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The House adjourned. The next meeting is scheduled for
10:00 a.m. on April 29, 2010.
On motion to adjourn
Agreed to by voice vote.
Mr. King (IA) moved that the House do now adjourn.
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SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House resumed Special Order
speeches.
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Mr. Arcuri filed a report from the Committee on Rules on
H. Res. 1305.
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SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all
anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to
Special Order speeches.
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Mr. Poe of TX requested the following general leaves to
address the House on May 5: Mr. Moran of KS for 5 min,
himself for 5 min, and Mr. Jones for 5 min.
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded further with one
minute speeches.
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to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for
performance management of the defense acquisition system,
and for other purposes
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 417 - 3
(Roll no. 230).
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On agreeing to the Skelton amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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Amendment offered by Mr. Skelton.
On motion to recommit with instructions
Agreed to by recorded vote: 419 - 1
(Roll no. 229).
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The previous question on the motion to recommit with
instructions was ordered without objection.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on
the Buyer motion to recommit with instructions. The
instructions contained in the motion seek to require the
bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment
inserting a new section pertaining to the disclosure and
traceability of the cost of Department of Defense health
care contracts.
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Mr. Buyer moved to recommit with instructions to Armed
Services.
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¢ Mr. Buyer moved to recommit the bill
H.R. 5013
to
the Committee on Armed Services with instructions to report
the same back to the House forthwith with the following
amendment:
¢ At the end of title III, add the following new section:
¢ SEC. 304. DISCLOSURE AND TRACEABILITY OF THE COST
OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HEALTH CARE CONTRACTS.
¢ (a) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.--***
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The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a
substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union.
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The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole
House on the state of the Union to report
H.R. 5013.
On agreeing to the Connolly (VA) amendment
Agreed to by recorded vote: 417 - 2
(Roll no. 228).
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On agreeing to the Hall (NY) amendment
Agreed to by recorded vote: 416 - 0
(Roll no. 227).
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On agreeing to the Hare amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Hare amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Hare.
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An amendment numbered 16 printed in House Report 111-467
to declare that it is the sense of Congress that the Department
of Defense should ensure full compliance throughout the
acquisition process with the Berry Amendment and the Buy
American Act. Further, the amendment declares the sense
of Congress that the Department of Defense not procure
products made by manufacturers in the United States that
violate labor standards as defined under the laws of the
United States.
On agreeing to the Grayson amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Grayson amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Grayson.
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An amendment numbered 15 printed in House Report 111-467
to require DOD to give cost at least equal importance
in evaluating competitive proposals for Federal contracts
versus other factors or explain any waivers of such requirement.
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On agreeing to the Kissell amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Kissell amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Kissell.
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An amendment numbered 14 printed in House Report 111-467
to require GAO to do a study of the items purchased under
37 U.S.C. section 418, and determine if there is sufficient
domestic production of such items to adequately supply
members of the Armed Forces. Would then require DOD to
provide to the House Armed Services Committee, within
6 months of receiving the GAO recommendations, an evaluation
of whether items purchased under section 418 of title
37 should be covered under the Berry Amendment.
On agreeing to the Dahlkemper amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Dahlkemper amendment.
Amendment offered by Mrs. Dahlkemper.
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An amendment numbered 13 printed in House Report 111-467
to direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out a program
providing for cost savings on non-developmental items
by allowing a contracting officer to make an award for
an existing contract to an entity submitting a new proposal
that provides for a savings of greater than 15%, provided
that doing so does not constitute a breach of contract.
On agreeing to the Childers amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Childers amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Childers.
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An amendment numbered 12 printed in House Report 111-467
to ensure that training courses for acquisition personnel
include market research strategies to ensure that the
surrounding market is considered during the contracting
process.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Connolly (VA) amendment, the Chair put the question on
adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that
the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Connolly (VA) demanded a
recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on
the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the
legislative day.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Connolly (VA) amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Connolly (VA).
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An amendment numbered 11 printed in House Report 111-467
to create an Industrial Base Council within the DOD, supported
by existing personnel and funds, to provide recommendations
to the Secretary on budget and policy matters related
to the industrial base. Would require an annual report
to Congress on the Council's activities.
On agreeing to the Schrader amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Schrader amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Schrader.
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An amendment numbered 10 printed in House Report 111-467
to prohibit the award of contracts for personal services
by any DOD component for the purpose of obtaining the
services of a senior mentor. Nothing would prohibit DOD
from hiring retired generals and flag officers as `senior
mentors' under the highly qualified expert provision of
5 U.S.C. section 9903 with additional financial disclosure
and conflict of interest requirements in place.
On agreeing to the Quigley amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Quigley amendment number 9.
Amendment offered by Mr. Quigley.
