House Report 118-142 - PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2670) TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

[House Report 118-142]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

118th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 118-142

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PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 2670) TO
AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AND FOR
DEFENSE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY
PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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July 13, 2023.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed

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Mr. Cole, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following

R E P O R T

[To accompany H. Res. 583]

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 583, by a record vote of 9 to 4, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for further consideration of H.R.
2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2024, under a structured rule. The resolution provides for no
further general debate. The resolution makes in order only
those further amendments printed in this report. Each such
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this
report, may be offered only by a Member designated, shall be
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified
in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall
not be subject to a demand for division of the question. All
points of order against the further amendments printed in the
report or against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of
the resolution are waived. The resolution provides that the
chair of the Committee on Armed Services or his designee may
offer amendments en bloc at any time consisting of amendments
not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered
as read, shall be debatable for 30 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Armed Services or their respective designees,
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to
a demand for division of the question. The resolution provides
for one motion to recommit.

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against
further amendments printed in the report or against amendments
en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution, the Committee
is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic
in nature.

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 72

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #46, offered by Representative Lee, which reduces the
NDAA top line by $100 billion and holds harmless all accounts
that support pay and benefits for personnel and dependents.
Defeated: 4-9

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 73

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #1473, offered by Representative Jacobs, which
prohibits the transfer of cluster munitions. Defeated: 4-9

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess.................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 74

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
en bloc amendment #31, offered by Representative Lee, which
repeals the 2002 and 1991 Authorizations for Use of Military
Force for Iraq; and amendment #323, offered by Representative
Spanberger, which repeals the 1957 Authorization for Use of
Military Force. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 75

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #161, offered by Representative Bowman, which
prohibits U.S. military presence in Syria without Congressional
approval. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 76

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #10, offered by Delegate Norton, which inserts the
text of the Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of
2023. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 77

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #1148 to H.R. 2670, offered by Representative
McGovern, which reauthorizes the VA Rideshare program. This
program helps provide transportation for homeless veterans and
veterans eligible for the HUD-VASH program. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 78

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #1330, offered by Representative McGovern, which
authorizes the President to issue waivers to restrictions on
trade with Cuban nationals to permit Cuban citizens engaged in
private business to travel to the United States and do business
with U.S. individuals and businesses. Specifically excludes
those guilty of human rights abuses, subject to Global
Magnitsky sanctions, currently on the specially designated
nationals and blocked person list; or employees of the Cuban
government or security forces. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 79

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #576, offered by Representative McGovern, which calls
for an annual report to Congress that assesses the status of
Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 80

Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #427, offered by Representative Houlahan, which
repeals restrictions on the usage of DOD funds and facilities
for abortion care. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 81

Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #971, offered by Representative Sherrill, which
codifies the DOD travel policy related to abortion care.
Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 82

Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #490, offered by Representative Sherrill, which
analyzes the impact on military readiness caused by ongoing
indefinite delays to the promotion confirmation process in the
Senate. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 83

Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #603, offered by Representative Wild, which adds a
sense of Congress that withholding expeditious consideration
and confirmation of military promotions risks damaging national
security and hinders military readiness. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 84

Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #242, offered by Representative Jacobs, which
codifies the ability of transgender individuals to serve.
Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 85

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #359, offered by Representative Neguse, which directs
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to administer a pilot program
to employ veterans in positions that relate to federal wildland
firefighting activities. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 86

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #368, offered by Representative Neguse, which reforms
and increases pay for Federal wildland firefighters. Defeated:
4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 87

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #370, offered by Representative Neguse, which
establishes a mental health program for federal wildland
firefighters, many of whom are veterans, including a mental
health awareness campaign, peer-to-peer support network,
expansion of the Critical Incident Stress Management Program,
mental health leave, and ensuring trauma-informed mental health
professionals are readily available to provide services.
Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 88

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #372, offered by Representative Neguse, which
establishes a housing stipend for federal wildland
firefighters, many of whom are veterans, hired at a location
more than 50 miles from their primary residence with the
allowance being determined by the Secretaries of the Interior
and Agriculture and be based on the cost of living in the area
of deployment. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 89

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #374, offered by Representative Neguse, which
establishes an annual recruitment and retention bonus of $1,000
for Federal wildland firefighters. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 90

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #567, offered by Representative Neguse, which adds
the text of H.R. 3437, the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and
Economy Act. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 91

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #909, offered by Representative Neguse, which waives
out-of pocket costs for military families and veterans on
TRICARE for their first three outpatient mental health visits
per year. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 92

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #916, offered by Representative Neguse, which
requires the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) within the
Department of Veterans Affairs to update an ongoing national
training program for claims processors who review compensation
claims for service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder.
Claims processors will be required to participate in the
training at least once a year and the VBA would establish a
formal process based on identified processing error trends.
Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 93

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #918, offered by Representative Neguse, which directs
the Department of Labor to carry out a five-year program of
grants to nonprofit organizations that assist the transition of
service members to civilian life. Funds may be used for a broad
range of supportive programs, such as job recruitment training.
Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 94

Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #936, offered by Representative Neguse, which
authorizes a GAO report to study how DOL can improve its
process for determining benefit eligibility for former atomic
weapons employees under the Energy Employees Occupation Illness
Compensation Program (EEOICPA). This amendment also extends the
authorization of the Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and
Worker Health. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 95

Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #718, offered by Representative Garcia, which
requires the Department of Defense to adjust their existing
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp (JROTC) High School Cadet
program to include an annual training to prevent sexual assault
and abuse. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 96

Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #681, offered by Representative Gonzalez, which
allows special veterans, as defined in the text, to apply for
citizenship overseas as at U.S. consulates, embassies, and
bases. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 97

Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #168, offered by Representative Gonzales, which
requires an assessment of public schools on DOD installations
and permits schools omitted from the 2019 approved Priority
List to be assessed and ranked accordingly. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 98

Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #1418, offered by Representative McClellan,
which strikes language from the bill that eliminates the Chief
Diversity Officer position at DoD. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 99

Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #682, offered by Representative Gonzalez, which
ensures no federal funds are used for any costs associated with
the development, licensing, granting of rights-of-way,
construction, or operation of any consolidated interim storage
facilities on or near the Permian Basin if consent from
governing entities of jurisdiction is not granted, with
exception for current facilities in which the military already
stores nuclear waste. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 100

Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #1419, offered by Representative McClellan,
which strikes language from the bill that capped the maximum
pay grade of employees of DoD's Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Office at GS10. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 101

Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #1428, offered by Representative Vasquez, which
mandates an assessment of DOD counterdrug activities with
foreign law enforcement and that within 90 days and based off
the results of the assessment, the Secretary of Defense would
be required to issue guidance that supports foreign counterdrug
activities and programs to address the flow of drugs into the
U.S. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 102

Motion by Mr. McGovern to amend the rule to make in order a
substitute amendment, if offered by Ranking Member Smith,
consisting of the text of H.R. 2670, as ordered reported by the
Committee on Armed Services. Defeated: 4-9

Rules Committee record vote No. 103

Motion by Mr. Burgess to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4

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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Yea Ms. Scanlon....................... Nay
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Yea Mr. Neguse........................ Nay
Mr. Massie...................................... Yea Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Nay
Mr. Norman...................................... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Yea
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Yea
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Yea
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2670 MADE IN ORDER

