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# Legislative Bulletin..................................................\..........May 22, 2008

**Contents:**

> **Amendments to H.R. 5658---**National Defense Authorization Act for
> Fiscal Year 2009

Amendments to H.R. 5658, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2009 (sponsored by Rep. Skelton, D-MO), are scheduled to be
considered on the House floor on Thursday, May 22, 2008, subject to a
structured rule
([**H.Res.1218**](http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.Res.1218:)),
making in order the following 58 amendments.

The rule waives all points of order against the amendments printed in
the report and amendments en bloc---except earmarks and PAYGO---and
allows the Chair to postpone consideration of the legislation at any
time during its consideration. The rule allows one motion to recommit
with or without instructions. The rule also makes it in order for the
Speaker to entertain motions that the House suspend the rules relating
to any measure pertaining to agricultural programs at any time
throughout the day.

[Note]{.underline}: The summaries below are based on RSC staff review of
*actual amendment text* and thus differ from what's on the Rules
Committee website. For a summary of the underlying bill, see a separate
RSC document released today.

**[RSC Staff Contacts]{.underline}**:

Andy Koenig; <andy.koenig@mail.house.gov>; 202-226-9717 **(Amendments
1-3, 5-7, 9-12, 14-24)**

Paul Teller, <paul.teller@mail.house.gov>, (202) 226-9718 **(Amendments
4, 8, 13, 26, 27, 53, and 57)**

Brad Watson, <brad.watson@mail.house.gov>, (202) 226-9719. **(Amendments
25, 28, 29, 50-52, 54, 55, 56, 58)**

Sarah Makin; <sarah.makin@mail.house.gov>; 202-226-0718 **(Amendments
31-49)**

**AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER UNDER THE RULE**

**1. *Skelton (D-MO): ***The manager's amendment makes a number of
technical and clarifying corrections. The amendment would increase the
authorization for Army research and development by \$50 million and
decrease the Navy research and development authorization by the same
amount. The amendment also increases the authorization for Navy military
construction inside the U.S. by \$100 million.

**2. *Skelton (D-MO)/Berman(D-CA)/Lowey(D-NY):*** The amendment requires
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, and the Administrator
of USAID to jointly establish a 12-member advisory panel to review the
roles and responsibilities of each agency in a national security
collaborative system. The panel would be required to provide advice and
guidance to improve the national security collaborative system with a
focus on integrating and coordinating the international efforts of each
agency.

**3. Akin (R-MO):** The amendment increases the authorization for Future
Combat Systems (FCS) by \$193 million. The amendment would offset the
increased authorization by reducing the authorization for Navy research
and development by \$30 mill, reducing the DoD's overall authorization
for military personnel by \$138 million, and reducing the authorization
for the Defense Health Program by \$25 million.

***4. Spratt (D-SC):*** Strikes a section of the underlying bill that
contains a sense of Congress about returning the Armed Forces to their
state of readiness to prepare for contingencies worldwide, a requirement
that DoD regularly brief Congress on the information used to make
contingency plans (including information on the nuclear capabilities of
Middle East countries), the requirement that the Secretary of Defense
annually report to Congress on Iran's nuclear capabilities, and a
requirement that DoD report to Congress within 15 days of assessing that
Iran has enough enriched uranium or plutonium to make a nuclear weapon.

The amendment would then replace such section with a requirement that
the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) annually submit to Congress
an update of the National Intelligence Estimate entitled "Iran: Nuclear
Intentions and Capabilities" (in classified form, if necessary). Key
points to include in the intelligence update are detailed in the
amendment. The President would have to notify Congress in writing within
15 days of determining that Iran has met or surpassed any major
milestone in its nuclear weapons program or that Iran has undertaken to
accelerate, decelerate, or cease the development of any significant
element within its nuclear weapons program.

**5. Smith (D-WA):** The amendment would require the President to
develop a comprehensive interagency strategy for public diplomacy and
strategic communication. The amendment would require that the strategy
build upon the strategic outline enumerated by the Strategic
Communication and Public Diplomacy Policy Coordinating Committee in
June. 2007. The interagency strategy would be required to contain the
overall objections, goals, actions to be performed, and benchmarks of
strategic communication.

