Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee for H.R. 4435 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015

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May 20, 2014 6:20 PM

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Amash (MI), Lofgren (CA), Holt (NJ)	#263	Prohibits the bulk collection of tangible things under Sec. 215 of the Patriot Act.
Amash (MI), Lofgren (CA), Holt (NJ)	#264	Prohibits the bulk collection of tangible things under Sec. 215 of the Patriot Act.
Barber (AZ), Franks (AZ)	#247	Limits consolidation of Army Test and Evaluation Command assets until report by Secretary of the Army to Congress on business case analysis, savings, and assessment by Director of the Test Resource Management Center of proposed consolidation.
Barber (AZ), Courtney (CT)	#248	Directs the Department of Defense to submit a report on food insecurity for each branch of the Armed Services and the Coast Guard.
Barrow (GA), Benishek (MI), Capps (CA), Crawford (AR), Fincher (TN), Kind (WI)	#256	Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from closing or initiating the closure of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program of the Army until July 1, 2020.
Bilirakis (FL)	#15	Allows for the transportation on military aircraft on a space-available basis for disabled veterans with a service connected permanent disability rated as total.
Bishop, Tim (NY)	#118	Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish within the Department of Defense (DOD) three centers of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to open burn pits and other environmental exposures among veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bishop, Tim (NY)	#119	Expresses the Sense of Congress that the remains of three crewmen of the Martin Mariner PBM-5 seaplane George One, ensign Maxwell Lopez, USN, Naval Aviator, Frederick Williams, Aviation Machinist’s Mate 1st Class, Wendell Henderson, Aviation Radioman 1st Class, should be recovered from Thurston Island, Antarctica.
Bishop, Rob (UT)	#151	REVISED Provides authority to the military services in working with civic organizations to charge the public a nominal fee to attend a military-sponsored Air Show or Open House on military bases, to help off-set the O&M costs the base incurs during these times of defense sequester reductions
Blumenauer (OR)	#221	Requires CBO to update, on an annual basis, their report on the projected costs of U.S. nuclear forces.
Blumenauer (OR)	#308	LATE Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to procure not more than 10 AESA radar upgrades for the Air National Guard F-15C/D aircraft, which is offset by cuts to levels authorized beyond the President's Budget Request, spread across 9 accounts.
Blumenauer (OR), Kinzinger (IL), Gabbard (HI)	#310	LATE REVISED Extends and reform the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program for Afghan civilians who risked their lives working with the U.S. government, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), American media and non-profit organizations, and whose lives are now in danger as a result of their service to the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
Bonamici (OR), Blumenauer (OR)	#273	Makes a change to current Department of Defense procurement practices that would require the Department to purchase photovoltaic devices that comply with Buy America provisions if they are located on Department of Defense facilities or the electricity produced is for the exclusive use of the Department. Increases the amount of domestically manufactured solar devices used by the military.
Bonamici (OR), Walden (OR)	#274	Requires the Secretary of the Army to evaluate potential cost savings and potential effects on the National Guard’s recruitment efforts of the requirement, effective January 1, 2014, that all service members wait one year after training before becoming eligible for the Army’s tuition assistance program.
Bordallo (GU)	#129	The amendment would allow the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement for the purposes of establishing a surface danger zone over the Ritidian Unit of the Guam National Wildlife Refuge to support training, operations and readiness needs for ground forces on Guam pursuant to the readiness requirements of U.S. Pacific Command.
Braley (IA)	#17	Directs the President to submit to Congress a report on the long-term costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bridenstine (OK)	#87	Amends Section 1045 to provide the Secretary of Defense more flexibility to meet the Aviation Foreign Internal Defense certification requirement.
Bridenstine (OK)	#88	Requires Secretary of Defense to report on implications of Caspian Sea-based energy resources and distribution networks for U.S. and NATO energy security strategies.
Brooks (AL), Rogers, Mike (MI)	#164	Expresses the Sense of Congress that defense funding should be spent on defense purposes. Fences 50% of funding for National Ignition Facility until the Administrator for Nuclear Security certifies that none of the funds authorized by this Act will be used to subsidize, support, or otherwise contribute to clean fusion energy research and development.
Brooks (AL), Rogers, Mike (MI), Turner (OH)	#165	REVISED Requires a Plan to Counter Certain Ground-launched Ballistic Missiles and Cruise Missiles and for other purposes.
Broun (GA), Yoho (FL)	#218	Prohibits any officer, employee, detailee, or contractor of the Department of Defense from using a drone to kill a citizen of the United States, with the exception of an individual who is actively engaged in combat against the United States.
Brownley (CA)	#188	REVISED Creates the Southern Sea Otter Military Readiness Area and repeal the outdated translocation program (P.L. 99-625). It provides the Secretary of the Interior the authority to revise or terminate this law if the Secretary determines that military activities authorized are impeding southern sea otter conservation or the return of southern sea otters to optimum sustainable population levels.
Burgess (TX), Lee, Barbara (CA)	#72	Requires a report ranking all military departments and Defense Agencies in order of how advanced they are in achieving auditable financial statements as required by law.
Bustos (IL)	#46	Asks the Secretary of the Army to review and provide a report on the Medal of Honor nomination of Captain William L. Albracht.
Butterfield (NC)	#6	Expands the types of documentation accepted by the federal government when a very small group of mariners that operated tugboats and barges domestically during World War II apply for veterans’ status. Qualifying Merchant Mariners, who can prove service through expanded acceptable documentation, would receive only burial benefits and the honor of being recognized by their country for their sacrifice and service.
Butterfield (NC), Ellison (MN), McCollum (MN), Carson (IN)	#267	Restores funding for next generation tactical generators to the level requested in the President's Budget Request.
Capps (CA)	#57	Makes available breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program.
Capps (CA), Stewart (UT), McCarthy, Carolyn (NY), Welch (VT), Brownley (CA)	#236	Requires the Department of Defense, in consultation with the Department of Veteran Affairs, to develop guidelines regarding the use of unofficial sources of information to determine the eligibility of a service member or veteran for benefits or decorations when official military service records have been damaged or destroyed while in possession of the Department of Defense.
Cárdenas , Tony (CA)	#271	REVISED Establishes an outreach and education program to educate small businesses contracted by the Department of Defense on cyber threats and develop plans to protect intellectual property and their networks.
Carney (DE), Lummis (WY), Graves (MO), Collins, Chris (NY)	#155	Strikes current language from the bill and provides the United States Air Force with the flexibility to pursue a cost-effective and fiscally-responsible alternative solution to modernize the C-130H aircraft.
Cartwright (PA)	#270	Establishes the Sense of Congress that equipment and products purchased with funds from this Act should be American Made
Castor (FL), Nugent (FL)	#286	Directs the Secretary of Defense to conduct a report for Congress on the prevalence of black mold in buildings located on military bases. Provides that after the report is complete, buildings found to contain black mold should be added to the appropriate priority list at DoD to replace the building or conduct renovations.
Castro (TX), Ros-Lehtinen (FL)	#127	Allows persons that are classified as Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals (DACA) by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy to become eligible to apply to the Department of Defense military academies, including U.S. Military Academy, Naval Academy, and Air Force Academy.
Chu (CA)	#316	LATE Requests updated reporting information from each branch of the military regarding their methods for tracking, reporting, and preventing hazing, as well as a detailed military hazing report from GAO.
Cicilline (RI)	#49	Asks that the “Plan for Sustaining the Afghanistan National Security Forces” through FY18 also include a description of efforts to engage United States manufacturers in procurement opportunities related to equipping the ANSF.
Cicilline (RI), Bustos (IL)	#257	Gives manufacturers and contractors the opportunity to provide information to DoD regarding how their bid for a contract will affect domestic employment via a jobs impact statement. Allows DoD to take this information into consideration in evaluating a bid, but does not mandate that DoD consider this information when awarding the contract.
Cleaver (MO), Butterfield (NC), Clarke (NY), Clay (MO), Graves (MO), Hartzler (MO), Jackson Lee (TX), Moore, Gwen (WI), Norton (DC), Poe (TX), Yoder (KS)	#79	REVISED Redesignates Pershing Park in Washington, DC as the “National World War I Memorial” and will designate the Liberty Memorial at America's National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the “National World War I Museum and Memorial.” Amends the originating commission bill (PL 112-272) to include adding ex-officio members detailed from relevant agencies to provide in kind support for the commission and to allow the Commission that is wholly funded by privately raised dollars to pay their executive director a higher salary.
