House Daily Digest — Thursday, 6/27/2024
The House met at 9 a.m., adjourned at 6:31 p.m.
Thursday, 6/27/2024 — Activities: 144 – On the Floor: 2 – Votes: 30
Legislation: New: 31, Action: 2
Amendments: Offered: 26, Voted: 30, Agreed to: 21, Not agreed to: 22
Committee — Meetings: 19 (House.gov) • Legislation: Action: 16, Hearing: 11, Markup: 16, Reported: 9
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 24 public bills, H.R. 8854-
8877; and 6 resolutions, H.J. Res. 170-171; and H. Res. 1325-1328, were
introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 897, to provide for the establishment of the Alabama Underwater
Forest National Marine Sanctuary, and for other purposes, with an
amendment (H. Rept. 118-560);
H.R. 7370, to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to establish a
deadline for processing applications related to geothermal leasing,
with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-561);
H.R. 7377, to amend the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of
1982 to improve the management of royalties from oil and gas leases,
and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-562);
H.R. 6368, to assist Tribal governments in the management of buffalo
and buffalo habitat and the reestablishment of buffalo on Indian land,
with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-563);
H.R. 6062, to restore the ability of the people of American Samoa to
approve amendments to the territorial constitution based on majority
rule in a democratic act of self-determination, as authorized pursuant
to an Act of Congress delegating administration of Federal territorial
law in the territory to the President, and to the Secretary of the
Interior under Executive Order 10264, dated June 29, 1951, under which
the Constitution of American Samoa was approved and may be amended
without requirement for further congressional action, subject to the
authority of Congress under the Territorial Clause in Article IV,
Section 3, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution (H. Rept. 118-
564);
H.R. 5443, to establish a policy regarding appraisal and valuation
services for real property for a transaction over which the Secretary
of the Interior has jurisdiction, and for other purposes, with an
amendment (H. Rept. 118-565);
H.R. 5770, to reauthorize certain United States Geological Survey
water data enhancement programs, with an amendment (H. Rept. 118-566);
H.R. 5441, to reauthorize Long Island Sound programs, and for other
purposes (H. Rept. 118-567, Part 1); and
H. Con. Res. 117, establishing the congressional budget for the
United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034 (H.
Rept. 118-568).
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Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Miller (IL) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 3:10 p.m. and reconvened at 3:30 p.m.
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Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2025: The House considered H.R. 8771, making
appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.
Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, June 28th.
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Agreed to:
Ogles amendment (No. 48 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits the use of funds to delist the People's Republic of China
from the “Majors List”;
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Ogles amendment (No. 49 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits the use of funds from being made available to pay the salary
and expenses of Antony Blinken;
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Burchett amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that prohibits funds from being used to
finalize any rule or regulation that has resulted in or is likely to
result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more (by a
recorded vote of 210 ayes to 204 noes, Roll No. 302);
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Mace amendment (No. 36 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that reduces Migration and Refugee Assistance
funding by $500 million and increases International Narcotics Control
and Law Enforcement funding by $500 million (by a recorded vote of 213
ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 313);
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Moskowitz amendment (No. 45 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551)
that was debated on June 26th that prohibits funds appropriated by this
act to be made available for the State Department to cite statistics
obtained from the Gaza Health Ministry (by a recorded vote of 269 ayes
to 144 noes, Roll No. 314);
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Ogles amendment (No. 50 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits the use of funds from being used to administer or enforce
National Security Memorandum 20 (National Security Memorandum on
Safeguards and Accountability With Respect to Transferred Defense
Articles and Defense Services) (by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 197
noes, Roll No. 315);
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Steube amendment (No. 62 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits funds from being delivered to the government of Iraq;
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Tiffany amendment (No. 67 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits funds from this Act from being used to enforce arbitrary
restrictions on executive branch officials regarding travel to Taiwan
and normal communication with Taiwanese officials imposed by the State
Department through the “Memorandum for All Department and Agency
Executive Secretaries” entitled “Revised Guidelines on Interaction
with Taiwan” dated June 29, 2021;
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Tenney amendment (No. 63 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits funding for Executive Order 14019, relating to Promoting
Access to Voting (by a recorded vote of 208 ayes to 202 noes, Roll No.
319);
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Tenney amendment (No. 64 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits federal funds to pay the salary of, reinstate, or reemploy
Robert Malley (by a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No.
320);
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Waltz amendment (No. 72 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits funds from this Act from being used to support the Gaza pier
(by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 200 noes, Roll No. 322); and
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Wilson (SC) amendment (No. 75 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551)
that clarifies the funding prohibition of taxpayer dollars going to the
Assad regime in the bill encompasses taxpayer dollars that are provided
both directly and indirectly to the regime (by a recorded vote of 257
ayes to 154 noes, Roll No. 323).
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Rejected:
Ramirez amendment (No. 57 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
sought to strike paragraph prohibiting support of Migration Management;
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Brecheen amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to reduce funding for educational
and cultural exchange programs to FY2019 levels (by a recorded vote of
164 ayes to 246 noes, Roll No. 298);
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Brecheen amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to reduce funding for the Global
Environment Facility by $139,575,000 (by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to
227 noes, Roll No. 299);
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Brecheen amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to reduce funding for the U.S.
