Summary of Amendments Submitted to the Rules Committee on
H.R. 4200 - NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005

RULE TO PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4200, AND AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

(in alphabetical order)

DRAFT NOTICE - SUMMARIES DERIVED FROM INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE AMENDMENT SPONSORS

Abercrombie #122
Allows Reserves and National Guard members to be activated up to 24 consecutive months, once every five months. (Late)

Allen #40
Prohibits funds in the bill from going to the Iraqi National Congress and its leaders until the commission appointed by the President to review pre-war Iraqi intelligence issues its final report.

Baird #113
Requires the Secretary of the Army to incorporate commercial off-the-shelf bandwith management software in the Army upper and lower-tactical internets and all future architectures related to such internets, beginning October 1, 2004. Increases Operation and Maintenance account for Army National Guard by $4 million for that purpose. (Revised) (Late)

Baird #121
Requires the Secretary of Defense to study various aspects - including availability, accessibility, cost and effectiveness - of mental health services available to U.S. military personnel deployed to combat theaters. Requires Secretary of Defense to submit results of the study, including a section detailing changes that should be made and problems/obstacles that need to be addressed, within 90 days of enactment. (Late)

Bishop, Rob (UT) #74
Ensures continued military overflights of existing wilderness or Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) within the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) airspace at any altitude with no noise, visual, or time restrictions. Ensures military access to service and maintain existing remote radar and telemetry sites within existing WSAs. Ensures military access to secure downed pilots or aircraft and equipment within wilderness and existing WSAs. (Revised)

Bishop, Sanford (GA) #1
Clarifies Congress's 1997 mandate that DoD provide full hands-on pre- and post-deployment medical exams and record-keeping; and authorizes a study of the effectiveness of the self administered pre- and post-deployment assessment and continues providing oversight to ensure compliance with pre- and post-deployment policies and procedures.

Blumenauer #68
Institutes a national wide-area assessment to determine where unexploded ordnance contamination is concentrated and to free up non-contaminated sites.

Brown, Henry (SC) #47
Repeals the Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset from Survivor Benefit Plan surviving spouse annuities.

Brown, Henry (SC) #48
Requires the Secretary of Defense, when submitting a budget request for construction of a military medical treatment facility, to certify that the facility was evaluated, with the consultation of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, for the feasibility of establish a joint DoD - VA medical facility. Also requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, when proposing construction of a new or replacement medical facility, to certify that the facility was evaluated, with the consultation of the Secretary of Defense, for the feasibility of establishing a joint DoD - VA medical facility. (Revised)

Brown, Henry (SC) #49
Expands the Department of Defense Excess Personal Property Disposal Program to include health agencies. Provides that property transfer could only take place if the property in question was excess to the needs of DoD and suitable for use in providing fire and emergency services or responding to health or environmental emergencies.

Cardin #102
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should publicly and unequivocally state that any detainee under U.S. custody and control will not be subject to torture, or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, by U.S. military, intelligence, or civilian personnel. Expresses the sense of Congress that DoD should undertake a comprehensive review of interrogation procedures and techniques used by U.S. personnel to determine whether existing procedures and techniques may constitute prohibited treatment under the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (Late)

Cardin #108
Prohibits the Defense Department from reducing emergency medical services (i.e. fire and medical) at active military bases without the approval of Congress. Specifies that the amendment does not apply to EMS services that are affected by base closures. (Late)

Chabot #26
Requires that sureties would be treated in the same manner as financing institutions when contractors default.

Cooper #6
Authorizes supplemental appropriations in the amount of $67.7 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Replaces language in the committee reported bill that authorizes $25 billion, but preserves funding for force protection, additional troops, and unfunded requirements included in the bill as reported.

Cooper #42
Provides the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Armed Services in the House and Senate additional authority to request specific contract documents from the Department of Defense. Text of this amendment is in the reported bill in Section 824.

Cunningham #12
Directs placement of a memorial in Arlington National Cemetery honoring non-citizen service members killed in the line of duty while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Designates the Secretary of the Army to coordinate and direct this effort. Allows for the collection of private donations for design and construction, while restricting the use of federal funds. Authority expires five years after date of enactment.

Davis, Danny (IL) #109
Authorizes landscaping services and pest control for inclusion in the Comp Demonstration program. (Late)

Davis, Susan (CA) #41
Repeals the prohibition on servicewomen and female military dependents from using their own funds for abortions at overseas military hospitals.

DeFazio #23
Provides a $500 monthly bonus to soldiers, both active duty and reserve, who are subject to a stop-loss order and therefore are unable to retire or otherwise separate from the Armed Forces as planned despite completing their service commitment.