Coffman (CO), Sanchez, Loretta (CA), Larsen, Rick (WA)	#33	WITHDRAWN Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Energy to jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees written certification that a proportional share, as determined by the Secretaries in consultation with the Secretary of State, of the cost of sustaining and forward-deploying nuclear weapons of the United States in member states of NATO will be provided by members of NATO other than the United States.
Coffman (CO), Walz (MN)	#34	Enhances the participation of mental health professionals in boards for the correction of military records and boards for the review of the discharge or dismissal of members of the Armed Forces.
Coffman (CO)	#35	Requires the DOD to consider the closure or realignment of DOD facilities located outside of the US in Lieu of military installations in the US
Coffman (CO)	#36	Authorizes the enlistment in the Armed Forces of additional persons who are residing in the United States and lawfully admits for permanent residence certain enlistees who are not citizens or other nationals of the United States.
Coffman (CO), Murphy, Patrick (FL)	#37	Provides for auditable financial statements for the Department of Defense.
Cole (OK)	#32	REVISED Includes the DHS Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety (RAPS) program, or other activities of similar nature conducted by the Department of Homeland Security,as user of DoD airspace (in addition to MOU’s the HASC has included for the 6 selected FAA sites). The RAPS project provides for the test and evaluatation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) for potential use by the first responder community and DHS operational components.
Collins, Chris (NY), Kilmer (WA)	#69	Accelerates the commercialization of federally-funded research and technologies by establishing a grant program for participating STTR agencies to support proof-of-concept research and other innovative technology transfer activities at universities, research institutes, and federal laboratories.
Conaway (TX)	#174	Allows general and flag officer chaplains to be eligible for retirement deferment.
Connolly (VA)	#204	Amends section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 to make the authority to use simplified acquisition procedures for certain commercial items permanent.
Connolly (VA), Issa (CA)	#205	Amends titles 40, 41, and 44, United States Code, to eliminate duplication and waste in Federal information technology acquisition and management.
Connolly (VA)	#206	REVISED Extends part-time reemployment authority under both CSRS and FERS by 5 years.
Connolly (VA)	#207	Seeks to strengthen privacy and data security by requiring the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish and oversee procedures for Federal agencies to follow in the event of a breach of information security involving the disclosure of personally identifiable information; requiring agencies to conduct privacy impact assessments before using information in an identifiable form purchased, or subscribed to for a fee, from a commercial data source; and requiring the OMB Director designate a Federal Chief Privacy Officer within OMB to carry out the responsibilities of the Director with regard to privacy.
Connolly (VA), Diaz-Balart (FL), Sires (NJ), Carter (TX)	#208	Directs the President to sell F-16 C/D aircraft to Taiwan to modernize its air fleet, 70% of which is scheduled to be retired within the next decade.
Connolly (VA)	#321	LATE REVISED Prohibits funds from being used to integrate missile defense systems of the Russian Federation into the missile defense systems of the U.S. if such integration undermines the security of the U.S. or NATO, mirroring a prohibition in Sec. 1250 of the base text relating to the integration of Chinese missile defense systems.
Conyers (MI)	#260	Prohibits the Department of Defense from providing training or other assistance to the members of any armed group in Ukraine, if the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of State has credible information that the unit or its members hold extremist views, including hostility to the concept of liberal democracy, hostility to diversity and pluralism, or praise of Nazis or their collaborators, including the use of neo-Nazi or white supremacist symbols. Allows such groups to take necessary corrective steps to become eligible for training and assistance, and allows exceptions for disaster relief operations, humanitarian emergencies, national security emergencies, in addition to a waiver under extraordinary circumstances, for which the Secretary of Defense must submit a report to congressional defense committees.
Conyers (MI), Amash (MI), Welch (VT), Yoho (FL)	#261	Prohibits the Department of Defense from using funds to transfer or facilitate the transfer of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) to any actor in Syria or to any other recipient unless that recipient agrees that it will not transfer such systems or facilitate the transfer of such systems to any actor in Syria.
Cook (CA), Takano (CA)	#297	LATE REVISED Creates a blueprint for a direct hire jobs placement program benefitting the National Guard and Reserves. It allows states to implement a process that has already met success in achieving a 25% reduction in unemployment in the California National Guard.
Cook (CA), Denham (CA)	#309	LATE WITHDRAWN Brings into parity the authority of the Secretary, under Title 10 and Title 32, to forgive improperly received bonus or incentive pay in instances deemed appropriate
Cooper (TN)	#295	LATE Adds non-NNSA labs (including PNNL, Oak Ridge National Lab and Idaho Nat Lab) to the list of labs with existing facilities that could contribute to the NNSA plutonium strategy (to support plutonium pit analysis and production).
Daines (MT), Cramer, Kevin (ND), Lamborn (CO), Lummis (WY)	#76	Strikes subsection (c) of Section 1634 of the reported NDAA, which terminates in 2021 the requirement that ICBM silos remain in at least warm status.
Daines (MT), Cramer, Kevin (ND), Fleming (LA), Hartzler (MO), Lamborn (CO), Lummis (WY)	#77	Contains findings of the importance of the nuclear triad and a statement of policy reaffirming the value of nuclear capabilities in maintaining a strong national defense.
Davis, Susan (CA)	#192	Seeks to institute reporting requirements in connection with the receipt of military tuition assistance funds or military spouse advancement accounts.
Davis, Susan (CA)	#193	Seeks to prohibit institutions with high recruiting and marketing expenditures from receiving military tuition assistance funds or funds from military spouse career advancement accounts.
Davis, Susan (CA)	#194	REVISED Establishes the Sense of Congress on the importance of women in ensuring the future success of nation of Afghanistan.
Davis, Susan (CA)	#304	LATE Add the text of Safeguarding Elections for our Nation’s Troops through Reforms and Improvements (SENTRI) Act.
DeFazio (OR), Garrett (NJ)	#233	Incentivizes the Under Secretary of Defense Comptroller, the Chief Management Officer, and the Chief Management Officers of each military department to achieve audit readiness by the current statutory deadline (September 30, 2017). Provides that if the Pentagon does not meet the deadline, their salaries are reduced by 10%.
DeLauro (CT), Granger (TX), Ellison (MN), Connolly (VA), Huizenga (MI)	#201	Prohibits the Department of Defense from entering into a contract or subcontract with Russia’s state-arms dealer Rosoboronexport unless the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State and Director of National Intelligence, certifies that the firm ceased transferring weapons to Syria, Russia pulled out of Crimea, Russian forces have withdrawn from the eastern boarder of Ukraine, and that Russia is not otherwise actively destabilizing Ukraine. Requires that the certification would be reviewed by the Defense Department Inspector General.
DeLauro (CT), Granger (TX), Ellison (MN), Connolly (VA), Huizenga (MI)	#202	Prohibits contracts or subcontracts with Russia’s state-arms dealer Rosoboronexport and requires the termination of any current contract with the firm. Prohibits contracts with any domestic or foreign company that cooperates with Rosoboronexport to design, manufacture, or sell military equipment.
DelBene (WA)	#227	Clarifies that the Secretary of Defense should support U.S. jobs by buying from American manufacturers in the procurement of anchor and mooring chain, except when such procurement is not in the national security interests of the United States.
Denham (CA), Duckworth (IL)	#58	Authorizes the enlistment in the armed forces of certain undocumented immigrants present in the United States on December 31, 2011, who: (1) have been continuously present in the United States since such date; (2) were younger than 15 years of age when they initially entered the United States; and (3) are otherwise eligible for original enlistment in a regular component of the Armed Services
Denham (CA)	#124	Strikes all immigration-related provisions from the bill
Denham (CA)	#125	Requires a DoD report to Congress on the number of undocumented immigrants who have received Citizenship through military service since calendar year 2000.
DeSantis (FL)	#137	WITHDRAWN Increases the Naval Aircraft Combat Aircraft Procurement for an additional E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and decreases by the same amount to the Defense Research Sciences for Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Wide.
Doggett (TX)	#238	Expresses the Sense of Congress that a comprehensive agreement with Iran relating to Iran’s nuclear program should substantially increase the security of the people of the United States and include significant and verifiable constraints sufficient to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Expresses the Sense of Congress that existing sanctions related to Iran’s other proscribed activities will continue to be strictly enforced until Iran ceases such activities.