**6. Franks (R-AZ):** The amendment would increase the authorization
level for the Missile Defense Agency's budget (which is significantly
lower than the Administration's budget request) by \$719 million. The
amendment would authorize the Secretary of Defense to determine an
appropriate offset from the DoD's research and development program.

**7. *Tauscher (D-CA):*** The amendment states that the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) does not apply to the Congressional Commission on
the Strategic Posture of the United States, which was established in the
FY 2008 DoD authorization. The amendment would state that FACA only
applies to executive branch commissions.

***8. Boren (D-OK):*** Amends the controversial Section 526 of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-140) to
allow any federal agency, including DoD, to contract to purchase a
generally available fuel, as long as the contract does not specifically
require the contractor to provide an alternative or synthetic fuel or
fuel from an unconventional petroleum source, is not aimed at obtaining
an alternative or synthetic fuel or fuel from an unconventional
petroleum source, or provide incentives for a refinery upgrade or
expansion to use or increase the use of petroleum from unconventional
sources.

[NOTE]{.underline}: Reps. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), Marsha Blackburn
(R-TN), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), and Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) submitted an
amendment to the Rules Committee that would strike Section 526 of the
new energy law altogether. The amendment was not made in order under the
rule. Rep. Hensarling and Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) also have a
stand-alone bill, H.R. 5656, to repeal Section 526.

Section 526 of the recently enacted energy law states in its entirety:

> No Federal agency shall enter into a contract for procurement of an
> alternative or synthetic fuel, including a fuel produced from
> nonconventional petroleum sources, for any mobility-related use, other
> than for research or testing, unless the contract specifies that the
> lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and
> combustion of the fuel supplied under the contract must, on an ongoing
> basis, be less than or equal to such emissions from the equivalent
> conventional fuel produced from conventional petroleum sources.

Though short, this section, which raises concerns over national
security, economic security, and bureaucratic uncertainty, has powerful
and harmful implications and needs to be repealed immediately, since it
affects all federal agencies and could harm the markets for a variety of
energy products, from oil shale and ethanol to tar sands and
coal-to-liquids.

Section 526 was added by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Henry
Waxman (D-CA) largely to stifle the Defense Department's plans to buy
coal-based (or "coal-to-liquids") jet fuels, which environmentalists
contend will ultimately produce more greenhouse gas emissions than would
traditional petroleum---a contention that is uncertain at best and that
does not account for ongoing improvements in carbon-capture
technologies. Plus, no one can come up with a workable definition for
"lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions."

The Air Force is interested in procuring unconventional fuels over the
long-term as a way to reduce its reliance on fuels from unfriendly or
unstable countries and increasing its use of fuels from North America.

Furthermore, Canada is currently the largest U.S. oil supplier. It sent
1.8 million barrels per day of crude oil and 500,000 barrels per day of
refined products to the United States in 2006, according to the Canadian
Government. About half of Canadian crude is derived from oil sands, with
sands production forecast to reach about 3 million barrels per day in
2015.

Section 526 could choke this flow of fuel from one of our nation's most
reliable allies and economic partners.

Oil producers, the Air Force, the Canadian Government, and the Center
for Unconventional Fuels have all called for the repeal of Section 526.

**9. *Cummings (D-MA)/Watson (D-CA): ***The amendment would add two
officers from the U.S. Coast guard to the Senior Military Leadership
Diversity Commission.

***10. Sestak (D-PA):*** The amendment would authorize \$29 million
(with no offset) to require that autistic children of members of the
Armed Services who are enrolled in the Extended Care health Option
Program receive a **minimum** of \$5,000 per month for autistic therapy.

***11. Sestak (D-PA):*** The amendment would authorize the Secretary of
Defense to establish a Visiting National Institutes of Health Senior
Neuroscience Fellowship Program at the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency and the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological
Health and Traumatic Brain Injury.

