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[House Report 114-112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

114th Congress      }                                 {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session        }                                 {       114-112
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    PROVIDING FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 1735) TO 
 AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES 
    OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, TO 
 PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR, AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

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May 13, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 260]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 260, by a record vote of 8 to 3, 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. 
1735, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2016, under a structured rule. The resolution provides that no 
further general debate shall be in order.
    Section 2 of the resolution makes in order as original text 
for purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 114-
14 and provides that it shall be considered as read. The 
resolution waives all points of order against that amendment in 
the nature of a substitute. The resolution makes in order only 
those further amendments printed in this report and amendments 
en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. Each such 
amendment printed in this report may be offered only in the 
order printed, may be offered only by a Member designated in 
this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable 
for the time specified in this 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 in the House or in the Committee of 
the Whole. The resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendments printed in this report or against amendments en 
bloc described in section 3 of the resolution.
    Section 3 of the resolution provides that it shall be in 
order at any time for the chair of the Committee on Armed 
Services or his designee to offer amendments en bloc consisting 
of amendments printed in this report not earlier disposed of. 
Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Armed 
Services or their designees, shall not be subject to amendment, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
    Section 4 of the resolution provides one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute includes waivers of 
the following:
     Clause 7 of rule XVI, which requires that no 
motion or proposition on a subject different from that under 
consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment. It is 
important to note that while the waiver is necessary, Rules 
Committee Print 114-14 contains the text of H.R. 1735 as 
reported.
     Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, 
prohibiting consideration of a bill dealing with any matter 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless 
it is a bill or resolution which has been reported by the 
Committee on the Budget.
     Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, which prohibits consideration of legislation that would 
cause revenues to be less than the level of total revenues for 
the first fiscal year.
    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
the amendments printed in this report, 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. 45

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to report an open rule. Defeated: 3-
8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................  ............
Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 46

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for amendment #22, offered by Rep. McGovern 
(MA), Rep. Smith (WA) and Rep. Jones (NC), which strikes and 
replaces section 1213 of the bill. Requires the President to 
determine and inform Congress by March 31, 2016, for what 
purpose and for how long U.S. troops will remain in 
Afghanistan; and for Congress to vote on that determination 30 
days afterwards. Defeated: 4-7

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................  ............
Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 47

    Motion by Mr. Polis to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers for the following amendments en bloc: 
amendment #257, offered by Rep. Polis (CO) and Rep. Coffman 
(CO), which requires a review and report on the use of heavy 
ion radiotherapy cancer treatment; amendment #247, offered by 
Rep. Blumenauer (OR), Rep. Quigley (IL) and Rep. Polis (CO), 
which requires CBO to look at both the current 10-year cost 
window, as well as the 25-year cost window, as the Pentagon 
already does when preparing their statutorily-required 1043 
reports; and amendment #248, offered by Rep. Polis (CO), Rep. 
Blumenauer (OR) and Rep. Quigley (IL), which reduces the amount 
authorized for the National Nuclear Security Administration's 
Weapons Account to the amount in the budget request. Defeated: 
3-8

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................  ............
Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 48

    Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 8-3

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Yea   Ms. Slaughter.....................  ............
Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................          Nay
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Yea
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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                SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