Doggett (TX)	#239	WITHDRAWN Requires that a comprehensive agreement with Iran relating to Iran’s nuclear program should substantially increase the security of the people of the United States and include significant and verifiable constraints sufficient to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Requires that existing sanctions related to Iran’s other proscribed activities continue to be strictly enforced until Iran ceases such activities.
Duckworth (IL), Noem (SD), Coffman (CO), Tsongas (MA)	#240	Expands maternity leave for the active duty Service Members by an unpaid 6 weeks to be in line with the Family Medical Leave Act, while allowing commanders the discretion to call Service Members back to duty at any given time to maintain unit readiness.
Ellison (MN)	#197	Prohibits funds authorized by the bill to be used to provide tear gas, small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other items for crowd control purposes for foreign security forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful expression, association, or assembly in countries undergoing democratic transition.
Ellison (MN)	#198	REVISED States that funds authorized by the bill may be made available to the Government of Egypt only if the Secretary of State certifies that 1) Egypt has held free and fair elections and 2) does not have in its custody any American citizen being held as a political prisoner. The bill includes a presidential national security waiver.
Ellmers (NC), Price, David (NC), Hudson (NC), McIntyre (NC)	#300	LATE Prohibits any funds authorized to be appropriated by the NDAA or otherwise made available for FY15 for DoD to be used to inactivate, relocate, or otherwise disrupt the mission, personnel, or aircraft of the 440th Airlift Wing.
Ellmers (NC)	#302	LATE Corrects the lack of timely and efficient notification of changes to TRICARE coverage by requiring the Secretary of Defense to notify all affected providers and beneficiaries of any significant change made by TRICARE via electronic means no less than 90 days before the change is to take place.
Engel (NY)	#86	Requires the Secretary of Defense to report on activities of the Department of Defense in regards to protecting cultural property abroad.
Engel (NY), Turner (OH)	#113	Establishes the Sense of Congress that the President should take diplomatic steps to stop the transfer of a Mistral-class helicopter assault warship by France to Russia and, if necessary, the President should seek action by NATO to purchase or lease the warship.
Engel (NY)	#114	Establishes a U.S. policy of opposing transfers of “defense articles and services” (defined in the Arms Export Control Act) to Russia by any NATO member country, during any period when Russia occupies the territory of Ukraine or a NATO member country. Provides that if a NATO member country transfers defense articles or services to Russia contrary to U.S. policy, the U.S. would impose a “presumption of denial” for applications for transfer of U.S.-origin defense articles and services to that NATO country.
Esty (CT)	#64	Strengthens standards for the prompt replacement of military medals & decorations requested by veterans, current service members, and eligible family members. Requires the Secretary of Defense to ensure the following: a) that decorations are mailed within 60 days of successful verification of the service record claimed; and b) that the Secretary submit compliance reports for FY15 and FY16 measuring responsiveness to such requests.
Farr (CA)	#29	Designates the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense joint outpatient clinic to be constructed in Marina, California, as the "Major General William H. Gourley VA-DOD Outpatient Clinic".
Fleming (LA)	#216	Exempts nursing home facilities that have entered into a contract with the VA to provide nursing home care for former members of the Armed Forces from Department of Labor wage rate determinations made under the Service Contract Act.
Fleming (LA)	#217	Prohibits the enlistment or adjustment of immigration status for an alien unlawfully present in the United States while the military is conducting involuntary separation of current service members.
Fortenberry (NE)	#317	LATE REVISED Requires report as to how the Department will manage its mission related to nuclear forces, deterrence, nonproliferation, and terrorism.
Foster (IL)	#252	REVISED Requires the Institute for Defense Analyses to study the testing program of the ground based midcourse missile defense system. The Institute for Defense Analyses would be required to produce a report on the effectiveness of the testing program and recommendations for how it can be improved.
Franks (AZ)	#45	Increases the amount authorized for Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense, line 30, by $99,000,000 and decreases two other lines equaling $99,000,000.
Franks (AZ)	#93	Establishes the Sense of Congress that the United States work with regional partners and allies to develop an interagency strategy counter the vicious terror attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram.
Franks (AZ)	#305	LATE Allows Congress to hold hearings and take a Vote of Disapproval after any deal the Administration makes with Iran regarding their nuclear program.
Garamendi (CA)	#40	Directs the President, DOD, and AFRICOM to expand various programs to include combatting wildlife trafficking and poaching.
Garamendi (CA), Quigley (IL), Moore, Gwen (WI), Ellison (MN), Murphy, Patrick (FL), Blumenauer (OR)	#41	Amends Sec 3117 to replace DOE's Study requirement with a Solicitation requirement. Requires DOE to solicit contractors in collaboration with the national security labs for proposals on MOX alternatives versus solely having an FFRDC do a study on alternatives.
Gerlach (PA), Fattah (PA), Fudge (OH), Bachus (AL), Cotton (AR), Thompson, Bennie (MS)	#132	Recognizes the Wereth massacre of 11 African-American soldiers of the U.S. Army during the Battle of the Bulge, December 17, 1944.
Gibson (NY), Garamendi (CA)	#38	States that nothing in the FY15 NDAA shall be construed as authorizing the use of force against Syria or Iran.
Gibson (NY)	#85	Directs the Secretary of Defense to do a comprehensive search to determine which ships operated near Vietnam in the Vietnam Era. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report the information to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who would then provide publicly accessible information on such data.
Gingrey (GA)	#195	Expresses the Sense of Congress that active military personnel that are either live in or are stationed in Washington, DC would be exempt from existing District of Columbia firearms restrictions.
Gohmert (TX)	#230	Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish either a security monitoring duty roster program that would authorize certain DoD personnel to openly carry a firearm on a military installation, or a procedure to permit qualified military personnel to openly carry a firearm on a military installation for personal protection. Ensures that commanders at all levels would have control and oversight over the authorizations.
Gosar (AZ)	#23	Requires the Department to source commercial products and services through the private sector.
Gosar (AZ)	#24	Expresses Congress’ support for Israel’s right to self-defense against regional threats.
Gosar (AZ)	#25	Rescinds waiver authority with regard to future U.S. assistance to Pakistan.
Gosar (AZ)	#26	Requires the Secretary to produce an annual report to Congress on U.S. citizens detained by the Department.
Gosar (AZ)	#27	REVISED Requires the Secretary to create and maintain a systems-based inventory of Department buildings, land, and other real property assets. Any potential cost that results from the creation of this database will be offset by funds from RDT&E for chemical agents and munitions destruction.
Gosar (AZ)	#28	Requires the Department to comply with Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans for ‘off-installation’ natural resources projects to ensure state involvement and consultation.
Gosar (AZ)	#222	Increases protections for consumers relating to voluntary disclosure of password information. Excludes consumer password information from list of tangible things required to be produced through a FISA Court order and repeals provision of law allowing government to obtain consumers' emails older than 180 days.
Graves (MO), Duckworth (IL)	#56	Encourages federal contracts be structured in a manner that permits small businesses to compete. Raises the small business prime contracting goal from 23% to 25% and by establishing a subcontracting goal of 40% rather than relying on the administrative goal of 35.9%.
Graves (MO), Rahall (WV), Walz (MN), Meadows (NC), Miller, Candice (MI), Perry (PA), Barr, (KY)	#200	Establishes the National Commission on the Future of the Army to undertake a comprehensive study of the structure of the Total Army to determine: (1) the necessary size (2) the proper force mixture of the active component and reserve component (3) missions (4) force generation policies, including assumptions behind those policies (5) and how the structure should be modified to best fulfill mission requirements in a manner consistent with available resources.
Grayson (FL)	#94	Requires a report on how sole source suppliers of components to the DOD procurement supply chain create vulnerabilities to military attack, terrorism, natural disaster, industrial shock, financial crises, or geopolitical crises.
Grayson (FL)	#95	Prohibits DOD from entering into a contract with an entity that discloses, as it is required to by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, that it has been convicted of fraud or another criminal offense in the last three years in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public contract or subcontract. Prohibits DOD from contracting with entities that have been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes for which the liability remains unsatisfied.
Grayson (FL)	#96	Prohibits DOD from contracting with persons convicted of fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels. Requires debarment of the offending entities (a national security waiver exception being made available to the Secretary).
Grayson (FL)	#97	Prohibits payments of more than $1 million to a subcontractor under a non-fixed-price prime contract unless the payment is reported to the Defense Contract Audit Agency.
Grayson (FL)	#98	Requires that cost or price to the federal government be given at least importance as technical or other criteria in evaluating competitive proposals for defense contracts.