**12. Buyer (R-IN):** The amendment would authorize \$22.3 million for
Army Reserve first term dental readiness and \$8.5 million for
demobilization dental treatment. The funds would be taken from the Army
Reserve's \$2.6 billion authorization.

***13. Slaughter (D-NY)/* Poe (R-TX):** Directs the Secretary of Defense
to develop requirements related to the reporting of violent criminal
offenses (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 16) allegedly perpetrated by or
against contractor personnel (including subcontractors) in contracts
related to Iraq and/or Afghanistan, including a requirement that
contractors report such offenses, that they provide for witness and
victim safety and medical and psychological assistance related to the
offenses, and that they inform all contractor personnel on how to report
offenses and where to get the assistance just described. DoD would have
to quarterly release to the public numerical information on the
offenses.

**All [existing]{.underline} defense contracts related to Iraq and/or
Afghanistan would have to be [revised]{.underline} to include the
requirements above as a condition of the contracts continuing to be in
force, and no future contract for Iraq and/or Afghanistan could be
enacted without the inclusion of the above requirements.**

**14. Castle (R-DE)/*Hinojosa (D-TX): ***The amendment would authorize
the secretaries of each department of the military to enter into
multiple educational partnerships with colleges and universities in
order to develop plans to improve the accessibility and flexibility of
college courses available to members of the Armed Forces.

***15. Waxman (D-CA):*** The 56-page amendment would add a new division
to the bill, "Division D," which would include five new titles of
government contracting and acquisition reform. The amendment would,
among other things, limit the length of some non-competitive contracts
and require the implementation of standards to minimize non-bid
contracting. The amendment would increase regulations on federal defense
contracts, mandate fraud reporting, increase comptroller general
oversight and intervention, and require CEO's of contractors to disclose
their incomes. The amendment would also authorize the GAO to interview
employees of private sector contractors when conducting investigations.

**16. LaHood (R-IL):** The amendment would allow members of the Armed
Services with minor dependants and spouses in the Armed Services to
request a deferment of deployment if their spouse was currently deployed
in an area where imminent danger pay is authorized.

***17. Woolsey (D-CA):*** The amendment would require the Secretary of
the Navy and the Secretary of Interior to negotiate an agreement to
transfer the decommissioned Naval Security Group Activity on Skaggs
Island, Sonoma, California, to the Fish and Wildlife Service for
inclusion in the National Wildlife Refuge System.

***18. Berman (D-CA):*** The amendment would add a new finding to a
title of the bill regarding Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian
Management stating that the President's budget request included a
\$248.6 million increase for a Civilian Stabilization Initiative that
would "vastly improve civilian partnership with the United States Armed
Forces in post conflict stabilization situations." The amendment would
also increase the authorization for stabilization or reconstruction
assistance by \$100 million---from \$100 million to \$200 million.

**19. Porter (R-NV):** The amendment would require the Secretary of
Defense to conduct a study to identify the mental health risks
associated with the performance of military duties. The study would
include an assessment of suicide incidence as they relate to military
occupations. The amendment would require the Secretary to issue a report
within 120 days.

**20. Capito (R-WV):** The amendment would increase the authorization
for the military funeral honors program by \$3 million. Of that amount,
\$1 million would go to the Army, Navy, and Air Force respectively. The
amendment would offset the increased authorization with \$3 million
decrease from the University Research Initiative.

***21. Cooper (D-TN):*** The amendment would require the Secretary of
Defense to adopt an acquisition strategy for base insurance that
minimizes the cost of insurance to the DoD. The amendment would require
the Secretary to submit a report detailing DoD's plan to implement a
base insurance acquisition strategy to Congress within 120 days. The
Secretary would also be required to review its acquisition strategy
every three years.

**22. Flake (R-AZ):** The amendment would prohibit any funds in the bill
from being used for a library/lifelong learning center at the U.S.
Marine Corps Base in Twentynine Palms, California. Funding for the
library/lifelong learning center is provided via a \$10 million earmark
in the Committee Report that accompanies the bill.

