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to a
contract if consideration of criminal history record
information prior to a conditional offer with respect
to the position is otherwise required by law.
``(3) Exception for certain positions.--
``(A) In general.--The prohibition under
paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to--
``(i) a contract that requires an
individual hired under the contract to
access classified information or to
have sensitive law enforcement or
national security duties; or
``(ii) a position that the Secretary
of Defense identifies under the
regulations issued under subparagraph
(B).
``(B) Regulations.--
``(i) Issuance.--Not later than 16
months after the date of enactment of
the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act
of 2019, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Administrator of
General Services, shall issue
regulations identifying additional
positions with respect to which the
prohibition under paragraph (1) shall
not apply, giving due consideration to
positions that involve interaction with
minors, access to sensitive
information, or managing financial
transactions.
``(ii) Compliance with civil rights
laws.--The regulations issued under
clause (i) shall--
``(I) be consistent with, and
in no way supersede, restrict,
or limit the application of
title VII of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et
seq.) or other relevant Federal
civil rights laws; and
``(II) ensure that all hiring
activities conducted pursuant
to the regulations are
conducted in a manner
consistent with relevant
Federal civil rights laws.
``(b) Complaint Procedures.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish and publish procedures under which an applicant for a
position with a Department of Defense contractor may submit a
complaint, or any other information, relating to compliance by
the contractor with subsection (a)(1)(B).
``(c) Action for Violations of Prohibition on Criminal
History Inquiries.--
``(1) First violation.--If the Secretary of Defense
determines that a contractor has violated subsection
(a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall--
``(A) notify the contractor;
``(B) provide 30 days after such notification
for the contractor to appeal the determination;
and
``(C) issue a written warning to the
contractor that includes a description of the
violation and the additional remedies that may
apply for subsequent violations.
``(2) Subsequent violations.--If the Secretary of
Defense determines that a contractor that was subject
to paragraph (1) has committed a subsequent violation
of subsection (a)(1)(B), the Secretary shall notify the
contractor, shall provide 30 days after such
notification for the contractor to appeal the
determination, and, in consultation with the relevant
Federal agencies, may take actions, depending on the
severity of the infraction and the contractor's history
of violations, including--
``(A) providing written guidance to the
contractor that the contractor's eligibility
for contracts requires compliance with this
section;
``(B) requiring that the contractor respond
within 30 days affirming that the contractor is
taking steps to comply with this section; and
``(C) suspending payment under the contract
for which the applicant was being considered
until the contractor demonstrates compliance
with this section.
``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Conditional offer.--The term `conditional
offer' means an offer of employment for a position
related to work under a contract that is conditioned
upon the results of a criminal history inquiry.
``(2) Criminal history record information.--The term
`criminal history record information' has the meaning
given that term in section 9201 of title 5.''.
(2) Effective date.--Section 2339(a) of title 10,
United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall
apply with respect to contracts awarded pursuant to
solicitations issued after the effective date described
in section 1122(b)(2) of this subtitle.
(3) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 2338
the following new item:
``2339. Prohibition on criminal history inquiries by contractors prior
to conditional offer.''.
(c) Revisions to Federal Acquisition Regulation.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of enactment of this subtitle, the Federal
Acquisition Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal
Acquisition Regulation to implement section 4714 of
title 41, United States Code, and section 2339 of title
10, United States Code, as added by this section.
(2) Consistency with office of personnel management
regulations.--The Federal Acquisition Regulatory
Council shall revise the Federal Acquisition Regulation
under paragraph (1) to be consistent with the
regulations issued by the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management under [section 1122(b)(1)] to the
maximum extent practicable. The Council shall include
together with such revision an explanation of any
substantive modification of the Office of Personnel
Management regulations, including an explanation of how
such modification will more effectively implement the
rights and protections under this section.
SEC. 1124. REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS FORMERLY INCARCERATED IN
FEDERAL PRISONS.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered
individual''--
(1) means an individual who has completed a term of
imprisonment in a Federal prison for a Federal criminal
offense; and
(2) does not include an alien who is or will be
removed from the United States for a violation of the
immigration laws (as such term is defined in section
101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101)).
(b) Study and Report Required.--The Director of the Bureau of
Justice Statistics, in coordination with the Director of the
Bureau of the Census, shall--
(1) not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this subtitle, design and initiate a study
on the employment of covered individuals after their
release from Federal prison, including by collecting--
(A) demographic data on covered individuals,
including race, age, and sex; and
(B) data on employment and earnings of
covered individuals who are denied employment,
including the reasons for the denials; and
(2) not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this subtitle, and every 5 years
thereafter, submit a report that does not include any
personally identifiable information on the study
conducted under paragraph (1) to--
(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate;
(C) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of
the House of Representatives; and
(D) the Committee on Education and Labor of
the House of Representatives.
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121. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cummings of Maryland
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. ASSESSMENT OF RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND GENDER DISPARITIES IN THE
MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry
out the activities described in subsection (b) to improve the
ability of the Department of Defense to detect and address
racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in the military justice
system.
(b) Activities Described.--The activities described in this
subsection are the following:
(1) For each court-martial carried out by an Armed
Force after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall require the head of the
Armed Force concerned--
(A) to record the race, ethnicity, and gender
of the victim and the accused, and such other
demographic information about the victim and
the accused as the Secretary considers
appropriate;
(B) to include data based on the information
described in subparagraph (A) in the annual
military justice reports of the Armed Force.
(2) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with
the Secretaries of the military departments and the
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall issue guidance
that--
(A) establishes criteria to determine when
data indicating possible racial, ethnic, or
gender disparities in the military justice
process should be further reviewed; and
(B) describes how such a review should be
conducted.
(3) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with
the Secretaries of the military departments and the
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall--
(A) conduct an evaluation to identify the
causes of any racial, ethnic, or gender
disparities in the military justice system
(B) take steps to address the causes of such
disparities, as appropriate.
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122. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cunningham of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 580A EXPANSION OF THE MY CAREER ADVANCEMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM FOR
MILITARY SPOUSES.
(a) Coast Guard.--The spouse of a member of the Coast Guard
may participate in the My Career Advancement Account program of
the Department of Defense.
(b) All Enlisted Grades.--The spouse of an enlisted member of
the Armed Forces may participate in the My Career Advancement
Account program of the Department of Defense.
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123. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cunningham of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8__. PREFERENCE FOR OFFERORS EMPLOYING VETERANS.
(a) In General.--Chapter 137 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2339b. Preference for offerors employing veterans
``(a) Preference.--In awarding a contract for the procurement
of goods or services for the Department of Defense, the head of
an agency may establish a preference for offerors that employ
veterans on a full-time basis. The Secretary of Defense shall
determine the criteria for use of such preference.
``(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to supercede any other provision of law establishing
a preference for small business concerns owned and controlled
by veterans or small business concerns owned and controlled by
service-disabled veterans (as defined in section 3(q) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q))).
``(c) Congressional Notification.--Prior to establishing the
preference described in subsection (a), the Secretary of
Defense shall provide a briefing to the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives on--
``(1) a plan for implementing such preference,
including--
``(A) penalties for an offeror that willfully
and intentionally misrepresents the veteran
status of the employees of the offeror in a bid
submitted under subsection (a); and
``(B) reporting on use of such preference;
and
``(2) the process for assessing and verifying offeror
compliance with regulations relating to equal
opportunity for veterans requirements.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the
item relating to section 2339a the following new item:
``2339b. Preference for offerors employing veterans.''.
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124. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cunningham of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. REPORT ON PLANS TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT AT MARINE
CORPS AIR STATIONS.
(a) Report Required.--No later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
plans of the Secretary to support and maintain aircraft
assigned to Marine Corps air stations that are transitioning
from the F-18 Hornet aircraft to the F-35 Lightning aircraft.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) the number and composition of squadrons assigned
to each air station;
(2) the support and maintenance workforce, including
uniformed military, civilian, and contract personnel;
and
(3) the construction of aircraft and support
facilities associated with the beddown of F-35 aircraft
at each air station.
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125. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dean of Pennsylvania
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. FUNDING FOR CDC ATSDR PFAS HEALTH STUDY INCREMENT.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 1405 for the Defense Health Program, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4501,
for the CDC ATSDR PFAS health study increment is hereby
increased by $5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operation and Maintenance,
Admin and Service-wide Activities, line 460, Office of the
Secretary of Defense, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4301, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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126. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dean of Pennsylvania
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Amend section 318 to read as follows:
SEC. 318. REPLACEMENT OF FLUORINATED AQUEOUS FILM-FORMING FOAM WITH
FLUORINE-FREE FIRE-FIGHTING AGENT.
(a) Use of Fluorine-Free Foam at Military Installations.--Not
later than January 31, 2023, the Secretary of the Navy shall
publish a military specification for a fluorine-free fire-
fighting agent for use at all military installations to ensure
such agent is available for use by not later than December 31,
2024.
(b) Prohibition on Use.--Fluorinated aqueous film-forming
foam may not be used at any military installation on or after
September 30, 2025, or before such date, if possible.
(c) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
Secretary of Defense may grant a waiver to the
prohibition under subsection (b) with respect to the
use of fluorinated aqueous film-forming foam at a
specific military installation if the Secretary submits
to the congressional defense committees, by not later
than 30 days prior to issuing the waiver--
(A) notice of the waiver; and
(B) certification, in writing, that the
waiver is necessary for the protection of life
and safety.
(2) Basis for waiver.--Any certification submitted
under paragraph (1)(B) shall document the basis for the
waiver and, at a minimum, shall include the following:
(A) A detailed description of the threat
justifying the waiver and a description of the
imminence, urgency, and severity of such
threat.
(B) An analysis of potential populations
impacted by continued use of fluorinated
aqueous film forming foam and why the waiver
outweighs the impact to such populations.
(C) An analysis of potential economic
effects, including with respect to agriculture,
livestock, and water systems of continued use
of fluorinated aqueous film forming foam and
why the waiver outweighs such effects.
(3) Limitation.--A waiver under this subsection shall
apply for a period that does not exceed one year. The
Secretary may extend any such waiver once for an
additional period that does not exceed one year.
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127. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Delgado of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1075. REPORT ON POLICIES RELATING TO SMALL FARMS.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Defense Logistics Agency and the Defense
Commissary Agency shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the programs, policies, and practices of
the Defense Logistics Agency and Defense Commissary Agency,
respectively, relating to small farms, farms owned by new and
beginning farmers, and farmers who are veterans or minorities,
including a description of opportunities and barriers to
expanding the use of such programs, policies, or practices.
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128. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Delgado of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:
SEC. __. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRY RESEARCH
CENTERS.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Army, basic research for university and industry
research centers, line 004 (PE 0601104A) is hereby increased by
$5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for operation and maintenance, Air Force, operational systems
development, AF integrated personnel and pay system (AF-IPPS),
line 158 (PE 0605018F) is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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129. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeSaulnier of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. STUDY REGARDING RECOUPMENT OF SEPARATION PAY, SPECIAL
SEPARATION BENEFITS, AND VOLUNTARY SEPARATION
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
AND VETERANS WHO RECEIVE DISABILITY COMPENSATION
UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) Study.--The Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs
shall conduct a joint study to determine, with regards to
members of the Armed Forces and veterans whose separation pay,
special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive
payments either Secretary recoups because such members and
veterans subsequently receive disability compensation under
laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs--
(1) how many such members and veterans are affected
by such recoupment; and
(2) the aggregated amount of additional money such
members and veterans would receive but for such
recoupment.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than September 30, 2020, the
Secretaries shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services
and Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives a report regarding the results of the study
under subsection (a).
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130. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeSaulnier of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE PORT CHICAGO 50.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the American people should recognize the role of
racial bias in the prosecution and convictions of the
Port Chicago 50 following the deadliest home front
disaster in World War II;
(2) the military records of each of the Port Chicago
50 should reflect such exoneration of any and all
charges brought against them in the aftermath of the
explosion; and
(3) the Secretary of the Navy should upgrade the
general and summary discharges of each of the Port
Chicago 50 sailors to honorable discharges.
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131. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dingell of Michigan
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 150, after line 5, insert the following new section:
SEC. 324. PROHIBITION ON PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND POLYFLUOROALKYL
SUBSTANCES IN MEALS READY-TO-EAT FOOD PACKAGING.
(a) Prohibition.--Not later than October 1, 2020, the
Director of the Defense Logistics Agency shall ensure that any
food contact substances that are used to assemble and package
meals ready-to-eat (MREs) procured by the Defense Logistics
Agency do not contain any perfluoroalkyl substances or
polyfluoroalkyl substances.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Perfluoroalkyl substance.--The term
``perfluoroalkyl substance'' means a man-made chemical
of which all of the carbon atoms are fully fluorinated
carbon atoms.
(2) Polyfluoroalkyl substance.--The term
``polyfluoroalkyl substance'' means a man-made chemical
containing a mix of fully fluorinated carbon atoms,
partially fluorinated carbon atoms, and nonfluorinated
carbon atoms.
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132. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Doggett of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 927, line 10, strike ``Russia'' and insert ``Russia,
Iran''.
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133. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Duffy of Wisconsin or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. EXPANSION AND RENAMING OF THE TROOPS-TO-TEACHERS PROGRAM.
(a) Troops-to-Support-Education Program.--Section 1154 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking: ``employment
as teachers: Troops-to-Teachers Program'' and inserting
``employment in schools: Troops-to-Support-Education
Program'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``Troops-
to-Teachers'' and inserting ``Troops-to-
Support-Education'';
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8)
as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively;
(C) by inserting after paragraph (6) the
following new paragraphs:
``(7) Qualifying position.--
``(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the term `qualifying position' means any full-
time position in an eligible school, including
a position as:
``(i) a teacher, including an
elementary school teacher, a secondary
school teacher, or a career or
technical education teacher;
``(ii) a school resource officer;
``(iii) a school leader;
``(iv) specialized instructional
support personnel;
``(v) a paraprofessional; or
``(vi) other staff.
``(B) Such term does not include a position
that is--
``(i) performed primarily at a
location outside the grounds of an
eligible school; or
``(ii) held by an individual who is
employed by a contractor.
``(8) School resource officer.--The term `school
resource officer' has the meaning given that term in
section 1709(4) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389(4)).''; and
(D) by amending paragraph (10), as so
redesignated, to read as follows:
``(10) Additional terms.--The terms `elementary
school', `local educational agency', `other staff',
`paraprofessional', `school leader', `secondary
school', `specialized instructional support personnel',
and `State' have the meanings given those terms in
section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).'';
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``Troops-to-Teachers'' and inserting
``Troops-to-Support-Education''; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``become a
teacher'' and inserting ``obtain a qualifying
position'';
(C) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(i) in clause (i), by striking ``or''
at the end;
(ii) in cluase (ii), by striking
``and'' at the end and inserting
``or''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the
following new clause:
``(iii) experiencing a
shortage of personnel to fill
qualifying positions; and'';
(4) in subsection (d)(3)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as
subparagraph (E); and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the
following new subparagraph:
``(D) If a member of the armed forces is applying for
the Program to receive assistance for placement in a
qualifying position other than a position as a teacher
described in subparagraph (B) or subparagraph (C), the
Secretary shall require the member to obtain the
professional credentials that are required by the State
for the position involved.'';
(5) in subsection (e)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)--
(i) in clause (i), by striking
``become a teacher'' and inserting
``obtain a qualifying position''; and
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``as
an elementary school teacher'' and all
that follows through the period at the
end and inserting ``in a qualifying
position for not less than three school
years in an eligible school to begin
the school year after the member
obtains the professional credentials
required for the position involved'';
(B) in paragraph (2)(E), by striking ``as a
teacher in an eligible elementary school or
secondary school or as a career or technical
teacher'' and inserting ``in a qualifying
position''; and
(C) in paragraph (3)--
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
``educational level, certification, or
licensing'' and inserting ``educational
level, certification, licensing, or
other professional credentials'';
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(i), by
striking ``as an elementary school
teacher, secondary school teacher, or
career or technical teacher'' and
inserting ``in a qualifying position'';
and
(iii) in subparagraph (C)--
(I) in clause (i), by
striking ``5,000'' and
inserting ``7500''; and
(II) in clause (ii), by
striking ``3,000'' and
inserting ``4500'';
(6) in subsection (f)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking ``become a teacher''
and inserting ``obtain a qualifying
position''; and
(ii) by striking ``as an elementary
school teacher, secondary school
teacher, or career or technical
teacher'' and insert ``in a qualifying
position''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``,
employment as an elementary school teacher,
secondary school teacher, or career or
technical teacher'' and inserting ``employment
in a qualifying position'';
(7) in subsection (h)(2)(A) by striking ``as
elementary school teachers, secondary school teachers,
and career or technical teachers'' and inserting ``in
qualifying positions'';
(8) in subsection (i), by striking ``$15,000,000''
and inserting ``$20,000,000''; and
(9) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(j) Public-private Partnership.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into one
or more partnerships with nonprofit entities, including
veterans service organizations, to assist with the
placement of participants in eligible schools in
accordance with this section.
``(2) Nonprofit entity defined.--In this subsection,
the term `nonprofit entity' means an entity qualifying
as an exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment and References.--
(1) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 58 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 1154 and
inserting the following new item:
``1154. Assistance to eligible members and former members to obtain
employment in schools: Troops-to-Support-Education Program.''.
(2) References.--Any reference in Federal law (other
than this Act), regulations, guidance, instructions, or
other documents of the Federal Government to the
Troops-to-Teachers Program shall be deemed to be a
reference to the Troops-to-Support-Education Program.
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134. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dunn of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with head of the Joint Artificial Intelligence
Center, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the artificial intelligence strategy of
the Department of Defense.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) Analysis of the increasing use of artificial
intelligence technology by the Department of Defense
and the effects of such technology on the Department.
(2) Identification of the data necessary for the
Secretary to properly conduct the analysis under
paragraph (1), including identification of any gaps in
the availability of such data.
(3) The plan of the Secretary to protect systems that
use artificial intelligence from bad actors and any
attempts by individuals to misrepresent or alter
information used or provided by artificial
intelligence.
(4) Analysis of the expected benefits of artificial
intelligence for the operation of the Armed Forces over
the period of 20 years following the year in which the
report is submitted.
(5) Analysis of the potential of artificial
intelligence to improve multi-domain operations across
the Armed Forces.
(6) Identification of any ethical guidelines
applicable to the use of artificial intelligence by the
Department.
(7) The plan of the Secretary to ensure collaboration
among the Department, industry, academia, and national
laboratories on matters relating to the research,
development, test, and evaluation, contracting,
acquisition, and onboarding of artificial intelligence
technology.
(c) Collaboration.--In preparing the report under subsection
(a), the Secretary of Defense may collaborate, through a series
of meetings, roundtables, or by other means, with--
(1) a broad range of industrial stakeholders in the
technology, manufacturing, and service sectors,
including large and small companies, think tanks, and
industry organizations; and
(2) the heads of any other Federal agencies the
Secretary determines to be appropriate.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
of the House of Representatives;
(3) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate;
(4) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
the House of Representatives; and
(5) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate.
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135. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the of subtitle D of title XII the following:
SEC. 1239. REPORT ON RUSSIAN MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN THE AFRICOM AOR.
(a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on military
assistance provided by the Russian Federation or any private
military corporations headquartered or registered in Russia to
countries in the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Area of
Responsibility (AOR).
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of all known bilateral agreements
between Russia and African governments negotiated since
2014, including military and technical cooperation,
arms sales, and mineral exploration.
(2) An analysis of any direct or indirect military
support Russia or private military corporations based
in Russia are providing to non-state armed groups in
Africa, including a description of the types of
support.
(3) A description of arms sales within the previous
calendar year by the Russian defense sector to African
countries, and an analysis of whether any of such arms
sales constitute significant transactions within the
meaning of section 231 of the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C.
9525).
(4) An analysis of the extent to which such arms
sales may be in violation of United Nations Security
Council-imposed arms embargoes in Africa, including
with regard to South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of
Congo, and the Central African Republic.
(5) An analysis of Russian disinformation and
propaganda operations in African countries, and the
extent to which such operations pose a risk to United
States interests in Africa.
(6) A plan to counteract destabilizing Russian
activities in Africa.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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136. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle G of title XII the following:
SEC. 1268. STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE EFFORTS OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY TO
PREVENT, MITIGATE, AND RESPOND TO CIVILIAN HARM.
(a) Strategy.--
(1) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall
transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that contains a plan for assisting the Nigerian
military to improve its efforts to prevent, mitigate,
and respond to civilian harm arising from its military
presence and operations.
(2) Updates.-- Not later than one year after the
transmission of the report required under paragraph (1)
and annually thereafter, the President shall provide to
the appropriate congressional committees an update on
progress made with respect to the plan contained in
such report.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a)(1) shall include the following:
(1) Any steps being taken by the United States
Government to ensure that the Nigerian Air Force is
able to prevent and minimize civilian harm in the
operation of 12 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft and
associated weapons acquired from the United States,
including training planned or provided on air-to-ground
integration measures specifically intended to minimize
civilian harm.
(2) Whether the training described in paragraph (1)
is provided by United States Government or contract
personnel.
(3) An assessment of the effectiveness of such
training or other assistance in preventing civilian
casualties from ground and air operations.
(4) An assessment of efforts by the Government of
Nigeria to improve civilian protection, accountability
for human rights violations, and transparency in the
defense institutions and security sector force,
including the status of any national protection of
civilians policies, and a description of the key United
States diplomatic and military efforts available to
promote progress relating to such matters.
(5) Any other matters the President considers
appropriate.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a)(1) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
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137. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. PLAN TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY OF ADMINISTRATION OF AUTHORITIES
RELATING TO VETTING OF UNITS OF SECURITY FORCES OF
FOREIGN COUNTRIES; MODIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT,
MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF SECURITY COOPERATION
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and
Secretary of State shall jointly develop, implement, and submit
to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives a plan to provide
consistency in administration of section 362 of title 10,
United States Code, and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d).
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The plan required by subsection
(a) shall contain the following:
(1) Common standards and procedures which shall be
used by the Department of Defense and Department of
State to obtain and verify information regarding the
vetting of units of the security forces of foreign
countries for gross violation of human rights under the
authorities described in subsection (a), including--
(A) public guidelines for external sources to
report information; and
(B) methods and criteria employed by the
Department of Defense and Department of State
to determine whether sources, source reporting,
and allegations are credible.
(2) Measures to ensure the Department of Defense has
read-only access to the International Vetting and
Security Tracking (INVEST) system, and any successor or
equivalent system.
(3) Measures to ensure the authorities described in
subsection (a) are applied to any foreign forces,
irregular forces, groups, and individuals that receive
support from the United States military.
(c) Form.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Integration of Human Rights and Civilian Protection Into
Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Security Cooperation
Programs and Activities.--
(1) Reports required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees an
interim report and a final report on the steps the
Secretary will take to incorporate partner units'
activities, as such activities relate to human rights
and protection of civilians, into the program elements
described in section 383(b)(1) of title 10, United
States Code.
(2) Deadlines.--
(A) Interim report.--The interim report
required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted
to the appropriate congressional committees not
later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall include a
summary of the progress of the Secretary in
implementing the steps described in such
paragraph.
(B) Final report.--The final report required
under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the
appropriate congressional committees not later
than one year after the date of enactment of
this Act and shall specifically identify the
actions the Secretary took to implement the
steps described in paragraph (1).
(3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In
this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional
committees'' means the following:
(A) The Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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138. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Escobar of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 668, line 24, through page 669, line 2, strike paragraph
(1) and insert the following:
(1) the proposed site for the housing--
(A) will not be used to house any
unaccompanied alien children for longer than
the deadlines set forth in paragraph (12) of
the Flores settlement agreement, and complies
with the other requirements of such paragraph
(12); or
(B) if the proposed site will be used to
house any unaccompanied alien children for
longer than such deadlines, the proposed site
meets the standards for ``licensed programs''
as defined in the Flores settlement agreement,
including by being licensed by an appropriate
State agency to provide residential, group, or
foster care services for dependent children;
and
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139. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Escobar of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. INCLUSION OF OPERATIONAL ENERGY PROJECTS FOR USES OF ENERGY
COST SAVINGS.
Section 2912(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ``operational energy projects,'' after
``including''.
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140. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Escobar of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. CLIMATE-CONSCIOUS BUDGETING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall include in
the annual budget submission of the President under section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code--
(1) a dedicated budget line item for adaptation to,
and mitigation of, climate-related risks to military
networks, systems, installations, facilities, and other
assets and capabilities of the Department of Defense;
and
(2) an estimate of the anticipated adverse impacts to
the readiness of the Department and the financial costs
to the Department during the year covered by the budget
of the loss of, or damage to, military networks,
systems, installations, facilities, and other assets
and capabilities of the Department, including loss of
or obstructed access to training ranges, as a result of
climate change.
(b) Disaggregation of Impacts and Costs.--The estimate under
subsection (a)(2) shall set forth the adverse readiness impacts
and financial costs under that subsection by military
department, Defense Agency, and other component or element of
the Department.
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141. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Finkenauer of Iowa or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 882. ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS PARTICIPATING IN THE
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM AND THE
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM.
(a) Definition of Senior Procurement Executive.--Section 9(e)
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(e)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (12)(B), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (13)(B), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(13) the term `senior procurement executive' means
an official designated under section 1702(c) of title
41, United States Code, as the senior procurement
executive of a Federal agency participating in a SBIR
or STTR program.''.
(b) Inclusion of Senior Procurement Executives in SBIR and
STTR.--
(1) In general.--Section 9(b) of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'' at
the end;
(B) in paragraph (9), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(10) to coordinate, where appropriate, with the
senior procurement executive of the relevant Federal
agency to assist small business concerns participating
in a SBIR or STTR program with commercializing research
developed under such a program before such small
business concern is awarded a contract from such
Federal agency.''.
(2) Technical amendment.--Section 9(b)(3) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(b)(3)) is amended by
striking ``and'' at the end.
(c) Modifications Relating to Procurement Center
Representatives and Other Acquisition Personnel.--
(1) SBIR amendment.--Section 9(j) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(j)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) Modifications relating to procurement center
representatives.--Upon the enactment of this paragraph,
the Administrator shall modify the policy directives
issued pursuant to this subsection to require
procurement center representatives (as described in
section 15(l)) to assist small business concerns
participating in the SBIR program with researching
solicitations for the award of a Federal contract
(particularly with the Federal agency that has a
funding agreement with the concern) and to provide
technical assistance to such concerns to submit a bid
for an award of a Federal contract. The procurement
center representatives shall coordinate with the
appropriate senior procurement executive and the
appropriate Director of the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization established pursuant
to section 15(k) for the agency letting the
contract.''.
(2) STTR amendment.--Section 9(p)(2) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(p)(2)) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking
``and'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(G) procedures to ensure that procurement
center representatives (as described in section
15(l))--
``(i) assist small business concerns
participating in the STTR program with
researching applicable solicitations
for the award of a Federal contract
(particularly with the Federal agency
that has a funding agreement with the
concern);
``(ii) provide technical assistance
to such concerns to submit a bid for an
award of a Federal contract; and
``(iii) coordinate with the
appropriate senior procurement
executive and the appropriate Director
of the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization
established pursuant to section 15(k)
for the Federal agency letting the
contract in providing the assistance
described in clause (i).''.
(d) Amendment to Duties of Procurement Center
Representatives.--Section 15(l)(2) of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 644(l)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (J) as subparagraph
(L); and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following
new subparagraphs:
``(J) assist small business concerns
participating in a SBIR or STTR program under
section 9 with researching applicable
solicitations for the award of a Federal
contract to market the research developed by
such concern under such SBIR or STTR program;
``(K) provide technical assistance to small
business concerns participating in a SBIR or
STTR program under section 9 to submit a bid
for an award of a Federal contract, including
coordination with the appropriate senior
procurement executive and the appropriate
Director of the Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization established
pursuant to subsection (k) for the agency
letting the contract; and''.
(e) Amendment to the Duties of the Director of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization for Federal Agencies.--
Section 15(k) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(k)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (19), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (20), by striking the period at the
end and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(21) shall assist small business concerns
participating in a SBIR or STTR program under section 9
with researching applicable solicitations for the award
of a Federal contract (particularly with the Federal
agency that has a funding agreement, as defined under
section 9, with the concern) to market the research
developed by such concern under such SBIR or STTR
program; and
``(22) shall provide technical assistance to small
business concerns participating in a SBIR or STTR
program under section 9 to submit a bid for an award of
a Federal contract, including coordination with
procurement center representatives and the appropriate
senior procurement executive for the agency letting the
contract.''.
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142. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzpatrick of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 175, after line 22, insert the following new section:
SEC. 359. COMPLETION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DIRECTIVE 2310.07E
REGARDING MISSING PERSONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall make the
completion of Department of Defense Directive 2310.07E a top
priority in order to improve the efficiency of locating missing
persons.
(b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``missing person''
has the meaning given such term in section 1513 of title 10,
United States Code.
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143. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzpatrick of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle H of title X the following new
section:
SEC. ___. REVIEW OF FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AND ANALYSIS OF
FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS APPROPRIATION.
With respect to a contract for goods and services paid for
with foreign currency, the Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller), in coordination with each Secretary of a
military department, shall conduct a review of the exchange
rate for such foreign currency used when making a disbursement
pursuant to such a contract to determine whether cost-savings
opportunities exist by more consistently selecting cost-
effective rates. Such review shall include an analysis of
realized and projected losses to determine the necessary
balance of the appropriation ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations,
Defense''. The Secretary of Defense may use the results of such
analysis to determine the amount of any transfers to the
appropriation ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Defense''.
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144. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzpatrick of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 560B. 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 2020
using an amount not less than the sum of any amounts
appropriated for tuition assistance for members of that Armed
Force for fiscal year 2020.
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145. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzpatrick of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED COORDINATION
OF STUDIES AND ANALYSIS RESEARCH OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense
shall continue to work to create a Department of Defense-wide
process under which the heads of the military departments and
Defense Agencies responsible for managing requests for studies
and analysis research coordinate annual research requests and
ongoing research efforts to optimize both the benefits to the
Department and the efficiency of the research.
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146. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fitzpatrick of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION.
(a) Designation of Responsible Entity.--As part of the
efforts the Department of Defense with respect to GPS military
code (commonly known as ``M-code'') receiver card acquisition
planning, the Secretary of Defense shall designate an entity
within the Department to have principal responsibility for--
(1) systematically collecting integration test data,
lessons learned, and design solutions relating to M-
code receiver cards;
(2) making such data, lessons learned, and design
solutions available to all programs expected to
integrate M-code receiver cards.
(b) Additional Measures.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretary of Defense shall--
(1) take such actions as are necessary to reduce
duplication and fragmentation in the implementation of
M-code receiver card modernization across the
Department;
(2) clarify the role of the Chief Information Officer
in leading the M-code receiver card modernization
effort; and
(3) ensure that the Department's Positioning,
Navigation, and Timing Enterprise Oversight Council
will collect integration test data, designs solutions,
and lessons learned, and confirm that such additional
steps are taking place.
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147. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fortenberry of
Nebraska or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, insert the following:
SEC. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON SUPPORTING THE RETURN AND REPATRIATION
OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES IN IRAQ TO THEIR
ANCESTRAL HOMELANDS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) the Nineveh Plain and the wider region have been
the ancestral homeland of Assyrian Chaldean Syriac
Christians, Yazidis, Shabak, and other religious and
ethnic minorities, where they lived for centuries until
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) overran and
occupied the area in 2014;
(2) in 2016, then-Secretary of State John Kerry
announced, ``In my judgment Daesh is responsible for
genocide against groups in areas under its control,
including Yezidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims. Daesh
is genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology, and by
actions--in what it says, what it believes, and what it
does. Daesh is also responsible for crimes against
humanity and ethnic cleansing directed at these same
groups and in some cases also against Sunni Muslims,
Kurds, and other minorities.'';
(3) these atrocities were undertaken with the
specific intent to bring about the eradication and
displacement of Christians, Yazidis, and other
communities and the destruction of their cultural
heritage, in violation of the United Nations Convention
on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of
Genocide signed by the United States on December 11,
1948;
(4) in 2016, the House of Representatives passed H.
Con. Res. 75 expressing the sense of the House of
Representatives that the atrocities perpetrated by ISIS
against religious and ethnic minorities in Iraq and
Syria include war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
genocide;
(5) through joint efforts of the United States and 79
allies and partners, ISIS has been territorially
defeated in Iraq and Syria;
(6) in July 2018, under the direction of Vice
President Pence, the Genocide Recovery and Persecution
Response Program partnered with the Department of
State, the United States Agency for International
Development, and local faith and community leaders to
rapidly and directly deliver aid to persecuted
communities, beginning with Iraq;
(7) Christians in Iraq once numbered over 1.5 million
in 2003 and have dwindled to less than 200,000 today;
(8) armed militia groups linked to Iran, operating
systematically in Sinjar and the Nineveh Plains, have
harassed and intimidated religious and ethnic
minorities thereby destabilizing northern Iraq and
preventing local and indigenous minorities to return to
their homelands;
(9) Iraqi religious minorities have faced challenges
in integrating into the Iraqi Security Forces and
Kurdish Peshmerga;
(10) over 500 acres of productive agricultural lands
in eastern Ninevah Governate have been burned in cases
of arson in May 2019 alone, destroying significant
wheat and barley cultivation areas;
(11) these agricultural resources are critical to
northern Iraq's livelihood, especially that of minority
populations, and continued crop arson prevents safe and
prosperous return of minority populations as well as
complicates stabilization efforts; and
(12) facilitating the success of communities in
Sinjar and the Nineveh Plains requires a commitment
from international, Iraqi, Kurdish, and local
authorities, in partnership with local faith leaders,
to promote the safety and security of all people,
especially religious and ethnic minorities.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) it should remain a policy priority of the United
States, working with international partners, the
Government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government,
and local populations, to support the safe return of
displaced indigenous people of the Nineveh Plain and
Sinjar to their ancestral homeland;
(2) it should be a policy priority of the Government
of Iraq, the Kurdish Regional Government, the United
States, and the international community to guarantee
the restoration of fundamental human rights, including
property rights, to genocide victims, and to see that
ethnic and religious pluralism survives in Iraq;
(3) Iraqi Security Forces and the Kurdish Peshmerga
should work to more fully integrate all communities,
including religious minority communities, to counter
current and future terrorist threats; and
(4) the United States, working with international
allies and partners, should continue to lead
coordination of efforts to provide for the safe return
and future security of religious minorities in the
Nineveh Plain and Sinjar.
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148. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foster of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. MODIFICATIONS TO REQUIRED TESTING BY MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY
OF GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ELEMENT OF
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM.
Section 1689 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2631; 10 U.S.C.
2431 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ``, when possible,''; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``,
including the use of threat-representative
countermeasures'' before the period;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (8);
(3) by striking subsection (d);
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection
(d); and
(5) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by
striking the last sentence.
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149. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foster of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 65, line 3, strike ``90 days'' and insert ``180 days''.
Page 65, line 6, before the period at the end, insert the
following: ``and receives approval for such termination from
the committees''.
Page 65, line 10, insert ``to multiple Federal agencies''
before ``known''.
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150. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foster of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON IMPACTS OF MISSILE DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
AND DEPLOYMENT.
(a) Study.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to
enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences
to conduct a study on the impacts of the development and
deployment of long-range missile defenses of the United States
on the security of the United States as a whole.
(b) Matters Included.--The study under subsection (a) shall--
(1) consider whether security benefits obtained by
the deployment of long-range missile defenses of the
United States are undermined or counterbalanced by
adverse reactions of potential adversaries, including
both rogue states and near-peer adversaries; and
(2) consider the effectiveness of the long-range
missile defense efforts of the United States to deter
the development of ballistic missiles, in particular by
both rogue states and near-peer adversaries.
(c) Submission.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees the study under subsection
(a), without change.
(d) Form.--The study shall be submitted under subsection (c)
in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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151. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foxx of North
Carolina or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EUROPEAN INVESTMENTS IN NATIONAL SECURITY.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is
central to United States-European defense matters; and
(2) military cooperation and coordination in Europe
among NATO member countries should complement NATO
efforts and not detract from NATO military system
interoperability and burden sharing among NATO allies.
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152. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Frankel of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 904, after line 10, insert the following section:
SEC. 1614. INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WOMEN AND
VIOLENT EXTREMISM.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the head of
any element of the intelligence community the Director
determines appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees an intelligence assessment on the
relationship between women and violent extremism and terrorism,
including an assessment of--
(1) the historical trends and current state of
women's varied roles in all aspects of violent
extremism and terrorism, including as recruiters,
sympathizers, perpetrators, and combatants, as well as
peace-builders and preventers;
(2) how women's roles in all aspects of violent
extremism and terrorism are likely to change in the
near- and medium-term;
(3) the extent to which the unequal status of women
affects the ability of armed combatants and terrorist
groups to enlist or conscript women as combatants and
perpetrators of violence;
(4) how terrorist groups violate the rights of women
and girls, including child, early, and forced marriage,
abduction, sexual violence, and human trafficking, and
the extent to which such violations contribute to the
spread of conflict and terrorist activities; and
(5) opportunities to address the security risk posed
by female extremists and leverage the roles of women in
counterterrorism efforts.
(b) Classification.--The assessment required under subsection
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Select Committee on Intelligence, the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on
Armed Services, of the Senate; and
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on
Armed Services, of the House of Representatives.
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153. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gaetz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. REPORT AND STRATEGY ON TERMINATED FOREIGN CONTRACTS.
(a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report on contracts performed in foreign countries
for which the contract was terminated for convenience because
of actions taken by the government of, or an entity located in,
the foreign country that impeded the ability of the contractor
to perform the contract. Such report shall include, for each
contract so terminated--
(1) the specific contract type;
(2) the good or service that is the subject of the
contract;
(3) the contracting entity within the Department of
Defense;
(4) the annual and total value of the contract;
(5) the foreign countries involved in implementing
the contract;
(6) an identification of the government of, or entity
located in, the foreign country that impeded the
ability of the contractor to perform the contract;
(7) the rationale, if any, for impeding the ability
of the contractor to perform the contract, and an
analysis of whether the rationale contradicted and
requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation;
(8) the increased costs incurred by the Department of
Defense because of the termination; and
(9) any additional information, as determined by the
Secretary.
(b) Strategy.--The Secretary of Defense, in collaboration
with the Secretary of State, shall develop a strategy and
accompanying guidelines for contractors and other Federal
Government employees involved in the performance of Department
of Defense contracts in foreign countries to ensure such
contracts are not subject to interference, contract meddling,
or favoritism by government of, or an entity located in, the
foreign country. Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report on the strategy and accompanying guidelines.
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154. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gaetz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 597. RECOMMENDING THAT THE PRESIDENT GRANT LIEUTENANT COLONEL
RICHARD COLE, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (RET.), AN
HONORARY AND POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION TO THE GRADE OF
COLONEL.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Richard E. Cole (in this section referred to as
``Cole'') graduated from Steele High School in Dayton,
Ohio, and completed two years at Ohio University before
enlisting in the Army Air Corps in November, 1940.
(2) Cole completed pilot training and was
commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in July, 1941.
(3) On April 18, 1942, the United States conducted
air raids on Tokyo led by Lieutenant Colonel James
``Jimmy'' Doolittle, which later became known as ``the
Doolittle Raid''.
(4) Cole flew in the Doolittle Raid as Lieutenant
Colonel Doolittle's co-pilot in aircraft number 1.
(5) For their outstanding heroism, valor, skill, and
service to the United States, the Doolittle Raiders,
including Cole, were awarded the Congressional Gold
Medal in 2014.
(b) Recommendation of Honorary Promotion for Richard E.
Cole.--Pursuant to section 1563 of title 10, United States
Code, Congress recommends that the President grant Lieutenant
Colonel Richard E. Cole, United States Air Force (retired), an
honorary and posthumous promotion to the grade of colonel.
(c) Additional Benefits Not to Accrue.--The advancement of
Richard E. Cole on the retired list of the Air Force under
subsection (b) shall not affect the retired pay or other
benefits from the United States to which Richard E. Cole would
have been entitled based upon his military service, or affect
any benefits to which any other person may become entitled
based on such military service.
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155. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of
Wisconsin or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON ZTE COMPLIANCE WITH SUPERSEDING SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
AND SUPERSEDING ORDER.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
President shall submit to Congress a report on the compliance
of Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation (ZTE
Corporation) and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. (ZTE
Kangxun) (collectively, ``ZTE'') with the Superseding
Settlement Agreement and Superseding Order reached with the
Department of Commerce on June 8, 2018.
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form and publicly accessible, but may
include a classified annex.
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156. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of
Wisconsin or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INNOVATION CAPITAL.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Defense-wide, for Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Prototyping is hereby increased by $75,000,000 (to be used in
support of national security innovation capital).
(b) Offset.--Not withstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Defense-wide, advanced component development and
prototypes, advanced innovative technologies, line 096 (PE
0604250D8Z) is hereby reduced by $75,000,000.
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157. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of
Wisconsin or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1262. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL OF HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD. FROM
ENTITY LIST OF BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY.
The Secretary of Commerce may not remove Huawei Technologies
Co. Ltd. (in this section referred to as ``Huawei'') from the
entity list maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security
and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to part 744 of title 15, Code
of Federal Regulations, until the Secretary certifies to
Congress that--
(1) neither Huawei nor any senior officers of Huawei
have engaged in actions in violation of sanctions
imposed by the United States or the United Nations in
the 5-year period preceding the certification;
(2) Huawei has not engaged in theft of United States
intellectual property in that 5-year period;
(3) Huawei does not pose an ongoing threat to United
States telecommunications systems or critical
infrastructure; and
(4) Huawei does not pose a threat to critical
infrastructure of allies of the United States.
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158. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallego of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 520. REPORT ON NATIONAL GUARD AND UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND
CAPACITY TO MEET HOMELAND DEFENSE AND SECURITY
INCIDENTS.
Not later than September 30, 2020, the Chief of the National
Guard Bureau shall, in consultation with the Commander of
United States Northern Command, submit to the congressional
defense committees a report setting forth the following:
(1) A clarification of the roles and missions,
structure, capabilities, and training of the National
Guard and the United States Northern Command, and an
identification of emerging gaps and shortfalls in light
of current homeland security threats to our country.
(2) A list of the resources that each State and
Territory National Guard has at its disposal that are
available to respond to a homeland defense or security
incident, with particular focus on a multi-State
electromagnetic pulse event.
(3) The readiness and resourcing status of forces
listed pursuant to paragraph (2).
(4) The current strengths and areas of improvement in
working with State and Federal interagency partners.
(5) The current assessments that address National
Guard readiness and resourcing of regular United States
Northern Command forces postured to respond to homeland
defense and security incidents.
(6) A roadmap to 2040 that addresses readiness across
the spectrum of long-range emerging threats facing the
United States.
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159. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallego of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 852 and insert the following:
SEC. 852. ASSURED SECURITY AGAINST INTRUSION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY
NETWORKS.
(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in this section, the
Secretary of Defense shall only award contracts for the
procurement of telecommunications equipment and services for
national security installations in territories of the United
States located in the Pacific Ocean to allowed contractors.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to contracts
for the procurement of telecommunications equipment and
services that--
(1) do not process or carry any information about the
operations of the Armed Forces of the United States or
otherwise concern the national security of the United
States; or
(2) cannot route or redirect user data traffic or
permit visibility into any user data or packets that
such services or facilities transmit or otherwise
handle.
(c) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the
restriction of subsection (a) upon a written determination that
such a waiver is in the national security interests of the
United States and either--
(1) a contractor that is not an allowed contractor
would not have the ability to track, record, listen, or
otherwise access data or voice communications of the
Department of Defense through the provision of the
telecommunications equipment or services; or
(2) a qualified allowed contractor is not available
to perform the contract at a fair and reasonable price.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Allowed contractor.--The term ``allowed
contractor'' means an entity (including any affiliates
or subsidiaries) that is a contractor or subcontractor
(at any tier)--
(A) for which the principal place of business
of such entity is located in the United States
or in a foreign country that is not an
adversary of the United States; and
(B) that does not have significant
connections, including ownership interests in,
or joint ventures with, any entity identified
in paragraph (f)(3) of section 889 of the John
S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132
Stat. 1918; 41 U.S.C. 3901 note).
(2) National security installation.--The term
``national security installation'' means any facility
operated by the Department of Defense.
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160. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 891, after line 14, insert the following:
SEC. 1609. DEMONSTRATION OF BACKUP AND COMPLEMENTARY POSITIONING,
NAVIGATION, AND TIMING CAPABILITIES OF GLOBAL
POSITIONING SYSTEM.
Effective on June 1, 2019, section 1606 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-
91; 131 Stat. 1725) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``the date that
is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act'' and inserting ``December 31, 2020''; and
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ``18 months after
the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting
``December 31, 2020''.
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161. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XXXV, insert the following:
SEC. 35__. MILITARY TO MARINER PROGRAM.
(a) Credentialing Support.--Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard
operates, in coordination with one another and with the United
States Committee on the Marine Transportation System, and in
consultation with the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory
Committee, shall identify all training and experience within
each of the Armed Forces that may qualify for merchant mariner
credentialing, and submit a list of all identified training and
experience to the United States Coast Guard National Maritime
Center for a determination of whether such training and
experience counts for credentialing purposes.
(b) Review of Applicable Service.--The United States Coast
Guard Commandant shall make a determination of whether training
and experience counts for credentialing purposes, as described
in subsection (a), not later than 6 months after the date on
which the United States Coast Guard National Maritime Center
receives a submission under subsection (a) identifying a
training or experience and requesting such a determination.
(c) Fees and Services.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard operates,
with respect to the applicable services in their respective
departments, shall--
(1) take all necessary and appropriate actions to
provide for the waiver of fees through the National
Maritime Center license evaluation, issuance, and
examination for members of the Armed Forces on active
duty, if a waiver is authorized and appropriate, and,
if a waiver is not granted, take all necessary and
appropriate actions to provide for the payment of fees
for members of the Armed Forces on active duty by the
applicable service to the fullest extent permitted by
law;
(2) direct the Armed Forces to take all necessary and
appropriate actions to provide for Transportation
Worker Identification Credential cards for members of
the Armed Forces on active duty pursuing or possessing
a mariner credential, such as implementation of an
equal exchange process for active duty service members
at no or minimal cost;
(3) ensure that members of the Armed Forces who are
to be discharged or released from active duty and who
request certification or verification of sea service be
provided such certification or verification no later
than one month after discharge or release;
(4) ensure the Armed Forces have developed, or
continue to operate, as appropriate, the online
resource known as Credentialing Opportunities On-Line
to support separating members of the Armed Forces who
are seeking information and assistance on merchant
mariner credentialing; and
(5) not later than one year after the date of
enactment of this section, take all necessary and
appropriate actions to review and implement service-
related medical certifications to merchant mariner
credential requirements.
(d) Advancing Military to Mariner Within the Employer
Agencies.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard
operates shall have direct hiring authority to employ
separated members of the Armed Forces with valid
merchant mariner licenses or sea service experience in
support of United States national maritime needs,
including the Army Corps of Engineers.
(2) Appointments of retired members of the armed
forces.--Except in the case of positions in the Senior
Executive Service, the requirements of section 3326(b)
of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply with
respect to the hiring of a separated member of the
Armed Forces under paragraph (1).
(e) Separated Member of the Armed Forces.--In this section,
the term ``separated member of the Armed Forces'' means an
individual who--
(1) is retiring or is retired as a member of the
Armed Forces;
(2) is voluntarily separating or voluntarily
separated from the Armed Forces at the end of
enlistment or service obligation; or
(3) is administratively separating or has
administratively separated from the Armed Forces with
an honorable or general discharge characterization.
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162. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gonzalez-Colon of
Puerto Rico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 662, line 25, after ``commanders'' insert the following:
``and the effects on preparedness to provide support to States
and territories in connection with natural disasters, threats,
and emergencies''.
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163. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gonzalez-Colon of
Puerto Rico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF
VIEQUES AND CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Secretary of Defense should explore all
avenues and alternatives to expedite the ongoing
cleanup and environmental restoration process in the
former military training sites located on the island-
municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico;
(2) the Department of Defense should work with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Fish and
Wildlife Service, and the Government of Puerto Rico to
ensure the decontamination process is conducted in a
manner that causes the least possible intrusion on the
lives of island residents and minimizes public health
risks; and
(3) the Federal Government should collaborate with
local and private stakeholders to effectively address
economic challenges and opportunities in Vieques,
Culebra, and the adjacent communities of the former
United States Naval Station Roosevelt Roads.