DeFazio #24
Prohibits the Pentagon from continuing to provide taxpayer money to Ahmad Chalabi and the Iraqi National Congress for intelligence collection. Includes a national security waiver for the President.

Delahunt/Abercrombie/Emanuel/Hoeffel/Inslee/Strickland #37
Prohibits funding authorized in this bill from being used to support the Intelligence Collection Program, or any other intelligence-gathering program of the Iraqi National Congress.

DeLauro #80
Requires the General Accounting Office to conduct a study regarding mental health services available to members of the U.S. military while serving during extended deployments. Requires the study to be completed within 270 days of the enactment date. Requires the study to include the ratio of mental health professionals to service members; the average number of service days lost due to mental health reasons; what types of measures have been taken by the Armed Services to reduce the stigma often associated with mental health counseling; a comparison of suicide rates among members involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom and other deployments; an analysis of mental health services available to members of the National Guard and Reserve Components when they complete their active duty deployments; and an analysis of the extent to which the recommendations of the Army's Mental Health Advisory Team have been implemented by the U.S. Army.

Dicks #67
Establishes minimum standards in the treatment of detainees during imprisonment and interrogation. Applies to personnel of the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency, and their contractors. Prohibits sexual humiliation, prolonged enforced nudity, prolonged hooding, animal violence, chronic prolonged sleep deprivation, simulated drowning, and practices that clearly violate Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions.

Dicks #75
Confirms the approach to implementation of the National Security Personnel System announced by Navy Secretary England, and ensures Congressional review of the new system. Mandates that the Department of Defense implement the new system as part of a formal rulemaking process and ensures that major unions affected by the NSPS are consulted during the rulemaking process. Deems the rulemaking subject to the Congressional Review Act.

Dicks #76
Clarifies provisions in the bill relating to tanker procurement. Recommends a deadline of March 1, 2005 for the Department of Defense to resolve contract negotiations on tankers. (Revised)

Dicks #77
Clarifies provisions in the bill relating to tanker procurement. Changes one word from ?may? to ?shall? in tanker provisions adopted during the full committee mark-up to make them consistent with similar provisions that were in the original Chairman's mark of the bill. Recommends a deadline of March 1, 2005 for the Defense Department to resolve contract negotiations on tankers. (Revised)

Ehlers/Hoekstra #82
Requires that commercial ships constructed under the Maritime Administration's National Defense Tank Vessel program would have to carry ballast water technology approved under the Coast Guard's Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program.

Emanuel/Delahunt/Abercrombie/Hoeffel/Inslee/Strickland #93
Prohibits private contractors from soliciting, or military commanders from assigning, military personnel to private sector contractors - unless the commanding officer authorizes such action and deems it necessary to accommodate short-term requirements in a combat zone. (Late)

English #22
Authorizes and requests the awarding of the Medal of Honor posthumously to Brevet Brigadier General Strong Vincent for his actions in the defense of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863.

Everett #105
Transfers $50 million from Air Force Operations and Maintenance Account to Department of Energy's Defense Site Acceleration Account for the High Level Waste Proposal. (Late)

Farr #117
Provides that nothing in this Act is intended to allow the Secretary of the Army to sell, transfer, trade or otherwise convey to a new owner any surplus water controlled by the Secretary at the former Fort Ord, California, that is not intended to be used to supply military housing or housing that is sold or rented at below-market rates. (Late)

Fattah #90
Requires that in States where more than a quartile of the students taking the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) exam score below a 31 on the exam, the Secretary of Defense is given the authority to request from said State's public education system a report detailing what that State is doing to ensure its students are receiving a high quality education, and the type of education that allows for students to be prepared for general training and other requirements of military service. Requires the Secretary of Defense to compile the data collected and provide a report to Congress in conjunction with the annual report of the Secretary to Congress for fiscal year 2005. (Late)

Flake/Weldon (PA)/Bordallo/Simmons/Franks/Jones (NC)/Wilson (SC) #38
Corrects an Army regulation that requires South Korea-based combat troops to be involved in 5 firefights in order to qualify for their combat recognition medals (the Combat Infantry Badge and the Combat Medical Badge). For troops everywhere else, the requirement is 1 firefight. Normalizes the rules without respect to where the troops are serving.

Gallegly #58
Creates a temporary exception to the Economy Act requirement to enable the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a pilot program to procure the services of military aircraft to fight wildfires. Creates a reporting requirement for the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to submit a report to Congress detailing the use of this temporary exception and the ability of the military units to respond to wildfires in a timely and effective manner.

Goode #5
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to assign members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, under certain circumstances and subject to certain conditions, to assist the Department of Homeland Security in the performance of border protection functions.