***Tierney (D-MA):*** The amendment would **reduce** the authorization
for the Missile Defense Agency by \$996.2 million as follows:

-   \$100 million reduction from the Airborn Laser program;

-   \$100 million reduction from the Kinetic Energy Interceptor program;

-   \$100 million reduction from the Multiple Kill Vehicle program;

-   \$341.2 million reduction from the termination of all funding for
    long-range missile defense sites in Europe;

-   \$335 million reduction from the termination of all funding for the
    Ground-Based Midcourse Defense program.

The amendment would increase the authorizations of other DoD programs as
follows:

-   \$75 million for the Cooperative Threat Reduction;

-   \$529 million for non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction
    programs;

-   \$30 million to help local educational agencies provide support to
    dependants of members of the Armed Forces;

-   \$30 million to support the families of wounded members of the Armed
    Forces;

-   \$10 million for a pilot program to identify and retain wounded
    members of the Armed Forces as military health professionals;

-   The balance of the funds reduced would be authorized for the
    National Guard and Reserve to fund identified shortfalls.

**24. Price (R-GA):** The amendment would require that safeguards at DoD
ensure that appropriate inventory and property systems are updated
promptly in response to expenditures charged to a purchase card related
to pilferable property. The amendment would also require penalties for
violations of the law to include reimbursement of charges for
unauthorized purchases.

**25. *Price (D-NC):*** Prohibits private-sector government contractors
from performing interrogations. Allows contractors to be used as
linguistic interpreters, report writers, and information technology
technicians.

***26. Lee (D-CA):*** Provides that no provision in any status of forces
agreement negotiated between the United States and the Government of
Iraq that obligates the United States to the defense of Iraq from
internal or external threats shall have any legal effect unless the
agreement is in the form of a treaty requiring the advice and consent of
the Senate, or is specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.

**27. Fossella (R-NY):** Directs the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the United States Postal Service, to provide postal
benefits to servicemembers serving in Iraq or Afghanistan or currently
hospitalized under the care of the Armed Forces in relation to service
in Iraq or Afghanistan. Qualified individuals would receive one voucher
for free postage (for one first-class mailing weighing up to 13 ounces
or one parcel post weighing up to 10 pounds) for every two months he or
she is overseas. The vouchers would only be applicable for mailings TO
servicemembers and would be in addition to any other existing postal
benefits regarding servicemembers. The Department of Defense would be
appropriated \$10 million to transfer to the postal service for this
program (and would have to make quarterly transfers of estimated postal
expenditures for such quarter).

**28. *Inslee (D-WA):*** Requires the Department of Defense to conduct a
study to "develop procedures and methods to measure and consider
greenhouse gas emissions in the acquisition process."

**29. *Inslee (D-WA):*** Requires the Department of Defense to conduct a
study on the "use of power management software by civilian and military
personnel and facilities of the Department of Defense to reduce the use
of electricity in computer monitors and personal computers."

**30. Brown-Waite (R-FL)*:*** Permits the Secretary of the Army to
retroactively award the Army Combat Action Badge to individuals who
served between December 7, 1941 and September 18, 2001 and were not
previously recognized in an appropriate manner for such participation. 

**31. *McGovern (D-MA)/Bishop (D-GA)/Sestak (D-PA)*:** Requires public
disclosure, upon request, of the names, ranks, countries of origin, and
other information of students and instructors of the Western Hemisphere
Institute for Security Cooperation ("WHINSEC").  The amendment covers
fiscal years 2005-2008 and any fiscal year thereafter.

**32. *Holt (D-NJ)/Tauscher (D-CA)/Grijalva (D-AZ)/Schakowsky (D-IL)*:**
Requires that the DoD make all possible efforts to videotape or make an
electronic recording of every encounter that a DoD official has with a
detainee during an interrogation if the detainee is either in custody at
a DoD facility or a facility that is being controlled by the DoD. The
amendment allows such recordings to be classified by the DoD as
appropriate. The amendment also directs the Judge Advocates General of
the respective military services to develop uniform guidelines for such
videotaping or electronic recording, and for said guidelines to be
provided to Congress. In addition, the amendment requires that the
guidelines "ensure the safety of all participants in the
interrogations."