(b) GAO Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall complete a study and submit a report to the
congressional defense committees on the status of the Federal
cleanup and decontamination process in the island-
municipalities of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico. The study
shall include a comprehensive analysis of the following:
(1) The pace of ongoing cleanup and environmental
restoration efforts in the former military training
sites in Vieques and Culebra.
(2) Potential challenges and alternatives to
accelerate the completion of such efforts, including
their associated costs and any impact they might have
on the public health and safety of island residents.
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164. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gonzalez-Colon of
Puerto Rico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
COUNTERDRUG ACTIVITIES IN THE TRANSIT ZONE AND
CARIBBEAN BASIN.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) combating transnational criminal organizations
and illicit narcotics trafficking across the transit
zone and the Caribbean basin, particularly in and
around Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin
Islands, is critical to the national security of the
United States;
(2) the Department of Defense should work with the
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of
State, and other relevant Federal, State, local, and
international partners to improve surveillance
capabilities and maximize the effectiveness of
counterdrug operations in the region; and
(3) the Secretary of Defense should, to the greatest
extent possible, ensure United States Northern Command
and United States Southern Command have the necessary
assets to support and increase counter-drug activities
within their respective areas of operations in the
transit zone and the Caribbean basin.
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165. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 408, line 7, strike ``and''.
Page 408, line 10, strike the period at the end and insert
``; and''.
Page 408, after line 10, insert the following new
subparagraph:
(C) ensure that the United States will
eliminate dependency on rare earth materials
from China by fiscal year 2035.
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166. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 686, after line 2, insert the following new subparagraph
(and redesignate succeeding subparagraphs accordingly):
(L) adversary actions that threaten freedom
of navigation on international waterways,
including attacks on foreign ships and crews;
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167. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title XIII the following:
SEC. 13__. COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM ENHANCEMENT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate a report regarding the Cooperative Threat Reduction
Program (established pursuant to the Department of Defense
Cooperate Threat Reduction Act (enacted as subtitle B of title
XIII of the Carl Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (50 U.S.C. 3701
et seq.)), including recommendations to improve the
implementation of such Program.
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168. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 779, line 14, insert ``Hamas, Hizballah, Palestine
Islamic Jihad, al-Shabaab, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps''
after ``al Sham,''.
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169. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gottheimer of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 306, line 2, strike ``or'' at the end.
Page 306, line 3, strike ``and'' at the end and insert
``or''.
Page 306, after line 3, add the following new subparagraph:
(D) anti-Semitism; and
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170. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 603, after line 5, insert the following:
SEC. 898. INDIVIDUAL ACQUISITION FOR COMMERCIAL LEASING SERVICES.
(a) Extension.--Section 877(c) of the John S. McCain National
Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2019 (41 U.S.C. 3302
note) is amended by striking ``2022'' and inserting ``2025''.
(b) Audit.--Section 887(b)(1) of such Act is amended by
striking ``biennial audits'' and inserting ``audits every five
years''.
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171. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle I of title V, add the following:
SEC. 584. ELIGIBILITY OF VETERANS OF OPERATION END SWEEP FOR VIETNAM
SERVICE MEDAL.
The Secretary of the military department concerned may, upon
the application of an individual who is a veteran who
participated in Operation End Sweep, award that individual the
Vietnam Service Medal.
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172. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 632. REPORT REGARDING MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY COMMISSARIES AND
EXCHANGES.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report regarding
management practices of military commissaries and exchanges
(b) Elements.--The report required under this section shall
include a cost-benefit analysis with the goals of--
(1) reducing the costs of operating military
commissaries and exchanges by $2,000,000,000 during
fiscal years 2020 through 2024; and
(2) not raising costs for patrons of military
commissaries and exchanges.
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173. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title V, insert the following new
sections:
SEC. 520. NATIONAL GUARD SUPPORT TO MAJOR DISASTERS.
Section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the
following:
``(C) Operations or missions authorized by the
President or the Secretary of Defense to support large
scale, complex, catastrophic disasters, as defined by
section 311(3) of title 6, United States Code, at the
request of a State governor.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) With respect to operations or missions
described under paragraph (2)(C), there is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense such
sums as may be necessary to carry out such operations
and missions, but only if--
``(A) an emergency has been declared by the
governor of the applicable State; and
``(B) the President has declared the
emergency to be a major disaster for the
purposes of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.''.
SEC. 520A. REPORT ON METHODS TO ENHANCE DOMESTIC RESPONSE TO LARGE
SCALE, COMPLEX AND CATASTROPHIC DISASTERS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation and coordination with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, the National Security Council, the Council
of Governors, and the National Governors Association, shall
submit to the congressional defense, the Committee on Homeland
Security of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a
report on their plan to establish policy and processes to
implement the authority provided by the amendments made by
section 520. The report shall include a detailed examination of
the policy framework consistent with existing authorities,
identify major statutory or policy impediments to
implementation, and make recommendations for legislation as
appropriate.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall
include a description of--
(1) the current policy and processes whereby
governors can request activation of the National Guard
under title 32, United States Code, as part of the
response to large scale, complex, catastrophic
disasters that are supported by the Federal Government
and, if no formal process exists in policy, the
Secretary of Defense shall provide a timeline and plan
to establish such a policy, including consultation with
the Council of Governors and the National Governors
Association;
(2) the Secretary of Defense's assessment, informed
by consultation with the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the National Security Council, the Council of
Governors, and the National Governors Association,
regarding the sufficiency of current authorities for
the reimbursement of National Guard and Reserve
manpower during large scale, complex, catastrophic
disasters under title 10 and title 32, United States
Code, and specifically whether reimbursement
authorities are sufficient to ensure that military
training and readiness are not degraded to fund
disaster response, or invoking them degrades the
effectiveness of the Disaster Relief Fund;
(3) the Department of Defense's plan to ensure there
is parallel and consistent policy in the application of
the authorities granted under section 12304a of title
10, United States Code, and section 502(f) of title 32,
United States Code, including--
(A) a description of the disparities between
benefits and protections under Federal law
versus State active duty;
(B) recommended solutions to achieve parity
at the Federal level; and
(C) recommended changes at the State level,
if appropriate;
(4) the Department of Defense's plan to ensure there
is parity of benefits and protections for military
members employed as part of the response to large
scale, complex, catastrophic disasters under title 32
or title 10, United States Code, and recommendations
for addressing shortfalls; and
(5) a review, by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, of the current policy for, and an assessment of
the sufficiency of, reimbursement authority for the use
of all National Guard and Reserve, both to the
Department of Defense and to the States, during large
scale, complex, catastrophic disasters, including any
policy and legal limitations, and cost assessment
impact on Federal funding.
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174. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 380, insert after line 23 the following (and redesignate
succeeding paragraphs accordingly):
(7) The availability and usage of the assistance of
chaplains, houses of worship, and other spiritual
resources for members of the Armed Forces who identify
as religiously affiliated and have attempted suicide,
have suicidal ideation, or are at risk of suicide, and
metrics on the impact these resources have in assisting
religiously-affiliated members who have access to and
utilize them compared to religiously-affiliated members
who do not.
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175. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Haaland of New Mexico
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 699, after line 17, insert the following:
SEC. 1075. HUMAN RIGHTS IN BRAZIL.
No later than 180 days after enactment of the Act, the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly
submit a report to the Committees on Armed Services of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, including--
(1) an assessment of the human rights climate in
Brazil and the commitment to human rights by the
security forces of Brazil, including military and
civilian forces;
(2) an assessment of whether Brazilian security-force
units that are found to be engaged in human rights
abuses may have received or purchased United States
equipment and training; and
(3) if warranted, a strategy to address any found
human rights abuses by the security forces of Brazil,
including in the context of Brazil's newly conferred
Major Non-NATO Ally status.
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176. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Haaland of New Mexico
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES LACKING A SEXUAL
HARASSMENT POLICY.
(a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
revise the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to
state that the policy of the Department of Defense is that the
Secretary of Defense may enter into a contract only with an
entity that has an employee policy penalizing instances of
sexual harassment.
(b) Debarment.--If an entity that does not have an employee
policy penalizing instances of sexual harassment seeks to enter
into a contract with the Department of Defense, the Secretary
of Defense shall initiate a debarment proceeding in accordance
with procedures in the Federal Acquisition Regulation against
such entity.
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177. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hagedorn of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle F of title VIII the following:
SEC. 882. ACCELERATED PAYMENTS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS WITH CERTAIN
SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS UNDER THE PROMPT PAYMENT
ACT.
Section 3903(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``except as
provided in paragraphs (10) and (11),'' before ``30
days'';
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking ``and'';
(3) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the
end and inserting a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(10) for a prime contractor (as defined in section
8701(5) of title 41) that is a small business concern
(as defined under section 3 of the Small Business Act
(15 U.S.C. 632)), to the fullest extent permitted by
law, require that the head of an agency establish an
accelerated payment date with a goal of 15 days after a
proper invoice for the amount due is received if a
specific payment date is not established by contract;
and
``(11) for a prime contractor (as defined in section
8701(5) of title 41) that subcontracts with a small
business concern (as defined under section 3 of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)), to the fullest
extent permitted by law, require that the head of an
agency establish an accelerated payment date with a
goal of 15 days after a proper invoice for the amount
due is received if--
``(A) a specific payment date is not
established by contract; and
``(B) such prime contractor agrees to make
payments to such subcontractor in accordance
with such accelerated payment date, to the
maximum extent practicable, without any further
consideration from or fees charged to such
subcontractor.''.
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178. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 831. REPORTING ON EXPENSES INCURRED FOR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT COSTS.
(a) Reporting on Independent Research and Development
Costs.--Section 2372 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in the second sentence of subsection (a), by
striking ``shall be reported'' and all that follows
through ``indirect costs.'' and inserting the
following: ``shall be reported--
``(1) independently from other allowable indirect
costs; and
``(2) annually by the contractor to the Defense
Technical Information Center, who shall give access to
the information to the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering, the Director of the Defense
Contract Audit Agency, and the Director of the Defense
Management Audit Agency.''.
(b) Report to Congress.--Such section is further amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Report to Congress.--Not later than March 31, 2020, and
biennially thereafter, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Director of
the Defense Contract Management Agency, the Director of the
Defense Contract Audit Agency, and the Defense Technical
Information Center, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees aggregate cost data on the independent research and
development programs of the contractor. The report shall
include--
``(1) an analysis of such programs completed during
the two-year period preceding the date of the report,
including the extent to which such programs align with
the modernization priorities of the most recent
national defense strategy (as described by section 113
of this title);
``(2) an estimate of the extent to which such
programs produced, or sought to produce, disruptive
technologies or incremental technologies;
``(3) with respect to each contractor subject to the
reporting requirement under subsection (a)--
``(A) a comparison of the total amount of
independent research and development costs
submitted for reimbursement under the annual
incurred cost proposal of such contractor and
the amount reported to the Defense Technical
Information Center; and
``(B) a summary of any issues relating to the
ownership or distribution of intellectual
property rights raised by such contractor
relating to an independent research and
development program of such contractor.''.
(c) Report to GAO.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the Comptroller General of the United States the first such
report required under subsection (f) of section 2372 of title
10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), so that
the Comptroller General may perform a review of the information
provided in the report.
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179. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 831. REPORTING ON EXPENSES INCURRED FOR BID AND PROPOSAL COSTS.
Section 2372a(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in the second sentence, by striking ``shall be
reported'' and all that follows through ``indirect
costs.'' and inserting the following: ``shall be
reported--
``(1) independently from other allowable indirect
costs; and
``(2) annually by the contractor to the Director of
the Defense Contract Audit Agency, who shall give
access to the information to the Principal Director for
Defense Pricing and Contracting.''.
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180. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 831. REPEAL OF THE DEFENSE COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD.
(a) Repeal.--Section 190 of title 10, United States Code, is
repealed.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 7 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 190.
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181. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. 567. TRANSITION OUTREACH PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretaries of Veterans Affairs, Labor,
Education, and Homeland Security, and the Administrator of the
Small Business Administration, shall establish a pilot program
through the Transition to Veterans Program Office that fosters
contact between veterans and the Department of Defense.
(b) Contact.--The Secretary of Defense, and with respect to
members of the Coast Guard, the Secretary of the Department in
which the Coast Guard is operating when it is not operating as
a service in the Navy, shall direct the Military Transition
Assistance Teams of the Department of Defense to contact each
veteran from the Armed Forces at least twice during each of the
first three months after the veteran separates from the Armed
Forces to--
(1) inquire about the transition of the separated
member to civilian life, including--
(A) employment;
(B) veterans benefits;
(C) education;
(D) family life; and
(2) hear concerns of the veteran regarding
transition.
(c) Termination.--The Secretary shall complete operation of
the pilot program under this section not later than September
30, 2020.
(d) Report.--Not later than 90 days after termination of the
pilot program under this section, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit a report to Congress regarding such pilot program,
including the following, disaggregated by armed force:
(1) The number of veterans contacted, including how
many times such veterans were contacted.
(2) Information regarding the age, sex, and
geographic region of contacted veterans.
(3) Concerns most frequently raised by the veterans.
(4) What benefits the contacted veterans have
received, and an estimate of the cost to the Federal
Government for such benefits.
(5) How many contacted veterans are employed or have
sought employment, including what fields of employment.
(6) How many contacted veterans are enrolled or have
sought to enroll in a course of education, including
what fields of study.
(7) Recommendations for legislation to improve the
long-term effectiveness of TAP and the well-being of
veterans.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``armed force'' has the meaning given
that term in section 101 of title 10, United States
Code.
(2) The term ``TAP'' means the Transition Assistance
Program under sections 1142 and 1144 of title 10,
United States Code.
(3) The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given that
term in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
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182. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hastings of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE ENDURING UNITED STATES COMMITMENT
TO THE FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States has strong and enduring
interests in the security and prosperity of Oceania and
the Western Pacific region, including close
relationships with the countries of Palau, the Marshall
Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, with
whom the United States shares Compacts of Free
Association;
(2) the United States and the Freely Associated
States share values including democracy and human
rights, as well as mutual interest in a free, open and
prosperous Indo-Pacific region;
(3) the United States should expand support to the
Freely Associated States on issues of concern,
including climate change mitigation, protection of the
marine environment and maritime law enforcement;
(4) the United States should expeditiously begin
negotiations on the renewal of the Compacts of Free
Association and conclude such negotiations prior to the
expiration of the current compacts in 2023 and 2024;
and
(5) the United States honors the service of the men
and women of the Freely Associated States who serve in
the United States Armed Forces.
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183. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heck of Washington or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON FREE CREDIT MONITORING IN ANNUAL
FINANCIAL LITERACY BRIEFING.
The Secretary of each military department shall ensure that
the annual financial literacy education briefing provided to
servicemembers includes information on the availability of free
credit monitoring services pursuant to section 605A(k) of the
Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681c-1(k)).
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184. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heck of Washington or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. INTEROPERABILITY OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS AND ADJACENT JURISDICTIONS.
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Department of Defense Fire and Emergency Services
Working Group shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report that includes--
(1) an identification of all military installations
that provide emergency services to areas outside of
their installations, make them aware of the Amtrak
Passenger Train 501 Derailment in DuPont, Washington,
and determine the effectiveness of the communications
system between that military installation and the
adjacent jurisdictions; and
(2) an implementation plan to address any
deficiencies with interoperability caused by the
incompatibility between the Department of Defense
communications system and that of adjacent civilian
agencies.
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185. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Higgins of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle II of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE GRANTS PROGRAM.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for
fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Defense, the Secretary
of Defense may contribute up to $5,000,000 to support the
National Maritime Heritage Grants Program established under
section 308703 of title 54, United States Code.
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186. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hill of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. DOMESTIC PRODUCTION OF SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.
The Secretary of Defense shall take such action as necessary
to strengthen the domestic production of small unmanned
aircraft systems (as defined in section 331 of the FAA
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-95; 49
U.S.C. 44802 note)), as described under Presidential
Determination No. 2019-13 of June 10, 2019.
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187. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hollingsworth of
Indiana or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. ___. SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON INCREASING RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT IN BIOPRINTING AND FABRICATION IN
AUSTERE MILITARY ENVIRONMENTS.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the
Defense Health Agency should take appropriate actions to
increase efforts focused on research and development in the
areas of bioprinting and fabrication in austere military
environments.
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188. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Horn of Oklahoma or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in title VI, insert the following:
SEC. 6__. REDUCTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF EARNINGS FROM WORK PERFORMED WHILE
ENTITLED TO AN ANNUITY SUPPLEMENT.
Section 8421a of title 5, United States Code, is amended in
subsection (c)--
(1) by striking ``full-time as an air traffic control
instructor'' and inserting ``as an air traffic control
instructor, or supervisor thereof,''; and
(2) by inserting ``or supervisor'' after ``an
instructor''.
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189. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Horn of Oklahoma or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following new
section:
SEC. 345. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT OF CERTAIN COMMERCIAL DEPOT
MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS.
The Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall
conduct an audit of each military department and Defense Agency
(as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code), as
applicable, to determine if there has been any excess profit or
cost escalation with respect to any sole-source contracts
relating to commercial depot maintenance (including contracts
for parts, supplies, equipment, and maintenance services).
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190. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Horn of Oklahoma or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. TRANSPARENCY OF ACCOUNTING FIRMS USED TO SUPPORT DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE AUDIT.
Section 1006 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``For all contract actions'' and
inserting ``(a) In General.--For all contract
actions'';
(2) by inserting ``fully adjudicated'' before
``disciplinary proceedings''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
subsections:
``(b) Treatment of Statement.--A statement setting for the
details of a disciplinary proceeding submitted pursuant to
subsection (a), and the information contained in such a
statement, shall be--
``(1) treated as confidential to the extent required
by the court or agency in which the proceeding has
occurred; and
``(2) treated in a manner consistent with any
protections or privileges established by any other
provision of Federal law.
``(c) Definition of Associated Person.--In this section, the
term `associated persons' means, with respect to an accounting
firm, any of the key personnel of the firm who are involved in
the performance of a prime contract entered into by the firm
with the Department of Defense.''.
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191. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Horsford of Nevada or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR AIR FORCE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
INITIATIVES.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Air Force, basic research, University Research
Initiatives, line 002 (PE 0601103F) is hereby increased by
$5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, operating forces,
Special Operations Command Theater Forces, line 100 is hereby
reduced by $5,000,000.
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192. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Houlahan of
Pennsylvania or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 882. POSTAWARD EXPLANATIONS FOR UNSUCCESSFUL OFFERORS FOR CERTAIN
CONTRACTS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised
to require that with respect to an offer for a task order or
delivery order in an amount greater than the simplified
acquisition threshold (as defined in section 134 of title 41,
United States Code) and less than or equal to $5,500,000 issued
under an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract, the
contracting officer for such contract shall, upon written
request from an unsuccessful offeror, provide a brief
explanation as to why such offeror was unsuccessful that
includes a summary of the rationale for the award and an
evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the
offeror's offer.
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193. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Houlahan of
Pennsylvania or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. CONTINUED ENTITLEMENTS WHILE A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES
PARTICIPATES IN A CAREER INTERMISSION PROGRAM.
Section 710(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``; and'' and
inserting a semicolon;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(3) the entitlement of the member and of the
survivors of the member to all death benefits under the
provisions of chapter 75 of this title;
``(4) the provision of all travel and transportation
allowances for the survivors of deceased members to
attend burial ceremonies under section 481f of title
37; and
``(5) the eligibility of the member for general
benefits as provided in part II of title 38.''.
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194. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Houlahan of
Pennsylvania or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle G of title XII the following:
SEC. 1268. REPORT ON IMPLICATIONS OF CHINESE MILITARY PRESENCE IN
DJIBOUTI.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
that contains a comprehensive strategy to address security
concerns posed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Support
Base in Djibouti to United States military installations and
logistics chains in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the potential military,
intelligence, and logistical threats facing key
regional United States military infrastructure, supply
chains, and staging grounds due to the proximity of
major Chinese military assets in Djibouti.
(2) An assessment of the efforts taken by Camp
Lemonnier to improve aviation safety in the aftermath
of the recent Chinese military targeting of American
flight crews with military-grade lasers.
(3) An assessment of Djibouti's Chinese-held public
debt and the strategic vulnerabilities such may present
if China moves to claim the Port of Djibouti or other
key logistical assets in repayment.
(4) A description of the specific operational
challenges facing United States military and supply
chains in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East in the
event that access to the strategically significant Port
of Djibouti becomes limited or lost in its entirety, as
well as a comprehensive contingency strategy to
maintain full operational capacity in AFRICOM and
CENTCOM through other ports and transport hubs.
(5) An identification of measures to mitigate risk of
escalation between United States and Chinese military
assets in Djibouti.
(6) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense
considers appropriate.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives.
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195. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. REPORT ON CAPACITY OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO PROVIDE
SURVIVORS OF NATURAL DISASTERS WITH EMERGENCY
SHORT-TERM HOUSING.
Not later than 220 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report analyzing the
capacity of the Department of Defense to provide survivors of
natural disasters with emergency short-term housing.
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196. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO COMBAT BOKO HARAM IN NIGERIA AND THE
LAKE CHAD BASIN.
(a) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
(1) strongly condemns the ongoing violence and the
systematic gross human rights violations against the
people of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin carried out
by Boko Haram;
(2) expresses its support for the people of Nigeria
and the Lake Chad Basin who wish to live in a peaceful,
economically prosperous, and democratic region; and
(3) calls on the President to support Nigerian, Lake
Chad Basin, and international community efforts to
ensure accountability for crimes against humanity
committed by Boko Haram against the people of Nigeria
and the Lake Chad Basin, particularly the young girls
kidnapped from Chibok and other internally displaced
persons affected by the actions of Boko Haram.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Attorney
General shall jointly submit to Congress a report on
efforts to combat Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Lake
Chad Basin.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph
(1) shall include the following elements:
(A) A description of initiatives undertaken
by the Department of Defense to assist the
Government of Nigeria and countries in the Lake
Chad Basin to develop capacities to deploy
special forces to combat Boko Haram.
(B) A description of United States activities
to enhance the capacity of Nigeria and
countries in the Lake Chad Basin to investigate
and prosecute human rights violations
perpetrated against the people of Nigeria and
the Lake Chad Basin by Boko Haram, al-Qaeda
affiliates, and other terrorist organizations,
in order to promote respect for rule of law in
Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin.
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197. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 12__. BRIEFING ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM TO PROTECT UNITED
STATES STUDENTS AGAINST FOREIGN AGENTS.
Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a briefing to
the congressional defense committees on the program described
in section 1277 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), including an assessment
on whether the program is beneficial to students interning,
working part time, or in a program that will result in
employment post-graduation with Department of Defense
components and contractors.
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198. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5___. REPORT ON RATE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY AMONG MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, and with respect to members
of the Coast Guard, the Secretary of the Department in which
the Coast Guard is operating when it is not operating as a
service in the Navy, shall submit to Congress a report on the
rate of maternal mortality among members of the Armed Forces
and the dependents of such members.
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199. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. REPORT ON SPACE DEBRIS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 240 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on
the risks posed by man-made space debris in low-earth orbit,
including--
(1) recommendations with respect to the remediation
of such risks; and
(2) outlines of plans to reduce the incident of such
space debris.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of
Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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200. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY TRAINING PROGRAMS.
Not later than 240 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report that accounts for all
of the efforts, programs, initiatives, and investments of the
Department of Defense to train elementary, secondary, and
postsecondary students in fields related to cybersecurity,
cyber defense, and cyber operations. The report shall--
(1) include information on the metrics used to
evaluate such efforts, programs, initiatives, and
investments, and identify overlaps or redundancies
across the various efforts, programs, initiatives, and
investments; and
(2) address how the Department leverages such
efforts, programs, initiatives, and investments in the
recruitment and retention of both the civilian and
military cyberworkforces.
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201. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH NIH TO COMBAT TRIPLE NEGATIVE
BREAST CANCER.
(a) In General.--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.
(b) Funding.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 1405 for the Defense Health Program, as
specified in the corresponding funding tables in division D, is
hereby increased by $10,000,000 to carry out subsection (a).
(c) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide is hereby reduced
by $10,000,000.
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202. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. FUNDING FOR POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
(a) Funding.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by section 1405 for the Defense Health Program, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in such division,
is hereby increased by $2,500,000 for post-traumatic stress
disorder.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide is hereby reduced
by $2,500,000.
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203. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following:
SEC. 560B. SPEECH DISORDERS OF CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN.
(a) Testing.--The Superintendent of a military service
academy shall provide testing for speech disorders to incoming
cadets or midshipmen under the jurisdiction of that
Superintendent.
(b) No Effect on Admission.--The testing under subsection (a)
may not have any affect on admission to a military service
academy.
(c) Results.--The Superintendent shall provide each cadet or
midshipman under the jurisdiction of that Superintendent the
result of the testing under subsection (a) and a list of
warfare unrestricted line officer positions and occupation
specialists that require successful performance on the speech
test.
(d) Therapy.--The Superintendent shall furnish speech therapy
to a cadet or midshipman under the jurisdiction of that
Superintendent at the election of the cadet or midshipman.
(e) Retaking.--A cadet or midshipman whose testing indicate a
speech disorder or impediment may elect to retake the testing
once each academic year while enrolled at the military service
academy.
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204. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 235(a)(2)--
(1) in subparagraph (H), strike ``and'' at the end;
(2) redesignate subparagraph (I) as subparagraph (J);
and
(3) insert after subparagraph (H), the following new
subparagraph (I):
(I) opportunities and risks; and
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205. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jayapal of Washington
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 379, after line 2, insert the following new subsection:
(h) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 301 for
operation and maintenance, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4301, for
operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, administrative
and service-wide activities, Office of the Secretary of
Defense, line 460 is hereby increased by $5,000,000
(with the amount of such increase to be made available
for the Defense Suicide Prevention Office and National
Guard suicide prevention pilot program under this
section).
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, ship to
shore connector, line 024 is hereby reduced by
$5,000,000.
Page 379, line 3, strike ``(h)'' and insert ``(i)''.
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206. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jayapal of Washington
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH PERSONS WITH WILLFUL OR
REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
OF 1938.
The head of a Federal department or agency (as defined in
section 102 of title 40, United States Code) shall initiate a
debarment proceeding with respect to a person for whom
information regarding a willful or repeated violation of the
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) as
determined by a disposition described under subsection (c)(1)
of section 2313 of title 41, United States Code, is included in
the database established under subsection (a) of such section.
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207. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jeffries of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 817, after line 21, insert the following:
``(30) An assessment of the nature of Chinese
military relations with Russia, including what
strategic objectives China and Russia share and are
acting on, and on what objectives they misalign.''.
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208. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Johnson of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 145, lines 23 through 24, strike `` as the Secretary
considers necessary and appropriate'' and insert ``on an annual
basis''.
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209. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Johnson of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 365, line 10, insert before the period the following:
``, in a manner that addresses the need for cultural competence
and diversity among such mental health providers''.
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210. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Johnson of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. INSTALLATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTORS IN MILITARY FAMILY
HOUSING.
Section 2821 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(e) The Secretary concerned shall provide for the
installation and maintenance of an appropriate number of carbon
monoxide detectors in each unit of military family housing
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.''.
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211. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Joyce of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. REPORT ON PROJECTS AWAITING APPROVAL FROM THE REALTY
GOVERNANCE BOARD.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a
report describing the projects that, as of the date of the
report, are awaiting approval from the Realty Governance Board.
Such report shall include--
(1) a list of projects awaiting evaluation for a
Major Land Acquisition Waiver; and
(2) an assessment of the impact a project described
in paragraph (1) would have on the security of physical
assets and personnel at the military installation
requesting the Major Land Acquisition Waiver.
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212. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kaptur of Ohio or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Insert after section 554 the following new section:
SEC. 5__. INCLUSION OF COAST GUARD IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STARBASE
PROGRAM.
Section 2193b of title 10, United States Code, is further
amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and the
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is
operating'' after ``military departments''; and
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ``and the
Secretaries of the military departments'' and inserting
``, the Secretaries of the military departments, and
the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast
Guard is operating''.
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213. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. MEANINGFUL INCLUSION OF AFGHAN WOMEN IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.
As part of any activities of the Department of Defense
relating to the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan, the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, shall seek to ensure the meaningful participation of
Afghan women in that process in a manner consistent with the
Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 2152j et
seq.), including through advocacy for the inclusion of Afghan
women leaders in ongoing and future negotiations to end the
conflict in Afghanistan.
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214. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title X, add the following:
SEC. ___. ESTABLISHING A COORDINATOR FOR ISIS DETAINEE ISSUES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the
Secretary of State, shall designate an existing official within
the Department of State to serve as senior-level coordinator to
coordinate, in conjunction with the lead and other relevant
agencies, all matters for the United States Government relating
to the long-term disposition of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) foreign terrorist fighter detainees, including all
matters in connection with--
(1) repatriation, transfer, prosecution, and
intelligence-gathering;
(2) coordinating a whole-of-government approach with
other countries and international organizations,
including INTERPOL, to ensure secure chains of custody
and locations of ISIS foreign terrorist fighter
detainees;
(3) coordinating technical and evidentiary assistance
to foreign countries to aid in the successful
prosecution of ISIS foreign terrorist fighter
detainees; and
(4) all multilateral and international engagements
led by the Department of State and other agencies that
are related to the current and future handling,
detention, and prosecution of ISIS foreign terrorist
fighter detainees.
(b) Retention of Authority.--The appointment of a senior-
level coordinator pursuant to subsection (a) shall not deprive
any agency of any authority to independently perform functions
of that agency.
(c) Annual Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and not less
frequently than once each year thereafter through
January 21, 2021, the individual designated under
subsection (a) shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a detailed report regarding
high-value ISIS detainees that the coordinator
reasonably determines to be subject to criminal
prosecution in the United States.
(2) Elements.--The report under paragraph (1) shall
include, at a minimum, the following:
(A) A detailed description of the facilities
where ISIS foreign terrorist fighter detainees
described in paragraph (1) are being held.
(B) An analysis of all United States efforts
to prosecute ISIS foreign terrorist fighter
detainees described in paragraph (1) and the
outcomes of such efforts. Any information, the
disclosure of which may violate Department of
Justice policy or law, relating to a
prosecution or investigation may be withheld
from a report under paragraph (1).
(C) A detailed description of any option to
expedite prosecution of any ISIS foreign
terrorist fighter detainee described in
paragraph (1), including in a court of
competent jurisdiction outside of the United
States.
(D) An analysis of factors on the ground in
Syria and Iraq that may result in the
unintended release of ISIS foreign terrorist
fighter detainees described in paragraph (1),
and an assessment of any measures available to
mitigate such releases.
(E) A detailed description of all
multilateral and other international efforts or
proposals that would assist in the prosecution
of ISIS foreign terrorist fighter detainees
described in paragraph (1).
(F) An analysis of all efforts between the
United States and partner countries within the
Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS or other
countries to share intelligence or evidence
that may aid in the prosecution of members of
the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and
associated forces, and any legal obstacles that
may hinder such efforts.
(G) An analysis of the manner in which the
United States Government communicates on such
proposals and efforts to the families of United
States citizens believed to be a victim of a
criminal act by an ISIS foreign terrorist
fighter detainee.
(3) Form.--The report under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(d) Definitions.----In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee
on the Judiciary, the Select Committee on
Intelligence and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
the Judiciary, the Permanent Select Committee
on Intelligence, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term ``ISIS foreign terrorist fighter
detainee'' means a detained individual--
(A) who allegedly fought for or supported the
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS); and
(B) who is a national of a country other than
Iraq or Syria.
(e) Sunset.--The requirements under this section shall sunset
on January 21, 2021.
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215. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kelly of Illinois or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. REPORT ON TRAINING AND SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO MILITARY SPOUSES.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense
for Personnel and Readiness shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report that includes a description of the
following:
(1) Financial literacy programs currently designed
specifically for military spouses.
(2) Programs designed to educate spouses and service
members about the risks of multi-level marketing.
(3) Efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of
financial literacy programs.
(4) The number of counseling sessions requested by
military spouses at Family Support Centers in the
previous 5 years.
(b) Public Availability.--The report submitted under
subsection (a) shall be made available on a publicly accessible
website of the Department of Defense.
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216. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Khanna of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following:
SEC. 3121. AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FOR DENUCLEARIZATION OF DEMOCRATIC
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF NORTH KOREA.
(a) In General.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by
section 3101 and available as specified in the funding table in
section 4701 for defense nuclear nonproliferation is hereby
increased by $10,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be
available to develop and prepare to implement a comprehensive,
long-term monitoring and verification program for activities
related to the phased denuclearization of the Democratic
People's Republic of North Korea, in coordination with relevant
international partners and organizations.
(b) Offset.--The amount authorized to be appropriated by this
title and available as specified in the funding table in
section 4701 for weapons activities for stockpile services,
production support is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
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217. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Khanna of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle E of title XII the following:
SEC. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NORTH KOREA.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) diplomacy is essential to address the illegal
nuclear program of North Korea;
(2) every effort should be made to avoid a military
confrontation with North Korea, as it would pose
extreme risks to--
(A) United States military personnel;
(B) noncombatants, including United States
citizens and citizens of United States allies;
and
(C) regional security;
(3) the United States should pursue a sustained and
credible diplomatic process to achieve the
denuclearization of North Korea and an end to the 69-
year-long Korean War; and
(4) until such time as North Korea no longer poses a
threat to the United States or United States allies,
the United States should, in concert with such allies,
continue to deter North Korea through credible defense
and deterrence posture.
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218. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kildee of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY ON PFAS CONTAMINATION.
(a) Study Required.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a review of the efforts of the Department
of Defense to clean up per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (in
this section referred to as ``PFAS'') contamination in and
around military bases as well as the Department's efforts to
mitigate the public health impact of the contamination.
(b) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a), shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of--
(A) when the Department of Defense discovered
that drinking water sources used by members of
the Armed Forces and residents of communities
surrounding military bases were contaminated
with PFAS;
(B) after learning that the drinking water
was contaminated, when the Department of
Defense notified members of the Armed Forces
and residents of communities surrounding
military bases that their drinking water is
contaminated with PFAS;
(C) after providing such notification, how
much time lapsed before those affected were
given alternative sources of drinking water;
(D) the number of installations and
surrounding communities currently drinking
water that is contaminated with PFAS above the
EPA's advisory limit;
(E) the amount of money the Department of
Defense has spent on cleaning up PFAS
contamination through the date of enactment of
this Act;
(F) the number of sites where the Department
of Defense has taken action to remediate PFAS
contamination or other materials as a result of
the use of firefighting foam on military bases;
(G) factors that might limit or prevent the
Department of Defense from remediating PFAS
contamination or other materials as a result of
the use of firefighting foam on military bases;
(H) the estimated total cost of clean-up of
PFAS;
(I) the cost to the Department of Defense to
discontinue the use of PFAS in firefighting
foam and to develop and procure viable
replacements that meet military specifications;
and
(J) the number of members of the Armed Forces
who have been exposed to PFAS in their drinking
water above the EPA's Health Advisory levels
during their military service.
(2) An evaluation of what the Department of Defense
could have done better to mitigate the release of PFAS
contamination into the environment and expose service
members.
(3) Any other elements the Comptroller General may
deem necessary.
(c) Results.--
(1) Interim briefing.--Not later than 1 year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall provide to the congressional defense
committees, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on the
Environment and Public Works of the Senate a briefing
on the preliminary findings of the study required by
this section.
(2) Final results.--The Comptroller General shall
provide the final results of the study required by this
section to the congressional defense committees, the
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on the Environment
and Public Works of the Senate at such time and in such
format as is mutually agreed upon by the committees and
the Comptroller General at the time of briefing under
paragraph (1).
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219. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kildee of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:
SEC. 567. TRAINING PROGRAM REGARDING DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS.
(a) Establishment.--Not later than September 30, 2020, the
Secretary of Defense shall establish a program for training
members of the Armed Forces and employees of the Department of
Defense regarding the threat of disinformation campaigns
specifically targeted at such individuals and the families of
such individuals.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than October 30, 2020, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the congressional
defense committees regarding the program under subsection (a).
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220. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kildee of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, insert the
following:
SEC. 28__. LEAD-BASED PAINT TESTING AND REPORTING.
(a) Establishment of Department of Defense Policy on Lead
Testing on Military Installations.--
(1) In general.--Not later than February 1, 2020, the
Secretary of Defense shall establish a policy under
which--
(A) a qualified individual may access a
military installation for the purpose of
conducting lead testing on the installation,
subject to the approval of the Secretary; and
(B) the results of any lead testing conducted
on a military installation shall be
transmitted--
(i) in the case of a military
installation located inside the United
States, to--
(I) the civil engineer of the
installation;
(II) the housing management
office of the installation;
(III) the public health
organization on the
installation;
(IV) the major subordinate
command of the Armed Force with
jurisdiction over the
installation; and
(V) if required by law, any
relevant Federal, State, and
local agencies; and
(ii) in the case of a military
installation located outside the United
States, to the civil engineer or
commander of the installation who shall
transmit those results to the major
subordinate command of the Armed Force
with jurisdiction over the
installation.
(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) United states.--The term ``United
States'' has the meaning given such term in
section 101(a)(1) of title 10, United States
Code.
(B) Qualified individual.--The term
``qualified individual'' means an individual
who is certified by the Environmental
Protection Agency or by a State as--
(i) a lead-based paint inspector; or
(ii) a lead-based paint risk
assessor.
(b) Annual Reporting on Lead-based Paint in Military
Housing.--
(1) In general.--Subchapter III of chapter 169 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
``SEC. 2869A. ANNUAL REPORTING ON LEAD-BASED PAINT IN MILITARY HOUSING.
``(a) Annual Reports.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than February 1 of each
year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report that sets
forth, with respect to military housing under the
jurisdiction of each Secretary of a military department
for the calendar year preceding the year in which the
report is submitted, the following:
``(A) A certification that indicates whether
the military housing under the jurisdiction of
the Secretary concerned is in compliance with
the requirements respecting lead-based paint,
lead-based paint activities, and lead-based
paint hazards described in section 408 of the
Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2688).
``(B) A detailed summary of the data,
disaggregated by military department, used in
making the certification under subparagraph
(A).
``(C) The total number of military housing
units under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
concerned that were inspected for lead-based
paint in accordance with the requirements
described in subparagraph (A).
``(D) The total number of military housing
units under the jurisdiction of the Secretary
concerned that were not inspected for lead-
based paint.
``(E) The total number of military housing
units that were found to contain lead-based
paint in the course of the inspections
described in subparagraph (C).
``(F) A description of any abatement efforts
with respect to lead-based paint conducted
regarding the military housing units described
in subparagraph (E).
``(2) Publication.--The Secretary of Defense shall
publish each report submitted under paragraph (1) on a
publicly available website of the Department of
Defense.
``(b) Military Housing Defined.--In this section, the term
`military housing' includes military family housing and
military unaccompanied housing (as such term is defined in
section 2871 of this title).''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of such subchapter is amended by adding at
the end the following new item:
``2869a. Annual reporting on lead-based paint in military housing''.
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221. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kildee of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON SAUDI LED COALITION STRIKES IN YEMEN.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for two years,
the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of
State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report detailing the number of civilian casualties caused by
the Saudi led coalition in Yemen, including an assessment of
the coalition members' willingness and ability to prevent
civilian casualties.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--Each such report shall also
contain information relating to whether--
(1) coalition members followed the norms and
practices the United States military employs to avoid
civilian casualties and ensure proportionality; and
(2) strikes executed by coalition members are in
compliance with the United States' interpretation of
the laws governing armed conflict and proportionality.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committee Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House
of Representatives.
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222. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kilmer of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. STUDY ON LEVERAGING DIVERSE COMMERCIAL SATELLITE REMOTE
SENSING CAPABILITIES.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with
the Director of National Intelligence, shall conduct a study on
the status of the transition from the National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency to the National Reconnaissance Office of
the leadership role in acquiring commercial satellite remote
sensing data on behalf of the Department of Defense and the
intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
(b) Elements.--In conducting the study under subsection (a),
the Secretary shall study--
(1) commercial geospatial intelligence requirements
for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the
combatant commands;
(2) plans of the National Reconnaissance Office to
meet the requirements specified in paragraph (1)
through the acquisition of both medium- and high-
resolution data from multiple commercial providers; and
(3) plans of the National Reconnaissance Office to
further develop such programs with commercial companies
to continue to support, while also expanding, adoption
by the geospatial intelligence user community of the
Department of Defense.
(c) Submission.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees, the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report on
the study conducted under subsection (a).
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223. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kilmer of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, add the following:
SEC. 1113. ASSESSMENT OF ACCELERATED PROMOTION PROGRAM SUSPENSION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall enter
into an agreement with a Federally funded research and
development center with relevant expertise to conduct an
assessment of the impacts resulting from the Navy's suspension
in 2016 of the Accelerated Promotion Program (in this section
referred to as the ``APP'').
(b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) An identification of the employees who were hired
at the four public shipyards between January 23, 2016,
and December 22, 2016, covering the period in which APP
was suspended, and who would have otherwise been
eligible for APP had the program been in effect at the
time they were hired.
(2) An assessment for each employee identified in
paragraph (1) to determine the difference between wages
earned from the date of hire to the date on which the
wage data would be collected and the wages which would
have been earned during this same period should that
employee have participated in APP from the date of hire
and been promoted according to the average promotion
timeframe for participants hired in the five-year
period prior to the suspension.
(3) An assessment for each employee identified in
paragraph (1) to determine at what grade and step each
effected employee would be at on October 1, 2020, had
that employee been promoted according to the average
promotion timeframe for participants hired in the five-
year period prior to the suspension.
(4) An evaluation of existing authorities available
to the Secretary to determine whether the Secretary can
take measures using those authorities to provide the
pay difference and corresponding interest, at a rate of
the federal short-term interest rate plus 3 percent, to
each effected employee identified in paragraph (2) and
directly promote the employee to the grade and step
identified in paragraph (3).
(c) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the results of the evaluation by
not later than June 1, 2020, and shall provide interim
briefings upon request.
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224. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative King of Iowa or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 817, line 21, before the period at the end, insert the
following:
``(30) An assessment of--
``(A) China's expansion of its surveillance
state;
``(B) any correlation of such expansion with
its oppression of its citizens and its threat
to United States national security interests
around the world; and
``(C) an overview of the extent to which such
surveillance corresponds to the overall
respect, or lack thereof, for human rights.''.
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225. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kinzinger of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1___. PROVISIONS RELATING TO RC-26B MANNED INTELLIGENCE,
SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT.
(a) Limitation of Funds.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2020 for the Air Force may be obligated or expended to
retire, divest, realign, or place in storage or on backup
aircraft inventory status, or prepare to retire, divest,
realign, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory
status, any RC-26B aircraft until a period of 60 days has
elapsed following the date on which the Secretary of Defense
certifies to the congressional defense committees that--
(1) technologies or platforms other than the RC-26B
aircraft provide capacity and capabilities equivalent
to the capacity and capabilities of the RC-26B
aircraft; and
(2) the capacity and capabilities of such other
technologies or platforms meet the requirements of
combatant commanders with respect to indications and
warning, intelligence preparation of the operational
environment, and direct support for kinetic and non-
kinetic operations.
(b) Exception.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not
apply to individual RC-26 aircraft that the Secretary of the
Air Force determines, on a case-by-case basis, to be no longer
mission capable because of mishaps or other damage.
(c) Funding for RC-26B Manned Intelligence, Surveillance, and
Reconnaissance Platform.--
(1) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 301 for operation and maintenance, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in 4301, for
operation and maintenance, Air National Guard, the
Secretary of the Air Force may transfer up to
$15,000,000 for the purposes of the RC-26B manned
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
platform.
(2) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 421 for military personnel, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in 4401, the Secretary of
the Air Force may transfer up to $16,000,000 from
military personnel, Air National Guard for personnel
who operate and maintain the RC-26B manned
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
platform.
(d) Memorandum of Agreement.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau may
enter into one or more Memorandum of Agreement with other
Federal entities for the purposes of assisting with the
missions and activities of such entities.
(e) Air Force Report.--Not later than 90 days after enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to
congressional defense committees a report detailing the manner
in which the Secretary would provide manned and unmanned
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission support
or manned and unmanned incident awareness and assessment
mission support to military and non-military entities in the
event the RC-26B is divested. The Secretary shall include a
determination regarding whether or not this support would be
commensurate with that which the RC-26B is able to provide. The
Secretary, in consultation with the Chief of the National Guard
Bureau shall also contact and survey the support requirements
of other Federal agencies and provide an assessment for
potential opportunities to enter into one or more Memorandum of
Agreements with such agencies for the purposes of assisting
with the missions and activities of such entities, such as
domestic or, subject to legal authorities, foreign operations,
including but not limited to situational awareness, damage
assessment, evacuation monitoring, search and rescue, chemical,
biological, radiological, and nuclear assessment, hydrographic
survey, dynamic ground coordination, and cyberspace incident
response.
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226. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Krishnamoorthi of
Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 387, after line 15, insert the following:
SEC. 729. STUDY ON READINESS CONTRACTS AND THE PREVENTION OF DRUG
SHORTAGES.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on
the effectiveness of readiness contracts managed by the
Customer Pharmacy Operations Center of the Defense Logistics
Agency in meeting the military's drug supply needs. The study
shall include an analysis of how the contractual approach to
manage drug shortages for military health care can be a model
for responding to drug shortages in the civilian health care
market in the United States.
(b) Consultation.--In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Secretary of Defense shall consult with--
(1) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
(2) the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and the
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration;
and
(3) physician organizations, drug manufacturers,
pharmacy benefit management organizations, and such
other entities as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report on the results of the study under subsection
(a) and any conclusions and recommendations of the Secretary
relating to such study.
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227. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Krishnamoorthi of
Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 2815, relating to Assessment of Hazards in
Department of Defense Housing, after ``biocides,'' (page 1008,
line 22) insert ``carbon monoxide,''.
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228. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Krishnamoorthi of
Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 189, line 12, strike ``organizations'' and insert
``organizations, including workforce development
organizations,''.
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229. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kuster of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 530. ADVICE AND COUNSEL OF TRAUMA EXPERTS IN REVIEW BY BOARDS FOR
CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS AND DISCHARGE REVIEW
BOARDS OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.
(a) Boards for Correction of Military Records.--Section
1552(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(g)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) If a board established under subsection (a)(1) is
reviewing a claim described in subsection (h), the board shall
seek advice and counsel in the review from a psychiatrist,
psychologist, or social worker with training on mental health
issues associated with post-traumatic stress disorder or
traumatic brain injury or other trauma as specified in the
current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric
Association.
``(3) If a board established under subsection (a)(1) is
reviewing a claim in which sexual trauma, intimate partner
violence, or spousal abuse is claimed, the board shall seek
advice and counsel in the review from an expert in trauma
specific to sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or
spousal abuse, as applicable.''.
(b) Discharge Review Boards.--Section 1553(d)(1) of such
title is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph;
``(B) In the case of a former member described in paragraph
(3)(B) who claims that the former member's post-traumatic
stress disorder or traumatic brain injury as described in that
paragraph in based in whole or in part on sexual trauma,
intimate partner violence, or spousal abuse, a board
established under this section to review the former member's
discharge or dismissal shall seek advice and counsel in the
review from a psychiatrist, psychologist, or social worker with
training on mental health issues associated with post-traumatic
stress disorder or traumatic brain injury or other trauma as
specified in the current edition of the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the
American Psychiatric Association.''.
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230. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kuster of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 530. TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF BOARDS FOR CORRECTION OF MILITARY
RECORDS AND DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARDS ON SEXUAL
TRAUMA, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, SPOUSAL ABUSE,
AND RELATED MATTERS.
(a) Boards for Correction of Military Records.--The
curriculum of training for members of boards for the correction
of military records under section 534(c) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (10 U.S.C. 1552
note) shall include training on each of the following:
(1) Sexual trauma.
(2) Intimate partner violence.
(3) Spousal abuse.
(4) The various responses of individuals to trauma.