Institute of Peace to FY2019 enacted levels (by a recorded vote of 164
ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 300);
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Burchett amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to reduce the salary of the
Special Assistant to the Director of Programming at Voice of America to
$1 (by a recorded vote of 166 ayes to 244 noes with two answering
“present”, Roll No. 301);
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Gosar amendment (No. 13 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funds for the TechCamp
public diplomacy program of the Bureau of Educational & Cultural
Affairs (by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 303);
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Gosar amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funds to approve of
Foreign
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Military Sales to Ukraine (by a recorded vote of 61 ayes to 350 noes,
Roll No. 304);
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Gosar amendment (No. 15 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funds for the
Bilateral Security Agreement Between the United States of America and
Ukraine (by a recorded vote of 76 ayes to 334 noes, Roll No. 305);
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Gosar amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funds for the Special
Representative for Ukraine's Economic Recovery (by a recorded vote of
109 ayes to 303 noes, Roll No. 306);
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Greene (GA) amendment (No. 18 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551)
that was debated on June 26th that sought to reduce the salary of,
Samantha Power, Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 133 ayes to 277
noes with one answering “present”, Roll No. 307);
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Greene (GA) amendment (No. 19 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551)
that was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funding for
Ukraine (by a recorded vote of 70 ayes to 342 noes, Roll No. 308);
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Greene (GA) amendment (No. 20 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551)
that was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funding for USAID
(by a recorded vote of 81 ayes to 331 noes, Roll No. 309);
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Hageman amendment (No. 21 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funds for the Food and
Agriculture Organization (by a recorded vote of 175 ayes to 236 noes,
Roll No. 310);
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Hageman amendment (No. 22 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funding for the
International Organization for Migration's activities in the Western
Hemisphere (by a recorded vote of 187 ayes to 225 noes, Roll No. 311);
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Mace amendment (No. 35 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
was debated on June 26th that sought to prohibit funds made available
by this Act from being obligated, expended, or otherwise made available
to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (by a recorded
vote of 163 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 312);
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Perry amendment (No. 54 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
sought to strike International Disaster Assistance funding (by a
recorded vote of 101 ayes to 312 noes, Roll No. 316);
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Spartz amendment (No. 59 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
sought to prohibit funding for the UN unless specifically authorized by
Congress (by a recorded vote of 182 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 317);
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Steube amendment (No. 61 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
sought to prohibit funds from being provided to the Lebanese Armed
Forces (by a recorded vote of 103 ayes to 308 noes, Roll No. 318); and
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Tiffany amendment (No. 68 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
sought to prohibit funds from being used to pay any United States
contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated agency of the
United Nations (by a recorded vote of 149 ayes to 259 noes, Roll No.
321).
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H. Res. 1316, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
8774), (H.R. 8771), and (H.R. 8752) was agreed to yesterday, June 26th.
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025: The House considered
H.R. 8774, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. Consideration is expected to
resume tomorrow, June 28th.
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Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-40 shall be
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole.
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Agreed to:
Calvert en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 559: Amo (No.3) that
increases and decreases by $8 million Navy RDTE, Force Protection
Advanced Technology, for Deployable Additive Manufacturing of Composite
Unmanned Undersea Vehicles; Bacon (No.6) that increases and decreases
Air Force O&M by $5,000,000 to implement the Air Force Rapid Response
Language Training Pilot Program; Bilirakis (No. 14) that increases
funding by $4,500,000 for RDT&E, Air Force for the Advanced Coating
Program (ACP) and decreases by $4,500,000 for RDT&E, Air Force general
account; Buchanan (No. 18) that Increase and decrease Operation and
Maintenance, Army by $2 million to ensure the continuation of the Army
Body Composition Program; Castor (No. 28) that increases and decreases
funding for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, to support a study
to determine if bases in the “rest of the country” locality pay
category are having recruitment and retention issues, how that impacts
readiness, and our National Security, particularly in bases that host
military commands like MacDill AFB; Cohen (No. 31) that increases
RDT&E, Defense-Wide by $8 million to support the Rapid Advanced
Manufacturing Processing (RAMP)
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program to develop the next generation of advanced manufacturing
technologies and to provide the Navy with new manufacturing
capabilities that will reduce costs and manufacturing/repair times.
Reduces RDT&E, Defense-Wide by $8 million; Davis (NC) (No. 34) that
increases by $8,000,000 Defense-Wide RDT&E, Line 284-PE 1160431BB-
Warrior Systems Support--“Small Unmanned Systems (SUMS)--Quadruped
Unmanned Ground Systems” and decreases by $8,000,000--Defense-Wide
RDT&E, Line 214, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support;
Fallon (No. 42) that increases Other Procurement, Army by $25,000,000
to support HMMWV Anti-Rollover Safety Upgrades; Fallon (No.43) that
increases Defense-Wide RDT&E by $26,000,000 to support Multi-Mission
Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems; Feenstra (No. 44) that increases and
decreases by $10 million Army RDTE, Next Generation Combat Vehicle
Advance Technology, for Discontinuous Thermoplastics Demonstration to
modernize combat vehicles for multi-domain operations; Hern (No. 59)
that increases and decreases by $10 million Army RDT&E for the Army
Pathfinder program (Army, RDT&E, Line 11, 0602143A, Soldier Lethality
Technology) for Human-Machine Teaming; Keating (No. 75) that increases
and decreases funding of RDT&E, Navy by $10 million to support undersea
autonomy research facilities and to expand their capabilities to
fulfill current and future ONR requirements; Kelly (MS) (No. 76) that
increases and decreases page 39, line 19 by $5,000,000 for the
Department of Defense Chief Information Officer's Information Systems
Security Program; Kiggans (VA) (No. 80) that increases Air Force O&M,
Line 11V, `Cyberspace Sustainment' by $10 million for Cyber Operations
