House Daily Digest — Wednesday, 6/12/2024
The House met at 9 a.m., adjourned at 4:59 p.m.
Wednesday, 6/12/2024 — Activities: 97 – On the Floor: 7 – Votes: 11
Legislation: New: 28, Action: 5, Voted: 4, Passed: 5
Amendments: Offered: 14, Voted: 7, Agreed to: 10, Not agreed to: 4
Committee — Meetings: 16 (House.gov) • Legislation: Markup: 22
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 public bills, H.R. 8702-
8722; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 113; and H. Res. 1291-1296, were
introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Kim to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:07 a.m. and reconvened at 10:30 a.m.
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Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Tuesday, June 11th.
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act: S. 138, to
amend the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 to modify certain provisions of
that Act, by a 2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 391 yeas to 26 nays, Roll No.
252.
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Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 1291, electing a Member
to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
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Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025: The House considered H.R. 8070,
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year. Consideration is
expected to resume tomorrow, June 13th.
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Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-36, modified by the
amendment printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-551, shall be considered as
adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, in lieu of the
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on
Armed Services now printed in the bill.
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Agreed to:
Rogers (AL) amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551)
that requires the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the
STRATCOM Commander, to develop and then implement a plan to restore the
B-52 bombers' nuclear capacities;
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Rogers (AL) en bloc amendment No. 1 consisting of the following
amendments printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551: Schneider (No. 2)
that instructs the Secretary of Defense to provide a briefing to HFAC/
HASC/HPSCI about US efforts to support Israel's efforts to rescue the
hostages in Gaza; Fry (No. 3) that declares that Israel is the United
States' greatest ally in the Middle East and demands the release of all
hostages held by Hamas; Buchanan (No. 7) that the sense of Congress
supporting the mission of the Department of Defense in helping Israel
fend of attacks from Hamas by supporting the Iron Dome system; Gosar
(No. 11) that requires the expeditious disclosure of all records
relating to the January 28, 2024 attack on Tower 22 in Jordan; Mace
(No. 12) that prohibits funds authorized or otherwise made available
for the Department of Defense in FY25 from being used to build,
maintain, or repair a pier off the coast of Gaza, or to transport aid
to such a pier; Davidson (No. 13) that prohibits funding for the
acquisition, construction, installation, maintenance, or restoration of
a temporary or permanent pier, port, or similar structure off the coast
of Gaza, including for the deployment of any equipment or members of
the Armed Forces to Gaza relating to such structure; Perry (No. 15)
that prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to promote a
“one country, two systems” solution for Taiwan; Ogles (No. 16) that
prevents funds authorized by this Act from being made available to any
company based in the People's Republic of China or any company whose
beneficial ownership is Chinese; Ogles (No. 17) that strikes the
national security waiver (subsection b of Section 1259 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019); Barr (No. 19) that
requires the DOD to publish the names of all Chinese Military Companies
listed on the 1260H list in Mandarin Chinese as well as English;
Reschenthaler (No. 20) that prohibits funds to support the Wuhan
Institute of Virology, EcoHealth Alliance, any laboratory owned or
controlled by adversarial nations, or gain-of-function research of
concern; Gosar (No. 25) that authorizes employees at the Yuma Proving
Grounds to use nonelectric vehicles in the performance of their duties;
Edwards (No. 27) that requires the Department of Defense to submit an
annual report to the Administrator of the General Services
Administration on certain office space occupancy data; Crawford (No.
29) that directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives
a report on the feasibility and advisability of a reactivation of Eaker
Air Force Base in Blytheville, AR to serve as an Air Force Training
Center; Walberg (No. 30) that requires a report from the Secretary of
Defense within 180 days and on an annual basis thereafter regarding the
number of instances in which illegal aliens attempt to enter a military
installation; Buchanan (No. 31) that expresses a sense of Congress that
the United States should not be spending more money to house illegal
immigrants than we do on housing for America's military families; Green
(TN) (No. 32) that shifts Mexico from the area of the responsibility of
United States Northern Command to the area of responsibility of United
States Southern Command; Crenshaw (No. 33) that requires a report from
SECDEF on Mexican military action against Mexican drug cartels, Mexican
military capabilities, and DOD operational plans to defeat Mexican drug
cartels with varying degrees of coordination and cooperation from the
Mexican government; Tenney (No. 59) that makes the report required by
Section 1236 of the FY23 NDAA into an annual report for 5 years; Graves
(LA) (No. 60) that adds countering illegal, unreported, and unregulated
fishing as an authorization for which the Secretary may support foreign
security capacity building; Houchin (No. 62) that requires DoD schools
notify parents if their student is not reading at grade-level
proficiency by the end of third grade; Foster (No. 63) that codifies
NNSA as the interagency lead on nuclear forensics, making NNSA
responsible for integrating the National Technical Nuclear Forensics
(NTNF) activities in a consistent, unified strategic direction; Gosar
(No. 64) that requires the DoD to submit a report to Congress on the
training of Ukrainian Armed Forces, including pilots, within the
geographic United States; Van Duyne (No. 65) that Requires a study and
a report on allowing organ procurement organizations access to Space-A
flights operated by DoD; Boebert (No. 66) that requires DoD to report
on institutions of higher education which host Confucius Institutes
that have received DoD funding; Garamendi (No. 67) that loses “Buy
America” loophole to subject loans and loan guarantees for shipyard
improvements under the Maritime Administration's (MARAD) Federal Ship
Financing (Title XI) Program to the same “Buy America” requirements
for the Small Shipyard Grant Program under current law; Garamendi (No.