(b) Discharge Review Boards.--
(1) In general.--Each Secretary concerned shall
develop and provide training for members of discharge
review boards under section 1553 of title 10, United
States Code, that are under the jurisdiction of such
Secretary on each of the following:
(A) Sexual trauma.
(B) Intimate partner violence.
(C) Spousal abuse.
(D) The various responses of individuals to
trauma.
(2) Uniformity of training.--The Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly
ensure that the training developed and provided
pursuant to this subsection is, to the extent
practicable, uniform.
(3) Secretary concerned defined.--In this subsection,
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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231. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kuster of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Insert after section 543 the following new section:
SEC. 5__. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON REGISTRATION AT MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS OF CIVIL PROTECTION ORDERS APPLICABLE
TO MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ASSIGNED TO SUCH
INSTALLATIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUALS.
(a) Policies and Procedures Required.--Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretaries of the
military departments, establish policies and procedures for the
registration at military installations of any civil protection
orders described in subsection (b), including the duties and
responsibilities of commanders of installations in the
registration process.
(b) Civil Protection Orders.--A civil protection order
described in this subsection is any civil protective order as
follows:
(1) A civil protection order against a member of the
Armed Forces assigned to the installation concerned.
(2) A civil protection order against a civilian
employee employed at the installation concerned.
(3) A civil protection order against the civilian
spouse or intimate partner of a member of the Armed
Forces on active duty and assigned to the installation
concerned, or of a civilian employee described in
paragraph (2), which order provides for the protection
of such member or employee.
(c) Particular Elements.--The policies and procedures
required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A requirement for notice between and among the
commander, military law enforcement elements, and
military criminal investigative elements of an
installation when a member of the Armed Forces assigned
to such installation, a civilian employee employed at
such installation, a civilian spouse or intimate
partner of a member assigned to such installation, or a
civilian spouse or intimate partner of a civilian
employee employed at such installation becomes subject
to a civil protection order.
(2) A statement of policy that failure to register a
civil protection order may not be a justification for
the lack of enforcement of such order by military law
enforcement and other applicable personnel who have
knowledge of such order.
(d) Letter.--As soon as practicable after establishing the
policies and procedures required by subsection (a), the
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives a letter that
includes the following:
(1) A detailed description of the policies and
procedures.
(2) A certification by the Secretary that the
policies and procedures have been implemented on each
military installation.
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232. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kuster of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. IMPROVED RECORDING AND MAINTAINING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
REAL PROPERTY DATA.
(a) Initial Report.--Not later than 150 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Undersecretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to Congress a report
evaluating service-level best practices for recording and
maintaining real property data.
(b) Issuance of Guidance.--Not later than 300 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Undersecretary of
Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall issue service-
wide guidance on the recording and collection of real property
data based on the best practices described in the report.
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233. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kuster of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:
SEC. __. STRENGTHENING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY PARTNERSHIPS TO RESPOND TO
DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE.
(a) Study.--Not later than one year after the enactment of
this legislation, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall submit to Congress a report on partnerships between
military installations and civilian domestic and sexual
violence response organizations, including--
(1) a review of memoranda of understanding between
such installations and such response organizations,
(2) descriptions of the services provided pursuant to
such partnerships,
(3) a review of the central plan, if any, of each
service regarding such partnerships, and
(4) recommendations on increasing and improving such
partnerships.
(b) Civilian Domestic and Sexual Violence Response
Organization.--In this section, the term ``civilian domestic
and sexual violence response organization'' includes a rape
crisis center, domestic violence shelter, civilian law
enforcement, local government group, civilian sexual assault
nurse examiner, civilian medical service provider, veterans
service organization, faith-based organization, or Federally
qualified health center.
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234. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative LaMalfa of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
SEC. __. SANTA YNEZ BAND OF CHUMASH INDIANS LAND AFFIRMATION.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Santa
Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2019''.
(b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) On October 13, 2017, the General Council of the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians voted to approve the
Memorandum of Agreement between the County of Santa
Barbara and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
regarding the approximately 1,427.28 acres of land,
commonly known as Camp 4, and authorized the Tribal
Chairman to sign the Memorandum of Agreement.
(2) On October 31, 2017, the Board of Supervisors for
the County of Santa Barbara approved the Memorandum of
Agreement on Camp 4 and authorized the Chair to sign
the Memorandum of Agreement.
(3) The Secretary of the Interior approved the
Memorandum of Agreement pursuant to section 2103 of the
Revised Statutes (25 U.S.C. 81).
(c) Land to Be Taken Into Trust.--
(1) In general.--The approximately l,427.28 acres of
land in Santa Barbara County, CA described in paragraph
(3), is hereby taken into trust for the benefit of the
Tribe, subject to valid existing rights, contracts, and
management agreements related to easements and rights-
of-way.
(2) Administration.--
(A) Administration.--The land described in
paragraph (3) shall be a part of the Santa Ynez
Indian Reservation and administered in
accordance with the laws and regulations
generally applicable to the land held in trust
by the United States for an Indian tribe.
(B) Effect.--For purposes of certain
California State laws (including the California
Land Conservation Act of 1965, Government Code
Section 51200, et seq.), placing the land
described in paragraph (3) into trust shall
remove any restrictions on the property
pursuant to California Government Code Section
51295 or any other provision of such Act.
(3) Legal description of lands transferred.--The
lands to be taken into trust for the benefit of the
Tribe pursuant to this Act are described as follows:
Legal Land Description/Site Location: Real property
in the unincorporated area of the County of Santa
Barbara, State of California, described as follows:
PARCEL 1: (APN: 141-121-51 AND PORTION OF APN 141-140-
10) LOTS 9 THROUGH 18, INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 18, IN THE
COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN
ON THE MAP SHOWING THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE
LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN RACK 3, AS MAP 4
IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY.
THIS LEGAL IS MADE PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE
OF COMPLIANCE RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT
NO. 01-105580 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. PARCEL 2: (PORTION
OF APN: 141-140-10) LOTS 1 THROUGH 12, INCLUSIVE, OF
TRACT 24, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE
RANCHO, FILED IN RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. THIS LEGAL IS MADE
PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105581
OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. PARCEL 3: (PORTIONS OF APNS: 141-
230-23 AND 141-140-10) LOTS 19 AND 20 OF TRACT 18 AND
THAT PORTION OF LOTS 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, AND 15 THROUGH
20, INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 16, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA
BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP
SHOWING THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR
COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE
OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, THAT LIES
NORTHEASTERLY OF THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE LAND
GRANTED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY AN EXECUTOR'S
DEED RECORDED APRIL 2, 1968 IN BOOK 2227, PAGE 136 OF
OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY. THIS LEGAL IS MADE
PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105582
OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. PARCEL 4: (APN: 141-240-02 AND
PORTION OF APN: 141-140-10) LOTS 1 THROUGH 12,
INCLUSIVE, OF TRACT 25, IN THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE
RANCHO, FILED IN RACK 3, AS MAP 4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE
COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. THIS LEGAL IS MADE
PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 01-105583
OF OFFICIAL RECORDS. PARCEL 5: (PORTION OF APN: 141-
230-23) THAT PORTION OF LOTS 3 AND 6 OF TRACT 16, IN
THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS
SHOWN ON THE MAP SHOWING THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE CANADA
DE LOS PINOS OR COLLEGE RANCHO, FILED IN RACK 3, AS MAP
4 IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY,
THAT LIES NORTHEASTERLY OF THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF
THE LAND GRANTED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY AN
EXECUTOR'S DEED RECORDED APRIL 2, 1968 IN BOOK 2227,
PAGE 136 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY. THIS LEGAL
IS MADE PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF
COMPLIANCE RECORDED DECEMBER 5, 2001 AS INSTRUMENT NO.
01-105584 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
(4) Rules of construction.--Nothing in this section
shall--
(A) enlarge, impair, or otherwise affect any
right or claim of the Tribe to any land or
interest in land that is in existence before
the date of the enactment of this Act;
(B) affect any water right of the Tribe in
existence before the date of the enactment of
this Act; or
(C) terminate or limit any access in any way
to any right-of-way or right-of-use issued,
granted, or permitted before the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(5) Restricted use of transferred lands.--The Tribe
may not conduct, on the land described in paragraph (3)
taken into trust for the Tribe pursuant to this
section, gaming activities--
(A) as a matter of claimed inherent
authority; or
(B) under any Federal law, including the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et
seq.) and regulations promulgated by the
Secretary or the National Indian Gaming
Commission under that Act.
(6) Definitions.--For the purposes of this
subsection:
(A) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means
the Secretary of the Interior.
(B) Tribe.--The term ``Tribe'' means the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians.
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235. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamb of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH.
(a) Program Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry
out a program on musculoskeletal injury prevention research to
identify risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries among
members of the Armed Forces and to create a better
understanding for adaptive bone formation during initial entry
military training.
(b) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4201, for research, development, test, and evaluation,
Army, applied research, medical technology, line 040
(PE 0602787A) is hereby increased by $4,800,000 (with
the amount of such increase to be made available to
carry out the program on musculoskeletal injury
prevention research under subsection (a)).
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, ship to
shore connector, line 024 is hereby reduced by
$4,800,000.
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236. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamb of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Insert after section 713 the following new section:
SEC. 713A. DEMONSTRATION OF INTEROPERABILITY MILESTONES.
(a) Milestones.--
(1) Evaluation.--To demonstrate increasing levels of
interoperability, functionality, and seamless health
care within the electronic health record systems of the
Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans
Affairs, the Office shall seek to enter into an
agreement with an independent entity to conduct an
evaluation of the following use cases of such systems:
(A) By not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, whether a
clinician of the Department of Defense can
access and meaningfully interact with a
complete veteran patient health record from a
military medical treatment facility.
(B) By not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, whether a
clinician of the Department of Veterans Affairs
can access and meaningfully interact with a
complete patient health record of a member of
the Armed Forces serving on active duty from a
medical center of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
(C) By not later than two years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, whether a
clinician in the Department of Defense and the
Department of Veterans Affairs can access and
meaningfully interact with the data elements of
the health record of a veteran patient or
member of the Armed Forces which are generated
when the veteran patient or member of the Armed
Forces receives health care from a community
care provider of the Department of Veterans
Affairs or a TRICARE provider of the Department
of Defense
(D) By not later than two years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, whether a
community care provider of the Department of
the Veterans Affairs and a TRICARE provider on
a Health Information Exchange-supported
electronic health record can access a veteran
and active-duty member patient health record
from the provider's system.
(E) By not later than two years after the
enactment of this Act, and subsequently after
each significant implementation wave, an
assessment of interoperability between the
legacy electronic health record systems and the
future electronic health record systems of the
Department of Veterans Affairs and the
Department of Defense.
(F) By not later than two years after the
enactment of this Act, and subsequently after
each significant implementation wave, an
assessment of the use of interoperable content
between the legacy electronic health record
systems and the future electronic health record
systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs
and the Department of Defense, and third-party
applications.
(2) Submission.--The Office shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report detailing
the evaluation, methodology for testing, and findings
for each milestone demonstration under paragraph (1) by
not later than the date specified under such paragraph.
(b) System Configuration Management.--The Office shall--
(1) maintain the common configuration baseline for
the electronic health record systems of the Department
of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(2) continually evaluate the state of configuration,
the impacts on interoperability, and shall promote the
enhancement of such electronic health records systems.
(c) Regular Clinical Consultation.--The Office shall convene
at least annually a clinical workshop to include clinical staff
from the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans
Affairs, the Coast Guard, community providers, and other
leading clinical experts to assess the state of clinical use of
the electronic health record systems and whether the systems
are meeting clinical and patient needs. The clinical workshop
shall make recommendations to the Office on the need for any
improvements or concerns with the electronic health record
systems.
(d) Clinician and Patient Satisfaction Survey.--Beginning
October 1, 2021, on at least a biannual basis, the Office shall
undertake a clinician and patient satisfaction survey regarding
clinical use and patient experience with the electronic health
record systems of the Department of Defense and the Department
of Veterans Affairs.
(e) Annual Reports.--Not later than September 30, 2020, and
annually thereafter, the Office shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on--
(1) the state of the configuration baseline under
subsection (b) and any activities which decremented or
enhanced the state of configuration; and
(2) the activities, assessments and recommendations
of the clinical workshop under subsection (c) and the
response of the Office to the workshop recommendations
and any action plans to implement the recommendations.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means the following:
(A) The congressional defense committees.
(B) The Committees on Veterans' Affairs of
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(2) The term ``configuration baseline'' means a fixed
reference in the development cycle or an agreed-upon
specification of a product at a point in time. It
serves as a documented basis for defining incremental
change in all aspects of an information technology
product.
(3) The term ``interoperability'' means the ability
of different information systems, devices, or
applications to connect in a coordinated and secure
manner, within and across organizational boundaries,
across the complete spectrum of care, including all
applicable care settings, and with relevant
stakeholders, including the person whose information is
being shared, to access, exchange, integrate, and use
computable data regardless of the data's origin or
destination or the applications employed, and without
additional intervention by the end user, including--
(A) the capability to reliably exchange
information without error;
(B) the ability to interpret and to make
effective use of the information so exchanged;
and
(C) the ability for information that can be
used to advance patient care to move between
health care entities, regardless of the
technology platform in place or the location
where care was provided.
(4) The term ``meaningfully interact'' means that
information can be viewed, consumed, acted upon, and
edited in a clinical setting to facilitate high quality
clinical decision making in a clinical setting.
(5) The term ``Office'' means the office established
by section 1635(b) of the Wounded Warrior Act (title
XVI of Public Law 110-181; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
(6) The term ``seamless health care'' means health
care which is optimized through access by patients and
clinicians to integrated, relevant, and complete
information about the patient's clinical experiences,
social and environmental determinants of health, and
health trends over time in order to enable patients and
clinicians to move from task to task and encounter to
encounter, within and across organizational boundaries,
such that high-quality decisions may be formed easily
and complete plans of care may be carried out smoothly.
(7) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning
given that term in section 1072 of title 10, United
States Code.
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237. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON MULTI-OBJECT KILL VEHICLE.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report, and shall provide to such committees a
briefing, on the potential need for a multi-object kill vehicle
in future architecture of the ballistic missile defense system.
Such report and briefing shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the technology readiness level
of needed components and the operational system for the
multi-object kill vehicle.
(2) An assessment of the costs and a comprehensive
development and testing schedule to deploy the multi-
object kill vehicle by 2025.
(3) An assessment of whether the multi-object kill
vehicle was considered in the redesigned kill vehicle
program re-baseline as a replacement for future ground-
based midcourse defense system kill vehicles.
(4) A concept of operations with respect to how a
multi-object kill vehicle capability could be employed
and how such capability compares to alternative ground-
based midcourse defense system interceptors.
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238. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 355, strike subsection (c) and insert the
following:
(c) Limitation.--
(1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2020 shall be
available to enter into a global household goods
contract until the date that is 30 days after later of
the following dates:
(A) The date on which the Commander of United
States Transportation Command provides to the
congressional defense committees a briefing
on--
(i) the business case analysis
required by subsection (b); and
(ii) the proposed structure and
meeting schedule for the advisory group
established under subsection (a).
(B) The date on which the Comptroller General
of the United States submits to the
congressional defense committees the report
required by paragraph (2).
(2) GAO report.--Not later than February 15, 2020,
the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on a comprehensive study conducted by the Comptroller
General that includes--
(A) an analysis of the effects that the
outsourcing of the management and oversight of
the movement of household goods to a private
entity or entities would have on members of the
Armed Forces and their families;
(B) a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis;
and
(C) recommendations for changes to the
strategy of the Department of Defense for the
defense personal property program.
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239. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 392, line 6, strike ``and''.
Page 392, line 16, strike the period at the end and insert
``; and''.
Page 392, after line 16, insert the following:
(H) cybersecurity metrics of the software to
be acquired, such as metrics relating to the
density of vulnerabilities within the code, the
time from vulnerability identification to patch
availability, the existence of common
weaknesses within the code, and other
cybersecurity metrics based on widely-
recognized standards and industry best
practices, are generated and made available to
the Department of Defense and the congressional
defense committees.
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240. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following:
SEC. 1633. NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUMS RELATING TO
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OPERATIONS IN CYBERSPACE.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the President shall provide the congressional defense
committees with a copy of all National Security Presidential
Memorandums relating to Department of Defense operations in
cyberspace.
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241. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR
IRREGULAR WARFARE.
Section 1202(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 131 Stat. 1639) is amended
by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2023''.
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242. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO COMBAT
TERRORISM.
Section 127e of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``authorized''
before ``ongoing''; and
(2) in subsection (d)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and a
description of the authorized ongoing
operation'' before the period at the end;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
subparagraph (D);
(C) by striking subparagraphs (B) and
inserting the following new subparagraphs after
subparagraph (A):
``(B) A description of the foreign forces,
irregular forces, groups, or individuals
engaged in supporting or facilitating the
authorized ongoing operation who will receive
the funds provided under this section.
``(C) A detailed description of the support
provided or to be provided to the recipient of
the funds.''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
``(E) A detailed description of the legal and
operational authorities related to the
authorized ongoing operation, including
relevant execute orders issued by the Secretary
of Defense and combatant commanders related to
the authorized ongoing operation, including an
identification of operational activities United
States Special Operations Forces are authorized
to conduct under such execute orders.
``(F) The duration for which the support is
expected to be provided and an identification
of the timeframe in which the provision of
support will be reviewed by the combatant
commander for a determination regarding the
necessity of continuation of support.''.
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243. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larsen of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X insert the following:
SEC. ___. CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES WITHIN THE DEFENSE
LANGUAGE AND NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION OFFICE.
(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 operation and maintenance, Defense-Wide, Defense Human
Resources Activity, line 220 is hereby increased by $13,404,000
(with the amount of such increase to be made available for
Chinese language and culture studies within the Defense
Language and National Security Education Office).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as specified in
the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for other
procurement, Army, Installation Info Infrastructure MOD
Program, line 63 is hereby reduced by $13,404,000.
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244. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larsen of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 724, line 18, insert ``, universities,'' after
``agencies''.
Page 724, line 24, insert before the semicolon the following:
``, and by providing such best practices with grantees and
universities at the time of awarding such grants or entering
into research contracts''.
Page 724, after line 24, insert the following new subclause
(and redesignate the subsequent subclauses accordingly):
(VI) a remediation plan for
grantees and universities to
mitigate the risks regarding
such threats before research
grants or contracts are
cancelled because of such
threats;
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245. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larsen of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR
CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AT CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
Section 1091(b) of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132
Stat. 1997) is amended--
(1) by striking ``None of the funds'' and inserting
the following:
``(1) In general.--None of the funds''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Transition plan .--The Secretary of Defense
shall develop a transition plan for each institution of
higher education subject to the limitation under
paragraph (1). Under the transition plan, the
institution may regain eligibility to receive funds
from the Department of Defense for Chinese language
training by developing an independent Chinese language
program with no connection to a Confucius Institute.''.
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246. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lawrence of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 733, after line 15, insert the following:
SEC. 1092. LESSONS LEARNED AND BEST PRACTICES ON PROGRESS OF GENDER
INTEGRATION IMPLEMENTATION IN THE ARMED FORCES.
The Secretary of Defense shall direct each component of the
Armed Forces to share lessons learned and best practices on the
progress of their gender integration implementation plans and
to communicate strategically that progress with other
components of the Armed Forces as well as the general public,
as recommended by the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in
the Services.
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247. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lawrence of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. STRATEGIES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF WOMEN IN THE
ARMED FORCES.
The Secretary of each of the military departments shall--
(1) examine successful strategies in use by foreign
military services to recruit and retain women; and
(2) consider potential best practices for
implementation in the United States Armed Forces, as
recommended by the Defense Advisory Committee on Women
in the Services.
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248. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 729. UPDATE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REGULATIONS, INSTRUCTIONS,
AND OTHER GUIDANCE TO INCLUDE GAMBLING DISORDER.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments,
shall update all regulations, instructions, and other guidance
of the Department of Defense and the military departments with
respect to behavioral health to explicitly include gambling
disorder. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall
implement the recommendations of the Comptroller General of the
United States numbered 2 through 6 in the report by the
Comptroller General titled ``Military Personnel: DOD and the
Coast Guard Need to Screen for Gambling Disorder Addiction and
Update Guidance'' (numbered GAO-17-114).
(b) Military Departments Defined.--In this section, the term
``military departments'' has the meaning given that term in
section 101(8) of title 10, United States Code.
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249. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of Nevada or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 353, line 19, strike ``LEADERSHIP OF''.
Page 353, line 23, insert ``(a) Leadership.--'' before
``Subsection''.
Page 356, after line 15, add the following:
(b) Authority.--Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of such
section is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``The Office shall carry out decision making
authority delegated to the office by the Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with respect to the
definition, coordination, and management of functional,
technical, and programmatic activities that are jointly used,
carried out, and shared by the Departments.''.
(c) Purposes.--Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of such
section is by adding at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
``(C) To develop and implement a
comprehensive interoperability strategy,
including pursuant to the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 or other
provision of law requiring such strategy.
``(D) To pursue the highest level of
interoperability (as defined in section 713 of
the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2020) for the delivery of health
care by the Department of Defense and the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
``(E) To accelerate the exchange of health
care information between the Departments in
order to support the delivery of health care by
both Departments.
``(F) To collect the operational and
strategic requirements of the Departments
relating to the strategy under subsection (a)
and communicate such requirements and
activities to the Office of the National
Coordinator for Health Information Technology
of the Department of Health and Human Services
for the purpose of implementing title IV of the
21st Century Cures Act (division A of Public
Law 114-255), and the amendments made by that
title, and other objectives of the Office of
the National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology.
``(G) To plan for and effectuate the broadest
possible implementation of standards,
specifically with respect to the Fast
Healthcare Interoperability Resources standard
or successor standard, the evolution of such
standards, and the obsolescence of such
standards.
``(H) To actively engage with national and
international health standards setting
organizations, including by taking membership
in such organizations, to ensure that standards
established by such organizations meet the
needs of the Department of Defense and the
Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to the
strategy under subsection (a), and oversee and
approve adoption of and mapping to such
standards by the Departments.
``(I) To express the content and format of
health data of the Departments using a common
language to improve the exchange of data
between the Departments and with the private
sector, and to ensure that clinicians of both
Departments have access to integrated,
computable, comprehensive health records of
patients.
``(J) To inform each Chief Information
Officer of the Department of Defense and the
Chief Information Officer of the Department of
Veterans Affairs of any activities of the
Office affecting or relevant to
cybersecurity.''.
(d) Resources and Staffing.--Subsection (g) of such section
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period
at the end the following: ``, including the assignment
of clinical or technical personnel of the Department of
Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs to the
Office''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
``(3) Cost sharing.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through the
Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense
Joint Executive Committee, shall enter into an
agreement on cost sharing and providing resources for
the operations and staffing of the Office.
``(4) Hiring authority.--The Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall delegate to the
Director the authority under title 5, United States
Code, regarding appointments in the competitive service
to hire personnel of the Office.''.
(e) Budget Matters.--Such section is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
``(k) Budget and Contracting Matters.--
``(1) Budget.--The Director may obligate and expend
funds allocated to the operations of the Office.
``(2) Contract authority.--The Director may enter
into contracts to carry out this section.''.
(f) Reports.--Subsection (h) of such section is amended to
read as follows:
``(h) Reports.--
``(1) Annual reports.--Not later than September 30,
2020, and each year thereafter through 2024, the
Director shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and to the
appropriate committees of Congress, a report on the
activities of the Office during the preceding calendar
year. Each report shall include the following:
``(A) A detailed description of the
activities of the Office during the year
covered by such report, including a detailed
description of the amounts expended and the
purposes for which expended.
``(B) With respect to the objectives of the
strategy under paragraph (2)(C) of subsection
(b), and the purposes of the Office under such
subsection--
``(i) a discussion, description, and
assessment of the progress made by the
Department of Defense and the
Department of Veterans Affairs during
the preceding calendar year; and
``(ii) a discussion and description
of the goals of the Department of
Defense and the Department of Veterans
Affairs for the following calendar
year.
``(2) Quarterly reports.--On a quarterly basis, the
Director shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a detailed financial summary of the activities
of the Office, including the funds allocated to the
Office by each Department, the expenditures made, and
an assessment as to whether the current funding is
sufficient to carry out the activities of the Office.
``(3) Availability.--Each report under this
subsection shall be made publicly available.''.
(g) Conforming Repeal.--Section 713 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-66; 10
U.S.C. 1071 note) is repealed.
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250. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lesko of Arizona or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. __. AIR FORCE AGGRESSOR SQUADRON MODERNIZATION.
(a) Sense of the House of Representatives.--It is the sense
of the House of Representatives that--
(1) it is critical that the Air Force has the
capability to train against an advanced air adversary
in order to be prepared for conflicts against a modern
enemy force;
(2) in order to have this capability, Air Force must
have access to an advanced adversary force prior to
United States adversaries fielding a 5th-generation
operational capability; and
(3) the Air Force's plan to use low-rate initial
production F-35As as aggressor aircraft reflects a
recognition of the need to field a modernized aggressor
fleet.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--No later than 6 months prior to the
transfer of any low-rate initial production F-35
aircraft for use as aggressor aircraft, the Chief of
Staff of the Air Force shall submit to the
congressional defense committees, and the Member of
Congress and the Senators who represent bases from
where aircraft may be transferred, a comprehensive plan
and report on the strategy for modernizing the organic
aggressor fleet.
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph
(1) shall include the following elements:
(A) Potential locations for F-35A aggressor
aircraft, including an analysis of
installations that--
(i) have the size and availability of
airspace necessary to meet flying
operations requirements;
(ii) have sufficient capacity and
availability of range space;
(iii) are capable of hosting
advanced-threat training exercises; and
(iv) meet or require minimal addition
to the environmental requirements
associated with the basing action.
(B) An analysis of the potential cost and
benefits of expanding aggressor squadrons
currently operating 18 Primary Assigned
Aircraft (PAA) to a level of 24 PAA each.
(C) An analysis of the cost and timelines
associated with modernizing the current Air
Force aggressor squadrons to include upgrading
aircraft's radar, infrared search-and-track
systems, radar warning receiver, tactical
datalink, threat-representative jamming pods,
and other upgrades necessary to provide a
realistic advanced adversary threat.
(D) Any costs associated with moving the
aircraft.
(E) Any jobs on the relevant military
installation that may be affected by said
changes.
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251. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Levin of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. DISPOSAL OF MATERIALS CONTAINING PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL
SUBSTANCES OR AQUEOUS FILM-FORMING FOAM.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that when materials
containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (referred to in
this section as ``PFAS'') or aqueous film forming foam are
disposed--
(1) all incineration is conducted in a manner that
eliminates PFAS while also ensuring that no PFAS is
emitted into the air;
(2) all incineration is conducted in accordance with
the requirements of the Clean Air Act (42 USC 7401 et
seq.), including controlling hydrogen fluoride;
(3) any materials containing PFAS that are designated
for disposal are stored in accordance with the
requirement under part 264 of title 40, Code of Federal
Regulations; and
(4) no incineration is conducted at any facility that
violated the requirements of the Clean Air Act (42
U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) during the 12-month period
preceding the date of disposal.
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252. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Levin of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON CONTRACTOR VIOLATIONS OF
CERTAIN LABOR LAWS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Comptroller of the United States shall submit a
report to Congress on the number of contractors--
(1) that performed a contract with the Department of
Defense during the five-year period preceding the date
of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) that have been found by the Department of Labor
to have committed willful or repeat violations of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.
651 et seq.) or the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), and the nature of the
violations committed.
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253. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Levin of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR NAVAL UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
INITIATIVES.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201 for Navy basic research, University Research
Initiatives, line 001 (PE 0601103N) is hereby increased by
$5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintenance, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, operating forces,
Special Operations Command Theater Forces, line 100 is hereby
reduced by $5,000,000.
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254. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Levin of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:
SEC. 567. ASSESSMENT AND STUDY OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) One-year Independent Assessment of the Effectiveness of
TAP.--
(1) Independent assessment.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in consultation with the
covered officials, shall enter into an agreement with
an appropriate entity with experience in adult
education to carry out a 1-year independent assessment
of TAP, including--
(A) the effectiveness of TAP for members of
each military department during the entire
military life cycle;
(B) the appropriateness of the TAP career
readiness standards;
) a review of information that is provided
to the Department of Veterans Affairs under
TAP, including mental health data;
(D) whether TAP effectively addresses the
challenges veterans face entering the civilian
workforce and in translating experience and
skills from military service to the job market;
(E) whether TAP effectively addresses the
challenges faced by the families of veterans
making the transition to civilian life;
(F) appropriate metrics regarding TAP
outcomes for members of the Armed Forces one
year after separation, retirement, or discharge
from the Armed Forces;
(G) what the Secretary, in consultation with
the covered officials and veterans service
organizations determine to be successful
outcomes for TAP;
(II) whether members of the Armed Forces
achieve successful outcomes for TAP, as
determined under subparagraph (G);
(I) how the Secretary and the covered
officials provide feedback to each other
regarding such outcomes;
(J) recommendations for the Secretaries of
the military departments regarding how to
improve outcomes for members of the Armed
Forces after separation, retirement, and
discharge; and
(K) other topics the Secretary and the
covered officials determine would aid members
of the Armed Forces as they transition to
civilian life.
(2) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the
completion of the independent assessment under
paragraph (1), the Secretary and the covered officials,
shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of
the Senate and House of Representatives and the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives--
(A) the findings and recommendations
(including recommended legislation) of the
independent assessment prepared by the entity
described in paragraph (1); and
(B) responses of the Secretary and the
covered officials to the findings and
recommendations described in subparagraph (G).
(3) Definitions.--In this section:
(A) The term ``covered officials'' is
comprised of--
(I) the Secretary of Defense;
(ii) the Secretary of Labor;
(iii) the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration; and
(iv) the Secretaries of the military
departments.
(B) The term ``military department'' has the
meaning given that term in section 101 of title
10, United States Code.
(b) Longitudinal Study on Changes to TAP.--
(1) Study.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, in consultation with the Secretaries of
Defense and Labor and the Administrator of the Small
Business Administration, shall conduct a five-year
longitudinal study regarding TAP on three separate
cohorts of members of the Armed Forces who have
separated from the Armed Forces, including--
(A) a cohort that has attended TAP counseling
as implemented on the date of the enactment of
this Act;
(B) a cohort that attends TAP counseling
after the Secretaries of Defense and Labor
implement changes recommended in the report
under subsection a(2); and
) a cohort that has not attended TAP
counseling.
(2) Progress reports.--Not later than 90 days after
the day that is one year after the date of the
initiation of the study under paragraph (1) and
annually thereafter for the three subsequent years, the
Secretaries of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Labor,
and the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, shall submit to the Committees on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives and the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and House of Representatives a progress
report of activities under the study during the
immediately preceding year.
(3) Final report.--Not later than 180 days after the
completion of the study under paragraph (1), the
Secretaries of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Labor,
and the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration, shall submit to the Committees on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of
Representatives and the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and House of Representatives a report of
final findings and recommendations based on the study.
(4) Elements.--The final report under paragraph (3)
shall include information regarding the following:
(A) The percentage of each cohort that
received unemployment benefits during the
study.
(B) The numbers of months members of each
cohort were employed during the study.
) Annual starting and ending salaries of
members of each cohort who were employed during
the study.
(D) How many members of each cohort enrolled
in an institution of higher learning, as that
term is defined in section 3452(f) of title 38,
United States Code.
(E) The academic credit hours, degrees, and
certificates obtained by members of each cohort
during the study.
(F) The annual income of members of each
cohort.
(G) The total household income of members of
each cohort.
(H) How many members of each cohort own their
principal residences.
(I) How many dependents that members of each
cohort have.
(J) The percentage of each cohort that
achieves a successful outcome for TAP, as
determined under subsection (1)(G).
(K) Other criteria the Secretaries and the
Administrator of the Small Business
Administration determine appropriate.
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255. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Levin of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INITIATIVE.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report containing an
analysis of the progress of the Department of Defense in
implementing the Combating Trafficking in Persons Initiative,
published in 2007 and as revised on June 21, 2019.
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256. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lieu of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. PROHIBITION ON IN-FLIGHT REFUELING TO NON-UNITED STATES
AIRCRAFT THAT ENGAGE IN HOSTILITIES IN THE ONGOING
CIVIL WAR IN YEMEN.
For the two-year period beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense may not
provide in-flight refueling pursuant to section 2342 of title
10, United States Code, or any other applicable statutory
authority to non-United States aircraft that engage in
hostilities in the ongoing civil war in Yemen unless and until
a declaration of war or a specific statutory authorization for
such use of United States Armed Forces has been enacted.
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257. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lieu of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle G of title XII the following:
SEC. __. UNITED STATES STRATEGY FOR LIBYA.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that contains a
strategy for Libya.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) An explanation of the strategy for Libya,
including a description of the ends, ways, and means
inherent to the strategy.
(2) An explanation of the legal authorities
supporting the strategy.
(3) A detailed description of U.S. counterterrorism
and security partnerships with Libyan actors.
(4) A detailed description of Libyan security actors
and an assessment of how those actors advance or
undermine stability in Libya and or U.S. strategic
interests in Libya.
(5) A detailed description of how Libyan security
actors support or obstruct civilian authorities and
U.N. led efforts towards a political settlement of the
conflict.
(6) A detailed description of the military activities
of external actors in Libya, including Russia, Egypt,
France, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and
the United Arab Emirates, including assessments of
whether those activities:
(A) have undermined progress towards
stabilization, including the United Nations-led
negotiations;
(B) involve United States-origin equipment
and violate contractual conditions of
acceptable use of such equipment; or
(C) violate or seek to violate the United
Nations arms embargo on Libya imposed pursuant
to United Nations Security Council Resolution
1970 (2011).
(7) A plan to integrate the United States diplomatic,
development, military, and intelligence resources
necessary to implement the strategy.
(8) A detailed description of the roles of the United
States Armed Forces in supporting the strategy.
(9) Any other matters as the President considers
appropriate.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives.
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258. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Loebsack of Iowa or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AUTHORITY
FOR ARSENALS, DEPOTS AND PLANTS.
(a) Ensuring Viability of Arsenals, Depots and Plants.--
Section 345(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91; 10 U.S.C. 2667 note) is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting
``September 30, 2025''.
(b) Report Required .-- Not later than March 1, 2020, the
Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report that includes--
(1) the results of a needs assessment conducted by
the Secretary to determine the logistical, information
technology, and security requirements to create an
internal listing service of Army assets available for
lease at Arsenal's, depots and plants; and
(2) information from any previous Army assessments or
inventory of real property.
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259. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Loebsack of Iowa or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
SEC. ___. STEM JOBS ACTION PLAN.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Jobs in science, technology, engineering, and
math in addition to maintenance and manufacturing
(collectively referred to in this section as ``STEM'')
make up a significant portion of the workforce of the
Department of Defense.
(2) These jobs exist within the organic industrial
base, research, development, and engineering centers,
life-cycle management commands, and logistics centers
of the Department.
(3) Vital to the continued support of the mission of
all of the military services, the Department needs to
maintain its STEM workforce.
(4) It is known that the demographics of personnel of
the Department indicate that many of the STEM personnel
of the Department will be eligible to retire in the
next few years.
(5) Decisive action is needed to replace STEM
personnel as they retire to ensure that the military
does not further suffer a skill and knowledge gap and
thus a serious readiness gap.
(b) Assessments and Plan of Action.--The Secretary of
Defense, in conjunction with the Secretary of each military
department, shall --
(1) perform an assessment of the STEM workforce for
organizations within the Department of Defense,
including the numbers and types of positions and the
expectations for losses due to retirements and
voluntary departures;
(2) identify the types and quantities of STEM jobs
needed to support future mission work;
(3) determine the shortfall between lost STEM
personnel and future requirements;
(4) analyze and explain the appropriateness and
impact of using reimbursable and working capital fund
dollars for new STEM hires;
(5) identify a plan of action to address the STEM
jobs gap, including hiring strategies and timelines for
replacement of STEM employees; and
(6) deliver to Congress, not later than December 31,
2020, a report specifying such plan of action.
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260. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lowenthal of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. CONTINUED DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USE OF HEATING, VENTILATION,
AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS UTILIZING VARIABLE
REFRIGERANT FLOW.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
Department of Defense may continue to consider and select
heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems that utilize
variable refrigerant flow as an option for use in Department of
Defense facilities.
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261. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lucas of Oklahoma or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 948, line 4, strike ``(b)''.
Page 948, line 9, strike ``; and'' and insert ``;''.
Page 948, line 10, strike ``paragraph (2)(C)'' and insert
``subsection (a)(2)(C)''.
Page 948, line 12, strike the period at the end and insert
``; and''.
Page 948, after line 12 insert the following:
(3) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) by inserting after ``the Secretary of
Defense,'' the following: ``in coordination
with the Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration,'';
(B) by inserting after ``defense'' the
following: ``and science'' ;
(C) by inserting after ``the Department of
Defense'' the following: ``and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration'';
(4) in subsection (b)(2)(D), by inserting after ``the
Secretary'' the following: ``or the Administrator of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration''.
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262. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan of New Mexico
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 31__. ACCOUNTING PRACTICES OF NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY
ADMINISTRATION FACILITIES.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Secretary of Energy should ensure that each laboratory
operating contractor or plant or site manager of National
Nuclear Security Administration sites applies generally
accepted and consistent accounting best practices for
laboratory, plant, or site directed research and development.
(b) Report Required.--Not later than 210 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator for Nuclear
Security shall submit to the congressional defense committees a
report that assesses the costs, benefits, risks, and other
effects of the pilot program under section 3119 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-
328; 50 U.S.C. 2791 note).
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263. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan of New Mexico
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. STUDY AND REPORT ON LAB-EMBEDDED ENTREPRENEURIAL FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAM.
(a) Study.--The Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering, in consultation with the Director of the Advanced
Manufacturing Office of the Department of Energy, shall conduct
a study on the feasibility and potential benefits of
establishing a lab-embedded entrepreneurial fellowship program.
(b) Elements.--The study under subsection (a) shall include,
with respect to a lab-embedded entrepreneurial fellowship
program, the following:
(1) An estimate of administrative and programmatic
costs and materials, including appropriate levels of
living stipends and health insurance to attract a
competitive pool of applicants.
(2) An assessment of capacity for entrepreneurial
fellows to use laboratory facilities and equipment.
(3) An assessment of the benefits for participants in
the program through access to mentorship, education,
and networking and exposure to leaders from academia,
industry, government, and finance.
(4) Assessment of the benefits for the Department of
Defense science and technology activities through
partnerships and exchanges with program fellows.
(5) An estimate of the economic benefits created by
the implementation of this program, based in part on
similar entrepreneurial programs.
(c) Consultation.--In conducting the study under subsection
(a), the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering shall consult with the following, as necessary:
(1) The Director of the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency.
(2) The Director of Research for each military
service.
(3) Relevant research facilities, including the
Department of Energy National Laboratories (as defined
in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42
U.S.C. 15801)).
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to
the designated recipients a report on the results of
the study conducted under subsection (a). At minimum,
the report shall include an explanation of the results
of the study with respect to each element set forth in
subsection (b).
(2) Nonduplication of efforts.--The Under Secretary
of Defense for Research and Engineering may use or add
to any existing reports completed by the Department in
order to meet the reporting requirement under paragraph
(1).
(3) Form of report.--The report under paragraph (1)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may
include a classified annex.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``designated recipients'' means the
following:
(A) The Committee on Armed Services, the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
(B) The Committee on Armed Services, the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(C) The Secretary of Defense.
(D) The Secretary of Energy.
(2) The term ``lab-embedded entrepreneurial
fellowship program'' means a competitive, two-year
program in which participants (to be known as
``fellows'') are selected from a pool of applicants to
work in a Federal research facility where the fellows
will conduct research, development, and demonstration
activities, commercialize technology, and train to be
entrepreneurs.
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264. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan of New Mexico
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. __. FINDINGS, PURPOSE, AND APOLOGY.
Section 2(a)(1) of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
(Public Law 101-426; 42 U.S.C. 2210 note) is amended by
inserting ``, including individuals in New Mexico, Idaho,
Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington,
South Dakota, North Dakota, Nevada, Guam, and the Northern
Mariana Islands,'' after ``tests exposed individuals''.
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265. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luria of Virginia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. FINDINGS ON MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Musculoskeletal injuries among active duty
soldiers result in over 10 million limited duty days
each year and account for over 70% of the medically
non-deployable population, extremity injury accounts
for 79% of reported trauma cases in theater, and
service members experience anterior cruciate ligament
(ACL) injuries at 10 times the rate of the general
population.
(2) Congress recognizes the important work of the
Naval Advanced Medical Research Unit in Wound Care
Research and encourages continued development of
innovations for the Warfighter, especially regarding
these tendon and ligament injuries that prevent return
to duty for extended periods of time.
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266. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luria of Virginia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. STUDY ON ENERGY SAVINGS PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS.
(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study on
how the Secretary could enter into more energy savings
performance contracts (referred to in this section as ``ESPCs''
). In conducting the study, the Secretary shall--
(1) identify any legislative or regulatory barriers
to entering into more ESPCs; and
(2) include policy proposals for how the Department
of Defense could evaluate the cost savings caused by
increasing energy resiliency when evaluating whether to
enter into ESPCs.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the study required
under subsection (a).
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267. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lynch of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle G of title VIII the following new
section:
SEC. __. REESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION ON WARTIME CONTRACTING.
(a) In General.--There is hereby reestablished in the
legislative branch under section 841 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181; 122
Stat. 230) the Commission on Wartime Contracting.
(b) Amendment to Duties.--Section 841(c)(1) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-
181; 122 Stat. 231) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) General duties.--The Commission shall study the
following matters:
``(A) Federal agency contracting funded by
overseas contingency operations funds.
``(B) Federal agency contracting for the
logistical support of coalition forces
operating under the authority of the 2001 or
2002 Authorization for the Use of Military
Force.
``(C) Federal agency contracting for the
performance of security functions in countries
where coalition forces operate under the
authority of the 2001 or 2002 Authorization for
the Use of Military Force''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 841 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-
181; 122 Stat. 230) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform''
each place it appears and inserting ``the
Committee on Oversight and Reform'';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``of this
Act'' and inserting ``of the Wartime
Contracting Commission Reauthorization Act of
2019''; and
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``was first
established'' each place it appears and
inserting ``was reestablished by the Wartime
Contracting Commission Reauthorization Act of
2019''; and
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``On March 1,
2009'' and inserting ``Not later than one year after
the date of enactment of the Wartime Contracting
Commission Reauthorization Act of 2019''.
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268. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Maloney of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 283, after line 10, insert the following:
SEC. 567. INFORMATION REGARDING COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICERS.
(a) Provision of Information.--The Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that a member of the Armed Forces who is separating or
retiring from the Armed Forces may elect to have the Department
of Defense form DD-214 of the member transmitted to the
appropriate county veterans service officer based on the
mailing address provided by the member.
(b) Database.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, shall maintain a database of
all county veterans service officers.
(c) County Veterans Service Officer Defined.--In this
section, the term ``county veterans service officer'' means an
employee of a county government, local government, or Tribal
government who is covered by section 14.629(a)(2) of title 38,
Code of Federal Regulations.
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269. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Maloney of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 719. MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL SERVICES AT MILITARY MEDICAL
TREATMENT FACILITIES AT SERVICE ACADEMIES.
Section 1073d of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(f) Maintenance of Certain Medical Services at Service
Academies.--(1) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary
of Defense shall ensure that each military medical treatment
facility located at a Service Academy (as defined in section
347 of this title) provides each covered medical service unless
the Secretary determines that a civilian health care facility
located not fewer than five miles from the Service Academy
provides the covered medical service.
``(2) In this subsection, the term `covered medical service'
means the following:
``(A) Emergency room services.
``(B) Orthopedic services.
``(C) General surgery services.
``(D) Ear, nose, and throat services.
``(E) Gynecological services.
``(F) Ophthalmology services.
``(G) In-patient services.
``(H) Any other medical services that the relevant
Superintendent of the Service Academy determines
necessary to maintain the readiness and health of the
cadets or midshipmen and members of the armed forces at
the Service Academy.''.
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270. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mast of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title VI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 632. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MORALE, WELFARE, AND RECREATION
PRIVILEGES TO FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS ON MANDATORY
HOME LEAVE.
(a) In General.--Section 1065 of title 10, United States
Code, as added by section 621 of the John S. McCain National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-
232), is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``veterans and
caregivers for veterans'' and inserting ``veterans,
caregivers for veterans, and Foreign Service
officers'';
(2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
subsections (g) and (h), respectively;
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following
new subsection (f):
``(f) Eligibility of Foreign Service Officers on Mandatory
Home Leave.--A Foreign Service officer on mandatory home leave
may be permitted to use military lodging referred to in
subsection (h).''; and
(4) in subsection (h), as redesignated by paragraph
(2), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(5) The term `Foreign Service officer' has the
meaning given that term in section 103 of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3903).
``(6) The term `mandatory home leave' means leave
under section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4083).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on January 1, 2020, as if originally
incorporated in section 621 of Public Law 115-232.
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271. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McBath of Georgia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. DEFINITION OF CURRENT MONTHLY INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF
BANKRUPTCY LAWS.
Section 101(10A) of title 11, United States Code, is amended
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
``(B)(i) includes any amount paid by any
entity other than the debtor (or in a joint
case the debtor and the debtor's spouse), on a
regular basis for the household expenses of the
debtor or the debtor's dependents (and in a
joint case the debtor's spouse if not otherwise
a dependent); and
``(ii) excludes--
``(I) benefits received under
the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 301 et seq.);
``(II) payments to victims of
war crimes or crimes against
humanity on account of their
status as victims of such
crimes;
``(III) payments to victims
of international terrorism or
domestic terrorism, as those
terms are defined in section
2331 of title 18, on account of
their status as victims of such
terrorism; and
``(IV) any monthly
compensation, pension, pay,
annuity, or allowance paid
under title 10, 37, or 38 in
connection with a disability,
combat-related injury or
disability, or death of a
member of the uniformed
services, except that any
retired pay excluded under this
subclause shall include retired
pay paid under chapter 61 of
title 10 only to the extent
that such retired pay exceeds
the amount of retired pay to
which the debtor would
otherwise be entitled if
retired under any provision of
title 10 other than chapter 61
of that title.''.
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272. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McGovern of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 7__. WOUNDED WARRIOR SERVICE DOG PROGRAM.
(a) Grants Authorized.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations provided for such purpose, the Secretary of
Defense shall establish a program, to be known as the ``Wounded
Warrior Service Dog Program'', to award competitive grants to
nonprofit organizations to assist such organizations in the
planning, designing, establishing, or operating (or any
combination thereof) of programs to provide assistance dogs to
covered members.
(b) Use of Funds.--
(1) In general.--The recipient of a grant under this
section shall use the grant to carry out programs that
provide assistance dogs to covered members who have a
disability described in paragraph (2).
(2) Disability.--A disability described in this
paragraph is any of the following:
(A) Blindness or visual impairment.
(B) Loss of use of a limb, paralysis, or
other significant mobility issues.
(C) Loss of hearing.
(D) Traumatic brain injury.
(E) Post-traumatic stress disorder.
(F) Any other disability that the Secretary
of Defense considers appropriate.
(3) Timing of award.--The Secretary of Defense may
not award a grant under this section to reimburse a
recipient for costs previously incurred by the
recipient in carrying out a program to provide
assistance dogs to covered members unless the recipient
elects for the award to be such a reimbursement.
(c) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under
this section, a nonprofit organization shall submit an
application to the Secretary of Defense at such time, in such
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may
require. Such application shall include--
(1) a proposal for the evaluation required by
subsection (d); and
(2) a description of--
(A) the training that will be provided by the
organization to covered members;
(B) the training of dogs that will serve as
assistance dogs;
(C) the aftercare services that the
organization will provide for such dogs and
covered members;
(D) the plan for publicizing the availability
of such dogs through a targeted marketing
campaign to covered members;
(E) the recognized expertise of the
organization in breeding and training such
dogs;
(F) the commitment of the organization to
humane standards for animals; and
(G) the experience of the organization with
working with military medical treatment
facilities; and
(3) a statement certifying that the organization--
(A) is accredited by Assistance Dogs
International, the International Guide Dog
Federation, or another similar widely
recognized accreditation organization that the
Secretaries determine has accreditation
standards that meet or exceed the standards of
Assistance Dogs International and the
International Guide Dog Federation; or
(B) is a candidate for such accreditation or
otherwise meets or exceeds such standards, as
determined by the Secretary of Defense.