for Base Resilient Architecture. Decreases Air Force O&M, Line 42A,
`Administration' by $10 million; LaLota (No. 88) that increases and
decreases funding by $10 million to support developing & implementing a
program to promote military recruitment and education at the National
September 11 Memorial and Museum; LaLota (No. 89) that increases and
decreases funding for the Department of Defense Chief Information
Officer to submit a report to Congress on the DoD Manual 8140.03
implementation status for each of the components and recommendations
for how to facilitate sharing effective best practices among
components; Lamborn (No. 93) that increases funding for the Multi-
Service Advanced Capability Hypersonics Test Bed (MACH-TB) Acceleration
by 20 million; Landsman (No. 95) that increases and decreases funding
for RDTE, Space Force by $10,000,000 for development of technology for
super and hypersonic airbreathing propulsion for use inattritable/
reusable aircraft under Space Advanced Technology Development/Demo;
Lawler (No. 98) that increases and decreases funding for the Defense-
wide O&M account to allow the Secretary of Defense to provide women who
were members of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps with honorary
veterans status; Letlow (No. 99) that increases and decreases by
$5,000,000 to provide funding for Intelligent Data Management for
Distributed Naval Platforms within Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Navy Force Protection Applied Research; Letlow (No. 102)
that increases and decreases by $12,000,000 to provide funding for the
Emergence Readiness Initiative within Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Army Soldier Lethality Technology; Luttrell (No. 104) that
increases and decreases by $5 million for research, development, test
and evaluation for the Army with the intent that the $5 million will be
used for Magnetic Gear Research; McGovern (No. 117) that increases and
decreases by $8.5 million Army RDTE, Line 57, to support Micro-LED
Soldier Systems Display Prototype for night vision system advanced
development; Miller (OH) (No. 119) that increases and decreases
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army by $10,000,000 to
develop multi-layered, multi-functional elastomeric systems for next
generation protective equipment and deployable sensors; Mills (No. 124)
that test and evaluate NDAA-compliant tethered small unmanned aerial
systems (tethered-sUAS) capabilities in collaboration with the Army's
Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (S-MET; Molinaro (No. 125) that
increases and decreases $5 million in funding for the research,
development, test and evaluation of the Army for Advanced Air Mobility;
Moylan (No. 131) that offsets $800,000 for the Guam Missile Defense
System; Norton (No. 134) that increases and decreases by $4.5 million
for research, development, test and evaluation for the Space Force with
the intent it be used for High Energy Resilient Stage; Ogles (No. 141)
that recommends that the U.S. Army should not participate in the
Eurosatory exhibition or any international defense exposition that
restricts or threatens to restrict the full participation of Israeli-
owned companies; Pence (No. 143) that provides an additional $10
million to Defense-Wide, Operational Energy Capability Improvement for
PELE Power Conversion Module Operational Enhancement and Risk-
Reduction, fully offset by a decrease to Defense-Wide, Industrial Base
Analysis and Sustainment Support Research Development and Test; Peters
(No. 144) that increases Army Aircraft Procurement account by
$5,800,000 to fund the procurement of Long-Range Precision Aerial
Delivery Systems (LRPADS). Offset is in the same account line; Pfluger
(No. 146) that reduces Space Force RDT&E Narrowband Satellite
Communications to
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allow the Space Force to accelerate the Mobile User Objective System
(MUOS) augmentation to add 5G low earth orbit capability to the exiting
program; Austin Scott (GA) (No. 149) that increases by $10 Million a
novel economic analysis capability for USINDOPACOM to systematically
track and analyze adversary military-industrial complex companies;
Steil (No. 155) that increases and decreases by $10 million Navy RDTE,
Warfighter Sustainment Applied Research, for Advanced Missile Castings
Demonstration; Strong (No. 160) that increases Army RDT&E by $5,000,000
for Rapid Assurance Modernization Program--Test (RAMP-T); Strong (No.
161) that increases Army RDT&E by $5,000,000 for Advanced Sensing
Expanded Range Operations (ASERO); Strong (No. 162) that increases
Defense-Wide RDT&E by $5,000,000 for Nuclear Modernization
Survivability Testing and Workforce Development and Training Program;
Wenstrup (No. 182) that increases funding in the Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Army account by $63,000,000 for the Improved
Turbine Engine Program; Williams (No. 184) that increases and decreases
$4.5 million in funding for Air Force RDT&E for Electronic Warfare
Development for tactical data analysis capabilities in support of
cognitive electronic warfare (EW) to make real-time decisions and
operate safely against emerging threats; Wilson (SC) (No. 185) that
increases and decreases RDT&E, defense-wide by $5,000,000 for
Hypersonic Advanced Composites Manufacturing; Wilson (SC) (No. 186)
that increases and decreases Navy RDT&E by $5,000,000 for Talent and
Technology for Navy Power and Energy Systems; and Wilson (SC) (No. 189)
that increases and decreases RDT&E, Army by $15,000,000 for testing and
development of Quadruped Unmanned Ground Systems;
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Calvert en bloc amendment No. 2 consisting of the following
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-559: Amo (No. 2) that
increases and decreases by $3 million Defense-Wide RDTE, to develop and
enhance the cost and payload capabilities of affordable attritable
autonomous underwater vehicles; Bacon (No. 7) that increases and
decreases Air Force Procurement by $2,000,000 to integrate the RC-135
digital fleet maintenance management capability; Banks (No. 10) that
increases and decreases by $10M Navy RDT&E Future Naval Capabilities
Applied Research to develop a quantum communications corridor
connecting certain Department of Defense installations, national
laboratories, and universities conducting Department of Defense
research; Carey (No. 23) that increases and decreases Air Force
procurement by $2,300,000 for modern surveying equipment; Carter (GA)
(No. 26) that increases funding for the “Digital Persona Protection
Program (DP3)” by $4.5 million and decreases funding by $4.5 million
of the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Castor (No. 27) that
increases and decreases funding for Operation and Maintenance, Army
National Guard to provide support for DoD to study if Reserve Forces
are receiving adequate screening for Operator Syndrome and Clinical
Burnout, and are adequately having their injuries documented in their
military heath records; Cohen (No. 30) that increases RDT&E, Navy by $8
million to support the Fight Facility to expand current congressionally
supported work for the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Degraded
Environment Facility (UxSDEF) and Reduces RDT&E, Navy by $8 million;
Finstad (No. 45) that increases by $2 million RDT&E, Defense-Wide,
Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support for a feasibility
study on domestic refining of polymetallic nodules as a resource for
critical mineral intermediates and Decreases the Defense Science Board
in RDT&E, Defense-Wide by $2 million; Finstad (No. 48) that increases
by $5 million for Manufacturing Technology in RDT&E, Air Force for the
additive manufacturing of Super Niobium Refractory Metal and Decreases
the Technology Transition Program in RDT&E, Air Force by $5 million;
Gimenez (No. 54) that increases and decreases by $10 million Navy RDTE,
Joint Tactical Radio Systems, for MEO Resilient Network Integration;
Higgins (LA) (No. 60) that specifies $19,440,000 to be used by the U.S.