Graves #124
Allows the Department of Defense to evaluate aviation infrastructure prior to a base closing. (Late)

Harman #65
Maintains authorization of appropriations for ballistic missile defense at FY 2004 levels. Prohibits the use of funds for deploying a ground-based, mid-course, missile defense system that has not met operational testing requirements. Authorizes $500,000,000 in appropriations for Port Security Grants for FY 2005.

Hastings, Alcee (FL) #84
Creates a Reconstruction Repayment Fund with the Development Fund for Iraq to provide financing for the repayment of reconstruction costs in Iraq through revenue generated from future sales of Iraqi oil. Provides that the Fund can also be utilized in the repayment of debt to foreign countries provided that such payments do not delay repayment to the United States. (Late)

Hastings, Alcee (FL) #85
Expresses the sense of Congress to restrict available funds for the reconstruction of Iraq unless the Iraqi transitional government uses a significant portion of its oil revenues for reconstruction activities. (Revised) (Late)

Hastings, Doc (WA) #79
Restores $100 million to the Department of Energy's Defense Site Acceleration Completion account for a total of $350 million (the President's budget request level) for ?Waste Incidental to Reprocessing.?

Hastings, Doc (WA) #126
Restores $100 million to the Department of Energy's Defense Site Acceleration Completion account for a total of $350 million (the President's budget request level) for ?Waste Incidental to Reprocessing.? Offsets with a reduction in Air Force Operation and Maintenance Account of $100 million, to be derived from the transportation capital fund. (Late)

Hefley #69
Ensures that Department of Defense employees receive a fair and equitable competition when there are as few as ten employees performing a function being studied. Grants Federal employees standing, as an interested party, to file an appeal with the General Accounting Office over the results of a public/private competition pursuant to OMB Circular A-76. Repeals duplicative requirements for a database within the Department of Defense.

Hefley #70
Specifies that the Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy shall be made up of the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the US Senate or his designee; 3 persons (2 Senators and 1 nonmember of the Senate) to be designated by the Vice President or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services in the House or his designee; 4 persons (3 U.S. Representatives and 1 nonmember of the U.S. House) to be designated by the Speaker of the House; 6 persons designated by the President of the United States. Provides the Board Chairman the discretion to remove Board members for failing to attend two consecutive meetings without good cause or advanced notice. Recommends the Board meet at least four times annually. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force and the Superintendent to provide the Board necessary access to Academy grounds, the cadets, faculty, and staff to fulfill its duties. Requires the Board to submit a written report within 30 days of any meeting to the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Air Force, and both the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services.

Hefley #71
Specifies that the Board of Visitors to the United States Air Force Academy shall be made up of the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the US Senate or his designee; 3 persons (2 Senators and 1 nonmember of the Senate) to be designated by the Vice President or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; the Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services in the House or his designee; 4 persons (3 U.S. Representatives and 1 nonmember of the U.S. House) to be designated by the Speaker of the House; 6 persons designated by the President of the United States (2 of whom shall be U.S. Air Force Academy Graduates). Provides the Board Chairman the discretion to remove Board members for failing to attend two consecutive meetings without good cause or advanced notice. Recommends the Board meet at least four times annually. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force and the Superintendent to provide the Board necessary access to Academy grounds, the cadets, faculty, and staff to fulfill its duties. Requires the Board to submit a written report within 30 days of any meeting to the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Air Force, and both the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services.

Hobson/Weldon, Curt (PA) #115
Provides tuition assistance to members of the District of Columbia National Guard (both Army and Air) who attend institutions of higher education. Proposes tuition of up to $2,500 per year with a lifetime cap of $12,500 prorated for part-time students; covering tuition, books, and laboratory expenses; at an accredited undergraduate or graduate institution located anywhere; and applicable to residents of any state as long as they have been D.C. Guardsmen for one year. Contingent on receiving Appropriations, the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force would administer the program. (Revised) (Late)

Hoeffel/Abercrombie/Delahunt/Emanuel/Inslee/Strickland #107
Expresses the sense of Congress that the mobilization of additional troops in Iraq is necessary and that the United States should seek further involvement from international coalitions in establishing security in Iraq. Urges the engagement of NATO and the Arab League for that purpose. (Late)

Hooley #103
Requires that each federal agency awarding contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan conduct background checks on any contractor employee operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. Requires that each federal agency to submit an annual report, detailing the number of contracts awarded in Iraq and Afghanistan, the purposes of these contracts, and the number of employees hired by the contractors. Requires that each federal agency set up a certification process to verify that each contractor receiving an award in Iraq or Afghanistan have training procedures in place for each employee to train them in the Geneva Convention and basic human rights. (Late)