    1. Thornberry (TX), Smith, Adam (WA): Makes technical, 
conforming, and clarifying changes in the bill. (10 minutes)
    2. Polis (CO): Reduces from 11 to 10 the statutory 
requirement for the number of operational carriers that the 
U.S. Navy must have. (10 minutes)
    3. Young, Don (AK): Expresses the Sense of Congress that 
Pacific Air Force's F-35A basing decision should be based on a 
base's capability to host fighter-based bilateral and 
multilateral training opportunities with international 
partners, have sufficient airspace and range capabilities to 
meet training requirements, have sufficient existing 
facilities, have limited encroachment, and minimize overall 
construction and operational costs. (10 minutes)
    4. Heck, Denny (WA), Beyer (VA): Authorizes an additional 
$25,000,000 for the Office of Economic Adjustment to be 
available for transportation infrastructure improvements 
associated with congestion mitigation in urban areas related to 
recommendations of the 2005 Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Commission. (10 minutes)
    5. Brooks (AL), Palmer (AL), Blackburn (TN), Fleming (LA), 
Smith, Lamar (TX), Bridenstine (OK), Gosar (AZ), Lamborn (CO), 
Lummis (WY), King, Steve (IA), Brat (VA), Palazzo (MS), 
Ratcliffe (TX), Babin (TX), Duncan (TN), Duncan (SC), Collins, 
Doug (GA), Barletta (PA), Jones (NC), Olson (TX), Perry (PA), 
Bilirakis (FL), Graves (MO), McClintock (CA), Neugebauer (TX), 
Aderholt (AL), Weber (TX), Loudermilk (GA), Flores (TX), Franks 
(AZ), Gohmert (TX), Kelly (PA): Strikes section 538, relating 
to a sense of the House of Representatives regarding Secretary 
of Defense review of section 504 of title 10, United States 
Code, regarding enlisting certain aliens in the Armed Forces. 
(10 minutes)
    6. Messer, Luke (IN): Requires the Secretary of Defense, no 
earlier than 5 years after the date of enactment of this bill, 
to conduct a study on the impact of the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards for Ozone regulation on military readiness. (10 
minutes)
    7. Takai (HI), Gibson (NY): Enhances the authority of 
service members to obtain professional certifications in the 
maritime trades. (10 minutes)
    8. McGovern (MA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
design and produce a military service medal to honor retired 
and former members of the Armed Forces who are radiation-
exposed veterans (Atomic Veterans), which are determined in 
section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, in the USC. (10 minutes)
    9. Hanna (NY), Maloney, Sean (NY): Allows memorial 
headstone or grave markers to be made available for purchase by 
Guard or Reserve members who served for at least six years, at 
no cost to the government. Clarifies that this does not allow 
for any new veteran benefits, and does not authorize any new 
burial benefit or create any new authority for an individual to 
be buried in a national cemetery. (10 minutes)
    10. Kline (MN): Provides a one-time election for certain 
military retirees to regain access to TRICARE Prime because the 
DOD unilaterally changed the eligibility criteria for retirees 
living more than 100 miles from a military treatment facility. 
Fully off-sets the cost of TRICARE Prime by reducing the 
program increase in MV-22 engineering support. (10 minutes)
    11. Thornberry (TX): Limits the funds made available to the 
Department of Defense Healthcare Management System for Fiscal 
Year 2016 so that no more than 75 percent can be spent until 
the date on which the Secretary of Defense makes the 
certification required in the Fiscal Year 2014 NDAA. (10 
minutes)
    12. Pascrell (NJ): Directs the peer-reviewed Psychological 
Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program to conduct a 
study on blast injury and its correlation to traumatic brain 
injury. (10 minutes)
    13. Hurd (TX): Includes the entire federal government in 
the Independent Study of Matters Related to Bid Protests. (10 
minutes)
    14. Chabot (OH), Connolly (VA): Amends the Small Business 
Act to ensure that the Small Business Administration (SBA) 
negotiates agency prime contracting goals with a view towards 
encouraging participation by a wide variety of small 
businesses. Requires that any SBA procurement scorecard 
assesses the use of small businesses as prime contractors and 
subcontractors, and looks at the small business participation 
rate. (10 minutes)
    15. Walorski (IN): Extends and strengthens provisions 
related to detainees at Guantanamo Bay. (10 minutes)
    16. Smith, Adam (WA), Nadler (NY): Provides a framework for 
closure of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by 
December 31, 2017. (10 minutes)
    17. McCaul (TX): Amends 10 USC 2576a to include border 
security activities to the list of preferred applications the 
Department of Defense considers when transferring excess 
property to other federal agencies. (10 minutes)
    18. Perry (PA), Rothfus (PA): Prohibits the use of funds 
for realignment of forces at or the closure of United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (10 minutes)
    19. Hanna (NY): Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit 
a report to Congress that assesses the degree to which existing 
defense capabilities are able to detect, identify, and 
potentially disable remotely piloted aircraft within special 
use and restricted airspace. Requires the Secretary to identify 
how existing research and development Department resources can 
be leveraged to strengthen our nation's ability to detect, 
identify, and disable unidentified or potentially malicious 
remotely piloted aircraft. (10 minutes)
    20. Kline (MN): Expresses a sense of Congress that U.S. 
military forces should have the proper resources at all times 
during an ordered evacuation of an embassy abroad and that no 
restrictions should be placed on the ability of our military to 
maintain and use weapons and equipment to protect themselves 
and evacuees during an ordered embassy evacuation. (10 minutes)
    21. Hunter (CA), Delaney (MD): Establishes an Interagency 
Hostage Recovery Coordinator to direct hostage rescue efforts. 
(10 minutes)
    22. Stivers (OH): Permits participation in a pilot program 
for DoD and FAA to jointly award competitive grants to airports 
that support both civilian and military operations for tower or 
other infrastructure improvements. (10 minutes)
    23. Rohrabacher (CA): Acknowledges Dr. Afridi's 
instrumental role in identifying the hiding place of Osama bin 
Laden and further states that it is the Sense of Congress that 
Dr. Shakil Afridi is an international hero and that the 
Government of Pakistan should release him immediately from 
prison. (10 minutes)
    24. Thornberry (TX): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
submit reprogrammings to be able to use funds from the Syria 
Train and Equip Fund to execute the Syria Train and Equip 
program. Requires the SECDEF to submit a comprehensive strategy 
for Syria and Iraq (and an update with the reprogramming 
requests) and requires the SECDEF to submit a certification on 
support provided to the trained Syria opposition. (10 minutes)
    25. Engel (NY), Royce (CA): Requires a report to assess the 
effectiveness and operational requirements of establishing a 
no-fly zone in Syria. (10 minutes)
    26. Lamborn (CO): Adds language to the underlying Iran 
Sense of Congress regarding the sale of S-300's and the 
importance of terrorism related sanctions. (10 minutes)
    27. Lamborn (CO): Limits funding for implementing the New 
START treaty. (10 minutes)
    28. Turner (OH): Limits the availability of any funds, 
authorized through this act, which may be used to facilitate 
the United States & Russia's conduct of bilateral military-to-
military engagement until the Secretary of Defense certifies 
certain criteria. (10 minutes)
    29. Connolly (VA), Chabot (OH): Prohibits the authorization 
of funds to implement any action that recognizes Russian 
sovereignty over Crimea or provide assistance to the central 
governments of countries that support the illegal annexation of 
Crimea. Provides a national interest waiver for the prohibition 
on assistance to central governments supportive of the illegal 
annexation of Crimea. (10 minutes)
    30. Rogers, Mike (AL): Expresses a sense of Congress on 
opportunities to enhance the United States Alliance with the 
Republic of Korea. (10 minutes)
    31. Ros-Lehtinen (FL): Authorizes the Secretary of Defense 
to deploy assets, personnel and resources to SOUTHCOM, in 
coordination with the Joint Interagency Task Force South, to 
combat transnational criminal organization, drug trafficking, 
bulk shipments of narcotics or currency, narco-terrorism, human 
trafficking and the Iranian presence in SOUTHCOM's AOR. (10 
minutes)
    32. Blumenauer (OR), Polis (CO): Requires funding for the 
Navy's new Ohio-class replacement submarines to come from their 
traditional Navy accounts, instead of the Sea-Based Deterrent 
Fund. Transfers funds from the Sea-Based Deterrent Fund back 
into their historic Navy budget lines. (10 minutes)
    33. Mulvaney (SC), Van Hollen (MD): Instructs the 
Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress 
a report on how funds authorized for overseas contingency 
operations were ultimately used. (10 minutes)
    34. Walker (NC): Provides that defense contractor 
information concerning breaches can be shared with DOD and 
disseminated for additional purposes including cybersecurity, 
national security, and law enforcement. (10 minutes)
    35. Lummis (WY), Zinke (MT), Cramer, Kevin (ND), Smith, 
Adrian (NE): Prohibits reducing the alert posture of the ICBM 
force. (10 minutes)
    36. Davis, Susan (CA), Bordallo (GU): Provides an exception 
to the regulations governing minor military construction in the 
case of military child care facilities. Authorization would 
sunset three years following enactment. (10 minutes)
    37. Hardy (NV): Ensures that national monument designations 
under the Antiquities Act will not endanger our national 
security. Guarantees our men and women in uniform access to 
land located beneath or associated with a Military Operations 
Area (MOA) for vital training and readiness activities. (10 
minutes)
    38. Lucas (OK), Cole (OK), Bridenstine (OK), Mullin, 
Markwayne (OK), Russell (OK), Huelskamp (KS), Jenkins (KS), 
Pompeo (KS), Yoder (KS), Pearce (NM): Reverses and prohibits 
the further listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken as a 
threatened or endangered species until 2021, thereby allowing 
the states to implement their voluntary Range-Wide Conservation 
Plan for the Lesser Prairie Chicken's habitat. De-lists the 
American Burying Beetle as a threatened or endangered species 
under the Endangered Species Act. (10 minutes)
    39. Zinke (MT): Renames the Captain William Wylie Galt 
Great Falls Armed Forces Readiness Center in Honor of Captain 
John E. Moran, a Recipient of the Medal of Honor. (10 minutes)
    40. Sherman (CA): Adds two certifications to section 3119 
of the NDAA, which concerns the transfer of nuclear technology 
to foreign countries, regarding (1) the recipient country's 
compliance with its agreement for nuclear cooperation with the 
US; and (2) its efforts to prevent transfers of sensitive items 
to countries of proliferation concern. Provides further that 
any arrangement granting a country permission to reprocess U.S. 
origin spent fuel be submitted to Congress. (10 minutes)
    41. Nadler (NY): Strikes section 3121, which places limits 
on funding for dismantlement of nuclear weapons. (10 minutes)
    42. Costello (PA): Expresses a sense of Congress in support 
of providing the necessary funding levels for the Army to meet 
its tactical wheeled vehicle protection kits acquisition 
objectives. (10 minutes)
    43. Jackson Lee (TX), Adams (NC), Lee, Barbara (CA), 
Butterfield (NC): Provides guidance to the Secretary of Defense 
on identifying HBCUs and minority serving institutions to 
assist them in developing scientific, technical, engineering, 
and mathematics capabilities. (10 minutes)
    44. Collins, Chris (NY): Requires a report to Congress from 
the Secretary of the Army detailing market survey findings and 
flight assessment of commercial-off-the-market wide-area 
surveillance sensors for Army unmanned vehicles. (10 minutes)
    45. Hunter (CA): Requires a report on Tactical Combat 
Training System Increment II. (10 minutes)
    46. Palazzo (MS), McKinley (WV): Clarifies and improves 
language to foster coordination and communication of defense 
research activities to provide open data to other entities that 
were previously not included in the law. (10 minutes)
    47. Aguilar (CA): Requests a report, form the Secretary of 
Defense, outlining the number of racial or ethnic minority 
groups, women, and disabled persons that have participated in 
the DOD's National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate 
Fellowship; the barriers that have been found in recruiting 
participants from these groups; and a set of policy 
recommendations focused on increasing these groups 
participation. (10 minutes)
    48. Clark, Katherine (MA): Expresses the Sense of Congress 
that the quality of America's future STEM workforce is a matter 
of national security concern, that Federally Funded Research 
and Development Centers employ a highly skilled workforce that 
is qualified to support STEM initiatives, and that the 
Department of Defense should explore its existing authority to 
permit these Centers to help facilitate and shape a high-
quality future STEM workforce capable of supporting Department 
of Defense needs. (10 minutes)
    49. Veasey (TX): Increases authorization amount for digital 
upgrades, Research and Development for the V-22 Osprey by $75 
million, offset by a identical reduction for Navy spares and 
repair parts. (10 minutes)
    50. Peters, Scott (CA): Asks DOD to report on the merger 
between the Office of Assistant Secretary for Operational 
Energy Plans and Deputy Under Secretary for Installations and 
Environment. (10 minutes)
    51. Farenthold (TX): Encourages the Department of Defense 
to enter into contracts with third party vendors to provide 
free access to wireless high-speed internet to all members of 
the Armed Forces who are deployed overseas at any United States 
military facility. (10 minutes)
    52. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires outreach for small business 
concerns owned and controlled by women and minorities required 
before conversion of certain functions to contractor 
performance. (10 minutes)
    53. Loebsack (IA): Amend 10 USC Chapter 434 Section 
4554(a)(3)(A) to authorize the inclusion of an option period of 
up to 25 years, in addition to the current 25 year term 
limitation, for a combined maximum term of 50 years. (10 
minutes)
    54. Fleming (LA), Lamborn (CO), Stefanik (NY), Jones (NC): 
Requires a report and certification by the Secretary of Defense 
that an Army active duty end strength below 490,000 soldiers 
will be adequate to meet the U.S. national military strategy. 
(10 minutes)
    55. McKinley (WV): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
establish an electronic tour calculator so that reservists 
could keep track of aggregated active duty tours of 90 days or 
more served within a fiscal year. (10 minutes)
    56. Crowley (NY): Honors those from diverse backgrounds who 
have made sacrifices as members of the Armed Services. (10 
minutes)
    57. Takano (CA): Includes in the report to Congress on the 
direct employment pilot program for members of the National 
Guard and Reserve (Sec. 567) a comparison of the pilot program 
to other DOD and VA unemployment and underemployment programs. 
(10 minutes)
    58. Hurd (TX): Amends Title 10, U.S. Code on the payment of 
expenses to obtain professional credentials to authorize DOD 
and DHS to pay for both the training and exams needed to obtain 
IT and cybersecurity credentials for all personnel identified 
as critical to network defense. (10 minutes)
    59. Israel (NY): Requires a report on civilian and military 
education requirements that are necessary to meet anticipated 
threats in the future security environment as described in the 
Quadrennial Defense Review. (10 minutes)
    60. Stivers (OH), Green, Al (TX): Restores the commission 
to Captain of Medal of Honor recipient Milton Holland. (10 
minutes)
    61. Moore, Gwen (WI): Expresses the Sense of the Congress 
regarding the Posthumous promotion granted to Master Sergeant 
(retired) Naomi Horwitz. (10 minutes)
    62. Thompson, Glenn (PA): Provides an individual with a 
mental health screening at enlistment and uses the results as a 
baseline for any subsequent mental health examinations; 
prohibits the Secretary from considering the results of such 
screening in determining promotions and is respective of 
privacy information in the same manner as medical records. (10 
minutes)
    63. Keating (MA): Expresses the Sense of Congress in 
support of fully implementing a service-wide expansion of the 
Army's Gold Star Installation Access Card. Provides entry to 
military installations for events and memorials for the 
survivors of members of the Armed Forces who have died while 
serving on certain active or reserve duty. (10 minutes)
    64. Meng (NY), Lance (NJ): Requires a VA Regional Office 
(VARO) to carry out certain steps if it does not adjudicate 
claims within 125 days with a 98% accuracy. Requires the Under 
Secretary for Benefits to explain how the failure of the 
regional office to meet the goal affected the performance 
evaluation of the director of the regional office. This will 
help Congress and the VA better understand the challenges the 
VAROs face while encouraging their leadership to meet 
performance expectations. (10 minutes)
    65. Scott, Austin (GA), Loebsack (IA): Ensures that the 
network of preferred retail pharmacies for TRICARE established 
under Sec. 714 allows for sufficient small business 
participation. (10 minutes)
    66. Adams (NC): Sense of Congress to recognize the 
complexities of post-traumatic stress disorder among service 
members, its effect on children, and the need for current 
health programs to not only reduce a veteran's symptoms but to 
also allow them to reconnect with their families. (10 minutes)
    67. Grayson (FL): Makes permanent the requirement that DOD, 
for dependents of members of the military stationed in remote 
locations outside the United States, provide transportation to 
persons requiring ``obstetrical anesthesia services for 