Navy for the procurement of 40-foot patrol boats; Jackson (No. 67) that
increases and decreases funding for Navy RDT&E to provide $5 million
for continued HeVTOL development and engine development, building on
funding provided in FY24 for Line 19, USMC Advanced Technology
Demonstration (ATD); Kelly (No. 77) that increases and decreases Page
38, line 9 by $2,500,000 for Geophysical Littoral Autonomous Detection
and Exploitation (GLADE); Kiggans (VA) (No. 81) that increases Navy
RDT&E, Line 24, “Navy Warfighting Experiments & Demonstration” by $5
million for testing and evaluation of uncrewed technologies with
counterthreat capabilities to detect, identify, and counter uncrewed
aerial system threats. Decreases Navy RDT&E, Line 15, `Science and
Technology Management' by $5 million for general information
technology-related cost increases; Kiggans (VA) (No. 82) that increases
Army RDT&E, Line 45, `Long Range Precision Fires Advanced' by $9
million for low-cost rocket propulsion for affordable mass on target
and decreases Army RDT&E, Line 78, `Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense
(M-SHORAD)' by $9 million for excessive contractor logistics support
growth; Kiggans (VA) (No. 86) that increases Navy O&M, Line BSIT,
`Enterprise Information Technology' by $10 million to establish
strategic mobile
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virtual network operator telecom network in INDOPACOM AOR utilizing
commercial infrastructure and decreases Navy O&M, Line BSIT,
`Enterprise Information Technology' by $10 million; LaLota (No. 90)
that increases and decreases funding for the Department of Defense to
submit a report to Congress on the percentage and number of contracts
awarded to small business that are counted toward multiple agency small
business contracting goals; LaLota (No. 91) that increases and
decreases funding to emphasize that submarine industrial base money
should go to workforce development programs; Letlow (No. 100) that
increases and decreases by $19,000,000 to provide funding for Bomber
Aircrew Supplemental Training within Research, Development, Test and
Evaluation, Air Force B-1B Squadrons; Letlow (No. 101) that increases
and decreases by $5,000,000 for Nuclear Transition within Research,
Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force Requirements Analysis and
Maturation; McCormick (No. 110) that increases and decreases RDT&E,
Navy by $5,000,000 to support integration of aligned Carbon Nanotube
Technology for mission critical Navy systems under RDT&E, Navy, Line
021, PE 0603673N; McGovern (No. 118) that increases and decreases by
$11 million for Army RDTE, Line 43, to support the Autonomous Vehicle
Mobility Institute (AVMI); Miller (WV) (No. 120) that increases and
decreases by $25 million for research, development, test and evaluation
for the Army with the intent that the $25 million will be used for
funding for applied research into source characterization and recovery
of Rare Earth Element domestic reserves; Mills (FL) (No. 122) that
increases funding in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Navy account by $10,000,000 for Icing Prediction and Wind Optimization
for Marine Corps MQ-9s in Line 9, Ocean Warfighting Environment Applied
Research. Offset is undistributed within the same account; Napolitano
(No. 132) that increases and decreases funding for the Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $37,411,000 to be used in support
of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program; Norton (No. 135) that
increases and decreases by $8 million for research, development, test
and evaluation for the Navy with the intent it be used for QuickStrike
Kinetic Improvements; Ogles (No. 142) that recommends that the Defense
Security Cooperation Agency should not participate in the Eurosatory
exhibition or any international defense exposition that restricts or
threatens to restrict the full participation of Israeli-owned
companies; Pettersen (No. 145) that increases and decreases funding for
the Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation account in
support of completing the delivery and deployment of Mobile Autonomous
Robotic Swarms (MARS) that support lunar telecommunications and Space
Situational Awareness (SSA); Sewell (No. 151) that increases funding
for Department of Defense Software Factories by $5 million; Soto (No.
153) that decreases and then increases RDTE, DW by $10.8 million for
the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program (program element
0607210D8Z) for Advanced Packaging Infrastructure Enablement
Standardized Assembly Design Kits; Steil (No. 156) that increases and
decreases the Defense-Wide RDTE account by $10 million for Fusion
Linear Accelerator for Radiation Hardening of Microelectronics in Line
102, Trusted and Assured Microelectronics; Steil (No. 157) increase
decrease amendment to the Navy RDTE account to support $12 million for
Neutron Radiography Technologies for Energetic Devices in Line 91,
Precision Strike Weapons Development Program; Strong (No. 158) that
increases Army RDT&E by $5,000,000 for Automated Software Weakness and
Vulnerability Discovery for Binary Code; Strong (No. 159) that
increases Army RDT&E by $5,000,000 for Threat Counter Artificial
Intelligence (TCAI); Timmons (No. 169) that increases and decreases
funding for Operations and Maintenance, Defense Wide by $10 million to
provide support for the Vendor Threat Mitigation Pilot Project, which
ensures the compliance and security standards of vendors engaging with
federal agencies are continuously monitored and re-assessed; Waltz (No.
180) that $10 million to Air Force RDTE Hypersonic Prototyping program
(HACM), for Hypersonic Propulsion Additive Manufacturing; Williams (No.