Hunter #114
Provides that individuals that support programs of the ?Employer Support of the Guard and the Reserve,? as authorized by the Secretary of Defense, are to be considered federal employees for the purposes of protection under various federal laws, requires a report before the Secretary implements a new program for the transportation of household goods of members of the Armed Forces, and their dependents, increases the transfer authority contained in the FY 2004 Defense Authorization Act from $2.5 billion to $3.0 billion, increases funding, with offsets, for Patriot missile procurement, requires a report from the Secretary of Defense on amounts remitted and reimbursed under section 1007 of the FY 2004 Defense Authorization Act, makes the provisions in Title 15 in HR 4200, as reported, effective upon enactment, and makes a technical cite correction. (Revised) (Late)

Hunter #116
Increases the general transfer authority provided in section 8005 of the FY 2004 National Defense Authorization Act from $2.1 billion to $3.0 billion for fiscal year 2004. Provides the needed transfer authority to the Department of Defense for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. (Late)

Hunter #125
Expresses the sense of Congress concerning the abuse of persons in custody in Iraq. (Late)

Inslee/Delahunt/Abercrombie/Emanuel/Hoeffel/Strickland #53
Prohibits funds authorized in the bill from being used to support the Intelligence Collection Program, or any other intelligence-gathering program of the Iraqi National Congress unless the President transmits to Congress a report in both unclassified and classified form that provides a detailed accounting of funds used for the Information Collection Program, and also provides an analysis of the utility and credibility of the intelligence provided by the Information Collection Program. Calls for subsequent reports every 90 days. (Revised)

Inslee/Delahunt/Abercrombie/Emanuel/Hoeffel/Strickland #73
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should work with the Iraqi Governing Council to accelerate the timeline for the election of the permanent new Iraqi government.

Inslee/Van Hollen #106
Restores employee protections such as right to receive a veterans preference, the right to be free from discrimination based on political opinion or affiliation, the right to overtime pay, collective bargaining rights, and employee appeal rights. Strengthens oversight and notification between the Secretary of Defense and Congress, makes the changes and adjustments to the rulemaking process more open and transparent, and requires a GAO study of the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). (Late)

Israel #27
Adds $2 million for the procurement of the Aircraft Wireless Intercom System, and $2 million for the procurement of bladefold kits for Apache Helicopters. Offsets the additions by reducing funding for the Shortstop Electronic Protection System by $4 million.

Israel #29
Requires the Secretary of Defense to report on the role of private contractors in detainee operations in Iraq. Requires the report to specify the numbers of contractors, the companies involved, and a discussion as to why they are necessary, what type of oversight exists, and the amount of training they receive.

Jackson Lee #119
Requires that within three months of enactment the Department of Defense will award a contract to an independent phone bank to tend to rape and sexual assault victims in a confidential manner. Provides that phone bank must have expertise and training programs in place to allow operators to cope with unique situations arising from sexual abuse in the military context. (Late)

Jackson Lee #120
Directs the Department of Defense to conduct a full review into the situations women are placed in within the Armed Forces. Specifically focuses on the intimidation many women in the Armed Forces face in relation to higher ranking male officers who often place female subordinates in compromising situations. Also focuses on the delicate situations women in the Armed Forces are placed in when stationed abroad especially when in relation to direct contact with enemy combatants and prisoners. Requires the Defense Department to report the full findings of the review and appropriate remedies to the problem within six months to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. (Late)

John #21
Authorizes $60 million for the procurement of one additional Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (J-STARS) aircraft (unit 18).

Johnson, Timothy (IL) #25
Provides authority for removal of remains of certain persons interred in United States Military Cemeteries overseas. Provides that applications made to the Department of Defense may be approved only if the application presents sufficient evidence that at the time of the initial disposition decision, there was a misunderstanding or error related to that disposition decision that the Secretary finds warrants approval of the application. Provides that no costs associated with the removal and transportation of remains provided for may be paid by the United States. Provides a two-year time limit to submit an application from the date of enactment.

Jones, Walter (NC) #112
Adds the United States Coast Guard Academy and the United States Merchant Marine Academy to the list of institutions covered under section 556 of H.R. 4200 regarding prayer at military service academies. (Late)

Kennedy, Mark (MN) #33
Eliminates the 2-year BRAC delay contained in H.R. 4200. Requires certain reports be submitted to Congress approximately six months before any potential vote to disapprove the recommendations of the BRAC Commission in order to review and hold hearings on the report.

Kucinich #61
Provides that not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to Congress, in unclassified form, a report setting forth the criteria for the withdrawal of all United States combat forces from Iraq.

Kucinich #64
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States has no long-term military intentions in Iraq and the United States will not create any permanent military bases in Iraq.