Grayson (FL)	#99	Requires that any individual killed in a drone strike be identified as “unknown” unless that individual can be identified by name or was wearing a recognizable military uniform.
Grayson (FL)	#100	Requires that DOD maintain a capability for space-based nuclear detection that meets or exceeds the level of capability that DOD currently possesses.
Grayson (FL)	#101	Prohibits funds authorized by this Act from being used to “collect any information generated by a citizen of the United States while located in the United States, including telephone records, internet records, and physical location information, without probable cause of a terrorism offense or an offense within the jurisdiction of the Uniform Code of Military justice related to action or conduct by that citizen.”
Grayson (FL)	#102	Reinserts section 1032 of the introduced version, which states: “personal property retained as evidence in connection with an incident of sexual assault involving a member of the Armed Forces may be returned to the rightful owner of such property after the conclusion of all legal, adverse action, and administrative proceedings related to such incident.”
Grayson (FL)	#104	Reinserts section 522 of the introduced version, which would provide authority for the Joint Special Operations University to award degrees (this authority has been extended to the National Intelligence University, the National Defense University, and the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center).
Grayson (FL)	#130	Updates the Space Protection Strategy required by the 2008 NDAA, to include the period of 2026 through 2030.
Grayson (FL)	#285	WITHDRAWN Updates the Space Protection Strategy required by the 2008 NDAA by adding the period of 2026 through 2030.
Green, Al (TX)	#251	Creates a pilot program at HUD to create grants to assist low income and disabled veterans and their families. The grants received will assist with renovating or rehabilitate the primary residence of a veteran through veteran services organizations.
Griffin (AR)	#1	WITHDRAWN Amends section 571 to ensure that the victims of the attack at the Little Rock recruiting station on June 1, 2009 are awarded the Purple Heart.
Griffith (VA)	#54	Grandfathers individuals who retired under the Reserve/Honorary retiree program and were inadvertently granted certain morale, welfare, and recreation privileges after enactment of the 1991 NDAA that was supposed to eliminate these benefits.
Griffith (VA), Ellison (MN)	#131	Requires DOD to fulfill former Sec. Gates' Efficiency Initiative relating to the number of general and flag officers by reducing approximately 33 positions through attrition by the end of 2015.
Hahn (CA)	#296	LATE Directs DoD to inform local governments when surveillance operation is conducted by the Department of Defense in the airspace located above the area in the jurisdiction of such authority.
Hanabusa (HI)	#74	REVISED Requires the Secretary of Defense to work with military historians to determine the validity of claims of certain Filipinos that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II.
Hanabusa (HI)	#149	Considers any vessels not homeported to be considered as homeported in the US solely for the purpose of repairs and overhauls, and strengthens the definition of “voyage repair.”
Hanna (NY)	#2	REVISED Requires non-corporate sureties to pledge specific and secure assets as required from others providing collateral to the federal government, and requires those assets be held by a government entity to ensure payments can be made in the event they are needed.
Hanna (NY), Maloney, Sean (NY)	#7	Allows memorial headstone or grave markers to be made available for purchase by Guard or Reserve members who served for at least six years, at no cost to the government. Further clarifies that this does not allow for any new veteran benefits and does not authorize any new burial benefit or create any new authority for an individual to be buried in a national cemetery.
Hastings, Doc (WA)	#31	Prevents further studies that involve bringing plutonium into the State of Washington at a time when the federal government isn't meeting it's existing legally enforceable defense nuclear waste cleanup commitments to the State.
Hastings, Doc (WA)	#103	Ensures public access at Rattlesnake Mountain in the Hanford Reach National Monument, which is land owned by the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management and managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Hastings, Doc (WA)	#126	Restores $20 million of the proposed cut to defense environmental cleanup.
Heck (NV)	#4	REVISED Clarifies that US citizens or nationals detained, captured, or arrested in the United States, or its territories, may not be transferred to the custody of the Armed Forces of the United States. Also clarifies that any citizen or national of the United States captured, detained or arrested anywhere, may not be transferred to the custody of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Heck, Denny (WA)	#281	Creates a program that give military communities that suffer from significant traffic problems caused by base population increases to compete for $20 million in grants to improve transportation infrastructure, from building new roads to upgrading public transportation systems.
Heck, Denny (WA)	#282	Creates a program that give military communities that suffer from significant traffic problems caused by base population increases to compete for $200 million in grants to improve transportation infrastructure, from building new roads to upgrading public transportation systems.
Heck, Denny (WA)	#283	Provides SCRA financial protections by allowing a letter from a commanding officer as proof of military service.
Holt (NJ)	#10	Prohibits any funds in the Act from being used to close any National Guard museum in the State of New Jersey.
Holt (NJ)	#11	Requires the Army Surgeon General, in consultation with the Director of the National Institutes of Health and the Institute of Medicine, within one year of the enactment of this Act to submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of allowing persons with mild, pharmaceutically treatable attention deficit disorder to serve in non-combat positions in the Army.
Holt (NJ)	#19	Prohibits any public affairs officer or entity of the Department from requiring a member of the public, as a condition for the purchase or download of visual information products to 1) disclose the purpose of the intended use of such visual information products or 2) to receive permission to purchase or download such visual information products.
Holt (NJ)	#53	REVISED Requires a study of the impact of financial stress on suicide among military personnel.
Huizenga (MI), Mulvaney (SC), Rokita (IN)	#231	Repeals the purchase requirement on prison-made products and services, and places a competitive requirement before Federal Prison Industries is awarded a contract from DoD.
Hunter (CA)	#22	REVISED Eexpresses the sense of Congress that the persons and organizations who carried out the attacks on the United States personnel in Benghazi, Libya on Sept 11 and 12, 2012 continue to pose a security threat to the United States and uncertainty regarding the authority of the President to use force to this end undermines his position as Commander-in-Chief. Further, it requires the President to submit a report including the identity and location of those who were involved in the attack, actions that have been taken to kill or capture them, and determination regarding whether the President has the authority to use force against the perpetrators.
Israel (NY), Hanna (NY)	#160	Requires a report on the progress made to establish Army National Guard Cyber Protection Teams.
Israel (NY), Hanna (NY)	#161	REVISED Expresses the sense of Congress in support of the National Guard's role in defending the US from cyber attacks.
Israel (NY), King, Peter (NY)	#162	Expresses the sense of Congress in support of public-private partnerships to enhance DOD efforts on mental health care for servicemembers.
Jackson Lee (TX), Lee, Barbara (CA), Wilson (FL)	#65	REVISED Requires a report to Congress on crimes against humanity in Nigeria committed by Boko Haram.
Jackson Lee (TX)	#66	WITHDRAWN Expresses the Sense of Congress in support of the security, meaningful inclusion, and participation in civil society and government affairs for Afghan women and girls.
Jackson Lee (TX)	#67	WITHDRAWN Calls for increased collaboration with NIH to combat Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
Jackson Lee (TX)	#68	Provides authorization for $5 million increase in funding to combat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Jackson Lee (TX)	#186	REVISED States that the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the defense intelligence activities’ reliance on the contractor workforce to support government activities, including contractors performing defense intelligence activities.
Jenkins (KS)	#135	Creates a moratorium on the insourcing of previously contracted activities within DOD. Exceptions would be made (1) if the activity was “inherently governmental”, and thereby should never have been contracted out in the first place; and (2) if DOD would employ a “reverse A-76” to itemize specific costs saved to the taxpayer should the DOD be able to perform the commercial activity more efficiently for the taxpayer.
Johnson, Hank (GA)	#52	Prevents the establishment of permanent U.S. Military bases in Afghanistan.
Johnson, Hank (GA)	#265	Claifies that nothing in the bill constitutes an Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iran or Syria.
Johnson, Hank (GA)	#266	Rquires a report on contingency planning for the relocation of the United States naval Forces Central Command and the United States Fifth Fleet from Bahrain due to rising violence and instability in the country.
Jones (NC)	#18	Expresses a sense of Congress on the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to treat traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Keating (MA)	#293	LATE Provides recognition for the survivors of members of the Armed Forces who have died while serving on certain active or reserve duty. Expands the availability of the Gold Star Installation Access Card for these survivors and access to commissary store, exchange store and MWR facility benefits to the parents of deceased members of the Armed Forces.
Kelly (PA)	#30	Prohibits funds from being used to implement the UN Arms Trade Treaty unless the treaty has received the advice and consent of the Senate and has been the subject of implementing legislation by the Congress.