183) that increases and decreases $3 million in funding for Air Force
RDT&E specifically to support enhanced capabilities integrating
Advanced Air Mobility and Un-crewed Aircraft Systems, including C-UAS
efforts, with broader air traffic management in partnership with AFWERX
to enhance military operations; Wilson (SC) (No. 187) that increases
and decreases Army RDT&E by $5,000,000 for Standardized Army Battery
for Enhanced Performance and Safety; Wilson (SC) (No. 188) that
increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $5,000,000 for High Performance
Glass Fiber Melter; and Wilson (SC) (No. 190) that increases and
decreases Navy RDT&E by $5,000,000 for Unmanned Logistics for USMC;
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Calvert en bloc amendment No. 3 consisting of the following
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-559: Alford (No. 1) that
increases funding for Man-Portable Doppler Radar by $5,000,000 in the
Research, Development, Evaluation, and Test Army account and decreases
funding for The Office of the Secretary of Defense by $5,000,000 in
Operations and Maintenance, Defense Wide account;
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Armstrong (No. 4) that increases Defense-wide RDT&E, IBAS, by
$7,500,000 for corrosion resistant magnesium coating for aircraft and
Reduces Defense-wide RDT&E, Space Programs and Technology by
$7,500,000; Bacon (No. 5) that increases AF RDTE Line 137 by
$16,000,000 to support USSTRATCOM nuclear command, control and
communications (NC3) enterprise modernization programs allocating
$15,000,000 for the NC3 Research Engineering Architecture and
Collaboration Hub (REACH) and $1,000,000 for USSTRATCOM UARC priority
research; Bergman (No. 12) that provides $5 million for Small Unmanned
Systems Hive Swarm for Special Operations Forces; Bost (No. 16) that
reduces Army Operations and Maintenance by $9,500,000 and increases Air
Force RDT&E by $9,500,000 for mission critical secure collaboration
solution; Buchanan (No. 17) that provides $1 million to Operation and
Maintenance, Navy to ensure the continuation of the Future Sailor
Preparatory Course; Cammack (No. 21) that directs $8 million from
Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Air Force RDTE for the
purpose of accelerating the development and use of Software-Enabled
Weapons Systems; Carbajal (No. 22) that decreases O&M, DW by $2.5
million and increases RDTE, DW by $2.5 million to support research for
integrated silicon-based lasers through the Defense-Wide Manufacturing
Science and Technology Program; Carl (No. 24) that increases funding by
$10m to the Army RDT&E account to fund the development of a high energy
laser maturation system, offset by a decrease to defense wide
operations and maintenance by the same amount; Dunn (No. 35) that
redirects funding to RDTE, Army to be offset with a decrease to the
topline O&M, Defense-wide; Dunn (No. 37) that increases funding by $6M
to the Air Force RDT&E account to fund the Development of a University-
led Hypervelocity Test Capability, offset by a decrease to defense-wide
operations and maintenance by the same amount; Ezell (No. 41) that
increases funding for Navy, Research Development Test and Engineering
by $10,000,000 to support improved geophysical sensing and
characterization of the mine hunting environment, while decreasing
funding for Defense-Wide Operations & Maintenance by $10,000,000;
Fitzgerald (No. 49) that increases RDT&E, Army, Line 230 by $10 million
to support Advanced Manufacturing and Inspection Techniques for
Structural Missile Components. Decreases Defense-Wide O&M by $10
million to offset; Fong (No. 51) that increases funding by $4,000,000
for RDT&E Air Force for layered tanks for the Air Force Research
Laboratory Rocket Propulsion Division and decreases Operations and
Maintenance Defense-Wide by $4,000,000; Hudson (No. 65) that Increases
funding by $5M to the Marine Corps Procurement account to fund Mobile
Ad-Hoc Network Technologies, offset by a decrease to defense wide
operations and maintenance by the same amount; James (No. 69) that
offsets $10 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Management for
Army RDTE, End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities for the Advanced
Combat Transmission for combat vehicles including the M1 Abrams, the M2
Bradley Fighting vehicle and the upcoming XM-30 platform; James (No.
70) that offsets $12 million from Defense-Wide Operations and
Management for Defense-Wide RDTE, Cyber Security Research for
establishing a Connected Vehicle Cybersecurity Center; Keating (No. 74)
that increases funding of RDT&E, Navy by $5 million to support existing
research efforts in a number of key areas including sensing,
communications, situational awareness and unmanned systems and autonomy
and reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $5 million; Kelly
(No. 78) that increases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Defense Wide by $5 million for the Defense Critical Alloy Production
Capacity Expansion program. Offset by a $5 million reduction to
Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide; Kiggans (VA) (No. 83) that
increases Navy RDT&E, Line 48, `Advanced Surface Machinery Systems' by
$2 million for Integration of Insulated Bus Pipe (IBP) into Warship
Designs to support shipboard distribution of high-power energy and
decreases Navy O&M, Line 4A1M, `Administration' by $2 million;
Langworthy (No. 97) that increases Navy's Science and Technology for
Nuclear Re-entry line by $5,000,000 and decreases Defense OPM Account
by $5,000,000; Luttrell (No. 106) that provides for an additional $21
million Hypersonic Test Infrastructure; McCormick (No. 112) that
increases RDT&E Air Force by $8,000,000 to support equipping two KC-46A
Air Refueling Tankers with a Hybrid Broadband Satcom Solution. Reduces
O&M, Air Force by $8,000,000; McCormick (No. 114) that increases RDT&E,
Army by $7,700,000 to support accelerated development of a ruggedized
Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) architecture that
will provide high-performance computation and latency performance to
enable simultaneous AI/ML instances in C5ISR platforms operating in
contested environments and reduces RDT&E, Defense-Wide by $7,700,000;
Mills (No. 123) that increases and decreases by $6M for Ground Vehicle
Robotics for new technology to retrofit existing military vehicles with
COTS autonomous solutions; Obernolte (No. 137) that decreases funding
by $5,000,000 for
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RDT&E, Navy for Innovative Naval Prototypes Advanced Technology
Development, and increases Procurement, Defense-Wide, by $5,000,000 for
the procurement of Ground Mobility Vehicle (GMV) 1.1 vehicle; Obernolte
(No. 138) that provides $4,000,000 to Navy's Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation account for the deployment of Kubernetes-based
geospatial infrastructure to give commanders the ability to make
faster, more precise decisions Austin Scott (Ga) (No. 148) that
increases $2.5M in Air Force RDT&E appropriations to 0605828F
(Line#125)--Acquisition Workforce--Global Reach for the Digital
Transformation of Aircraft Gun Systems for the F-15, F-16, and F-22 M61
gun systems; Sessions (No. 150) that increases funding by $5,000,000
for RDTE, Army (Army RDTE Page 38, line 9) for spectrum sharing and
management with adaptable and reconfigurable technology research and
decreases Defense-Wide Operations & Maintenance by $5,000,000; Sorenson
(No. 152) that increases the Air Force RDT&E account by $5 million
offset by a $5 million reduction to the Defense-Wide Operation and
Maintenance account to support development, test and evaluation of
rapidly additively manufactured skins for the CCA program; Steel (No.