Langevin #60
Clarifies the calculation of the Minimum Cost Differential in public-private competition of Department of Defense jobs so that the potential costs saved by work performed by contractors would cover the expense of the competition (10% of in-house personnel costs or $10 million, whichever is less).

Langevin #63
Allows civilian employees to compete in defense of their jobs, requires that the costs saved by work performed by contractors covers the expense of the competition (known as the Minimum Cost Differential - 10% of in-house personnel costs or $10 million, whichever is less), and excludes health care costs from the cost comparison process in the event contractors would provide their workers with monetarily inferior health care benefits. Establishes a pilot project to allow civilian employees to compete for new work and contractor work. Expresses the sense of Congress that civilian employees should share the same legal standing as has long been enjoyed by contractors. Requires the Inspector General to determine whether the Department of Defense has the infrastructure necessary to conduct public-private competitions and administer service contracts.

Lantos #83
Ensures that employees of the Federal Government and employees of either State or local governments that are Reservists or National Guard do not suffer a discrepancy in salary when they are activated for more than 30 days. Requires that the employing agency of a federal employee pay their employee the difference between his or her civilian and military salary. Establishes a cost-sharing formula, subject to appropriations, allowing State and local governments that decide to pay their Reservist employees the difference between their civilian and military salaries shall be able to petition the Secretary of Defense for a reimbursement of a portion of those costs. Offsets with a reduction from the Navy's Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle/Broad Area Maritime Surveillance initiative software and included for software and hardware development program.

Lee #50
Directs the executive branch to create a database of all detained persons in Iraq in U.S. custody and, to the extent practicable and consistent with national security, to make that database available to Iraqi family members of detained persons.

Lee #51
Prohibits the use of Department of Defense funds from furnishing military equipment, military training or advice, or other support for military activities, to any group or individual, not part of a country's armed forces, for the purpose of overthrowing a democratically elected government.

Lee #52
Directs the executive branch to work to create an international commission to monitor compliance with the Geneva Convention in U.S. held prisons in Iraq. Expresses the sense of Congress that the commission should include representatives from the International Red Cross, the International Red Crescent, the transitional government in Iraq, Iraqi civil society, the United Nations, and the United States and coalition armed forces.

Maloney #43
Directs the Secretary of Defense to eliminate the backlog in forensic evidence collection kits and to provide an adequate supply of forensic evidence collection kits at all domestic and overseas U.S. military installations, military academies, and theaters of operation.

Maloney #44
Ensures that members of the National Guard who served in the counties designated by the President as federal disaster areas immediately following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, will receive military retirement credit for that service.

Manzullo #7
Allows procurement officials within the Department of Defense to include the creation of jobs in the United States as an evaluation factor.

Markey #35
Eliminates all $29.8 million requested in FY 2005 for the Modern Pit Facility, a large new factory for producing plutonium pits, the key component in U.S. nuclear warheads. Requires a report to Congress on whether a new facility is needed for pit production in light of the ability of the national labs to produce plutonium pits, U.S. treaty obligations to reduce the U.S. nuclear stockpile by 80% over the next eight years, and ongoing scientific studies on plutonium pit aging that will be completed in 2006.

Matheson #2
Provides that the United States may not resume testing of nuclear weapons or any other nuclear explosive devices unless authorized by Congress.

Meek #39
Moves mission-critical information from the commissioning authority up to the highest levels in short order when that information portends events or situations detrimental to our strategic plan. Requires that the Secretary give guidance to all Department of Defense personnel with authority to commission assessments, evaluations, or investigations on what types of information would be necessary to pass up the chain of command. The guidance would specifically target those items of such potentially volatile nature as to given even the layman a reason to raise a red flag.

Meehan #81
Adds $31.5 million to the Department of Energy for defense nuclear nonproliferation activities to increase funds for the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return, or ?global cleanout? program. Offsets the addition by cutting $31.5 million from the Propulsion Replacement Program for the Minuteman III missile.

Platts #111
Provides for a four-year waiver to 40 U.S.C. 481?) to allow the Army to use Foreign Military Sale (FMS) proceeds from long-supply M109 Howitzers to purchase M109 based Command and Control vehicles or Field Artillery Ammunition Support vehicles. (Late)

Price/Shays #104
Establishes that for contractors working for the Department of Defense overseas, and for contractors working for other federal agencies that are supporting DoD's mission overseas, DoD is responsible for ensuring that contractor personnel who commit crimes are turned over to authorities with legal jurisdiction over those personnel. Establishes that any civilian employee, contractor, or subcontractor of DoD or another federal agency that is supporting the mission of DoD or working in an occupied territory is governed by the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA). Establishes that family members of people in (b) are also covered under MEJA. Closes the loophole in MEJA that prevents it from being used if someone commits a war crime. Gives DoD 90 days to spell out how MEJA should be implemented. (Late)