**33. Pearce (R-NM):** Would amend title XXXI (Department of Energy
National Security Programs) to remove \$10 million in funding for energy
conservation on military installations and increase funding for the
Reliable Replacement Warhead program by \$10 million.

**34. *McDermott (D-WA)*:** Would require the DoD to report to Congress
on implementation of the recommendations of the report entitled,
"[Review of the Toxicologic and Radiologic Risks to Military Personnel
from Exposure to Depleted Uranium During and After
Combat](http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11979#toc)."  The
amendment requires that the Secretary expand the depleted uranium
registry and provide additional health monitoring for Gulf War personnel
who had several hours of unprotected exposure to such munitions in
perforated vehicles.  Finally, the amendment requires that the report
describe the progress being made in identifying these veterans and the
additional health monitoring being provided.

**35. King (R-IA):** Would require that the Chief of the National Guard
Bureau submit a report to Congress detailing the extent to which the
various provisions enacted within title XVIII of the FY08 National
Defense Authorization Act (National Guard Bureau Matters) have been
effective in giving the National Guard a clearer voice in policy and
budgetary discussions within the Department of Defense and assessing the
adequacy of Department of Defense funding for the resource requirements
of the National Guard.

**36. *Matsui (D-CA)*:** Would allow the Defense Department six months
to review appeals from service members who were denied full Army College
Fund benefits under Army Incentive Program contracts.  The amendment
also provides that a payment under the amendment may be made without
regard to any limits on total combined amounts under the Army College
Fund and the Montgomery GI Bill.

**37. *DeFazio (D-OR):*** Would require that for any Department of
Defense contract for truck transportation or service using fuel, the
motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder involved in the transaction
must pass any fuel surcharge on to the person responsible for paying the
cost of fuel and to disclose that surcharge and other charges in
writing.  The amendment also directs the Department of Defense to
prescribe regulations for the enforcement of this provision, including
any necessary penalties or sanctions.

**38. Turner (R-OH):** Would require a report from the Secretary of
Defense within 45 days after the date of enactment on laboratory
personnel demonstration projects detailing, among other things,
information on the applications submitted for laboratories seeking to be
designated as a demonstration laboratory.

**39. *Stupak (D-MI)*:** Would extend eligibility for military
disability retired pay to individuals who left enlisted service in order
to attend a military academy between January 1, 2000 and October 28,
2004, and who suffered a disabling injury while attending the academy.

**40. *DeLauro (D-CT)/Courtney (D-CT)*:** Requires the Secretary of
Defense to conduct a demonstration project to assess the feasibility and
efficiency of providing a face to face post-deployment mental health
screening between a member of the Armed Forces and a mental health
provider. The amendment requires that between 120 and 180 days after the
service member returns from duty, they meet face-to-face with a
qualified mental health professional, and furthermore, that they
follow-up via phone calls through their caseworker every six, 12, 18,
and 24 months. The project shall be developed by the Secretary of
Defense in conjunction with the Veterans' Administration Secretary and
Health and Human Services Secretary.  The Defense Secretary may
coordinate with any accredited college, university, hospital-based or
community-based mental health center the Secretary deems appropriate.

**41. Everett (R-AL):** Would expand existing authority for professional
military education institutions of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine
Corps to award degrees to graduates of their schools.  The amendment
also would establish congressional notification requirements for the
establishment, modification, redesignation, or termination of any new or
existing degree programs.  The amendment prohibits the awarding of a
degree unless the Education Secretary has recommended approval of the
degree in accordance with the Federal Policy Governing Granting of
Academic Degrees by Federal Agences and the curriculum leading to the
degree is accredited by the appropriate civilian agency or organization
(as determined by the Education Secretary).