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An amendment numbered 9 printed in House Report 111-467
to direct the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE)
in its next report to Congress to (1) assess whether and
to what extent program cost estimators for major defense
acquisition programs are independent and (2) whether a
lack of independence affects their ability to generate
reliable cost estimates.
On agreeing to the Quigley amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Quigley amendment number 8.
Amendment offered by Mr. Quigley.
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An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 111-647
to include energy efficiency as one of the metrics that
may be used in performance assessment of defense acquisitions,
and would include energy efficiency of weapons systems
as one of the items considered in the Secretary of Defense's
review of defense acquisition guidance.
On agreeing to the Murphy (CT) amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Murphy (CT) amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Murphy (CT).
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An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 111-467
to specify that Title IV assistance in the legislation
(Expansion of the Industrial Base) be limited to firms
within the national technology and industrial base, as
defined in section 2500(1) of title 10, United States
Code.
On agreeing to the Moore (WI) amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Moore (WI) amendment.
Amendment offered by Ms. Moore (WI).
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An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 111-467
to specify that assessment metrics required to measure
contractor performance include "compliance of such contractors
with department policy regarding the use of certain small
businesses."
On agreeing to the Edwards (MD) amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Edewards (MD) amendment.
Amendment offered by Ms. Edwards (MD).
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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 111-467
to direct the DOD to engage in outreach to businesses
in the vicinity of DOD installations to notify them of
opportunities to obtain contracts and subcontracts to
perform work at such installations.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the
Hall (NY) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption
of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes
had prevailed. Mr. Hall (NY) demanded a recorded vote and
the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of
adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative
day.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Hall (NY) amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Hall (NY).
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An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 111-467
to require the Director of the Office of Performance Assessment
and Root Cause Analysis ("PARCA") to include performance
assessments with significant findings in its annual report.
It also requires submission of egregious problems (as
defined by the PARCA Director) to the Armed Services Committees.
On agreeing to the Andrews amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Andrews amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Andrews.
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An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 111-467
to support a diverse workforce development program with
respect to career development for civilian and military
personnel in the acquisition workforce.
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On agreeing to the Sessions amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Sessions amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Sessions.
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An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 111-467
to provide that nothing in the Act or amendments made
by it shall be construed to affect the competition requirements
of 10 U.S.C. 2304 (contract competition requirements).
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On agreeing to the Skelton amendment
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 1300, the
Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate
on the Skelton amendment.
Amendment offered by Mr. Skelton.
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An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 111-467
to make various technical corrections to the bill. It
also would provide that nothing in contracts for military
purpose non-developmental items shall restrict or otherwise
affect the rights in technical data of the Government,
the contractor, or any subcontractor for items developed
by the contractor or subcontractor exclusively at private
expense.
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GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with
one hour of general debate on
H.R. 5013.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Ron Kind to act as
Chairman of the Committee.
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union pursuant to
H. Res. 1300
and
Rule XVIII.
Rule provides for consideration of
H.R. 5013
with 1 hour of
general debate. Previous question shall be considered as
ordered without intervening motions except motion to
recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be
considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The
resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a
substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services
shall be considered as an original bill. All points of order
against consideration of the bill are waived except those
arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
Considered under the provisions of rule
H. Res. 1300.
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providing for consideration of the bill (
H.R. 5013)
to amend
title 10, United States Code, to provide for performance
management of the defense acquisition system, and for other
purposes
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.
The previous question was ordered without objection.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on
H. Res. 1300
Considered as privileged matter.
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to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the
funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway
Trust Fund, to amend title 49, United States Code, to extend
authorizations for the airport improvement program, and for
other purposes
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on
H.R. 5147.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Costello moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National
Peace Officers' Memorial Service
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on
H. Con. Res. 264.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
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Mr. Costello moved to suspend the rules and agree to the
resolution.
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to amend title 39, United States Code, to clarify the
instances in which the term "census" may appear on mailable
matter
Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on
H.R. 5148.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Towns moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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to amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31
U.S.C. 3321 note) in order to prevent the loss of billions
in taxpayer dollars
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Motion to reconsider laid on the table
Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended
Agreed to by voice vote.
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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on
H.R. 3393.
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Mr. Towns moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill,
as amended.
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The Speaker announced that votes on suspensions, if
ordered, will be postponed until later in the legislative
day.
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ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with one minute
speeches which by direction of the Chair, would be limited
to 15 per side of the aisle.
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Chair designated Mr. Coble to
lead the Members in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag.
The Speaker announced approval of the Journal. Pursuant
to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved.
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Today's prayer was offered by the House Chaplain, Rev.
Daniel Coughlin.
The Speaker designated the Honorable Steve Israel to act
as Speaker pro tempore for today.
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The House convened, starting a new legislative day.