1. Williams (NY): Prohibits any form of support or direct
involvement by federal agencies in research that is conducted
by the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party, or any
of their affiliated agents, instruments, or entities. (10
minutes)
2. Green (TN): Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from
providing any support for the production of a film subject to
content restrictions or censorship screening requirements from
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or government of the People's
Republic of China (PRC). (10 minutes)
3. Green (TN), De La Cruz (TX), Luna (FL), Posey (FL),
Miller (IL), Boebert (CO): Prohibits the sale of any goods
manufactured, assembled, or imported from China at commissary
stores or military exchanges. (10 minutes)
4. Stefanik (NY), Tenney (NY): Adds U.S. entities that
partner with universities in China and Russia that maintain
partnerships with their military or intelligence services to a
DoD list of U.S. universities that are engaged in malign
activities. Prohibits DoD RDT&E funding from going to any
entity on that list. (10 minutes)
5. Jackson (TX), Roy (TX), Banks (IN), Fallon (TX), Waltz
(FL), Dunn (FL), Bice (OK), Weber (TX), Bishop (NC), Duncan
(SC), Smith (NJ), Luna (FL), Feenstra (IA), Miller (IL),
Aderholt (AL), Burchett (TN), Ogles (TN), Issa (CA), Alford
(MO), Self (TX), Hageman (WY), Arrington (TX), Van Duyne (TX),
Moran (TX), Hudson (NC), Williams (TX), Posey (FL), Graves
(LA), Mooney (WV), Crenshaw (TX), Miller (OH), Bost (IL), Gosar
(AZ), McCormick (GA), Johnson (SD), Good (VA), Fulcher (ID),
Rouzer (NC), Cline (VA), Davidson (OH), Guest (MS), Babin (TX),
Baird (IN), Higgins (LA), Westerman (AR), Carter (TX), Hern
(OK), Harris (MD), Ellzey (TX), Crane (AZ), Johnson (LA), Kelly
(MS), Harshbarger (TN), Lamborn (CO), Burlison (MO), Tenney
(NY), Fischbach (MN), Brecheen (OK), Finstad (MN), Stauber
(MN), Grothman (WI), Boebert (CO), Fry (SC), Wenstrup (OH),
Green (TN), Joyce (PA), Webster (FL), Burgess (TX), Edwards
(NC), Steube (FL), Kelly (PA): Prohibits the Secretary of
Defense from paying for or reimbursing expenses relating to
abortion services. This is the amendment version of H.R. 1297.
(10 minutes)
6. Gallagher (WI): Restricts DoD funding for fundamental
research collaboration with certain PRC entities. (10 minutes)
7. Gallagher (WI): Prohibits the U.S. government and those
that contract with the U.S. government from acquiring genetic
sequencing equipment from Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) and
its subsidiaries. (10 minutes)
8. Gallagher (WI): Directs the Department of Defense
Inspector General to determine the total amount of DOD dollars
paid to EcoHealth Alliance, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or
any other lab or organization affiliated with the Chinese
Communist Party. (10 minutes)
9. DesJarlais (TN): Prohibits funds authorized by this Act
from being used to engage in direct, bilateral cooperation with
the People's Republic of China or China-affiliated
organizations on biomedical research programs without explicit
authorization from Congress and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. (10 minutes)
10. Rosendale (MT), Boebert (CO), Luna (FL), Davidson (OH),
Good (VA), Tenney (NY), Crane (AZ), Grothman (WI), Self (TX):
Prohibits TRICARE from covering and the Department of Defense
from furnishing sex reassignment surgeries and gender hormone
treatments for transgender individuals. (10 minutes)
11. Perry (PA), Crane (AZ): Prohibits the use of funds made
available by this Act to refer to Taiwan as anything other than
``Taiwan'' in publications or on departmental and agency
websites. (10 minutes)
12. Perry (PA): Prohibits the use of funds made available
by this Act to promote a ``one country, two systems'' solution
for Taiwan. (10 minutes)
13. Perry (PA), Crane (AZ): Prohibits the use of funds to
forbid active duty military officers of Taiwan from wearing
their uniforms during visits to the United States. (10 minutes)
14. Ogles (TN): Ensures oversight over the implementation
of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act. (10 minutes)
15. McClain (MI): Prohibits funding to the Wuhan Institute
of Virology, as well as EcoHealth Alliance, any subsidiary of
EcoHealth Alliance, any organization directly controlled by
EcoHealth Alliance, or any organization or individual that is a
subgrantee or subcontractor of EcoHealth Alliance. (10 minutes)
16. Molinaro (NY): Includes a study to identify potential
vulnerabilities in U.S. military systems and infrastructure
that could be exploited by adversarial AI applications used by
the PRC, Russia, and other actors of concern. (10 minutes)
17. Garamendi (CA), Deluzio (PA), Doggett (TX): Fixes
loopholes in existing requirements for pricing data by
clarifying when cost or pricing data is required. Makes clear
that requirements to provide cost or pricing information can
only be waived when there is a price competition that results
in at least two responsive and viable offers. (10 minutes)
18. Reschenthaler (PA), Fitzpatrick (PA), Gottheimer (NJ),
Tenney (NY): Requires DOD to submit to Congress a report on
whether any products sold at commissary or exchange stores in
fiscal years 2022 or 2023 were produced by companies that have
participated in a boycott action against the State of Israel.
(10 minutes)
19. Lamborn (CO), Boebert (CO), Tenney (NY): Prohibits the
Department of Defense from entering into contracts with
entities that engaged in a boycott of the State of Israel. (10
minutes)
20. Norman (SC), Boebert (CO), Crane (AZ), Miller (IL),
Brecheen (OK): Prohibits provision of gender transition
procedures, including surgery or medication, through the
Exceptional Family Member Program. (10 minutes)
21. Greene (GA), Steube (FL): Strikes $300 million of
Ukraine funding. (10 minutes)
22. Gaetz (FL): Prohibits security assistance for Ukraine.
(10 minutes)
23. Greene (GA): Strikes the creation of a Center of
Excellence in Ukraine. (10 minutes)
24. Davidson (OH), Cloud (TX): Requires the President, in
coordination with the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of
State, to develop and submit a report to Congress that contains
a strategy for U.S. involvement in Ukraine. (10 minutes)
25. Ogles (TN): Strikes Section 1224 of the bill, which
extends lend-lease authority to Ukraine. (10 minutes)
26. DesJarlais (TN): Prohibits funds authorized in this
bill from being used to further any nuclear agreement with Iran
that has not received explicit Congressional approval. (10
minutes)
27. Blumenauer (OR), McGovern (MA), Garamendi (CA): Strikes
Section 1639 and prohibits the use of funds for the sustainment
of the B83-1 bomb. This amendment reflects the 2022 Nuclear
Posture Review, which declared the B83 1 ``will be retired.''
(10 minutes)
28. Tlaib (MI): Strikes the prohibition on the reduction of
the total number of nuclear armed Intercontinental Ballistic
Missiles (ICBMs) deployed in the United States in Sec. 1638.
Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic
missiles of the United States. (10 minutes)
29. Donalds (FL): Directs each branch of the U.S. Armed
Services to submit a statement, if they certify that they're
interested in potentially utilizing advanced nuclear
technology, outlining what they would need in terms of
bolstering regulatory certainty relating to deploying advanced
nuclear reactors for military operations and logistical
support. (10 minutes)
30. Roy (TX), Crane (AZ): Amends Section 904 to prohibit
federal funds from being used to establish a position within
the Department of Defense for anything similar to Chief
Diversity Officers or Senior Advisors for Diversity and
Inclusion. (10 minutes)
31. Roy (TX), Good (VA), Crane (AZ): Prohibits funds
authorized for DoDEA from being used to promote that idea that,
(1) Any race is inherently superior or inferior to any other
race, color, or national origin. (2) The U.S. is a
fundamentally racist country. (3) The Declaration of
Independence or the U.S. Constitution are racist documents. (4)
An individual's moral character or worth is determined by the
individual's race, color, or national origin. (5) An
individual, by virtue of the individual's race, is inherently
racist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously. (6)
An individual, because of the individual's race, bears
responsibility for the actions committed by other members of
the individual's race, color, or national origin. (10 minutes)
32. Crane (AZ), Good (VA), Biggs (AZ), Gosar (AZ), Miller
(IL), Boebert (CO): Prohibits the Department of Defense from
making participation in training or support for certain race-
based concepts a requirement for hiring, promotion, or
retention of individuals. It also ensures that employees and
service members cannot be compelled to declare belief in or
participate in training that promotes such concepts as a
condition of favorable personnel actions. (10 minutes)
33. Norman (SC), Miller (IL), Good (VA), Crane (AZ):
Eliminates any offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
along with the personnel in said offices within the offices of
the Armed Forces and Department of Defense. (10 minutes)
34. Norman (SC), Miller (IL), Brecheen (OK), Tenney (NY),
Crane (AZ): Codifies Trump admin guidance to prohibit the
display of unapproved flags. (10 minutes)
35. Boebert (CO), Crane (AZ), Brecheen (OK), Miller (IL):
Prohibits Department of Defense Education Activity schools from
purchasing and having pornographic and radical gender ideology
books in their libraries. (10 minutes)
36. Jackson (TX), Tenney (NY), Self (TX): Prohibits any
adverse actions against cadets or midshipmen based on their
COVID-19 vaccination status. Further, states that an individual
may not be denied admission at a service academy based on their
COVID-19 vaccination status. (10 minutes)
37. Wenstrup (OH), Burgess (TX): Provides for a study
regarding the immune response levels of servicemembers to
COVID-19 infection and vaccination. (10 minutes)
38. Banks (IN), Tenney (NY), Green (TN): Amends service
reinstatement and protection provisions in the FY2024 NDAA for
servicemembers who refused COVID vaccination to also include
members of the Coast Guard. (10 minutes)
39. Norman (SC), Miller (IL), Crane (AZ): Prohibits of any
sort of mask mandate regarding the spread of COVID-19 on any
military instillation in the United States. (10 minutes)
40. Davidson (OH): Requires a study and report on health
conditions arising in members of the Armed Forces after the
administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. (10 minutes)
41. Waltz (FL), Good (VA): Allows DoD to transfer excess
controlled property to Federal and State agencies under the
1033 program, consistent with the original intent of the
program. (10 minutes)
42. Pfluger (TX): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
notify local, State, and Federal elected officials not later
than 90 days before the Department of Defense uses, creates, or
repurposes a military base to house migrants. (10 minutes)
43. Biggs (AZ), Crane (AZ), Miller (IL): Requires the
Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and United States
Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a
report on agreements made by the United States with the
Taliban. (10 minutes)
44. Rosendale (MT), Griffith (VA), Miller (OH), Gaetz (FL):
Amends Section 1021(b) of the FY12 NDAA to limit the authority
of the U.S. military to indefinitely detain individuals
pursuant to the 2001 AUMF, to exclude American citizens from
being subject to detention. (10 minutes)
45. Davidson (OH): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit to Congress a report on allied contributions to defense
spending. (10 minutes)
46. Alford (MO), Bacon (NE): Directs the Secretary of the
Air Force to not terminate fighter flying mission of fighter
squadron of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve until
180 days after the Secretary of the Air Force submits a
modernization plan to congressional defense committees
including options for modernization of fighter squadrons of the
Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve and the replacement of
the aircraft with more capable aircraft. (10 minutes)
47. Good (VA), Duncan (SC), Miller (IL), Brecheen (OK),
Biggs (AZ): Prohibits the use of federal funds to carry out the
recommendations of the Naming Commission. (10 minutes)
48. Greene (GA), Gaetz (FL), Massie (KY): No cluster
munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or
transferred to Ukraine. (10 minutes)
49. Hageman (WY): Requires that all documents and
correspondence of the Countering Extremism Working Group are
provided to the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the
Federal Government and the Committee on Armed Services. (10
minutes)
50. Davidson (OH): Strikes Section 217, which authorizes
funds to NATO for the joint fund established for the Defence
Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic initiative
(DIANA). (10 minutes)
51. Roy (TX), Davidson (OH), Brecheen (OK), Crane (AZ):
Expresses a sense of Congress that the U.S. should not continue
subsidizing NATO member countries who choose not to invest in
their own defense by meeting the 2014 Wales Summit Defense
Spending Benchmark. (10 minutes)
52. Gaetz (FL), Crane (AZ), Miller (IL): Prohibits federal
funds for training on diversity, equity, and inclusion. (10
minutes)
53. Norman (SC), Crane (AZ): Requires that any DOD
component that fails to pass an independent audit have 1.5
percent of its budget returned to the Treasury for deficit
reduction. Exempts personnel accounts and Defense Health
Program. (10 minutes)
54. Biggs (AZ), Clyde (GA), Crane (AZ), Burgess (TX),
Miller (IL): Requires the Department of Defense to perform an
audit. If it fails to, the discretionary budget authority
available for the Department of Defense, the military
department, or the Defense Agency shall be reduced by .5
percent. (10 minutes)
55. Biggs (AZ): Exempts defense related activities from the
Endangered Species Act. (10 minutes)
56. Perry (PA), Crane (AZ): Prohibits any funding
authorized by this Act or otherwise made available for DOD for
FY24 to provide any kind of support to the Taliban and
prohibits any form of sanctions relief or mitigation unless
explicitly authorized by Congress in subsequent legislation.
(10 minutes)
57. Davidson (OH): Reduces the DEI personnel grade cap from
GS-10 to GS-1. (10 minutes)
58. Perry (PA), Good (VA), Crane (AZ): Prohibits the use of
funds for promotion of sustainable building materials
(including low-embodied or no-carbon concrete or asphalt) or
net-zero emissions construction. (10 minutes)
59. Perry (PA), Good (VA), Crane (AZ): Prohibits the use of
RDT&E funding on electric vehicles, electric vehicle chargers,
and photovoltaic technology. (10 minutes)
60. Gosar (AZ), Boebert (CO), Donalds (FL), Weber (TX),
Biggs (AZ), Ogles (TN): Requires the Secretary of Defense to
expeditiously disclose to the public all records relating to
the war in Afghanistan. (10 minutes)
61. Issa (CA): Requires DoD, within one year, produce
documents and after action reports for decisions surrounding
the evacuation of Bagram Airbase, the Abbey Gate suicide
bomber, the airlift and follow-on movements of those airlifted,
and any efforts to stymie non-USG American groups attempting to
extract AMCITs, LPRs, or Afghan Allies from Afghanistan. (10
minutes)
62. Burlison (MO), Grothman (WI): Prohibits DoD from
establishing new DEI administrator positions and/or taking
actions to fill vacancies in currently existing DEI billets.
(10 minutes)
63. Banks (IN), Grothman (WI): Prohibits any funds
authorized in the bill from being used by the military service
academies to discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity in
academy admissions or to establish quotas for admission on the
basis of race or ethnicity. (10 minutes)
64. Roy (TX): Prohibits DOD from carrying out Biden's
climate change executive orders. (10 minutes)
65. Luttrell (TX): Requires a report on U.S. assistance to
Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces and if any of these funds have
benefited any member of a foreign terrorist organization. (10
minutes)
66. Davidson (OH), Jacobs (CA), Mace (SC), Jayapal (WA),
Biggs (AZ), Lofgren (CA), Tenney (NY), Hoyle (OR): The
amendment would prevent DOD from purchasing data that would
otherwise require a warrant, court order, or subpoena. This
applies to data inside the United States. (10 minutes)
67. Garcia, Mike (CA): Modifies the base pay rate for
certain junior enlisted servicemembers to ensure that these
servicemembers' base pay is at least $31,200 per year effective
Jan. 1, 2024. (10 minutes)
68. Boebert (CO), Lamborn (CO): Provides for the orderly
closure and disposal of the Pueblo Chemical Depot Chemical
Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Pueblo County, Colorado. (10
minutes)
69. Gaetz (FL): Prohibits support for the Joint Staff Civil
Disturbance Cell of the National Military Command Center. (10
minutes)
70. Cloud (TX): Requires energy project applicants reviewed
by the Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting
Clearinghouse to submit a foreign agent and principal
disclosure and allows governors of states 120 days to review
and respond to a notice of presumed risk in their state. (10
minutes)
71. Edwards (NC), Davis (NC): Requires the Department of
Defense to conduct an assessment of the 15 counties in Western
North Carolina as potential locations for future defense assets
and to prepare a report for Congress. (10 minutes)
72. Lawler (NY): Adds a sense of Congress that defense
intelligence sharing between the U.S. and the Republic of
Korea, Japan, and Taiwan is crucial for identifying and
countering the malign activities of China and North Korea in
the Indo-Pacific. (10 minutes)
73. Gallagher (WI): Establishes a fence on OSD travel until
DoD submits a plan to provide the transfer of certain excess
coastal defense capabilities to security partners with a
presidential drawdown authority. (10 minutes)
74. Gonzales, Tony (TX), Golden (ME), Carbajal (CA), Bice
(OK), Moulton (MA), Davis (NC), James (MI), Crow (CO), LaLota
(NY), Ciscomani (AZ), Moylan (GU), Nunn (IA), Neguse (CO), Lee
(NV), Gimenez (FL), Kelly (IL), Miller-Meeks (IA), Womack (AR),
Salazar (FL), Armstrong (ND), Sessions (TX), Pfluger (TX),
Bacon (NE), Ellzey (TX), Moran (TX), Van Orden (WI), Hinson
(IA), Valadao (CA), De La Cruz (TX), Luttrell (TX): Establishes
a National Digital Reserve Corps administered by GSA. (10
minutes)
75. Gallagher (WI), Krishnamoorthi (IL): Requires an
evaluation of the provision of defense support for Taiwan. (10
minutes)
76. Good (VA), Luna (FL), Miller (IL), Biggs (AZ), Donalds
(FL): Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to
Congress within one year of enactment on the extent to which
Communist China has benefited from taxpayer funded research.
This report would include a list of United States Government-
funded entities, such as research institutions, laboratories,
and institutions of higher education, which have hired Chinese
nationals or allowed Chinese nationals to conduct research,
including an estimate in the number of nationals hired or
involved in research projects. (10 minutes)
77. Graves (MO), Larsen (WA): Clarifies the list of Federal
representatives designated to serve on the Maritime Working
Group established under title XXXV. (10 minutes)
78. Graves (MO), Carbajal (CA), Peltola (AK): Authorizes a
memorial marker or niche cover and ceremony in Arlington
National Cemetery in remembrance of Congressman Don Young. (10
minutes)
79. Peters (CA), Jacobs (CA): Clarifies the use of
government operated dry docks for non-nuclear surface ship
repair. (10 minutes)
80. Tenney (NY): Requires a report by the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, on U.S.
efforts to dissuade allies from purchasing Russian and Chinese
weapons. (10 minutes)

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 2670 MADE IN ORDER

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Williams of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Add at the end of subtitle C of title XVIII the following:

SEC. 1859. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING RESEARCH IN CHINA.

The Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary
of Transportation, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
or any other Federal agency may not directly or indirectly
conduct or support, through grants, subgrants, contracts,
cooperative agreements or other funding vehicles, research that
will be conducted by--
(1) the Government of the People's Republic of China
or any agent or instrumentality of the Government of
the People's Republic of China or any entity owned by
or controlled by the People's Republic of China; or
(2) the Chinese Communist Party or any agent or
instrumentality of the Chinese Communist Party or any
entity owned by or controlled by the Chinese Communist
Party.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title XII, insert
the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PRODUCTION OF FILMS AND
PROHIBITION ON USE OF SUCH FUNDS FOR FILMS SUBJECT
TO CONDITIONS ON CONTENT OR ALTERED FOR SCREENING
IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA OR AT THE REQUEST
OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY.

(a) Limitation on Use of Funds.--The Secretary of Defense may
only authorize the provision of technical support or access to
an asset controlled by or related to the Department of Defense
to enter into a contract relating to the production or funding
of a film by a United States company if the United States
company, as a condition of receiving the support or access--
(1) provides to the Secretary a list of all films
produced or funded by that company the content of which
has been submitted, during the shorter of the preceding
10-year period or the period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act, to an official of the
Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) or
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for evaluation with
respect to screening the film in the PRC;
(2) includes, with respect to each such film--
(A) the title of the film; and
(B) the date on which such submission
occurred;
(3) enters into a written agreement with the
Secretary of Defense not to alter the content of the
film in response to, or in anticipation of, a request
by an official of the Government of the PRC or the CCP;
and
(4) submits such agreement to the Secretary.
(b) Prohibition With Respect to Films Subject to Conditions
on Content or Altered for Screening in China.--Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the President may not authorize the provision
of technical support or access to any asset controlled by the
Federal Government for, or authorize the head of a Federal
agency to enter into any contract relating to, the production
or funding of a film by a United States company if--
(1) the film is co-produced by an entity located in
the PRC that is subject to conditions on content
imposed by an official of the Government of the PRC or
the CCP; or
(2) with respect to the most recent report submitted
under subsection (c), the United States company is
listed in the report pursuant to subparagraph (C) or
(D) of paragraph (2) of that subsection.
(c) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report on
films disclosed under subsection (a) that are
associated with a United States company that has
received technical support or access to an asset
controlled by the Department of Defense for, or has
entered into a contract with the Federal Government
relating to, the production or funding of a film.
(2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1)
shall include the following:
(A) A description of each film listed
pursuant to the requirement under subsection
(a)(1), the content of which was submitted,
during the shorter of the preceding 10-year
period or the period beginning on the date of
the enactment of this Act, by a United States
company to an official of the Government of the
PRC or the CCP for evaluation with respect to
screening the film in the PRC, including--
(i) the United States company that
submitted the contents of the film;
(ii) the title of the film; and
(iii) the date on which such
submission occurred.
(B) A description of each film with respect
to which a United States company entered into a
written agreement with the Department of
Defense providing the support or access, as
applicable, pursuant to the requirement under
subsection (a)(2) not to alter the content of
the film in response to, or in anticipation of,
a request by an official of the Government of
the PRC or the CCP, during the shorter of the
preceding 10-year period or the period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this
Act, including--
(i) the United States company that
entered into the agreement; and
(ii) the title of the film.
(C) The title of any film described pursuant
to subparagraph (A), and the corresponding
United States company described pursuant to
clause (i) of that subparagraph--
(i) that was submitted to an official
of the Government of the PRC or the CCP
during the preceding 3-year period; and
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses
that the content was altered in
response to, or in anticipation of, a
request by an official of the
Government of the PRC or the CCP.
(D) The title of any film that is described
in both subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B),
and the corresponding one or more United States
companies described in clause (i) of each such
subparagraph--
(i) that was submitted to an official
of the Government of the PRC or the CCP
during the preceding 10-year period;
and
(ii) for which the Secretary assesses
that the content was altered in
response to, or in anticipation of, a
request by an official of the
Government of the PRC or the CCP.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Content.--The term ``content'' means any
description of a film, including the script.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of Defense.
(4) United states company.--The term ``United States
company'' means a private entity incorporated under the
laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within
the United States.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Green of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 6__. PROHIBITION ON SALE OF CHINESE GOODS IN COMMISSARY STORES AND
MILITARY EXCHANGES.