**42. *Schakowsky (D-IL)*:** Would require the Secretary of Defense to
revise the regulations issued pursuant to section 862 of the FY2008
National Defense Authorization Act (contractors performing private
security functions in areas of combat operations) to ensure that private
security contractors are not authorized to perform "inherently
governmental" functions in an area of combat operations.  It also
requires the Defense Secretary, in coordination with other agency heads,
to review the performance of private security contractors to ensure
compliance with the amendment.

**Background:** One of the most well-known and utilized security
contractors currently serving the State Department overseas in Iraq is
the security firm Blackwater USA. According to their website,

> "We \[Blackwater\] are not simply a 'private security company.' We are
> a professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and
> stability operations firm who provides turnkey solutions. We assist
> with the development of national and global security policies and
> military transformation plans."

Blackwater security forces are currently operating in Iraq (as well as
other overseas installations) to serve the State Department in several
capacities, including serving as protection forces for U.S. Embassy
officials, military transport security, and reconstruction workers.
There have been a few instances where the duties of Blackwater and their
actions have been questioned---leading to a recent Government Oversight
and Reform Committee hearing. **[NO definitive conclusions have been
drawn]{.underline}** regarding Blackwater.

According to testimony given before the House Judiciary Committee,
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart W. Bowen, Jr.,
said "the incidence of corruption within the U.S. reconstruction
program---judging from those cases that we have uncovered thus
far---appears to constitute a relatively small component of the overall
American financial contribution to Iraq's reconstruction."

During debate on H.R.2740, the MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act of
2007, Representative Schakowsky offered an amendment to require a new
report from the DOJ regarding contracts being carried out in Iraq and
Afghanistan and require that the report contain the following
information regarding contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan:

-   any charges brought against contractors and their employees;

-   a list of all criminal investigations and reports made in cases
    where no criminal charges were brought; and

-   descriptions of the legal actions taken by the U.S. government
    against contractors and their employees as a result of a criminal
    charge, investigation or complaint.

This amendment passed by voice vote. H.R. 2740 has yet to be considered
by the Senate.

Some may take issue with a perceived motivation for this amendment---to
ultimately hamper private contracting efforts in Iraq and elsewhere. By
some estimates, there are roughly 200,000 private contractors working in
Iraq to protect diplomats and reconstruction workers. This is important
work that, in the absence of private contractors, would be undertaken,
in many cases, by U.S. troops, either diverting them away from other,
more pressing missions or driving up the overall size of the U.S.
presence in Iraq.

**43. *Schiff (D-CA):*** Would require the Defense Secretary to study
methods to verifiably reduce the likelihood of accidental nuclear launch
by any nation (including Russia and China).  The Secretary must report
to Congress on the results of the study within 6 months.

**44. *Blumenauer (D-OR)*:** Would require the Defense Secretary to
establish a program to research and develop unexploded ordnance
detection technology and facilitate the deployment of this technology in
the field. 

**45. *Bordallo (D-GU)*:** Would permit the Transportation Secretary,
acting through the Maritime Administration, to establish a Port of Guam
Improvement Enterprise Program to provide for the planning, design, and
construction of projects for the Port of Guam to improve facilities,
relieve port congestion, and provide greater access to port facilities. 
It also establishes in the United States Treasury a separate account
known as the Port of Guam Improvement Enterprise Fund to carry out the
program.  It permits funds in the account to be deposited and
transferred to the Administrator.  The amendment also provides that
nothing in the section shall authorize amounts made available under 23
U.S.C. sec. 215 or other funds for highway improvements not eligible for
making port improvements to be deposited into the Fund. The amendment
authorizes "such sums" as may be necessary to carry out this section.

**46. *Moore (D-WI):*** Would require the Comptroller General to review,
and report to Congress within one year, the DoD's implementation of the
recommendations of the Department of Defense Task Force on Mental Health
to ensure a full continuum of psychological health services and care for
members of the Armed Forces and their families.

**47. *Ortiz (D-TX)*:** Would require a report be submitted to the
congressional defense committees by the Secretary of the Navy not later
than 120 days after enactment of the act on future jet carrier training
requirements.  The report shall assess the Navy's plan concerning jet
carrier training requirements; assess studies conducted by independent
organizations concerning jet carrier trainer requirements; and include a
cost-benefit analysis between a new start program or modernization of
the existing platform.