Ryun, Jim (KS)/Bordallo #28
Requires the Secretary of Defense to initiate senior officer official educational programs with Taiwan. Specifies that the exchanges would focus on the defense of Taiwan against a potential submarine attack and potential missile attack, and would also include activities related to civil-military relations, including parliamentary relations. (Revised)

Sanchez, Loretta #17
Repeals Article 120 of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice and replaces it with a sexual abuse statute patterned on 18 U.S.C. ?? 2241-2247

Sanders #8
Authorizes a new federal program to provide financial assistance to the families of National Guard Members and Reservists facing economic hardship due to a mobilization.

Sanders #9
Prohibits companies from receiving future defense contracts if they lay off a greater percentage of U.S. workers than workers in other countries.

Saxton #110
Strikes section 215 of H.R. 4200, and retains current authority in section 2374(a) of title 10, United States Code, by which the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency carries out a program to award cash prizes in recognition of outstanding achievements in basic, advanced, and applied research, technology development, and prototype development that have the potential for application to the performance of the military missions of the Defense Department. (Late)

Schakowsky #46
Requires monthly reporting on contracts for services in Iraq and Afghanistan between the United States and private companies in excess of $1 million.

Schiff #66
Allows Reserve Officers and officers of the National Guard, voluntarily serving periods of extended active duty to receive salaries from sources other than the government of the United States and allows the payment of such salaries.

Schiff #91
Adds $200 million to the top line for the Department of Defense ($50 million) and Department of Energy ($150 million) nonproliferation programs, bringing the total to $2 billion for Fiscal Year 2005. Offset by cutting $100 million from both the Space Based Radar program and the Transformational Communications Satellite program. (Late)

Scott, Bobby (VA) #123
Increases individual pay by $1,000 per month for active duty military, Reservists, and National Guard members who are deployed away from home for more than six months. Applies to each month of active duty in excess of six months. (Late)

Serrano #55
Prohibits the use of military aircraft for purposes of broadcasts into Cuba by Radio Marti and TV Marti.

Serrano #56
Identifies and provides health screenings for military personnel who are or have been exposed to depleted uranium contaminants.

Serrano/Gutierrez/Crowley/Acevedo-Vila/Velazquez #57
Provides for the uniform treatment of Eastern Vieques for the purposes of unexploded ordnance cleanup and environmental remediation, and to develop standards for such purposes.

Shimkus #20
Allows the Secretary of the Army to establish a Combat Service Recognition Ribbon to recognize participation in combat by members of the Army, regardless of branch. Qualifications would be similar to that of the Navy Combat Action Ribbon, but would be made by the Secretary of the Army. Sets up a recognition ribbon for every member of the Army that is involved in combat that meets the criteria to receive the Combat Service Ribbon; currently only infantrymen and medics are eligible to receive a combat badge in the Army.

Slaughter #10
Allows individuals to apply for benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Act if they developed covered illnesses and worked at facilities that the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has found the potential for significant residual contamination (NIOSH's November 2003 report). Requires NIOSH to update the residual contamination report in 2005, 2006, 2007 for sites where NIOSH has indicated it lacked sufficient information to reach conclusions.

Slaughter #11
Prohibits the purchase of equipment by the Department of Defense that contains electronic components that are not manufactured in the United States. Defines electronic component as software or any integrated chip or sensing device utilized in Department of Defense equipment.

Slaughter/Capito/Solis/Brown-Waite #86
Requires the Secretary of Defense to develop a comprehensive policy for the Department of Defense on the prevention of and response to sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces, based on the recommendations of the DoD Task Force on Care for Victims of Sexual Assaults and on such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. Requires DoD to take related measures to address sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces, such as reporting on improvement of capability to respond to sexual assaults, application of the comprehensive policy to the military departments, modification of policies and procedures of military departments, annual assessment of policies and procedures, and annual reports. (Revised) (Late)

Smith, Adam (WA) #59
Allows the Department of Defense, Nisqually Tribe, and Bonneville Power Administration to complete their agreement to move power lines currently crossing the Nisqually Indian Reservation to land on the Fort Lewis Army base. Provides that the Tribe will purchase 416 non-federal land holdings on the base and transfer those lands to the Defense Department, while DoD will transfer 168 acres of land into trust to the Secretary of the Interior for the Nisqually Indian Tribe.

Smith, Chris (NJ) #78
Repeals the offset of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation from Survivor Benefit Plan annuities for certain surviving spouses.