68) that adds the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard to the Joint
Chiefs of Staff; Huizenga (No. 69) that expresses the sense of Congress
that each NATO member state should commit, at a minimum, 2% of its
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GDP to defense spending to ensure NATO's military readiness; Bacon (No.
70) that revises existing copyright protections for faculty of
Department of Defense academic institutions; Pfluger (No. 71) that
revokes the security clearances to retired or separated civilian and/or
military Department of Defense personnel that engage in lobbying for
certain Chinese companies; Pfluger (No. 72) that requires the
administration to provide information on how proceeds from illicit
Iranian oil exports are funding the IRGC and Iranian-backed terrorist
proxies; Donalds (No. 73) that directs the Secretary of Defense to
compile a list of at least 30 specific opportunities to potentially
deploy advanced nuclear reactors to bolster the DOD's operational
energy, installation energy, and expeditionary energy capabilities;
Davis (No. 74) that increases (with an offset to an under-executed
account) Air Force Base Support to modernize installation law
enforcement operations and physical security protection and services;
Case (No. 75) that requires a study into how to improve the Navy's use
of net metering; Bacon (No. 76) that establishes a pilot program within
the Department of the Air Force for rapid response language training;
Massie (No. 77) that requires a report on the casualty and equipment
losses for both sides involved in the conflict in Ukraine; Mills (No.
78) that codifies current DoD MWR retail facility policy to permit
Department of Defense civilians and retirees or department in which the
Coast Guard is operating to use MWR retail facilities on the same basis
as members of the armed forces; Huizenga (No. 79) that requires the
Department of Defense to report to Congress building upon the
restriction on DOD's contact with the PLA by detailing measures DOD is
taking to
mitigate the risk of the PLA gaining indirect knowledge of U.S. Armed
Forces' equipment and operational tactics, techniques, and produces
through interaction with the militaries of U.S. allies and
partners; Gottheimer (No. 80) that increases the National Defense
Education Program by $5 million to strengthen and expand STEM
education opportunities and workforce initiatives targeted at
military students; Case (No. 81) that requires a study to identify
the combat medical support requirements needed during a crisis or
conflict in the broader Indo-Pacific and determine the best medical
strategy to minimize casualties and reduce risk to the joint force;
Neguse (No. 82) that requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a
report to Congress evaluating beneficiary access to TRICARE network
pharmacies under the TPharm5 contract and changes in beneficiary
access versus the TPharm4 contract; Neguse (No. 83) that requires
responsiveness testing of Defense Logistics Agency pharmaceutical
contracts; Edwards (No. 84) that requires the Department of Defense
to conduct an assessment of the 15 counties in Western North
Carolina as potential locations for future defense assets and to
prepare a report for Congress; Banks (No. 85) that prohibits DOD
from contracting with any entity which provides semiconductors or
related products or services to Huawei; Neguse (No. 86) that
requires the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness, in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
to establish a database to record training performed by members of
the Armed Forces and make such information available to states and
other employers to satisfy civilian licensing and certification
requirements, and provide service members with a competency report
before transitioning to civilian life; Neguse (No. 87) that
requires the Secretary of Defense to take certain actions to
establish a comprehensive training standard and certification
program for military vehicle operations, aiming to address the
persistent issue of inadequate training and reduce incidents,
particularly vehicle rollovers, caused by operator inexperience and
lack of training; Neguse (No. 88) that requires the Secretary of
Defense to provide housing accommodations for members of the Armed
Forces and their dependents who are on military housing waitlists;
Neguse (No. 89) that requires the Secretary of Defense to establish
University Centers for Arctic National Security Studies, in
collaboration with the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security
Studies, to set mission priorities for the Department of Defense
relating to the Arctic domain; Fallon (No. 90) that Amends the
Secondary Education Act (SEA) to ensure military recruiters have
the same physical access to campus as other non-military recruiters
from industry, private business, and higher education; Obernolte
(No. 91) that directs GAO to study Home-Based Businesses at remote
and isolated installations and make recommendations on ways to
improve the program in order to address critical quality of life,
morale, and welfare issues; Obernolte (No. 92) that directs the
Under Secretary of Defense and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
to assess and report back to Congress on domestic high-potential
Rare Earth Element (REE) sites where new or additional mining
operations could be established; Neguse (No. 93) that requires the
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a
study and report on military grace period reforms, focusing on the
impact and stigma of unit tasking during the Transition Assistance
Program on service members' ability to transition to civilian life;
Brownley (No. 94) that provides $20 million for the C-130 modular
airborne firefighting system (MAFFS), the remaining amount
necessary to complete acquisition for the 4