The Secretary of Defense shall prohibit the sale, at a
commissary store or military exchange, of goods--
(1) manufactured in China;
(2) assembled in China; or
(3) imported into the United States from China.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stefanik of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Strike section 1308 and insert the following:

SEC. 1308. MODIFICATION OF INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PROTECTION OF NATIONAL
SECURITY ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS FROM UNDUE INFLUENCE
AND OTHER SECURITY THREATS.

(a) In General.--Section 1286(c)(8)(A)(iii) of the John S.
McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(10 U.S.C. 4001 note) is amended--
(1) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at the end;
and
(2) by adding at the end of the following:
``(III) to provide documented support
to a defense or an intelligence agency
of the applicable country; or''.
(b) Prohibition on Availability of Funds.--
(1) In general.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available
for fiscal year 2024 or any subsequent fiscal year for
the Department of Defense for research, development,
test, and evaluation may be provided to an entity that
maintains a contract between the entity and an academic
institution of the People's Republic of China, the
Russian Federation, or another country that--
(A) is identified on the list developed under
section 1286(c)(8)(A) of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2019 (10 U.S.C. 4001 note) (as amended by
subsection (a)); and
(B) is included on such list because the
institution meets the criteria specified in
clause (ii) or clause (iii) of such section.
(2) Waiver.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may
waive the prohibition under paragraph (1) with
respect to an entity, on a case-by-case basis,
if the Secretary determines that such a waiver
is appropriate.
(B) Reporting.--Not later than 30 days after
issuing a waiver under subparagraph (A), the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and
the House of Representatives a report that
explains the Secretary's reasons for issuing
the waiver.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title VII, insert
the following:

SEC. 7__. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE OF EXPENSES RELATING TO ABORTION SERVICES.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) consistent with section 1093 of title 10, United
States Code, the Department of Defense may not use any
funds for abortions except where the life of the mother
would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term
or in a case in which the pregnancy is the result of an
act of rape or incest;
(2) the Secretary of Defense has no legal authority
to implement any policies in which funds are to be used
for such purpose; and
(3) the Department of Defense Memorandum titled
``Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care'', dated
October 20, 2022, is therefore unlawful and must be
rescinded.
(b) Repeal of Memorandum.--
(1) Repeal.--The Department of Defense memorandum
titled ``Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care'',
dated October 20, 2022, shall have no force or effect.
(2) Prohibition on availability of funds to carry out
memorandum.--No funds may be obligated or expended to
carry out the memorandum specified in paragraph (1) or
any successor to such memorandum.
(c) Prohibition.--Section 1093 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(c) Prohibition on Payment or Reimbursement of Certain
Fees.--(1) The Secretary of Defense may not pay for or
reimburse any fees or expenses, including travel expenses,
relating to a health-care professional gaining a license in a
State if the purpose of gaining such license is to provide
abortion services.
``(2) In this subsection:
``(A) The term `health-care professional' means a
member of the armed forces, civilian employee of the
Department of Defense, personal services contractor
under section 1091 of this title, or other individual
who provides health care at a military medical
treatment facility.
``(B) The term `license' has the meaning given that
term in section 1094 of this title.''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH
COLLABORATION WITH CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.

(a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none
of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise made available for any fiscal year for the Department
of Defense may be provided directly or indirectly to an
institution of higher education for conducting fundamental
research in collaboration with any of the following:
(1) An entity of concern.
(2) An academic institution of a military, law
enforcement, intelligence, or security agency of the
People's Republic of China, including any institution
specified in subsection (e) or identified on the list
published under subsection (g)(1) (as applicable), or
any individual or entity acting for or on behalf of
such an institution.
(3) Any component of the defense laboratory system in
the People's Republic of China, including--
(A) any Defense Science and Technology
National Laboratory, Defense Science and
Technology Key Laboratory, Defense Core
Laboratory, or any other laboratory specified
in subsection (f) or identified on the list
published under subsection (g)(2) (as
applicable); or
(B) any individual or entity acting for or on
behalf of such a laboratory.
(b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the
limitation under subsection (a), on a case-by-case basis, with
respect to a principal investigator at an institution of higher
education, if the Secretary of Defense determines that such a
waiver is in the national security interests of the United
States.
(c) Certifications of Compliance.--
(1) Funding certification.--As a condition of
receiving funds from the Department of Defense, an
institution of higher education shall certify to the
Secretary of Defense that the principal investigator of
the project of the institution that is applying for
funding from the Department of Defense--
(A) is not conducting fundamental research in
collaboration with an entity described in
subsection (a) as of the date of the
certification; and
(B) will not conduct fundamental research in
collaboration with such an entity during the
period for which such funding is received.
(2) Contract certification.--As a condition of
maintaining a contract with the Department of Defense,
an institution of higher education shall--
(A) using publicly available information,
perform due diligence on any academic
institution or laboratory the institution is
collaborating with, or intends to collaborate
with, under the contract; and
(B) certify to the Secretary of Defense that
the principal investigator of the project of
the institution to which the contract
pertains--
(i) has not conducted fundamental
research in collaboration with an
entity described in subsection (a) at
any time during the period in which
such contract was in effect, up to and
including the date of the
certification; and
(ii) will not conduct fundamental
research in collaboration with such an
entity during any period in which such
contract is in effect.
(3) Frequency.--An institution of higher education
shall--
(A) submit the certification under paragraph
(1) on an annual basis during each year in
which the institution receives funds from the
Department of Defense; and
(B) submit the certification under paragraph
(2) on an annual basis during each year in
which a contract is in effect between the
institution and the Department.
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--On an annual basis, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the compliance of the Department
of Defense and institutions of higher education with
the requirements of this section. Each report shall
include, for each waiver issued under subsection (b) in
the period covered by the report--
(A) a justification for the waiver; and
(B) a detailed description of the type and
extent of any collaboration between an
institution of higher education and an entity
described in subsection (a) allowed pursuant to
the waiver, including identification of the
institution and entities involved, the type of
technology involved, the duration of the
collaboration and terms and conditions on
intellectual property assignment, as
applicable, under the collaboration agreement.
(2) Form; public availability.--Each report under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form
and shall be made available on a publicly accessible
website of the Department of Defense.
(e) Chinese Academic Institutions Specified.--Beginning on
the date of the enactment of this Act and continuing until the
date of the publication of the first updated list under
subsection (g)(1), the academic institutions referred to in
subsection (a)(2) are the following:
(1) Military academic and research institutions of
the People's Republic of China identified by the China
Aerospace Studies Institute (or successor organization)
of the Department of Air Force on the publicly
available list titled ``Academic and Research
Institutions of the People's Republic of China, the
Communist Party of China, including the CCP People's
Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police''.
(2) Academic institutions of the Chinese law
enforcement, including the following:
(A) People's Public Security University of
China.
(B) Chinese People's Police University.
(C) Criminal Investigation University of
China.
(D) Railway Police College.
(E) Nanjing Forest Police College.
(3) Academic institutions of Chinese intelligence and
security agencies, including the University of
International Relations.
(4) Chinese civilian institutions identified by the
Department of Defense for engaging in problematic
activities on the list included in the publication of
the Department of Defense titled ``Countering Unwanted
Influence in Department-Funded Research at Institutions
of Higher Education'' and dated June 30, 2023.
(5) Any successor to an institution specified in
paragraphs (1) through (4).
(f) Chinese Defense Laboratories Specified.--Beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act and continuing until the date
of the publication of the first list under subsection (g)(2),
the components of the defense laboratory system in the People's
Republic of China referred to in subsection (a)(3) are the
following:
(1) The laboratories identified by the China
Aerospace Studies Institute (or successor organization)
of the Department of Air Force on the publicly
available list titled ``Academic and Research
Institutions of the People's Republic of China, the
Communist Party of China, including the CCP People's
Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police''.
(2) Any successor to a laboratory specified in
paragraph (1).
(g) Annual Updates.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Director of National Intelligence, shall--
(1) publish an updated list of academic institutions
of the People's Republic of China for purposes of
subsection (a)(2) which shall include, at a minimum,
each institution specified in subsection (e) (if still
in operation) or any successor to such an institution;
and
(2) publish an updated list of entities that comprise
the defense laboratory system of the People's Republic
of China for purposes of subsection (a)(3) which shall
include, at a minimum, each laboratory specified in
subsection (f) (if still in operation) or any successor
to such a laboratory.
(h) Effective Date.--The limitation under subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to the first fiscal year that begins
after the date that is one year after the date of the enactment
of this Act and to any subsequent fiscal year.
(i) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``entity of concern'' has the meaning
given that term in section 10114 of the Research and
Development, Competition, and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C.
18912).
(2) The term ``institution of higher education'' has
the meaning given that term in section 102 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002) and
includes--
(A) any department, program, project,
faculty, researcher, or other individual,
entity, or activity of such institution; and
(B) any branch of such institution within or
outside the United States.
(3) The term ``fundamental research'' means basic and
applied research in science and engineering, the
results of which are expected to be published and
shared broadly within the scientific community. Such
term does not include research that is proprietary or
classified and subject to access restrictions under
other provisions of Federal law.
(4) The term ``collaboration'' means any level of
coordinated activity between an institution of higher
education and an entity described in subsection (a),
whether direct or indirect, formal or informal, and
includes--
(A) sharing of research facilities,
resources, or data;
(B) transfer, sharing, or dissemination of
technology, information, or any technical know-
how;
(C) any financial or in-kind contribution
intended to produce a research product;
(D) sponsorship or facilitation of research
fellowships, visas, or residence permits;
(E) joint ventures, partnerships, or other
formalized agreements for the purpose of
conducting research or sharing resources, data,
or technology;
(F) inclusion of researchers as consultants,
advisors, or members of advisory or review
boards; and
(G) such other activities as may be
determined by the Secretary of Defense in
consultation with the Secretary of State and
Director of National Intelligence.
(5) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in title VXIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 18__. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH CERTAIN BIOTECHNOLOGY
PROVIDERS.

(a) In General.--The head of an executive agency may not--
(1) procure or obtain or extend or renew a contract
to procure or obtain any covered biotechnology
equipment or service; or
(2) enter into a contract or extend or renew a
contract with any entity that--
(A) uses covered biotechnology equipment or
services acquired after the date of the
enactment of this Act; or
(B) that enters into any contract the
performance of which such entity knows or has
reason to believe will require the direct use
of covered biotechnology equipment or services.
(b) Prohibition on Loan and Grant Funds.--The head of an
executive agency may not obligate or expend loan or grant funds
to--
(1) procure or obtain or extend or renew a contract
to procure or obtain any covered biotechnology
equipment or service: or
(2) enter into a contract or extend or renew a
contract with an entity described in subsection (a)(2).
(c) Effective Date.--The prohibitions under subsections (a)
and (b) shall take effect 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(d) Waiver Authorities.--
(1) Specific biotechnology exception.--
(A) Waiver.--The head of an executive agency
may waive the prohibition under subsection (a)
and (b) on a case-by-case basis--
(i) with the approval of the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget,
in consultation with the Federal
Acquisition Security Council and the
Secretary of Defense; and
(ii) if such head submits a
notification and justification to the
appropriate congressional committees
not later than 30 days after granting
such waiver.
(B) Duration.--
(i) In general.--Except as provided
in clause (ii), a waiver granted under
subparagraph (A) shall last for a
period of not more than 180 days.
(ii) Extension.--The Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, in
consultation with the Federal
Acquisition Security Council and the
Secretary of Defense, may extend a
waiver granted under subparagraph (A)
one time, for a period up to 180 days
after the date on which the waiver
would otherwise expire, if such an
extension is in the national security
interests of the United States and the
Director submits to the appropriate
congressional committees a notification
of such waiver.
(2) Overseas health care services.--The head of an
executive agency may waive the prohibitions under
subsections (a) and (b) with respect to a contract,
subcontract, or transaction for the acquisition or
provision of health care services overseas on a case-
by-case basis--
(A) if the head of such executive agency
determines that the waiver is--
(i) necessary to support the mission
or activities of the employees of such
executive agency described in
subsection (e)(2)(A); and
(ii) in the interest of the United
States;
(B) with the approval of the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, in
consultation with the Federal Security
Acquisition Council and the Secretary of
Defense; and
(C) if such head submits a notification and
justification to the appropriate congressional
committees not later than 30 days after
granting such waiver.
(e) Exceptions.--The prohibitions under subsections (a) and
(b) shall not apply to--
(1) any activity subject to the reporting
requirements under title V of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.) or any authorized
intelligence activities of the United States;
(2) the acquisition or provision of health care
services overseas for--
(A) employees of the United States, including
members of the uniformed services (as defined
in section 101(a) of title 10, United States
Code), whose official duty stations are located
overseas; or
(B) employees of contractors or
subcontractors of the United States--
(i) who are performing under a
contract that directly supports the
missions or activities of individuals
described in subparagraph (A); and
(ii) whose primary duty stations are
located overseas; or
(3) the acquisition, use, or distribution of genetic
sequencing data, however complied, that is commercially
available.
(f) Evaluation of Certain Biotechnology Entities.--Not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall determine whether Wuxi AppTec,
AxBio, and any subsidiary, affiliate, or successor of such
entities, or any other entity headquartered in or organized
under the laws of the People's Republic of China are a
biotechnology company of concern.
(g) Regulations.--
(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, in coordination with the Federal
Acquisition Security Council, the Federal Acquisition
Regulatory Council, the Secretary of Defense, and other
heads of Executive agencies as determined appropriate
by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,
shall establish guidance, as necessary, to implement
the requirements of this section.
(2) Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition
Regulatory Council shall revise the Federal Acquisition
Regulation as necessary to implement the requirements
of this section.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committees on Armed Services and on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of
the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Oversight and Accountability, the Committee on
Energy and Commerce, and the Select Committee
on Strategic Competition between the United
States and the Chinese Communist Party of the
House of Representatives.
(2) Biotechnology company of concern.--The term
``biotechnology company of concern'' means--
(A) the BGI Group, MGI Group, or Complete
Genomics, or any subsidiary, parent, affiliate,
or successor of such entities; and
(B) any entity that--
(i) is subject to the jurisdiction,
direction, or control of a foreign
adversary;
(ii) operates primarily in the
biotechnology industry; and
(iii) the Secretary of Defense deems
to pose a risk to the national security
of the United States.
(3) Biotechnology equipment or service.--The term
``biotechnology equipment or service'' means--
(A) any instrument, apparatus, machine, or
device, including components and accessories
thereof, that is designed for use in the
research, development, production, or analysis
of biological materials as well as any
software, firmware, or other digital components
that are specifically designed for use in, and
necessary for the operation of, such an
instrument, apparatus, machine, or device;
(B) any service for the research,
development, production, analysis, detection,
or provision of information related to
biological materials, including--
(i) advising, consulting, or support
services provided by a biotechnology
company of concern with respect to the
use or implementation of a instrument,
apparatus, machine, or device described
in subparagraph (A); and
(ii) disease detection, genealogical
information, and related services; and
(C) any other service, instrument, apparatus,
machine, component, accessory, device,
software, or firmware that the Federal
Acquisition Security Council, in coordination
with the Secretary of Defense and such other
heads of Executive agencies (as determined by
the Federal Acquisition Security Council),
determines appropriate.
(4) Control.--The term ``control'' has the meaning
given to that term in section 800.208, Tile 31, Code of
Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations.
(5) Covered biotechnology equipment or service.--The
term ``covered biotechnology equipment or service''
means a biotechnology equipment or service produced or
provided by a biotechnology company of concern.
(6) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency''
has the meaning given such term in section 105 of title
5, United States Code.
(7) Foreign adversary.--The term ``foreign
adversary'' has the meaning given the term ``covered
nation'' in section 4872(d) of title 10, United States
Code.
(8) Overseas.--The term ``overseas'' means any area
outside of the United States, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, or a territory or possession of the United
States.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following new
section:

SEC. 2__. AUDIT TO IDENTIFY DIVERSION OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDING
TO CHINA'S RESEARCH LABS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Department of Defense Office of
Inspector General shall conduct a study, and submit a report to
Congress, regarding the amount of Federal funds awarded by the
Department of Defense (whether directly or indirectly) through
grants, contracts, subgrants, subcontracts, or any other type
of agreement or collaboration, during the 10-year period
immediately preceding such date of enactment, that--
(1) was provided, whether purposely or inadvertently,
to--
(A) the People's Republic of China;
(B) the Communist Party of China;
(C) the Wuhan Institute of Virology or any
other organization administered by the Chinese
Academy of Sciences;
(D) EcoHealth Alliance Inc., including any
subsidiaries and related organizations that are
directly controlled by EcoHealth Alliance,
Inc.; or
(E) any other lab, agency, organization,
individual, or instrumentality that is owned,
controlled (directly or indirectly), or
overseen (officially or unofficially) by any of
the entities listed in subparagraphs (A)
through (D); or
(2) was used to fund research or experiments that
could have resulted in the enhancement of any
coronavirus, influenza, Nipah, Ebola, or other pathogen
of pandemic potential or chimeric versions of such a
virus or pathogen in the People's Republic of China or
any other foreign country.
(b) Identification of Countries and Pathogens.--The report
required under subsection (a) shall specify--
(1) the countries in which the research or
experiments described in subsection (a)(2) was
conducted; and
(2) the pathogens involved in such research or
experiments.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DesJarlais of Tennessee
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle C of title XVIII, add the following:

SEC. _. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be used to engage in direct, bilateral cooperation with the
Government of the People's Republic of China or China-
affiliated organizations on biomedical research programs
without explicit authorization from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and unless such activities are specifically
authorized by a law enacted after the date of enactment of this
Act.
----------

10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rosendale of Montana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

In subtitle A of title VII, add at the end the following:

SEC. 714. PROHIBITION ON COVERAGE OF CERTAIN SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERIES
AND RELATED SERVICES UNDER TRICARE PROGRAM.

Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 1076f the following new section (and
conforming the table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter accordingly):

``Sec. 1076g. TRICARE program: prohibition on coverage and furnishment
of certain sex reassignment surgeries and related
services

``(a) Prohibition.--The medical care to which individuals are
entitled to under this chapter does not include the services
described in subsection (b) and the Secretary of Defense may
not furnish any such service.
``(b) Services Described.--The services described in this
subsection are the following:
``(1) Sex reassignment surgeries furnished for the
purpose of the gender alteration of a transgender
individual.
``(2) Hormone treatments furnished for the purpose of
the gender alteration of a transgender individual.''.
----------

11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

SEC. 18__. LIMITATION ON FUNDS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used by a Federal department
or agency to refer to Taiwan as anything other than ``Taiwan''
in a publication or on a departmental or agency website.
----------

12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. __. LIMITATION ON FUNDS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to promote a ``one
country, two systems'' solution for Taiwan.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XIII:

SEC. __. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO TAIWAN MILITARY
OFFICERS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be
used to forbid active duty military officers of Taiwan from
wearing their uniforms during visits to the United States.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. _. OVERSIGHT OF TAIWAN ENHANCED RESILIENCE ACT.

(a) Oversight of Taiwan Security Programs.--Section 5502 of
the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136 Stat. 2395; 22 U.S.C.
3351) is amended--
(1) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by inserting ``not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 and''
before ``not less than annually''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (L), by striking ``and''
at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (M), by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(N) a description of actions taken to
establish or expand a comprehensive training
program with Taiwan pursuant to section 5504;
``(O) a description of actions taken to
establish a joint consultative mechanism with
appropriate officials of Taiwan, and the multi-
year plan to provide for the acquisition of
appropriate defensive capabilities by Taiwan,
pursuant to section 5506; and
``(P) the list compiled pursuant to section
5507(a), and a description of actions taken
pursuant to sections 5507(b) and 5507(c).''.
(b) Oversight of Regional Contingency Stockpile for Taiwan.--
Section 5503 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117-263; 136
Stat. 2395) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In
subsection (d), the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
``(1) the congressional defense committees; and
``(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate.''.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McClain of Michigan or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 1033, after line 14, add the following:

SEC. 1859. DEFUND WUHAN INSITITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE,
INC.

(a) Wuhan Institute of Virology.--None of the funds
authorized to be appropriated under this Act may be made
available for the Wuhan Institute of Virology for any purpose.
(b) EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.--None of the funds authorized to
be appropriated under this Act may be made available for any
purpose to--
(1) EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.;
(2) any subsidiary of EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.;
(3) any organization that is directly controlled by
EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.; or
(4) any organization or individual that is a
subgrantee or subcontractor of EcoHealth Alliance, Inc.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 74, line 18, strike the semicolon and insert ``and the
identification of potential vulnerabilities in the military
systems and infrastructure of the United States that could be
exploited by adversarial artificial intelligence applications
used by the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation,
and other nefarious actors of concern;''.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title VIII, insert
the following:

SEC. 8__. STRENGTHENING TRUTHFUL COST OR PRICING DATA REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Required Cost or Pricing Data and Certification.--Section
3702(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``only expected to receive one bid shall be required''
and inserting ``only expected to have one offeror, or for which
award of a cost-reimbursement contract is contemplated
regardless of the number of offers received, shall be
required''.
(b) Exceptions.--Section 3703(a) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``adequate
competition'' and all that follows through ``bids'' and
inserting ``adequate price competition, except for the
award of a cost-reimbursement contract, that results in
at least two responsive and viable competing
offerors''; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``based on
adequate price competition that results in at least two
responsive and responsible offers'' after ``commercial
service''.
(c) Conforming Amendment Related to Civilian Contracts.--
Section 3503(a)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended
by inserting ``based on adequate price competition that results
in at least two responsive and responsible offers'' after
``commercial service''.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Reschenthaler of
Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. _. REPORT.

(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to Congress a report on whether
any products sold at commissary or exchange stores in
fiscal years 2022 or 2023 were produced by companies
described in paragraph (2) that have participated in a
boycott action against the State of Israel.
(2) Companies described.--The companies described in
this paragraph are companies that--
(A) have entered into a contract with the
Department of Defense to sell products
described in paragraph (1) the total value of
which exceeds $100,000; or
(B) companies that have more than 10 full-
time employees.
(b) Sense of Congress.--Congress is concerned about the
antisemitic efforts of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
(BDS) movement against the State of Israel, including its
efforts to delegitimize, isolate, and ultimately destroy the
Jewish state.
(c) Definition.--In subsection (a), the term ``boycott action
against the State of Israel'' means engaging in a boycott
action targeting the State of Israel, companies or individuals
doing business in or with the State of Israel, or companies
authorized by, licensed by, or organized under the laws of the
State of Israel to do business.
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in title VIII, insert the following:

SEC. 8__. PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH CERTAIN ENTITIES.

(a) Prohibition.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided under subsection
(b), the Department of Defense may not enter into,
renew, or extend a contract for the procurement of
goods or services with an entity described in paragraph
(2).
(2) Entities described.--An entity described in this
paragraph is an entity that is engaged in a boycott of
the State of Israel.
(b) Exceptions.--
(1) National security.--The prohibition under
subsection (a) does not apply--
(A) to the procurement of defense articles or
defense services under existing contracts or
subcontracts, including the exercise of
options, for production quantities to satisfy
requirements essential to the national security
of the United States;
(B) if the President determines in writing
that--
(i) the entity otherwise sanctioned
pursuant to subsection (a) is a sole
source supplier of the defense articles
or services;
(ii) the defense articles or services
are essential; and
(iii) alternative sources are not
readily or reasonably available;
(C) if the President determines in writing
that such articles or services are essential to
the national security under defense production
agreements; or
(D) to the procurement of--
(i) spare parts that are essential to
United States products or production;
(ii) component parts essential to
United States products or production;
(iii) routine servicing and
maintenance of products, to the extent
that alternative sources are not
readily or reasonably available; or
(iv) information and technology
essential to United States products or
production.
(2) National security waiver.--The President may
waive the application of subsection (a) on a case-by-
case basis for periods not to exceed 180 days if the
President--
(A) determines that the waiver is in the
vital national security interest of the United
States; and
(B) submits to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the determination and
the reasons for the determination.
(3) Intelligence waiver.--The President may waive the
application of subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis
for periods not to exceed 180 days if the President--
(A) determines that the waiver is necessary
to prevent the disclosure of intelligence
sources or methods; and
(B) submits to the appropriate congressional
committees a report, consistent with the
protection of intelligence sources and methods,
on the determination and the reasons for the
determination.
(c) Requirement to Revise Regulations.--Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal
Acquisition Regulation, the Defense Federal Acquisition
Regulation Supplement, and the Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards shall be revised to implement subsection (a).
(d) Remedies for False Information.--If the head of an
executive agency determines that an entity has submitted false
information pursuant to the requirements of subsection (a) on
or after the date on which the applicable revision of
regulations required under subsection (c) becomes effective--
(1) the head of the executive agency shall terminate
any contract awarded to such entity as a result of such
false information and debar or suspend such person from
eligibility for Federal contracts for a period of not
less than 4 years in accordance with the procedures
that apply to debarment and suspension under the
Federal Acquisition Regulation; and
(2) the Administrator of General Services shall
include the entity on the ``List of Parties Excluded
from Federal Procurement and Nonprocurement Programs''
maintained by the Administrator under part 9 of the
Federal Acquisition Regulation.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``boycott action'' means refusing to
deal, terminating business activities, or limiting
commercial relations.
(2) The term ``boycott of the State of Israel'' means
engaging in a boycott action targeting--
(A) the State of Israel; and
(B)(i) companies or individuals doing
business in or with the State of Israel; or
(ii) companies authorized by, licensed by, or
organized under the laws of the State of Israel
to do business.
(3) The term ``entity'' includes--
(A) a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, or similar entity; and
(B) any wholly-owned subsidiary, majority-
owned subsidiary, parent company, or affiliate
of an entity described in subparagraph (A).
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle D of title VI, insert the following:

SEC. 6__. PROHIBITIONS ON PROVISION OF GENDER TRANSITION SERVICES
THROUGH AN EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY MEMBER PROGRAM OF THE
ARMED FORCES.

(a) In General.--No gender transition procedures, including
surgery or medication, may be provided to a minor dependent
child through an EFMP.
(b) Referrals.--No referral for procedures described in
subsection (a) may be provided to a minor dependent child
through an EFMP.
(c) Reassignment.--No change of duty station may be approved
through an EFMP for the purpose of providing a minor dependent
child with access to procedures described in subsection (a).
(d) EFMP Defined.--In this section, the term ``Exceptional
Family Member Program'' means a program under section 1781c(e)
of title 10, United States Code.
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Greene of Georgia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 709, beginning line 18, strike sections 1223, 1224, and
1225.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gaetz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XVIII, insert
the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE.

Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, no
Federal funds may be made available to provide security
assistance to Ukraine.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Greene of Georgia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 385, beginning line 3, strike section 750.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. _. REPORT AND STRATEGY FOR UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT IN UKRAINE.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President, in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, shall develop
and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
that contains a strategy for United States involvement in
Ukraine.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
contain the following elements:
(1) A strategy stating the explicit United States
national interest at stake with respect to the conflict
in Ukraine, including an annex of specific objectives
and benchmarks to measure the success or failure of
continued United States involvement with respect to
Ukraine.
(2) A plan detailing a diplomatic pathway, including
any personnel involved in diplomatic communications, by
which the United States can facilitate a negotiated
cessation of hostilities in Ukraine.
(3) An assessment of the costs to the United States
and to Ukraine if the conflict is allowed to continue
for an additional 1 year, 5 years, or 10 years.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Briefing.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the
submission of the report required by subsection (a), the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall provide
to the appropriate congressional committees, and other Members
of Congress that wish to participate, a briefing on the United
States strategy with respect to Ukraine and plans for the
implementation of such strategy.
(e) Limitation on Funds.--None of the amounts authorized to
be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
made available for Ukraine until the report required by
subsection (a) is submitted to the appropriate congressional
committees.
(f) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Strike section 1224.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DesJarlais of
Tennessee or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle C of title XVIII, add the following:

SEC. _. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be used to further any nuclear agreement with Iran that has
not received explicit Congressional approval.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Strike section 1639.