childbirth that is equivalent to the obstetrical anesthesia 
services for childbirth available in a military treatment 
facility.'' (10 minutes)
    68. Scott, Austin (GA), Cartwright (PA), Bishop, Rob (UT), 
Cole (OK), Jones (NC), Farenthold (TX), Ratcliffe (TX), Bustos 
(IL), Bishop, Sanford (GA): Ensures that sustainment needs are 
sufficiently considered by clarifying that Sec. 804 of the bill 
regarding the process for commercial item determinations does 
not conflict with existing Title 10 requirements for core 
logistics capabilities. (10 minutes)
    69. Cole (OK), Bishop, Rob (UT), Scott, Austin (GA), Jones 
(NC), Loebsack (IA), Kilmer (WA), Takai (HI), Bustos (IL), 
Cartwright (PA), Farenthold (TX): Ensures that sustainment 
requirements are considered and that the Centers of Industrial 
and Technical Excellence (CITES) are consulted, when DOD 
conducts a DOD Board Study related to the intellectual property 
rights of private sector firms. (10 minutes)
    70. Foxx (NC): Amends the report required by Sec. 835 to 
include information on DoD practices regarding intellectual 
rights to facilitate competition in sustainment of weapons 
systems throughout their life-cycles. (10 minutes)
    71. Bost (IL), Connolly (VA): Amends the Small Business Act 
to codify an independent Office of Hearings and Appeals. (10 
minutes)
    72. Hanna (NY), Meng (NY): Requires training of contracting 
officers, and provides a definition of reverse auction. (10 
minutes)
    73. Russell (OK): Adds an additional exception from 
requirement to buy certain articles from American sources for 
use in the production of fire hoses. (10 minutes)
    74. McGovern (MA): Maintains the simplified acquisition 
threshold at current level of $150,000 applying to certain 
textile and clothing purchases by the Defense Department. (10 
minutes)
    75. Jackson Lee (TX): Ensures that changes made to DOD 
computing systems using software bought and modified for agency 
use will not result in disruption of DOD operations. (10 
minutes)
    76. Scalise (LA), Richmond (LA), Boustany (LA): Exempts 
AbilityOne products from the Afghan First, Central Asian 
States, and Djibouti procurement programs. The purpose of the 
amendment is to protect jobs for the disabled at AbilityOne 
agencies and to restore jobs that have been outsourced to Asian 
countries as a result of procurement policies under these 
programs. (10 minutes)
    77. Walker (NC): Requires the Secretary of Defense to 
assess the Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard for 
information technology and cyber security acquisitions and 
provide a briefing to Armed Service House Of Representatives no 
later than one year of the enactment of this Act. (10 minutes)
    78. Young, Don (AK): Repeals section 811 of the FY2010 NDAA 
and removes the exemption in 10 USC 2304(e)(4) and 41 USC 
3304(f)(2)(D)(ii) for contracts exceeding $20 million which are 
awarded pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act. 
This will require that contracting agencies comply with the 
standard justification and approval process prior to sole 
sourcing these contracts. (10 minutes)
    79. Connolly (VA): Ensures the Federal Acquisition 
Regulation clarifies that acquisition personnel are permitted 
and encouraged to engage in responsible and constructive 
communication with industry. (10 minutes)
    80. Connolly (VA): Requires the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the 
Office of Personnel Management, to develop a plan to improve 
the management of information technology programs and projects. 
(10 minutes)
    81. Farr (CA): Requires DAU to annually convene a board of 
faculty representatives from relevant professional schools and 
DOD degree granting institutions to review and synchronize 
defense acquisition curricula across all of DOD. (10 minutes)
    82. Farr (CA): Strengthens academic research and analysis 
of the defense acquisition decision support system from both a 
business, public policy, operation, and information sciences 
perspective. (10 minutes)
    83. Burgess (TX), Schakowsky (IL), Lee, Barbara (CA): 
Requires a report ranking all military departments and Defense 
Agencies in order of how advanced they are in achieving 
auditable financial statements as required by law. (10 minutes)
    84. Palazzo (MS), Walz (MN), Rothfus (PA): Pushes back the 
authorized period for the transfer of certain AH-64 Apache 
Helicopters from Army National Guard to Regular Army from March 
31, 2016 to June 30, 2016. (10 minutes)
    85. Ellmers (NC), Hudson (NC): Prohibits funds from being 
used to deactivate the 440th Airlift Wing until the Secretary 
of Defense certifies that this movement will have no impact on 
Airborne and Special Operations units readiness. (10 minutes)
    86. Katko (NY), Hanna (NY), Collins, Chris (NY): Requires a 
report from the Secretary of the Air Force to the congressional 
defense committees addressing the immediate and critical 
training and operational needs of the remotely piloted aircraft 
community. (10 minutes)
    87. Thornberry (TX): Excludes the application of Section 10 
of the Federal advisory Committee Act to meetings of the 
National Commission on the Future of the Army with less than 
five members present as a lessons learned from previous 
commission reports. (10 minutes)
    88. Heck, Denny (WA), Stivers (OH): Requires a report after 
the Military Lending Act rulemaking on compliance mechanisms 
for identifying covered borrowers and requires the Defense 
Manpower Data Center (DMDC) to report to Congress on systems 
reliability and plans to strengthen capabilities, and consult 
with private-sector users of DMDC to address issues of common 
concern. (10 minutes)
    89. Crawford (AR): Makes it clear that EOD incident 
response in support of civil authorities is authorized, and 
does not require reimbursement by civil authorities for EOD to 
pick up military ordnance that has escaped government control. 
(10 minutes)
    90. Hill (AR): Requires the U.S. Air Force to conduct a 
business case analysis on the decision to maintain 10 C-130J 
aircraft at Keesler AFB. Such analysis shall include 
consideration of: 1. Any efficiencies or cost savings that 
would be achieved by transferring the C-130J aircraft to Little 
Rock Air Force base 2. Effects on the operation of Air Mobility 
Command 3. Short term and long term costs of maintaining the 
aircraft at Keesler AFB Report should be completed and provided 
to Congress within 60 days of enactment of the bill. (10 
minutes)
    91. Meehan (PA), Costello (PA): Expresses a sense of 
Congress about the importance of strong communications systems 
for the National Guard in the event of a cyber or terrorist 
attack. (10 minutes)
    92. DeFazio (OR), Herrera-Beutler (WA): Sense of Congress 
calling for a technical correction to Section 3095, Fiscal Year 
2015 National Defense Authorization regarding refinancing of 
Pacific Coast groundfish fishing capacity reduction loan. (10 
minutes)
    93. Lynch (MA), Boustany (LA): Calls for the observation of 
two minutes of silence on Veterans Day in honor of the service 
and sacrifice of veterans throughout the history of the United 
States. (10 minutes)
    94. Engel (NY): Ensures a focus on the protection of human 
rights will be maintained as part of U.S. efforts to train 
Afghan National Security Forces. (10 minutes)
    95. Connolly (VA), Poe (TX): Authorizes up to 5% of 
humanitarian assistance program funds to be used for monitoring 
and evaluation of said programs. Requires a Congressional 
briefing 90 days after enactment describing how the Department 
evaluates program and project outcomes and impact, including 
cost effectiveness and whether the programs met their goals. 
(10 minutes)
    96. Walberg (MI): Requires SIGAR to certify they have 
access to records of the Afghanistan government for the purpose 
of auditing as a condition for disbursement of funds to 
Afghanistan. (10 minutes)
    97. Cicilline (RI): Requires the Secretary of State and 
Secretary of Defense to submit a report within 180 days 
describing efforts to engage United States manufacturers in 
procurement opportunities related to equipping the ANSF. (10 
minutes)
    98. Sinema (AZ): Directs the Secretary of Defense in 
coordination with the Secretary of State to pursue efforts to 
shut down ISIL's illicit oil revenues and to report on 
resources need to counter ISIL's oil revenues. (10 minutes)
    99. Poe (TX): Adds an assessment of U.S. efforts to stop 
foreign fighters as a matter to be included in the 
comprehensive strategy to counter Islamic extremism. (10 
minutes)
    100. Blumenauer (OR), Tsongas (MA): Ensures that our Afghan 
allies are not made ineligible for the Special Immigrant Visa 
program as a result of the change in mission name from ISAF to 
Resolute Support, and other technical changes. (10 minutes)
    101. Lamborn (CO): Adds a limitation on military-to-
military exchanges and contacts with Iran. (10 minutes)
    102. Walorski (IN): Provides transparency and congressional 
oversight to our deterrence of Iran and force posture in the 
Middle East. (10 minutes)
    103. Ellison (MN): States that nothing in this Act shall be 
construed to authorize the use of military force against Iran. 
(10 minutes)
    104. Rogers, Mike (AL), Forbes (VA): Expresses a sense of 
the congress concerning missile defense cooperation with Japan, 
and, it would require an update from DOD not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment on sale of Aegis Ashore capability 
to allies, including Japan. (10 minutes)
    105. Walker (NC): Requires that the Secretary of Defense 
invite military forces of Taiwan to participate in any maritime 
exercise (RIMPAC) if the Secretary has invited the military 
forces of People's Republic of China to participate in such 
exercise. (10 minutes)
    106. Kelly (PA): Prohibits funds from being used to 
implement the UN Arms Trade Treaty unless the Senate approves a 
resolution of ratification for the Treaty and implementing 
legislation for the Treaty has been enacted into law. (10 
minutes)
    107. Lamborn (CO): Adds a requirement for a report on 
Qatar's efforts to combat terrorism. (10 minutes)
    108. Lamborn (CO): Expresses a Sense of Congress in support 
of Jordan. (10 minutes)
    109. Royce (CA), Maloney, Carolyn (NY): Expresses the sense 
of Congress that combating Boko Haram is in the national 
security interest of the United States and that the United 
States should support regional allies in their operations 
against Boko Haram. Requires a report that details the security 
assistance required and received by regional partners to combat 
Boko Haram. (10 minutes)
    110. Schweikert (AZ), Hastings, Alcee (FL): Expressing the 
sense of Congress that it is a national security priority of 
the United States to support and cooperate with the Republic of 
Tunisia by providing assistance to combat the growing terrorist 
threat from ISIS and other terrorist organizations. (10 
minutes)
    111. Turner (OH), Keating (MA): Expresses a Sense of 
Congress on the future of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) and encourages the United States to work 
with current and aspiring NATO partners to address security 
threats facing the alliance. (10 minutes)
    112. Cicilline (RI), Bilirakis (FL): Requires the Secretary 
of State and Secretary of Defense to submit a report within 90 
days describing the military capabilities of the Republic of 
Cyprus. (10 minutes)
    113. Crowley (NY), Engel (NY), Holding (NC), Bera (CA), 
Royce (CA): Supports ongoing defense cooperation between the 
United States and India. (10 minutes)
    114. Dingell (MI), Conyers (MI): Expresses the Sense of 
Congress that the President should exercise his authorities to 
evacuate U.S. citizens and nationals from Yemen during the 
ongoing conflict. (10 minutes)
    115. Engel (NY): Requires a report to Congress on the 
impact of any significant reduction in U.S. troop levels or 
material in Europe on NATO's core mission of collective defense 
before any such reduction takes place. (10 minutes)
    116. Vela (TX): Requires a report on violence and cartel 
activity in Mexico and the impact on U.S. National Security. 
(10 minutes)
    117. Kilmer (WA), Cartwright (PA), Cole (OK), Farenthold 
(TX), Loebsack (IA), Takai (HI), Bishop, Rob (UT), Bustos (IL), 
Jones (NC), Ratcliffe (TX), Scott, Austin (GA), Shuster (PA): 
Requires Congressional notification prior to initiating a 
furlough and prohibits the transfer of work that would have 
been conducted by those furloughed to other DOD employees, 
contractors, or members of the Armed Forces. (10 minutes)
    118. Nolan (MN): Prohibits funding from the Syria and Iraq 
Train and Equip programs to recipients that the Secretary of 
Defense has reported as having previously misused provided 
training and equipment. (10 minutes)
    119. Lujan Grisham (NM): Expresses a sense of Congress that 
the Secretary submit a plan to Congress on how the Department 
plans to implement the recommendations of the nuclear 
enterprise reviews. (10 minutes)
    120. Quigley (IL), Blumenauer (OR), Polis (CO): Requires 
the Department of Defense to submit a report to Congress 
justifying the departments plans to increase the number of new 
nuclear-armed cruise missiles, known as the Long Range Standoff 
Weapon, to the U.S. arsenal. The report should outline how the 
number of planned missiles aligns with U.S. nuclear employment 
strategy and the costs associated. (10 minutes)
    121. Rogers, Mike (AL): Makes a series of technical 
corrections to sections 1669 and 1670 concerning US Israeli 
missile defense cooperation. (10 minutes)
    122. Foster (IL): Requires the Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency to submit to Congress a cost analysis of a 
space-based ballistic intercept and defeat layer. (10 minutes)
    123. Turner (OH): Requires the Director of the Missile 
Defense Agency to notify congressional defense committees of 
the preferred location in the United States for the future 
deployment of an interceptor capable of protecting the 
homeland. (10 minutes)
    124. Quigley (IL): Requires the Secretary of the Air Force 
to submit a report to Congress comparing the costs associated 
with extending the life of the Minuteman III intercontinental 
ballistic missile with the costs associated with procuring a 
new ground based strategic deterrent. (10 minutes)
    125. Castor (FL): Expresses a sense of Congress that the 
Department of Defense should take into consideration, when 
prioritizing base housing projects, commuting times for base 
personnel and land available for development on the base. (10 
minutes)
    126. Loebsack (IA): This section would modify section 2667 
of title 10, United States Code, to provide the authorities to 
lease real or personal property contained in such section to 
the commander of military manufacturing arsenals or, if part of 
a larger military installation, the installation commander for 
the purposes of leveraging private investment at military 
manufacturing arsenals through long-term facility use 
contracts, property management contracts, leases, or other such 
agreements. This section does not supersede authorities in 
section 4544 of title 10, United States Code, and is designed 
to give the commander of military manufacturing arsenals or, if 
part of a larger military installation, the installation 
commander, greater flexibility to utilize unused administrative 
and warehouse space at military installations. (10 minutes)
    127. Scalise (LA), Abraham (LA), Boustany (LA): Authorizes 
the Secretary of the Army to release the existing terms and 
conditions on a parcel of property at Camp Villere, Louisiana, 
enabling the Louisiana Army National Guard to transfer the land 
to the State of Louisiana in exchange for another parcel of 
land that has been identified, provided that the State carries 
out the necessary actions required. (10 minutes)
    128. Young, Don (AK): Directs the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct a land conveyance of approximately 1,290 acres of 
public land, withdrawn by the Secretary of the Interior under 
Public Land Order 843 for use by the Secretary of the Air 
Force, to the Town of Galena, Alaska. (10 minutes)
    129. Sanchez, Loretta (CA): Modifies 50 U.S.C. 2537 to add 
that existing nuclear weapon system shall be considered 
undergoing life extension if the total cost of the associated 
activities, including activities considered alterations, will 
exceed $1 billion. (10 minutes)
    130. Lujan Grisham (NM): Creates a pilot program in which 
the Department establishes a microlab that is accessible to the 
public. (10 minutes)
    131. Hunter (CA): Provides a one year increase in maritime 
security program funding. (10 minutes)
    132. Sessions (TX): Authorizes the Administrator of the 
Maritime Administration to: (1) accept a gift of money from the 
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, 
Inc. in order to renovate Melville Hall on the campus of the 
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, and (2) provides the option to 
enter into a contract with the Foundation for the Hall's 
operation. Provides that all excess proceeds will be used 
solely for the morale and welfare of the cadets. (10 minutes)
    133. Carter, John (TX), Rigell (VA), McCaul (TX), Gohmert 
(TX): Requires DOD to establish a process by which the 
commander of a military installation may authorize a 
servicemember to carry a concealed personal firearm on the 
installation if the commander determines it to be necessary as 
a personal or force-protection measure. (10 minutes)
    134. LoBiondo (NJ): Expresses a sense of Congress that 
while recruitment and advertising in support of the National 
Guard and the military is appropriate, the taxpayer shouldn't 
have to pay for any organization to honor the service of 
members of the Armed Forces and (2) it should not be the goal 
of those that receive DoD advertising funds to use those funds 
to pay organizations to honor the service of members of the 
Armed Forces; instead, it should be the patriotism of these 
organizations to do so of their own free will in support of our 
brave servicemen and women. (3) Any funds that would be saved 
from this Sense of Congress should be redirected towards post-
traumatic stress disorder research and treatment for 
servicemembers. (10 minutes)
    135. Nunes (CA): Clarifies that any realignment of forces 
at Lajes Air Force Base, Azores, shall be based on United 
States operational requirements. (10 minutes)