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MAFFS units nation-wide, including California, Colorado, North
Carolina, and Wyoming; Lee (No. 95) that authorizes the Secretary
of the Air Force and Secretary of the Navy to designate the
assignment of a member of the Armed Forces to
Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, or Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada,
respectively, as an assignment that makes the member eligible for
assignment incentive pay; Pettersen (No. 96) that requires the
Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the
military departments, to publish a guide regarding how a survivor
of a deceased member of the Armed Services may receive the personal
effects of such member and file a claim with the Secretary of
military department concerned if the survivor believes the effects
were disposed of incorrectly; Houlahan (No. 97) that requires a
report on the TRICARE program's copays related to outpatient visits
for mental health or behavioral health care; Houlahan (No. 98)
pilot program to test standalone electro-digital technology to
improve efficiencies in supply-chain management, medical readiness,
and medical processes; Joyce (No. 99) that requires the Department
of Defense to carry out a two-year pilot program to program suicide
prevention resources onto smart devices issued to members of the
Armed Forces and to provide training on these resources; Panetta
(No. 100) that authorizes the Medal of Honor upgrade for Thomas H.
Griffin for acts of valor as a member of the Army during the
Vietnam War; Obernolte (No. 101) that directs the Air Force to
pursue efforts to research, develop, and demonstrate advanced
propellant mixing technologies for solid rocket motor (SRM)
propulsion systems; Panetta (No. 102) that creates a foreign
military officer subject matter expert exchange program with key
Middle East partners in areas such as artificial intelligence,
military doctrine and spending, cyber resiliency, counterterrorism,
and more; Panetta (No. 103) that directs the Commander of USSOCOM,
in consultation with the Commander of USNORTHCOM, to develop a
Special Operations Forces Arctic Security strategy; Cammack (No.
104) that establishes a Working Group to identify potential
applications for blockchain technology, smart contracts, or
distributed ledger technologies to improve efficiencies or
functions at the Department of Defense; Davidson (No. 105) that
requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on
allied contributions to the common defense; Jackson Lee (No. 106)
that seeks a report 180 days following enactment from the Secretary
of DoD, which will include the Coast Guard, on the rate of
maternity mortality rate among members of the Armed Forces and the
dependents of such members; Moore (No. 107) that requires the
Department of Defense to report funding transfers to Members of
Congress whose district(s) would be negatively impacted by a
funding transfer or reprogramming action; Jackson Lee (No. 108)
that 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; Jackson Lee (No. 109)
that 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; Hayes (No. 110)
that requires the military departments to review all installation-
level web information about suicide prevention and behavioral
health and ensure that contact information is up to date; Amodei
(No. 111) that directs the Secretary of the Navy, the Commandant of
the Marine Corps, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard to submit a
report on a Tri-Service Arctic Maritime Strategy outlining areas of
cooperation and alignment within the Arctic region to combat
current and potential threats, as well as provide guidance on how
the three branches can deepen cooperation and pursue joint
modernization efforts in the Arctic; Case (No. 112) that seeks to
find ways for the four Navy public shipyards to pool together
efforts to maximize the number of people entering into its
apprenticeship program; Ezell (No. 113) that enhances military
readiness during a declared emergency by ensuring critical cargo
can be efficiently moved through ports; Gottheimer (No. 114) that
expresses support for joint U.S.-Israel cooperation in the space
arena between NASA and the Israel Space Agency, including joint
U.S. Air Force and the Israeli Air Force's newly created Space
Force in areas of research, development, test, and evaluation;
Austin Scott (GA) (No. 115) that Modifies the types of support for
counterdrug activities and activities to counter transnational
organized crime; Gottheimer (No. 116) that requires the Secretary
of Defense to include in their annual report on Military and
Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China
information on the PRC's burgeoning relationship with the Islamic
Republic of Iran; and Lee (No. 117) that requires the Secretary of
Defense to report on Defense Community Infrastructure Program funds
that have been used to support childcare options near military
bases and any barriers that have prevented such funding for these
purposes;
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Mast amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits U.S. funds from building or rebuilding in the Gaza Strip;
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Ogles amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense and its
agencies should not participate in the Eurosatory defense exhibition if
Israeli firms are not allowed to participate or if restrictions or the
threat of restriction of any party's participation in the event is used
as a means of deterring Israel from defending itself;
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Mast amendment (No. 14 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits the Secretary of Defense from providing any support for the
production of a film subject to content restrictions or censorship
screening requirements from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or