Kelly, Robin (IL)	#219	REVISED Requires a report, not later than 90 days of the enactment, the Secretary of Defense in consultation with Secretary of State shall submit a report to Congress on the efforts to assist in the search and rescue of the young women who were abducted from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria by Boko Haram.
Kelly (PA)	#272	Expresses the Sense of Congress in opposition to France's impending sale of two Mistral class warships to Russia.
Kildee (MI)	#241	Requires that before make a loan, lenders must provide service members with an amortization table showing the true cost of the loan over time as well as a form where the service member acknowledges there may be other unique lower cost financing options available as a member of the military, including through military relief societies.
Kildee (MI)	#242	Clarifies that civilian volunteers who assist the DoD with humanitarian and disaster relief missions, for example civilian doctors following the earthquake in Haiti, may travel on DoD assets if space is available.
Kildee (MI)	#243	Allocates $10 million to develop additional financial literacy training programs for incoming and transitioning service members, which would be funded by offsetting the $15.1 billion shipbuilding account and a $902.2 million nuclear weapons refurbishment account.
Kildee (MI)	#244	Allocates $20 million for a private study to identify challenges confronting the DoD’s care of wounded warriors and offer recommendations to improve it, which would be funded by offsetting the $15.1 billion shipbuilding account and a $902.2 million nuclear weapons refurbishment account.
Kildee (MI)	#314	LATE Establishes the Sense of the Congress that it is a Member of Congress’s duty to care for and represent their constituents and when a Congressional office inquiries into the care and treatment of a wounded service member or veteran, the VA or the DoD shall not in any way seek to harass or dissuade such service member or veteran from seeking Congressional assistance.
Kilmer (WA), Forbes (VA)	#70	REVISED Reauthorizes overtime for navy civilian employees who perform nuclear maintenance for the forward deployed aircraft carrier in Japan for one year.
Kilmer (WA), Miller, Jeff (FL)	#71	Creates a voluntary pilot program within the Department of Defense to provide additional consideration for companies that hire and maintain military veterans when awarding government contracts.
Kilmer (WA), Cole (OK)	#73	Prohibits non-disciplinary furloughs of a DOD civilian employee whose performance is charged to a working capital fund, unless 1) there are inadequate working funds to support the workforce or 2) the Secretary certifies that none of the work that would have been performed by those furloughed would be shifted to other DOD civilian employees, contractors, or members of the Armed Forces.
LaMalfa (CA), Huffman (CA), Garamendi (CA)	#47	Clarifies jurisdictional confusion between VA field offices when cases are brokered out from the office of origination, ensuring that VA offices may continue to update congressional staff on constituents’ cases.
Lamborn (CO)	#60	REVISED Limits funding for certain exchanges with Russia until the President certifies that all appropriate individuals have been listed under the Magnitsky Act. Requires an unclassified intelligence assessment of the corruption of senior Russian leaders.
Lamborn (CO)	#61	REVISED Limits the use of funds for implementing the New START treaty until certification that the Russian Federation is respecting Ukrainian sovereignty and is no longer violating the INF or CFE treaties.
Lamborn (CO)	#62	Modifies some authorities for the Air Force Academy Athletic Cooperation to bring them in line with similar authorities previously provided to the Naval Academy Athletic Association.
Lamborn (CO)	#63	Adds a Sense of Congress establishing that national security is the top priority for the federal government and should be the top priority for the use of public lands.
Lamborn (CO)	#275	Requires the Department of Defense to establish a plan with the Afghan government for reimbursing contractors for illegal taxes.
Lamborn (CO), Forbes (VA), Fleming (LA)	#276	Requires the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force to revise their current regulations on religious freedom.
Langevin (RI), Davis, Susan (CA)	#288	Requires National Institute of Mental Health to study of risk and resiliency of United States Special Operations Forces and effectiveness of Preservation of the Force and Families Program.
Langevin (RI)	#289	Establishes a National Office for Cyberspace (NOC) within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate and oversee the security of agency information systems and infrastructure, and provides that this office will have budgetary oversight powers that are backed by financial pay-for-performance authorities, while remaining accountable to Congress.
Langevin (RI)	#290	Establishes a National Office for Cyberspace (NOC) within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate and oversee the security of agency information systems and infrastructure, increases coordination of DoD and DHS cyber efforts, closes gaps in authorities to protect critical infrastructure, implements automated and continuous monitoring of agency networks, and requires more secure federal acquisition practices.
Larsen, Rick (WA)	#191	REVISED Requires the creation of an interagency plan for verification and monitoring relating to the potential proliferation of nuclear weapons and fissile material.
Larson, John (CT), Rooney (FL)	#143	Ensures access to behavioral health treatment, including applied behavior analysis, under TRICARE for children with developmental disabilities, when prescribed by a physician or psychologist.
Latta (OH), Campbell (CA), Schiff (CA), Michaud (ME)	#225	Recognizes the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy, France.
Lee, Barbara (CA), Broun (GA), Slaughter (NY), Yoho (FL), Garamendi (CA), Jones (NC)	#169	Requires a report on operations pursuant to the 2001 AUMF, gives Congress the opportunity to review those activities and repeals the authority for AUMF activities not specifically reauthorized.
Lee, Barbara (CA), Jones (NC), Smith, Adam (WA), Amash (MI)	#170	Repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.
Lewis, John (GA)	#235	Requires the Secretary of Defense -- in consultation with the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis -- to post to cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to each American taxpayer on the Department of Defense’s website.
Lofgren (CA), Holt (NJ), Collins, Doug (GA)	#228	REVISED Prevents the funding of any intelligence agency, intelligence program, or intelligence related activity that mandates or requests that a device manufacturer, software developer, or standards organization build in a backdoor to circumvent the encryption or privacy protections of its products, unless there is statutory authority to make such a mandate or request.
Lofgren (CA), Massie (KY), Amash (MI), Polis (CO)	#229	REVISED Prohibits the use of funds for searching for the communications of U.S. persons collected under section 702 of FISA in a manner inconsistent with the probable cause requirements of the rest of Title VII regarding U.S. persons or the Fourth Amendment.
Lujan (NM)	#255	Authorizes Directors of National Laboratories to waive indirect costs for research and development grants from Foundations or non-profit organizations up to a total not to exceed one half of one percent of the total budget of the National Laboratory for which the director is head. Requires that the director to determine that the research and development supported pursuant to this grant exercises capabilities that support the science, technology, energy, environmental, or national security mission of the Department of Energy or the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Lummis (WY)	#196	REVISED Prohibits the Air Force from terminating any C-130 Air National Guard active associate units until 120 days after the required report on the recommendations of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force is submitted to Congress.
Lummis (WY)	#199	Prohibits the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents without charge or trial.
Lynch (MA), Boustany (LA)	#48	Calls for the observation of two minutes of silence on Veterans Day in honor of the service and sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the United States.
Maloney, Sean (NY)	#175	Requires a GAO study on security implications of shipping crude oil by rail within ½ mile of a military academy
Maloney, Sean (NY)	#176	Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress an impact statement on US businesses should the Buy American Act be waived as a result of the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
Maloney, Sean (NY)	#177	Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from waiving the Buy American Act with regard to the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement if the product being procured is cable or wire that is set at artificially low prices by a foreign competitor.
Maloney, Sean (NY)	#178	Prohibits funds in this Act from being used to award a utility privatization contract at the US Military Academy at West Point.
Maloney, Sean (NY)	#179	Increases the authorization for Impact Aid by one additional year.
Maloney, Sean (NY)	#180	WITHDRAWN Strikes language from the provisions on impact aid.
Maloney, Carolyn (NY)	#322	LATE Requires a GAO report on how direct and indirect suppliers to the Department of Defense procurement supply chain combat forced labor, slavery, trafficking in persons, or the worst forms of child labor.
McCaul (TX)	#146	Requires the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice to maintain the capability to share cyber threat information to each respective agency in real time.
McGovern (MA), Jones (NC), Garamendi (CA), Lee, Barbara (CA), Smith, Adam (WA)	#112	REVISED Completes transition of US combat and military and security operations to Afghan government. Requirements to continue deployment of US troops in Afghanistan after Dec. 31, 2014, based on President's determination and Congressional vote on such a determination.
McKinley (WV), Napolitano (CA)	#20	Increases the National Guard Youth Challenge Program under Civil Military Programs by $55 million and decrease by the same amount the Office of the Secretary of Defense- Operations and Maintenance.