At the end of subtitle B of title XVI, add the following new
section:

SEC. 16__. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR SUSTAINMENT OF B83-
1 BOMBS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made
available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter
for the Department of Defense or the Department of Energy may
be obligated or expended for the sustainment of the B83-1 bomb.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tlaib of Michigan or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Strike section 1638.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Donalds of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle C of title XXXI, insert the following:

SEC. 31__. MILITARY DEPARTMENT USE OF ADVANCED NUCLEAR REACTORS.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of each of the military
departments shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a statement that, if the military department
concerned certifies in such statement that it is interested in
potentially using advanced nuclear technology, an
identification of what the individual branch would need in
regards to enhancing regulatory certainty relating to deploying
advanced nuclear reactors for military operations and
logistical support.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed
Services, Energy and Commerce, and Natural
Resources of the House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committees on Appropriations, Armed
Services, Environment and Public Works, and
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate.
(2) The term ``advanced nuclear reactor'' means--
(A) a nuclear fission reactor, including a
prototype plant (as defined in sections 50.2
and 52.1 of title 10, Code of Federal
Regulations (or successor regulations)), with
significant improvements compared to reactors
operating on October 19, 2016, including
improvements such as--
(i) additional inherent safety
features;
(ii) lower waste yields;
(iii) improved fuel and material
performance;
(iv) increased tolerance to loss of
fuel cooling;
(v) enhanced reliability or improved
resilience;
(vi) increased proliferation
resistance;
(vii) increased thermal efficiency;
(viii) reduced consumption of cooling
water and other environmental impacts;
(ix) the ability to integrate into
electric applications and nonelectric
applications;
(x) modular sizes to allow for
deployment that corresponds with the
demand for electricity or process heat;
and
(xi) operational flexibility to
respond to changes in demand for
electricity or process heat and to
complement integration with
intermittent renewable energy or energy
storage;
(B) a fusion reactor; and
(C) a radioisotope power system that utilizes
heat from radioactive decay to generate energy.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 531, after line 11, insert the following:
(c) Prohibition on Establishment of Similar Positions.--No
Federal funds may be obligated or expended to establish a
position within the Department of Defense that is the same as
or substantially similar to--
(1) the position of Chief Diversity Officer, as
described in section 147 of title 10, United States
Code, as such section was in effect before the date of
the enactment of this Act; or
(2) the position of Senior Advisor for Diversity and
Inclusion, as described in section 913(b) of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-
283; 10 U.S.C. 147 note), as such section was in effect
before the date of the enactment of this Act.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle F of title VI, add the following:

SEC. 6__. PROHIBITION ON AUTHORIZING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR DODEA FOR RACE-
BASED THEORIES.

(a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds shall be authorized for
the Department of Defense Education Activity to promote race-
based theories described in subsection (b) or compel teachers
or students to affirm, adhere to, adopt, or process beliefs in
a manner that violates title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
(b) Race-Based Theories Described.--The race-based theories
described in this subsection are the following:
(1) Any race is inherently superior or inferior to
any other race, color, or national origin.
(2) The United States is a fundamentally racist
country.
(3) The Declaration of Independence or Constitution
of the United States are fundamentally racist
documents.
(4) An individual's moral character or worth is
determined by the individual's race, color, or national
origin.
(5) An individual, by virtue of the individual's
race, is inherently racist or oppressive, whether
consciously or unconsciously.
(6) An individual, because of the individual's race,
bears responsibility for the actions committed by other
members of the individual's race, color, or national
origin.
(c) Rules of Construction.--
(1) Protected speech not restricted.--Nothing in this
section shall be construed to restrict the speech of a
student, teacher, or any other individual outside of a
school setting.
(2) Access to materials for the purpose of research
or independent study.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent an individual from accessing
materials that advocate theories described in
subsection (b) for the purpose of research or
independent study.
(3) Contextual education.--Nothing in this section
shall be construed to prevent a school from stating
theories described in subsection (b) or assigning
materials that advocate such theories for educational
purposes in contexts that make it clear the school does
not sponsor, approve, or endorse such theories or
materials.
(d) Promote Defined.--In this section, the term ``promote'',
when used with respect to a race-based theory described in
subsection (b), means--
(1) to include such theories or materials that
advocate such theories in curricula, reading lists,
seminars, workshops, trainings, or other educational or
professional settings in a manner that could reasonably
give rise to the appearance of official sponsorship,
approval, or endorsement;
(2) to contract with, hire, or otherwise engage
speakers, consultants, diversity trainers, and other
persons for the purpose of advocating such theories;
(3) to compel students to profess a belief in such
theories; or
(4) to segregate students or other individuals by
race in any setting, including in educational or
training sessions.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crane of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. PROTECTION OF IDEOLOGICAL FREEDOM.

Section 2001 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Protection of Ideological Freedom.--(1) No employee of
the Department of Defense or of a military department,
including any member of the armed forces, may compel, teach,
instruct, or train any member of the armed forces, whether
serving on active duty, serving in a reserve component,
attending a military service academy, or attending a course
conducted by a military department pursuant to a Reserve
Officer Corps Training program, to believe any of the
politically-based concepts referred to in paragraph (4).
``(2) No employee of the Department of Defense or of a
military department, including any member of the armed forces
may be compelled to declare a belief in, or adherence to, or
participate in training or education of any kind that promotes
any of the politically-based concepts referred to in paragraph
(4) a condition of recruitment, retention, promotion, transfer,
assignment, or other favorable personnel action.
``(3) The Department of Defense and the military departments
may not promote race-based or ideological concepts that promote
the differential treatment of any individual or groups of
individuals based on race, color, sex, or national origin,
including any of politically-based concepts referred to in
paragraph (4).
``(4) A politically-based concept referred to in this
paragraph is any of the following:
``(A) Members of one race, color, sex, or national
origin are morally superior to members of another race,
color, sex, or national origin.
``(B) An individual, by virtue of his or her race,
color, sex, or national origin, is inherently racist,
sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or
unconsciously.
``(C) An individual's moral character or status as
either privileged or oppressed is necessarily
determined by his or her race, color, sex, or national
origin.
``(D) Members of one race, color, sex, or national
origin cannot and should not attempt to treat others
without respect to race, color, sex, or national
origin.
``(E) An individual, by virtue of his or her race,
color, sex, or national origin, bears responsibility
for, or should be discriminated against or receive
adverse treatment because of, actions committed in the
past by other members of the same race, color, sex, or
national origin.
``(F) An individual, by virtue of his or her race,
color, sex, or national origin, should be discriminated
against or receive adverse treatment to achieve
diversity, equity, or inclusion.
``(G) An individual should feel discomfort, guilt,
anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on
account of his or her race, color, sex, or national
origin.
``(H) Such virtues as merit, excellence, hard work,
fairness, neutrality, objectivity, and racial
colorblindness are racist or sexist, or were created by
members of a particular race, color, sex, or national
origin to oppress members of another race, color, sex,
or national origin.
``(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as
compelling any individual to believe or refrain from believing
in any politically-based concept referred to in paragraph (4)
in their private and personal capacity.''.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 5__. ELIMINATION OF OFFICES OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
AND PERSONNEL OF SUCH OFFICES.

Every office of the Armed Forces and of the Department of
Defense established to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion
is eliminated and the employment of all personnel of such
offices is terminated.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON DISPLAY OF UNAPPROVED FLAGS.

(a) Prohibition.--No member of the Armed Forces or civilian
employee of the Department of Defense may display a flag other
than an approved flag in any work place, common access area, or
public area of the Department of Defense.
(b) Approved Flag.--In this section, the term ``approved
flag'' means any of the following:
(1) The American flag.
(2) The flag of a State or of the District of
Columbia.
(3) A military service flag.
(4) A General Officer flag.
(5) A Presidentially-appointed Senate-confirmed
civilian flag.
(6) A Senior Executive Service and Military
department specific flag.
(7) A POW/MIA flag.
(8) The flags of another country that is an ally or
partner of the United States or for official protocol
purposes.
(9) The flag of an organization in which the United
States is a member.
(10) A ceremonial, command, unit, or branch flag or
guidon
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boebert of Colorado or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle F of title VI, add the following new
section:

SEC. 6__. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN BOOKS IN
SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
EDUCATION ACTIVITY.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal
year thereafter for the Department of Defense Education
Activity may be obligated or expended to purchase or maintain
in a school library any book that contains pornographic
material or espouses radical gender ideology.
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title V, insert the
following:

SEC. 5__. PROHIBITIONS ON CERTAIN ADVERSE ACTIONS REGARDING A CADET,
MIDSHIPMAN, OR APPLICANT TO A SERVICE ACADEMY, WHO
REFUSES TO RECEIVE A VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19.

(a) Adverse Action.--No adverse action may be taken against a
cadet or midshipman at a Service Academy solely on the basis
that such cadet or midshipman refuses to receive a vaccination
against COVID-19.
(b) Enrollment.--An individual may not be refused enrollment
at a Service Academy solely on the basis that such individual
refuses to receive a vaccination against COVID-19.
(c) Service Academy Defined.--In this section, the term
``Service Academy'' has the meaning given such term in section
347 of title 10, United States Code.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Wenstrup of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title VII, insert
the following:

SEC. 5__. STUDY ON BLOOD WORK OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES REGARDING
COVID-19.

(a) Study Required.--Not later than September 30, 2024, the
Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to test the blood of
members of the Armed Forces relating to relating to COVID-19.
(b) Elements.--The study under this section shall include the
following elements:
(1) Testing to detect nucleocapsid protein
immunoglobin-G antibodies relating to COVID-19.
(2) Testing to detect T-cell immune response to
COVID-19.
(3) An assessment of the efficacy of each vaccine for
COVID-19 in comparison to--
(A) each other such vaccine; and
(B) infection-acquired immunity.
(4) An accounting of adverse events (including
hyperimmune response), disaggregated by--
(A) each vaccine described in paragraph (3);
and
(B) history of infection.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after completing the
study, the Secretary shall submit a report on such study to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 194, line 12, insert ``or, with respect the Coast Guard,
the Secretary of the department in which the Secretary is
operating when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in
the Navy,'' after ``military department concerned''.
Page 195, line 20, insert ``Coast Guard,'' before ``or
Space''.
Page 196, line 20, insert ``Coast Guard,'' before ``or
Space''.
Page 197, line 9, insert ``or, with respect the Coast Guard,
the Secretary of the department in which the Secretary is
operating when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in
the Navy'' after ``military departments''.
Page 197, line 25, insert ``Coast Guard,'' before ``or
Space''.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle B of title VII, add the following new
section:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION OF MASK MANDATE TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19
ON A MILITARY INSTALLATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

The Secretary of Defense may not require that an individual
wear a mask, in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, on a
military installation inside the United States.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle C of title VII, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 7__. STUDY AND REPORT ON HEALTH CONDITIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES DEVELOPED AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF COVID-19
VACCINE.

(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study to
assess and evaluate any health conditions arising in members of
the Armed Forces after one year after receiving the first dose
of a COVID-19 vaccine, and each of the two years thereafter.
(b) Study Parameters.--In conducting the study under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(1) disaggregate data collected by--
(A) vaccine type and manufacturer;
(B) age group at the time such first dose was
administered, including--
(i) individuals who have attained 18
years of age but who have not yet
attained 30 years of age;
(ii) individuals who have attained 30
years of age but who have not yet
attained 40 years of age;
(iii) individuals who have attained
40 years of age but who have not yet
attained 50 years of age;
(iv) individuals who have attained 50
years of age but who have not yet
attained 60 years of age; and
(v) individuals who are 60 years of
age or older; and
(C) health condition developed after
receiving such first dose, regardless of
whether the condition is attributable to the
receipt of such first dose; and
(2) assess the prevalence of each such health
condition--
(A) by each age group specified in paragraph
(1)(B) among the unvaccinated population; and
(B) among each such age group for each of the
years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019.
(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act and each year thereafter for the
subsequent four years, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives
and the Senate a report on the results of each study conducted
under subsection (a).
(d) COVID-19 Vaccine Defined.--The term ``COVID-19 vaccine''
means a vaccine licensed under section 351 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262) or authorized for emergency use
under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3) for immunization against the virus
responsible for COVID-19.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Waltz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. AVAILABILITY OF EXCESS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTROLLED
PROPERTY FOR TRANSFER TO FEDERAL AND STATE
AGENCIES.

Section 2576a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as
subparagraphs (A) through (D);
(2) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The Secretary'';
and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) The Secretary shall make available for transfer under
this section all excess controlled property of the Department
of Defense, other than the types of property referred to in
subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1).''.
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42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of title XVIII, insert the following:

SEC. __. PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF HOUSING MIGRANTS ON MILITARY BASES.

The Secretary of Defense shall notify local, State, and
Federal elected officials not later than 90 days before the
Department of Defense uses, creates, or repurposes a military
base to house migrants.
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43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Add at the end of subtitle B of title XII the following:

SEC. 1220A. REPORT ON AGREEMENTS MADE BY THE UNITED STATES WITH THE
TALIBAN.

(a) Congressional Review of Agreements Made With the
Taliban.--The Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development, shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees the following:
(1) Any agreement made and entered into by the United
States and the Taliban. Submission thereof shall occur
not later than 30 days prior to entry absent
notification to the appropriate congressional
committees, in which case submission thereof shall
occur not later than 10 days prior to taking effect.
(2) Any agreement made and entered into by third
parties and the Taliban or notice of any such
agreement. Submission of any such agreement or notice
thereof shall occur not later than 30 days after
custody by the United States.
(b) Report on Prior Agreements With the Taliban.--Not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense and the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees any agreements made and entered into
by the United States or third parties and the Taliban from
August 1, 2021, until such date of enactment.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agreement.--The term ``agreement'' includes
memoranda of understanding and other manifestations of
mutual assent.
(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the
congressional defense committees, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(3) Third parties.--The term ``third parties'' means
organizations or entities in receipt of United States
Government funding, including sub-recipients thereof.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rosendale of Montana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle D of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF ARMED FORCES TO DETAIN CITIZENS
OF THE UNITED STATES.