government of the People's Republic of China (PRC);
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Roy amendment (No. 21 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits funds to require travel or transportation under the Joint
Travel Regulations for Uniformed Services to be in a zero-emission
vehicle;
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Crenshaw amendment (No. 34 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551)
that prioritizes small and medium law enforcement organizations (those
with a annual budget of less than $200M) within 100 miles of the border
under the 1033 program (10 USC 2576a(d), which provides law enforcement
with excess defense articles) to increase their counter drug
surveillance and interdiction capabilities;
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Mast amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits DOD funds from being used for the operation of aircraft to
transport Palestinian refugees to the U.S. (by a recorded vote of 204
ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 253);
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Roy amendment (No. 24 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
states none of the funds authorized by this Act may be used to
implement President Biden's Climate Change Executive Orders (by a
recorded vote of 215 ayes to 210 noes, Roll No. 256); and
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Waltz amendment (No. 35 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
prohibits enforcement of any regulation, rule, guidance, policy, or
recommendation issued pursuant to Executive Orders 13688 and 14074 that
limits the sale, donation, or transfer of excess property under the
1033 Program (by a recorded vote of 238 ayes to 187 noes, Roll No.
258).
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Rejected:
Greene (GA) amendment (No. 22 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551)
that sought to state that none of the funds made available by this act
may be used for electric vehicles or an electric vehicle charging
infrastructure (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 241 noes, Roll No.
254);
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Biggs amendment (No. 23 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
sought to exempt defense related activities from the Endangered Species
Act (by a recorded vote of 196 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 255);
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Mace amendment (No. 28 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
sought to prohibit funds authorized or otherwise made available to the
Department of Defense for any fiscal year to be made available for
closure or realignment of Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island (by
a recorded vote of 201 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 257); and
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Biggs amendment (No. 36 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-551) that
sought to prohibit the use of funds for any project or activity related
to NATO until the SECDEF certifies to the congressional defense
committees that each member country of NATO has spent 2 percent of the
respective GDP on defense expenditures (by a recorded vote of 81 ayes
to 346 noes, Roll No. 259).
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H. Res. 1287, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.
8070) and relating to the consideration of House Report 118-527 and an
accompanying resolution was agreed to by a recorded vote of 208 ayes to
207 noes, Roll No. 251, after the previous question was ordered by a
yea-and-nay vote of 210 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 250.
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Recommending that the House of Representatives find United States
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal
to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on the
Judiciary: The House agreed to H. Res. 1292, recommending that the
House of Representatives find United States Attorney General Merrick B.
Garland in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena
duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary, by a yea-and-nay vote of
216 yeas to 207 nays, Roll No. 260. Pursuant to section 6 of House
Resolution 1287, the resolution accompanying House Report 118-533, H.
Res. 1293, is considered as adopted.
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H. Res. 1287, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.
8070) and relating to the consideration of House Report 118-527 and an
accompanying resolution was agreed to by a recorded vote of 208 ayes to
207 noes, Roll No. 251, after the previous question was ordered by a
yea-and-nay vote of 210 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 250.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and eight recorded votes
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3738-39,
H3966, H3966-67, H3967-68, H3968, H3968-69, H3969-70, H3970, H3737,
H3737-38, and H3971.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:59 p.m.Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Barr, Andy, Ky., E615
Davids, Sharice, Kans., E620
Foxx, Virginia, N.C., E620
Garamendi, John, Calif., E618
Kelly, Trent, Miss., E616
Latta, Robert E., Ohio, E616
Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Mo., E617
McHenry, Patrick T., N.C., E616
Mrvan, Frank J., Ind., E616
Napolitano, Grace F., Calif., E617
Omar, Ilhan, Minn., E621
Pappas, Chris, N.H., E617
Sherrill, Mikie, N.J., E615, E621
Steel, Michelle, Calif., E621
Takano, Mark, Calif., E620
Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E619
Tlaib, Rashida, Mich., E615, E621
Torres, Norma J., Calif., E615, E621
Valadao, David G., Calif., E615, E621
Wenstrup, Brad R., Ohio, E617
Wilson, Joe, S.C., E620
Yakym, Rudy, III, Ind., E617