McKinley (WV)	#21	REVISED Ensures that DOD hiring practices of defense contractor employees are in good faith especially when the employee is working on-site or directly with the DOD.
McKinley (WV)	#59	Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish an electronic tour calculator so that reservists could keep track of aggregated active duty tours of 90 days or more served within a fiscal year. For each active duty tour totaling 90 days served ‘inside’ a FY, a reservist who subsequently qualifies for a reserve retirement (at age 60) may credit such tours towards early retirement - the language would require DoD to produce a tour calculator so that reservists can keep track of what ‘counts’ and what doesn’t.
McKinley (WV)	#145	Prohibits funds for this Administration to conduct it's anti-fossil fuel climate change agenda, which includes the National Climate Assessment, the IPCC report, the UN's Agenda 21, and the Social Cost of Carbon.
McMorris Rodgers (WA), Bishop, Sanford (GA)	#150	Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress evaluating the progress of the Military Spouse Employment Program (MSEP) in reducing military spouse unemployment, reducing the wage gap between military spouses and their civilian counterparts, and addressing the underemployment of military spouses.
McNerney (CA)	#224	REVISED Directs the DoD Secretary to consider how employment agencies will work with state and county VA offices and state National Guard offices when establishing requirements for a new employment pilot program for recently separated service members.
McNerney (CA)	#298	LATE Increases hostile fire pay for one year and offsets the increase with unobligated funds at the Department of Defense.
Meng (NY)	#249	Makes the Republic of Korea eligible for the license exception for encryption commodities, software and technology under the Export Administration Regulations (the “License Exception ENC list”).
Meng (NY), Walberg (MI)	#250	Requires GAO to conduct a study on the effects of the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative on small businesses. An agency’s justification of a strategic sourcing solicitation shall be published prior to the issuance of a solicitation.
Meng (NY)	#313	LATE Requires a regional office to carry out certain steps if it doesn't meet the 125 day goal of backlog claims; and requires the Under Secretary for Benefits to explain how the failure of the regional office to meet the goal affected the performance evaluation of the director of the regional office.
Miller, Jeff (FL)	#291	LATE REVISED Prohibits the use of funds for the Navy’s permitting activities under the Sunken Military Craft Act for one year.
Miller, Jeff (FL), Davis, Susan (CA), Rooney (FL), Cotton (AR), Pearce (NM)	#292	LATE Directs Secretary of Defense to offer active duty servicemembers the opportunity to annually update voter registration information, register to vote, or request absentee ballots through an online system. Extends the guarantee of residency for voting purposes to dependents of absent servicemembers.
Mulvaney (SC)	#269	Maximizes competition in design-build contracts.
Mulvaney (SC), Murphy, Patrick (FL)	#307	LATE REVISED Codifies criteria developed by OMB in 2010 to clarify when military spending should be designated as contingency operations and properly be part of the Overseas Contingency Operation budget.
Murphy, Patrick (FL)	#82	Improves DOD mental health and suicide prevention programs by coordination with VA and integration of care through an annual evaluation by an independent third party.
Murphy, Tim (PA)	#311	LATE Requires the Pentagon to produce to Congress a cost-benefit analysis on the decision to eliminate certain civil engineering units.
Negrete McLeod (CA)	#163	Adds an additional item to Section 714, Paragraph (B) on page 183 of HR 4435, which requires that the Review of Military Health System Modernization Study include reviewing the availability of gender-specific care.
Nolan (MN)	#301	LATE REVISED Provides auditing and inspecting guidelines for new construction projects in Afghanistan in excess of $500,000 that cannot be physically inspected by authorized civilian personnel.
Norton (DC)	#319	LATE WITHDRAWN Strikes section 2842, which would permit the Secretary of the Army to convey 13.25 acres of the former Walter Reed Medical Center in the District of Columbia to Children's National Medical Center.
Nugent (FL)	#237	REVISED Provides statutory authority to implement the Secretary of Defense’s recommendations to reorganize the personnel accounting community of the department. This amendment will reduce duplication of effort between the existing Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) and the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC).
Nunes (CA)	#156	Continues the use of Lajes Field (Air Force Base) in the Azores, Portugal until the completion of the European Infrastructure Consolidation Assessment and adds additional study requirement to the Assessment that will consolidate forces and reduce the deficit.
O'Rourke (TX)	#168	Requires DoD to provide a comprehensive physical examination to all Service Members of the Active, Guard, and Reserve components who are separating from military service and provide separating Service Members with a copy of their complete medical records electronically.
Palazzo (MS)	#232	REVISED Expresses the concerns of congress as it relates to tactical airlift following the withdrawal of combat forces from Afghanistan and requires a report on the 5 year plan for tactical airlift laydown prior to any permanent force structure changes of tactical airlift.
Pascrell (NJ)	#80	Directs the peer-reviewed Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program to conduct a study on blast injury and its correlation to traumatic brain injury.
Pascrell (NJ)	#81	Directs Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center to enter into a public-private partnership to create a national online resource accessible to civilian and military traumatic brain injury survivors that offers information and resources about preventing, treating and living with traumatic brain injury.
Peters, Scott (CA)	#134	Ensures that DOD non-appropriated funds positions are afforded the same cost-comparison review before those positions are converted to contract positions, as with other DOD civilian positions.
Pierluisi (PR)	#51	Modifies a statutory prohibition on federally-funded environmental cleanup of certain property on the island of Culebra, Puerto Rico to enable DoD to remove unexploded ordnance resulting from former DoD training activities and posing a public safety risk.
Pitts (PA), Lee, Barbara (CA)	#189	Requires an annual report by the President on targeted lethal force by remotely-piloted aircraft and to further targeted lethal force transparency.
Poe (TX)	#90	Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide for the conduct of an independent assessment of U.S. efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda, including its affiliates groups, associated groups, and adherents since May 2, 2011
Poe (TX)	#91	Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to congress in written form, a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents.
Poe (TX)	#92	REVISED Allows members of MEK to resettle in the United States by removing them from the Tier III terrorist organization list
Poe (TX)	#138	Establish the Sense of Congress urging the Secretary of Defense to make a reasonable effort to make certain military equipment returning from abroad (that he determines to be excess) available to State, Federal, and local law enforcement agencies for the purpose of strengthening border security along the international border between the United States and Mexico.
Polis (CO), Blumenauer (OR)	#277	Prohibits funds from being used for the Navy to carry out the refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. George Washington and strikes $483,600,00 in funding for that purpose; states that the amount reduced shall not be used for any purpose other than deficit reduction.
Polis (CO), Nadler (NY)	#278	Urges the Secretary of Defense to conduct successful operationally realistic tests before purchasing additional ground-based missile defense interceptors.
Polis (CO)	#279	Reduces unrequested funding by $120,000, 000 for the Abrams Upgrade Program and states that the amounts reduced shall not be used for any purpose other than deficit reduction.
Pompeo (KS), Carney (DE)	#187	Requires the Director of National Intelligence to certify that the recommendations of the report required under Section 933 of the FY 2014 NDAA are consistent with the cyber operations capability needs of the United States before implementing any changes recommended by the study.
Posey (FL), Nugent (FL)	#78	Allows the Department of Defense, at the discretion of the Secretary, to transport goods supplied by nonprofit organizations to members of the Armed Forces serving overseas, as they have been authorized to do for foreign nationals since 1985.
Posey (FL), Miller, Jeff (FL)	#123	Establishes the Sense of Congress that the Air Force should assess feasibility, costs, savings, and readiness implications of utilizing contractor-owned and operated very light jet aircraft for interim flight instruction until permanent replacement enters service.
Quigley (IL), Garamendi (CA)	#147	Directs GAO to conduct an analysis of the justification and rationale for maintaining the nuclear triad, and to identify any excess that may result in cost savings.
Rahall (WV)	#39	REVISED Directs the Department of Defense to provide members of the Reserve Component, at their request, with an end-of-service physical within 90 days of separation from the Armed Forces, along with a copy of their record from the physical.
Rigell (VA), Wilson, Joe (SC), Fleming (LA), Mulvaney (SC), LaMalfa (CA)	#171	Establishes an eighth exemption to the Service Contract Act of 1965 for military exchanges and military Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities to protect jobs.
Rigell (VA)	#172	REVISED Authorizes the DOD and NASA to execute an agreement for environmental cleanup attributable to the activities of DOD at the time the property was utilized by the Navy in the area constituting the former Naval Air Station Chincoteague, Virginia.