(d) Evaluation.--The Secretary of Defense shall require each
recipient of a grant to use a portion of the funds made
available through the grant to conduct an evaluation of the
effectiveness of the activities carried out through the grant
by such recipient.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Assistance dog.--The term ``assistance dog''
means a dog specifically trained to perform physical
tasks to mitigate the effects of a disability described
in subsection (b)(2), except that the term does not
include a dog specifically trained for comfort or
personal defense.
(2) Covered member.--The term ``covered member''
means a member of the Armed Forces who is--
(B) receiving medical treatment,
recuperation, or therapy under chapter 55 of
title 10, United States Code;
(C) in medical hold or medical holdover
status; or
(D) covered under section 1202 or 1205 of
title 10, United States Code.
(f) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 1405 for Other Authorizations, Defense
Health Program, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4501, for Consolidated Health Support is hereby
increased by $11,000,000.
(g) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for Operations and Maintenance, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, Line 460, Office
of the Secretary of Defense is hereby reduced by $11,000,000.
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273. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKinley of West
Virginia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 408, line 3, insert ``the Secretary of Energy'' after
``Joint Chiefs of Staff,''.
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274. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKinley of West
Virginia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 408, line 7, insert ``, with a focus on items that
contain high concentrations of rare earth materials'' after
``rare earth materials''.
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275. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKinley of West
Virginia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 408, line 16, insert ``, including use of a sole source
contract with a institution of higher education (as defined in
section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 Act (20 U.S.C.
1001)) or other entity,'' after ``methods''.
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276. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKinley of West
Virginia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end subtitle B of title V, add the following:
SEC. 520. REPORT REGARDING NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM.
Not later than December 31, 2020, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees
regarding the resources and authorities the Secretary
determines necessary to identify the effects of the National
Guard Youth Challenge Program on graduates of that program
during the five years immediately preceding the date of the
report. Such resources shall include the costs of identifying
such effects beyond the 12-month, post-residential mentoring
period of that program.
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277. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McNerney of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. REDUCTION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITY WATER USE.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
containing plan to reduce facility water use intensity,
relative to the baseline of the water consumption of the
facility for fiscal year 2018. The report shall include each of
the following:
(1) Life-cycle cost-effective measures that will
reduce water consumption by 2 percent annually through
the end of fiscal year 2025.
(2) Baseline development methodology for calculating
a baseline of water use intensity for fiscal year 2018,
defined as gallons per gross square foot per year, that
will permit all future reduction goals to be measured
relative to such baseline.
(3) An identification of life-cycle cost effective
water savings measures that can be implemented to
achieve in Department of Defense facilities a minimum
of 2 percent annual reduction in water use through
2025.
(4) A description of any barriers to implementation
of a water use reduction program.
(b) Water Use.--In this section, the term ``water use'' with
respect to a facility includes--
(1) all water used at the facility that is obtained
from public water systems or from natural freshwater
sources such as lakes, streams, and aquifers, where the
water is classified or permitted for human consumption;
and
(2) potable water used for drinking, bathing, toilet
flushing, laundry, cleaning and food services, watering
of landscaping, irrigation, and process applications
such as cooling towers, boilers, and fire suppression
systems.
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278. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meadows of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 8__. REPORT ON REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONSUMPTION-BASED
SOLUTIONS.
(a) Report.--The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on the feasibility of revising the Defense
Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to include
requirements relating to consumption-based solutions.
(b) Consumption-based Solutions Defined.--The term
``consumption-based solutions'' means any combination of
hardware or equipment, software, and labor or services that
together provide a capability that is metered and billed based
on actual usage and predetermined pricing per resource unit,
and includes the ability to rapidly scale capacity up or down.
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279. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meadows of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following
SEC. 898. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR DISCLOSURE OF UNPAID FEDERAL TAX
LIABILITY.
Section 2313(c) of title 41, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(9) Any unpaid Federal tax liability of the person,
but only to the extent all judicial and administrative
remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed with
respect to the Federal tax liability.''.
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280. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meadows of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 394, after line 16, insert the following:
(6) Delegation of authority.--The service acquisition
executive may delegate any of the responsibilities
under this subsection to a program executive officer
(or equivalent).
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281. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meadows of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following
SEC. 882. BRIEFING ON THE TRUSTED CAPITAL MARKETPLACE PILOT PROGRAM.
Not later than December 15, 2019, the Secretary of Defense
shall provide to the congressional defense committees a
briefing on the progress of the Trusted Capital Marketplace
pilot program (Solicitation number: CS-19-1701), to include
plans for how the program will--
(1) align with critical defense requirements; and
(2) become self-sustaining.
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282. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meadows of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XII, add the following:
Subtitle I--Stop Financing of Al-Shabaab Act
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Stop Financing of al-
Shabaab Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Horn of Africa region remains integral to
United States interests in Africa and the Indian Ocean
region; and
(2) United States assistance and diplomatic support
for the Government of Somalia and its Federal Member
States must be predicated upon measurable progress
toward defined benchmarks with respect to efforts to
counter al-Shabaab, including the enforcement of
measures to combat illicit trafficking that finances
al-Shabaab.
(b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States to--
(1) combat any means by which al-Shabaab obtains
funding through illicit trafficking;
(2) take into consideration compliance with and
enforcement of the international bans on illicit
trafficking which finances al-Shabaab when providing
United States assistance to any country;
(3) notify countries receiving United States security
assistance which are identified by the Secretary of
State or Secretary of Defense as major components of
illicit trafficking routes that finance al-Shabaab,
that continued assistance may depend on the full
implementation of the obligations of such country to
enforce as fully as possibly all restrictions against
such trafficking; and
(4) ensure that continued United States security
assistance to Kenya, including assistance coordinated
through the Kenya-United States Liaison Office, and
assistance to multilateral institutions such as the
African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) to combat al-
Shabaab recruitment, attacks, and other operations
inside Kenya also includes assistance to enable the
Kenya Defense Forces to end facilitation of trafficking
that funds al-Shabaab encountered by the Kenya Defense
Forces.
SEC. 3. REPORT.
(a) Report.--Subject to subsection (b), not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall
submit to the relevant Congressional committees a report
including the contents described in subsection (b).
(b) Contents.--Each report described in subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) Information on efforts made by troop contributors
to AMISOM to enforce any international bans on
trafficked goods.
(2) A recommendation, including a justification for
such recommendation, with respect to making certain
future United States security or other assistance to
any country conditional on enforcement of such
international bans on illicit trafficking that finances
al-Shabaab.
(3) The steps the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense have taken to encourage ending the
facilitation of trafficking that finances al-Shabaab by
recipients of United States security assistance.
(4) A description of the engagement of employees and
contractors of the Department of State with national
and regional Somali authorities, including authorities
in Jubaland, to encourage such Somali authorities to
implement their counter-trafficking obligations.
(5) A description of efforts taken by the governments
of countries with nationals who purchase significant
amounts of trafficked goods that finance al-Shabaab and
a description of the steps the Secretary of State has
taken to encourage such compliance.
(6) An assessment of prospective efforts to reduce
the production and illicit trade of trafficked goods in
Somalia, including the identification of alternative
livelihoods, and means of securing income. The
assessment may include recommendations from the
Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development.
(c) Classified Information.--Each report required under
subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
contain a classified annex.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``relevant
Congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
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283. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meadows of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in title XII, add the following:
SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO MONGOLIA.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States and Mongolia have a shared
interest in supporting and preserving Mongolia's
democracy, including Mongolia's ability to pursue an
independent foreign policy, defend against threats to
its sovereignty, and maintain territorial integrity;
(2) Mongolia has consistently contributed forces to
support United States combat operations in Iraq and
Afghanistan and has a strong record of troop
contributions to international peacekeeping missions;
(3) as one of NATO's nine ``partners across the
globe'', Mongolia shares the United States' vision of a
rules-based order in the strategically important Indo-
Pacific region;
(4) the United States should continue to take steps
to remain Mongolia's preferred security partner;
(5) defense cooperation, a strong military-to-
military relationship, and increased interoperability
between the United States and the armed forces of
Mongolia are in the interest of the United States; and
(6) annual multilateral military exercises in
Mongolia support peacekeeping and humanitarian
assistance and disaster response capacity of United
States partners and allies, and further United States
regional objectives.
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284. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 1048, insert after line 20 the following:
SEC. 2875. REPORT ON LEAD SERVICE LINES AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
Not later than January 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
that contains the following:
(1) The number of military installations at which
lead service lines are connected to schools, childcare
centers and facilities, buildings, and other facilities
of the installation as the Secretary determines
appropriate.
(2) The total number of members of the Armed Forces
affected by the presence of lead service lines at
military installations.
(3) Of the total number of members under paragraph
(2), the number of such members with dependents.
(4) Actions, if any, undertaken by the Secretary to
inform individuals affected by the presence of lead
service lines at military installations of such
presence.
(5) Recommendations for legislative action relating
to the replacement of lead service lines at military
installations.
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285. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 283, line 24, strike ``while on active duty''.
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286. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title V, insert the following:
SEC. 520. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF SUICIDE PREVENTION AND RESILIENCE
PROGRAM FOR THE RESERVE COMPONENTS.
Strike subsection (g) of section 10219 of title 10, United
States Code.
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287. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Miller of West
Virginia or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X of the bill, insert the
following:
SEC. 10___. HONORING LAST SURVIVING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT OF SECOND
WORLD WAR.
(a) Use of Rotunda.--At the election of the individual (or
next of kin of the individual), the last individual to die who
was awarded the Medal of Honor for acts performed during World
War II shall be permitted to lie in honor in the rotunda of the
Capitol upon death.
(b) Implementation.--The Architect of the Capitol, under the
direction and supervision of the President pro tempore of the
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall
take the necessary steps to implement subsection (a) upon the
death of the individual described in such subsection.
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288. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mitchell of Michigan
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. UNIFORMITY IN APPLICATION OF MICRO-PURCHASE THRESHOLD TO
CERTAIN TASK OR DELIVERY ORDERS.
Section 4106(c) of title 41, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``$2,500'' and inserting ``the micro-purchase
threshold under section 1902 of this title''.
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289. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moore of Wisconsin or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 387, after line 15, insert the following new section:
SEC. 729. NATIONAL CAPITAL CONSORTIUM PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY PROGRAM.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) racial, gender, or other forms of discrimination
or harassment should not be tolerated within the PRP;
and
(2) that PRP leadership should--
(A) set the tone that such conduct is not
acceptable;
(B) ensure that all such complains are
thoroughly investigated;
(C) ensure that violators are held
accountable;
(D) ensure that victims are protected, and
not retaliated against;
(E) maintain a workplace free from unlawful
harassment and discrimination;
(F) conduct regular workplace climate
assessments to assess the extent of
discrimination or harassment in the PRP; and
(G) provide refresher training, at least
annually, on acceptable standards of behavior
for all involved in the PRP programs, including
residents and ways to report or address
discrimination, harassment, or other
inappropriate behavior.
(b) PRP Defined.--In this section, the term ``PRP'' means the
National Capital Consortium Psychiatry Residency Program.
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290. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moore of Wisconsin or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XXVI, add the following new section:
SEC. 26__. REVIEW AND REPORT ON CONSTRUCTION OF NEW, OR MAINTENANCE OF
EXISTING, DIRECT FUEL PIPELINE CONNECTIONS AT AIR
NATIONAL GUARD AND AIR FORCE RESERVE INSTALLATIONS.
(a) Review Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force,
in conjunction with the Defense Logistics Agency, shall
complete a review considering--
(1) the need for, and benefits of, the construction
of new, or maintenance of existing, direct fuel
pipeline connections at Air National Guard and Air
Force Reserve installations; and
(2) the barriers, including funding needs and any
inconsistent guidance and consideration of such
projects by the Air Force, that may impede such
projects.
(b) Elements of Review.--The review required by subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) An analysis of the extent that the Air Force and
Defense Logistics Agency have identified direct fuel
pipeline projects as an effective and efficient way to
enhance the ability of regular component, Air National
Guard, and Air Force Reserve installations, to improve
the readiness of affected units and help them to meet
their mission requirements, including an assessment of
how the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve
facilities, across all States and territories, can
leverage such connections to better support current and
emerging air refueling requirements.
(2) An assessment of how direct fuel pipeline
connections enhance the resiliency and efficiency of
the installations and help meet existing Defense
Logistics Agency requirements for secondary storage and
other fuel requirements.
(3) A list of Air National Guard and Air Force
Reserve installations that currently do not have a
direct connection pipeline but have access to such a
pipeline within reasonable proximity (less than five
miles) to the facility.
(4) An overview and summary of the current process
for considering such proposals, including the factors
used to consider requests, including the weight
provided to each factor and including a list of Air
National Guard and Air Force Reserve installations that
have sought funding for projects to create direct
access to a national fuel pipeline or to maintain
access to such pipelines over the last five years.
(5) A list of the total instances in the past five
years in which projects for direct fuel pipeline
connections have been approved for regular component,
Air National Guard, or Air Force Reserve installations,
including the costs of each project and the
justification for such approval.
(6) A list of Air National Guard and Air Force
Reserve installations with current pipeline connections
that the Air Force or Defense Logistics Agency has
determined should no longer be used, including--
(A) an analysis of the justifications for
each such determination, such as decisions to
switch from pipelines to using trucks as the
primary fuel delivery method;
(B) an assessment of whether these
determinations fairly weigh the costs and
benefits of building or maintaining a pipeline
tap as a practical primary or secondary fuel
delivery method for the installation compared
to railroad, barge terminal, or truck delivery;
and
(C) an assessment of whether these
determinations fairly consider or weigh how
direct fuel pipeline connections increase
security for the fuel supply by reducing the
threat of interruption, enhance mission
reliability by providing access to greater fuel
storage capability, and the ability of such
projects once completed to better support the
domestic and global operations of the Air
National Guard or Air Force Reserve
installation.
(7) An assessment of how costs associated with each
direct fuel pipeline connection project is considered
by the Air Force or Defense Logistics Agency and the
weight given to such costs in the final analysis.
(8) An assessment of the effectiveness or usefulness
of guidance or technical assistance provided to
installations requesting or proposing direct fuel
pipeline connection projects and recommend ways to
provide additional assistance to ensure the Air Force
and Defense Logistics Agency receive the most up to
date information about the costs and benefits of
proposed projects from installations.
(9) An assessment of the available funding sources
though the Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency, other
Department of Defense entities, or other mechanisms,
such as a public-private partnership or enhanced use
lease, that can support direct fuel pipeline connection
projects either in whole or in part.
(10) An assessment of the extent to which direct fuel
pipeline connection projects have been incorporated in
any comprehensive plan the Air Force has developed or
will develop regarding investments needed to improve
Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and regular
component installations to meet the Department's needs.
(c) Final Report.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
provide a final report to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives containing the
results of the review required by subsection (a) and
recommendations from the review on how the Air Force can better
expedite and support the use of fuel pipelines at Air National
Guard and Air Force Reserve installations. Such recommendations
shall include options for accelerating the development and
consideration of such projects where most feasible and
appropriate, including whether costs savings could be obtained
by including such projects as part of other related projects
already authorized at an installation.
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291. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Morelle of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 3121. FUNDING FOR INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION IGNITION AND HIGH
YIELD PROGRAM.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by this title for Weapons Activities, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in section 4701, for the
Inertial Confinement Fusion Ignition and High Yield program,
facility operations and target production, is hereby increased
by $5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated by this title for Weapons Activities, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in section 4701, for
Stockpile Services, management, technology, and production, is
hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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292. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mullin of Oklahoma or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 729. REPORT ON MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
INSURANCE.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report identifying the number of medical
providers employed by the Department of Defense who, before
being employed by the Department, lost medical malpractice
insurance coverage by reason of the insurer dropping the
coverage.
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293. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Murphy of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following:
SEC. __. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON THREATS TO UNITED STATES NATIONAL
SECURITY FROM DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERSONIC WEAPONS BY
FOREIGN NATIONS.
(a) Independent Study.--Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research
and development center under which the center will conduct a
study on the development of hypersonic weapons capabilities by
foreign nations and the threat posed by such capabilities to
United States territory, forces and overseas bases, and allies.
(b) Elements of Study.--The study required under subsection
(a) shall--
(1) describe the hypersonic weapons capabilities in
development in the People's Republic of China, the
Russian Federation, and other nations;
(2) assess the proliferation risk that nations that
develop hypersonic weapons capabilities might transfer
this technology to other nations;
(3) attempt to describe the rationale for why each
nation that is developing hypersonic weapons
capabilities is undertaking such development; and
(4) examine the unique threats created to United
States national security by hypersonic weapons due to
both their maneuverability and speed, distinguishing
between hypersonic glide vehicles delivered by rocket
boosters (known as boost-glide systems) and hypersonic
cruise missiles, and further distinguishing between
longer-range systems that can reach United States
territory and shorter or medium range systems that
might be used in a regional conflict.
(c) Submission to Department of Defense.--Not later than 270
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally
funded research and development center that conducts the study
under subsection (a) shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a
report on the results of the study in both classified and
unclassified form.
(d) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 30 days after the
date on which the Secretary of Defense receives the report
under subsection (c), the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees an unaltered copy of the
report in both classified and unclassified form, and any
comments of the Secretary with respect to the report.
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294. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Murphy of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, add the following:
SEC. 1113. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON EXPEDITED HIRING AUTHORITY
FOR POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS.
Section 3116(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
to read as follows:
``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph
(2), the total number of students that the head of an
agency may appoint under this section during a fiscal
year may not exceed the number equal to 15 percent of
the number of students that the agency head appointed
during the previous fiscal year to a position at the
GS-11 level, or an equivalent level, or below.''.
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295. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Napolitano of
California or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title III, insert the following:
SEC. __. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR CIVIL MILITARY PROGRAMS.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for Civil Military Programs is hereby increased by $50,000,000
(to be used in support of the National Guard Youth Challenge
Program).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated for operation and maintenance, Defense-wide, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301,
for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide is hereby reduced
by $50,000,000.
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296. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. PILOT PROGRAM ON PAYMENT OF COSTS FOR DENIED GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE BID PROTESTS.
Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2018 (10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``direct'' before ``costs
incurred''; and
(B) by striking ``in processing'' and
inserting ``by the Department in support of
hearings to adjudicate''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``two years after
the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting
``60 days after the Secretary of Defense certifies in
writing to the congressional defense committees that
the Department of Defense has business systems that
have been independently audited and that can accurately
identify the direct costs incurred by the Department of
Defense in support of hearings to adjudicate covered
protests''.
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297. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. CYBERSECURITY DEFENSE ACADEMY PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) Program Required.--The Secretary of Defense carry out a
pilot program under which the Secretary shall seek to enter
into a public-private partnership with eligible cybersecurity
organizations to train and place veterans as cybersecurity
personnel within the Department of Defense. The public-private
partnership entered into under this subsection shall be known
as the ``Cybersecurity Defense Academy''.
(b) Activities.--The Cybersecurity Defense Academy shall
provide educational courses in topics relating to
cybersecurity, including the following:
(1) Cybersecurity analysis.
(2) Cybersecurity penetration testing.
(3) Cybersecurity threat hunting.
(4) Cybersecurity advanced exploitation.
(5) Linux systems administration.
(6) Robotics process automation analysis.
(c) Placement of Graduates.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish a process under which an individual who has
completed a course of study at the Cybersecurity
Defense Academy may be placed in a cybersecurity-
related position within the Department of Defense.
(2) Waiver of certification.--The Secretary of
Defense shall waive the certification requirements set
forth in Department of Defense Directives 8570 and 8140
with respect to the initial placement of an individual
described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary Determines
that the training provided to the individual by the
Cybersecurity Defense Academy meets or exceeds the
level of training required by such directives..
(d) Eligible Cybersecurity Organization Defined.--In this
section, the term ``eligible cybersecurity organizton'' means
an nonprofit or for-profit organization that--
(1) has a history of working with state and local
governments;
(2) is accredited by the American National Standards
Institute;
(3) has experience placing veterans in cybersecurity
positions;
(4) does not charge fees to servicemembers or
veterans for taking a cybersecurity course; and
(5) aligns aptitude and psychometric selection with
cybersecurity career choice.
(e) Initial Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date
one which the 50th graduate of the Cybersecurity Defense
Academy is placed in the Department of Defense, the Secretary
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report that includes the following:
(1) The number of individuals who graduated from the
Cybersecurity Defense Academy.
(2) The number of such individuals who were directly
placed in cybersecurity positions with employers.
(3) The efficiency and effectiveness (speed of entry
and candidate selection) based on aptitude and
psychometric tools utilized to allocate veterans to
cybersecurity roles.
(4) The benefits or burdens of permanently
establishing the Cybersecurity Defense Academy.
(5) Recommendations identifying any specific actions
that should be carried out if the program under this
section should become permanent.
(6) Recommendations for any changes to Department of
Defense Directives 8570 and 8140.
(f) Termination.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
the program under this section shall terminate on the
date that is five years after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(2) Continuation.--The Secretary of Defense may
continue the program after the termination date
applicable under paragraph (1) if the Secretary
determines that continuation of the program after that
date is advisable and appropriate. If the Secretary
determines to continue the program after that date, the
Secretary shall do the following:
(A) Not later than 180 days after the date on
which the report is submitted under subsection
(e), the Secretary shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report
describing the reasons for the determination to
continue the program.
(B) The Secretary shall--
(i) establish the program throughout
the Department of Defense and
individual service branches;
(ii) make recommendations to the
President and all committees of
Congress for making the program
applicable to all departments and
agencies of the Federal Government;
(iii) conduct contract negotiations
with companies that provide services
under the program to ensure that such
services are provided at a cost-
effective rate; and
(iv) ensure that cybersecurity
courses accredited by the American
National Standards Institute are
integrated into level III of the IAT,
IAM, and IASE baseline certifications
described in Department of Defense
Directive 8570.
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298. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative O'Halleran of Arizona
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 232(e)(2), strike ``; and'' at the end and insert
``;''.
In section 232(e)(3), strike the period at the end and insert
``; and''.
At the end of section 232(e), add the following:
(4) the United States Naval Observatory (as described
in section 8715 of title 10, United States Code).
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299. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative O'Halleran of Arizona
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of section 718, page 367, after line 20, insert
the following:
(c) Report on Implementation of Guidance on Opioid
Prescriptions for Pain From Minor Outpatient Procedures.--Not
later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Defense, acting in conjunction with the
Director of the Defense Health Agency, shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a report on the implementation and results of
the Defense Health Agency's guidance on opioid prescriptions
for pain from minor outpatient procedures in Guidance Report
entitled ``Pain Management and Opioid Safety in the Military
Health System (MHS)'' (DHA-PI 6025.04, issued on June 8, 2018).
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300. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Omar of Minnesota or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. REQUIREMENT FOR CONTRACTORS TO REPORT GROSS VIOLATIONS
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.
(a) In General.--A contractor performing a Department of
Defense contract in a foreign country shall report possible
cases of gross violations of internationally recognized human
rights to the Secretary of Defense.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that describes--
(1) the policies and procedures in place to obtain
information about possible cases of gross violations of
internationally recognized human rights from
contractors described in subsection (a); and
(2) the resources needed to investigate reports made
pursuant to subsection (a).
(c) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (b)
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--the term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives.
(2) Gross violations of internationally recognized
human rights.--The term ``gross violations of
internationally recognized human rights'' means torture
or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or
punishment, prolonged detention without charges and
trial, causing the disappearance of persons by the
abduction and clandestine detention of those persons,
child sexual assault, and other flagrant denial of the
right to life, liberty, or the security of person.
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301. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Omar of Minnesota or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO ESTABLISH ANY MILITARY
INSTALLATION OR BASE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING
FOR THE PERMANENT STATIONING OF UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES IN SOMALIA.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2020 may be obligated or expended to establish any
military installation or base for the purpose of providing for
the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in
Somalia.
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302. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. PILOT PROGRAM TO BUILD AND MONITOR USE OF SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a
pilot program to build and monitor the use of not fewer than 5
single family homes for members of the Army and their families.
(b) Location.--The Secretary of the Army shall carry out the
pilot program at no less than two installations of the Army
located in different climate regions of the United States as
determined by the Secretary.
(c) Design.--In building homes under the pilot program, the
Secretary of the Army shall use the All-American Abode design
from the suburban single-family division design by the United
States Military Academy.
(d) Funding Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to
be appropriated in section 2103 for Army military construction,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4601, for Military Construction, FH Con Army Family Housing
P&D, is hereby increased by $5,000,000, with the amount of such
increase to be made available to carry out the pilot program.
(e) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for Air Force, Line 088, Program Element
0604933F, ICBM FUZE MODERNIZATION, is hereby reduced by
$5,000,000.
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303. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. INFORMATION ON LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED TO MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES HARMED BY HEALTH OR ENVIRONMENTAL
HAZARDS AT MILITARY HOUSING.
(a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report on the legal
services that the Secretary may provide to members of the Armed
Forces who have been harmed by a health or environmental hazard
while living in military housing.
(b) Availability of Information.--The Secretary of the
military department concerned shall make the information
contained in the report submitted under subsection (a)
available to members of the Armed Forces at all installations
of the Department of Defense in the United States.
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304. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE USE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
SUPPORT AGREEMENTS.
(a) Plan Required.--Not later than July 31, 2020, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Service of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report
containing a plan to improve the collection and monitoring of
information regarding the consideration and use of
intergovernmental support agreements, as authorized by section
2679 of title 10, United States Code, including information
regarding the financial and nonfinancial benefits derived from
the use of such agreements.
(b) Additional Plan Elements.--The plan required by
subsection (a) also shall include the following:
(1) A timeline for implementation of the plan.
(2) A education and outreach component for
installation commanders to improve understanding of the
benefits of intergovernmental support agreements and to
encourage greater use of such agreements.
(3) Proposals to standardize across all military
departments the approval process for intergovernmental
support agreements.
(4) Proposals to achieve efficiencies in
intergovernmental support agreements based on inherent
intergovernmental trust.
(5) Proposals for the development of criteria to
evaluate the effectiveness of intergovernmental support
agreements separate from Federal Acquisition
Regulations.
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305. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. REPORT ON INNOVATION INVESTMENTS AND MANAGEMENT.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than December 31, 2019, the
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the
efforts of the Department of Defense to improve innovation
investments and management.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
include an explanation of each of the following:
(1) How incremental and disruptive innovation
investments for each military department are defined.
(2) How such investments are assessed.
(3) Whether the Under Secretary has defined a science
and technology management framework that--
(A) emphasizes greater use of existing
flexible approaches to more quickly initiate
and discontinue projects to respond to the
rapid pace of innovation;
(B) incorporates acquisition stakeholders
into technology development programs to ensure
that they are relevant to customers; and
(C) promotes advanced prototyping of
disruptive technologies within the labs so that
the science and technology community can prove
that these technologies work to generate demand
from future acquisition programs.
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306. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FUTURE VERTICAL LIFT TECHNOLOGIES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) As the United States enters an era of great power
competition, the Army must appropriately modernize its
aircraft fleet.
(2) Specifically, investments in maturation
technologies to accelerate the deployment of future
vertical lift programs is paramount.
(3) Technology designs and prototypes must be
converted into production-ready articles for effective
fielding.
(4) Congress is concerned that the Army is not
adequately resourcing programs to improve pilot
situational awareness, increase flight operations
safety, and diminish operation and maintenance costs.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Army should to continue to invest in research, development,
test, and evaluation programs to mature future vertical lift
technologies.
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307. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:
SEC. __. FULL MILITARY HONORS CEREMONY FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.
Section 1491(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(3) The Secretary concerned shall provide full military
honors (as determined by the Secretary concerned) for the
funeral of a veteran who--
``(A) is first interred or first inurned in Arlington
National Cemetery on or after the date of the enactment
of this paragraph;
``(B) was awarded the medal of honor or the prisoner-
of-war medal; and
``(C) is not entitled to full military honors by the
grade of that veteran.''.
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308. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the appropriate place in subtitle F of title XII of
division A the following:
SEC. 1258. NATO SUPPORT ACT.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that:
(1) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
which came into being through the North Atlantic
Treaty, which entered into force on April 4, 1949,
between the United States of America and the other
founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization, has served as a pillar of international
peace and stability, a critical component of United
States security, and a deterrent against adversaries
and external threats.
(2) The House of Representatives affirmed in H. Res.
397, on June 27, 2017, that--
(A) NATO is one of the most successful
military alliances in history, deterring the
outbreak of another world war, protecting the
territorial integrity of its members, and
seeing the Cold War through to a peaceful
conclusion;
(B) NATO remains the foundation of United
States foreign policy to promote a Europe that
is whole, free, and at peace;
(C) the United States is solemnly committed
to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's
principle of collective defense as enumerated
in Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty; and
(D) the House of Representatives--
(i) strongly supports the decision at
the NATO Wales Summit in 2014 that each
alliance member would aim to spend at
least 2 percent of its nation's gross
domestic product on defense by 2024;
(ii) condemns any threat to the
sovereignty, territorial integrity,
freedom and democracy of any NATO ally;
and
(iii) welcomes the Republic of
Montenegro as the 29th member of the
NATO Alliance.
(b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States--
(1) to remain a member in good standing of NATO;
(2) to reject any efforts to withdraw the United
States from NATO, or to indirectly withdraw from NATO
by condemning or reducing contributions to NATO
structures, activities, or operations, in a manner that
creates a de facto withdrawal;
(3) to continue to work with NATO members to meet
their 2014 Wales Defense Investment Pledge commitments;
and
(4) to support robust United States funding for the
European Deterrence Initiative, which increases the
ability of the United States and its allies to deter
and defend against Russian aggression.
(c) Prohibition on the Use of Funds to Withdraw From NATO.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds are
authorized to be appropriated, obligated, or expended to take
any action to withdraw the United States from the North
Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington, DC on April 4, 1949,
between the United States of America and the other founding
members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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309. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Panetta of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. MODIFICATION OF DEFENSE QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
Section 234 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 10
U.S.C. 2358 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking the
semicolon at the end and inserting ``,
including through coordination with--
``(A) the National Quantum Coordination
Office;
``(B) the subcommittee on Quantum Information
Science and the subcommittee on Economic and
Security Implications of Quantum Science of the
National Science and Technology Council;
``(C) the Quantum Economic Development
Consortium;
``(D) the Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment
``(E) the Industrial Policy office of the
Department of Defense;
``(F) industry;
``(G) academic institutions; and
``(H) national laboratories;'';
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4)
as paragraphs (5) and (8), respectively;
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the
following new paragraphs:
``(3) develop, in coordination with the entities
listed in paragraph (2), plans for workforce
development, enhancing awareness and reducing risk of
cybersecurity threats, and the development of ethical
guidelines for the use of quantum technology;
``(4) develop, in coordination with the National
Institute of Standards and Technology, a quantum
science taxonomy and requirements for technology and
standards;'';
(D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by
striking ``and'' at the end;
(E) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so
redesignated) the following new paragraphs:
``(6) support efforts to increase the technology
readiness level of quantum technologies under
development in the United States;
``(7) coordinate quantum technology initiatives with
allies of the United States, including by coordinating
with allies through The Technical Cooperation Program;
and''; and
(F) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by
striking ``meeting the long-term challenges and
achieving the specific technical goals'' and
inserting ``carrying out the program required
by subsection (a)''; and
(2) in subsection (d)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (C)
through (E) as subparagraphs (E) through (G),
respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
following new subparagraphs:
``(C) A quantum technology roadmap indicating
the likely timeframes for development and
military deployment of quantum technologies,
and likely relative national security impact of
such technologies.
``(D) A description of efforts to update
classification and cybersecurity practices
surrounding quantum technology, including--
``(i) security processes and
requirements for engagement with allied
countries; and
``(ii) a plan for security-cleared
workforce development.''.
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310. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pappas of New
Hampshire or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES FOR LAND-BASED
APPLICATIONS OF FIREFIGHTING FOAM.
(a) Limitation.--After October 1, 2022, no amount authorized
to be appropriated or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to procure
firefighting foam that contains in excess of one part per
billion of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl
substances.
(b) Prohibition on Use of Existing Stocks.--Not later than
October 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall cease the use
of firefighting foam containing in excess of one part per
billion of perfluoroalkyl substances and polyfluoroalkyl
substances;
(c) Exemption for Shipboard Use.--Subsections (a) and (b)
shall not apply to firefighting foam for use solely onboard
ocean-going vessels.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``perfluoroalkyl substances'' means
aliphatic substances for which all of the H atoms
attached to C atoms in the nonfluorinated substance
from which they are notionally derived have been
replaced by F atoms, except those H atoms whose
substitution would modify the nature of any functional
groups present.
(2) The term ``polyfluoroalkyl substances'' means
aliphatic substances for which all H atoms attached to
at least one (but not all) C atoms have been replaced
by F atoms, in such a manner that they contain the
perfluoroalkyl moiety CnF2n+1_
(for example,
C8F17CH2CH2O
H).
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311. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perlmutter of
Colorado or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 169, line 19, strike ``2023'' and insert ``2022''.
Add at the end of subtitle B of title XXXI the following new
section:
SEC. 31__. IMPROVEMENTS TO ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS
COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000.
(a) Office of Ombudsman.--Section 3686 of the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000
(42 U.S.C. 7385s-15) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3)
as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the
following new paragraph:
``(2) To provide guidance and assistance to
claimants.''; and
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2019'' and
inserting ``2020''.
(b) Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health.--
Section 3687 of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 7385s-16) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) by adding after subparagraph (D) the
following:
``(E) the claims adjudication process
generally, including review of procedure manual
changes prior to incorporation into the manual
and claims for medical benefits; and
``(F) such other matters as the Secretary
considers appropriate; and'';
(2) in subsection (g)--
(A) by striking ``The Secretary of Energy
shall'' and inserting ``The Secretary of Energy
and the Secretary of Labor shall each''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``The Secretary of Labor shall make
available to the Board the program's medical
director, toxicologist, industrial hygienist
and program's support contractors as requested
by the Board.'';
(3) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as
subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and
(4) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
``(h) Response to Recommendations.--Not later than 60 days
after submission to the Secretary of Labor of the Board's
recommendations, the Secretary shall respond to the Board in
writing, and post on the public Internet website of the
Department of Labor, a response to the recommendations that--
``(1) includes a statement of whether the Secretary
accepts or rejects the Board's recommendations;
``(2) if the Secretary accepts the board's
recommendations, describes the timeline for when those
recommendations will be implemented; and
``(3) if the Secretary does not accept the
recommendations, describes the reasons the Secretary
does not agree and provide all scientific research to
the Board supporting that decision.''.
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312. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
On page 918, after line 16, insert the following new
paragraph (and redesignate the subsequent paragraphs
accordingly):
(8) An evaluation of the level of threat information
sharing between the Department and the Defense
Industrial Base.
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313. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peters of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 283, after line 10, insert the following:
SEC. 567. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE INFORMATION SHARING BETWEEN
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND DESIGNATED RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES REGARDING
THE EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES OF MILITARY SERVICE.
(a) Pilot Program Described.--
(1) Purpose.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall seek to enter into an agreement with the American
Red Cross to carry out a pilot program under which the
American Red Cross--
(A) encourages a member of the Armed Forces,
upon the enlistment or appointment of such
member, to designate up to 10 persons to whom
information regarding the military service of
such member shall be disseminated using contact
information obtained under paragraph (5); and
(B) provides such persons, within 30 days
after the date on which such persons were
designated under subparagraph (A), the option
to elect to receive such information regarding
military service; and
(2) Types of information.--The types of information
to be disseminated under the pilot program to persons
who elect to receive information shall include
information regarding--
(A) aspects of daily life and routine
experienced by members of the Armed Forces;
(B) the challenges and stresses of military
service, particularly during and after
deployment as part of a contingency operation;
(C) the services available to members of the
Armed Forces and the dependents of such members
to cope with the experiences and challenges of
military service;
(D) benefits administered by the Department
of Defense for members of the Armed Forces and
the dependents of such members;
(E) a toll-free telephone number through
which such persons who elect to receive
information under the pilot program may request
information regarding the program; and
(F) such other information as the Secretary
of Defense determines to be appropriate.
(3) Privacy of information.--In carrying out the
pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of
Defense may not disseminate information under paragraph
(2) in violation of laws and regulations pertaining to
the privacy of members of the Armed Forces, including
requirements pursuant to--
(A) section 552a of title 5, United States
Code; and
(B) the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
191).
(4) Notice and modifications.--In carrying out the
pilot program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of
Defense shall, with respect to a member of the Armed
Forces--
(A) ensure that such member is notified of
the ability to modify designations made by the
member under paragraph (1)(A); and
(B) upon the request of a member, authorize
the member to modify such designations at any
time.
(5) Contact information.--In making a designation
under the pilot program, a member of the Armed Forces
shall provide necessary contact information,
specifically including an email address, to facilitate
the dissemination of information regarding the military
service of the member.
(6) Opt-out of program.--In carrying out the pilot
program under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense
shall, with respect to a person who has elected to
receive information under such pilot program, cease
disseminating such information to that person upon
request of such person.
(b) Survey and Report on Pilot Program.--
(1) Survey.--Not later than two years after the date
on which the pilot program commences, the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the American Red Cross,
shall administer a survey to persons who elected to
receive information under the pilot program, for the
purpose of receiving feedback regarding the quality of
information disseminated under this section, including
whether such information appropriately reflects the
military career progression of members of the Armed
Forces.
(2) Report.--Not later than three years after the
date on which the pilot program commences, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a final report on the pilot program
which includes--
(A) the results of the survey administered
under paragraph (1);
(B) a determination as to whether the pilot
program should be made permanent; and
(C) recommendations as to modifications
necessary to improve the program if made
permanent.
(3) Congressional defense committees defined.--The
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the
meaning given that term in section 101 of title 10,
United States Code.
(c) Termination of Pilot Program.--The pilot program shall
terminate upon submission of the report required by subsection
(b)(2).
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314. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Phillips of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. REPORT BY DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ON CERTAIN MILITARY
CAPABILITIES OF CHINA AND RUSSIA.
(a) Report.--The Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the military capabilities
of China and Russia.
(b) Matters Included.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include, with respect to the military of China and the military
of Russia, the following:
(1) An update on the presence, status, and capability
of the military with respect to any national training
centers similar to the Combat Training Center Program
of the United States.
(2) An analysis of a readiness deployment cycle of
the military, including--
(A) as compared to such a cycle of the United
States; and
(B) an identification of metrics used in the
national training centers of that military.
(3) A comprehensive investigation into the capability
and readiness of the mechanized logistics of the army
of the military, including--
(A) an analysis of field maintenance,
sustainment maintenance, movement control,
intermodal operations, and supply; and
(B) how such functions under subparagraph (A)
interact with specific echelons of that
military.
(4) An assessment of the future of mechanized army
logistics of the military.
(c) Nonduplication of Efforts.--The Defense Intelligence
Agency may make use of or add to any existing reports completed
by the Agency in order to respond to the reporting requirement
under subsection (a).
(d) Form.--The report under subsection (a) may be submitted
in classified form.
(e) Briefing.--The Director shall provide a briefing to the
Secretary and the committees specified in subsection (a) on the
report under such subsection.
(f) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate.
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315. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Phillips of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following new
section:
SEC. 3__. REPORT ON PLAN TO DECONTAMINATE SITES FORMERLY USED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN
TRANSFERRED TO UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ARE
AFFECTED BY POLLUTANTS THAT ARE, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, A RESULT OF ACTIVITY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) There are numerous properties that were under the
jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, such as
former Nike missile sites, but that have been
transferred to units of local government.
(2) Many of these properties may remain polluted
because of activity by the Department of Defense.
(3) This pollution may inhibit the use of these
properties for commercial or residential purposes.
(b) Report Required.--The Secretary of the Army shall submit
to the appropriate congressional committees a report--
(1) specifying each covered property that may remain
polluted because of activity by the Department of
Defense; and
(2) containing the Secretary's plan to decontaminate
each covered property.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of
the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the
Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the
Committee on Natural Resources of the House of
Representatives.
(2) The term ``covered property'' means property that
was under the jurisdiction of the Department of the
Army and was transferred to a unit of local government
before the date of the enactment of section 120(h) of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act of 1980, but that would have
triggered Federal Government notice or action under
that section had the transfer occurred on or after that
date.
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316. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pingree of Maine or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. ___. INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES REGARDING
AVAILABILITY OF SERVICES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall inform
members of the Armed Forces, using mechanisms available to the
Secretary, of the eligibility of such members for services of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(b) Information From Sexual Assault Response Coordinators.--
The Secretary shall insure that Sexual Assault Response
Coordinators and uniformed victims advocates of the Department
of Defense advise members of the Armed Forces who report
instances of military sexual trauma regarding the eligibility
of such members for services at the Department of Veterans
Affairs and that this information be included in mandatory
training materials.
(c) Military Sexual Trauma Defined.--In this section, the
term ``military sexual trauma'' means psychological trauma
described in section 1720D(a)(1) of title 38, United States
Code.
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317. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Plaskett of Virgin
Islands or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title VI, add the following:
SEC. 606. REPORT REGARDING TRANSITION FROM OVERSEAS HOUSING ALLOWANCE
TO BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING FOR SERVICEMEMBERS
IN THE TERRITORIES.
Not later than February 1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees
regarding the recommendation of the Secretary whether members
of the uniformed services located in the territories of the
United States and who receive the overseas housing allowance
should instead receive the basic allowance for housing to
ensure the most appropriate housing compensation for such
members and their families.
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318. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Price of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON THE STATUS OF DECONFLICTION CHANNELS WITH IRAN.
(a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a
report on the status of deconfliction channels with Iran.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include the following: --
(1) The status of United States military-to-military
deconfliction channels with Iran to prevent military
and diplomatic miscalculation.
(2) The status of United States diplomatic
deconfliction channels with Iran to prevent
miscalculation, define ambiguities, and correct
misunderstandings that could otherwise lead to
unintended consequences, including unnecessary or
harmful military activity.
(3) An analysis of the need and rationale for
bilateral and multilateral deconfliction channels,
including an assessment of recent United States
experience with such channels of communication with
Iran.
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319. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. INVESTIGATION OF REPORTS OF REPRISALS RELATING TO PRIVATIZED
MILITARY HOUSING AND TREATMENT AS MATERIAL BREACH.
Section 2885 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after subsection (g), as added by section 2819, the
following new subsection:
``(h) Investigation of Reports of Reprisals; Treatment as
Material Breach.--(1) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Sustainment shall investigate all reports of reprisal against a
member of the armed forces for reporting an issue relating to a
housing unit under this subchapter.
``(2) If the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
determines under paragraph (1) that a landlord has retaliated
against a member of the armed forces for reporting an issue
relating to a housing unit under this subchapter, the Assistant
Secretary shall--
``(A) provide initial notice to the Committees on
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives as soon as practicable; and
``(B) following the initial notice under subparagraph
(A), provide an update to such committees every 30 days
thereafter until such time as the Assistant Secretary
has taken final action with respect to the retaliation.
``(3) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
shall carry out this subsection in coordination with the
Secretary of the military department concerned.''.
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320. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. __. REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT SUMMARIZING THE OPERATIONAL TEST
AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.
Section 139(h)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``, through January 31, 2021''.
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321. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. INCREASE IN FUNDING FOR ARMY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INITIATIVES.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201 for Army basic research, University Research
Initiatives, Line 003 (PE 0601103A ) is hereby increased by
$5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201 for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Army, system development and demonstration,
integrated personnel and pay system-Army (IPPS-A), Line 143 (PE
0605018A), is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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322. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. CREDIT MONITORING.
Section 605A(k) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C.
1681c-1(k)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
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323. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. DEVELOPMENT OF PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE COMBAT CASUALTY CARE
FOR PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Partnerships.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall,
through the Joint Trauma Education and Training
Directorate established under section 708 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
(Public Law 114-328; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note), develop
partnerships with civilian academic medical centers and
large metropolitan teaching hospitals to improve combat
casualty care for personnel of the Armed Forces.
(2) Partnerships with level i trauma centers.--In
carrying out partnerships under paragraph (1), trauma
surgeons and physicians of the Department of Defense
shall partner with level I civilian trauma centers to
provide adequate training and readiness for the next
generation of medical providers to treat critically
injured burn patients.
(b) Support of Partnerships.--The Secretary of Defense shall
make every effort to support partnerships under the Joint
Trauma Education and Training Directorate with academic
institutions that have level I civilian trauma centers,
specifically those centers with a burn center, that offer burn
rotations and clinical experience to provide adequate training
and readiness for the next generation of medical providers to
treat critically injured burn patients.
(c) Level I Civilian Trauma Center Defined.--In this section,
the term ``level I civilian trauma center'' has the meaning
given that term in section 708 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 10
U.S.C. 1071 note).
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on
October 1, 2020.
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324. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 291, after line 6, insert the following:
(5) Spouses and other dependents of members of the
Armed Forces on active duty.
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325. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Price of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. 10__. WORLD LANGUAGE ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS GRANTS.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The national security of the United States
continues to depend on language readiness, in
particular among the seventeen agencies of the
Intelligence Community.
(2) The levels of language proficiency required for
national security necessitate long sequences of
language training for personnel in the Intelligence
Community and the Department of Defense.
(3) The future national security and economic well-
being of the United States will depend substantially on
the ability of its citizens to communicate and compete
by knowing the languages and cultures of other
countries.
(4) The Federal Government has an interest in
ensuring that the employees of its departments and
agencies with national security responsibilities are
prepared to meet the challenges of this changing
international environment.
(5) The Federal Government also has an interest in
taking actions to alleviate the problem of American
students being inadequately prepared to meet the
challenges posed by increasing global interaction among
nations.
(6) American elementary schools, secondary schools,
colleges, and universities must place a new emphasis on
improving the teaching of foreign languages, area
studies, counterproliferation studies, and other
international fields to help meet those challenges.
(b) Grants Authorized.--
(1) Program authority.--The Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence
and the Secretary of Education, may carry out a program
under which the Secretary of Defense makes grants, on a
competitive basis, to eligible entities to carry out
innovative model programs providing for the
establishment, improvement, or expansion of world
language study for elementary school and secondary
school students.
(2) Duration.--Each grant under this section shall be
awarded for a period of 3 years.
(3) Geographic distribution.--The Secretary of
Defense shall ensure the equitable geographic
distribution of grants under this section.
(4) Matching requirement for local educational
agencies.--
(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), each local educational agency
that receives a grant under this section shall
provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount
equal to the amount of the grant (which may be
provided in cash or in kind) to carry out the
activities supported by the grant.
(B) Exception.--The Secretary of Defense may
reduce the matching requirement under
subparagraph (A) for any local educational
agency that the Secretary determines does not
have adequate resources to meet such
requirement.
(5) Special requirements for local educational
agencies.--In awarding a grant under paragraph (1) to
an eligible entity that is a local educational agency,
the Secretary of Defense shall support programs that--
(A) show the promise of being continued
beyond the grant period;
(B) demonstrate approaches that can be
disseminated to and duplicated in other local
educational agencies; and
(C) may include a professional development
component.
(6) Allocation of funds.--
(A) Not less than 75 percent of the funds
made available to carry out this section for a
fiscal year shall be used for the expansion of
world language learning in elementary schools.
(B) Not less than 75 percent of the funds
made available to carry out this section for a
fiscal year shall be used to support
instruction in world languages determined by
the Secretary of Defense to be critical to the
national security interests of the United
States.
(C) The Secretary of Defense may reserve not
more than 5 percent of funds made available to
carry out this section for a fiscal year to
evaluate the efficacy of programs that receive
grants under paragraph (1).
(7) Applications.--
(A) In general.--To be considered for a grant
under paragraph (1), an eligible entity shall
submit an application to the Secretary of
Defense at such time, in such manner, and
containing such information and assurances as
the Secretary may require.