Spratt #89
Provides $414.4 million for targeted pay raises, reimbursement of life insurance premiums for service members that are in imminent danger, three Marine Corps' troop protection unfunded requirements, and improvements to the PAC-3 ballistic missile defense system. Offset by targeted cuts to four ballistic missile defense program elements, the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system, BMD Products, BMD Technology, and the BMD Systems Interceptor. (Late)

Strickland/Cooper/Tauscher/Udall (NM)/Udall (CO) #62
Requires the President to submit a legislative proposal to Congress that establishes a Federal payer for claims filed under Subtitle D of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act not later than the date on which the President submits the budget for Fiscal Year 2006.

Tancredo #4
Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned, upon application, to issue Cold War Victory service medals to military personnel who served honorably during the Cold War era. The Cold War era is defined as September 2, 1945, through December 26, 1991. This measure is revenue neutral. Provides that those who wish to receive the medal will be required to pay a charge sufficient to cover the cost of the medal.

Tauscher/Markey/Skelton/Dicks/Allen/Spratt #45
Transfers $36,557,000 from the Department of Energy's Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator and Advanced Concepts programs to increase both intelligence capabilities to get at hard and deeply buried targets and improved conventional bunker-busting capabilities.

Thompson, Mike (CA) #34
Mandates reporting requirements for supplemental funding for Iraq. Provides that if the Administration failed to meet these requirements, any reconstruction funds made available under this Act or previous acts could not be obligated.

Tierney #72
Requires that substantially all, and in no even less than 65%, or primary and each subcontract at any tier under the contract be completed in the United States. Allows the Secretary to waive the requirement in cases where the products, property services are not available in this country or in matters of national security. Specifies that within 30 days, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the specific rationale for the waiver. Specifies that the General Accounting Office shall study the number of waivers and submit an annual report to Congress offering recommendations on how the United States can increase capacity and strengthen its defense industrial base. Expands the information-gathering capabilities of the Defense Industrial Base Assessment Program.

Tierney #92
Requires that the Missile Defense Agency complete operational testing before deployment of the initial system or any phase thereof. (Revised) (Late)

Turner, Michael (OH) #87
Creates a new category of eligibility for combat related special compensation for injuries or illnesses incurred while being held as a prisoner of war or in the process of being captured. (Late)

Turner, Michael (OH) #88
Provides for a study of the feasibility of an international air and trade show to be held in the United States. (Late)

Udall, Mark (CO)/Beauprez #3
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Injury Compensation Program Act to include certain workers at the Rocky Flats site in Colorado as members of the Special Exposure Cohort.

Udall, Tom (NM) #54
Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to consider as members of the Special Exposure Cohort, any employee who was employed for at least 250 days, during the period 1945 through 2000, at Los Alamos National Laboratory Area G, the linear accelerator, or as a security guard or construction worker. Requires that the employee must have been monitored through the use of dosimetry badges and bioassays, or the employee must have worked in a job that had exposures comparable to a job that is monitored or should have been monitored under Department of Energy standards.

Wamp #36
Makes following changes to Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program: (1) Eliminates pay cap for physicians and lets the market set the rate; (2) Eliminates restrictions on hiring authority, allowing Department of Energy to hire a federal or contractor employee; (3) Eliminates the requirement that an application can only go to Panel if a State agreement is in place, but still authorizes State agreements which Department of Energy will still use for data and information exchanges.

Waters #94
Provides that not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall publish a list of all interrogation policies and practice that are approved for use by the Department of Defense, and all interrogation policies and practices that are prohibited for use by the Department of Defense in each theater of operations in which members of the Armed Forces are deployed, for interrogating enemy prisoners of war, enemy combatants, and other persons detained by the Armed Forces. Specifies that the list shall be promptly submitted to Congress. (Late)

Waters #95
Requires that, within 30 days of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish minimum standards for the administration of prison facilities used to detain prisoners of war, enemy combatants, and similar persons. Specifies that the standards shall include a requirement that the ratio of detention facility personnel to detained persons be at least one to three (or at least one battalion per 4,000 detained persons). Requires the Secretary of Defense to send to Congress the standards which they have set. (Late)

Waters #96
Requires the Secretary of Defense to conduct a monthly review of the status of each enemy detained person and, based upon such review, certify whether as of that time there is a continuing need for the detention of such person. Specifies that if the Secretary cannot make such certification, the personal shall be immediately released from detention. Defines ?enemy detained person? as a person being detained by the United States as a prisoner of war, enemy combatant, or other detainee at a detention facility in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or any other location outside the United States. Requires the first review within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (Late)