                    TEXT OF AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thornberry of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 68, line 18, strike ``SEC. 2463a. ASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN 
NEW REQUIREMENTS BASED ON DETERMINATIONS OF COST-EFFICIENCY.'' 
and insert ``Sec.  2463a. Assignment of certain new 
requirements based on determinations of cost-efficiency''.
  Page 68, line 25, strike ``Armed Forces'' and insert ``armed 
forces''.
  Page 69, line 5, strike ``(```Estimating and Comparing the 
Full Costs of Civilian and Active Duty Military Manpower and 
Contract Support''')'' and insert ``(`Estimating and Comparing 
the Full Costs of Civilian and Active Duty Military Manpower 
and Contract Support')''.
  Page 69, line 14, strike ``Armed Forces'' and insert ``armed 
forces''.
  Page 95, line 1, strike ``SEC. 116. OPERATIONAL USE OF THE 
NATIONAL GUARD.'' and insert ``Sec.  116. Operational use of 
the National Guard''.
  Page 99, line 15, strike extraneous quotation marks.
  Page 103, line 5, strike ``section 101'' and insert ``section 
101(a)(5)''.
  Page 132, line 6, strike ``or12406'' and insert ``or 12406''.
  Page 134, line 9, strike ``semicolon'' and insert ``period''.
  Page 144, beginning line 19, strike paragraphs (44), (45), 
and (46).
  Page 145, beginning line 24, strike paragraph (48).
  Page 148, line 14, insert a comma after ``(D)''.
  Page 148, line 15, insert a comma after ``(C)''.
  Page 152, line 2, strike ``section 206'' and insert ``section 
3121''.
  Page 188, line 19, strike two of the four quotation marks.
  Page 239, line 2, strike ``Subsection (e)(1)'' and insert 
``Subsection (e)(2)''.
  Page 241, strike lines 12 and 13 and insert the following:

SEC. 593. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING SUPPORT FOR MILITARY DIVERS.

  Page 243, strike lines 9 and 10.
  Page 243, lines 17 through 19, strike ``and supports the 
Department of Defense to designate 2015 as the Year of the 
Military Diver'' and insert ``the Department of Defense''.
  Page 314, line 10, strike the semicolon in the quoted matter.
  Page 368, line 5 strike ``as amended by section 9 of this 
Act'' and insert ``as amended by subsection (b)(1)''.
  Page 394, line 25, strike ``by adding at the end'' and insert 
``by striking the item relating to section 2222 and 
inserting''.
  Page 457, line 15, strike ``subsection (m)'' and insert 
``subsection (l)''.
  Page 478, line 8, insert ``and'' after ``air lift,''.
  Page 478, line 8, strike ``, and intelligence, surveillance, 
and reconnaissance''
  Page 490, line 10, insert ``as enacted into law by'' before 
``Public Law''.
  Page 490, line 16, strike ``26'' and insert ``261''.
  Page 495, line 6, insert ``Defense'' after ``National''.
  Page 496, line 7, before the period insert the following: ``, 
and the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 83 of 
such title is amended by striking the item relating to that 
section''.
  Page 500, line 17, insert ``subchapter I of'' before 
``chapter 21''.
  Page 501, line 8, strike ``Section 9314a(b)'' and insert 
``Subsection (d)(4) of section 9314a, as redesignated by 
section 591(a) of this Act,''.
  Page 564, line 18, strike ``be a country for purposes of 
meeting'' and insert ``meet''.
  Page 623, line 9, strike ``301'' and insert ``1504''.
  Page 623, line 10, strike ``4301'' and insert ``4303''.
  Page 623, line 16, strike ``301'' and insert ``1504''.
  Page 623, line 17, strike ``4301'' and insert ``4303''.
  Page 623, line 23, strike ``301'' and insert ``1504''.
  Page 623, line 24, strike ``4301'' and insert ``4303''.
   Page 693, line 1, strike ``for'' and insert ``at the 
beginning of''.
   Page 693, line 5, strike ``inserting'' and insert 
``adding''.
  Page 697, line 23, strike ``2016 through 2020'' and insert 
``2017 through 2021''.
  Page 726, line 7, insert ``a'' after ``fielding''.
  Page 726, line 8, strike ``alternatives''.
  Page 776, line 8, strike ``by redesigning'' and insert ``by 
redesignating''.
  Page 827, after line 10, insert the following new section:

SEC. 3104. NUCLEAR ENERGY.

  Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Energy for fiscal year 2016 for nuclear energy as 
specified in the funding table in section 4701.
  Page 850, line 25, strike ``, as amended by section 3118, is 
further'' and insert ``is''.
  Page 907, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY DEVELOPMENT'', strike ``93,112'' 
and insert ``78,112''.
  Page 907, in the table of section 4201, under the heading 
``AIRCRAFT SURVIVABILITY DEVELOPMENT'', strike the entry 
``Concept development by the Army of a CPGS option 
..................... [15,000]''.
  Page 908, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION'', strike 
``2,144,450'' and insert ``2,129,450''.
  Page 909, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, ARMY'' , strike 
``7,024,678'' and insert ``7,009,678''.
  Page 911, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``SHIPBOARD AVIATION SYSTEMS'', strike ``135,217'' and 
insert ``120,217''.
  Page 911, in the table of section 4201, under the heading 
``SHIPBOARD AVIATION SYSTEMS'', strike the entry ``Concept 
development 
................................................................
........ [15,000]''.
  Page 911, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION'', strike 
``6,335,800'' and insert ``6,320,800''.
  Page 912, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, NAVY'', strike 
``16,652,223'' and insert ``16,637,223''.
  Page 918, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT'', strike 
``78,817'' and insert ``108,817''.
  Page 918, in the table of section 4201, under the heading 
``PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT'', insert the 
following entries (with the dollar amounts aligned under the 
``House Authorized'' column):
          Concept development by the Army of a CPGS 
        option.......................[15,000]
          Concept development by the Navy of a CPGS 
        option.......................[15,000]
  Page 918, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``SUBTOTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT & DEMONSTRATION'', strike the 
second ``545,258'' (under the ``House Authorized'' column) and 
insert ``575,258''.
  Page 919, in the table of section 4201, in the entry relating 
to ``TOTAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST & EVAL, DW'', strike 
``18,547,081'' and insert ``18,577,081''.
  Page 924, in the table of section 4301, in the entry relating 
to ``Unobligated balances'', strike ``-286,400'' and insert ``-
37,400''.
  Page 924, in the table of section 4301, in the entry relating 
to ``SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED'', strike ``-338,200'' and insert 
``-89,200''.
  Page 924, in the table of section 4301, in the entry relating 
to ``TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS'', strike 
``4,269,874'' and insert ``4,518,874''.
  Page 925, in the table of section 4301, in the entry relating 
to ``Unobligated balances'', strike ``-37,400'' and insert ``-
286,400''.
  Page 925, in the table of section 4301, in the entry relating 
to ``SUBTOTAL UNDISTRIBUTED'', strike ``-813,600'' and insert 
``-1,062,600''.
  Page 925, in the table of section 4301, in the entry relating 
to ``TOTAL OPERATION & MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE'', strike 
``30,890,956'' and insert ``30,641,956''.
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 2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Polis of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1__. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT 
                    CARRIERS OF THE NAVY.