154) that increases the STARBASE fifth grade youth STEM education
program found in Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, Civil
Military Programs by $7 million, and to reduce Operations and
Maintenance, Army, Other Servicewide Activities by the offsetting
amount; Tenney (No. 166) that moves $15,000,000 from Defense-Wide O&M
to the Army RDT&E, PE 0602141A, Line 8 for the model and development of
passive C-UAS technologies to detect unidentified and potentially
adversarial UAS threats; Thompson (PA) (No. 168) that increases funding
for APEX Accelerators, formerly known as Procurement Technical
Assistance Centers, to match the FY24 enacted level; Trahan (No. 172)
that increases funding for Soldier Lethality Technology Army RDT&E by
$5 million for the Harnessing Emerging Research Opportunities to
Empower Soldiers (HEROES) program; Trahan (No. 173) that increases
Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army by $5.0 million to
provide for the Army's operational evaluation of tactical throwable
camera systems; Turner (No. 174) that increases the Air Force's Human
Effectiveness Advanced Technology Development line by $5 million while
reducing the Operations and Maintenance, Air Force account by an
additional $5 million; Turner (No. 175) that assists the Air Force's
Digital Transformation Office mission to coordinate digital efforts and
fully exploit data across the domains of space readiness, intelligence
surveillance & readiness, logistics, and data analysis through
development of tools to accelerate data access, data analysis and data
driven insights; preserve proprietary innovations; and increase
interoperability and knowledge sharing to enhance the effectiveness of
the warfighter; Van Drew (No. 177) that provides $1 million to RDT&E,
Defense-Wide for the purposes of directing the Secretary of Defense to
conduct a comprehensive investigation into instances of equipment loss
due to improper storage practices. Reduces funding for Operations and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $1 million; Van Duyne (No. 178) that
increases funding in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army account by $7,500,000 for Pilot Production Line for Next
Generation Battery Anode Materials in Line 10, Soldier Lethality
Technology. Offset is undistributed within the same account; Wagner
(No. 179) that increases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation,
Army (RDTE, A) by $6 million for the Isostatic Advanced Armor
Production program, which supports domestic development and production
of stronger, lighter, and more flexible body armor, offset by a $6
million reduction to Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide; and
Yakym (No. 193) that transfers $90 million from defense wide O&M to
Army procurement for the purchase of High Mobility Multi-Wheeled
Vehicles (HMMWV) so the National Guard can begin replacing its aging
fleet;
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Calvert en bloc amendment No. 4 consisting of the following
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 559: Banks (No. 9) that
provides $10M in Navy O&M funding to accelerate the expansion of the
Marine Corps' current Nucleated Foam Engine Performance and Restoration
Program to additional aircraft across the Marine Aircraft Wing fleets;
Banks (No. 11) that provides $2M for Army RDT&E for a federated data
framework for Open Systems Multi-Intelligence Fusion to improve the
speed at which U.S. Army forces can identify and neutralize threats in
combat; Bergman (No. 13) that funds Virtual Engineering for Army
Readiness and Sustainment (VEARS) at $7 million for FY25; Buchanan (No.
19) that provides $3 million in funding to the Research, Development,
Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide to combat future military training
accidents and research ways to prevent them; Cammack (No. 20) that
increases the RDT&E, Air Force account by $8 million and decreases the
Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance account by $8 million to
address an urgent need to develop novel materials and wearable devices
to assess and augment Airman performance in aerospace environments such
as global multi-day logistic flights as well as long duration remotely
piloted aircraft missions; Costa (No. 32) that increases the Navy
Research Development Test and Evaluation account by
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$5 million offset by a $5 million reduction to the Defense-Wide
Operation and Maintenance account to support research, development,
test and evaluation to enhance battlespace awareness and support
military aviation capabilities especially during Atmospheric River
storm events; Curtis (No. 33) that increases the Space Force's Space
Technology line by $5 million for Advanced Analog Microelectronics,
offset from Defense-wide, O&M; Dunn (No. 36) that redirects $5,000,000
of funding to RDT&E, “Force Protection Advanced Technology” for the
adaptation, development, and testing of modern “Zero Trust
Architectures for Naval Power Systems”, to be offset with “O&M
Defense-Wide, ES18 Defense Media Activity”; Dunn (No. 38) that
Provides an additional $10m for Facilities Restoration and
Modernization--Test and Eval Support for Advanced Swarm Oversight
Technology for Autonomous Airfield Operations; Ezell (No. 39) that
increases funding for Navy, Research Development Test and Engineering
by $10,000,00 to support intelligent autonomous systems for seabed
warfare, while decreasing funding for Defense-Wide Operations and
Maintenance by $10,000,000; Ezell (No. 40) that increases funding for
Navy RDT&E by $10,000,000 to support completing the development of
Autonomous Surface & Underwater Dual-Modality Vehicles, while
decreasing funding for Defense-Wide Operations & Maintenance by
$10,000,000; Finstad (No. 46) that increases by $10 million RDT&E,
Defense-Wide, Industrial Base and Sustainment for Ablative Material
Sustainment. Decreases Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $10
million; Fitzgerald (No. 50) that increases RDT&E, Defense-Wide, Line
214 by $5 million to support Advanced Electrification Demonstration
under IBAS. Decreases O&M, Defense-Wide by $5 million to offset; Fong
(No. 52) that increases funding by $4,000,000 for Operations and
Maintenance Navy for the Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office
and decreases the Operations and Maintenance Defense-Wide by
$4,000,000; Garbarino (No. 53) that provides an additional $5 million
to Navy RDT&E to address the corrosion of aircraft airframe structures;