Waters #97
Provides that, 60 days after the date of enactment, a member of the Armed Forces may be authorized to perform duty at a detention facility in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or any other location at which enemy combatants or detainees are held only if the member has completed at least 8 hours of training in the Geneva Convention and appropriate treatment of detainees. Provides that a member of the Armed Forces may be authorized to perform such duty in the Iraqi theater or Afghanistan, other than as described in paragraph (1) only if the member has completed at least 4 hours of training described in paragraph (1). (Late)

Waters #98
Authorizes the Secretary of Defense, within 90 days of the adoption of this Act, to conduct a study to determine the amount of training each member of the Armed Force, serving at a detention facility in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or any other location at which enemy combatants or detainees are held, has received concerning the Geneva Conventions and Department of Defense permitted and prohibited interrogation techniques. Requires the Secretary of Defense to transmit the report to Congress. (Late)

Waters #99
Provides that, at any facility used for the detention of enemy prisoners of war, enemy combatants, or other foreign detainees, the Secretary of Defense may not use contractor personnel for any purpose related to the handling of detainees other than for the provision of translations services. (Late)

Waters #100
Provides that the Secretary of Defense shall take such steps as necessary to (1) require and encourage any member of the Armed Forces who sees, hears, or otherwise learns of anything that may be a violation of United States law, the Geneva Conventions, or Department of Defense interrogation policies and practices to report the matter to the member's superiors and (2) to provide that any such member who makes such a report does not suffer any adverse consequence, including any reduction in rank or pay, any loss of promotion authority, or any adverse duty assignment, by reason of making the report. (Late)

Waters #101
Specifies that in the case of any contract, valued at $10 million or more, with the Department of Defense, the head of an agency shall suspend the contractor from procurement activities if the head of the agency determines, based on a review of the contract documents, a written audit of the contractor, or the testimony of witnesses that the head of the agency considers to be credible, that the contractor fraudulently overcharged the agency concerned under the contract by at least 20 percent of the contract amount or $10 million (whichever is less). Allows a suspension to be waived for a contractor with respect to a particular contract if the Secretary of Defense determines it is necessary in the interests of national security, or such other reasons as the Secretary considers appropriate, to allow the contractor to be awarded the contract. Provides that in the case of any national security waiver, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to House and Senate Armed Services Committees, House Government Reform Committee, Senate Government Affairs Committee, House Homeland Security Committee, and the House and Senate Intelligence Committees a written notification of the waiver, including an explanation of the reasons for the waiver. (Late)

Waxman #13
Adds the Committee on Government Reform, which has government-wide procurement jurisdiction, to the list of committees the Secretary of Defense must provide certain contract documents to, within 14 days of a request. Under H.R. 4200, the Defense Department would be required to provide only the Committee on Armed Services with those documents.

Waxman #14
Requires the Department of Defense to terminate the Coalition Provisional Authority's seven contracts for the oversight of Iraq reconstruction efforts within 90 days. Upon termination of an oversight contract, the Department of Defense shall assume the program management and coordination responsibilities specified in the contract.

Weldon, Curt (PA) #15
Permits the firefighter's Federal Excess Property Program, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, to screen Department of Defense excess property at the same level of law enforcement, defense contractors, defense-related organizations, and humanitarian services for combating forest fires and other fire suppression purposes.

Weldon, Curt (PA)/Murtha #16
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should assist the Iraqi Government in destroying the Abu Gharib prison and replacing it with a modern detention facility. (Revised)

Wu #118
Creates a federal program to help pay for National Guard members and reservists' college tuition. Requires States that desire to receive federal funding for this purpose must submit to the Secretary of Education by October 1 of each fiscal year certification that the state will use such funds to help pay tuition for National Guard members and reservists. Authorizes the program at $100 million. Provides that all National Guard members and reservists are eligible to receive funding under this program provided they (1) attend public institutions of higher learning in the state they reside in; (2) apply this program's funding toward their undergraduate education; (3) will not be eligible to receive Montgomery GI bill funding. (Late)

Woolsey #30
Urges the President to reaffirm the moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons and to work for U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which the U.S. signed on September 24, 1996.

Woolsey #31
Requires the Secretary of Defense to replicate with Iran the Cooperative Threat Reduction program in which the U.S. works with the Russian Federation and the states of the former Soviet Union to dismantle nuclear warheads, reduce nuclear stockpiles, and secure nuclear weapons and materials.

Woolsey #32
Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should fully implement and observe all obligations and commitments to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which the United States ratified on March 5, 1970.

Vitter #18
Directs the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization to design and deploy a land-based and sea-based National Missile Defense system capable of defending the national territory of the United States against ballistic missile attack as soon as technologically possible.

Vitter #19
States that it is the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as is technologically possible an effective Missile Defense system capable of defending Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom against limited ballistic missile attack.

* Summaries derived from information submitted by the amendment sponsors.