(B) Special consideration.--The Secretary of
Defense shall give special consideration to
applications describing programs that--
(i) include intensive summer world
language programs for professional
development of world language teachers;
(ii) link nonnative English speakers
in the community with the schools in
order to promote two-way language
learning;
(iii) promote the sequential study of
a world language for students,
beginning in elementary schools;
(iv) make effective use of
technology, such as computer-assisted
instruction, language laboratories, or
distance learning, to promote world
language study;
(v) promote innovative activities,
such as dual language immersion,
partial world language immersion, or
content-based instruction; and
(vi) are carried out through a
consortium comprised of the eligible
entity receiving the grant, an
elementary school or secondary school,
and an institution of higher education
(as that term is defined in section 101
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1001)).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity''
means the following:
(A) A local educational agency that hosts a
unit of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training
Corps.
(B) A school operated by the Department of
Defense Education Activity.
(2) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'',
``local educational agency'' and ``secondary school''
have the meanings given the terms in section 8101 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801).
(3) World language.--The term ``world language''
means--
(A) any natural language other than English,
including--
(i) languages determined by the
Secretary of Defense to be critical to
the national security interests of the
United States;
(ii) classical languages;
(iii) American sign language; and
(iv) Native American languages; and
(B) any language described in subparagraph
(A) that is taught in combination with English
as part of a dual language or immersion
learning program.
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326. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Quigley of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
provision:
SEC. 7__. PILOT PROGRAM ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH CIVILIAN ORGANIZATIONS FOR
SPECIALIZED SURGICAL TRAINING.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a
pilot program to establish one or more partnerships with
public, private, and non-profit organizations and institutions
to provide short-term specialized surgical training to advance
the medical skills and capabilities of military medical
providers.
(b) Duration.--The Secretary may carry out the pilot program
under subsection (a) for a period of not more than three years.
(c) Evaluation Metrics.--Before commencing the pilot program
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish metrics to
be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program.
(d) Reports.--
(1) Initial report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days
before the commencement of the pilot program
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of
the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the pilot program.
(B) Elements.--The report required by
subparagraph (A) shall include a description of
the pilot program, the evaluation metrics
established under subsection (c), and such
other matters relating to the pilot program as
the Secretary considers appropriate.
(2) Final report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days
after the completion of the pilot program under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives a report on
the pilot program.
(B) Elements.--The report required by
subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
(i) A description of the pilot
program, including the partnerships
established under the pilot program as
described in subsection (a).
(ii) An assessment of the
effectiveness of the pilot program.
(iii) Such recommendations for
legislative or administrative action as
the Secretary considers appropriate in
light of the pilot program, including
recommendations for extending or making
permanent the authority for the pilot
program.
(e) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 1405 for the
Defense Health Program, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4501, for
education and training is hereby increased by
$2,500,000.
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 1405 for Defense Health
Program, Operation and Maintenance, Private Sector
Care, Office of the Secretary of Defense, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in section 4501, is
hereby reduced by $2,500,000.
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327. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ratcliffe of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON CYBERSECURITY ACTIVITIES WITH TAIWAN.
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 following:
(1) The feasibility of establishing a high-level,
interagency United States-Taiwan working group for
coordinating responses to emerging issues related to
cybersecurity.
(2) A discussion of the Department of Defense's
current and future plans to engage with Taiwan in
cybersecurity activities.
(3) A discussion of obstacles encountered in forming,
executing, or implementing agreements with Taiwan for
cybersecurity activities.
(4) Any other matters the Secretary of Defense
determines should be included.
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328. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rice of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT OF PROPOSED BORDER WALL ON VOLUME OF
ILLEGAL NARCOTICS.
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary
of Homeland Security, shall conduct an assessment of the impact
that any planned or proposed border wall construction would
have on the volume of illegal narcotics entering the United
States.
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329. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Riggleman of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following new
section:
SEC. 336. PILOT PROGRAM TO TRAIN SKILLED TECHNICIANS IN CRITICAL
SHIPBUILDING SKILLS.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense may carry out a
pilot program to train individuals to become skilled
technicians in critical shipbuilding skills such as welding,
metrology, quality assurance, machining, and additive
manufacturing.
(b) Partnerships.--In carrying out the pilot program required
under this section, the Secretary may partner with existing
Federal or State projects relating to investment and
infrastructure in training and education or workforce
development, such as the National Network for Manufacturing
Innovation, the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment
program of the Department of Defense, and the National Maritime
Educational Council.
(c) Termination.--The pilot program required under this
section shall terminate on September 30, 2025.
(d) Briefings.--
(1) Plan briefing.--Not later than February 28, 2020,
the Secretary shall provide a briefing to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives on the plan, cost estimate,
and schedule for the pilot program required under this
section.
(2) Progress briefings.--Not less frequently than
annually during fiscal years 2020 and 2021, the
Secretary shall brief the congressional defense
committees on the progress of the Secretary in carrying
out the pilot program.
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330. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roby of Alabama or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 862, line 25, strike ``and'' at the end.
Page 863, line 2, strike the period at the end and insert ``;
and''.
Page 863, after line 2, insert the following:
(H) programs to promote conflict prevention,
management, and resolution through the
meaningful participation of Afghan women in the
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces by
exposing Afghan women and girls to the
activities of and careers available with such
forces, encouraging their interest in such
careers, or developing their interest and
skills necessary for service in such forces;
and
(I) enhancements to the recruitment programs
of the Afghan National Defense and Security
Forces through an aggressive program of
advertising and market research targeted at
prospective female recruits for such forces and
at those who may influence prospective female
recruits.
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331. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruiz of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III of the bill, add the
following new section:
SEC. 3__. PLAN TO PHASE OUT USE OF BURN PITS.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an
implementation plan to phase out the use of the burn pits
identified in the Department of Defense Open Burn Pit Report to
Congress in April 2019.
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332. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruiz of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III of the bill, add the
following new section:
SEC. 3__. INFORMATION RELATING TO LOCATIONS OF BURN PIT USE.
The Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs and Congress a list of all locations at which
open-air burn pits have been used by Secretary of Defense, for
the purposes of augmenting the research, healthcare delivery,
disability compensation, and other activities of the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs.
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333. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruiz of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 729. REPORT ON RESEARCH AND STUDIES REGARDING HEALTH EFFECTS OF
BURN PITS.
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees and the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of
the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed report
on the status, methodology, and culmination timeline of all the
research and studies being conducted to assess the health
effects of burn pits.
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334. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruiz of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 729. TRAINING ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF BURN PITS AND OTHER AIRBORNE
HAZARDS.
The Secretary of Defense shall provide mandatory training to
all medical providers of the Department of Defense on the
potential health effects of burn pits and other airborne
hazards (such as PFAS, mold, or depleted uranium) and the early
detection of such health effects.
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335. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rutherford of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end subtitle G of title V, add the following:
SEC. 567. REPORT REGARDING EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM FOR FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
Section 552(b)(4) of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(E) The evaluation of the Secretary
regarding the effectiveness of the Transition
Assistance Program for female members of the
Armed Forces.''.
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336. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rutherford of Florida
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY FOR LIGHT ATTACK AIRCRAFT.
(a) Procurement Authority for Combat Air Advisor Support.--
Subject to subsection (b), the Commander of the United States
Special Operations Command may procure light attack aircraft
for Combat Air Advisor mission support.
(b) Certification Required.--The Commander of the United
States Special Operations Command may not procure light attack
aircraft under subsection (a) until a period of 60 days has
elapsed following the date on which the Commander certifies to
the congressional defense committees that a mission capability
gap and special-operations-forces-peculiar acquisition
requirement exists which can be mitigated with procurement of a
light attack aircraft capability.
(c) Authority to Use or Transfer Funds Made Available for
Light Attack Aircraft Experiments.--The Secretary of the Air
Force shall use or transfer amounts authorized to be
appropriated by this Act for Light Attack Aircraft experiments
to procure the required quantity of aircraft for--
(1) Air Combat Command's Air Ground Operations
School; and
(2) Air Force Special Operations Command for Combat
Air Advisor mission support in accordance with
subsection (a).
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337. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sablan of Northern
Mariana Islands or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 125, line 15, strike ``undergraduate'' and insert
``associate, undergraduate,''.
Page 125, line 22, strike ``undergraduate'' and insert
``associate, undergraduate,''.
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338. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schakowsky of
Illinois or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTOR
CONTRACTS.
(a) Report of Certain Contracts and Task Orders.--
(1) Requirement regarding contracts and task
orders.--The Inspector General of the Department of
Defense shall compile a report of the work performed or
to be performed under a covered contract during the
period beginning on October 1, 2001, and ending on the
last day of the month during which this Act is enacted
for work performed or work to be performed in areas of
contingency operations.
(2) Form of submissions.--The report required by
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form,
to the maximum extent possible, but may contain a
classified annex, if necessary.
(b) Reports on Contracts for Work to Be Performed in Areas of
Contingency Operations and Other Significant Military
Operations.--The Inspector General of the Department of Defense
shall submit to each specified congressional committee a report
not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act that contains the following information:
(1) The number of civilians performing work in areas
of contingency operations under covered contracts.
(2) The total cost of such covered contracts.
(3) The total number of civilians who have been
wounded or killed in performing work under such covered
contracts.
(4) A description of the disciplinary actions that
have been taken against persons performing work under
such covered contracts by the contractor, the United
States Government, or the government of any country in
which the area of contingency operations is located.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered contract.--The term ``covered contract''
means a contract for private security entered into by
the Secretary of Defense in an amount greater than
$5,000,000.
(2) Contingency operation.--The term ``contingency
operation'' has the meaning provided by section
101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code.
(3) Specified congressional committees.--The term
``specified congressional committees'' means the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
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339. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schiff of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN NAMES ON THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL.
The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the inclusion on
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in the District of Columbia the
names of the seventy-four crew members of the USS Frank E.
Evans killed on June 3, 1969.
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340. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schiff of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF MILITARY COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS.
Section 949d(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(4) In the case of any proceeding of a military commission
under this chapter that is made open to the public, the
military judge may order arrangements for the availability of
the proceeding to be watched remotely by the public through the
internet.''.
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341. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schneider of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 8__. BOOTS TO BUSINESS PROGRAM.
Section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657b) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Boots to Business Program.--
``(1) Covered individual defined.--In this
subsection, the term `covered individual' means--
``(A) a member of the Armed Forces, including
the National Guard or Reserves;
``(B) an individual who is participating in
the Transition Assistance Program established
under section 1144 of title 10, United States
Code;
``(C) an individual who--
``(i) served on active duty in any
branch of the Armed Forces, including
the National Guard or Reserves; and
``(ii) was discharged or released
from such service under conditions
other than dishonorable; and
``(D) a spouse or dependent of an individual
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).
``(2) Establishment.--Beginning on the first October
1 after the enactment of this subsection and for the
subsequent 4 fiscal years, the Administrator shall
carry out a program to be known as the `Boots to
Business Program' to provide entrepreneurship training
to covered individuals.
``(3) Goals.--The goals of the Boots to Business
Program are to--
``(A) provide assistance and in-depth
training to covered individuals interested in
business ownership; and
``(B) provide covered individuals with the
tools, skills, and knowledge necessary to
identify a business opportunity, draft a
business plan, identify sources of capital,
connect with local resources for small business
concerns, and start up a small business
concern.
``(4) Program components.--
``(A) In general.--The Boots to Business
Program may include--
``(i) a presentation providing
exposure to the considerations involved
in self-employment and ownership of a
small business concern;
``(ii) an online, self-study course
focused on the basic skills of
entrepreneurship, the language of
business, and the considerations
involved in self-employment and
ownership of a small business concern;
``(iii) an in-person classroom
instruction component providing an
introduction to the foundations of self
employment and ownership of a small
business concern; and
``(iv) in-depth training delivered
through online instruction, including
an online course that leads to the
creation of a business plan.
``(B) Collaboration.--The Administrator may--
``(i) collaborate with public and
private entities to develop course
curricula for the Boots to Business
Program; and
``(ii) modify program components in
coordination with entities
participating in a Warriors in
Transition program, as defined in
section 738(e) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
(10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
``(C) Use of resource partners.--
``(i) In general.--The Administrator
shall--
``(I) ensure that Veteran
Business Outreach Centers
regularly participate, on a
nationwide basis, in the Boots
to Business Program; and
``(II) to the maximum extent
practicable, use a variety of
other resource partners and
entities in administering the
Boots to Business Program.
``(ii) Grant authority.--In carrying
out clause (i), the Administrator may
make grants to Veteran Business
Outreach Centers, other resource
partners, or other entities to carry
out components of the Boots to Business
Program.
``(D) Availability to department of
defense.--The Administrator shall make
available to the Secretary of Defense
information regarding the Boots to Business
Program, including all course materials and
outreach materials related to the Boots to
Business Program, for inclusion on the website
of the Department of Defense relating to the
Transition Assistance Program, in the
Transition Assistance Program manual, and in
other relevant materials available for
distribution from the Secretary of Defense.
``(E) Availability to veterans affairs.--In
consultation with the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, the Administrator shall make available
for distribution and display at local
facilities of the Department of Veterans
Affairs outreach materials regarding the Boots
to Business Program which shall, at a minimum--
``(i) describe the Boots to Business
Program and the services provided; and
``(ii) include eligibility
requirements for participating in the
Boots to Business Program.
``(5) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this subsection and every year
thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the
Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House
of Representatives a report on the performance and
effectiveness of the Boots to Business Program, which
may be included as part of another report submitted to
such Committees by the Administrator, and which shall
include--
``(A) information regarding grants awarded
under paragraph (4)(C);
``(B) the total cost of the Boots to Business
Program;
``(C) the number of program participants
using each component of the Boots to Business
Program;
``(D) the completion rates for each component
of the Boots to Business Program;
``(E) to the extent possible--
``(i) the demographics of program
participants, to include gender, age,
race, relationship to military,
military occupational specialty, and
years of service of program
participants;
``(ii) the number of small business
concerns formed or expanded with
assistance under the Boots to Business
Program;
``(iii) the gross receipts of small
business concerns receiving assistance
under the Boots to Business Program;
``(iv) the number of jobs created
with assistance under the Boots to
Business Program;
``(v) the number of referrals to
other resources and programs of the
Administration;
``(vi) the number of program
participants receiving financial
assistance under loan programs of the
Administration;
``(vii) the type and dollar amount of
financial assistance received by
program participants under any loan
program of the Administration; and
``(viii) results of participant
satisfaction surveys, including a
summary of any comments received from
program participants;
``(F) an evaluation of the effectiveness of
the Boots to Business Program in each region of
the Administration during the most recent
fiscal year;
``(G) an assessment of additional performance
outcome measures for the Boots to Business
Program, as identified by the Administrator;
``(H) any recommendations of the
Administrator for improvement of the Boots to
Business Program, which may include expansion
of the types of individuals who are covered
individuals;
``(I) an explanation of how the Boots to
Business Program has been integrated with other
transition programs and related resources of
the Administration and other Federal agencies;
and
``(J) any additional information the
Administrator determines necessary.''.
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342. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schrader of Oregon or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle A of title VI the following new
section (and update the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 606. EXEMPTION FROM REPAYMENT OF VOLUNTARY SEPARATION PAY.
Section 1175a(j) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``paragraphs (2)
and (3)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4)'';
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following
new paragraph:
``(4) This subsection shall not apply to a member who--
``(A) is involuntarily recalled to active duty or
full-time National Guard duty; and
``(B) in the course of such duty, incurs a service-
connected disability rated as total under section 1155
of title 38.''.
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343. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schrader of Oregon or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:
SEC. __. NOTICE TO SEPARATING SERVICEMEMBERS OF RIGHTS UNDER THE
SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.
Section 105 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C.
3915) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) Initial Notice.--'' before
``The Secretary concerned''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Notice After Period of Military Service.--The Secretary
concerned shall ensure that a notice described in subsection
(a) is provided in writing to each person not sooner than 150
days after and not later than 180 days after the date of the
termination of a period of military service of that person.''.
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344. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schrader of Oregon or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICE ANNUAL BUDGET
REPORTS.
Section 132a(c)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``The Chief Management Officer'' and
inserting ``(i) The Chief Management Officer''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
``(ii) Each report required under clause (i) shall be made
publicly available on an internet website in a searchable
format.''.
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345. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schrier of Washington
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. USE OF COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES FOR CVN-80 AND CVN-81 DUAL
AIRCRAFT CARRIER CONTRACT.
To the extent practicable and unless otherwise required by
law, the Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that competitive
procedures are used with respect to any task order or delivery
order issued under a dual aircraft carrier contract relating to
the CVN-80 and CVN-81.
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346. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title V, add the following:
SEC. 505. FUNCTIONAL BADGE OR INSIGNIA UPON COMMISSION FOR CHAPLAINS.
A military chaplain shall receive a functional badge or
insignia upon commission.
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347. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1075. REPORT REGARDING OUTSTANDING GAO RECOMMENDATIONS.
Not later than September 30, 2020, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit a report to Congress regarding--
(1) each of the 91 priority recommendations of the
Comptroller General regarding matters of Department of
Defense in report GAO-19-366SP, dated March 2019, that
the Secretary has not implemented by that date;
(2) an explanation for why the Secretary has not
implemented such recommendations;
(3) if a reason under paragraph (2) is funding, the
estimated cost for such implementation.
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348. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Shalala of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1__. OPEN SKIES TREATY AIRCRAFT RECAPITALIZATION PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure
that any Request for Proposals for the procurement of an OC-
135B aircraft under the Open Skies Treaty aircraft
recapitalization program meets the requirements for full and
open competition as set forth in section 2304 of title 10,
United States Code, and incorporates a full competitive bidding
process, to include both new production aircraft and recently
manufactured low-hour, low-cycle aircraft
(b) Open Skies Treaty Defined.--The term ``Open Skies
Treaty'' means the Treaty on Open Skies, done at Helsinki March
24, 1992, and entered into force January 1, 2002.
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349. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherman of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP.
It is the sense of Congress that the United States should
strengthen and enhance its major defense partnership with India
and work toward the following mutual security and diplomatic
objectives:
(1) Expanding engagement in multilateral frameworks,
including the quadrilateral dialogue among the United
States, India, Japan, and Australia, to promote
regional security and defend shared values and common
interests in the rules-based order.
(2) Increasing the frequency and scope of exchanges
between senior civilian officials and military officers
of the United States and India to support the
development and implementation of the major defense
partnership.
(3) Exploring additional steps to implement the major
defense partner designation to better facilitate
interoperability, information sharing, and appropriate
technology transfers.
(4) Pursuing strategic initiatives to help develop
the defense capabilities of India.
(5) Conducting additional combined exercises with
India in the Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, and western
Pacific regions.
(6) Furthering cooperative efforts to promote
stability and security in Afghanistan.
SEC. _. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE COOPERATION IN THE WESTERN INDIAN
OCEAN.
(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the relevant congressional
committees a report on defense cooperation between the
United States and India in the Western Indian Ocean.
(2) Matters to be included.--The report required by
paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of military activities of
the United States and India, separately, in the
Western Indian Ocean.
(B) A description of military cooperation
activities between the United States and India
in the areas of humanitarian assistance,
counterterrorism, counter piracy, maritime
security, and other areas as the Secretary
determines appropriate.
(C) A description of how the relevant
geographic combatant commands coordinate their
activities with the Indian military in the
Western Indian Ocean.
(D) A description of the mechanisms in place
to ensure the relevant geographic combatant
commands maximize defense cooperation with
India in the Western Indian Ocean.
(E) A description of how the major defense
partnership with India will be utilized to
enhance cooperation with India in the Western
Indian Ocean.
(F) Areas of future opportunity to increase
military engagement with India in the Western
Indian Ocean.
(3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Relevant congressional committees.--The term
``relevant congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the
Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Relevant geographic combatant commands.--The term
``relevant geographic combatant commands'' means the
United States Indo-Pacific Command, United States
Central Command, and United States Africa Command.
(3) Western indian ocean.--The term ``Western Indian
Ocean'' means the area in the Indian Ocean extending
from the west coast of India to the east coast of
Africa.
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350. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherrill of New
Jersey or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND-NEW
JERSEY.
It is the Sense of Congress that--
(1) Army Contracting Command-New Jersey (referred to
in this section as ``ACC-NJ'') plays a vital role in
planning, directing, controlling, managing, and
executing the full spectrum of contracting, acquisition
support, and business advisory services that support
major weapons, armaments, ammunition systems,
information technology. and enterprise systems for the
Army and other Department of Defense customers;
(2) ACC-NJ has unique expertise executing grants,
cooperative agreements, and other transaction
agreements central to the work at Picatinny Arsenal;
and
(3) the workforce of ACC-NJ has the unmatched
experience and expertise to support innovative and
rapid contracting necessary to accelerate acquisition
and enhance readiness for a modernizing the United
States Armed Forces.
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351. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Shimkus of Illinois
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle F of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR BALTIC
COUNTRIES FOR JOINT PROGRAM FOR INTEROPERABILITY
AND DETERRENCE AGAINST AGGRESSION.
(a) Additional Major Defense Articles and Services.--
Subsection (c) of section 1279D of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (22 U.S.C. 2753 note) is
amended--
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
inserting ``major'' before ``defense articles and
services'';
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``major'' before
``defense articles and services'';
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5), as so amended, as
paragraph (6); and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following
new paragraph:
``(5) Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
equipment.''.
(b) Funding.--Subsection (f) of such section 1279D is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$100,000,000''
and inserting ``$125,000,000''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Matching amount.--The amount of assistance
provided under subsection (a) for procurement described
in subsection (b) may not exceed the aggregate amount
contributed to such procurement by the Baltic
nations.''.
(c) Extension.--Subsection (g) of such section 1279D is
amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting
``December 31, 2021''.
(d) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of such section
1279D is amended by inserting ``major'' before ``defense
articles and services'' each place it appears.
(e) Report on Use of Funding Authority.--Not later than
January 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report that includes the
following:
(1) Whether the authority to provide assistance
pursuant to section 1279D was used in the previous
calendar year.
(2) A description of the manner in which funds made
available for assistance through such authority, if
any, were used during such year.
(3) Whether alternative sources of funding exist to
provide the assistance described in section 1279D.
(4) Whether any alternative authorities exist under
which the Secretary can provide such assistance.
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352. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 3121. CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CERTAIN WHISTLEBLOWER
PROTECTIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 234A of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2282a) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by inserting ``AND
WHISTLEBLOWER'' after ``SAFETY'';
(2) in subsection a.--
(A) by inserting ``, or who violates any
applicable rule, regulation or order related to
whistleblower protections,'' before ``shall be
subject to a civil penalty''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ``The Secretary of Energy may carry
out this section with respect to the National
Nuclear Security Administration by acting
through the Administrator for Nuclear
Security.''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``e. In this section, the term `whistleblower protections'
means the protections for contractors from reprisals pursuant
to section 4712 of title 41, United States Code, section 211 of
the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5851), or
other provisions of Federal law affording such protections.''.
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353. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XXXI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 3121. LIMITATION RELATING TO RECLASSIFICATION OF HIGH-LEVEL WASTE.
(a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2020 for the Department of Energy may be obligated or
expended by the Secretary of Energy to apply the interpretation
of high-level radioactive waste described in the notice
published by the Secretary titled ``Supplemental Notice
Concerning U.S. Department of Energy Interpretation of High-
Level Radioactive Waste'' (84 Fed. Reg. 26835), or successor
notice, with respect to such waste located in the State of
Washington.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a) may be
construed as an affirmation of the interpretation of high-level
radioactive waste of the Secretary of Energy described in such
subsection.
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354. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 567. PILOT PROGRAM REGARDING ONLINE APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of Labor should jointly
carry out a pilot program that creates a one-stop source for
online applications for the purposes of assisting members of
the Armed Forces and Veterans participating in the Transition
Assistance Program (in this section referred to as ``TAP'').
(b) Data Sources.--The online application shall, in part,
aggregate existing data from government resources and private
sector under one uniform resource locator for the purpose of
assisting members of the Armed Forces and veterans
participating in TAP.
(c) Elements for Veterans and Members of the Armed Forces.--
(1) The online application shall be available as a
mobile online application available on multiple devices
(including smartphones and tablets), with responsive
design, updated no less than once per year, and
downloadable from the two online application stores
most commonly used in the United States.
(2) The version of the online application accessible
through a desktop or laptop computer shall be
compatible with the most current versions of popular
web browsers identified by the Secretaries.
(3) The online application shall by accessible to
individuals with disabilities in accordance with
section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29
U.S.C. 794d).
(4) The online application shall generate, for each
individual who uses the online application, a
personalized transition data dashboard that includes
the following information with regards to the location
in which the individual resides or intends to reside
after separation from the Armed Forces:
(A) A current list of employment
opportunities collected from employers.
(B) A current list of educational
institutions.
(C) A current list of facilities of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
(D) A current list of local veterans service
organizations.
(5) The dashboard under paragraph (4) shall include a
list of benefits for which an individual as a veteran
or separated member of the Armed Forces is eligible
under the laws administered by the Secretaries,
including educational assistance benefits.
(6) The dashboard under paragraph (4) shall keep
track of the time remaining before the expiration of
the following:
(A) Any civilian career certification waiver
based on the military occupational specialty of
the individual.
(B) Any active security clearance of the
individual.
(7) The online application shall, to the extent
practicable, match all current military occupational
specialties, cross-referenced by grade, to current
industries and jobs.
(8) The online application shall permit an individual
to search jobs described in paragraph (4)(A) that match
jobs described in paragraph (7).
(9) The online application shall alert individuals of
new job opportunities relevant to the individual, based
on military occupational specialty, interest, and
search criteria used by the individual under paragraph
(8).
(10) The online application shall permit an
individual to maintain a history of job searches and
submitted job applications.
(11) The online application shall include a resume
generator that is compliant with industry-standard
applicant tracking systems.
(12) The online application shall provide for career
training through the use of learning management
software, including training courses with a minimum of
100 soft skills and business courses.
(13) The online application shall include a career
mentorship system, allowing individuals to communicate
through text, chat, video calling, and email, with
mentors who can use the online application to track the
jobs mentees have applied for, the training mentees
have undertaken, and any other appropriate mentorship
matters.
(c) Elements for Employers.--
(1) The online application shall include a mechanism
(to be known as a ``military skills translator'') with
which employers may identify military occupational
specialties that align with jobs offered by the
employers.
(2) The online application shall include a mechanism
with which employers may search for individuals seeking
employment, based criteria including military
occupational specialty, grade, education, civilian
career category, and location.
(3) The online application shall provide online
training for employers regarding what military
occupational specialties relate to what jobs.
(d) Additional Requirements.--
(1) Cybersecurity.--To ensure the information of
individuals and employers is protected from breaches,
the Secretaries shall implement cybersecurity measures
for the online application. These measures shall
include the following:
(A) A security certificate produced by the
online application that is updated each year of
the pilot program.
(B) The online application shall be hosted by
a provider the Secretaries determine to be
secure and reputable.
(C) Ensuring that the online application has
a live development team of dedicated engineers
to address immediate concerns. No more than
half of such team may be based outside the
United States.
(D) Regular scans of the online application,
host, and server for vulnerabilities.
(E) The system must not have had a security
breach within the last 3 years.
(2) System stability.--To ensure system stability and
continuity, all elements of the online application must
pass testing no less than 1 year before the online
application is made available for use by individuals
and employers.
(3) Prior providers barred.--No entity that applies
to become the provider of the online application may
have served as a contractor providing database
management for TAP during the 5 years preceding such
online application.
(e) Assessments.--
(1) Interim assessments.--Not later than the dates
that are one and two years after the date of the
commencement of the pilot program, the Secretaries
shall jointly assess the pilot program.
(2) Final assessment.--Not later than the date that
is three years after the date of the commencement of
the pilot program, the Secretaries shall jointly carry
out a final assessment of the pilot program.
(3) Purpose.--The general objective of each
assessment under this subsection shall be to determine
if the online application under the pilot program
assists participants in TAP accomplish the goals of
TAP, accounting for the individual profiles of
participants, including military experience and
geographic location.
(4) Elements.--Each assessment shall include the
following:
(A) The aggregate number of profiles created
on the online application since the
commencement of the pilot program.
(B) Demographic information on individuals
who use the online application.
(C) The average amount time individuals,
employers, and community-based services
providers, use the online application each
month, since the commencement of the pilot
program.
(D) A ranking of most frequently-used
features of the online application.
(E) A satisfaction survey of individuals who
use the online application during the periods
of 30 days and 180 days after separation from
the Armed Forces.
(F) A report regarding the attendance of
members of the Armed Forces at online and in-
person TAP classes.
(f) Report.--Not later than six months after completing the
final assessment under subsection (e)(2), the Secretaries shall
submit a report to Congress on its findings regarding the pilot
program, including recommendations for legislation.
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355. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
SEC. __. REVIEW AND REPORT ON EXPERIMENTATION WITH TICKS AND INSECTS.
(a) Review.--The Inspector General of the Department of
Defense shall conduct a review of whether the Department of
Defense experimented with ticks and other insects regarding use
as a biological weapon between the years of 1950 and 1975.
(b) Report.--If the Inspector General finds that any
experiment described under subsection (a) occurred, the
Inspector General shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
report on--
(1) the scope of such experiment; and
(2) whether any ticks or insects used in such
experiment were released outside of any laboratory by
accident or experiment design.
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356. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of New Jersey
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 898. GAO REPORT ON CONTRACTING PRACTICES OF THE CORPS OF
ENGINEERS.
(a) Study Required.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a study on the contracting practices of
the Corps of Engineers, with a specific focus on how the Corps
of Engineers complies with and enforces the requirement to pay
prevailing wages on federally financed construction jobs, as
required by subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United
States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act). The
study shall consider the following:
(1) Any programs or protocols the Corps of Engineers
has in place for the purpose of carrying out its Davis-
Bacon Act enforcement obligations as set forth in the
Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(2) Any programs or protocols the Corps of Engineers
has in place for the purpose of identifying and
addressing independent contractor misclassification on
projects subject to the Davis-Bacon Act.
(3) The frequency with which the Corps of Engineers
conducts site visits on each covered project to monitor
Davis-Bacon Act compliance.
(4) The frequency with which the Corps of Engineers
monitors certified payroll reports submitted by
contractors and subcontractors on each covered project.
(5) Whether the Corps of Engineers accepts and
investigates complaints of Davis-Bacon Act violations
submitted by third parties, such as contractors and
workers' rights organizations.
(6) Whether the Corps of Engineers maintains a
database listing all contractors and subcontractors who
have, in one way or another, violated the Davis-Bacon
Act and whether the Corps consults this database as
part of its contract award process.
(7) The frequency, over the last five years, with
which the Corps of Engineers penalized, disqualified,
terminated, or moved for debarment of a contractor for
Davis-Bacon violations.
(8) How the Corps of Engineers verifies that the
contractors it hires for its projects are properly
licensed.
(b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor,
the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
and Pensions, the Committee on Armed Services, and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate a report that summarizes the results of the study
required under subsection (a), together with any
recommendations for legislative or regulatory action that would
improve the efforts of enforcing the requirement to pay
prevailing wages on federally financed construction jobs.
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357. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR ANTI-TAMPER HETEROGENOUS INTEGRATED
MICROELECTRONICS.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 201 for research, development, test,
and evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4201, for research, development, test, and
evaluation, Defense-wide, advanced technology development,
defense-wide manufacturing science and technology program, line
047 (PE 0603680D8Z) is hereby increased by $5,000,000 (with the
amount of such increase to be made available for anti-tamper
heterogeneous integrated microelectronics).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as specified in
the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for other
procurement, Army, elect equip-automation, general fund
enterprise business systems fam, line 114 is hereby reduced by
$5,000,000.
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358. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle B of title II the following:
SEC. 241 TRUSTED SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONAL SECURITY STANDARDS FOR
MICROELECTRONICS.
(a) Trusted Supply Chain and Operational Security
Standards.--
(1) Standards required.--Not later than January 1,
2021, the Secretary shall establish trusted supply
chain and operational security standards for the
purchase of microelectronics products and services by
the Department.
(2) Consultation required.--In developing standards
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with
the following:
(A) The Secretary of Homeland Security, the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of Commerce,
and the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology.
(B) Suppliers of microelectronics products
and services from the United States and allies
and partners of the United States.
(C) Representatives of major United States
industry sectors that rely on a trusted supply
chain and the operational security of
microelectronics products and services.
(D) Representatives of the United States
insurance industry.
(3) Tiers of trust and security authorized.--In
carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary may establish
tiers of trust and security within the supply chain and
operational security standards for microelectronics
products and services.
(4) General applicability.--The standards established
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be, to the greatest
extent practicable, generally applicable to the trusted
supply chain and operational security needs and use
cases of the United States Government and commercial
industry, such that the standards could be widely
adopted by government and commercial industry.
(5) Annual review.--Not later than October 1 of each
year, the Secretary shall review the standards
established pursuant to paragraph (1) and issue updates
or modifications as the Secretary considers necessary
or appropriate.
(b) Ensuring Ability to Sell Commercially.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, to the greatest
extent practicable, ensure that suppliers of
microelectronics products for the Federal Government
who meet the standards established under subsection (a)
are able and incentivized to sell products commercially
that are produced on the same production lines as the
microelectronics products supplied to the Federal
Government.
(2) Effect of requirement and acquisitions.--The
Secretary shall, to the greatest extent practicable,
ensure that the requirements of the Department and the
acquisition by the Department of microelectronics
enable the success of a dual-use microelectronics
industry.
(c) Maintaining Competition and Innovation.--The Secretary
shall take such actions as the Secretary considers necessary
and appropriate, within the Secretary's authorized activities
to maintain the health of the defense industrial base, to
ensure that--
(1) providers of microelectronics products and
services that meet the standards established under
subsection (a) are exposed to competitive market
pressures to achieve competitive pricing and sustained
innovation; and
(2) the industrial base of microelectronics products
and services that meet the standards established under
subsection (a) includes providers producing in or
belonging to countries that are allies or partners of
the United States.
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359. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7___. REPORT ON OPERATIONAL MEDICAL AND DENTAL PERSONNEL
REQUIREMENTS.
Not later than January 1, 2021, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
containing a discussion of the following:
(1) Methods--
(A) to establish joint planning assumptions
for the development of operational medical and
dental personnel, including establishing a
definition of which personnel may be identified
as ``operational'';
(B) to assess options to achieve joint
efficiencies in medical and dental personnel
requirements, including any associated risks;
(C) to apply joint planning assumptions and
assess efficiencies and risks, for the purpose
of determining operational medical and dental
requirements;
(D) to identify and mitigate limitations in
the clinical readiness metric, such as data
reliability, information on reserve component
providers and patient care workload performed
outside of military medical treatment
facilities established under section 1073d of
title 10, United States Code, and the linkage
between such metric and patient care and
retention outcomes; and
(E) to determine which critical wartime
specialties perform high-risk, high-acuity
procedures and rely on perishable skill sets,
for the purpose of prioritizing such
specialities to which the clinical readiness
metric may be expanded.
(2) Estimates of the costs and benefits relating to--
(A) providing additional training for medical
personnel to achieve clinical readiness
thresholds; and
(B) hiring additional civilian personnel in
military medical treatment facilities to
backfill medical providers of the Department of
Defense who attend such training.
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360. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. BRIEFING ON USE OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY FOR DEFENSE
PURPOSES.
(a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering shall provide to the
congressional defense committees a briefing on the potential
use of distributed ledger technology for defense purposes.
(b) Elements.--The briefing under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An explanation of how distributed ledger
technology may be used by the Department of Defense
to--
(A) improve cybersecurity, beginning at the
hardware level, of vulnerable assets such as
energy, water and transport grids, through
distributed versus centralized computing;
(B) reduce single points of failure in
emergency and catastrophe decision-making by
subjecting the decision to consensus validation
through distributed ledger technologies;
(C) improve the efficiency of defense
logistics and supply chain operations;
(D) enhance the transparency of procurement
auditing; and
(E) allow innovations to be adapted by the
private sector for ancillary uses.
(2) Such other information as the Under Secretary of
Defense for Research and Engineering determines to be
appropriate.
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361. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spanberger of
Virginia or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 836, line 22, strike ``and'' at the end.
Page 836, strike lines 23 through 25 and insert the
following:
(3) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``during the
period'' and all that follows to the end and inserting
``from the preceding year, including--
``(A) a list of all foreign forces, irregular
forces, groups, or individuals for which a
determination has been made that force could
legally be used under the Authorization for Use
of Military Force (Public Law 107-40),
including--
``(i) the legal and factual basis for
such determination; and
``(ii) a description of whether force
has been used against each such foreign
force, irregular force, group, or
individual; and
``(B) the criteria and any changes to the
criteria for designating a foreign force,
irregular force, group, or individual as
lawfully targetable, as a high value target,
and as formally or functionally a member of a
group covered under the Authorization for Use
of Military Force.''; and
(4) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
following: ``The unclassified portion of each report
shall, at a minimum, include each change made to the
legal and policy frameworks during the preceding year
and the legal, factual, and policy justifications for
such changes, and shall be made available to the public
at the same time it is submitted to the appropriate
congressional committees.''.
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362. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Spanberger of
Virginia or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, insert the following new
section:
SEC. __. INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE CAPACITY OF MILITARY CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIVE ORGANIZATIONS TO PREVENT CHILD SEXUAL
EXPLOITATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
establish an initiative on improving the capacity of military
criminal investigative organizations to prevent child sexual
exploitation. Under the initiative, the Secretary shall work
with an external partner to train military criminal
investigative organization officials at Department of Defense
installations from all military departments regarding--
(1) online investigative technology, tools, and
techniques;
(2) computer forensics;
(3) complex evidentiary issues;
(4) child victim identification;
(5) child victim referral for comprehensive
investigation and treatment services; and
(6) related instruction.
(b) Partnerships and Agreements.--Under the initiative, the
Secretary shall develop partnerships and establish
collaborative agreements with the following:
(1) The Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney
General, in better coordinating the investigative
jurisdictions and law enforcement authorities of the
military criminal investigative organizations, and in
improving the justice community's understanding of
those law enforcement authorities to enforce Federal
criminal statutes.
(2) Federal criminal investigative organizations
responsible for enforcement of Federal criminal
statutes related to combatting child sexual
exploitation, in order to ensure a streamlined process
for transferring criminal investigations into child
exploitation to other jurisdictions, while maintaining
the integrity of the evidence already collected.
(3) A highly qualified national child protection
organization or law enforcement training center with
demonstrated expertise in the delivery of law
enforcement training--
(A) to detect, identify, investigate, and
prosecute individuals engaged in the trading or
production of child pornography and the online
solicitation of children; and
(B) to train military criminal investigative
organization officials at Department of Defense
installations from all military departments.
(4) A highly qualified national child protection
organization with demonstrated expertise in the
development and delivery of multidisciplinary
intervention training including evidence-based forensic
interviewing, victim advocacy, trauma-informed mental
health services, medical services, and
multidisciplinary coordination between the Department
of Defense and civilian experts to improve outcomes for
victims of child sexual exploitation.
(5) Children's Advocacy Centers located in the same
communities as military installations that coordinate
the multidisciplinary team response and child-friendly
approach to identifying, investigating, prosecuting,
and intervening in child sexual exploitation cases that
can partner with military installations on law
enforcement, child protection, prosecution, mental
health, medical, and victim advocacy to investigate
sexual exploitation, help children heal from sexual
exploitation, and hold offenders accountable.
(6) State and local authorities to address law
enforcement capacity in communities where military
installations are located, and to prevent lapses in
jurisdiction that would undercut the Department's
efforts to prevent child sexual exploitation.
(7) The National Association to Protect Children and
the United States Special Operations Command Care
Coalition to replicate successful outcomes of the Human
Exploitation Rescue Operative (HERO) Child Rescue
Corps, as established by section 890A of the Homeland
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 473), within military
criminal investigative organizations and other
Department components to combat child sexual
exploitation.
(c) Locations.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out the
initiative--
(A) in at least two States where there is a
high density of Department network users in
comparison to the overall population of the
States;
(B) in at least two States where there is a
high population of Department network users;
(C) in at least two States where there is a
large percentage of Indian children, including
children who are Alaska Native or Native
Hawaiian;
(D) in at least one State with a population
with fewer than 2,000,000 people;
(E) in at least one State with a population
with fewer than 5,000,000 people, but not fewer
than 2,000,000 people;
(F) in at least one State with a population
with fewer than 10,000,000 people, but not
fewer than 5,000,000; and
(G) in at least one State with a population
with 10,000,000 or more people.
(2) Geographic distribution.--The Secretary shall
ensure that the locations at which the initiative is
carried out are distributed across different regions.
(d) Additional Requirements.--In carrying out the initiative,
the Secretary shall--
(1) participate in multi-jurisdictional task forces;
(2) establish cooperative agreements to facilitate
co-training and collaboration with Federal, State, and
local law enforcement; and
(3) develop a streamlined process to refer child
sexual abuse cases to other jurisdictions.
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363. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 16__. FUNDING FOR DEFENSE COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCY.
(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 Defense Security Service (line 320) is hereby increased by
$5,206,997, for purposes of acquiring advanced cyber threat
detection sensors, hunt and response mechanisms, and commercial
cyber threat intelligence to ensure Defense Industrial Base
networks remain protected from nation state adversaries.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 101 for other procurement, Air Force,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4101, for Integrated personnel and pay system is hereby reduced
by $5,206,997.
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364. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7___. MODIFICATION TO REFERRALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
If the Secretary of Defense is unable to provide mental
health services in a military medical treatment facility to a
member of the Armed Forces within 15 days of the date on which
such services are first requested by the member, the Secretary
may refer the member to a provider under the TRICARE program
(as that term is defined in section 1072 of title 10, United
States Code) to receive such services.
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365. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Speier of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XXVIII, insert the
following new section:
SEC. 28__. RENAMING OF LEJEUNE HIGH SCHOOL IN HONOR OF CONGRESSMAN
WALTER B. JONES.
(a) Renaming.--The Lejeune High School at Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina, shall hereafter be known and designated as the
``Walter B. Jones Camp Lejeune High School''.
(b) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation,
map, document, paper, other record of the United States to the
facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to
be a reference to the Walter B. Jones Camp Lejeune High School.
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366. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stanton of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following:
SEC. 5__. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN VETERANS ON TEMPORARY DISABILITY OR
PERMANENT DISABLED RETIREMENT LISTS IN MILITARY
ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS.
(a) Inclusion of Certain Veterans.--Subsection (a)(1) of
section 2564a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``for members of the armed forces who'' and all that
follows through the period at the end and inserting the
following: ``for--
``(A) any member of the armed forces who is
eligible to participate in adaptive sports
because of an injury, illness, or wound
incurred in the line of duty in the armed
forces; and
``(B) any veteran (as defined in section 101
of title 38), during the one-year period
following the veteran's date of separation,
who--
``(i) is on the Temporary Disability
Retirement List or Permanently Disabled
Retirement List;
``(ii) is eligible to participate in
adaptive sports because of an injury,
illness, or wound incurred in the line
of duty in the armed forces; and
``(iii) was enrolled in the program
authorized under this section prior to
the veteran's date of separation.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of such section is
amended by inserting ``and veterans'' after ``members''.
(c) Clerical Amendments.--
(1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section
is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 2564a. Provision of assistance for adaptive sports programs:
members of the armed forces; certain veterans''.
(2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 152 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 2564a and
inserting the following new item:
``2564a. Provision of assistance for adaptive sports programs: members
of the armed forces; certain veterans.''.
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367. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stauber of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 642, after line 21, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. REPORT ON EXPANDING NAVAL VESSEL MAINTENANCE.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than May 1, 2020, the
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on allowing maintenance to be performed on
naval vessels at shipyards other than shipyards in the vessels'
homeports.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of the ability of homeport
shipyards to meet the current naval vessel maintenance
demands.
(2) An assessment of the ability of current homeport
shipyards to meet the naval vessel maintenance demands
of a 355-ship Navy.
(3) An assessment of the ability of non-homeport
firms to augment repair work at homeport shipyards,
which shall include--
(A) the capability and proficiency of
shipyards in the Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, East
Coast, West Coast, and Alaska regions to
perform technical repair work on naval vessels
at locations other than their homeports;
(B) the required improvements to the
capability of shipyards in the Great Lakes,
Gulf Coast, East Coast, West Coast, and Alaska
regions to enable performance of technical
repair work on naval vessels at locations other
than their homeports;
(C) an identification of naval vessel types
(such as noncombatant vessels or vessels that
only need limited periods of time in shipyards)
best suited for repair work performed by
shipyards in locations other than their
homeports; and
(D) the potential benefits to fleet readiness
of expanding shipyard repair work to include
shipyards not located at naval vessel
homeports.
(4) An assessment of the benefits to the commercial
shipyard industrial base of expanding repair work for
naval vessels to shipyards not eligible for short-term
work in accordance with section 8669a(c) of title 10,
United States Code.
(c) Homeport Shipyards Defined.--In this section, the term
``homeport shipyards'' means shipyards associated with firms
capable of being awarded short-term work at the homeport of a
naval vessel in accordance with section 8669a(c) of title 10,
United States Code.
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368. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stefanik of New York
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1614. REDESIGNATION OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTELLIGENCE
AS UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTELLIGENCE AND
SECURITY.
(a) Review.--
(1) Requirement.--The Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct a comprehensive review of
both the security functions delegated to the Under
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence by the Secretary
of Defense and the security functions specified in
section 137(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code. In
conducting such review, the Comptroller General shall--
(A) evaluate the effectiveness of the Under
Secretary with respect to manning, policy,
resources, and programs to properly oversee the
missions relating to such functions; and
(B) provide recommendations to improve such
effectiveness.
(2) Certification.--If the Secretary of Defense
determines that the Under Secretary appropriately
considered the review of the Comptroller General under
paragraph (1) and implemented the recommendations
specified in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph, the
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a certification of such determination.
(3) Redesignation contingent on certification.--
Subsections (d), (e), and (f) shall take effect on the
date that is 30 days after the date on which the
Secretary of Defense submits the certification under
paragraph (2). The Secretary shall notify the Law
Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives of
such certification so that the Law Revision Counsel
executes the amendments made by subsection (f).
(4) Effects of redesignation.--In carrying out this
section and the amendments made by this section, the
Secretary of Defense may not transfer or realign to the
Under Secretary any missions or resources of the
Department of Defense that are not under the Under
Secretary before the date of the enactment of this Act.
(5) Future determinations.--If the Secretary
determines that the security functions of the Under
Secretary specified in section 137(b)(3) of title 10,
United States Code, should be overseen by an official
of the Department of Defense other than the Under
Secretary (or an official in the office of the Under
Secretary), the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on such
determination, including any proposed legislative
actions with respect to redesignating the title of the
Under Secretary.
(6) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In
this subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional
committees'' means--
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the
Senate.
(b) Deputy Director for Intelligence for Security.--
(1) Establishment.--Section 137 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(d) There is in the office of the Under Secretary a Deputy
Director for Intelligence for Security. The Deputy Director
shall have the sole responsibility for the implementation,
execution, and oversight of--
``(1) the security functions delegated to the Under
Secretary by the Secretary of Defense; and
``(2) the security functions specified in subsection
(b)(3).''.
(2) Briefing.--The Under Secretary shall provide to
the congressional defense committees a briefing on how
the Deputy Director established by subsection (d) of
section 137 of title 10, United States Code, as added
by paragraph (1), will establish and sustain oversight
of the missions relating to the security functions
specified in such subsection (d).
(c) Protection of Privacy and Civil Liberties.--Such section,
as amended by subsection (b)(1), is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
``(e) The Under Secretary shall ensure that the protection of
privacy and civil liberties consistent with existing Federal
law and the regulations and directives of the Department is a
top priority for the Under Secretary.''.
(d) Redesignation of Under Secretary.--
(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (a)(3), the
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence is hereby
redesignated as the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security.
(2) Service of incumbent in position.--Subject to
subsection (a)(3), the individual serving as Under
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence as of the date of
the certification described in such subsection may
serve as Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
and Security commencing as of that date without further
appointment under section 137 of title 10, United
States Code, as amended by this section.
(3) Reference.--Subject to subsection (a)(3), any
reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the Under
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence shall be deemed
to be a reference to the Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security.
(e) Redesignation of Related Deputy Under Secretary.--
(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (a)(3), the
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence is
hereby redesignated as the Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Intelligence and Security.
(2) Service of incumbent in position.--Subject to
subsection (a)(3), the individual serving as Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence as of the
date of the certification described in such subsection
may serve as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security commencing as of that date
without further appointment under section 137a of title
10, United States Code, as amended by this section.