Section 1021(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81; 10 U.S.C. 801 note) is
amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting
``, other than a citizen of the United States,'' after ``any
person''.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle C of title XII, insert
the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) section 1003 of the Department of Defense
Authorization Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-525; 63 Stat.
2241)--
(A) expresses that due to threats that are
ever-changing, Congress must be informed with
respect to allied contributions to the common
defense to properly assess the readiness of the
United States and the countries described in
subsection (b)(2) for threats; and
(B) requires that the Secretary of Defense to
submit to Congress an annual report on the
contributions of allies to the common defense;
(2) the threats facing the United States--
(A) extend beyond the global war on terror;
and
(B) include near-peer threats; and
(3) the President should seek from each country
described in subsection (b)(2) acceptance of
international security responsibilities and agreements
to make contributions to the common defense in
accordance with the collective defense agreements or
treaties to which such country is a party.
(b) Reports on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense.--
(1) In general.--Not later than March 1, each year,
the Secretary, in coordination with the heads of other
Federal agencies, as the Secretary determines to be
necessary, shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a report containing a description of--
(A) the annual defense spending by each
country described in paragraph (2), including
available data on nominal budget figures and
defense spending as a percentage of the gross
domestic products of each such country for the
fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal
year in which the report is submitted;
(B) the activities of each such country to
contribute to military or stability operations
in which the Armed Forces of the United States
are a participant or may be called upon in
accordance with a cooperative defense agreement
to which the United States is a party;
(C) any limitations placed by any such
country on the use of such contributions; and
(D) any actions undertaken by the United
States or by other countries to minimize such
limitations.
(2) Countries described.--The countries described in
this paragraph are the following:
(A) Each member country of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
(B) Each member country of the Gulf
Cooperation Council.
(C) Each country party to the Inter-American
Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty),
done at Rio de Janeiro September 2, 1947, and
entered into force December 3, 1948 (TIAS
1838).
(D) Australia.
(E) Japan.
(F) New Zealand.
(G) The Philippines.
(H) South Korea.
(I) Thailand.
(3) Form.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a
classified annex.
(4) Availability.--A report submitted under paragraph
(1) shall be made available on request to any Member of
Congress.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Alford of Missouri or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 40, line 22, insert ``or the Air Force Reserve'' after
``Air National Guard''.
Page 41, line 3, insert ``and the Commander of the Air Force
Reserve'' after ``National Guard''.
Page 41, line 5, insert ``and the Air Force Reserve'' after
``National Guard''.
Page 41, line 9, insert ``and the Air Force Reserve'' after
``Air National Guard''.
Page 41, line 15, insert ``and the Air Force Reserve'' after
``Air National Guard''.
Page 42, line 22, insert ``and the Air Force Reserve'' after
``Guard''.
Page 43, line 4, insert ``and the Air Force Reserve'' after
``Guard''.
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Good of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS RELATED TO OPERATION OF COMMISSION
ON THE NAMING OF ITEMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 may be used to
operate the commission on the naming of items of the Department
of Defense that commemorate the Confederate States of America
or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate
States of America established pursuant to section 370 of the
William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2021 (10 U.S.C. 113 note).
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Greene of Georgia or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle C of title XVIII, add the following:

SEC. 1. PROHIBITION.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2364), no military assistance shall be furnished for cluster
munitions, no defense export license for cluster munitions may
be issued, and no cluster munitions or cluster munitions
technology shall be sold or transferred to Ukraine.
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49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hageman of Wyoming or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 251, line 6, after the period insert the following:
``Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee
on Armed Services and the Select Subcommittee on the
Weaponization of the Federal Government of the House of
Representatives a report containing all documents from the
Group. The report required under the preceding sentence shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classfied
annex.''.
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50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Strike section 217.
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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle D of title XII, insert
the following:

SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BURDEN SHARING WITHIN NATO.

Congress--
(1) recognizes that the 2014 Wales Summit Defense
Spending Benchmark ensures the NATO Alliance can
maintain the best common defense to safeguard its
members in the event a mutual military response is
warranted;
(2) asserts that for far too long the majority of
NATO member countries have relied on the financial
contributions and military capabilities of the United
States and have failed to fully invest in their own
defense;
(3) praises Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland and the United Kingdom for meeting the minimum 2
percent GDP defense spending obligations in 2022;
(4) denounces Croatia, France, Slovakia, Romania,
Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Albania,
Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Denmark, Portugal,
Turkey, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Canada, Slovenia,
Belgium, Spain, and Luxembourg's failure to meet the
minimum 2 percent GDP defense spending obligation in
2022 and strongly urges these nations to fulfill the
commitment they pledged to meet;
(5) maintains that European countries in NATO should
be chiefly responsible for safeguarding the European
continent and should not delay in meeting the 2 percent
defense spending obligations;
(6) expresses that the United States should not
continue subsidizing NATO member countries who choose
not to invest in their own defense by meeting the 2014
Wales Summit Defense Spending Benchmark; and
(7) calls on NATO leaders to make the 2 percent
defense spending pledge binding for all NATO member
countries at the Vilnius Summit
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gaetz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Add at the end of subtitle G of title V the following new
section:

SEC. 5__. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL FUNDS FOR TRAINING ON DIVERSITY,
EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
may be obligated or expended for training on diversity, equity,
and inclusion.
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53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle A of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. AUDIT REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COMPONENTS.

(a) In General.--During fiscal year 2024, and during each of
the nine fiscal years thereafter, each component of the
Department of Defense shall be subject to an independent audit.
Any such component that fails to be subject to such an audit
during any fiscal year shall have 1.5 percent of unobligated
amounts available for the component be cancelled and returned
to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction,
except as provided in subsection (b).
(b) Exceptions.--The following accounts are excluded from any
reductions:
(1) Military personnel, reserve personnel, and
National Guard personnel accounts of the Department of
Defense.
(2) The Defense Health Program account of the
Department of Defense.
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54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following new
section:

SEC. 10__. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING REDUCTIONS IN ABSENCE OF
SUBMITTED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR FAILURE TO
ACHIEVE UNQUALIFIED OR QUALIFIED INDEPENDENT AUDIT
OPINION.

(a) Applicability.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), this
section applies to the Department of Defense, including
military departments and Defense Agencies thereof.
(2) Separate applicability.--If a military department
or Defense Agency is identified by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget as required to have its
own audited financial statement under section 3515 of
title 31, United States Code, that military department
and Defense Agency shall be treated separately from the
Department of Defense for purposes of application of
this section.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The terms ``financial statement'' and ``external
independent auditor'' have the meanings given those
terms in section 3521(e) of title 31, United States
Code.
(3) The term ``unqualified'', with respect to the
audit status of a financial statement, includes the
characterizations clean and unmodified.
(2) The term ``qualified'', with respect to the audit
status of a financial statement, includes the
characterization modified.
(c) Adjustments for Financial Accountability.--
(1) In general.--On March 2 of each fiscal year, the
discretionary budget authority available for the
Department of Defense (or a military department or
Defense Agency covered by subsection (a)(2)) for such
fiscal year shall be adjusted as provided in paragraph
(2).
(2) Adjustment.--If the Department of Defense (or a
military department or Defense Agency covered by
subsection (a)(2)) has not submitted a financial
statement for the previous fiscal year, or if such
financial statement has not received either an
unqualified or a qualified audit opinion by an
independent external auditor, the discretionary budget
authority available for the Department of Defense, the
military department, or the Defense Agency (as the case
may be) shall be reduced by .5 percent, with the
reduction applied proportionately to each account
(other than an account listed in subsection (d) or an
account for which a waiver is made under subsection
(e)).
(3) Minimizes national security effects.--Consistent
with applicable laws, the Secretary of Defense may make
any reduction under paragraph (2) in a manner that
minimizes any effect on national security.
(4) Deficit reduction.--An amount equal to the total
amount of any reduction under paragraph (2) shall be
retained in the general fund of the Treasury for the
purposes of deficit reduction.
(d) Accounts Excluded.--The following accounts are excluded
from any reductions referred to in subsection (c)(2):
(1) Military personnel, reserve personnel, and
National Guard personnel accounts of the Department of
Defense.
(2) The Defense Health Program account of the
Department of Defense.
(e) Waiver.--The President may waive subsection (c)(2) with
respect to an account if the President certifies that applying
the subsection to that account would harm national security or
members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in combat zones.
(f) Report.--Not later than 60 days after an adjustment under
subsection (c), the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall submit to Congress a report describing the amount
and account of each adjustment.
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55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Biggs of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Add at the end of subtitle A of title XVIII insert the
following new section:

SEC. ___. EXCLUSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF
1973 FOR DEFENSE-RELATED OPERATIONS.

(a) Exclusion of Military Institutions as Critical Habitat.--
Section 4(a)(3)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
``(B)(i) The Secretary shall not designate as
critical habitat--
``(I) any military
installation or a State-owned
National Guard installation, or
any portion thereof, as such
terms are defined in section
100 of the Sikes Act; or
``(II) any other lands,
waters, or geographical area
that is otherwise designated
for use by the Secretary of
Defense including by any
contractor of the Department of
Defense, if the Secretary of
Defense determines in writing
and submitted to the Secretary
of the Interior that such area
is necessary for military
training, weapons testing, or
any other reason determined
appropriate by such Secretary
of Defense.
``(ii) The Secretary of Defense shall
not be required to consult with the
Secretary of the Interior, under
section 7(a)(2) of this Act with
respect to agency action, regardless of
whether the area described in clause
(i) is subject to an integrated natural
resources management plan prepared
under section 101 of the Sikes Act.''.
(b) Additional Exclusions and Exemptions From the Endangered
Species Act for Defense-related Operations.--Section 10 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Exclusion for National Defense-related Operations.--
``(1) Exclusions.--The prohibitions under section 9
shall not apply with respect to military personnel
engaged in a national defense-related operation, unless
such prohibited act is the purpose of such operation.
``(2) Definitions.--For the purposes of this
subsection--
``(A) The term `national defense-related
operation' means--
``(i) research, development, testing,
and evaluation of military munitions,
other ordinance, and weapons systems;
``(ii) the training of members of the
Armed Forces in the use and handling of
military munitions, other ordnance, and
weapons systems;
``(iii) general training and military
preparedness; or
``(iv) any action or duty that the
Secretary of Defense determines
necessary to support the Department of
Defense in its mission.
``(B) The term `military personnel' means--
``(i) a member of the Armed Forces;
and
``(ii) a civilian employee or
contractor (including a subcontractor
at any tier) of the--
``(I) Department of Defense
(including a nonappropriated
fund instrumentality of the
Department); or
``(II) any other Federal
agency, or any provisional
authority, to the extent such
employment relates to
supporting the mission of the
Department of Defense
overseas.''.
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56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XII:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR AND REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAINST
THE TALIBAN.

(a) Prohibition on Funding.--None of the funds authorized to
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2024 may be used to
provide any kind of support to the Taliban or any Taliban
affiliate, including financial, humanitarian, or materiel
assistance.
(b) Prohibition on Removal of Sanctions.--Any sanctions,
financial or otherwise, imposed by the United States against
the Taliban or any Taliban affiliate on or before August 18,
2021, may not be waived or in any way mitigated except by
enactment of a law after the date of the enactment of this Act
specifically providing for such waiver or mitigation.
(c) Affiliate Defined.--In this section, the term
``affiliate''--
(1) has the meaning given such term in section
230.405 of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations (as in
effect on the date of enactment of this Act);
(2) means a person that is closely associated with
another person typically in a dependent or subordinate
manner; or
(3) means a person that has a common purpose or
shared characteristics with another person.
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57. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 162, line 7, strike ``GS-10 not adjusted for locality''
and insert ``GS-1''.
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58. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle F of title XXVIII,
insert the following:

SEC. 28__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR USE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
MATERIALS IN MILITARY CONSTRUCTION.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 may be
obligated or expended for the promotion of, or preference for,
sustainable building materials (including low-embodied or no-
carbon concrete or asphalt) or ``net-zero emissions'' in
military construction.
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59. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

SEC. 227. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024 for the
Department of Defense for research, development, test, and
evaluation may be obligated or expended for projects involving
electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging, or photovoltaic
technology.
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60. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF AFGHANISTAN WAR RECORDS.

The Secretary of Defense shall expeditiously disclose to the
public all records relating to the war in Afghanistan.
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61. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Issa of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle F of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT AND TRANSMISSION OF DOCUMENTS ON WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED
STATES ARMED FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on
certain Department of Defense actions during the withdrawal of
the United States Armed Forces withdrawal from Afghanistan and
the subsequent noncombatant evacuation operations.
(b) Elements.--The report described in subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) A discussion of the strategy that led to the
withdrawal of the United States Armed Forces from
Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, including--
(A) the anticipated effect of withdrawal on
potential operations in the final phase of the
overall withdrawal of the United States Armed
Forces and persons from Afghanistan;
(B) the extent to which considerations of the
timing of such withdrawal were incorporated
into such strategy in light of--
(i) the impending collapse of the
Afghan National Army; and
(ii) the potential need for
noncombatant evacuation operations to
evacuate citizens and lawful permanent
residents of the United States and
individuals potentially eligible for
special immigrant visas;
(C) a description of how such strategy
included plans for contingencies arising from
operational constraints at the Hamid Karzai
International Airport; and
(D) a description of how such strategy
accounted for the risk of jailed ISIS-K
fighters, or any other combatants or
terrorists, being released from Bagram.
(2) A summary of the information known about the
Abbey Gate suicide-bomber, including a description of
what was known before the withdrawal of United States
Armed Forces from Afghanistan and what is known now,
including information on--
(A) the suicide bomber;
(B) known threats to Hamid Karzai
International Airport and actions taken to
mitigate or respond to the threat; and
(C) actions taken to retaliate for the
bombing.
(3) In consultation with the Secretary of State, an
analysis of persons not employed by the United States
Government who were evacuated in the airlift from Hamid
Karzai International Airport, including--
(A) the number of such persons;
(B) the percentage of such persons whose
biometrics were recorded;
(C) the percentage of such persons who were
checked against appropriate databases and
terror watch lists;
(D) a description of the vetting process for
such persons, including the percentage of such
persons who had legitimate and accurate
government documentation and the process by
which such documentation was verified;
(E) a description of the procedures applied
to such persons who failed entry vetting
criteria, including--
(i) how many such persons are no
longer under United States or partner
government supervision;
(ii) where such persons have been
housed since the evacuation; and
(iii) plans for the future care,
release, or incarceration of such
persons; and
(F) a description of the procedures for
individuals who passed vetting procedures,
including--
(i) the number of such persons who
have been brought to the United States;
and
(ii) rhe number of such persons
awaiting resettlement and plans for
resettlement of such persons.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Publication.--The report described in subsection (a)
shall be published on a publicly available Department of
Defense internet website.
(e) Transmission of Documents.--Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of State shall transmit to the congressional
defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate copies of all documents (including all records,
communications, correspondence (including email), messages
(including text and instant messages), transcripts, summaries,
agendas, written agreements, notes, memoranda, diplomatic
cables, reports, legal opinions, analytical products, briefing
materials, intelligence assessments, white papers, nonpapers,
meeting readouts, and other materials, regardless of electronic
or physical format), both classified and unclassified, in the
possession of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of
State that refer or relate to--
(1) the decision to withdraw the Armed Forces from
Bagram Airfield, including the decision to withdraw
without notifying the Afghan Government;
(2) the decision to rely on Hamid Karzai
International Airport for operations following the
withdrawal from Bagram Airfield;
(3) the transfer, and potential escape, of prisoners
held at Bagram Airfield;
(4) the Abbey Gate suicide-bomber, including
referring and relating to actions taken to mitigate or
respond to the threat to operations at Hamid Karzai
International Airport and actions taken to retaliate
for the bombing;
(5) the consequences of air lifting large numbers of
persons with unknown backgrounds and intentions out of
Afghanistan; and
(6) communications with nongovernmental groups of
United States persons attempting to extract persons
from Afghanistan, including those that refer or relate
to--
(A) the lists of persons delivered to the
Department of State by Operation Pineapple
Express;
(B) attempts by United States Government
personal to prevent or assist such groups in
the movement of persons within, into, or out of
Afghanistan, including between Kabul and Mazar-
i-Sharif, between Kabul and the borders of
Afghanistan, between Kabul and to airstrips in
neighboring countries, and within Kabul to the
Hamid Karzai International Airport;
(C) any monetary support the United States
Government considered offering; and
(D) whether there were intelligence or
surveillance activities directed at those
groups, and the purpose and extent of such
activities.
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62. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burlison of Missouri
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 531, after line 11, add the following:
(c) Repeal of Inspector General Oversight of Diversity and
Inclusion in Department of Defense.--Section 554 of the William
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 141 note) is
repealed.
(d) Prohibition on Establishment of New Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion Positions; Hiring Freeze.--On or after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may
not--
(1) establish any new positions within the Department
of Defense with responsibility for matters relating to
diversity, equity, and inclusion; or
(2) fill any vacancies in positions in the Department
with responsibility for such matters.
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63. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Banks of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle G of title V, insert the following:

SEC. 5__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF QUOTAS BASED ON RACE OR ETHNICITY IN
SERVICE ACADEMY ADMISSIONS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for the military service academies
for fiscal year 2024 may be used to discriminate or to use
quotas in admissions on the basis of race or ethnicity.
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64. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle E of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN EXECUTIVE
ORDERS.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2024 may be used to implement any of the following
executive orders:
(1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Protecting
Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science
To Tackle the Climate Crisis.
(2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling the
Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
(3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relating to
Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees
and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on
Migration.
(4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate-
Related Financial Risk.
(5) Executive Order 14057, relating to Catalyzing
Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal
Sustainability.
(6) Executive Order 14082, relating to Implementation
of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
(7) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revitalizing
Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for
All.
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65. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luttrell of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following new
section:

SEC. 12__. REPORT ON PROVISION OF FUNDING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO IRAQI
POPULAR MOBILIZATION FORCES.