Rigell (VA)	#173	Reaffirms Congress' constitutional war powers by clearly stating that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize any use of military force.
Rogers, Mike (AL)	#136	Establishes the Sense of Congress that Ukraine should close off its defense industries that currently provide critical capability to Russia for its nuclear forces.
Rogers, Mike (AL)	#212	Requires the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence to provide a notification if telecommunications companies with close ties to foreign governments are determined to have access to (or attempting to have access to) critical infrastructure of US military or intelligence facilities.
Rogers, Mike (AL)	#213	REVISED Provides the Secretary of the Air Force the authority to enter into contracts for life-of-type procurements for commercial off-the-shelf parts for the intercontinental ballistic missile fuze.
Rogers, Mike (AL)	#214	Modifies an existing statutory reporting requirement to require certain officials to report on their ability to meet operational availability requirements for delivery platforms for nuclear weapons.
Rogers, Mike (AL)	#215	REVISED Requires the Commander of U.S. Strategic Command to provide copied of the prior year’s Strategic Advisory Group reports to the congressional defense committees 30 days after the budget has been submitted.
Rogers, Mike (AL)	#268	Removes defense contractors ability to strike and bring them more in line with civilian federal workers.
Rohrabacher (CA)	#105	Conditions all funds to Pakistan on the release of Dr. Shakil Afridi.
Rohrabacher (CA)	#106	Expands the certification requirement on reimbursements to Pakistan to include human rights concerns.
Rohrabacher (CA)	#107	REVISED Expresses a sense of the Congress that Dr. Shakil Afridi is an international hero and is owed a debt of gratitude for helping to find Osama bin Laden.
Rohrabacher (CA)	#108	Authorizes no less than $5 million to carry out the research, development, test, and evaluation of an aerial wildfire-fighting container delivery system and requires that these activities be carried out using competitive procedures.
Rohrabacher (CA)	#109	Directs the Secretary of Defense to carry out a study on the impediments to deploying electricity-producing non-light water small modular nuclear reactors on military installations and naval vessels.
Rohrabacher (CA)	#110	REVISED Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should promote greater naval cooperation and maritime interoperability between the United States and democratic countries that are threatened by aggression from the Chinese Communist Party or the People's Republic of China.
Rohrabacher (CA)	#111	Expresses the Sense of the Congress that the excess defense articles program provides valuable capabilities to many countries, especially those facing threats from violent radical Islamic extremists, and states that the Department of Defense should encourage Uzbekistan and India to fully participate in Department of Defense initiatives to disperse excess defense articles.
Ros-Lehtinen (FL)	#245	Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to deploy assets, personnel and resources to the Joint Interagency Task Force South, in coordination with SOUTHCOM, to combat transnational criminal organization and drug trafficking.
Ros-Lehtinen (FL)	#246	Establishes that it shall be the policy of the United States to undertake a whole-of-government approach to bolster regional cooperation with countries throughout the Western Hemisphere to counter narcotics trafficking and illicit activities.
Roskam (IL), Walorski (IN)	#5	REVISED Requires the President to submit to the appropriate committees every 180 days a report that identifies that the United States has taken all necessary steps to ensure that Israel possesses and maintains an independent capability to remove existential threats to its security and defend its vital national interests.
Roskam (IL)	#190	WITHDRAWN Provides for up to 15,000 professional EB-4 visas to Korean nationals. Qualified applicants must have specialized education and employment and employers must certify applicants will not take jobs American workers could fill.
Ross (FL)	#121	Prohibits the Department of Defense from using taxpayer funds to provide additional or upgraded recreational facilities for detainees at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Ross (FL)	#122	Prohibits the Department of Defense from using funds to close commissary stores.
Rothfus (PA)	#318	LATE Places certain limits on the availability of funds for the Ejection Seat Reliability Improvement Program.
Royce (CA)	#144	WITHDRAWN Authorizes the use of military force against those organizations and individuals responsible for the September 11-12, 2012 terrorist attacks against United States facilities in Benghazi, Libya.
Runyan (NJ)	#8	WITHDRAWN States that whenever 2 or more bases are formed into a DOD Joint Installation, if there are different locality pay areas, then all installation wage grade employees will be paid at the higher locality pay area rate. Applies to both current and future Joint Military Installations.
Runyan (NJ)	#9	States that whenever 2 or more bases are formed into a DOD Joint Installation, if there are different locality pay areas, then all installation wage grade employees will be paid at the higher locality pay area rate. This amendment applies to any DOD Joint Installation created as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Round.
Runyan (NJ)	#312	LATE WITHDRAWN Directive report language requiring DOD and OPM to provide a briefing to HASC on any impacts that wage grade pay parity discrepancies may have on recruiting and retention at joint military installations and any plans to address these issues.
Sablan (MP)	#84	Broadens the geographical scope of the existing authorization relating to Saipan for the construction of a maintenance facility, a hazardous cargo pad,or an airport storage facility so that funding would be immediately available for either of the alternative locations now under consideration.
Sanchez, Loretta (CA)	#157	Gives DOD authority to transfer funds to nuclear nonproliferation, not only to weapons activities and naval reactors. Currently, the bill language limits fund transfers to only weapons activities and naval reactors.
Sanchez, Loretta (CA), Larsen, Rick (WA)	#158	Requires a certification that the cost of sustaining and forward-deploying nuclear weapons will be shared by NATO members, and not just paid by the United States
Sanchez, Loretta (CA)	#159	REVISED Requires a report on what steps the Department is taking to ensure military personnel and their families have access to reproductive counseling and treatments for infertility, including in vitro fertilization.
Sánchez, Linda (CA)	#259	REVISED Facilitates the transfer of a portion of the U.S. Air Force Norwalk Defense Fuel Supply Point, also known as the Norwalk Tank Farm, to the City of Norwalk. If enacted, it would allow 15 acres of the 51 acre area to be designated for public purposes and transferred to the City of Norwalk.
Schiff (CA), Garamendi (CA)	#262	Sunsets the 2001 AUMF effective 12 months from date of enactment of the bill.
Schiff (CA)	#306	LATE Establishes the Sense of Congress amendment endorsing the inclusion on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial of the 74 sailors lost aboard the USS Frank E. Evans in 1969.
Schneider (IL)	#294	LATE Provides that none of the funds authorized by this act may be used to award a contract to a company unless that company has explicit non-discrimination policies covering sexual orientation and gender identity.
Schrader (OR)	#166	Establishes a program to provide improved access to Federal contract opportunities for early stage small business concerns, defined as a small business concern that has not more than 15 employees; and has average annual receipts that total not more than $1,000,000. Disallows any contracts awarded under this program if its value is less than $3,000 or less than half the upper threshold of section 15(j)(1) of the Small Business Act.
Schrader (OR)	#167	Adds findings on the National Guard’s and Reserve’s importance and a sense of Congress expressing a desire for the SECDEF to implement the Reserve Forces Policy Board’s recommendations and conduct a further study to make recommendations on what missions and force structure would be strategically sound and cost-effective to transfer to the National Guard.
Schweikert (AZ)	#299	LATE Directs the Director of TARDEC to provide a report back to the Congressional Defense Committees addressing thermal injury prevention needs to improve occupant centric survivability systems for combat and tactical vehicles against over matching ballistic threats.
Sessions (TX)	#203	Allows the Secretary of the Army to implement previously approved engineering change proposals on OH-58D Kiowa Helicopters in a manner that ensures the safety and survivability of the crews.
Shimkus (IL)	#315	LATE Honors the victims of the Russian Soviet and Nazi regimes and supports the designation of a "Black Ribbon Day".
Shimkus (IL)	#320	LATE Delays relinquishment or agreeing to any proposal relating to the relinquishment of the responsibility of NTIA over Internet domain name system functions by the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information until GAO submits a report to Congress on the role of the NTIA with respect to the Internet domain name system.
Smith, Adam (WA)	#3	REVISED Strikes the restrictions on Cruisers and Dock Landing Ships and authorizes the Navy to execute their Phased Modernization plan.
Smith, Adam (WA)	#55	REVISED Authorizes a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round for 2017 to ensure a transparent, deliberative, and independent process for considering realignment or closures of military installations. The amendment contains a number of reforms that seek to address lessons learned from the 2005 BRAC round and ensure the Department of Defense is able to realize budget savings and efficiencies.