Graves (LA) (No. 55) that increases funding by $9m to the Navy RDT&E
account to fund a transportable non-geostationary satellite terminal
for the Global Broadcast Service, offset by a decrease to defense wide
operations and maintenance by the same amount; Himes (No. 61) that
increases Space Technology for Lunar Surface Based Space Domain
Awareness by $5m and decreases the Operations and Maintenance, Defense
Wide by $5m; Hinson (No. 62) that increases funding by $12,500,000 for
RDTE, Navy for the Marine Corps to expedite the development of an
advanced intelligent gateway (AIG) capability, and decreases Defense-
Wide Operations & Maintenance by $12,500,000 Hudson (No. 64) that
decreases Army Operations and Maintenance account by $10 million and
increases Army RDTE, by same amount, UH-60 Product Improvement program,
for Blade Improvement Erosion Protection systems development; Hudson
(No. 66) that increases funding by $10M to the R,D,T&E defense-wide for
intel systems development, to fund systems operator workload for SOCOM,
offset by a decrease to operation and maintenance, defense-wide by the
same amount; James (No. 68) that offsets $15 million from Army
Operations and Management for Army RDTE, Ground Advanced Technology for
Extreme Metallic Alloys (Hypersonic Testing); Joyce (No. 73) that
increases and decreases funding by $5,000,000 to support additional GMV
1.1 vehicles to address the ground mobility capabilities gap; Kiggans
(VA) (No. 79) that increases Army RDT&E, Line 11, `Ground Technology'
by $5 million for funding for scaling lightweight metallurgical
development to re-shore titanium metal production to the U.S. and
decreases Army O&M, Line 411, `Other Programs' by $5 million; LaLota
(No. 87) that increases funding for Network Tactical Common Data Link--
Phased Array Antenna Qualification by $10,000,000 and offsets by
decreases funding for Office of Secretary of Defense by $10,000,000;
Lamborn (No. 92) that increases and decreases by $2,500,000 the
“Program Increase: Commercial Physics-Based Digital Mission
operations” is for funding to allow the Space Force to meet growing
and urgent needs with capable software tools; Lamborn (No. 94) that
provides $10 million to Space Force's Research, Development, Test, Test
and Evaluation account for Space Situational Awareness Operations to
provide updated technology to support the Space Weather Analysis and
Forecast System's (SWAFS) and Unified Data Library (UDL); Lieu (No.
103) that increases Space Force RDT&E funding by $10 million for the
new start Point to Point Delivery (P2PD) program for Space Assets for
Rapid Materiel Delivery in Contested Logistics; Luttrell (No. 105) that
provides $9.5 million to SOF cold weather clothing; Mace (No. 107) that
increases funding by $20 million to the Army RDT&E account to fund a
Department of Defense Quantum Computing Center of Excellence, offset by
a decrease to Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance; McClellan (No.
108) that increases funding to Army RTDE for development of ultra-high
molecular weight polyethylene fiber (UHMWPE) and decreases funding for
Other Army Procurement for Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV);
McCormick (No. 109) that increases RDT&E, Army by $4,000,000 to
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support development by Combat Capability Development Command, Soldier
Center of the Air-deployed Long-range Autonomous Resupply Aircraft
(ALARA) to support sustainment in contested environments and reduces
RDT&E, Air Force by $4,000,000; McCormick (No. 111) that increases
RDT&E, Defense-wide by $10,000,000 to support domestic scale-up of
novel high-char polymer composites for hypersonics applications
conducted under RDT&E, D Wide, Line 213, PE 0607210D8Z, Industrial Base
and Sustainment and reduces RDT&E Air Force by $10,000,000; Mills (No.
121) that increases funding by $10M to the Air Force RDT&E account to
fund the development of Quantum Communications and Sensing Test
Infrastructure, offset by a decrease to defense wide operations and
maintenance by the same amount; Nunn (No. 136) that increases Research,
Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $10.0 million and
reduces Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $10.0 million; Tenney
(No. 165) that moves $15,000,000 from Defense-Wide O&M to the Army
RDT&E, PE 0603464A, Line 45 for the design and testing of advanced
manufacturing of propellants needed for 155mm and other munitions;
Timmons (No. 170) that increases RDTE, Army by $6 million for the
Airless Tire Demonstration for Infantry Squad Vehicles and reduces
funding for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $6 million;
Turner (No. 176) that provides additional funding for the Metals
Affordability Initiative, a collaborative effort managed by the Air
Force Research Laboratory to ensure the continued advancement of metals
technologies for the betterment of the warfighter, industry, and the
public consumer; Wasserman Schultz (No. 181) that increases RDTE,
Defense-Wide, by $10 million within Manufacturing Technology Program
for Rapid Additive Manufacturing Critical Hardware and decreases O&M,
Defense-Wide; Wilson (SC) (No. 191) that increases and decreases
defense-wide RDT&E by $6,000,000 for Cyber Talent & Curriculum
Development/Platform & Critical Infrastructure Defense Cybersecurity
Research; and Yakym (No. 192) that allocates $8,000,000 to the Airforce
research, development, test, and evaluation account for rotary machines
with advanced magnetic materials to secure U.S. critical mineral supply
chains from China and other foreign adversaries;
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Calvert en bloc amendment No. 5 consisting of the following
amendments printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 559: Banks (No. 8) that
provides $5M for a peer-reviewed dystonia research program; Blunt
Rochester (No. 15) that Increases funding in the Defense Health Agency
account by $1 million to support a report to Congress on the impact of
menopausal symptoms on the working life of women in the military;
Finstad (No. 47) that increases by $3 million the Medical Technology
Development program in Defense Health Program, Defense-Wide for the
development of Ionizing Radiation Therapy and decreases Operation and
Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $3 million; Hudson (No. 63) that increases
and decreases Army RDT&E by $3,000,000 to support Intraosseous
Antibiotics for Osseointegration in order to offer increased function