(a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the
Secretary of State, shall jointly submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report containing--
(1) an assessment of whether United States assistance
has been provided to, or has benefitted, the Iraqi
Popular Mobilization Forces for military training or
professional military education, including through
assistance provided to the Ministry of Defense of Iraq;
(2) an assessment of whether United States assistance
has been provided to, or has benefitted, any person who
is--
(A) a member of any organization designated a
foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary
of State under section 219 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); or
(B) a person determined by the Secretary of
the Treasury to be a specially designated
national.
(3) a description of how the government of Iraq and
the Federal budget of such government provide direct
funding to the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces; and
(4) an assessment of how the relationship and
interactions between the Ministry of Defense of Iraq
and the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces affect the
Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of
Friendship and Cooperation between the United States
and the Republic of Iraq, done at Baghdad on November
17, 2008, and entered into force January 1, 2009.
(b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate.
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66. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davidson of Ohio or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle D of title XVI, insert the following:

SEC. 16__. EXCLUSIVE MEANS FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO ACQUIRE
LOCATION INFORMATION, WEB BROWSING HISTORY,
INTERNET SEARCH HISTORY, AND FOURTH AMENDMENT-
PROTECTED INFORMATION.

(a) Exclusive Means.--
(1) Foreign intelligence purposes.--Title I and
sections 303, 304, 703, 704, and 705 of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801
et seq., 1823, 1824, 1881b, 1881c, 1881d) shall be the
exclusive means by which the Secretary of Defense
acquires location information, web browsing history,
Internet search history, and Fourth Amendment-protected
information of United States persons or persons inside
the United States for foreign intelligence purposes.
(2) Law enforcement purposes.--A warrant obtained by
demonstrating probable cause shall be the exclusive
means by which the Secretary of Defense acquires
location information, web browsing history, Internet
search history, and Fourth Amendment-protected
information of United States persons or persons inside
the United States for law enforcement purposes.
(b) Third Party.--If the interception, or compelled
production, or physical search or seizure of information inside
the United States by the Secretary of Defense would require a
warrant, court order, or subpoena under law, the Secretary may
not obtain that information from a third party in exchange for
anything of value without obtaining the warrant, court order,
or subpoena that would be required for such interception,
compelled production, or physical search or seizure.
(c) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary
of Defense may acquire the types of information specified in
subsection (b) in exchange for something of value if--
(1) the information is aggregated or anonymized in
such a way that it cannot reasonably be de-anonymized
or otherwise linked to any individual or specific group
of individuals; and
(2) the Secretary does not disclose the information
to any Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency
or to any other element of the intelligence community,
or any official of such an agency or element.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``Fourth Amendment-protected
information'' means information the compelled
production of which would require a warrant for law
enforcement purposes.
(2) The term ``location information'' means
information derived or otherwise calculated from the
transmission or reception of a radio signal that
reveals the approximate or actual geographic location
of a customer, subscriber, or device.
(3) The term ``United States person'' has the meaning
given that term in section 101 of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801).
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67. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garcia of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle A of title V, add the following new
section:

SEC. 6__. INCREASES TO MONTHLY RATES OF BASIC PAY FOR CERTAIN ENLISTED
MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES.

(a) Establishment of Certain Minimum Rates.--Beginning on
January 1, 2024, the rate of monthly basic pay for certain
enlisted members of the uniformed services shall be paid in
accordance with the following:
(1) In the case of a member in grade E-1 with more
than four months of service, such rate may not be less
than $2,600.60.
(2) In the case of a member in grade E-2, such rate
may not be less than $2,799.20.
(3) In the case of a member in grade E-3--
(A) with less than three years of service,
such rate may not be less than $2,900.90;
(B) with at least three, but less than four,
years of service, such rate may not be less
than $2,950.60;
(C) with at least four, but less than six,
years of service, such rate may not be less
than $3,000.60; and
(D) with at least six years of service, such
rate may not be less than $3,050.60.
(4) In the case of a member in grade E-4--
(A) with less than two years of service, such
rate may not be less than $3,010.50;
(B) with at least two, but less than three,
years of service, such rate may not be less
than $3,060.60;
(C) with at least two, but less than three,
years of service, such rate may not be less
than $3,100.10;
(D) with at least four, but less than six,
years of service, such rate may not be less
than $3,150.80;
(E) with at least six, but less than eight,
years of service, such rate may not be less
than $3,210.30; and
(F) with at least eight years of service,
such rate may not be less than $3,260.30.
(5) In the case of a member in grade E-5--
(A) with less than two years of service, such
rate may not be less than $3,100.30;
(B) with at least two, but less than three,
years of service, such rate may not be less
than $3,150.20;
(C) with at least two, but less than three,
years of service, such rate may not be less
than $3,200.20; and
(D) with at least four years of service, such
rate may not be less than $3,250.20.
(6) In the case of a member in grade E-6 with less
than two years of service, such rate may not be less
than $3,210.
(b) Adjustment.--Any adjustment, under section 1009 of title
37, United States Code, and effective on January 1, 2024, to a
rate of basic monthly pay for a member described in subsection
(a), shall be an adjustment to the applicable rate established
by such subsection.
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68. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boebert of Colorado or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

In subtitle D of title XXVIII, add at the end the following:

SEC. 28__. CLOSURE AND DISPOSAL OF THE PUEBLO CHEMICAL DEPOT, PUEBLO
COUNTY, COLORADO.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army shall close Pueblo
Chemical Depot in Pueblo County, Colorado (in this section
referred to as the ``Depot''), not later than one year after
the completion of the chemical demilitarization mission in such
location in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention
Treaty.
(b) Procedures.--The Secretary of the Army shall carry out
the closure and subsequent related property management and
disposal of the Depot, including the land, buildings,
structures, infrastructure, and associated equipment, installed
equipment, material, and personal property that comprise the
Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, in accordance with the
procedures and authorities for the closure, management, and
disposal of property under the appropriate base closure laws
(as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code).
(c) Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
Activities.--The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
of the Department of Defense may make grants and supplement
other Federal funds pursuant to section 2391 of title 10,
United States Code, to support closure and reuse activities of
the Depot.
(d) Treatment of Existing Permits.--Nothing in this section
shall be construed to prevent the removal or demolition by the
Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons
Alternatives of the Department of the Army of existing
buildings, structures, infrastructure, and associated
equipment, installed equipment, material, and personal property
of the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at the Depot in
accordance with the existing Hazardous Waste Permit Number CO-
20-09-02-01 under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901
et seq.) (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976) issued by the State of Colorado, or any
associated or follow-on permits under such Act.
(e) Homeless Use.--Given the nature of activities undertaken
at the Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant at the Depot,
such land, buildings, structures, infrastructure, and
associated equipment, installed equipment, material, and
personal property comprising the Chemical Agent-Destruction
Pilot Plant is deemed unsuitable use to assist the homeless,
and in carrying out any closure, management, or disposal of
property under this section, need not be screened for use to
assist the homeless pursuant to section 2905(b) of the Defense
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX
of Public Law 101-510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
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69. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gaetz of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle B of title IX, add the following new
section:

SEC. 9__. PROHIBITION ON SUPPORT FOR THE JOINT STAFF CIVIL DISTURBANCE
CELL OF THE NATIONAL MILITARY COMMAND CENTER.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the
Joint Staff Civil Disturbance Cell of the National Military
Command Center no longer deserves to receive Federal funding
due to its monitoring and labeling of Members of Congress as
security threats.
(b) DOD Funding Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to
be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2024 or any fiscal year thereafter for the
Department of Defense may be--
(1) provided to the Joint Staff Civil Disturbance
Cell of the National Military Command Center; or
(2) obligated or expended for any purpose relating to
the activities of the Cell.
(c) Prohibition on Other Federal Funding.--Beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act, no department or agency of
the Federal Government may increase the amount of funding
provided to the Joint Staff Civil Disturbance Cell for a fiscal
year beyond the level provided by that department or agency in
fiscal year 2023.
(d) Prohibition on DOD Participation.--No member of the Armed
Forces or civilian employee of the Department of Defense may
participate in any activity of the Joint Staff Civil
Disturbance Cell.
(e) Prohibition on Establishment of Similar Entity.--The
Secretary of Defense may not establish any entity within the
Department of Defense with a mission or functions substantially
similar to the mission and functions of the Joint Staff Civil
Disturbance Cell.
(f) Enforcement.--
(1) Referral to attorney general.--Any suspected
violation of this section shall be referred to the
Attorney General for investigation and appropriate
criminal or civil enforcement action.
(2) Penalties.--An individual found in to be in
violation of this section shall be subject the
following penalties--
(A) In the case of an individual who is
civilian employee of the Department of
Defense--
(i) termination of employment;
(ii) loss of security clearance; and
(iii) forefeiture of benefits and
allowances.
(B) In the case of an individual who is a
member of the Armed Forces, discharge under
other than honorable conditions.
(g) Inspector General Reports.--Not later than January 1 each
year, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that
identifies each individual found to be in violation of this
section by name, rank, and position within the Department.
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70. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cloud of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC.__. REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTIONS.

Section 183a(c)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ``The Clearinghouse shall ensure that a
governor has at least 120 days after the date on which the
governor receives the notice of presumed risk to provide any
such comments and shall provide detailed information and other
information necessary to ensure that the governor can fully
understand the nature of the presumed risk.'' after the first
sentence.
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71. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Edwards of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle E of title XXVIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 28__. SURVEY OF CERTAIN COUNTIES FOR PLACEMENT OF FACILITIES.

(a) Survey Required.--Not later than one year afer the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress the results of a survey of the counties
described in subsection (b) to assess potential placement of
operational, training, or other facilities for use by the
military departments in such counties.
(b) Counties Described.--The counties described in this
subsection are located in the State of North Carolina and are
as follows:
(1) Buncombe County.
(2) Cherokee County.
(3) Clay County.
(4) Graham County.
(5) Haywood County.
(6) Henderson County.
(7) Jackson County.
(8) Macon County.
(9) Madison County.
(10) McDowell County.
(11) Polk County.
(12) Rutherford County.
(13) Swain County.
(14) Transylvania County.
(15) Yancey County.
(c) Survey Requirements.--The survey required under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the mountainous and varied
terrains in the areas described in subsection (b) and
the feasibility of programs that use this geography,
including programs for basic survival skills, dam and
reservoir exercises, whitewater rafting exercises,
thick vegetation exercises, air drop exercises, and
mountainous warfare exercises.
(2) An evaluation of defense assets located in the
State of North Carolina and the lack of defense assets
in the area described in subsection (b).
(d) Survey Considerations.--The survey shall assesses the
feasibility of the placement of operational, training, and
other facilities as follows:
(1) Consideration of relevant civilian assets in the
area described in subsection (b).
(2) Consideration of assets of Department of Defense
contractors in such area.
(3) Proximity of such to current defense assets,
including Fort Liberty.
(4) Consideration of the geographic similarities of
such area to geographic regions critical to United
States defense policy, including the Indo-Pacific
region, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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72. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lawler of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle A of title XIII, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 13____. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE SHARING BETWEEN
THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN, AND TAIWAN.

It is the sense of the Congress that defense intelligence
sharing between the United States and the Republic of Korea,
Japan, and Taiwan, is crucial for identifying and countering
the malign activities of the People's Republic of China and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, that threaten the
interests of the United States, our allies and partners in the
Indo-Pacific region.
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73. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following new
section:

SEC. 12__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS PENDING PLAN REGARDING
DELIVERY OF HARPOON MISSILES AND OTHER COASTAL
DEFENSE CAPABILITIES TO SECURITY PARTNERS.

(a) Limitation.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2024,
and available for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for
the travel of persons, not more than 90 percent may be
obligated or expended until the date on which the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment submits to
the congressional defense committees the plan required under
subsection (b).
(b) Plan Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall
develop and implement a plan to provide covered Harpoon
missiles to security partners pursuant to the authority
provided under section 506 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318).
(2) Elements.--The plan under paragraph (1) shall
address the following:
(A) Lessons learned from any similar
experiences in support of military forces of
security partners in 2022.
(B) Consultation with private industry.
(C) Use of existing ground-based launchers.
(D) Use of existing vehicles of the Federal
Government.
(E) Integration and modernization of required
systems.
(F) Any security risks, challenges, and
mitigation steps required.
(G) Expected costs.
(H) A timeline for the delivery of covered
Harpoon missiles to security partners.
(3) Submittal to congress.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment,
shall submit to the congressional defense committees
the plan required under paragraph (1).
(c) Covered Harpoon Missile Defined.--In this section, the
term ``covered Harpoon missile'' means a block IC Harpoon
missile designated with a ``sundown'', ``deep stow'', or
``demilitarized'' condition code and includes missiles with
that designation that have been removed from surface vessels of
the Navy.
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74. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gonzales of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

SEC. 11__. NATIONAL DIGITAL RESERVE CORPS.

(a) In General.--Subpart I of part III of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
chapter:

``CHAPTER 104--NATIONAL DIGITAL RESERVE CORPS

``10401. Definitions.
``10402. Establishment.
``10403. Organization.
``10404. Assignments.
``10405. Reservist continuing education.
``10406. Congressional reports.
``10407. Construction.