(3) Reference.--Subject to subsection (a)(3), any
reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Deputy Under Secretary
of Defense for Intelligence and Security.
(f) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Title 10.--Subject to subsection (a)(3), title
10, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(A) In each provision as follows, by striking
``Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence''
and inserting ``Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security'':
(i) Section 131(b)(3)(F).
(ii) Section 137, each place it
appears.
(iii) Section 139a(d)(6).
(iv) Section 139b(c)(2)(E).
(v) Section 181(d)(1)(B).
(vi) Section 393(b)(2)(C).
(vii) Section 426, each place it
appears.
(viii) Section 430(a).
(B) In section 137a(c)(6), by striking
``Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence'' and inserting ``Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and
Security''.
(C) The heading of section 137 is amended to
read as follows:
``Sec. 137. Under secretary of defense for intelligence and security''.
(D) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 4 is amended by striking the item
relating to section 137 and inserting the
following new item:
``137. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.''.
(2) Title 5.--Subject to subsection (a)(3), title 5,
United States Code, is amended as follows:
(A) In section 5314, by striking ``Under
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence'' and
inserting ``Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security''.
(B) In section 5315, by striking ``Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence''
and inserting ``Deputy Under Secretary of
Defense for Intelligence and Security''.
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369. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stefanik of New York
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle E of title V the following:
SEC. 5__. TREATMENT OF INFORMATION IN CATCH A SERIAL OFFENDER PROGRAM
FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.
(a) Exclusion From FOIA.--Section 552 of title 5, United
States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Freedom of
Information Act''), shall not apply to any report for purposes
of the Catch a Serial Offender Program.
(b) Preservation of Restricted Report.--The transmittal or
receipt in connection with the Catch a Serial Offender Program
of a report on a sexual assault that is treated as a restricted
report shall not operate to terminate its treatment or status
as a restricted report.
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370. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stefanik of New York
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 8_. MODIFICATIONS TO BUDGET DISPLAY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION
RESEARCH PROGRAM AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER PROGRAM.
Section 857 of the John S. McCain National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132
Stat. 1891) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) and the'' before ``Under
Secretary of Defense for Research and
Engineering''; and
(B) by striking ``a budget display'' and
inserting ``one or more budget displays'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``The budget
display'' and inserting ``The budget displays''; and
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ``The budget
display'' and inserting ``The budget displays''.
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371. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stivers of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 729. ANNUAL REPORTS ON MILLENNIUM COHORT STUDY RELATING TO WOMEN
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Annual Reports.--On an annual basis, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees, and make publicly available, a report on findings
of the Millennium Cohort Study relating to the gynecological
and perinatal health of women members of the Armed Forces
participating in the study.
(b) Matters Included.--Each report under subsection (a) shall
include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) A summary of general findings pertaining to
gynecological and perinatal health, such as the
diseases, disorders, and conditions that affect the
functioning of reproductive systems, including
regarding maternal mortality and severe maternal
morbidity, birth defects, developmental disorders, low
birth weight, preterm birth, reduced fertility,
menstrual disorders, and other health concerns.
(2) All research projects that have concluded during
the year covered by the report and the outcomes of such
projects.
(3) Abstracts of all ongoing projects.
(4) Abstracts of all projects that have been
considered for investigation.
(c) Identification of Areas.--The Secretary shall identify--
(1) areas in which the Millennium Cohort Study can
increase efforts to capture data and produce studies in
the field of gynecological and perinatal health of
women members of the Armed Forces; and
(2) activities that are currently underway to achieve
such efforts.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
(B) the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
(2) The term ``Millennium Cohort Study'' means the
longitudinal study authorized under section 743 of the
Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105-261; 112 Stat. 2074)
to evaluate data on the health conditions of members of
the Armed Forces upon their return from deployment.
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372. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Suozzi of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:
SEC. ____. RADIUM TESTING AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE
NAVY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Navy shall provide for
an independent third-party data quality review of all radium
testing completed by contractors of the Department of the Navy
at a covered location.
(b) Covered Location Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered location'' means any location where the Secretary of
the Navy is undertaking a project or activity funded through
one of the following accounts of the Department of Defense:
(1) Operation and Maintenance, Environmental
Restoration, Navy.
(2) Operation and Maintenance, Environmental
Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites.
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373. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Amend section 912 to read as follows:
SEC. 912. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CONSOLIDATION OF
DEFENSE MEDIA ACTIVITY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Defense Media Activity serves as a premier
broadcasting and production center for America's
servicemembers and their families worldwide; and
(2) as the Department of Defense considers relocating
some or all of the functions of the Defense Media
Activity, Congress must have the opportunity to
consider the impact and scope that such a decision
would have on the Department's ability to meet its
current warfighting capabilities and ensure that the
Defense Media Activity does not consolidate its
facilities at the expense of satisfying its current
mission requirements.
(b) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal
year 2020 or any subsequent fiscal year for the Department of
Defense may be used to consolidate the Defense Media Activity
until a period of 180 days has elapsed following the date on
which the Secretary of Defense submits the report required
under subsection (c).
(c) Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report that includes
the following:
(1) Any current or future plans to restructure,
reduce, or eliminate the functions, personnel,
facilities, or capabilities of the Defense Media
Activity, including the timelines associated with such
plans.
(2) Any modifications that have been made, or that
may be made, to personnel compensation or funding
accounts in preparation for, or in response to, efforts
to consolidate the Defense Media Activity.
(3) Any contractual agreements that have been entered
into to consolidate or explore the consolidation of the
Defense Media Activity.
(4) Any Department of Defense directives or
Administration guidance relating to efforts to
consolidate the Defense Media Activity, including any
directives or guidance intended to inform or instruct
such efforts.
(d) Consolidate Defined.--In this section, the term
``consolidate'', means any action to reduce or limit the
functions, personnel, facilities, or capabilities of the
Defense Media Activity, including entering into contracts or
developing plans for such reduction or limitation.
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374. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thompson of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XXVIII, add the following new section:
SEC. 28__. OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND PRESERVATION OF MARE ISLAND
NAVAL CEMETERY, VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA.
(a) Authority to Assist Operation, Maintenance, and
Preservation Activities.--The Secretary of Defense may provide
not more than $250,000 per fiscal year to aid in the operation,
maintenance, and preservation of the Mare Island Naval Cemetery
in Vallejo, California (in this section referred to as the
``Cemetery'') if, within one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act--
(1) the city of Vallejo, California, enters into an
agreement with a nonprofit historical preservation
organization (in this section referred to as the
``organization'') to manage the day-to-day operation,
maintenance, and preservation activities of the
Cemetery; and
(2) the organization enters into a memorandum of
agreement with the Secretary that outlines the
organization's plan and commitment to preserve the
Cemetery in perpetuity.
(b) Restriction on Use of Assistance.--Assistance provided
under subsection (a) shall only be used by the organization--
(1) for the direct operation, maintenance, and
preservation of the Cemetery; and
(2) to conduct an annual audit and prepare an annual
report of the organization's activities.
(c) Reduction in Assistance.--The Secretary of Defense may
reduce the amount of assistance provided under subsection (a)
for a fiscal year, or forgo the provision of assistance for a
fiscal year, whenever the Secretary determines that the
organization has enough operational funds to function for at
least a two-year period.
(d) Annual Audit and Report.--As a condition of receiving
assistance under subsection (a), the organization shall submit
to the Secretary of Defense an annual report containing an
audit of the organization's financial revenues and expenditures
for the previous year and describing how funds were used.
(e) Other Fund-raising.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to preclude the organization from raising additional
funds to supplement the organization's activities.
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375. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tipton of Colorado or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle J of title V, add the following:
SEC. 597. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE HIGH-ALTITUDE ARMY NATIONAL
GUARD AVIATION TRAINING SITE.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that the High-Altitude Army
National Guard Aviation Training Site is the lone school of the
Department of Defense where rotary-wing aviators in the Armed
Forces and the militaries of foreign allies learn how to safely
fly rotary-wing aircraft in mountainous, high-altitude
environments.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
military aviation training in Colorado, including the training
conducted at the High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation
Training Site, is critical to the national security of the
United States and the readiness of the Armed Forces.
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376. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres Small of New
Mexico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE BROADBAND ACCESS TO MILITARY
FAMILIES AND MEDICAL FACILITIES ON REMOTE AND
ISOLATED BASES.
(a) Pilot Program.--
(1) Purpose.--In order to extend residential
broadband internet access to the thousands of military
families on military installations within the United
States located in unserved rural areas, the Secretary
of Defense, in coordination with the Federal
Communication Commission, shall carry out a pilot
program under which the Secretary enters into an
agreement with a broadband internet provider or
providers to--
(A) provide broadband internet access to
military families on installations within the
United States located in unserved rural areas;
(B) ensure broadband internet is accessible
in military hospitals and clinics to facilitate
the expeditious use of telehealth services and
electronic military records integration; and
(C) enhance broadband internet access that
can support of military spouse employment,
transition assistance for members of the Armed
Forces, and workforce development.
(2) Locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the
pilot program at no fewer than three military
installations located in unserved rural areas.
(3) Service provider requirements.--The Secretary
shall ensure that broadband internet service providers
considered for participation in the pilot program--
(A) use low-cost broadband technologies, such
as fixed wireless technologies, which are
suitable for lower population density unserved
and underserved rural areas; and
(B) possess the capability to expeditiously
install and connect broadband internet
capabilities on remote and isolated bases.
(4) Fifth generation information and communications
technologies.--The pilot program under this section
shall be carried out in accordance with the strategy
and implementation plan required under section 233 of
this Act.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services
and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Armed
Services and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives a report on the
implementation of the pilot program under subsection
(a).
(2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph
(1) shall include--
(A) a list of the remote and isolated bases
selected by the Secretary for purposes of the
pilot program;
(B) an analysis of the success of the pilot
program on improving access to broadband for
families living on base, telehealth medicine
services, and the processing of electronic
health records;
(C) recommendations by the Secretary for
improving, expanding, or modifying the program;
(D) recommendations from the Secretary, the
Secretary of Commerce, and the Chairman of the
Federal Communication Commission on aligning
the pilot program with Federal rural broadband
strategy and deployment efforts; and
(E) any other matters the Secretary
determines to be appropriate.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``broadband'' means internet access
providing throughput speeds of at least 25 Mbps
downstream and at least 3 Mbps upstream and having no
data consumption caps.
(2) The term ``unserved rural areas'' means those
rural census blocks reported by broadband providers as
lacking access to broadband on the Federal
Communications Commission's Form 477.
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377. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 240--
(1) redesignate subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(2) insert after subsection (c) the following new
subsection (d):
(c) List of Covered Institutions.--The Commission, in
consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary
of Defense, shall make available a list identifying each
covered institution. The list shall be made available on a
publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense and
the Department of Education and shall be updated not less
frequently than once annually during the life of the
Commission.
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378. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS RELATING TO CENTRAL AMERICA.
(a) In General.--No later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall impose the sanctions
described in subsection (b) on--
(1) each of the individuals listed in the report
provided by to Congress by the Department of State on
April 3, 2019, pursuant to section 1287 of the John S.
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232); and
(2) each of the individuals listed in the report
provided to Congress by the Department of State on May
15, 2019, pursuant to section 7019(d) of the Department
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116-
6).
(b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this
subsection are the sanctions described in section 1263(b) of
the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (subtitle
F of title XII of Public Law 114-328; 22 U.S.C. 2656 note).
(c) Waiver.--The President may waive the imposition of
sanctions under this section if the President determines that
such waiver would be in the national security interests of the
United States.
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379. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. PROHIBITION RELATING TO JOINT TASK FORCE WITH GUATEMALA.
(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
made available to transfer or purchase vehicles for any joint
task force including the Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of
the Interior of Guatemala unless the Secretary of Defense
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that such
ministries have made a credible commitment to use such
equipment only for the uses for which they were intended.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate.
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380. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title II, add the following new
section:
SEC. 2__. EFFORTS TO COUNTER MANIPULATED MEDIA CONTENT.
(a) Briefing Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall provide to the congressional defense
committees a briefing on initiatives of the Department
of Defense to identify and address, as appropriate and
as authorized in support of Department of Defense
operations, manipulated media content, specifically
``deepfakes''.
(2) Elements.--The briefing required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) Status of efforts to develop technology
to identify manipulated content impacting the
national security of the United States.
(B) Challenges to detecting, labeling, and
preventing foreign actors' manipulation of
images and video impacting national security.
(C) Plans to make deepfake detection
technology available to the public and other
Federal agencies for use in identifying
manipulated media.
(D) The efforts of the Department of Defense,
as appropriate, to engage academia and industry
stakeholders to combat deliberately manipulated
or deceptive information from state and non-
state actors on social media platforms
impacting operations overseas.
(E) An assessment of the ability of
adversaries to generate deepfakes.
(F) Recommendations for a long-term
transition partner organization.
(b) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4201, for research, development, test, and evaluation,
Defense-wide, applied research, SOF technology
development, line 022 (PE 1160401BB) is hereby
increased by $5,000,000 (with the amount of such
increase to be made available for Media Forensics).
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 201 for research,
development, test, and evaluation, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4201 for
research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force,
operational systems development, AF integrated
personnel and pay system (AF-IPPS), line 158 (PE
0605018F) is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to authorize an activity that will impact the privacy
or civil liberties of United States persons.
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381. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Torres of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 472, line 7, insert after the period the following new
sentence: ``The Department of Defense must also develop
policies to assist small- and medium-sized manufacturers that
provide goods or services in the supply chain for the
Department to adopt robust cybersecurity standards.''.
Page 473, after line 10, insert the following new paragraph:
(3) Consultation.--The Secretary of Defense shall
consult with the Director of the Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership (established under section 25 of
the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act
(15 U.S.C. 278k)) to provide education, guidance, and
technical assistance to strengthen the cybersecurity of
small- and medium-sized manufacturers that provide
goods or services in the supply chain for the
Department of Defense.
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382. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3__. AGREEMENTS TO SHARE MONITORING DATA RELATING TO
PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND
OTHER CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter
into agreements with municipalities or municipal drinking water
utilities located adjacent to military installations under
which both the Secretary and the municipalities and utilities
would share monitoring data relating to perfluoroalkyl
substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, and other emerging
contaminants of concern collected at the military installation.
(b) Public Communication.--An agreement under subsection (a)
does not negate the responsibility of the Secretary to
communicate with the public about drinking water contamination
from perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, and
other contaminants.
(c) Military Installation Defined.--In this section, the term
``military installation'' has the meaning given that term in
section 2801(c) of title 10, United States Code.
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383. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. EXPANSION OF PRE-REFERRAL MATTERS REVIEWABLE BY MILITARY
JUDGES AND MILITARY MAGISTRATES IN THE INTEREST OF
EFFICIENCY IN MILITARY JUSTICE.
(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 830a of title 10,
United States Code (article 30a of the Uniform Code of Military
Justice), is amended by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and
inserting the following new paragraphs:
(1) The President shall prescribe regulations for
matters relating to proceedings conducted before
referral of charges and specifications to court-martial
for trial, including the following:
(A) Pre-referral investigative subpoenas.
(B) Pre-referral warrants or orders for
electronic communications.
(C) Pre-referral matters referred by an
appellate court.
(D) Pre-referral matters under subsection (c)
or (e) of section 806b of this title (article
6b).
(E) Pre-referral matters relating to the
following:
(i) Pre-trial confinement of an
accused.
(ii) The accused's mental capacity.
(iii) A request for an individual
military counsel.
(2) In addition to the matters specified in paragraph
(1), the regulations prescribed under that paragraph
shall--
(A) set forth the matters that a military
judge may rule upon in such proceedings;
(B) include procedures for the review of such
rulings; and
(C) include appropriate limitations to ensure
that proceedings under this section extend only
to matters that would be subject to
consideration by a military judge in a general
or special court-martial.
(b) Conforming and Clerical Amendments.--
(1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section
is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 830A. Art. 30a. proceedings conducted before referral''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter VI of chapter 47 of title 10,
United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military
Justice), is amended by striking the item relating to
section 830 (article 30a) and inserting the following
new item:
``830a. 30a. Proceedings conducted before referral.''.
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384. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. PRESERVATION OF RECOURSE TO RESTRICTED REPORT ON SEXUAL
ASSAULT FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT BEING
INVESTIGATED FOLLOWING CERTAIN VICTIM OR THIRD-
PARTY COMMUNICATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a
policy that allows a member of the Armed Forces who is the
victim of a sexual assault that is or may be investigated as a
result of a communication described in subsection (b) to elect
to have the member's reporting on such sexual assault be
treated as a Restricted Report without regard to the party
initiating or receiving such communication.
(b) Communication.--A communication described in this
subsection is a communication on a sexual assault as follows:
(1) By the member concerned to a member of the Armed
Forces in the chain of command of such member, whether
a commissioned officer or a non-commissioned officer.
(2) By the member concerned to military law
enforcement personnel or personnel of a military
criminal investigation organization (MCIO).
(3) By any individual other than the member
concerned.
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385. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle D of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. TRAINING FOR COMMANDERS IN THE ARMED FORCES ON THEIR ROLE IN
ALL STAGES OF MILITARY JUSTICE IN CONNECTION WITH
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
(a) In General.--The training provided commanders in the
Armed Forces shall include comprehensive training on the role
of commanders in all stages of military justice in connection
with sexual assaults by members of the Armed Forces against
other members of the Armed Forces.
(b) Elements to Be Covered.--The training provided pursuant
to subsection (a) shall include training on the following:
(1) The role of commanders in each stage of the
military justice process in connection with sexual
assault committed by a member of the Armed Forces
against another member, including investigation and
prosecution.
(2) The role of commanders in assuring that victims
in sexual assault described in paragraph (1) are
informed of, and have the opportunity to obtain,
assistance available for victims of sexual assault by
law.
(3) The role of commanders in assuring that victims
in sexual assault described in paragraph (1) are
afforded the due process rights and protections
available to victims by law.
(4) The role of commanders in preventing retaliation
against victims, their family members, witnesses, first
responders, and bystanders for their complaints,
statements, testimony, and status in connection with
sexual assault described in paragraph (1), including
the role of commanders in ensuring that subordinates in
the command are aware of their responsibilities in
preventing such retaliation.
(5) The role of commanders in establishing and
maintaining a healthy command climate in connection
with reporting on sexual assault described in paragraph
(1) and in the response of the commander, subordinates
in the command, and other personnel in the command to
such sexual assault, such reporting, and the military
justice process in connection with such sexual assault.
(6) Any other matters on the role of commanders in
connection with sexual assault described in paragraph
(1) that the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate
for purposes of this section.
(c) Incorporation of Best Practices.--
(1) In general.--The training provided pursuant to
subsection (a) shall incorporate best practices on all
matters covered by the training.
(2) Identification of best practices.--The
Secretaries of the military departments shall, acting
through the training and doctrine commands of the Armed
Forces, undertake from time to time surveys and other
reviews of the matters covered by the training provided
pursuant to subsection (a) in order to identify and
incorporate into such training the most current
practicable best practices on such matters.
(d) Uniformity.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
the training provided pursuant to subsection (a) is, to the
extent practicable, uniform across the Armed Forces.
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386. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 1646 and insert the following new section:
SEC. 1646. CERTIFICATION REGARDING DEPLOYMENT OF LOW-YIELD BALLISTIC
MISSILE WARHEAD.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall certify to the
congressional defense committees whether--
(1) the Secretary determines that the deployment of
low-yield ballistic missile warheads is in the best
interests of the national security of the United
States; and
(2) the Secretary has an alternative to the W76-2
low-yield ballistic missile warhead that--
(A) may be deployed as of the date of the
certification; and
(B) provides at least the same level of
proportional response capability as the W76-2
low-yield ballistic missile warhead deployed on
submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
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387. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Velazquez of New York
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 430, strike line 19 through line 24 and insert the
following:
(2) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2022, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a
report to the congressional defense committees which
shall include the number of contracts awarded on the
basis of competition restricted to Program Participants
in the program established under section 8(a) of the
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)) to small business
concerns that are Native Hawaiian Organizations (as
defined in paragraph (15) of such section (15 U.S.C.
637(a)(15))) or economically disadvantaged Indian
tribes (or a wholly owned business entity of such a
tribe) (as defined in paragraph (13) of such section
(15 U.S.C. 637(a)(13))) or that exceed the dollar
amount under paragraph (1)(D) of such section.
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388. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Velazquez of New York
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 586, strike line 23 and all that follows through page
587, line 2, and insert the following:
(a) Permanent Authorization.--
(1) Repeal of expiration of authority.--Section 831
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is
amended by striking subsection (j).
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph
(1) shall take effect on the date on which the
Secretary of Defense submits to Congress the small
business strategy required under section 2283 of title
10, United States Code. The Secretary of Defense shall
notify the Law Revision Counsel of the House of
Representatives of the submission of the strategy so
that the Law Revision Counsel may execute the amendment
made by paragraph (1).
Page 589, after line 8, insert the following:
(f) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until September
30, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on the Mentor-Protege
Program established under section 831 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101-510; 10
U.S.C. 2302 note) that describes--
(1) each mentor-protege agreement entered into under
such section, disaggregated by the type of
disadvantaged small business concern (as defined in
subsection (o) of such section) receiving assistance
pursuant to such an agreement;
(2) the type of assistance provided to protege firms
(as defined in subsection (o) of such section) under
each such agreement;
(3) the benefits provided to mentor firms (as defined
in subsection (o) of such section) under each such
agreement; and
(4) the progress of protege firms under each such
agreement with respect to competing for Federal prime
contracts and subcontracts.
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389. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Velazquez of New York
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 882. SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING CREDIT FOR SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE
PUERTO RICO BUSINESSES.
Section 15(x)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
644(x)(1)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``, or a prime contractor awards a
subcontract (at any tier) to a subcontractor that is a
Puerto Rico business,'' after ``Puerto Rico business'';
(2) by inserting ``or subcontract'' after ``the
contract''; and
(3) by striking ``subsection (g)(1)(A)(i)'' and
inserting ``subsection (g)(1)(A)''.
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390. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Velazquez of New York
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle F of title VIII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 882. SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTING CREDIT FOR CERTAIN SMALL
BUSINESSES LOCATED IN UNITED STATES TERRITORIES.
Section 15(x) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(x)) is
amended--
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``and
Covered Territory Businesses'' after ``Puerto Rico
Businesses'';
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or a covered
territory business'' after ``Puerto Rico business'';
and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Covered territory business defined.--In this
subsection, the term `covered territory business' means
a small business concern that has its principal office
located in one of the following:
``(A) The United States Virgin Islands.
``(B) American Samoa.
``(C) Guam.
``(D) The Northern Mariana Islands.''.
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391. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wagner of Missouri or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. MULTINATIONAL REGIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION CENTER.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
provide to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate a briefing on the utility and
feasibility of establishing a multinational regional security
education center, including as a satellite entity of the Daniel
K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies that is
located in a member country of the Association for Southeast
Asian Nations, to offer year-round training and educational
courses to Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific civilian and
military security personnel to enhance engagement of
territorial and maritime security, transnational and asymmetric
threats, and defense sector governance in the Indo-Pacific
region. Training may also include English-language training,
human rights training, rule of law and legal studies, security
governance and institution-building courses, and budget and
procurement training.
(b) Elements of Briefing.--The briefing required under
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the objectives for establishing a multinational
regional security center in the region;
(2) the utility and feasibility of establishing such
a center, including the benefits and challenges of
doing so;
(3) the resources required;
(4) whether alternative centers and programs exist to
provide the training and objectives specified in this
provision; and
(5) the manner in which such a center would improve
and strengthen cooperation with partner countries of
the Association for Southeast Asian Nations.
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392. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wagner of Missouri or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. 12__. TRAINING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
PROGRAMS.
Any foreign person participating in professional military
education programs authorized pursuant to section 541 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) from funds
authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act shall also be required to participate in human rights
training.
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393. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walden of Oregon or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title V, add the following:
SEC. 520. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO USE AIR FORCE RESERVE COMPONENT
PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION
REGARDING PILOT TRAINING.
(a) Authority.--
(1) In general.--During fiscal year 2020, the
Secretary of the Air Force may authorize personnel
described in paragraph (2) to provide training and
instruction regarding pilot training to the following:
(A) Members of the Armed Forces on active
duty.
(B) Members of foreign military forces who
are in the United States.
(2) Personnel.--The personnel described in this
paragraph are the following:
(A) Members of the reserve components of the
Air Force on active Guard and Reserve duty (as
that term is defined in section 101(d) of title
10, United States Code) who are not otherwise
authorized to conduct the training described in
paragraph (1) due to the limitations in section
12310 of title 10, United States Code.
(B) Members of the Air Force who are military
technicians (dual status) who are not otherwise
authorized to conduct the training described in
paragraph (1) due to the limitations in section
10216 of title 10, United States Code, and
section 709(a) of title 32, United States Code.
(3) Limitation.--Not more than 50 members described
in paragraph (2) may provide training and instruction
under the authority in paragraph (1) at any one time.
(4) Federal tort claims act.--Members of the
uniformed services described in paragraph (2) who
provide training and instruction pursuant to the
authority in paragraph (1) shall be covered by the
Federal Tort Claims Act for purposes of any claim
arising from the employment of such individuals under
that authority.
(b) 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 setting forth a plan to
eliminate shortages in the number of pilot instructors within
the Air Force using authorities available to the Secretary
under current law.
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394. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walorski of Indiana
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 733, after line 15, insert the following new section:
SEC. 1092. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MILITARY WORKING DOGS AND
SOLDIER HANDLERS.
(a) Congressional Findings.--The Congress finds that--
(1) the 341st Training Squadron, 37th Training Wing
at Lackland Air Force Base provides highly trained
military working dogs to the Department of Defense and
other government agencies;
(2) in 2010, the operational needs of the Army for
military working dogs increased without an increase in
resources to train a sufficient number of dogs for the
detection of improvised explosive devices at the 341st
Training Squadron;
(3) the Army initiated the tactical explosive
detection dog program in August 2010 as a
nontraditional military working dog program to train
and field improvised explosive device detection dogs
for use in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring
Freedom;
(4) the tactical explosive detection dog program was
created to reduce casualties from improvised explosive
devices in response to an increase in the use of
asymmetric weapons by the enemy;
(5) the tactical explosive detection dogs were a
unique subset of military working dogs because the Army
selected and trained soldiers from deploying units to
serve as temporary handlers for only the duration of
deployment to Operation Enduring Freedom;
(6) the tactical explosive detection dogs and their
soldier handlers, like other military working dog and
handler teams, formed strong bonds while training for
combat and performing extremely dangerous improvised
explosive device detection missions in service to the
United States;
(7) the tactical explosive detection dog program was
a nontraditional military working dog program that
terminated in February 2014;
(8) at the termination of the tactical explosive
detection dog program in February 2014, neither United
States law nor Department of Defense policy established
an adoption order priority, and Department of Defense
policy only provided that military working dogs be
adopted by former handlers, law enforcement agencies,
and other persons capable of humanely caring for the
animals;
(9) an August 2016 report to Congress by the Air
Force entitled ``Tactical Explosive Detector Dog (TEDD)
Adoption Report'' concluded that the Army had a limited
transition window for the disposition of tactical
explosive detection dogs and the lack of a formal
comprehensive plan contributed to the disorganized
disposition process for the tactical explosive
detection dogs;
(10) the August 2016 report stated that, in 2014, the
Army disposed of 229 tactical explosive detection dogs;
(11) 40 tactical explosive detection dogs were
adopted by handlers, 47 dogs were adopted by private
individuals, 70 dogs were transferred to Army units, 17
dogs were transferred to other government agencies, 46
dogs were transferred to law enforcement agencies, and
9 dogs were deceased;
(12) the disposition of tactical explosive detection
dogs was poorly executed, proper procedures outlined in
Department of Defense policy were ignored, and, as a
result, the former soldier handlers were not provided
the opportunity to adopt their tactical explosive
detection dogs;
(13) the Army should have deliberately planned for
the disposition of the tactical explosive detection
dogs and provided appropriate time to review and
consider adoption applications to mitigate handler and
civilian adoption issues;
(14) section 342(b) of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-
92; 129 Stat. 793) amended section 2583(c) of title 10,
United States Code, to modify the list of persons
authorized to adopt a military animal and prioritize
the list with preference, respectively, to former
handlers, other persons capable of humanely caring for
the animal, and law enforcement agencies;
(15) since 2000, Congress has passed legislation that
protects military working dogs, promotes their welfare,
and recognizes the needs of their veteran handlers;
(16) Congress continues to provide oversight of
military working dogs to prevent a reoccurrence of the
disposition issues that affected tactical explosive
detection dogs;
(17) former soldier handlers should be reunited with
their tactical explosive detection dogs;
(18) congressional recognition of the military
service of tactical explosive detection dogs and their
former soldier handlers is a small measure of gratitude
this legislative body can convey;
(19) over 4 years have passed since the termination
of the tactical explosive detection dog program;
(20) Congressman Walter B. Jones has been a long-time
advocate for military working dogs and their handlers;
(21) Congressman Walter B. Jones has worked to ensure
that handlers are given priority when their military
working dogs reach retirement;
(22) Congressman Walter B. Jones was a strong
proponent of the Wounded Warrior Service Dog program,
which is a valuable program that helps wounded members
of the Armed Forces manage and recover from post-
traumatic stress;
(23) the advocacy of Congressman Walter B. Jones for
military working dogs is well known throughout the
nonprofit community that supports military working
dogs;
(24) Congressman Walter B. Jones worked with the
Department of Defense and the Senate to update the
language in the Air Force Manual on Military Working
Dogs to clarify that military working dogs are not
equipment and to indicates the true level of
appreciation and respect the Department of Defense has
for these valuable members of the military team;
(25) Congressman Walter B. Jones was the chief
legislative sponsor of the Military Working Dog Teams
Monument, which was built with no taxpayer dollars but
through corporate and private donations; and
(26) with the support of Congressman Walter B. Jones,
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2008 (Public Law 110-181) authorized the Burnam
Foundation to design, fund, build, and maintain the
Military Working Dog Teams National Monument.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress to--
(1) recognize the efforts of Congressman Walter B.
Jones to promote military working dogs as unsung heroes
on the battlefield and in helping wounded warriors
recover from physical and mental injuries;
(2) recognize the service of military working dogs
and soldier handlers from the tactical explosive
detection dog program;
(3) acknowledge that not all tactical explosive
detection dogs were adopted by their former soldier
handlers;
(4) encourage the Army and other government agencies,
including law enforcement agencies, with former
tactical explosive detection dogs to prioritize
adoption to former tactical explosive detection dog
handlers; and
(5) honor the sacrifices made by tactical explosive
detection dogs and their soldier handlers in combat.
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395. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waters of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 5__. INCREASE IN ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
(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,
Defense-Wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4301, for Department of Defense Education Activity,
line 410 is hereby increased by $10,000,000 (with the amount of
such increase to be made available for support to local
educational agencies that serve military communities and
families).
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 101 for procurement, as specified in
the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for
shipbuilding and conversion, Navy, ship to shore connector,
line 024 is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
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396. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waters of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 293, after line 16, insert the following:
(D) An assessment of the pilot program's
minority outreach efforts, participation
outcomes, and participation rates for
individuals specified under subsection (a).
Page 293, line 17, strike ``(D)'' and insert ``(E)''.
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397. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waters of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 96, line 18, strike ``and'' at the end.
Page 96, line 24, strike the period at the end and insert ``;
and''.
Page 96, after line 24, insert the following new paragraph:
(4) ensure that emerging technologies procured and
used by the military will be tested, as applicable, for
algorithmic bias and discriminatory outcomes.
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398. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Welch of Vermont or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 765, line 12, strike ``and''.
Page 765, line 16, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 765, after line 16, add the following:
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(9) Monitoring and evaluation measures relating to
asff.--A description of the monitoring and evaluation
measures that the Department of Defense and the
Government of Afghanistan are taking to ensure that
funds of the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund provided
to the Government of Afghanistan as direct government-
to-government assistance are not subject to waste,
fraud, or abuse.''.
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399. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Welch of Vermont or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 868, after line 11, insert the following:
(e) Additional Reporting Requirements.--The Secretary of
Defense shall include in the materials submitted in support of
the budget for fiscal year 2021 that is submitted by the
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code, each of the following:
(1) The amount of funding provided in fiscal year
2019 through the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund to
the Government of Afghanistan in the form of direct
government-to-government assistance or on-budget
assistance for the purposes of supporting any entity of
such government, including the Afghan National Defense
and Security Forces, the Afghan Ministry of Interior,
or the Afghan Ministry of Defense.
(2) The amount of funding provided and anticipated to
be provided, as of the date of the submission of the
materials, in fiscal year 2020 through such Fund in
such form.
(3) To the extent the amount described in paragraph
(2) exceeds the amount described in paragraph (1), an
explanation as to the reason why the such amount is
greater and the specific entities and purposes that
were supported by such increase.
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400. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Welch of Vermont or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following:
SEC. 580A. ASSISTANCE FOR DEPLOYMENT-RELATED SUPPORT OF MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES UNDERGOING DEPLOYMENT AND THEIR
FAMILIES BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON REINTEGRATION
PROGRAM.
Section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (k) and (l) as
subsections (l) and (m), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following
new subsection (k):
``(k) Support Beyond Program.--The Secretary of Defense shall
provide funds to States, Territories, and government entities
to carry out programs, and other activities as the Secretary
considers appropriate, that provide deployment cycle
information, services, and referrals to members of the armed
forces, and their families, throughout the deployment cycle.
Such programs may include the provision of access to outreach
services, including the following:
``(1) Employment counseling.
``(2) Behavioral health counseling.
``(3) Suicide prevention.
``(4) Housing advocacy.
``(5) Financial counseling.
``(6) Referrals for the receipt of other related
services.''.
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401. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wexton of Virginia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title XVI, add the following new
section:
SEC. 1614. REPORT ON POTENTIAL DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE POLYGRAPH
EXAMINATION MILITARY TRANSITION PROGRAM.
(a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees
a report assessing the feasibility of establishing a Defense
Intelligence Polygraph Examination Military Transition Program
for members of the Armed Forces transitioning to civilian
employment.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include
the following:
(1) A review of the feasibility of establishing a
program in the Department of Defense under which
members of the Armed Forces with an active top secret
security clearance that provides for access to
sensitive compartmented information and a current
counterintelligence scope polygraph examination can be
provided an opportunity to obtain an expanded scope
polygraph (ESP) if the member receives a written offer
of employment, subject to suitability or security
vetting, with an element of the intelligence community
or a contractor of such an element.
(2) The cost to the Department of Defense for
implementing such program and whether such cost could
be shared by other departments or agencies of the
Federal Government or the private sector.
(3) The factors the Department needs to consider in
determining whether such program would be viable.
(4) The obstacles that exist in implementing such
program.
(5) Whether such a program could increase workforce
diversity in the intelligence community.
(6) Whether such a program could increase or decrease
retention among members of the Armed Forces serving in
defense intelligence roles.
(7) Whether any changes are required to be made to
policies of the Department or to Federal law to
implement such a program.
(8) Identification of the current average length of
time in the intelligence community to investigate and
adjudicate an initial and a periodic update top secret
security clearance that provides for access to
sensitive compartmented information and conduct an
expanded scope polygraph.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
(2) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of
the House of Representatives and the Select Committee
on Intelligence of the Senate.
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402. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wild of Pennsylvania
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new
section:
SEC. 7__. PARTNERSHIPS WITH ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTERS.
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall
establish a University Affiliated Research Center and partner
with Academic Health Centers to focus on the unique challenges
wounded members of the Armed Forces experience. In carrying out
this section, the Assistant Secretary shall emphasize research
that reduces dependency on opioids, develops novel pain
management and mental health strategies, and leverages
partnerships with industry and medical device manufacturers to
advance promising technologies for wounded members.
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403. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wittman of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XXXV, add the following new subtitle:
Subtitle C--Cable Security Fleet
SEC. 3521. ESTABLISHMENT OF CABLE SECURITY FLEET.
(a) In General.--Title 46, United States Code, is amended by
inserting before chapter 533 the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 532--CABLE SECURITY FLEET
``Sec.
``53201. Definitions.
``53202. Establishment of the Cable Security Fleet.
``53203. Award of operating agreements.
``53204. Effectiveness of operating agreements.
``53205. Obligations and rights under operating agreements.
``53206. Payments.
``53207. National security requirements.
``53208. Regulatory relief.
``53209. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 53201. Definitions
``In this chapter:
``(1) Cable services.--The term `cable services'
means the installation, maintenance, or repair of
submarine cables and related equipment, and related
cable vessel operations.
``(2) Cable vessel.--The term `cable vessel' means a
vessel--
``(A) classed as a cable ship or cable vessel
by, and designed in accordance with the rules
of, the American Bureau of Shipping, or another
classification society accepted by the
Secretary; and
``(B) capable of installing, maintaining, and
repairing submarine cables.
``(3) Cable fleet.--The term `Cable Fleet' means the
Cable Security Fleet established under section
53202(a).
``(4) Contingency agreement.--The term `Contingency
Agreement' means the agreement required by section
53207.
``(5) Contractor.--The term `Contractor' means an
owner or operator of a vessel that enters into an
Operating Agreement for a cable vessel with the
Secretary under section 53203.
``(6) Fiscal year.--The term `fiscal year' means any
annual period beginning on October 1 and ending on
September 30.
``(7) Operating agency.--The term `Operating Agency'
means that agency or component of the Department of
Defense so designated by the Secretary of Defense under
this chapter.
``(8) Operating agreement or agreement.--The terms
`Operating Agreement' or `Agreement' mean the agreement
required by section 53203.
``(9) Person.--The term `person' includes
corporations, partnerships, and associations existing
under or authorized by the laws of the United States,
or any State, Territory, District, or possession
thereof, or of any foreign country.
``(10) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the
Secretary of Transportation.
``(11) United states.--The term `United States'
includes the States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
``(12) United states citizen trust.--
``(A) Subject to paragraph (C), the term
`United States citizen trust' means a trust
that is qualified under this paragraph.
``(B) A trust is qualified under this
paragraph with respect to a vessel only if--
``(i) it was created under the laws
of a state of the United States;
``(ii) each of the trustees is a
citizen of the United States; and
``(iii) the application for
documentation of the vessel under
chapter 121 of this title includes the
affidavit of each trustee stating that
the trustee is not aware of any reason
involving a beneficiary of the trust
that is not a citizen of the United
States, or involving any other person
that is not a citizen of the United
States, as a result of which the
beneficiary or other person would hold
more than 25 percent of the aggregate
power to influence, or limit the
exercise of the authority of, the
trustee with respect to matters
involving any ownership or operation of
the vessel that may adversely affect
the interests of the United States.
``(C) If any person that is not a citizen of
the United States has authority to direct, or
participate in directing, the trustee for a
trust in matters involving any ownership or
operation of the vessel that may adversely
affect the interests of the United States or in
removing a trustee for a trust without cause,
either directly or indirectly through the
control of another person, the trust is not
qualified under this paragraph unless the trust
instrument provides that persons who are not
citizens of the United States may not hold more
than 25 percent of the aggregate authority to
direct or remove a trustee.
``(D) This paragraph shall not be considered
to prohibit a person who is not a citizen of
the United States from holding more than 25
percent of the beneficial interest in a trust.
``Sec. 53202. Establishment of the Cable Security Fleet
``(a) In General.--
``(1) The Secretary, in consultation with the
Operating Agency, shall establish a fleet of active,
commercially viable, cable vessels to meet national
security requirements. The fleet shall consist of
privately owned, United States-documented cable vessels
for which there are in effect Operating Agreements
under this chapter, and shall be known as the Cable
Security Fleet.
``(2) The Fleet described under this section shall
include two vessels.
``(b) Vessel Eligibility.--A cable vessel is eligible to be
included in the Fleet if--
``(1) the vessel meets the requirements of paragraph
(1), (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (c);
``(2) the vessel is operated (or in the case of a
vessel to be constructed, will be operated) in
commercial service providing cable services;
``(3) the vessel is 40 years of age or less on the
date the vessel is included in the Fleet;
``(4) the vessel is--
``(A) determined by the Operating Agency to
be suitable for engaging in cable services by
the United States in the interest of national
security; and
``(B) determined by the Secretary to be
commercially viable, whether independently or
taking any payments which are the consequence
of participation in the Cable Fleet into
account; and
``(5) the vessel--
``(A) is a United States-documented vessel;
or
``(B) is not a United States-documented
vessel, but--
``(i) the owner of the vessel has
demonstrated an intent to have the
vessel documented under chapter 121 of
this title if it is included in the
Cable Fleet; and
``(ii) at the time an Operating
Agreement is entered into under this
chapter, the vessel is eligible for
documentation under chapter 121 of this
title.
``(c) Requirements Regarding Citizenship of Owners and
Operators.--
``(1) Vessels owned and operated by section 50501
citizens.--A vessel meets the requirements of this
paragraph if, during the period of an Operating
Agreement under this chapter that applies to the
vessel, the vessel will be owned and operated by one or
more persons that are citizens of the United states
under section 50501 of this title.
``(2) Vessels owned by a section 50501 citizen, or
united states citizen trust, and chartered to a
documentation citizen.--A vessel meets the requirements
of this paragraph if--
``(A) during the period of an Operating
Agreement under this chapter that applies to
the vessel, the vessel will be--
``(i) owned by a person that is a
citizen of the United States under
section 50501 of this title or that is
a United States citizen trust; and
``(ii) demise chartered to and
operated by a person--
``(I) that is eligible to
document the vessel under
chapter 121 of this title;
``(II) the chairman of the
board of directors, chief
executive officer, and a
majority of the members of the
board of directors of which are
citizens of the United States
under section 50501 of this
title, and are appointed and
subject to removal only upon
approval by the Secretary; and
``(III) that certifies to the
Secretary that there are no
treaties, statutes,
regulations, or other laws that
would prohibit the Contractor
for the vessel from performing
its obligations under an
Operating Agreement under this
chapter;
``(B) in the case of a vessel that will be
demise chartered to a person that is owned or
controlled by another person that is not a
citizen of the United States under section
50501 of this title, the other person enters
into an agreement with the Secretary not to
influence the operation of the vessel in a
manner that will adversely affect the interests
of the United States; and
``(C) the Secretary and the Operating Agency
notify the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Commerce, Science and
Transportation of the Senate, and the Committee
on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives that they concur, and have
reviewed the certification required under
subparagraph (A)(ii)(III) and determined that
there are no legal, operational, or other
impediments that would prohibit the Contractor
for the vessel from performing its obligations
under an Operating Agreement under this
chapter.
``(3) Vessel owned and operated by a defense
contractor.--A vessel meets the requirements of this
paragraph if--
``(A) during the period of an Operating
Agreement under this chapter that applies to
the vessel, the vessel will be owned and
operated by a person that--
``(i) is eligible to document a
vessel under chapter 121 of this title;
``(ii) operates or manages other
United States-documented vessels for
the Secretary of Defense, or charters
other vessels to the Secretary of
Defense;
``(iii) has entered into a special
security agreement for purposes of this
paragraph with the Secretary of
Defense;
``(iv) makes the certification
described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(III);
and
``(v) in the case of a vessel
described in paragraph (2)(B), enters
into an agreement referred to in that
paragraph; and
``(B) the Secretary and the Secretary of
Defense notify the Committee on Armed Services
and Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee
on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives that they have reviewed the
certification required by subparagraph (A)(iv)
and determined that there are no other legal,
operational, or other impediments that would
prohibit the Contractor for the vessel from
performing its obligations under an Operating
Agreement under this chapter.
``(4) Vessel owned by a documentation citizen and
chartered to a section 50501 citizen.--A vessel meets
the requirements of this paragraph if, during the
period of an Operating Agreement under this chapter
that applies to the vessel, the vessel will be--
``(A) owned by a person that is eligible to
document a vessel under chapter 121 of this
title; and
``(B) demise chartered to a person that is a
citizen of the United States under section
50501 of this title.
``(d) Vessel Standards.--
``(1) Certificate of inspection.--A cable vessel
which the Secretary of the Department in which the
Coast Guard is operating determines meets the criteria
of subsection (b) of this section but which, on the
date of enactment of the Act, is not documented under
chapter 121 of this title, shall be eligible for a
certificate of inspection if that Secretary determines
that--
``(A) the vessel is classed by, and designed
in accordance with the rules of, the American
Bureau of Shipping, or another classification
society accepted by that Secretary;
``(B) the vessel complies with applicable
international agreements and associated
guidelines, as determined by the country in
which the vessel was documented immediately
before becoming documented under chapter 121;
and
``(C) that country has not been identified by
that Secretary as inadequately enforcing
international vessel regulations as to that
vessel.
``(2) Continued eligibility for certificate.--
Paragraph (1) does not apply to a vessel after any date
on which the vessel fails to comply with the applicable
international agreements and associated guidelines
referred to in paragraph (1)(B).
``(3) Reliance on classification society.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of the
Department in which the Coast Guard is
operating may rely on a certification from the
American Bureau of Shipping or, subject to
subparagraph (B), another classification
society accepted by that Secretary to establish
that a vessel is in compliance with the
requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2).
``(B) Foreign classification society.--The
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast
Guard is operating may accept certification
from a foreign classification society under
subparagraph (A) only--
``(i) to the extent that the
government of the foreign country in
which the society is headquartered
provides access on a reciprocal basis
to the American Bureau of Shipping; and
``(ii) if the foreign classification
society has offices and maintains
records in the United States.
``(e) Waiver of Age Registration.--The Secretary, in
conjunction with the Operating Agency, may waive the
application of the age restriction under subsection (b)(3) if
they jointly determine that the waiver--
``(1) is in the national interest;
``(2) the subject cable vessel and any associated
operating network is and will continue to be
economically viable; and
``(3) is necessary due to the lack of availability of
other vessels and operators that comply with the
requirements of this chapter.
``Sec. 53203. Award of operating agreements
``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall require, as a
condition of including any vessel in the Cable Fleet, that the
person that is the owner or operator of the vessel for purposes
of section 53202(c) enter into an Operating Agreement with the
Secretary under this section.
``(b) Procedure for Applications.--
``(1) Acceptance of applications.--Beginning no later
than 60 days after the effective date of this chapter,
the Secretary shall accept applications for enrollment
of vessels in the Cable Fleet.
``(2) Action on applications.--Within 120 days after
receipt of an application for enrollment of a vessel in
the Cable Fleet, the Secretary shall approve the
application in conjunction with the Operating Agency,
and shall enter into an Operating Agreement with the
applicant, or provide in writing the reason for denial
of that application.
``(c) Priority for Awarding Agreements.--Subject to the
availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall enter into
Operating Agreements with those vessels determined by the
Operating Agency, in its sole discretion, to best meet the
national security requirements of the United States. After
consideration of national security requirements, priority shall
be given to an applicant that is a United States citizen under
section 50501 of this title.
``Sec. 53204. Effectiveness of operating agreements
``(a) Effectiveness Generally.--The Secretary may enter into
an Operating Agreement under this chapter for fiscal year 2021.
Except as provided in subsection (d), the agreement shall be
effective only for one fiscal year, but shall be renewable,
subject to available appropriations, for each subsequent year.
``(b) Vessels Under Charter to the United States.--Vessels
under charter to the United States are eligible to receive
payments pursuant to their Operating Agreements.
``(c) Termination.--
``(1) Termination by the secretary.--If the
Contractor with respect to an Operating Agreement
materially fails to comply with the terms of the
Agreement--
``(A) the Secretary shall notify the
Contractor and provide a reasonable opportunity
for it to comply with the Operating Agreement;
``(B) the Secretary shall terminate the
Operating Agreement if the Contractor fails to
achieve such compliance; and
``(C) upon such termination, any funds
obligated by the Agreement shall be available
to the Secretary to carry out this chapter.
``(2) Early termination by a contractor.--An
Operating Agreement under this chapter shall terminate
on a date specified by the Contractor if the Contractor
notifies the Secretary, not fewer than 60 days prior to
the effective date of the termination, that the
Contractor intends to terminate the Agreement.