to servicemembers with major limb amputations; Kiggans (VA) (No. 84)
that increases and decreases funding for Tricare by $1,000,000 to
express the intent that the Tricare reimbursement rate should be
increased for mental health providers; Kiggans (VA) (No. 85) that
increases and decreases funding for medical and health programs at the
Department of Defense by $1,000,000 to express the intent that the
TRICARE reimbursement rate for pharmacies should be increased;
Langworthy (No. 96) that increases and decreases funding for the
Defense Health Program to ensure development and procurement of medical
devices for Osseointegrated Prosthetic Infection Treatments and
Prevention in order to improve the quality of life of those in the
military who have lost their limbs while serving our country; McCormick
(No. 113) that increases RDT&E, Army by $5 million to support the
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Mitochondria Traumatic
Brain Injury (TBI) program to enable continued research of mitochondria
organelle transplantation as a treatment for TBI symptoms and reduces
RDT&E, Air Force by $5 million; McGovern (No. 115) that increases and
decreases funding for Army RDTE, Line 26, by $8 million to support
Female Warfighter TBI Research; McGovern (No. 116) that increases and
decreases by $9.5 million Defense-Wide RDTE, Line 189, to support the
development of a Novel PTS Biomarker Panel; Molinaro (No. 126) that
increases and decreases $4 million in funding for the Defense Health
Programs to reinforce the importance of its work to ensure
servicemembers and other eligible beneficiaries have access to
comprehensive health services, especially those with disabilities;
Molinaro (No. 127) that increases and decreases $9 million in funding
for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs to emphasize
the need to strengthen its innovative research that advances the
understanding of autism and leads to improved outcomes for the autistic
community; Molinaro (No. 128) that increases and decreases $5 million
in funding for the Congressional Directed Medical Research Programs to
expand the Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders program and support its
ongoing work to reduce the number of opioid-related deaths; Moore (UT)
(No. 130) that increases and decreases by $9.85
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million for research, development, test, and evaluation for Army RDT&E,
Medical Technology, with the intent that the $9.85 million will be used
for development and transition of a rapid deployable synthetic peptide
vaccine; Ogles (No. 140) that prohibits the use of funds from being
used to enforce subsection (b) of Section 1259 of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (defunds a
waiver that could otherwise allow the PRC to participate in Rim of the
Pacific naval exercises); and Thompson (PA) (No.167) that increases
Army RDT&E funding by $5,000,000 to support research for military
optimization of warfighters' musculoskeletal health & performance
during deployment preparation and actual deployment;
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Ogles amendment (No. 139 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 551) that
prohibits the removal of companies from the Section 1260H List of
Chinese Civil-Military Fusion companies;
Pages H4387-88
Ogles amendment (No. 140 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 551) that
prohibits the use of funds from being used to enforce subsection (b) of
Section 1259 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2019 (defunds a waiver that could otherwise allow the
PRC to participate in Rim of the Pacific naval exercises); and
Pages H4388-89
Moore (AL) amendment (No. 129 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 551)
that reduces funding for Defense-Wide RDTE by $4,910,000 to defund DOD
climate-change research and increases funding by $4,910,000 for Army
RDTE to fund enhancements for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (by a recorded
vote of 210 ayes to 201 noes, Roll No. 327).
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Rejected:
Hageman amendment (No. 58 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 551) that
sought to prohibit classified telework and remote work for DoD
employees;
Pages H4384-85
Greene (GA) amendment (No. 56 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 551)
that sought to require the salary of Lloyd Austin, Secretary of
Defense, to be reduced to $1 (by a recorded vote of 103 ayes to 308
noes with one answering “present”, Roll No. 324);
Pages H4381-82, H4393
Greene (GA) amendment (No. 57 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 551)
that sought to prohibit funding for Ukraine (by a recorded vote of 76
ayes to 335 noes, Roll No. 325); and
Pages H4382-84, H4393-94
Jayapal amendment (No. 72 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118 551) that
sought to prohibit funds from being used to carry out the unfunded
priorities list (by a recorded vote of 161 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No.
326).
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H. Res. 1316, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R.
8774), (H.R. 8771), and (H.R. 8752) was agreed to yesterday, June 26th.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Thirty recorded votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H4334-35, H4335, H4335-36,
H4336-37, H4337, H4337-38, H4338-39, H4339, H4339-40, H4340-41, H4341,
H4341-42, H4342-43, H4343, H4343-44, H4344-45, H4345, H4345-46, H4346-
47, H4347, H4347-48, H4389-90, H4390, H4390-91, H4391-92, H4392, H4393,
H4394, H4394-95, and H4395.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 6:31 p.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Carson, Andre, Ind., E677
Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E677
Davis, Danny K., Ill., E677
Edwards, Chuck, N.C., E674
Frost, Maxwell, Fla., E675, E676
Garcia, Sylvia R., Tex., E674, E675
Gomez, Jimmy, Calif., E676
Green, Mark E., Tenn., E674
Higgins, Clay, La., E673, E679
Hudson, Richard, N.C., E673, E678
Joyce, David P., Ohio, E674
Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, E676
LaHood, Darin, Ill., E675
McHenry, Patrick T., N.C., E676
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, E679
Pettersen, Brittany, Colo., E675
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman, American Samoa, E676
Reschenthaler, Guy, Pa., E677
Scott, Austin, Ga., E678
Scott, David, Ga., E678
Smucker, Lloyd, Pa., E674
Swalwell, Eric, Calif., E675
Wilson, Joe, S.C., E673, E678, E679