``Sec. 10401. Definitions

``In this chapter:
``(1) Active reservist.--The term `active reservist'
means a reservist holding a position to which such
reservist has been appointed under section 10403(c)(2).
``(2) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means
the Administrator of the General Services
Administration.
``(3) Covered executive agency.--The term `covered
Executive agency' means an Executive agency as defined
in section 105, except that such term includes the
United States Postal Service, the Postal Regulatory
Commission, and the Executive Office of the President.
``(4) Program.--The term `Program' means the program
established under section 10402(a).
``(5) Reservist.--The term `reservist' means an
individual who is a member of the National Digital
Reserve Corps.

``Sec. 10402. Establishment

``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the General
Services Administration a program to establish, recruit,
manage, and assign a reserve of individuals with relevant
skills and credentials, to be known as the `National Digital
Reserve Corps', to help address the digital and cybersecurity
needs of covered Executive agencies.
``(b) Implementation.--
``(1) Guidance.--Not later than six months after the
date of the enactment of this section, the
Administrator, in consultation with the Director of the
Office of Personnel Management, shall issue guidance
for the National Digital Reserve Corps, which shall
include procedures for coordinating with covered
Executive agencies to--
``(A) identify digital and cybersecurity
needs which may be addressed by the National
Digital Reserve Corps; and
``(B) assign active reservists to address
such needs.
``(2) Recruitment and initial assignments.--Not later
than one year after the date of the enactment of this
section, the Administrator shall begin recruiting
reservists and assigning active reservists under the
Program.

``Sec. 10403. Organization

``(a) Administration.--
``(1) In general.--The National Digital Reserve Corps
shall be administered by the Administrator.
``(2) Responsibilities.--In carrying out the Program,
the Administrator shall--
``(A) establish standards for serving as a
reservist, including educational attainment,
professional qualifications, and background
checks in accordance with existing Federal
guidance;
``(B) ensure the standards established under
subparagraph (A) are met;
``(C) recruit individuals to the National
Digital Reserve Corps;
``(D) activate and deactivate reservists as
necessary;
``(E) coordinate with covered Executive
agencies to--
``(i) determine the digital and
cybersecurity needs which reservists
shall be assigned to address;
``(ii) ensure active reservists have
access, resources, and equipment
required to address digital and
cybersecurity needs which such
reservists are assigned to address; and
``(iii) analyze potential assignments
for reservists to determine outcomes,
develop anticipated assignment
timelines, and identify covered
Executive agency partners;
``(F) ensure reservists acquire and maintain
appropriate security clearances; and
``(G) determine what additional resources, if
any, are required to successfully implement the
Program.
``(b) National Digital Reserve Corps Participation.--
``(1) Service obligation agreement.--
``(A) In general.--An individual may become a
reservist only if such individual enters into a
written agreement with the Administrator to
become a reservist.
``(B) Contests.--The agreement under
subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) require the individual seeking
to become a reservist to serve as a
reservist for a 3-year period, during
which such individual shall serve not
less than 30 days per year as an active
reservist; and
``(ii) set forth all other the rights
and obligations of the individual and
the General Services Administration.
``(2) Compensation.--The Administrator shall
determine the appropriate compensation for service as a
reservist, except that the annual pay for such service
shall not exceed $10,000.
``(3) Employment protections.--The Secretary of Labor
shall prescribe such regulations as necessary to ensure
the reemployment, continuation of benefits, and
nondiscrimination in reemployment of active reservists,
provided that such regulations shall include, at a
minimum, those rights and obligations set forth under
chapter 43 of title 38.
``(4) Penalties.--
``(A) In general.--A reservist that fails to
accept an appointment under subsection (c)(2)
or fails to carry out the duties assigned to a
reservist under such an appointment shall,
after notice and an opportunity to be heard--
``(i) cease to be a reservist; and
``(ii) be fined an amount equal to
the sum of--
``(I) an amount equal to the
amounts, if any, paid under
section 10405 with respect to
such reservist; and
``(II) the difference between
the amount of compensation such
reservist would have received
if the reservist completed the
entire term of service as a
reservist agreed to in the
agreement described in
paragraph (1) and the amount of
compensation such reservist has
received under such agreement.
``(B) Exception.--
``(i) In general.--Subparagraph (A)
shall not apply with respect to a
failure of a reservist to accept an
appointment under subsection (c)(2) or
to carry out the duties assigned to the
reservist under such an appointment
if--
``(I) the failure was due to
the death or disability of such
reservist; or
``(II) the Administrator, in
consultation with the head of
the relevant covered Executive
agency, determines that
subparagraph (A) should not
apply with respect to the
failure.
``(ii) Relevant covered executive
agency defined.--In this subparagraph,
the term `relevant covered Executive
agency' means--
``(I) in the case of a
reservist failing to accept an
appointment under subsection
(c)(2), the covered Executive
agency to which such reservist
would have been appointed; and
``(II) in the case of a
reservist failing to carry out
the duties assigned to such
reservist under such an
appointment, the covered
Executive agency to which such
reservist was appointed.
``(c) Hiring Authority.--
``(1) Corps leadership.--The Administrator may
appoint qualified candidates to positions in the
competitive service in the General Service
Administration for which the primary duties are related
to the management or administration of the National
Digital Reserve Corps, as determined by the
Administrator.
``(2) Corps reservists.--
``(A) In general.--The Administrator may
appoint qualified reservists to temporary
positions in the competitive service for the
purpose of assigning such reservists under
section 10404 and to otherwise carry out the
National Digital Reserve Corps.
``(B) Appointment limits.--
``(i) In general.--The Administrator
may not appoint an individual under
this paragraph if, during the 365-day
period ending on the date of such
appointment, such individual has been
an officer or employee of the executive
or legislative branch of the United
States Government, of any independent
agency of the United States, or of the
District of Columbia for not less than
130 days.
``(ii) Automatic appointment
termination.--The appointment of an
individual under this paragraph shall
terminate upon such individual being
employed as an officer or employee of
the executive or legislative branch of
the United States Government, of any
independent agency of the United
States, or of the District of Columbia
for 130 days during the previous 365
days.
``(C) Employee status.--An individual
appointed under this paragraph shall be
considered a special Government employee (as
such term is defined in section 202(a) of title
18).
``(D) Conflict of interest.--Individuals
appointed under this section shall not, as an
active reservist, have access to proprietary or
confidential information that is of commercial
value to any private entity or individual
employing such appointee.
``(E) Additional employees.--Individuals
appointed under this paragraph shall be in
addition to any employees of the General
Services Administration whose duties relate to
the digital or cybersecurity needs of the
General Services Administration.

``Sec. 10404. Assignments

``(a) In General.--The Administrator may assign active
reservists to address the digital and cybersecurity needs of
covered Executive agencies, including cybersecurity services,
digital education and training, data triage, acquisition
assistance, guidance on digital projects, development of
technical solutions, and bridging public needs and private
sector capabilities.
``(b) Assignment-specific Access, Resources, Supplies, or
Equipment.--The head of a covered Executive agency shall, to
the extent practicable, provide each active reservist assigned
to address a digital or cybersecurity need of such covered
Executive agency under subsection (a) with any specialized
access, resources, supplies, or equipment required to address
such digital or cybersecurity need.
``(c) Duration.--An assignment of an individual under
subsection (a) shall terminate on the earlier of--
``(1) the date determined by the Administrator;
``(2) the date on which the Administrator receives
notification of the decision of the head of the covered
Executive agency, the digital or cybersecurity needs of
which such individual is assigned to address under
subsection (a), that such assignment should terminate;
or
``(3) the date on which the assigned individual
ceases to be an active reservist.

``Sec. 10405. Reservist continuing education

``(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of
appropriations, the Administrator may pay for reservists to
acquire training and receive continuing education related to
the duties assigned to such reservists pursuant to appointments
under section 10403(c)(2), including attending conferences and
seminars and obtaining certifications, that will enable
reservists to more effectively meet the digital and
cybersecurity needs of covered Executive agencies.
``(b) Application.--The Administrator shall establish a
process for reservists to apply for the payment of reasonable
expenses related to the training or continuing education
described in subsection (a).
``(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the
expenditures under this subsection.

``Sec. 10406. Congressional reports

``Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of
this section, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall
submit to Congress a report on the Program, including--
``(1) the number of reservists;
``(2) a list of covered Executive agencies that have
submitted requests for support from the National
Digital Reserve Corps;
``(3) the nature and status of such requests; and
``(4) with respect to each such request to which
active reservists have been assigned and for which work
by the National Digital Reserve Corps has concluded, an
evaluation of such work and the results of such work
by--
``(A) the covered Executive agency that
submitted the request; and
``(B) the reservists assigned to such
request.

``Sec. 10407. Construction

``Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or
otherwise affect the authorities or the responsibilities of the
head of any other Executive agency.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters for part III
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after
the item related to chapter 103 the following new item:

``104. National Digital Reserve Corps
10401''.

(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to
be appropriated $30,000,000, to remain available until fiscal
year 2025 to carry out the program established under section
10402(a) of title 5, United States Code, as added by this
section.
(d) Transition Assistance Program.--Section 1142(b)(3) of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``and the
National Digital Reserve Corps'' after ``Selected Reserve''.
(e) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the
funding tables in division D, the amounts authorized to be
appropriated in section 301 for operation and maintence,
Defense-wide, for Office of the Secretary of Defense, Line 490,
as specified in the corresponding funding table in section
4301, is hereby reduced by $30,000,000.
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75. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gallagher of Wisconsin
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At end of subtitle A of title XIII, add the following:

SEC. _. REPORT ON DEFENSE SUPPORT FOR TAIWAN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report containing an
evaluation of the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) processes across
all military services for the provision of defense articles,
defense services, and training to Taiwan pursuant to the Taiwan
Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.).
(b) Matters to Be Included.--Such report shall contain the
following:
(1) A description of price and availability data with
respect to the provision of defense articles, defense
services, and training requested by Taiwan during the
2-year period preceding the report.
(2) A description of timelines from price and
availability data requested to price and availability
data provided to Taiwan of articles, services, and
training described in paragraph (1), including an
identification of the specific service lead associated
with the provision of such articles, services, and
training.
(3) A description of when articles, services, and
training described in paragraph (1) were provided to
the Department of State for FMS authorization.
(4) An evaluation of military training activities
conducted with Taiwan during the 2-year period
preceding the report, including--
(A) the objectives of such training
activities;
(B) funding authority, unless national funds
were applied; and
(C) an evaluation of the effectiveness of
such training activities, including the
strengths and weaknesses in Taiwan's capacity
to absorb the training provided.
(5) A description of the articles, services, and
training described in paragraph (1) planned to be
provided to Taiwan during the 1-year period after the
period covered by the report.
(6) A description of the timeframe from Department of
State authorization to Taiwan signature on the Letter
of Offer and Acceptance of articles, services, and
training described in paragraph (1) and information on
delays in concluding a Letter of Offer and Acceptance.
(7) A description of timelines the Department of
Defense took to work with United States industry in
entering into contracts associated articles, services,
and training described in paragraph (1), including a
description of the average timeframes for Letters of
Offer and Acceptance.
(8) A description of the timeliness of Department of
Defense components' reporting of deliveries articles,
services, and training described in paragraph (1).
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) may include
a classified annex.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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76. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Good of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title XVIII of
division A, insert the following:

SEC. 18__. REPORT ON CHINA BENEFITTING FROM UNITED STATES TAXPAYER-
FUNDED RESEARCH.

(a) In general--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary
of Commerce, the Secretary of State, and the Director of
National Intelligence, shall submit to the Committee on the
Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on the Armed Services of the Senate a report on the
extent to which China has benefitted from United States
taxpayer-funded research.
(b) Contents of Report.--The report under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) The extent to which United States taxpayer-funded
research has benefitted China, including a list of
entities funded by the United States Government or a
State government, such as research institutions,
laboratories, and institutions of higher education,
which have hired Chinese nationals or allowed Chinese
nationals to conduct research, including an estimate of
the number of nationals hired or involved in research
projects.
(2) A list of United States Government programs,
grants, and other forms of research funding in the
fields of science, technology, engineering, and math
fields that have directly or indirectly cooperated or
affiliated with research institutions in China or
Chinese Communist Party entities.
(3) The extent to which China's funding of United
States taxpayer-funded research institutions has
benefitted China.
(4) How the Government of China and the Chinese
Communist Party have used United States taxpayerfunded
research, including as part of China's efforts to
support ``civil-military fusion'' and human rights
abuses.
Definition.--ln this section, the term ``United States
taxpayer-funded research'' means research--
(1) funded by a grant from the Federal Government or
a State government; or
(2) conducted by an institution that receives funding
from the Federal Government or a State government.

77. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Missouri or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

Page 1190, line 8, strike ``include at least one
representative from each of'' and insert ``consist of''.
Page 1190, strike lines 12 through 16 and insert the
following:
(2) the Superintendent of the United States Merchant
Marine Academy;
(3) the Commandant of the Coast Guard;
(4) the Commander of the Military Sealift Command;
(5) the Secretary of the Navy; and
(6) at least one representative from each of--
Page 1190, beginning on line 17, redesignate paragraphs (6)
through (14) as subparagraphs (A) through (I) of paragraph (6),
respectively.
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78. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Missouri or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in title XVIII, insert the
following:

SEC. 18__. AUTHORITY FOR REMEMBRANCE OF CONGRESSMAN DON YOUNG WITH A
MEMORIAL MARKER OR NICHE COVER AND CEREMONY IN
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY.

Notwithstanding section 2409 of title 38, United States Code,
the memory of Congressman Don Young shall be honored with a
memorial marker or niche cover and ceremony in Arlington
National Cemetery, Virginia.
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79. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peters of California
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the end of subtitle C of title I, insert the following:

SEC. 1__. LIMITATION ON USE OF GOVERNMENT-OPERATED DRYDOCKS.

The Secretary of the Navy shall ensure that no Government-
operated drydock is eligible to compete for the award of a
contract for private sector non-nuclear surface ship
maintenance unless the Secretary determines, in accordance with
section 2466 of title 10, United States Code, that there is not
sufficient private sector dock competition.
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80. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tenney of New York or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

At the appropriate place in subtitle B of title XVIII:

SEC. __. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO DISSUADE ALLIES FROM PURCHASING WEAPONS
FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report that includes--
(1) a detailed description of efforts to dissuade
allies from purchasing weapons from the Russian
Federation and the People's Republic of China;
(2) a list of allies that purchase at least 20
percent of their weaponry by monetary value from the
Russian Federation or the People's Republic of China;
(3) an evaluation of the security and political
concerns with allies purchasing weaponry from the
Russian Federation or the People's Republic of China;
and
(4) an evaluation of the impact that the Russia-
Ukraine War has on allies purchasing weaponry from the
Russia Federation.
(b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified
annex.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

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