**48. *Kennedy (D-RI)/Shea-Porter (D-NH)*:** Requires the Secretary of
Defense to conduct a demonstration project to assess the feasibility of
providing a behavioral health care provider locator and appointment
assistance service for members of the reserve components of the Armed
Forces seeking treatment for depression, post traumatic stress disorder,
substance abuse problems, and other mental illnesses.  The demonstration
program would include a toll-free hotline that would be available 24
hours a day 7 days a week to help reservists find behavioral health care
providers and schedule outpatient appointments within the TRICARE
network. The amendment also requires that the Secretary of Defense
submit a report to Congress on the plan to implement the project.

**49. *Israel (D-NY):*** Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to
Congress on the DoD's policies regarding the sale and disposal of used
motor vehicle oil, including policies to require closed loop recycling
of used oil as a means of reducing total indirect energy usage and
greenhouse gas emissions.  The amendment requires that the Secretary
shall implement such policies whenever feasible.

**50. *Israel (D-NY):*** Creates a new program to employ Iraqi
nationals, who have worked for at least 12 months since 2003 as
translators in Iraq for the U.S. government, as translators or cultural
awareness instructors for various agencies of the federal government.
The program would terminate in December 31, 2014.

**51. *Schwartz (D-PA)/Murphy, Patrick (D-PA):*** Prohibits commercial
passenger operations, commercial cargo operations, and aircraft
operations not related to the mission of the installation at NASJRB
Willow Grove airfield in Pennsylvania.

**52. *Bishop (D-GA):*** Reduces funding for the Missile Defense Agency
by \$22 million. The amendment also provides transitional health care to
a member who is separated from active duty and agrees to become a member
of the Selected Reserve.

***53. Braley (D-IA):*** Requires the President to submit a report to
Congress on the long-term costs of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation
Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) within 90 days of this bill's enactment. 
The estimate would have to account for various scenarios of different
troop levels detailed in the amendment; make projections through at
least Fiscal Year 2068; and take into account and specify various
factors detailed in the amendment, including operational costs,
reconstruction costs, money borrowed for the wars, interest owed on such
borrowed money, and the cost of providing health care and disability
benefits. The amendment also includes 20 findings about the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, addressing such topics as authorized funding, American
casualties and injuries, the extensive use of contractors in Iraq, and
the sustainability of future American presence in Iraq.

**54. *Carney (D-PA):*** Expresses the sense of the Congress that "the
Secretaries of military departments should, to the maximum extent
practicable, provide honor guard details for funerals of veterans."

**55. *Ellsworth (D-IN)/Emanuel (D-IL):*** Revises the Federal
Acquisition Regulation to require each contract awarded by the
Department of Defense to contain a clause prohibiting the contractor
from using a "foreign shell company." The amendment defines a foreign
shell company as a company that is incorporated outside of the U.S. and
Canada, and that does not manage, direct, or exercise control over
employees performing the work.

**56. *Hodes (D-NH)/DeFazio (D-OR)/DeLauro (D-CT):*** Prohibits funds
authorized by the underlying legislation to be used for "propaganda
purposes." The amendment defines propaganda as "any form of
communication in support of national objectives designed to influence
the opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior of the people of the
United States in order to benefit the sponsor, either directly or
indirectly."

***57. Yarmuth (D-KY):*** Makes it the policy of the United States that
any Status of Forces Agreement negotiated between the U.S. and Iraq
include measures requiring the Iraqi Government to provide financial or
other types of support for U.S. Armed Forces stationed in Iraq.

***58. Foster (D-IL)/Schiff (D-CA):*** Authorizes \$3 million (subject
to appropriation) to create a fellowship program for graduate students
who are Ph.D. candidates in the field of nuclear chemistry. Authorizes
\$2 million (subject to appropriation) to create a research and
development program on nuclear forensics radiation-measurement
equipment.

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