``(d) Nonrenewal for Lack of Funds.--If, by the first day of
a fiscal year, sufficient funds have not been appropriated
under the authority provided by this chapter for that fiscal
year for all Operating Agreements, then the Secretary shall
notify the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
that Operating Agreements authorized under this chapter for
which sufficient funds are not available will not be renewed
for that fiscal year if sufficient funds are not appropriated
by the 60th day of that fiscal year. If only partial funding is
appropriated by the 60th day of such fiscal year, then the
Secretary, in consultation with the Operating Agency, shall
select the vessels to retain under Operating Agreements, based
on their determinations of which vessels are most useful for
national security. In the event that no funds are appropriated,
then no Operating Agreements shall be renewed and each
Contractor shall be released from its obligations under the
Operating Agreement. Final payments under an Operating
Agreement that is not renewed shall be made in accordance with
section 53206. To the extent that sufficient funds are
appropriated in a subsequent fiscal year, an Operating
Agreement that has not been renewed pursuant to this subsection
may be reinstated if mutually acceptable to the Secretary, in
consultation with the Operating Agency, and the Contractor,
provided the vessel remains eligible for participation pursuant
to section 53202, without regard to subsection 53202 (b)(3).
``(e) Release of Vessels From Obligations.--If funds are not
appropriated for payments under an Operating Agreement under
this chapter for any fiscal year by the 60th day of a fiscal
year, and the Secretary, in consultation with the Operating
Agency determines to not renew a Contractor's Operating
Agreement for a vessel, then--
``(1) each vessel covered by the Operating Agreement
that is not renewed is thereby released from any
further obligation under the Operating Agreement;
``(2) the owner or operator of the vessel whose
Operating Agreement was not renewed may transfer and
register such vessel under a foreign registry that is
acceptable to the Secretary and the Operating Agency,
notwithstanding section 56101 of this title; and
``(3) if chapter 563 of this title is applicable to
such vessel after registration, then the vessel is
available to be requisitioned by the Secretary pursuant
to chapter 563.
``Sec. 53205. Obligations and rights under operating agreements
``(a) Operation of Vessel.--An Operating Agreement under this
chapter shall require that, during the period the vessel is
operating under the Agreement, the vessel--
``(1) shall be operated in the trade for Cable
Services, or under a charter to the United States; and
``(2) shall be documented under chapter 121 of this
title.
``(b) Annual Payments by the Secretary.--
``(1) In general.--An Operating Agreement under this
chapter shall require, subject to the availability of
appropriations, that the Secretary make payment to the
Contractor in accordance with section 53206.
``(2) Operating agreement is an obligation of the
united states government.--An Operating Agreement under
this chapter constitutes a contractual obligation of
the United States Government to pay the amounts
provided for in the Operating Agreement to the extent
of actual appropriations.
``(c) Documentation Requirement.--Each vessel covered by an
Operating Agreement (including an Agreement terminated under
section 53204(c)(2)) shall remain documented under chapter 121
of this title, until the date the Operating Agreement would
terminate according to its own terms.
``(d) National Security Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--A Contractor with respect to an
Operating Agreement (including an Agreement terminated
under section 53204(c)(2)) shall continue to be bound
by the provisions of section 53207 until the date the
Operating Agreement would terminate according to its
terms.
``(2) Contingency agreement with operating agency.--
All terms and conditions of a Contingency Agreement
entered into under section 53207 shall remain in effect
until a date the Operating Agreement would terminate
according to its terms, except that the terms of such
Contingency Agreement may be modified by the mutual
consent of the Contractor, and the Operating Agency.
``(e) Transfer of Operating Agreements.--Operating Agreements
shall not be transferrable by the Contractor.
``(f) Replacement Vessel.--A Contractor may replace a vessel
under an Operating Agreement with another vessel that is
eligible to be included in the Fleet under section 53202(b), if
the Secretary and the Operating Agency jointly determine that
the replacement vessel meets national security requirements and
approve the replacement.
``Sec. 53206. Payments
``(a) Annual Payment.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary, subject to
availability of appropriations and other provisions of
this section, shall pay to the Contractor for an
operating agreement, for each vessel that is covered by
the operating agreement, an amount equal to $5,000,000
for each fiscal year 2021 through 2035.
``(2) Timing.--This amount shall be paid in equal
monthly installments at the end of each month. The
amount shall not be reduced except as provided by this
section.
``(b) Certification Required for Payment.--As a condition of
receiving payment under this section for a fiscal year for a
vessel, the Contractor for the vessel shall certify that the
vessel has been and will be operated in accordance with section
53205(a)(1) for 365 days in each fiscal year. Up to thirty (30)
days during which the vessel is drydocked, surveyed, inspected,
or repaired shall be considered days of operation for purposes
of this subsection.
``(c) General Limitations.--The Secretary shall not make any
payment under this chapter for a vessel with respect to any
days for which the vessel is--
``(1) not operated or maintained in accordance with
an Operating Agreement under this chapter; or
``(2) more than 40 years of age.
``(d) Reductions in Payments.--With respect to payments under
this chapter for a vessel covered by an Operating Agreement,
the Secretary shall make a pro rata reduction for each day less
than 365 in a fiscal year that the vessel is not operated in
accordance with section 53205(a)(1), with days during which the
vessel is drydocked or undergoing survey, inspection or repair
to be considered days on which the vessel is operated as
provided in subsection (b).
``Sec. 53207. National security requirements
``(a) Contingency Agreement Required.--The Secretary shall
include in each Operating Agreement under this chapter a
requirement that the Contractor enter into a Contingency
Agreement with the Operating Agency. The Operating Agency shall
negotiate and enter into a Contingency Agreement with each
Contractor as promptly as practicable after the Contractor has
entered into an Operating Agreement under this chapter.
``(b) Terms of Contingency Agreement.--
``(1) In general.--A Contingency Agreement under this
section shall require that a Contractor for a vessel
covered by an Operating Agreement under this chapter
make the vessel, including all necessary resources to
engage in Cable Services required by the Operating
Agency, available upon request by the Operating Agency.
``(2) Terms.--
``(A) In general.--The basic terms of a
Contingency Agreement shall be established
(subject to subparagraph (B)) by the Operating
Agency.
``(B) Additional terms.--The Operating Agency
and a Contractor may agree to additional or
modifying terms appropriate to the Contractor's
circumstances.
``(c) Defense Measures Against Unauthorized Seizures.--
``(1) The Contingency Agreement shall require that
any vessel operating under the direction of the
Operating Agency operating in area that is designated
by the Coast Guard as an area of high risk of piracy
shall be equipped with, at a minimum, appropriate non-
lethal defense measures to protect the vessel and crew
from unauthorized seizure at sea.
``(2) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
the department in which the Coast Guard is operating
shall jointly prescribe the non-lethal defense measures
that are required under this paragraph.
``(d) Participation After Expiration of Operating
Agreement.--Except as provided by section 53205(d), the
Operating Agency may not require, through a Contingency
Agreement or an Operating Agreement, that a Contractor continue
to participate in a Contingency Agreement after the Operating
Agreement with the Contractor has expired according to its
terms or is otherwise no longer in effect.
``(e) Resources Made Available.--The resources to be made
available in addition to the vessel under a Contingency
Agreement shall include all equipment, personnel, supplies,
management services, and other related services as the
Operating Agency may determine to be necessary to provide the
Cable Services required by the Operating Agency.
``(f) Compensation.--
``(1) In general.--The Operating Agency shall include
in each Contingency Agreement provisions under which
the Operating Agency shall pay fair and reasonable
compensation for use of the vessel and all Cable
Services provided pursuant to this section and the
Contingency Agreement.
``(2) Specific requirements.--Compensation under this
subsection--
``(A) shall be at the rate specified in the
Contingency Agreement;
``(B) shall be provided from the time that a
vessel is required by the Operating Agency
under the Contingency Agreement until the time
it is made available by the Operating Agency
available to reenter commercial service; and
``(C) shall be in addition to and shall not
in any way reflect amounts payable under
section 53206.
``(g) Liability of the United States for Damages.--
``(1) Limitation on the liability of the u.s.--Except
as otherwise provided by law, the Government shall not
be liable for disruption of a Contractor's commercial
business or other consequential damages to a Contractor
arising from the activation of the Contingency
Agreement.
``(2) Affirmative defense.--In any action in any
Federal or State court for breach of third-party
contract, there shall be available as an affirmative
defense that the alleged breach of contract was caused
predominantly by action taken to carry out a Contingent
Agreement. Such defense shall not release the party
asserting it from any obligation under applicable law
to mitigate damages to the greatest extent possible.
``Sec. 53208. Regulatory relief
``(a) Applicability of Coastwise Laws.--A vessel covered by
an Operating Agreement that is operating pursuant to a
Contingency Agreement, shall not be subject to the coastwise
laws (46 U.S.C. 55101, et seq.).
``(b) Telecommunications Equipment.--The telecommunications
and other electronic equipment on an existing vessel that is
redocumented under the laws of the United States for operation
under an Operating Agreement under this chapter shall be deemed
to satisfy all Federal Communication Commission equipment
certification requirements, if--
``(1) such equipment complies with all applicable
international agreements and associated guidelines as
determined by the country in which the vessel was
documented immediately before becoming documented under
the laws of the United States;
``(2) that country has not been identified by the
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is
operating as inadequately enforcing international
regulations as to that vessel; and
``(3) at the end of its useful life, such equipment
shall be replaced with equipment that meets Federal
Communication Commission equipment certification
standards.
``Sec. 53209. Authorization of appropriations
``There are authorized to be appropriated for payments under
section 53206, $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2021
through 2035.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters at the
beginning of subtitle V of title 46, United States Code, is
amended by inserting before the item relating to chapter 533
the following new item:
``532. Cable Security Fleet.....................................53201''.
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404. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Yoho of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 476, strike line 5 through line 12.
Page 476, line 13, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(b)''.
Page 476, line 16, strike ``that'' and insert ``that--''.
Page 476, line 16, strike ``the operation'' and all that
follows through ``United States.'' on line 17 and insert the
following:
(1) the operation or procurement is required in the
national interest of the United States;
(2) counter-UAS surrogate testing and training; or
(3) intelligence, electronic warfare, and information
warfare operations, testing, analysis, and training.
Page 476, line 13, strike ``(d)'' and insert ``(c)''.
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405. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. DESIGNATION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STRATEGIC ARCTIC PORTS.
(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Arctic is a region of strategic importance to
the national security interests of the United States
and the Department of Defense must better align its
presence, force posture, and capabilities to meet the
growing array of challenges in the region; and
(2) although much progress has been made to increase
awareness of Arctic issues and to promote increased
presence in the region, additional measures, including
the designation of one or more strategic Arctic ports,
are needed to show the commitment of the United States
to this emerging strategic choke point of future great
power competition.
(b) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, the Commanding General of the United
States Army Corps of Engineers, the Commandant of the
Coast Guard, and the Administrator of the Maritime
Administration, shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report evaluating potential sites
for one or more strategic ports in the Arctic.
(2) Elements.--Consistent with the updated military
strategy for the protection of United States national
security interests in the Arctic region set forth in
the report required under section 1071 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (Public
Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 992), the report required under
paragraph (1) shall include--
(A) an evaluation of the amount of sufficient
and suitable space needed to create capacity
for port and other necessary infrastructure for
at least one of each of type of Navy or Coast
Guard vessel, including an Arleigh Burke class
destroyer of the Navy, a national security
cutter, and a heavy polar ice breaker of the
Coast Guard;
(B) an evaluation of the amount of sufficient
and suitable space needed to create capacity
for equipment and fuel storage, technological
infrastructure, and civil infrastructure to
support military and civilian operations,
including--
(i) aerospace warning;
(ii) maritime surface and subsurface
warning;
(iii) maritime control and defense;
(iv) maritime domain awareness;
(v) homeland defense;
(vi) defense support to civil
authorities;
(vii) humanitarian relief;
(viii) search and rescue;
(ix) disaster relief;
(x) oil spill response;
(xi) medical stabilization and
evacuation; and
(xii) meteorological measurements and
forecasting;
(C) an identification of proximity and road
access required to an airport designated as a
commercial service airport by the Federal
Aviation Administration that is capable of
supporting military and civilian aircraft for
operations designated in subparagraph (B);
(D) a description of the requirements, to
include infrastructure and installations,
communications, and logistics necessary to
improve response effectiveness to support
military and civilian operations described in
subparagraph (B);
(E) an identification of the sites that the
Secretary recommends as potential sites for
designation as Department of Defense Strategic
Arctic Ports;
(F) the estimated cost of sufficient
construction necessary to initiate and sustain
expected operations at such sites; and
(G) such other information as the Secretary
deems relevant.
(c) Designation of Strategic Arctic Ports.--Not later than 90
days after the date on which the report required under
subsection (b) is submitted, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
the Commanding General of the United States Army Corps of
Engineers, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the
Administrator of the Maritime Administration, may designate one
or more ports as Department of Defense Strategic Arctic Ports
from the sites identified under subsection (b)(2)(E).
(d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to authorize any additional appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the establishment of any port
designated pursuant to this section.
(e) Arctic Defined.--In this section, the term ``Arctic'' has
the meaning given that term in section 112 of the Arctic
Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).
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406. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PLAN TO INCREASE AND EXPAND COLD WEATHER TRAINING.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The strategic importance of the Arctic continues
to increase as the United States and other countries
recognize the military and economic importance of the
region. However, the operational capabilities of the
United States Armed Forces in extreme cold weather or
Arctic environments have atrophied when compared to
regional adversaries.
(2) The 2018 national defense strategy stated ``The
central challenge to U.S. prosperity and security is
the reemergence of long-term, strategic competition by
what the National Security Strategy classifies as
revisionist powers.''
(3) The Government of the Russian Federation-
(A) has made significant military investments
in the Arctic, including the creation of an
Arctic Command, the Northern Fleet Joint
Strategic Command;
(B) has emplaced an Air Defense Missile
Regiment throughout the Arctic;
(C) has invested in the construction or
refurbishment of 16 deepwater ports and 14
airfields in the region and has conducted
significant military exercises.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Arctic is a region of strategic importance to the national
security interests of the United States and the Department of
the Army must increase and expand its cold weather training
capabilities to ensure that United States Armed Forces can
operate in Arctic conditions necessary to compete against a
near peer adversary and to execute the national defense
strategy of the United States.
(c) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of the Army shall--
(1) conduct an assessment of cold weather training
requirements in light of increased operations and
vulnerability to great power competition in the Arctic;
and
(2) develop a plan to increase and expand cold
weather training opportunities.
(d) Elements.--In conducting the assessment and developing
the plan as required under subsection (c), the Secretary
shall--
(1) assess all existing cold weather training
requirements to include requirements for extreme cold,
or Arctic conditions;
(2) identify capability gaps in confronting
adversaries in the Arctic that can be addressed by
increased and improved training;
(3) make recommendations for strengthening and
improving those training requirements and mitigation
measures needed to address the capabilities gaps
necessary to confront adversaries;
(4) assess existing cold weather training sites;
(5) consider steps necessary to increase student
capacity at such sites;
(6) consider manpower and supply requirements,
including cadre needed to support increased student
capacity; and
(7) address any other matters the Secretary of the
Army considers relevant.
(e) Submittal to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate
and the House of Representatives the plan required by
subsection (c).
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407. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. CHINESE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN COUNTRIES OF THE ARCTIC
REGION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) China is projecting a physical presence in the
Arctic through upgrading to advanced icebreakers,
utilizing the Arctic Ocean more regularly through
subsidizing arctic shipping, deploying unmanned ice
stations, and engaging in large and sophisticated data
collection efforts in countries of the Arctic region,
including Iceland, Greenland, and Canada.
(2) The 2017 Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) report
``Unconstrained Foreign Direct Investment: An Emerging
Challenge to Arctic Security'' concluded that China has
been actively engaged in economies of countries of the
Arctic region.
(3) The CNA report documented a pattern of strategic
investment by China in the economies of countries of
the Arctic region, including the United States, Canada,
Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Russia, in areas such
as raw land, oil and gas, minerals, and infrastructure.
(4) Chinese investments in countries of the Arctic
region are significant. For instance, Chinese foreign
direct investment constituted nearly 12 percent of
Greenland's gross domestic product for the period from
2012 to 2017.
(5) China's 2018 Arctic Policy White Paper documented
the Chinese intent to create a ``Polar Silk Road'' in
the Arctic.
(6) China's ``Polar Silk Road'' is an extension of
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
(7) China is increasingly using the BRI as the
impetus for increasing People's Liberation Army
deployments to regions where China has significant
investments, primarily through BRI.
(8) China has demonstrated an interest in using BRI
to gain military access to strategic regions.
(9) Understanding how China's foreign direct
investment in countries of the Arctic region affects
such countries is critical to understanding the degree
to which China is able to access the region.
(b) Independent Study.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 45 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally-
funded research and development center described in
paragraph (2) to complete an independent study of
Chinese foreign direct investment in countries of the
Arctic region, with a focus on the effects of such
foreign direct investment on United States national
security and near-peer competition in the Arctic
region.
(2) Federally-funded research and development center
described.--A federally-funded research and development
center described in this paragraph is a federally-
funded research and development center that--
(A) has access to relevant data and
demonstrated data-sets regarding foreign direct
investment in the Arctic region; and
(B) has access to policy experts throughout
the United States and the Arctic region.
(c) Elements.--The study required by subsection (b) shall
include the following:
(1) Projects in the Arctic that are directly or
indirectly funded by public and private Chinese
entities, to--
(A) build public infrastructure;
(B) finance of infrastructure;
(C) lease mineral and oil and gas leases;
(D) purchase real estate;
(E) extract or process, including smelting,
minerals and oil and gas;
(F) engage in shipping or to own and operate
or construct shipping infrastructure, including
ship construction;
(G) lay undersea cables; and
(H) manufacture, own or operate
telecommunications capabilities and
infrastructure.
(2) An analysis the legal environment in which
Chinese foreign direct investment are occurring in the
United States, Russia, Canada, Greenland, Norway, and
Iceland. The analysis should include--
(A) an assessment of the efficacy of
mechanisms for screening foreign direct
investment in the United States, Russia,
Canada, Greenland, Norway, and Iceland;
(B) an assessment of the degree to which
there is transparency in Chinese foreign direct
investment in countries of the Arctic region;
(C) an assessment of the criteria used to
assess potential Chinese foreign direct
investment in countries of the Arctic region;
(D) an assessment of the efficacy of methods
for monitoring approved Chinese foreign direct
investment in countries of the Arctic region;
and
(E) an assessment of public reporting of the
decision to approve such Chinese foreign direct
investment.
(3) A comparison of Chinese foreign direct investment
in countries of the Arctic region to other countries
with major investments in such countries, including
India, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, and France.
(4) An assessment of the environmental impact of past
Chinese investments in oil and gas, mineral, and
infrastructure projects in the Arctic region, including
the degree to which Chinese investors are required to
comply with local environmental laws and post bonds to
assure remediation if a project becomes bankrupt.
(5) A review of the 2018 Chinese Arctic Policy and
other relevant public and nonpublic Chinese policy
documents to determine the following:
(A) China's strategic objectives in the
Arctic region from a military, economic,
territorial, and political perspective.
(B) China's goals in the Arctic region with
respect to its relations with the United States
and Russia, including the degree to which
activities of China in the region are an
extension of China's strategic competition with
the United States.
(C) Whether any active or planned
infrastructure investments are likely to result
in a regular presence of Chinese military
vessels or the establishment of military bases
in the Arctic region.
(D) The extent to which Chinese research
activities in the Arctic region are a front for
economic activities, including illegal economic
espionage, intelligence gathering, and support
for future Chinese military activities in the
region.
(E) The degree to which Arctic littoral
states are susceptible to the political and
economic risks of unregulated foreign direct
investment.
(F) The vulnerability of semi-autonomous
regions, such as tribal lands, to Chinese
foreign direct investment, including the
influence of legal controls and political or
economic manipulation with respect to such
vulnerability.
(G) The implications of China's Arctic
development and participation model with
respect to forecasting China's military,
economy, territorial, and political activities.
(6) Policy and legislative recommendations to enhance
the position of the United States in affairs of the
Arctic region, including--
(A) recommendations for how the United States
would best interact with nongovernmental
organizations such as the World Bank, Arctic
Council, United Nations General Assembly, and
International Maritime Organization;
(B) recommendation to pursue or not pursue
the formation of an Arctic Development Bank
and, if pursued, how to organize, fund, and
operate the bank;
(C) measures the United States can take to
promote regional governance and eliminate the
soft-power influence from Chinese foreign
direct investment, in particular, steps where
the United States and Russia should cooperate;
and
(D) the possibility of negotiating a regional
arrangement to regulate foreign direct
investment in countries of the Arctic region.
(d) Report to Department of Defense.--Not later than 720 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally-
funded research and development center with respect to which
the Secretary of Defense has entered into a contract under
subsection (b) shall submit to the Secretary a report
containing the study under subsections (b) and (c).
(e) Report to Congress.--Not later than 750 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the
report under subsection (d), without change.
(f) Appropriate Congressional Committee Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives.
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408. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCarthy of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
In section 232, redesignate subsections (b) through (e) as
subsections (c) through (f), respectively.
In section 232, insert after subsection (a) the following:
(b) Earthquake-damaged Infrastructure Restoration Master
Plan.--
(1) In general.--In the case of any base damaged by
the July 2019 earthquakes within the R-2508 Special Use
Airspace Complex (including U.S. Air Force Plant 42),
the Secretary of Defense shall complete and submit to
the congressional defense committees the master plan
required by subsection (a), by not later than October
1, 2019. If additional funding is required to repair or
improve the installations' research, development, test,
evaluation, training, and related infrastructure to a
modern standard as a result of damage caused by the
earthquakes, the request for funding shall be made in
either a disaster or supplemental appropriations
request to Congress or the Secretary of Defense shall
include the request for funding in the annual budget
submission of the President under section 1105(a) of
title 31, United States Code, whichever comes first.
The request for additional funding may be included in
both requests if appropriate.
(2) Policy of the united states.--
(A) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of
Congress that--
(i) the military installations
located within the R-2508 Special Use
Airspace Complex, including Edwards Air
Force Base, Fort Irwin, and Naval Air
Weapons Station China Lake, are
national assets of critical importance
to our country's defense system;
(ii) the R-2508 Special Use Airspace
Complex is comprised of all airspace
and associated land used and managed by
the 412 Test Wing at Edwards Air Force
Base, the National Training Center at
Fort Irwin, and the Naval Air Warfare
Center Weapons Division at China Lake,
California;
(iii) the essential research,
development, test, and evaluation
missions conducted at Edwards Air Force
Base and Naval Air Weapons Station
China Lake, along with the critical
combat preparation training conducted
at Fort Irwin, make these installations
vital cornerstones within our National
Defense architecture integrating all
operational domains, air, land, sea,
space, and cyberspace;
(iv) any damage to these military
installations caused by the earthquakes
and the negative impact on the
installations' missions as a result are
a cause for concern;
(v) the proud men and women, both in
uniform and their civilian
counterparts, who work at these
military installations develop, test,
and evaluate the best tools and impart
the training needed for our
warfighters, so that our military
remains second to none;
(vi) in light of the earthquakes in
July 2019, the Secretary of Defense
should reprogram or marshal, to the
fullest extent the law allows, all
available resources that are necessary
and appropriate to ensure--
(I) the safety and security
of the base employees, both
civilian and those in uniform,
including those who have been
evacuated;
(II) the bases are mission
capable; and
(III) that all the damage
caused by any earthquake is
repaired and improved as
expeditiously as possible.
(B) Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States, when planning or making repairs on
military installations damaged by natural
disasters, the current and future requirements
of these military installations, as identified
in the National Defense Strategy, shall, to the
fullest extent practical, be made.
Page 1052, line 13, strike ``Pursuant to'' and insert the
following:
(a) Navy Authorization.--Subject to subsection (c), pursuant
to
Page 1052, after the table insert the following:
(b) Authorized Navy Construction Projects.--In addition to
the projects authorized under subsection (a) and subject to
subsection (c), pursuant to section 2802 of title 10, United
States Code, the Secretary of Defense may carry out military
construction projects, including planning and design related to
military construction projects, at facilities damaged by
earthquakes or other natural disasters in 2019, in the amount
of $100,000,000.
(c) Report Required as a Condition of Authorization.--Not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a
report containing a plan to carry out the military construction
projects authorized by this section. The plan shall include an
explanation of how each military construction project will
incorporate mitigation measures that reduce the threat from
natural disasters, including a list of any areas in which there
is a variance from the local building requirements and an
explanation of the reason for the variance. The plan shall also
include a Department of Defense Form 1391 for each proposed
project. The Secretary may not commence a project until the
report required from the Secretary has been submitted.
(d) Revision of Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 3001(b) for
military construction projects carried out under this
section, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4601, is hereby increased by
$100,000,000, to be available for the purpose specified
in subsection (b).
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 2403 for Defense Agencies
planning and design at various worldwide locations, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4601, is hereby reduced by $40,000,000.
(3) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 2403 for Defense Agencies
unspecified minor construction at various worldwide
locations, as specified in the corresponding funding
table in section 4601, is hereby reduced by
$10,000,000.
(4) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 2304 for Air Force
planning and design at various worldwide locations, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4601, is hereby reduced by $20,000,000.
(5) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 2103 for Army planning
and design at various worldwide locations, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in section 4601, is
hereby reduced by $20,000,000.
(6) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 2204 for Navy planning
and design at various worldwide locations, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in section 4601, is
hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
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409. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherrill of New
Jersey or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle A of title VII the following new
section:
SEC. 7___. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TRICARE LEAD SCREENING
AND TESTING FOR CHILDREN.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 1405 for the Defense Health Program, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4501,
for Undistributed, TRICARE lead level screening and testing for
children, is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be
appropriated in section 101 for Procurement of Wheeled and
Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4101, for Bradley
Program (Mod) is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
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410. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kildee of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:
SEC. 3__. DETECTION OF PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS.
(a) Performance Standard for the Detection of Perfluorinated
Compounds.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the United States
Geologic Survey shall establish a performance standard
for the detection of perfluorinated compounds.
(2) Emphasis.--
(A) In general.--In developing the
performance standard under subsection (a), the
Director shall emphasize the ability to detect
as many perfluorinated compounds present in the
environment as possible using analytical
methods that are as sensitive as is feasible
and practicable.
(B) Requirement.--In developing the
performance standard under subsection (a), the
Director may--
(i) develop quality assurance and
quality control measures to ensure
accurate sampling and testing;
(ii) develop a training program with
respect to the appropriate method of
sample collection and analysis of
perfluorinated compounds; and
(iii) coordinate as necessary with
the Administrator to develop methods to
detect individual and different
perfluorinated compounds
simultaneously.
(b) Nationwide Sampling.--
(1) In general.--The Director shall carry out a
nationwide sampling to determine the concentration of
perfluorinated compounds in estuaries, lakes, streams,
springs, wells, wetlands, rivers, aquifers, and soil
using the performance standard developed under
subsection (a)(1).
(2) Requirements.--In carrying out the sampling under
paragraph (1), the Director shall--
(A) first carry out the sampling at sources
of drinking water near locations with known or
suspected releases of perfluorinated compounds;
(B) when carrying out sampling of sources of
drinking water under paragraph (1), carry out
the sampling prior to any treatment of the
water;
(C) survey for ecological exposure to
perfluorinated compounds, with a priority in
determining direct human exposure through
drinking water; and
(D) consult with--
(i) States to determine areas that
are a priority for sampling; and
(ii) the Administrator--
(I) to enhance coverage of
the sampling; and
(II) to avoid unnecessary
duplication.
(3) Report.--Not later than 150 days after the
completion of the sampling under paragraph (1), the
Director shall prepare a report describing the results
of the sampling and submit the report to--
(A) the Committee on Environment and Public
Works and the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources of the Senate;
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources and
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives;
(C) the Senators of each State in which the
Director carried out the sampling; and
(D) each Member of the House of
Representatives that represents a district in
which the Director carried out the sampling.
(c) Data Usage.--
(1) In general.--The Director shall provide the
sampling data collected under subsection (b) to--
(A) the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency; and
(B) other Federal and State regulatory
agencies on request.
(2) Usage.--The sampling data provided under
subsection (a) shall be used to inform and enhance
assessments of exposure, likely health and
environmental impacts, and remediation priorities.
(d) Collaboration.--In carrying out this section, the
Director shall collaborate with--
(1) appropriate Federal and State regulators;
(2) institutions of higher education;
(3) research institutions; and
(4) other expert stakeholders.
(e) Authority for Transfer of Funds.--Of the funds authorized
to be appropriated by section 301, the Secretary of Defense
may, without regard to section 2215 of title 10, United States
Code, transfer not more than $5,000,000 to the Secretary of the
Interior to carry out nationwide sampling under this section.
Any funds transferred under this section may not be used for
any other purpose, except those specified under this section.
(f) Funding.--
(1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth
in the funding tables in division D, the amount
authorized to be appropriated in section 301, as
specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, Total Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide,
Line 080, for the Detection of Perfluorinated Compounds
is hereby increased by $5,000,000.
(2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in
the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized
to be appropriated in section 101 for Procurement of
Wheeled and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army, as specified
in the corresponding funding table in section 4101, for
Bradley Program (Mod) is hereby reduced by $5,000,000.
(g) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
(2) The term ``Director'' means the Director of the
United States Geological Survey.
(3) The term ``perfluorinated compound'' means a
perfluoroalkyl substance or a polyfluoroalkyl substance
that is manmade with at least 1 fully fluorinated
carbon atom.
(4) The term ``fully fluorinated carbon atom'' means
a carbon atom on which all the hydrogen substituents
have been replaced by fluorine.
(5) The term ``nonfluorinated carbon atom'' means a
carbon atom on which no hydrogen substituents have been
replaced by fluorine.
(6) The term ``partially fluorinated carbon atom''
means a carbon atom on which some, but not all, of the
hydrogen substituents have been replaced by fluorine.
(7) The term ``perfluoroalkyl substance'' means a
manmade chemical of which all of the carbon atoms are
fully fluorinated carbon atoms.
(8) The term ``polyfluoroalkyl substance'' means a
manmade chemical containing a mix of fully fluorinated
carbon atoms, partially fluorinated carbon atoms, and
nonfluorinated carbon atoms.
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411. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative LaMalfa of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XXVIII, add the following new section:
SEC. 28__. RESTRICTIONS ON REHABILITATION OF OVER-THE-HORIZON
BACKSCATTER RADAR SYSTEM RECEIVING STATION, MODOC
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.
(a) Restrictions.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
Secretary of the Air Force may not use any funds or resources
of the Department of the Air Force to carry out the
rehabilitation of the obsolete Over-the-Horizon Backscatter
Radar System receiving station located in Modoc National Forest
in the State of California
(b) Exception for Removal of Perimeter Fence.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of the Air Force
may use funds and resources of the Department of the Air
Force--
(1) to remove the perimeter fence, which was treated
with an arsenic-based weatherproof coating, surrounding
the Over-the-Horizon Backscatter Radar System receiving
station referred to in such subsection; and
(2) to carry out the mitigation of soil contamination
associated with such fence.
(c) Sunset.--The restrictions in subsection (a) shall
terminate on the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.
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412. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luria of Virginia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title XI, add the following (and amend the
table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 1113. REIMBURSEMENT FOR FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL INCOME TAXES
INCURRED DURING TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, AND
RELOCATION.
(a) In General.--Section 5724b of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ``of
employees transferred'';
(2) in subsection (a)--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking
``employee, or by an employee and such
employee's spouse (if filing jointly), for any
moving or storage'' and inserting ``individual,
or by an individual and such individual's
spouse (if filing jointly), for any travel,
transportation, or relocation''; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking
``employee'' and inserting ``individual, or the
individual''; and
(3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the
following:
``(b) For purposes of this section, the term `travel,
transportation, or relocation expenses' means all travel,
transportation, or relocation expenses reimbursed or furnished
in kind pursuant to this subchapter.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
sections for chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by striking the item relating to section 5724b and
inserting the following:
``5724b. Taxes on reimbursements for travel, transportation, and
relocation expenses''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall--
(1) take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act; and
(2) apply to travel, transportation, or relocation
expenses incurred on or after that date.
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413. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Phillips of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON PLAN TO TRANSFER FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PROVISION OF SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 385 OF TITLE 10,
UNITED STATES CODE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on its plan to
transfer funds in connection with the provision of support
under section 385 of title 10, United States Code, for fiscal
year 2020.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) a list of foreign assistance programs and
activities that should receive support under such
authority on a priority basis, including foreign
assistance programs and activities of the United States
Agency for International Development and the Department
of State; and
(2) a justification for providing such support to
such programs and activities, including as to how such
programs and activities relate to the National Security
Strategy and National Military Strategy.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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414. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following:
SEC. 7___. STUDY ON USE OF ROUTINE NEUROIMAGING MODALITIES IN
DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF BRAIN
INJURY DUE TO BLAST PRESSURE EXPOSURE DURING COMBAT
AND TRAINING.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a
study on the feasibility and effectiveness of the use of
routine neuroimaging modalities in the diagnosis, treatment,
and prevention of brain injury among members of the Armed
Forces due to one or more blast pressure exposures during
combat and training.
(b) Reports.--
(1) Interim report.--Not later than one year after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the
Senate and the House of Representatives an interim
report on the methods and action plan for the study
under subsection (a).
(2) Final report.--Not later than two years after the
date on which the Secretary begins the study under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the
House of Representatives a report on the results of
such study.
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415. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Porter of California
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title VIII, add the following:
SEC. 8__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON DEFENSE BUSINESS PROCESSES.
The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to
the congressional defense committees a report on the use of
defense business processes (as described under section 2222 of
title 10, United States Code) that includes--
(1) an analysis of the extent to which the Department
of Defense is developing a culture that recognizes the
importance of business processes to achieving
operational success;
(2) an analysis of the extent to which the Department
of Defense components are implementing business process
reengineering initiatives necessary to achieving
improved financial management;
(3) an analysis of the quality of financial
management training provided to employees of the
Department; and
(4) an identification of the steps taken by the
Department of the Defense to institutionalize a culture
that recognizes the importance of financial management.
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416. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tonko of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 733, after line 15, add the following new section:
SEC. 10__. FUNDING LIMITATION FOR THE ERIE CANALWAY NATIONAL HERITAGE
CORRIDOR.
Section 810(a)(1) of the Erie Canalway National Heritage
Corridor Act (Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-303) is
amended, in the second sentence, by striking ``$12,000,000''
and inserting ``$14,000,000''.
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417. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Zeldin of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the appropriate place in subtitle G of title XII, insert
the following:
SEC. __. REPORT ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEBANESE ARMED FORCES AND
HIZBALLAH.
(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a report to
Congress--
(1) identifying all military officers, commanders,
advisors, officials, or other personnel with
significant influence over the policies or activities
of the Lebanese Armed Forces who are members of, paid
by, or significantly influenced by Hizballah; and
(2) describing military activities conducted by the
Lebanese Armed Forces to disarm Hizballah pursuant to
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1701
(2006).
(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in an unclassified form but may have a classified
annex.
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418. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dingell of Michigan
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle B of title III the following new
section:
SEC. __. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH STATES TO ADDRESS CONTAMINATION BY
PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES.
(a) Cooperative Agreements.--
(1) In general.--Upon request from the Governor or
chief executive of a State, the Secretary of Defense
shall work expeditiously, pursuant to section 2701(d)
of title 10, United States Code, to finalize a
cooperative agreement, or amend an existing cooperative
agreement to address testing, monitoring, removal, and
remedial actions relating to the contamination or
suspected contamination of drinking, surface, or ground
water from PFAS originating from activities of the
Department of Defense by providing the mechanism and
funding for the expedited review and approval of
documents of the Department related to PFAS
investigations and remedial actions from an active or
decommissioned military installation, including a
facility of the National Guard.
(2) Minimum standards.--A cooperative agreement
finalized or amended under paragraph (1) shall meet or
exceed the most stringent of the following standards
for PFAS in any environmental media:
(A) An enforceable State standard, in effect
in that State, for drinking, surface, or ground
water, as described in section 121(d)(2)(A)(ii)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. 9621(d)(2)(A)(ii)).
(B) An enforceable Federal standard for
drinking, surface, or ground water, as
described in section 121(d)(2)(A)(i) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. 9621(d)(2)(A)(i)).
(C) A health advisory under section
1412(b)(1)(F) of the Safe Drinking Water Act
(42 U.S.C. 300g-1(b)(1)(F)).
(3) Other authority.--In addition to the requirements
for a cooperative agreement under paragraph (1), when
otherwise authorized to expend funds for the purpose of
addressing ground or surface water contaminated by a
perfluorinated compound, the Secretary of Defense may,
to expend those funds, enter into a grant agreement,
cooperative agreement, or contract with--
(A) the local water authority with
jurisdiction over the contamination site,
including--
(i) a public water system (as defined
in section 1401 of the Safe Drinking
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f)); and
(ii) a publicly owned treatment works
(as defined in section 212 of the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33
U.S.C. 1292)); or
(B) a State, local, or Tribal government.
(b) Report.--Beginning on February 1, 2020, if a cooperative
agreement is not finalized or amended under subsection (a)
within one year after the request from the Governor or chief
executive under that subsection, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees
and Members of Congress a report--
(1) explaining why the agreement has not been
finalized or amended, as the case may be; and
(2) setting forth a projected timeline for finalizing
or amending the agreement.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees and members of congress.--
The term ``appropriate committees and Members of
Congress'' means--
(A) the congressional defense committees;
(B) the Senators who represent a State
impacted by PFAS contamination described in
subsection (a)(1); and
(C) the Members of the House of
Representatives who represent a district
impacted by such contamination.
(2) Fully fluorinated carbon atom.--The term ``fully
fluorinated carbon atom'' means a carbon atom on which
all the hydrogen substituents have been replaced by
fluorine.
(3) PFAS.--The term ``PFAS'' means perfluoroalkyl and
polyfluoroalkyl substances that are man-made chemicals
with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
(4) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given
the term in section 101 of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9601).
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419. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cunningham of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle A of title XXVIII, add the following
new section:
SEC. 28__. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO DEFENSE ACCESS
ROAD RESILIENCE.
Section 210 of title 23, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``(a)(1) The
Secretary'' and all that follows through the end of
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(a) Authorization.--
``(1) In general.--When defense access roads are
certified to the Secretary as important to the national
defense by the Secretary of Defense or such other
official as the President may designate, the Secretary
is authorized, out of the funds appropriated for
defense access roads, to provide for--
``(A) the construction and maintenance of
defense access roads (including bridges, tubes,
tunnels, and culverts or other hydraulic
appurtenances on those roads) to--
``(i) military reservations;
``(ii) defense industry sites;
``(iii) air or sea ports that are
necessary for or are planned to be used
for the deployment or sustainment of
members of the Armed Forces, equipment,
or supplies; or
``(iv) sources of raw materials;
``(B) the reconstruction or enhancement of,
or improvements to, those roads to ensure the
continued effective use of the roads,
regardless of current or projected increases in
mean tides, recurrent flooding, or other
weather-related conditions or natural
disasters; and
``(C) replacing existing highways and highway
connections that are shut off from general
public use by necessary closures, closures due
to mean sea level fluctuation and flooding, or
restrictions at--
``(i) military reservations;
``(ii) air or sea ports that are
necessary for or are planned to be used
for the deployment or sustainment of
members of the Armed Forces, equipment,
or supplies; or
``(iii) defense industry sites.'';
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ``the construction
and maintenance of'' and inserting ``construction,
reconstruction, resurfacing, restoration,
rehabilitation, and preservation of, or enhancements
to,'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) by striking ``him'' and inserting ``the
Secretary'';
(B) by striking ``construction, maintenance,
and repair work'' and inserting ``activities
for construction, maintenance, reconstruction,
enhancement, improvement, and repair'';
(C) by striking ``therein'' and inserting
``in those areas''; and
(D) by striking ``condition for such training
purposes and for repairing the damage caused to
such highways by the operations of men and
equipment in such training.'' and inserting the
following: ``condition for--
``(1) that training; and
``(2) repairing the damage to those highways caused
by--
``(A) weather-related events, increases in
mean high tide levels, recurrent flooding, or
natural disasters; or
``(B) the operations of men and equipment in
such training.'';
(4) in subsection (g)--
(A) by striking ``he'' and inserting ``the
Secretary'';
(B) by striking ``construction which has
been'' and inserting ``construction and other
activities''; and
(C) by striking ``upon his demand'' and
inserting ``upon demand by the Secretary''; and
(5) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the
following:
``(i) Repair of Certain Damages and Infrastructure.--The
funds appropriated to carry out this section may be used to pay
the cost of repairing damage caused, or any infrastructure to
mitigate a risk posed, to a defense access road by recurrent or
projected recurrent flooding, sea level fluctuation, a natural
disaster, or any other current or projected change in
applicable environmental conditions, if the Secretary
determines that continued access to a military installation,
defense industry site, air or sea port necessary for or planned
to be used for the deployment or sustainment of members of the
Armed Forces, equipment, or supplies, or to a source of raw
materials, has been or is projected to be impacted by those
events or conditions.''.
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420. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rose of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division A, add the following:
TITLE XVII--SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN TRAFFICKERS OF ILLICIT
SYNTHETIC OPIOIDS
SEC. 1701. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Fentanyl Sanctions Act''.
SEC. 1702. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
estimate that from September 2017 through September
2018 more than 48,200 people in the United States died
from an opioid overdose, with synthetic opioids
(excluding methadone), contributing to a record 31,900
overdose deaths. While drug overdose death estimates
from methadone, semi-synthetic opioids, and heroin have
decreased in recent months, overdose deaths from
synthetic opioids have continued to increase.
(2) Congress and the President have taken a number of
actions to combat the demand for illicit opioids in the
United States, including enacting into law the SUPPORT
for Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115-271;
132 Stat. 3894). While new statutes and regulations
have reduced the rate of opioid prescriptions in recent
years, fully addressing the United States opioid crisis
will involve dramatically restricting the foreign
supply of illicit opioids.
(3) The People's Republic of China is the world's
largest producer of illicit fentanyl, fentanyl
analogues, and their immediate precursors. From the
People's Republic of China, those substances are
shipped primarily through express consignment carriers
or international mail directly to the United States,
or, alternatively, shipped directly to transnational
criminal organizations in Mexico, Canada, and the
Caribbean.
(4) The United States and the People's Republic of
China, Mexico, and Canada have made important strides
in combating the illicit flow of opioids through
bilateral efforts of their respective law enforcement
agencies.
(5) The objective of preventing the proliferation of
illicit opioids though existing multilateral and
bilateral initiatives requires additional efforts to
deny illicit actors the financial means to sustain
their markets and distribution networks.
(6) The implementation on May 1, 2019, of the
regulations of the People's Republic of China to
schedule all fentanyl analogues as controlled
substances is a major step in combating global opioid
trafficking and represents a major achievement in
United States-China law enforcement dialogues. However,
that step will effectively fulfill the commitment that
President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China
made to President Donald Trump at the Group of Twenty
meeting in December 2018 only if the Government of the
People's Republic of China devotes sufficient resources
to full implementation and strict enforcement of the
new regulations. The effective enforcement of the new
regulations should result in diminished trafficking of
illicit fentanyl originating from the People's Republic
of China into the United States.
(7) While the Department of the Treasury used the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C.
1901 et seq.) to sanction the first synthetic opioid
trafficking entity in April 2018, additional economic
and financial sanctions policy tools are needed to help
combat the flow of synthetic opioids into the United
States.
SEC. 1703. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States should apply economic and other
financial sanctions to foreign traffickers of illicit
opioids to protect the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States and the health
of the people of the United States;
(2) it is imperative that the People's Republic of
China follow through on full implementation of the new
regulations, adopted May 1, 2019, to treat all fentanyl
analogues as controlled substances under the laws of
the People's Republic of China, including by devoting
sufficient resources for implementation and strict
enforcement of the new regulations; and
(3) the effective enforcement of the new regulations
should result in diminished trafficking of illicit
fentanyl originating from the People's Republic of
China into the United States.
SEC. 1704. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) Alien; national; national of the united states.--
The terms ``alien'', ``national'', and ``national of
the United States'' have the meanings given those terms
in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101).
(2) Appropriate congressional committees and
leadership.--The term ``appropriate congressional
committees and leadership'' means--
(A) the Committee on Appropriations, the
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the
Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,
the Committee on the Judiciary, the Select
Committee on Intelligence, and the majority
leader and the minority leader of the Senate;
and
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the
Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security,
the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee
on Oversight and Reform, the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, and the Speaker and
the minority leader of the House of
Representatives.
(3) Controlled substance; listed chemical.--The terms
``controlled substance'', ``listed chemical'',
``narcotic drug'', and ``opioid'' have the meanings
given those terms in section 102 of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
(4) Entity.--The term ``entity'' means a partnership,
joint venture, association, corporation, organization,
network, group, or subgroup, or any form of business
collaboration.
(5) Foreign opioid trafficker.--The term ``foreign
opioid trafficker'' means any foreign person that the
President determines plays a significant role in opioid
trafficking.
(6) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person''--
(A) means--
(i) any citizen or national of a
foreign country; or
(ii) any entity not organized under
the laws of the United States or a
jurisdiction within the United States;
and
(B) does not include the government of a
foreign country.
(7) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'', with respect
to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a
person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of
the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
(8) Opioid trafficking.--The term ``opioid
trafficking'' means any illicit activity--
(A) to produce, manufacture, distribute,
sell, or knowingly finance or transport illicit
synthetic opioids, controlled substances that
are synthetic opioids, listed chemicals that
are synthetic opioids, or active pharmaceutical
ingredients or chemicals that are used in the
production of controlled substances that are
synthetic opioids;
(B) to attempt to carry out an activity
described in subparagraph (A); or
(C) to assist, abet, conspire, or collude
with other persons to carry out such an
activity.
(9) Person.--The term ``person'' means an individual
or entity.
(10) United states person.--The term ``United States
person'' means--
(A) any citizen or national of the United
States;
(B) any alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence in the United States;
(C) any entity organized under the laws of
the United States or any jurisdiction within
the United States (including a foreign branch
of such an entity); or
(D) any person located in the United States.
Subtitle A--Sanctions With Respect to Foreign Opioid Traffickers
SEC. 1711. IDENTIFICATION OF FOREIGN OPIOID TRAFFICKERS.
(a) Public Report.--
(1) In general.--The President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees and leadership, in
accordance with subsection (c), a report--
(A) identifying the foreign persons that the
President determines are foreign opioid
traffickers;
(B) detailing progress the President has made
in implementing this subtitle; and
(C) providing an update on cooperative
efforts with the Governments of Mexico and the
People's Republic of China with respect to
combating foreign opioid traffickers.
(2) Identification of additional persons.--If, at any
time after submitting a report required by paragraph
(1) and before the submission of the next such report,
the President determines that a foreign person not
identified in the report is a foreign opioid
trafficker, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees and leadership an
additional report containing the information required
by paragraph (1) with respect to the foreign person.
(3) Exclusion.--The President shall not be required
to include in a report under paragraph (1) or (2) any
persons with respect to which the United States has
imposed sanctions before the date of the report under
this subtitle or any other provision of law with
respect to opioid trafficking.
(4) Form of report.--
(A) In general.--Each report required by
paragraph (1) or (2) shall be submitted in
unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(B) Availability to public.--The unclassified
portion of a report required by paragraph (1)
or (2) shall be made available to the public.
(b) Classified Report.--
(1) In general.--The President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees and leadership, in
accordance with subsection (c), a report, in classified
form--
(A) describing in detail the status of
sanctions imposed under this subtitle,
including the personnel and resources directed
toward the imposition of such sanctions during
the preceding fiscal year;
(B) providing background information with
respect to persons newly identified as foreign
opioid traffickers and their illicit
activities;
(C) describing actions the President intends
to undertake or has undertaken to implement
this subtitle; and
(D) providing a strategy for identifying
additional foreign opioid traffickers.
(2) Effect on other reporting requirements.--The
report required by paragraph (1) is in addition to, and
in no way delimits or restricts, the obligations to
keep Congress fully and currently informed pursuant to
the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947 (50
U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).
(c) Submission of Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter
until the date that is 5 years after such date of enactment,
the President shall submit the reports required by subsections
(a) and (b) to the appropriate congressional committees and
leadership.
(d) Exclusion of Certain Information.--
(1) Intelligence.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, a report required by
subsection (a) or (b) shall not disclose the identity
of any person if the Director of National Intelligence
determines that such disclosure could compromise an
intelligence operation, activity, source, or method of
the United States.