Smith, Adam (WA), Broun (GA)	#89	Amends section 1021 of the FY 12 NDAA to eliminate indefinite military detention of any person detained under AUMF authority in the United States, it territories, or possessions, by providing for immediate transfer to trial and proceedings by a court established under Article III of the U.S. Constitution or by an appropriate state court. Strikes section 1022 of the same Act, which provides for mandatory military custody of covered parties.
Smith, Adam (WA)	#120	Provides the Secretary of the Army the authority to move the remains of member of the armed forces who has no known next of kin and is buried in an Army National Military Cemetery to another Army National Cemetery, or, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, from the National Cemetery System to an Army National Military Cemetery
Smith, Adam (WA), Moran, James (VA), Nadler (NY)	#226	Provides a framework for closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by December 31, 2016.
Speier (CA), Coffman (CO), Gabbard (HI), Benishek (MI), Jones (NC), Duckworth (IL), Enyart (IL)	#181	Gives the authority of whether to prosecute a sexual assault-related offense to the Chief Prosecutor of the respective service and requires that an O-6 JAG or higher convenes the court-martial.
Speier (CA)	#182	REVISED Requires the public release of any IG reports that find misconduct for senior executive service (SES) officials, political appointees, and general and flag officers that rank O-6 or higher level.
Speier (CA)	#183	Allows women-owned small businesses to receive sole-source contracts under the same terms as other small business contracting programs and accelerates the disparity study to assess industries in the women-owned small business procurement program.
Speier (CA)	#184	Directs the Secretary of Defense to implement the recommendations of the Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Coordinating Committee to prioritize prevention and increase the study of chemical and physical factors in breast cancer.
Speier (CA)	#185	Allows a claim to be brought against the Department of Defense for damages or other appropriate relief for any act or omission related to or arising out of assaultive conduct, or failure to prevent or properly investigate or prosecute such conduct--assaultive conduct includes sexual assault or harassment, domestic violence, assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, or discrimination or negligent hiring, supervision, promotion, or retention.
Swalwell (CA), Meehan (PA)	#287	Requires the Department of Defense to allow military musical units to accept assistance from private entities for the benefit of said units.
Takano (CA)	#12	Requires a GAO report on the use of and student outcomes associated with military tuition assistance. The report is to include data and analysis of the frequency, distribution of usage, and student outcome metrics across different types of schools, programs, and degrees; a comparison of schools receiving a large amount of military tuition assistance to those that do not; and a separate analysis of the use of military tuition assistance among guardsmen and reservists.
Takano (CA), Grijalva (AZ)	#13	Prohibits postsecondary educational institutions from using revenues derived from Military Tuition Assistance funds for advertising, marketing, and recruitment activities.
Takano (CA)	#14	Mandates that proprietary career education institutions meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to receive Military Tuition Assistance, ensuring that such funds are well spent and lead to employment for servicemembers and veterans.
Takano (CA)	#280	Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress, no later than 30 days after enactment of this law, on the barriers to implementing audit reporting requirements and recommendations to ensure reporting deadlines are met.
Thompson, Glenn (PA), Ryan, Tim (OH)	#148	Requires a baseline mental health assessment before any individual joins the military, in order to bring mental health to parity with physical health during recruitment screenings. Ensures it cannot be used during promotion or assignment consideration, and requires a report with recommendations from NIMH and other relevant experts identifying best practices for the assessment.
Thompson, Mike (CA)	#223	Adds American Flags to the list of items covered by the Berry Amendment.
Tonko (NY), Garamendi (CA)	#42	REVISED Requires the Secretary of the Army to send notification to individuals who were stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama that they may have been exposed to toxic contaminants. This notification would include a survey developed by the ATSDR to voluntarily request health data that may be useful in further scientific studies to determine the potentially adverse health impacts of exposure to toxic contaminants at Fort McClellan.
Tonko (NY)	#43	Allows the Department of Defense to pay for one stopover flight en route to a final destination if requested when transporting the remains of fallen service members.
Tonko (NY)	#44	Limits the cost of contractor compensation to no more than the rate payable to the Vice President (currently $230,700).
Tsongas (MA), Keating (MA), Bustos (IL), Roby (AL)	#133	Establish the Sense of Congress that women should be included in conflict resolution and a statement of United States policy that the United States supports efforts promoting the security of Afghan women and girls during the transition process and requires a DoD report on efforts to support the security of Afghan women and girls.
Turner (OH)	#16	REVISED Limits availability of funds for removal or consolidation of dual-capable aircraft from Europe.
Turner (OH), Lamborn (CO), Kinzinger (IL), Keating (MA), Engel (NY)	#50	Expresses a sense of Congress recognizing the importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as well as ongoing enlargement initiatives. Expresses the United States’ continued support for our European allies.
Turner (OH)	#83	clarifies that the memorandum of understanding extends to those additional test ranges not initially selected by the Administration if such range enters into a partnership or agreement with a selected test range.
Vargas (CA)	#75	Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a comparative financial analysis, including expected cost savings, of West Coast homebasing options for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and prohibits the implementation of a homebasing final decision until the required analysis has been completed.
Velázquez (NY)	#152	Requires each branch of the military to develop an anonymous phone tip-line for reporting incidents of hazing.
Velázquez (NY)	#153	Creates the Military Hazing Prevention Oversight Panel to monitor and make recommendations to improve the military’s anti-hazing policies.
Velázquez (NY)	#154	Requires each branch of the military to develop and implement an expedited procedure to transfer a service member who has been the victim of hazing to another unit.
Walberg (MI)	#139	Requires the Department to implement a pilot program to provide certain contact information for separating service members to state veterans affairs departments.
Walberg (MI), Cohen (TN)	#284	Prohibits any new funds for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund until previously appropriated funds have been fully expended.
Walorski (IN)	#258	Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from using any funds authorized to the department for the transfer or release of Guantanamo detainees to Yemen.
Walz (MN)	#140	Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct an audit of the Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy office of the Department of Defense by the end of 2016 and expresses the Sense of Congress that a full audit of the entire Department of Defense should be completed by the end of 2017.
Walz (MN), Price, David (NC)	#141	Directs the Secretary of Defense to expeditiously review and, if necessary, correct over 30,000 personality and adjustment disorder discharges that occurred between 2001 and now.
Walz (MN)	#142	Provides a tiered hiring preference point system to assist members of the reserve components, who do not qualify for veterans’ preference, to obtain federal employment preference.
Welch (VT), Lummis (WY), Price, David (NC)	#209	Requires the House Armed Services Committee to submit a report to the House of Representatives that lists the top line, total dollar amount requested for each intelligence agency within the jurisdiction of the Committee.
Welch (VT), Lummis (WY), Price, David (NC)	#210	Requires the President to publish a report in the Federal Register that lists the top line, total dollar amount requested in the President’s budget for each intelligence agency.
Welch (VT), Gardner (CO)	#211	Encourages the Air Force to consider identified energy efficiency improvements in a timely and comprehensive manner.
Westmoreland (GA)	#128	Strikes section 341, which requires the disclosure of proprietary information.
Whitfield (KY), Polis (CO), Perlmutter (CO)	#220	Establishes the Sense of Congress that the President should establish and appoint an advisory board on toxic substances and worker health responsible for overseeing a portion of the original EEOICPA legislation known as "Part E."
Wilson (FL), Grayson (FL)	#253	Allows service members who are parents of children in pre-school to also benefit from the coordination of permanent change of station moves with the school year.
Wilson (FL), Grayson (FL)	#254	Adds Head Start programs to the Troops-to-Teachers Program.
Yoho (FL), Holt (NJ), Massie (KY), Conyers (MI), Broun (GA), Grayson (FL), Grijalva (AZ), Blumenauer (OR)	#234	Transfers all armed drone authority to the Department of Defense.
Young, Don (AK), Hanabusa (HI)	#115	Universally applies good-government and accountability requirements across the board to all sole-source contracts exceeding $20 million in value; and ensures that all contracting requirements are fair and balanced, do not single out any specific group, and apply to all federal contractors who seek sole source contracts.
Young, Don (AK)	#116	Expresses the Sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Air Force should place emphasis on strategically significant criteria when basing the OCONUS F-35A, which includes access to sufficient range capabilities and space for training, the ability to robustly train with our international partners, the presence of existing facilities to support operations, limited encroachment, and the minimization of costs.
Young, Don (AK)	#117	Requires the U.S. Air Force to conduct a business case analysis for the creation of a personnel-only active-association the 168th Air Refueling Wing.
Young (IN)	#303	LATE Provides Section 330 indemnification to military installations, still under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, to facilities closed other than pursuant to base closure law.

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