(2) Law enforcement.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, a report required by
subsection (a) or (b) shall not disclose the identity
of any person if the Attorney General, in coordination,
as appropriate, with the Director of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the Administrator of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the head of any
other appropriate Federal law enforcement agency,
determines that such disclosure could reasonably be
expected--
(A) to compromise the identity of a
confidential source, including a State, local,
or foreign agency or authority or any private
institution that furnished information on a
confidential basis;
(B) to jeopardize the integrity or success of
an ongoing criminal investigation or
prosecution;
(C) to endanger the life or physical safety
of any person; or
(D) to cause substantial harm to physical
property.
(3) Notification required.--If the Director of
National Intelligence makes a determination under
paragraph (1) or the Attorney General makes a
determination under paragraph (2), the Director or the
Attorney General, as the case may be, shall notify the
appropriate congressional committees and leadership of
the determination and the reasons for the
determination.
(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section
may be construed to authorize or compel the disclosure
of information determined by the President to be law
enforcement information, classified information,
national security information, or other information the
disclosure of which is prohibited by any other
provision of law.
(e) Provision of Information Required for Reports.--The
Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary
of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland
Security, and the Director of National Intelligence shall
consult among themselves and provide to the President and the
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy the
appropriate and necessary information to enable the President
to submit the reports required by subsection (a).
SEC. 1712. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INTERNATIONAL OPIOID CONTROL REGIME.
It is the sense of Congress that, in order to apply economic
and other financial sanctions to foreign traffickers of illicit
opioids to protect the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States--
(1) the President should instruct the Secretary of
State to commence immediately diplomatic efforts, both
in appropriate international fora such as the United
Nations, the Group of Seven, the Group of Twenty, and
trilaterally and bilaterally with partners of the
United States, to combat foreign opioid trafficking,
including by working to establish a multilateral
sanctions regime with respect to foreign opioid
trafficking; and
(2) the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, should intensify efforts to
maintain and strengthen the coalition of countries
formed to combat foreign opioid trafficking.
SEC. 1713. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS.
The President shall impose five or more of the sanctions
described in section 1714 with respect to each foreign person
that is an entity, and four or more of such sanctions with
respect to each foreign person that is an individual, that--
(1) is identified as a foreign opioid trafficker in a
report submitted under section 1711(a); or
(2) the President determines is owned, controlled,
directed by, knowingly supplying or sourcing precursors
for, or acting for or on behalf of, such a foreign
opioid trafficker.
SEC. 1714. DESCRIPTION OF SANCTIONS.
(a) In General.--The sanctions that may be imposed with
respect to a foreign person under section 1713 are the
following:
(1) Loans from united states financial
institutions.--The United States Government may
prohibit any United States financial institution from
making loans or providing credits to the foreign
person.
(2) Prohibitions on financial institutions.--The
following prohibitions may be imposed with respect to a
foreign person that is a financial institution:
(A) Prohibition on designation as primary
dealer.--Neither the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System nor the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York may designate, or permit the
continuation of any prior designation of, the
financial institution as a primary dealer in
United States Government debt instruments.
(B) Prohibition on service as a repository of
government funds.--The financial institution
may not serve as agent of the United States
Government or serve as repository for United
States Government funds.
The imposition of either sanction under subparagraph
(A) or (B) shall be treated as one sanction for
purposes of section 1713, and the imposition of both
such sanctions shall be treated as 2 sanctions for
purposes of that section.
(3) Procurement ban.--The United States Government
may not procure, or enter into any contract for the
procurement of, any goods or services from the foreign
person.
(4) Foreign exchange.--The President may, pursuant to
such regulations as the President may prescribe,
prohibit any transactions in foreign exchange that are
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and in
which the foreign person has any interest.
(5) Banking transactions.--The President may,
pursuant to such regulations as the President may
prescribe, prohibit any transfers of credit or payments
between financial institutions or by, through, or to
any financial institution, to the extent that such
transfers or payments are subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States and involve any interest of the
foreign person.
(6) Property transactions.--The President may,
pursuant to such regulations as the President may
prescribe, prohibit any person from--
(A) acquiring, holding, withholding, using,
transferring, withdrawing, or transporting any
property that is subject to the jurisdiction of
the United States and with respect to which the
foreign person has any interest;
(B) dealing in or exercising any right,
power, or privilege with respect to such
property; or
(C) conducting any transaction involving such
property.
(7) Ban on investment in equity or debt of sanctioned
person.--The President may, pursuant to such
regulations or guidelines as the President may
prescribe, prohibit any United States person from
investing in or purchasing significant amounts of
equity or debt instruments of the foreign person.
(8) Exclusion of corporate officers.--The President
may direct the Secretary of State to deny a visa to,
and the Secretary of Homeland Security to exclude from
the United States, any alien that the President
determines is a corporate officer or principal of, or a
shareholder with a controlling interest in, the foreign
person.
(9) Sanctions on principal executive officers.--The
President may impose on the principal executive officer
or officers of the foreign person, or on individuals
performing similar functions and with similar
authorities as such officer or officers, any of the
sanctions described in paragraphs (1) through (8) that
are applicable.
(b) Penalties.--A person that violates, attempts to violate,
conspires to violate, or causes a violation of any regulation,
license, or order issued to carry out subsection (a) shall be
subject to the penalties set forth in subsections (b) and (c)
of section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1705) to the same extent as a person that
commits an unlawful act described in subsection (a) of that
section.
(c) Exceptions.--
(1) Intelligence and law enforcement activities.--
Sanctions under this section shall not apply with
respect to--
(A) any activity subject to the reporting
requirements under title V of the National
Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.);
or
(B) any authorized intelligence or law
enforcement activities of the United States.
(2) Exception to comply with united nations
headquarters agreement.--Sanctions under subsection
(a)(8) shall not apply to an alien if admitting the
alien into the United States is necessary to permit the
United States to comply with the Agreement regarding
the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake
Success June 26, 1947, and entered into force November
21, 1947, between the United Nations and the United
States, the Convention on Consular Relations, done at
Vienna April 24, 1963, and entered into force March 19,
1967, or other applicable international obligations.
(d) Implementation; Regulatory Authority.--
(1) Implementation.--The President may exercise all
authorities provided under sections 203 and 205 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1702 and 1704) to carry out this section.
(2) Regulatory authority.--The President shall issue
such regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary
to carry out this section.
SEC. 1715. WAIVERS.
(a) Waiver for State-owned Entities in Countries That
Cooperate in Multilateral Anti-trafficking Efforts.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive for a period
of not more than 12 months the application of sanctions
under this subtitle with respect to an entity that is
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a
foreign government or any political subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality of a foreign government, if,
not less than 15 days before the waiver is to take
effect, the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees and leadership that the
foreign government is closely cooperating with the
United States in efforts to prevent opioid trafficking.
(2) Certification.--The President may certify under
paragraph (1) that a foreign government is closely
cooperating with the United States in efforts to
prevent opioid trafficking if that government is--
(A) implementing domestic laws to schedule
all fentanyl analogues as controlled
substances; and
(B) doing two or more of the following:
(i) Implementing substantial
improvements in regulations involving
the chemical and pharmaceutical
production and export of illicit
opioids.
(ii) Implementing substantial
improvements in judicial regulations to
combat transnational criminal
organizations that traffic opioids.
(iii) Increasing efforts to prosecute
foreign opioid traffickers.
(iv) Increasing intelligence sharing
and law enforcement cooperation with
the United States with respect to
opioid trafficking.
(3) Subsequent renewal of waiver.--The President may
renew a waiver under paragraph (1) for subsequent
periods of not more than 12 months each if, not less
than 15 days before the renewal is to take effect, the
Secretary of State certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees and leadership that the
government of the country to which the waiver applies
has effectively implemented and is effectively
enforcing the measures that formed the basis for the
certification under paragraph (2).
(b) Waivers for National Security and Access to Prescription
Medications.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the
application of sanctions under this subtitle if the
President determines that the application of such
sanctions would--
(A) cause a specific articulated harm or set
of harms to a specific articulated national
security interest or set of interests of the
United States; or
(B) subject to paragraph (2), harm the access
of United States persons to prescription
medications.
(2) Monitoring.--The President shall establish a
monitoring program to verify that a person that
receives a waiver under paragraph (1)(B) is not
trafficking illicit opioids.
(3) Notification.--Not later than 15 days after
making a determination under paragraph (1), the
President shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership of the determination and the
reasons for the determination.
(c) Humanitarian Waiver.--The President may waive, for
renewable periods of 180 days, the application of the sanctions
under this subtitle if the President certifies to the
appropriate congressional committees and leadership that the
waiver is necessary for the provision of humanitarian
assistance.
SEC. 1716. PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
(a) In General.--If a finding under this subtitle, or a
prohibition, condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any
such finding, is based on classified information (as defined in
section 1(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act (18
U.S.C. App.)) and a court reviews the finding or the imposition
of the prohibition, condition, or penalty, the President may
submit such information to the court ex parte and in camera.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to--
(1) confer or imply any right to judicial review of
any finding under this subtitle, or any prohibition,
condition, or penalty imposed as a result of any such
finding; and
(2) limit or restrict any other practice, procedure,
right, remedy, or safeguard that relates to the
protection of classified information and is available
to the United States in connection with any type of
administrative hearing, litigation, or other
proceeding.
SEC. 1717. BRIEFINGS ON IMPLEMENTATION.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the
Fentanyl Sanctions Act, and every 180 days thereafter until the
date that is 5 years after such date of enactment, the
President, acting through the Secretary of State and the
Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the
Secretary of the Treasury, shall provide to the appropriate
congressional committees and leadership a comprehensive
briefing on efforts to implement this subtitle.
SEC. 1718. INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IN INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT.
Section 489(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2291(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(9)(A) An assessment conducted by the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Director of National Intelligence, of
the extent to which any diplomatic efforts described in
section 1712 of the Fentanyl Sanctions Act have been
successful.
``(B) Each assessment required by subparagraph (A)
shall include an identification of--
``(i) the countries the governments of which
have agreed to undertake measures to apply
economic or other financial sanctions to
foreign traffickers of illicit opioids and a
description of those measures; and
``(ii) the countries the governments of which
have not agreed to measures described in clause
(i), and, with respect to those countries,
other measures the Secretary of State
recommends that the United States take to apply
economic and other financial sanctions to
foreign traffickers of illicit opioids.''.
Subtitle B--Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking
SEC. 1721. COMMISSION ON COMBATING SYNTHETIC OPIOID TRAFFICKING.
(a) Establishment.--
(1) In general.--There is established a commission to
develop a consensus on a strategic approach to
combating the flow of synthetic opioids into the United
States.
(2) Designation.--The commission established under
paragraph (1) shall be known as the ``Commission on
Synthetic Opioid Trafficking'' (in this section
referred to as the ``Commission'').
(b) Membership.--
(1) Composition.--
(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B),
the Commission shall be composed of the
following members:
(i) The Director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy.
(ii) The Administrator of the Drug
Enforcement Administration.
(iii) The Secretary of Homeland
Security.
(iv) The Secretary of Defense.
(v) The Secretary of the Treasury.
(vi) The Secretary of State.
(vii) The Director of National
Intelligence
(viii) Two members appointed by the
majority leader of the Senate, one of
whom shall be a Member of the Senate
and one of whom shall not be.
(ix) Two members appointed by the
minority leader of the Senate, one of
whom shall be a Member of the Senate
and one of whom shall not be.
(x) Two members appointed by the
Speaker of the House of
Representatives, one of whom shall be a
Member of the House of Representatives
and one of whom shall not be.
(xi) Two members appointed by the
minority leader of the House of
Representatives, one of whom shall be a
Member of the House of Representatives
and one of whom shall not be.
(B)(i) The members of the Commission who are
not Members of Congress and who are appointed
under clauses (viii) through (xi) of
subparagraph (A) shall be individuals who are
nationally recognized for expertise, knowledge,
or experience in--
(I) transnational criminal
organizations conducting synthetic
opioid trafficking;
(II) the production, manufacturing,
distribution, sale, or transportation
of synthetic opioids; or
(III) relations between--
(aa) the United States; and
(bb) the People's Republic of
China, Mexico, or any other
country of concern with respect
to trafficking in synthetic
opioids.
(ii) An official who appoints members of the
Commission may not appoint an individual as a
member of the Commission if the individual
possesses any personal or financial interest in
the discharge of any of the duties of the
Commission.
(iii)(I) All members of the Commission
described in clause (i) shall possess an
appropriate security clearance in accordance
with applicable provisions of law concerning
the handling of classified information.
(II) For the purpose of facilitating the
activities of the Commission, the Director of
National Intelligence shall expedite to the
fullest degree possible the processing of
security clearances that are necessary for
members of the Commission.
(2) Co-chairs.--
(A) In general.--The Commission shall have 2
co-chairs, selected from among the members of
the Commission, one of whom shall be a member
of the majority party and one of whom shall be
a member of the minority party.
(B) Selection.--The individuals who serve as
the co-chairs of the Commission shall be
jointly agreed upon by the President, the
majority leader of the Senate, the minority
leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, and the minority leader of
the House of Representatives.
(c) Duties.--The duties of the Commission are as follows:
(1) To define the core objectives and priorities of
the strategic approach described in subsection (a)(1).
(2) To weigh the costs and benefits of various
strategic options to combat the flow of synthetic
opioids from the People's Republic of China, Mexico,
and other countries.
(3) To evaluate whether the options described in
paragraph (2) are exclusive or complementary, the best
means for executing such options, and how the United
States should incorporate and implement such options
within the strategic approach described in subsection
(a)(1).
(4) To review and make determinations on the
difficult choices present within such options, among
them what norms-based regimes the United States should
seek to establish to encourage the effective regulation
of dangerous synthetic opioids.
(5) To report on efforts by actors in the People's
Republic of China to subvert United States laws and to
supply illicit synthetic opioids to persons in the
United States, including up-to-date estimates of the
scale of illicit synthetic opioids flows from the
People's Republic of China.
(6) To report on the deficiencies in the regulation
of pharmaceutical and chemical production of controlled
substances and export controls with respect to such
substances in the People's Republic of China and other
countries that allow opioid traffickers to subvert such
regulations and controls to traffic illicit opioids
into the United States.
(7) To report on the scale of contaminated or
counterfeit drugs originating from the People's
Republic of China and India.
(8) To report on how the United States could work
more effectively with provincial and local officials in
the People's Republic of China and other countries to
combat the illicit production of synthetic opioids.
(9) In weighing the options for defending the United
States against the dangers of trafficking in synthetic
opioids, to consider possible structures and
authorities that need to be established, revised, or
augmented within the Federal Government.
(d) Functioning of Commission.--The provisions of subsections
(c), (d), (e), (g), (h), and (i) of section 1652 of the John S.
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(Public Law 115-232) shall apply to the Commission to the same
extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to the
commission established under that section, except that--
(1) subsection (c)(1) of that section shall be
applied and administered by substituting ``30 days''
for ``45 days'';
(2) subsection (g)(4)(A) of that section shall be
applied and administered by inserting ``and the
Attorney General'' after ``Secretary of Defense''; and
(3) subsections (h)(2)(A) and (i)(1)(A) of that
section shall be applied and administered by
substituting ``level V of the Executive Schedule under
section 5316'' for ``level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315''.
(e) Treatment of Information Furnished to Commission.--
(1) Information relating to national security.--
(A) Responsibility of director of national
intelligence.--The Director of National
Intelligence shall assume responsibility for
the handling and disposition of any information
related to the national security of the United
States that is received, considered, or used by
the Commission under this section.
(B) Access after termination of commission.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
after the termination of the Commission under
subsection (g), only the members and designated
staff of the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership, the Director of
National Intelligence (and the designees of the
Director), and such other officials of the
executive branch as the President may designate
shall have access to information related to the
national security of the United States that is
received, considered, or used by the
Commission.
(2) Information provided by congress.--The Commission
may obtain information from any Member, committee, or
office of Congress, including information related to
the national security of the United States, only with
the consent of the Member, committee, or office
involved and only in accordance with any applicable
rules and procedures of the House of Representatives or
Senate (as the case may be) governing the provision of
such information by Members, committees, and offices of
Congress to entities in the executive branch.
(f) Reports.--The Commission shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees and leadership--
(1) not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, an initial report on the
activities and recommendations of the Commission under
this section; and
(2) not later than 270 days after the submission of
the initial report under paragraph (1), a final report
on the activities and recommendations of the Commission
under this section.
(g) Termination.--
(1) In general.--The Commission, and all the
authorities of this section, shall terminate at the end
of the 120-day period beginning on the date on which
the final report required by subsection (f)(2) is
submitted to the appropriate congressional committees
and leadership.
(2) Winding up of affairs.--The Commission may use
the 120-day period described in paragraph (1) for the
purposes of concluding its activities, including
providing testimony to Congress concerning the final
report required by subsection (f)(2) and disseminating
the report.
Subtitle C--Other Matters
SEC. 1731. DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM ON USE OF
INTELLIGENCE RESOURCES IN EFFORTS TO SANCTION
FOREIGN OPIOID TRAFFICKERS.
(a) Program Required.--
(1) In general.--The Director of National
Intelligence shall, in consultation with the Director
of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, carry
out a program to allocate and enhance use of resources
of the intelligence community, including intelligence
collection and analysis, to assist the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator
of the Drug Enforcement Administration in efforts to
identify and impose sanctions with respect to foreign
opioid traffickers under subtitle A.
(2) Focus on illicit finance.--To the extent
practicable, efforts described in paragraph (1) shall--
(A) take into account specific illicit
finance risks related to narcotics trafficking;
and
(B) be developed in consultation with the
Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism
and Financial Crimes, appropriate officials of
the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the
Department of the Treasury, the Director of the
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and
appropriate Federal law enforcement agencies.
(b) Quarterly Reports on Program.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days
thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, in
consultation with the Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees and leadership a report on the status and
accomplishments of the program required by subsection (a)
during the 90-day period ending on the date of the report. The
first report under this paragraph shall also include a
description of the amount of funds devoted by the intelligence
community to the efforts described in subsection (a) during
each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018.
(c) Intelligence Community Defined.--In this section, the
term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning given that term
in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C.
3003(4)).
SEC. 1732. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense is authorized to
carry out the operations and activities described in subsection
(b) for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.
(b) Operations and Activities.--The operations and activities
described in this subsection are the operations and activities
of the Department of Defense in support of any other department
or agency of the United States Government solely for purposes
of carrying out this title.
(c) Supplement Not Supplant.--Amounts made available to carry
out the operations and activities described in subsection (b)
shall supplement and not supplant other amounts available to
carry out the operations and activities described in subsection
(b).
(d) Notification Requirement.--Amounts made available to
carry out the operations and activities described in subsection
(b) may not be obligated until 15 days after the date on which
the President notifies the appropriate committees of Congress
of the President's intention to obligate such funds.
(e) Concurrence of Secretary of State.--Operations and
activities described in subsection (b) carried out with foreign
persons shall be conducted with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State.
SEC. 1733. TERMINATION.
The provisions of this title, and any sanctions imposed
pursuant to this title, shall terminate on the date that is 7
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1734. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF GOODS.
(a) In General.--The authorities and requirements to impose
sanctions under this title shall not include the authority or a
requirement to impose sanctions on the importation of goods.
(b) Good Defined.--In this section, the term ``good'' means
any article, natural or manmade substance, material, supply or
manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment,
and excluding technical data.
SEC. 1735. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DEFINED.
In this subtitle, the term ``appropriate committees of
Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on
Intelligence, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
SEC. 1736. FUNDING.
(a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D--
(1) the amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 301 for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4301, for the Office of the Secretary of
Defense, is hereby increased by $5,000,000 for purposes
of carrying out subtitle B (relating to the Commission
on Synthetic Opiod Trafficking); and
(2) the amount authorized to be appropriated for
Counter-Drug Activities, Defense-Wide, for Counter-
Narcotics Support, as specified in the corresponding
funding table in section 4501, is hereby increased by
$25,000,000 for purposes of carrying out section 1732
(relating to Department of Defense operations and
activities).
(b) Offsets.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D--
(1) the amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 301 for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-
Wide, as specified in the corresponding funding table
in section 4301, for the Defense Security Cooperation
Agency, line 310, is hereby reduced by $14,000,000 for
unjustified growth; and
(2) the amount authorized to be appropriated in
section 101 for Procurement of Wheeled and Tracked
Combat Vehicles, Army, as specified in the
corresponding funding table in section 4101, for
Bradley Program (Mod), is hereby reduced by
$16,000,000.
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Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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(4) shall include plans to hire, promote, and retain
members of the Armed Forces who identify as--
(A) ethnic or racial minorities;
(B) women;
(C) religious minorities;
(D) immigrants;
(E) members of the LGBTI+ community; or
(F) people with disabilities.
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422. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Barr of Kentucky or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title X, add the following:
Subtitle I--North Korea Nuclear Sanctions
SEC. 1092. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ``Otto Warmbier North Korea
Nuclear Sanctions Act of 2019''.
SEC. 1093. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) On June 1, 2016, the Department of the Treasury's
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced a Notice
of Finding that the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea is a jurisdiction of primary money laundering
concern due to its use of state-controlled financial
institutions and front companies to support the
proliferation and development of weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) and ballistic missiles.
(2) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has
expressed serious concerns with the threat posed by
North Korea's proliferation and financing of WMD, and
has called on FATF members to apply effective counter-
measures to protect their financial sectors from North
Korean money laundering, WMD proliferation financing,
and the financing of terrorism.
(3) In its February 2017 report, the U.N. Panel of
Experts concluded that--
(A) North Korea continued to access the
international financial system in support of
illicit activities despite sanctions imposed by
U.N. Security Council Resolutions 2270 (2016)
and 2321 (2016);
(B) during the reporting period, no member
state had reported taking actions to freeze
North Korean assets; and
(C) sanctions evasion by North Korea,
combined with inadequate compliance by member
states, had significantly negated the impact of
U.N. Security Council resolutions.
(4) In its September 2017 report, the U.N. Panel of
Experts found that--
(A) North Korea continued to violate
financial sanctions by using agents acting
abroad on the country's behalf;
(B) foreign financial institutions provided
correspondent banking services to North Korean
persons and front companies for illicit
purposes;
(C) foreign companies violated sanctions by
maintaining links with North Korean financial
institutions; and
(D) North Korea generated at least $270
million during the reporting period through the
violation of sectoral sanctions.
(5) North Korean entities engage in significant
financial transactions through foreign bank accounts
that are maintained by non-North Korean nationals,
thereby masking account users' identity in order to
access financial services.
(6) North Korea's sixth nuclear test on September 3,
2017, demonstrated an estimated explosive power more
than 100 times greater than that generated by its first
nuclear test in 2006.
(7) On February 23, 2018 the Department of the
Treasury announced its largest-ever set of North Korea-
related sanctions, with a particular focus on shipping
and trading companies, and issued a maritime advisory
to highlight North Korea's sanctions evasion tactics.
On May 9, 2019, the United States seized a North Korean
ship, the Wise Honest, which had previously been
detained by Indonesia for carrying coal in violation of
United Nations sanctions.
(8) According to the March 2019 Final Report of the
U.N. Panel of Experts, ``The nuclear and ballistic
missile programmes of the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea remain intact and the country continues to
defy Security Council resolutions through a massive
increase in illegal ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum
products and coal. These violations render the latest
United Nations sanctions ineffective by flouting the
caps on the import of petroleum products and crude oil
by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea as well as
the coal ban, imposed in 2017 by the Security Council
in response to the country's unprecedented nuclear and
ballistic missile testing.''.
(9) The U.N. Panel of Experts further concluded:
``Financial sanctions remain some of the most poorly
implemented and actively evaded measures of the
sanctions regime. Individuals empowered to act as
extensions of financial institutions of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea operate in at least five
countries with seeming impunity.''.
(10) North Korea has successfully tested short-range,
submarine-launched, and intercontinental ballistic
missiles, and is rapidly progressing in its development
of a nuclear-armed missile that is capable of reaching
United States territory.
SEC. 1094. CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS AND TRANSACTIONS
AT UNITED STATES FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
(a) Correspondent and Payable-through Accounts Held by
Foreign Financial Institutions.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall prescribe regulations to prohibit, or
impose strict conditions on, the opening or maintaining
in the United States of a correspondent account or a
payable-through account by a foreign financial
institution that the Secretary finds knowingly
facilitates a significant transaction or provides
significant financial services for a covered person.
(2) Penalties.--
(A) Civil penalty.--A person who violates,
attempts to violate, conspires to violate, or
causes a violation of regulations prescribed
under this subsection shall be subject to a
civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the
greater of--
(i) $250,000; or
(ii) an amount that is twice the
amount of the transaction that is the
basis of the violation with respect to
which the penalty is imposed.
(B) Criminal penalty.--A person who willfully
commits, willfully attempts to commit, or
willfully conspires to commit, or aids or abets
in the commission of, a violation of
regulations prescribed under this subsection
shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than
$1,000,000, or if a natural person, may be
imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
(b) Restrictions on Certain Transactions by United States
Financial Institutions.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall prescribe regulations to prohibit a
United States financial institution, and any person
owned or controlled by a United States financial
institution, from knowingly engaging in a significant
transaction with or benefitting any person that the
Secretary finds to be a covered person.
(2) Civil penalty.--A person who violates, attempts
to violate, conspires to violate, or causes a violation
of regulations prescribed under this subsection shall
be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to
exceed the greater of--
(A) $250,000; or
(B) an amount that is twice the amount of the
transaction that is the basis of the violation
with respect to which the penalty is imposed.
SEC. 1095. OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANCE BY THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS AND THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK.
(a) International Financial Institutions.--The Bretton Woods
Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 286 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``SEC. 73. OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANCE FOR ANY GOVERNMENT THAT FAILS TO
IMPLEMENT SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
instruct the United States Executive Director at the
international financial institutions (as defined under section
1701(c) of the International Financial Institutions Act) to use
the voice and vote of the United States to oppose the provision
of financial assistance to a foreign government, other than
assistance to support basic human needs, if the President
determines that, in the year preceding consideration of
approval of such assistance, the government has knowingly
failed to prevent the provision of financial services to, or
freeze the funds, financial assets, and economic resources of,
a person described under subparagraphs (A) through (E) of
section 7(2) of the Otto Warmbier North Korea Nuclear Sanctions
Act of 2019.
``(b) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (a) for up
to 180 days at a time with respect to a foreign government if
the President reports to Congress that--
``(1) the foreign government's failure described
under (a) is due exclusively to a lack of foreign
government capacity;
``(2) the foreign government is taking effective
steps to prevent recurrence of such failure; or
``(3) such waiver is vital to the national security
interests of the United States.''.
(b) Export-Import Bank.--Section 2(b) of the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(14) Prohibition on support involving persons
connected with north korea.--The Bank may not
guarantee, insure, or extend credit, or participate in
the extension of credit in connection with the export
of a good or service to a covered person (as defined
under section 7 of the Otto Warmbier North Korea
Nuclear Sanctions Act of 2019).''.
SEC. 1096. TREASURY REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE, PENALTIES, AND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.
(a) Semiannual Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 120 days following
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180
days thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
submit a report to the Committee on Financial Services
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate that
includes--
(A) a list of financial institutions that, in
the period since the preceding report,
knowingly facilitated a significant transaction
or transactions or provided significant
financial services for a covered person;
(B) a list of any penalties imposed under
section 3 in the period since the preceding
report; and
(C) a description of efforts by the
Department of the Treasury in the period since
the preceding report, through consultations,
technical assistance, or other appropriate
activities, to strengthen the capacity of
financial institutions and foreign governments
to prevent the provision of financial services
benefitting any covered person.
(2) Form of report; public availability.--
(A) Form.--The report required under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in
unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex.
(B) Public availability.--The unclassified
portion of such report shall be made available
to the public and posted on the website of the
Department of the Treasury.
(3) Sunset.--The report requirement under this
subsection shall terminate after the end of the 5-year
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) Testimony Required.--Upon request of the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate,
the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial
Intelligence shall testify to explain the effects of this Act,
and the amendments made by this Act, on North Korea's access to
illicit finance channels.
(c) International Monetary Fund.--Title XVI of the
International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262p et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 1629. SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND TO
PREVENT MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCING OF
TERRORISM.
``The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United
States Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund to
support the increased use of the administrative budget of the
Fund for technical assistance that strengthens the capacity of
Fund members to prevent money laundering and the financing of
terrorism.''.
(d) National Advisory Council Report to Congress.--The
Chairman of the National Advisory Council on International
Monetary and Financial Policies shall include in the report
required by section 1701 of the International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r) a description of--
(1) the activities of the International Monetary Fund
in the most recently completed fiscal year to provide
technical assistance that strengthens the capacity of
Fund members to prevent money laundering and the
financing of terrorism, and the effectiveness of the
assistance; and
(2) the efficacy of efforts by the United States to
support such technical assistance through the use of
the Fund's administrative budget, and the level of such
support.
(e) Sunset.--Effective on the date that is the end of the 4-
year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act,
section 1629 of the International Financial Institutions Act,
as added by subsection (c), is repealed.
SEC. 1097. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION OF PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES.
(a) Suspension.--Except for any provision of section 1098,
the President may suspend, on a case-by-case basis, the
application of any provision of this subtitle, or provision in
an amendment made by this subtitle, with respect to an entity,
individual, or transaction, for a period of not more than 180
days at a time if the President certifies to Congress that--
(1) the Government of North Korea has--
(A) committed to the verifiable suspension of
North Korea's proliferation and testing of WMD,
including systems designed in whole or in part
for the delivery of such weapons; and
(B) has agreed to multilateral talks
including the Government of the United States,
with the goal of permanently and verifiably
limiting North Korea's WMD and ballistic
missile programs; or
(2) such suspension is vital to the national security
interests of the United States, with an explanation of
the reasons therefor.
(b) Termination.--
(1) In general.--On the date that is 30 days after
the date on which the President makes the certification
described under paragraph (2)--
(A) subsection (a), section 1094, and
subsections (a) and (b) of section 1096 shall
cease to have any force or effect;
(B) section 73 of the Bretton Woods
Agreements Act, as added by section 4(a), shall
be repealed; and
(C) section 2(b)(14) of the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945, as added by section 4(b),
shall be repealed.
(2) Certification.--The certification described under
this paragraph is a certification by the President to
the Congress that--
(A) the Government of North Korea--
(i) has ceased to pose a significant
threat to national security, with an
explanation of the reasons therefor; or
(ii) is committed to, and is taking
effective steps to achieving, the goal
of permanently and verifiably limiting
North Korea's WMD and ballistic missile
programs; or
(B) such termination is vital to the national
security interests of the United States, with
an explanation of the reasons therefor.
SEC. 1098. EXCEPTION RELATING TO IMPORTATION OF GOODS.
(a) In General.--The authorities and requirements to impose
sanctions authorized under this subtitle shall not include the
authority or requirement to impose sanctions on the importation
of goods.
(b) Good Defined.--In this section, the term ``good'' means
any article, natural or man-made substance, material, supply or
manufactured product, including inspection and test equipment,
and excluding technical data.
SEC. 1099. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this subtitle:
(1) Terms related to north korea.--The terms
``applicable Executive order'', ``Government of North
Korea'', ``North Korea'', ``North Korean person'', and
``significant activities undermining cybersecurity''
have the meanings given those terms, respectively, in
section 3 of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C. 9202).
(2) Covered person.--The term ``covered person''
means the following:
(A) Any North Korean person designated under
an applicable Executive order.
(B) Any North Korean person that knowingly
facilitates the transfer of bulk cash or
covered goods (as defined under section
1027.100 of title 31, Code of Federal
Regulations).
(C) Any North Korean financial institution.
(D) Any North Korean person employed outside
of North Korea, except that the Secretary of
the Treasury may waive the application of this
subparagraph for a North Korean person that is
not otherwise a covered person and--
(i) has been granted asylum or
refugee status by the country of
employment; or
(ii) is employed as essential
diplomatic personnel for the Government
of North Korea.
(E) Any person acting on behalf of, or at the
direction of, a person described under
subparagraphs (A) through (D).
(F) Any person that knowingly employs a
person described under subparagraph (D).
(G) Any person that knowingly facilitates the
import of goods, services, technology, or
natural resources, including energy imports and
minerals, or their derivatives, from North
Korea.
(H) Any person that knowingly facilitates the
export of goods, services, technology, or
natural resources, including energy exports and
minerals, or their derivatives, to North Korea,
except for food, medicine, or medical supplies
required for civilian humanitarian needs.
(I) Any person that knowingly invests in, or
participates in a joint venture with, an entity
in which the Government of North Korea
participates or an entity that is created or
organized under North Korean law.
(J) Any person that knowingly provides
financial services, including through a
subsidiary or joint venture, in North Korea.
(K) Any person that knowingly insures,
registers, facilitates the registration of, or
maintains insurance or a registration for, a
vessel owned, controlled, commanded, or
operated by a North Korean person.
(L) Any person knowingly providing
specialized teaching, training, or information
or providing material or technological support
to a North Korean person that--
(i) may contribute to North Korea's
development and proliferation of WMD,
including systems designed in whole or
in part for the delivery of such
weapons; or
(ii) may contribute to significant
activities undermining cybersecurity.
(3) Financial institution definitions.--
(A) Financial institution.--The term
``financial institution'' means a United States
financial institution or a foreign financial
institution.
(B) Foreign financial institution.--The term
``foreign financial institution'' has the
meaning given that term under section 1010.605
of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations.
(C) North korean financial institution.--The
term ``North Korean financial institution''
includes--
(i) any North Korean financial
institution, as defined in section 3 of
the North Korea Sanctions and Policy
Enhancement Act of 2016 (22 U.S.C.
9202);
(ii) any financial agency, as defined
in section 5312 of title 31, United
States Code, that is owned or
controlled by the Government of North
Korea;
(iii) any money transmitting
business, as defined in section 5330(d)
of title 31, United States Code, that
is owned or controlled by the
Government of North Korea;
(iv) any financial institution that
is a joint venture between any person
and the Government of North Korea; and
(v) any joint venture involving a
North Korean financial institution.
(D) United states financial institution.--The
term ``United States financial institution''
has the meaning given the term ``U.S. financial
institution'' under section 510.310 of title
31, Code of Federal Regulations.
(4) Knowingly.--The term ``knowingly'' with respect
to conduct, a circumstance, or a result, means that a
person has actual knowledge, or should have known, of
the conduct, the circumstance, or the result.
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423. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Khanna of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. PROHIBITION OF UNAUTHORIZED MILITARY FORCE IN OR AGAINST IRAN.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The acquisition by the Government of Iran of a
nuclear weapon would pose a grave threat to
international peace and stability and the national
security of the United States and United States allies,
including Israel.
(2) The Government of Iran is a leading state sponsor
of terrorism, continues to materially support the
regime of Bashar al-Assad, and is responsible for
ongoing gross violations of the human rights of the
people of Iran.
(3) Article I of the United States Constitution
requires the President to obtain authorization from
Congress before engaging in war with Iran.
(b) Clarification of Current Law.--Nothing in the
Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50
U.S.C. 1541 note), the Authorization for Use of Military Force
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 50 U.S.C.
1541 note), or any other provision of law enacted before the
date of the enactment of this Act may be construed to provide
authorization for the use of military force against Iran.
(c) Prohibition of Unauthorized Military Force in or Against
Iran.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (1),
no Federal funds may be used for any use of military
force in or against Iran unless Congress has--
(A) declared war; or
(B) enacted specific statutory authorization
for such use of military force after the date
of the enactment of this Act that meets the
requirements of the War Powers Resolution (50
U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
(2) Exception.--The prohibition under paragraph (1)
shall not apply to a use of military force that is
consistent with section (2)(c) of the War Powers
Resolution.
(d) Rules of Construction.--(1) Nothing in this section may
be construed to prevent the President from using necessary and
appropriate force to defend United States allies and partners
if Congress enacts specific statutory authorization for such
use of force consistent with the requirements of the War Powers
Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
(2) Nothing in this Act may be construed to relieve the
executive branch of restrictions on the use of force,
reporting, or consultation requirements set forth in the War
Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et seq.).
(3) Nothing in this Act may be construed to authorize the use
of military force.
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424. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, on page 842, after
line 14, insert the following section:
SEC. 1268. REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq
Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) is
repealed.
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425. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE 2001 AUTHORIZATION FOR USE
OF MILITARY FORCE.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Authorization for Use of Military Force
(referred to in this section as the ``2001 AUMF'')
(Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 note) was passed by
Congress in 2001 after the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001, to authorize the use of force
against those responsible for the attacks of September
11, 2001.
(2) The 2001 AUMF is one of the only modern
authorizations for the use of force in the history of
the United States that included no limitation in time,
geography, operations, or a named enemy.
(3) The 2001 AUMF has been cited 41 times as the
legal basis for the use of force in 19 countries.
(4) Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution provides
Congress with the sole authority to ``declare war''.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the use of the 2001 AUMF has been well beyond the
scope that Congress initially intended when it was
passed on September 14, 2001;
(2) nearly 18 years after the passage of the 2001
AUMF, it has served as a blank check for any President
to wage war at any time and at any place; and
(3) any new authorization for the use of military
force that replaces the 2001 AUMF should include--
(A) a sunset clause and timeframe within
which Congress should revisit the authority
provided in the new authorization for use of
military force;
(B) a clear and specific expression of
mission objectives, targets, and geographic
scope; and
(C) reporting requirements to increase
transparency and ensure proper Congressional
oversight.
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426. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. _. REPORT ON HOSTILITIES INVOLVING UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(a) In General.--The President shall report to the
congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the House of Representatives within 48 hours any incident in
which United States Armed Forces are involved in an attack or
hostilities, including in an offensive or defensive capacity,
unless the President--
(1) reports the incident within 48 hours pursuant to
section 4 of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C.
1543); or
(2) has determined prior to the incident and reported
pursuant to section 1264 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (50 U.S.C. 1549)
that the United States Armed Forces involved in the
incident would be operating under specific statutory
authorization, within the meaning of section 5(b) of
the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(b)).
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include, for each such incident--
(1) the statutory and operational authorities under
which the United States Armed Forces were operating,
including any relevant executive orders and an
identification of the operational activities authorized
under such executive orders;
(2) the date, location, duration, and other parties
involved;
(3) a description of the United States Armed Forces
involved and the mission of such Armed Forces;
(4) the numbers of any combatant casualties and
civilian casualties; and
(5) any other information the President determines
appropriate.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
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427. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. __. REPORTS AND BRIEFINGS ON USE OF MILITARY FORCE AND SUPPORT OF
PARTNER FORCES.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
President shall submit to the congressional defense committees,
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a
report on specific actions taken pursuant to the Authorization
for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C. 1541 et
seq.) and support for partner forces against those nations or
organizations described in such law, during the preceding 180-
day period.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the time period
for which the report was submitted, the following:
(1) A list of each nation or organization with
respect to which force has been used pursuant to the
Authorization for Use of Military Force, including the
legal and factual basis for the determination that
authority under such law applies with respect to each
such nation or organization.
(2) An intelligence assessment of the risk to the
United States posed by each such nation or
organization.
(3) A list of the countries in which operations were
conducted pursuant such law.
(4) A list of all lethal actions in which United
States Armed Forces participated, including--
(A) a delineation of whether any country in
which such action occurred was or was not
designated as an area of active hostilities;
(B) the number of lawfully targetable
individuals injured or killed and the number of
high-value targets injured or killed for each
such specific instance of lethal action; and
(C) a description of the circumstances
surrounding each instance of a strike taken in
Somalia, Yemen, and any other country not
designated an area of active hostilities that
did not target a high value target.
(5) A list of each partner force supported and each
country in which United States Armed Forces have
commanded, coordinated, participated in the movement
of, accompanied, or otherwise supported foreign forces,
irregular forces, groups, or individuals on operations
in which such forces, groups or individuals have
engaged in hostilities, either offensively or
defensively, including--
(A) a delineation of instances in which such
United States Armed Forces were or were not
operating under the Authorization for Use of
Military Force;
(B) the purpose for which the United States
Armed Forces were deployed to the country in
which the use of force occurred, including the
program or funding authority under which such
Armed Forces were operating;
(C) a determination of whether the foreign
forces, irregular forces, groups, or
individuals against which such hostilities
occurred are covered by the Authorization for
Use of Military Force;
(D) a description of the United States Armed
Forces involvement in such hostilities,
including whether the Armed Forces--
(i) directed the operation that led
to hostilities, and, if so, the
objective of such operation;
(ii) accompanied the partner force at
any point during the mission or
operation in which the hostilities
occurred;
(iii) engaged directly in combat; or
(iv) provided intelligence,
reconnaissance, or surveillance,
medivac, refueling, airlift, or any
other type of enabling support to the
partner forces during hostilities.
(6) A description of the actual and proposed
contributions, including financing, equipment,
training, troops, and logistical support, provided by
each foreign country that participates in any
international coalition with the United States to
combat a nation or organization described in the
Authorization for Use of Military Force.
(c) Form.--The information required under paragraphs (1) and
(2) of subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form.
(d) Other Reports.--If United States Armed Forces engage in
hostilities, offensively or defensively, against any nation,
organization, or person pursuant to statutory or constitutional
authorities other than Authorization for Use of Military Force,
the President shall comply with the reporting requirements
under--
(1) this section to the same extent and in the same
manner as if such actions had been taken under
Authorization for Use of Military Force;
(2) the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1541 et
seq.); and
(3) any other applicable provision of law.
(e) Briefings.--At least once during each 180-day period
described in subsection (a), the President shall provide to the
congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the House of Representatives a briefing on the matters
covered by the report required under this section for such
period.
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428. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garcia of Texas or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FACILITIES TO
HOUSE OR DETAIN UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILDREN.
(a) Prohibition.--No Department of Defense facility may be
used to house or detain unaccompanied alien children.
(b) Unaccompanied Alien Children Defined.--The term
``unaccompanied alien children'' has the meaning given such
term in section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6
U.S.C. 279)).
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429. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ocasio-Cortez of New
York or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year
2020 may be obligated or expended for any activity authorized
pursuant to chapter 15 of title 10, United States Code, or
section 1059 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 15 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 986; 10
U.S.C. 271 note prec.), if a significant purpose of the
activity is to assist with the enforcement of any part of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
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430. An Amendment To Be Offered By Representative Ocasio-Cortez of New
York or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of subtitle E of title 10 the following:
SEC. __. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDING HOUSING FOR
UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.
None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense may
be used for the purpose of providing housing in any Department
of Defense facility for any detained alien who has no lawful
immigration status in the United States.
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431. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peters of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. INSPECTION OF FACILITIES USED TO HOUSE, DETAIN, SCREEN, AND
REVIEW MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES.
The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the
Comptroller General of the United States and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall establish a process under which
the Comptroller General and the Inspector General of Health and
Human Services, as appropriate, may be provided with access to
Government-owned or Department of Defense-owned installations
where there are facilities used to house, detain, screen, or
review migrants, refugees, or other persons recently arriving
in the United States for purposes of conducting surprise
inspections of such facilities.
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432. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rice of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OPERATIONS
ON THE SOUTHWEST BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Review Required.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall conduct a review of ongoing and planned future
Department of Defense support for Department of Homeland
Security operations to secure the southwest border of the
United States.
(b) Report and Briefing.--
(1) Briefing.--Not later than 180 days after
beginning to conduct the review required under
subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall provide
to the Committees on Armed Services and Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committees on Armed Services and Homeland Security of
the House of Representatives a briefing on the review.
(2) Report.--Subsequent to providing the briefing
under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall
submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the
Committees on Armed Services and Homeland Security of
the House of Representatives a report on the review.
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433. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stanton of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 567. INCLUSION OF QUESTION REGARDING IMMIGRATION STATUS ON
PRESEPARATION COUNSELING CHECKLIST (DD FORM 2648).
Not later than September 30, 2020, the Secretary of Defense
shall modify the preseparation counseling checklist for active
component, active guard reserve, active reserve, full time
support, and reserve program administrator service members (DD
Form 2648) to include a specific block wherein a member of the
Armed Forces may indicate that the member would like to receive
information regarding the immigration status of that member and
expedited naturalization.
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434. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 530. NOTIFICATION TO SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY OF HONORABLE
DISCHARGES OF NON-CITIZENS.
(a) Notice Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide
the Secretary of Homeland Security with a copy of the
Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form
214) for each individual who is not a citizen of the United
States who is honorably discharged from the Armed Forces so the
Secretary of Homeland Security may note such discharge in an I-
213 Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien for that
individual.
(b) Deadline.--The Secretary of Defense shall provide each
notice under this section not later than 30 days after the date
of such discharge.
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435. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aguilar of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:
SEC. 567. COUNSELING TO MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
(a) In General.--The Secretary concerned shall furnish to
covered individuals under the jurisdiction of that Secretary
counseling regarding how to apply for naturalization.
(b) Covered Individual Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered individual'' means a member of the Armed Forces who
is not a citizen of the United States.
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436. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aguilar of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following:
SEC. 530. PROHIBITION ON INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OR DEPORTATION OF
MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO ARE DACA RECIPIENTS
OR HAVE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS.
(a) DACA.--No covered person who has received deferred action
under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program of the
Department of Homeland Security, established pursuant to the
memorandum of the Secretary of Homeland Security dated June 15,
2012, may, solely on the basis of such deferred action, be--
(1) involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces;
(2) placed into removal proceedings; or
(3) removed from the United States.
(b) TPS.--No covered person who has temporary protected
status under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1254a), may, solely on the basis of such status, be--
(1) involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces;
(2) placed into removal proceedings; or
(3) removed from the United States.
(c) Covered Person Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered person'' means--
(1) a member of the Armed Forces; or
(2) an individual who was discharged from the Armed
Forces under honorable conditions.
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437. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thompson of
Mississippi or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:
SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DOD EQUIPMENT, PERSONNEL, AND
FACILITIES FOR ICE DETENTION.
No facilities, equipment, or personnel of the Department of
Defense may be used to house or construct any housing for any
foreign nationals who are in the custody of and detained by
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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438. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Malinowski of New
Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following new
section:
SEC. _. PROHIBITION ON EXPORT OF AIR TO GROUND MUNITIONS, RELATED
COMPONENTS AND PARTS OF SUCH MUNITIONS, AND RELATED
SERVICES TO SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES.
(a) In General.--For the one-year period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President may not issue
any license, and shall suspend any license or other approval
that was issued before the date of the enactment of this Act,
for the export to the Government of Saudi Arabia or the
Government of the United Arab Emirates of any air to ground
munitions, related components and parts of such munitions, and
related services.
(b) Waiver.--The President may waive the prohibition in
subsection (a) for any instance of license denial or suspension
that shall result in a cost to the Federal Government.
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439. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pocan of Wisconsin or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new
section:
SEC. 530. REVIEW OF DISCHARGE CHARACTERIZATION.
(a) Short Title.--This section may cited as the ``Restore
Honor to Service Members Act''.
(b) In General.--In accordance with this section, and in a
manner that is consistent across the entire Department of
Defense, the appropriate discharge boards shall review the
discharge characterization of covered members at the request of
a covered member, and shall change the discharge
characterization of a covered member to honorable if such
change is determined to be appropriate after a review is
conducted.
(c) Appeal.--A covered member, or the representative of the
member, may appeal a decision by the appropriate discharge
board to not change the discharge characterization by using the
regular appeals process of the board.
(d) Change of Records.--For each covered member whose
discharge characterization is changed under subsection (a), or
for each covered member who was honorably discharged but whose
DD-214 form reflects the sexual orientation of the member, the
Secretary of Defense shall reissue to the member or their
representative a revised DD-214 form that does not reflect the
sexual orientation of the member or reason for initial
discharge.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate discharge board'' means
the boards for correction of military records under
section 1552 of title 10, United States Code, or the
discharge review boards under section 1553 of such
title, as the case may be.
(2) The term ``covered member'' means any former
member of the Armed Forces who was discharged from the
Armed Forces because of the sexual orientation of the
member.
(3) The term ``discharge characterization'' means the
characterization under which a member of the Armed
forces is discharged or released, including
``dishonorable'', ``general'', ``other than
honorable'', and ``honorable''.
(4) The term ``representative'' means the surviving
spouse, next of kin, or legal representative of a
covered member.