  (a) In General.--Section 5062(b) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``11'' and inserting ``10''.
  (b) Conforming Repeal.--Section 1023 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 
Stat. 2447) is repealed.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following new 
section:

SEC. 136. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE OCONUS BASING OF THE F-35A 
                    AIRCRAFT.

  (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) The Department of Defense is continuing its 
        process of permanently stationing the F-35 aircraft at 
        installations in the Continental United States (in this 
        section referred to as ``CONUS'') and forward-basing 
        Outside the Continental United States (in this section 
        referred to as ``OCONUS'').
          (2) The Secretary of the Air Force has, from a list 
        of bases which included two United States candidate 
        bases in Alaska and three foreign OCONUS candidate 
        bases, selected Eielson Air Force Base as the preferred 
        alternative for two of Pacific Air Force's F-35A 
        Lightning II squadrons in Alaska.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
Secretary of the Air Force, in the strategic basing process for 
the F-35A aircraft, should continue to place emphasis on the 
benefits derived from sites that--
          (1) are capable of hosting fighter-based bilateral 
        and multilateral training opportunities with 
        international partners;
          (2) have sufficient airspace and range capabilities 
        and capacity to meet the training requirements;
          (3) have existing facilities to support personnel, 
        operations, and logistics associated with the flying 
        mission;
          (4) have limited encroachment that would adversely 
        impact training or operations; and
          (5) minimize the overall construction and operational 
        costs.
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 4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heck of Washington or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 302. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF 
                    ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT.

  (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense an additional 
$25,000,000 for the Office of Economic Adjustment to be 
available, until expended and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for transportation infrastructure 
improvements associated with congestion mitigation in urban 
areas related to recommendations of the 2005 Defense Base 
Closure and Realignment Commission.
  (b) Funding Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in 
the funding tables in division D, the amounts specified in the 
funding table in section 4301 of division D, relating to 
Operation and Maintenance, are each hereby reduced by 
$5,000,000 (for a total of $25,000,000), as follows:
          (1) Army, Line 540.
          (2) Navy, Line 720.
          (3) Marine Corps, Line 210.
          (4) Air Force, Line 470.
          (5) Defense-wide, Line 340.
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 5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Brooks of Alabama or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike section 538 (page 179, beginning line 6), relating to 
a sense of the House of Representatives regarding Secretary of 
Defense review of section 504 of title 10, United States Code, 
regarding enlisting certain aliens in the Armed Forces.
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 6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Messer of Indiana or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 68, after line 9, insert the following:

SEC. 317. COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON IMPACT OF PROPOSED OZONE RULE.

  Not earlier than 5 years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
comprehensive study on the impact of any final rule that 
succeeds the proposed regulation entitled National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards for Ozone (published at 79 Fed. Reg. 75234) 
on military readiness, including the impact of such rule on 
training exercises, military installations, land owned and 
operated by the Department of Defense, the infrastructure upon 
which the national security system relies, and the impact 
military activities may have on attainment designations.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takai of Hawaii or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title V (page 227, after line 
19), add the following new section:

SEC. 5__. MARINER TRAINING.

  Section 2015 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
        (e); and
          (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
        new subsection (d):
  ``(d) Special Rules for Mariner Duties.--(1) The program 
required by subsection (a) shall ensure to the greatest extent 
practicable that--
          ``(A) members of the armed forces whose duties are 
        primarily as a mariner receive training opportunities 
        necessary to meet the requirements for licenses, 
        certificates of registry, and merchant mariners' 
        documents issued under part E of subtitle II of title 
        46, and to acquire a Convention on Standards of 
        Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 
        endorsement to such licenses and documents;
          ``(B) such members assigned to a vessel's deck and 
        engineering departments have a designated path to meet 
        the requirements for such licenses, documents, and 
        endorsement commensurate with their positional 
        responsibilities;
          ``(C) courses in marine navigation, leadership, 
        operation, and maintenance taken while such a member is 
        in the armed forces are submitted to the National 
        Maritime Center for use in assessments of the 
        fulfillment by the member of the requirements for 
        receiving such licenses, documents, and endorsement; 
        and
          ``(D) such members in the deck and engineering 
        departments have the opportunity to attend merchant 
        mariner credentialing programs that meet training 
        requirements not offered by the armed forces.
  ``(2) The Secretary of the department in which the Coast 
Guard is operating shall ensure that any assessment of the 
training and experience of an applicant who is or has been a 
member of the armed forces is conducted without any limitation 
related to the member's military pay grade.''.
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      8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McGovern of 
        Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. ATOMIC VETERANS SERVICE MEDAL.

  (a) Service Medal Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
design and produce a military service medal, to be known as the 
``Atomic Veterans Service Medal'', to honor retired and former 
members of the Armed Forces who are radiation-exposed veterans 
(as such term is defined in section 1112(c)(3) of title 38, 
United States Code).
  (b) Distribution of Medal.--
          (1) Issuance to retired and former members.--At the 
        request of a radiation-exposed veteran, the Secretary 
        of Defense shall issue the Atomic Veterans Service 
        Medal to the veteran.
          (2) Issuance to next-of-kin.--In the case of a 
        radiation-exposed veteran who is deceased, the 
        Secretary may provide for issuance of the Atomic 
        Veterans Service Medal to the next-of-kin of the 
        person.
          (3) Application.--The Secretary shall prepare and 
        disseminate as appropriate an application by which 
        radiation-exposed veterans and their next-of-kin may 
        apply to receive the Atomic Veterans Service Medal.
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 9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hanna of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 6__. AVAILABILITY FOR PURCHASE OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
                    MEMORIAL HEADSTONES AND MARKERS FOR MEMBERS OF 
                    RESERVE COMPONENTS WHO PERFORMED CERTAIN TRAINING.

  Section 2306 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
  ``(i)(1) The Secretary shall make available for purchase a 
memorial headstone or marker for the marked or unmarked grave 
of an individual described in paragraph (2) or for the purpose 
of commemorating such an individual whose remains are 
unavailable.
  ``(2) An individual described in this paragraph is an 
individual who--
          ``(A) as a member of a National Guard or Reserve 
        component performed inactive duty training or active 
        duty for training for at least six years but did not 
        serve on active duty; and
          ``(B) is not otherwise ineligible for a memorial 
        headstone or marker on account of the nature of the 
        individual's separation from the Armed Forces or other 
        cause.
  ``(3) A headstone or marker for the grave of an individual 
may be purchased under this subsection by--
          ``(A) the individual;
          ``(B) the surviving spouse, child, sibling, or parent 
        of the individual; or
          ``(C) an individual other than the next of kin, as 
        determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
  ``(4) In establishing the prices of the headstones and 
markers made available for purchase under this section, the 
Secretary shall ensure the prices are sufficient to cover the 
costs associated with the production and delivery of such 
headstones and markers.
  ``(5) No person may receive any benefit under the laws 
administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs solely by 
reason of this subsection.
  ``(6) This subsection does not authorize any new burial 
benefit for any person or create any new authority for any 
individual to be buried in a national cemetery.
  ``(7) The Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of 
Defense in establishing procedures to determine whether an 
individual is an individual described in paragraph (2).''.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kline of Minnesota or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 285, after line 16, insert the following new section:

SEC. 705. ACCESS TO TRICARE PRIME FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARIES.

  (a) Access.--Section 732(c)(3) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (10 U.S.C. 1097a note) 
is amended to read as follows:
          ``(3) Residence at time of election.--
                  ``(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (B), 
                an affected eligible beneficiary may not make 
                the one-time election under paragraph (1) if, 
                at the time of such election, the beneficiary 
                does not reside--
                          ``(i) in a ZIP code that is in a 
                        region described in subsection 
                        (d)(1)(B); and
                          ``(ii) within 100 miles of a military 
                        medical treatment facility.
                  ``(B) Subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not apply 
                with respect to an affected eligible 
                beneficiary who--
                          ``(i) as of December 25, 2013, 
                        resides farther than 100 miles from a 
                        military medical treatment facility; 
                        and
                          ``(ii) is such an eligible 
                        beneficiary by reason of service in the 
                        Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine 
                        Corps.''.
  (b) Funding.--
          (1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth 
        in the funding tables in division D, the amount 
        authorized to be appropriated in section 1406 for the 
        Defense Health Program, as specified in the 
        corresponding funding table in section 4501, is hereby 
        increased by $4,000,000.
          (2) 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 maintenance, Navy, Line 040, Air 
        Operations and Safety Support, MV-22 Fleet Engineering 
        Support Unfunded Requirement, as specified in the 
        corresponding funding table in section 4301, is hereby 
        reduced by $4,000,000.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thornberry of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                    HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION.

  Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for the 
Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems 
Modernization, not more than 75 percent may be obligated or 
expended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense makes 
the certification required by section 713(g)(2) of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-
66; 10 U.S.C. 1071 note).
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pascrell of New Jersey 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 7__. PRIMARY BLAST INJURY RESEARCH.

  The peer-reviewed Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain 
Injury Research Program shall conduct a study on blast injury 
mechanics covering a wide range of primary blast injury 
conditions, including traumatic brain injury, in order to 
accelerate solution development in this critical area.
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 13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hurd of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 311, line 2, after ``shall'' insert ``cover the entire 
Federal Government and''.
  Page 311, line 17, strike ``Secretary and'' and insert 
``Secretary,''.
  Page 311, line 18, after ``committees'' insert ``, the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate''.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Chabot of Ohio or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title VIII, add the following new 
section:

SEC. 8__. MODIFICATION TO AND SCORECARD PROGRAM FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
                    CONTRACTING GOALS.

  (a) Amendment to Governmentwide Goal for Small Business 
Participation in Procurement Contracts.--Section 15(g)(1)(A)(i) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(A)(i) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: ``In meeting this goal, the 
Government shall ensure the participation of small business 
concerns from a wide variety of industries and from a broad 
spectrum of small business concerns within each industry.''.
  (b) Scorecard Program for Evaluating Federal Agency 
Compliance With Small Business Contracting Goals.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2016, 
        the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 
        in consultation with the Federal agencies, shall--
                  (A) develop a methodology for calculating a 
                score to be used to evaluate the compliance of 
                each Federal agency with meeting the goals 
                established pursuant to section 15(g)(1)(B) of 
                the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
                644(g)(1)(B)); and
                  (B) develop a scorecard based on such 
                methodology.
          (2) Agency annual goal.--In developing the 
        methodology for calculating a score described in 
        paragraph (1), the Administrator shall consider each 
        annual goal established by each Federal agency pursuant 
        to section 15(g)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(B)).
          (3) Use of scorecard.--Beginning in fiscal year 2017, 
        the Administrator shall establish and carry out a 
        program to use the scorecard developed under paragraph 
        (1) to evaluate whether each Federal agency is creating 
        the maximum practicable opportunities for the award of 
        prime contracts and subcontracts to small business 
        concerns, small business concerns owned and controlled 
        by service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone small 
        business concerns, small business concerns owned and 
        controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
        individuals, and small business concerns owned and 
        controlled by women, by assigning a score to each 
        Federal agency. If the Administrator fails to establish 
        and carry out this program before the end of fiscal 
        year 2017, the Administrator may not exercise the 
        authority under section 7(a)(25)(A) until such time as 
        the program is implemented.
          (4) Contents of scorecard.--The scorecard developed 
        under paragraph (1) shall include, for each Federal 
        agency, the following information:
                  (A) A determination of whether the Federal 
                agency met each of the prime contract goals 
                established pursuant to section 15(g)(1)(B) of 
                the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(B)) 
                with respect to small business concerns, small 
                business concerns owned and controlled by 
                service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
                small business concerns, small business 
                concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals, and 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                women.
                  (B) A determination of whether the Federal 
                agency met each of the subcontract goals 
                established pursuant to such section with 
                respect to small business concerns, small 
                business concerns owned and controlled by 
                service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
                small business concerns, small business 
                concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals, and 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                women.
                  (C) The number of small business concerns, 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
                small business concerns, small business 
                concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals, and 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                women awarded prime contracts in each North 
                American Industrial Classification System code 
                during the fiscal year and a comparison to the 
                number awarded contracts during the prior 
                fiscal year, if available.
                  (D) The number of small business concerns, 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
                small business concerns, small business 
                concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals, and 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                women awarded subcontracts in each North 
                American Industrial Classification System code 
                during the fiscal year and a comparison to the 
                number awarded contracts during the prior 
                fiscal year, if available.
                  (E) Any other factors that the Administrator 
                deems important to achieve the maximum 
                practicable utilization of small business 
                concerns, small business concerns owned and 
                controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
                qualified HUBZone small business concerns, 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                socially and economically disadvantaged 
                individuals, and small business concerns owned 
                and controlled by women.
          (5) Weighted factors.--In using the scorecard to 
        evaluate and assign a score to a Federal agency, the 
        Administrator shall base--
                  (A) fifty percent of the score on the dollar 
                value of prime contracts described in paragraph 
                (4)(A); and
                  (B) fifty percent of the score on the 
                information provided in subparagraphs (B) 
                through (E) of paragraph (4), weighted in a 
                manner determined by the Administrator to 
                encourage the maximum practicable opportunity 
                for the award of prime contracts and 
                subcontracts to small business concerns, small 
                business concerns owned and controlled by 
                service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
                small business concerns, small business 
                concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals, and 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                women.
          (6) Publication.--The scorecard used by the 
        Administrator under this subsection shall be submitted 
        to the President and Congress along with the report 
        submitted under section 15(h)(2) of the Small Business 
        Act (15 U.S.C. 644(h)(2)).
          (7) Report.--After the Administrator submits the 
        scorecard for fiscal year 2018, but not later than 
        March 31, 2019, the Administrator shall report to the 
        Committee on Small Business of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Small Business and 
        Entrepreneurship of the Senate. Such report shall 
        include the following:
                  (A) A description of any increase in the 
                dollar amount of prime contracts and 
                subcontracts awarded to small business 
                concerns, small business concerns owned and 
                controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
                qualified HUBZone small business concerns, 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                socially and economically disadvantaged 
                individuals, and small business concerns owned 
                and controlled by women.
                  (B) A description of any increase in the 
                dollar amount of prime contracts and 
                subcontracts awarded to small business 
                concerns, small business concerns owned and 
                controlled by service-disabled veterans, 
                qualified HUBZone small business concerns, 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                socially and economically disadvantaged 
                individuals, and small business concerns owned 
                and controlled by women in each North American 
                Industrial Classification System code.
                  (C) A description of any increase to the 
                number of small business concerns, small 
                business concerns owned and controlled by 
                service-disabled veterans, qualified HUBZone 
                small business concerns, small business 
                concerns owned and controlled by socially and 
                economically disadvantaged individuals, and 
                small business concerns owned and controlled by 
                women awarded contracts in each North American 
                Industrial Classification System code.
                  (D) The recommendation of the Administrator 
                on continuing, modifying, expanding, or 
                terminating the program established under this 
                subsection.
          (8) GAO report on scorecard methodology.--Not later 
        than September 30, 2018, the Comptroller General of the 
        United States shall submit to the Committee on Small 
        Business of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
        Senate a report that--
                  (A) evaluates whether the methodology used to 
                calculate a score under this subsection 
                accurately and effectively--
                          (i) measures the compliance of each 
                        Federal agency with meeting the goals 
                        established pursuant to section 
                        15(g)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act 
                        (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(B)); and
                          (ii) encourages Federal agencies to 
                        expand opportunities for mall business 
                        concerns, small business concerns owned 
                        and controlled by service-disabled 
                        veterans, qualified HUBZone small 
                        business concerns, small business 
                        concerns owned and controlled by 
                        socially and economically disadvantaged 
                        individuals, and small business 
                        concerns owned and controlled by women 
                        to compete for and be awarded Federal 
                        procurement contracts across North 
                        American Industrial Classification 
                        System Codes; and
                  (B) if warranted, makes recommendations on 
                how to improve such methodology to improve its 
                accuracy and effectiveness.
          (9) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                  (A) Administrator.--The term 
                ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
                the Small Business Administration.
                  (B) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal 
                agency'' has the meaning given the term 
                ``agency'' by section 551(1) of title 5, United 
                States Code, but does not include the United 
                States Postal Service or the Government 
                Accountability Office.
                  (C) Scorecard.--The term ``scorecard'' shall 
                mean any summary using a rating system to 
                evaluate a Federal agency's efforts to meet 
                goals established under section 15(g)(1)(B) of 
                the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1)(B)) 
                that--
                          (i) includes the measures described 
                        in paragraph (4); and
                          (ii) assigns a score to each Federal 
                        agency evaluated.
                  (D) Small business act definitions.--
                          (i) In general.--The terms ``small 
                        business concern'', ``small business 
                        concern owned and controlled by 
                        service-disabled veterans'', 
                        ``qualified HUBZone small business 
                        concern'', and ``small business concern 
                        owned and controlled by women'' shall 
                        have the meanings given such terms 
                        under section 3 of the Small Business 
                        Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
                          (ii) Small business concerns owned 
                        and controlled by socially and 
                        economically disadvantaged 
                        individuals.--The term ``small business 
                        concern owned and controlled by 
                        socially and economically disadvantaged 
                        individuals'' has the meaning given 
                        that term under section 8(d)(3)(C) of 
                        the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
                        637(d)(3)(C)).
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walorski of Indiana or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 438, line 9, strike ``the Department of Defense'' and 
insert ``any department or agency of the United States 
Government''.
  Page 438, line 11, strike ``December 31, 2016,'' and insert 
``the date that is two years after the date of the enactment of 
this Act''.
  Page 439, lines 7 through 8, strike ``the Department of 
Defense'' and insert ``any department or agency of the United 
States Government''.
  Page 439, lines 9 through 10, strike ``December 31, 2016,'' 
and insert ``the date that is two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act''.
  Page 443, line 12, strike ``assessment'' and all that follows 
through the period on line 15 and insert ``assessment conducted 
by the Director of National Intelligence, in classified or 
unclassified form, that such government or entity has the 
capacity and willingness, and demonstrated past practices (if 
applicable) to comply with the requirements under paragraph 
(1).''.
  Page 444, line 15, strike ``The'' and insert ``Except as 
provided in paragraph (3), the''.
  Page 446, after line 25, insert the following:
          (3) Exception.--The Secretary may not exercise the 
        waiver authority under paragraph (1) with respect to 
        any individual detained at Guantanamo, who has ever 
        been determined or assessed to be a detainee referred 
        for prosecution, a detainee approved for detention, or 
        a detainee approved for conditional detention by the 
        Guantanamo Detainee Review Task Force established 
        pursuant to Executive Order number 13492.
  Page 447, after line 17, insert the following:
  (f) Coordination With Prohibition on Transfer to Yemen.--
During the period when section 1042 is in effect, the exception 
in subsection (c)(2) and the waiver authority under subsection 
(d) shall not apply to the transfer of any individual detained 
at Guantanamo to Yemen.
  (g) Coordination With Prohibition on Transfer to Combat 
Zones.--During the period when section 1038 is in effect, the 
exception in subsection (c)(2) and the waiver authority under 
subsection (d) shall not apply to the transfer of any 
individual detained at Guantanamo to a combat zone, as such 
term is defined in subsection (b) of such section.
  Page 447, line 17, strike ``(f)'' and insert ``(h)''.
  Page 448, line 23, strike ``(g)'' and insert ``(i)''.
  Page 453, after line 4, insert the following:

SEC. 1042. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSFER OR RELEASE OF 
                    INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT UNITED STATES NAVAL 
                    STATION, GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, TO YEMEN.

  No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available to any department or agency of the United States 
Government may be used during the period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is two 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act to transfer, 
release, or assist in the transfer or release of any individual 
detained in the custody or under the control of the Department 
of Defense at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, to the custody or control of the Republic of Yemen or any 
entity within Yemen.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of Washington or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike sections 1036, 1037, 1038, and 1039, and insert the 
following:

SEC. 1036. GUANTANAMO BAY DETENTION FACILITY CLOSURE ACT OF 2015.

  (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
``Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility Closure Act of 2015''.
  (b) Use of Funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, on or after the date that is 90 days after the date on 
which the President submits a plan pursuant to subsection (h), 
amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Defense may be used to--
          (1) construct or modify any facility in the United 
        States, its territories, or possessions to house any 
        individual detained at Guantanamo for the purposes of 
        detention or imprisonment; and
          (2) transfer, or assist in transferring, to or within 
        the United States, its territories, or possessions any 
        individual detained at Guantanamo.
  (c) Limitation on Release.--An individual detained at 
Guantanamo may not be released within the United States, its 
territories, or possessions under the authority in subsection 
(b). An individual detained at Guantanamo who is transferred 
under the authority in subsection (b) may be subsequently 
released in accordance with section 1035 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113-
66; 128 Stat. 851).
  (d) Status While in the United States.--An individual who is 
transferred under the authority in subsection (b), while in the 
United States--
          (1) may not be permitted to apply for asylum under 
        section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1158), be placed in removal proceedings under 
        section 240 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a), or be 
        eligible to apply for admission into the United States; 
        and
          (2) may not be permitted to avail himself of any 
        right, privilege, or benefit of any law of the United 
        States beyond those available to any similarly situated 
        alien in the United States.
  (e) Notice to Congress.--Not later than 30 days before 
transferring any individual detained at Guantanamo to the 
United States, its territories, or possessions, the President 
shall submit to Congress a report about such individual that 
includes--
          (1) notice of the proposed transfer; and
          (2) the assessment of the Secretary of Defense and 
        the intelligence community (under the meaning given 
        such term section 3(4) of the National Security 18 Act 
        of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)) of any risks to public 
        safety that could arise in connection with the proposed 
        transfer of the individual and a description of any 
        steps taken to address such risks.
  (f) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--No amounts authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the 
Department of Defense may be used after December 31, 2017, for 
the detention facility or detention operations at United States 
Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
  (g) Periodic Review Boards.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
ensure that each periodic review board established pursuant to 
Executive Order No. 13567 or section 1023 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-
81; 125 Stat. 1564;10 U.S.C. 801 note) is completed by not 
later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
  (h) Presidential Plan.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a plan describing each of the 
following:
          (1) The locations to which the President seeks to 
        transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo.
          (2) The individuals detained at Guantanamo whom the 
        President seeks to transfer to overseas locations, the 
        overseas locations to which the President seeks to 
        transfer such individuals, and the conditions under 
        which the President would transfer such individuals to 
        such locations.
          (3) The proposal of the President for the detention 
        and treatment of individuals captured overseas in the 
        future who are suspected of being terrorists.
          (4) For any location in the United States to which 
        the President seeks to transfer such an individual or 
        an individual detained at Guantanamo, estimates of each 
        of the following costs:
                  (A) The costs of constructing infrastructure 
                to support detention operations or prosecution 
                at such location.
                  (B) The costs of facility repair, 
                sustainment, maintenance, and operation of all 
                infrastructure supporting detention operations 
                or prosecution at such location.
                  (C) The costs of military personnel, civilian 
                personnel, and contractors associated with the 
                detention operations or prosecution at such 
                location, including any costs likely to be 
                incurred by other Federal departments or 
                agencies or State or local governments.
                  (D) Any other costs associated with 
                supporting the detention operations or 
                prosecution at such location.
          (5) The estimated security costs associated with 
        trying such individuals in the United States, including 
        the costs of military personnel, civilian personnel, 
        and contractors associated with the prosecution at such 
        location, including any costs likely to be incurred by 
        other Federal departments or agencies, or State or 
        local governments.
          (6) A plan developed by the Attorney General, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the 
        Secretary of State, the Director of National 
        Intelligence, and the heads of other relevant 
        departments and agencies, identifying a disposition, 
        other than continued detention at United States Naval 
        Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for each individual 
        detained at Guantanamo as of the date of the enactment 
        of this Act.
  (i) Interim Limitation.--No amounts authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
Defense may be used during the period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and ending on the date that is 90 
days after the President submits a plan pursuant to subsection 
(h) to exercise the authority in subsection (b).
  (j) Individual Detained at Guantanamo.--In this section, the 
term ``individual detained at Guantanamo'' means any individual 
located at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
as of October 1, 2009, who--
          (1) is not a citizen of the United States or a member 
        of the Armed Forces of the United States; and
          (2) is--
                  (A) in the custody or under the control of 
                the Department of Defense; or
                  (B) otherwise under detention at United 
                States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCaul of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1060. SALE OR DONATION OF EXCESS PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR BORDER 
                    SECURITY ACTIVITIES.

  Section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) in subsection (a)--
                  (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
                ``counter-drug and counter-terrorism 
                activities'' and inserting ``counterdrug, 
                counterterrorism, and border security 
                activities''; and
                  (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the 
                Attorney General and the Director of National 
                Drug Control Policy'' and inserting ``the 
                Attorney General, the Director of National Drug 
                Control Policy, and the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security, as appropriate.''; and
          (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``counter-drug and 
        counter-terrorism activities'' and inserting 
        ``counterdrug, counterterrorism, or border security 
        activities''.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 474, after line 17, insert the following:

SEC. 1060. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR REALIGNMENT OF FORCES AT OR 
                    CLOSURE OF UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION, GUANTANAMO 
                    BAY, CUBA.

  No amounts authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
available for the Department of Defense may be used, during the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ending on December 31, 2016, to--
          (1) close or abandon United States Naval Station, 
        Guantanamo Bay, Cuba;
          (2) relinquish control of Guantanamo Bay to the 
        Republic of Cuba; or
          (3) modify the Treaty Between the United States of 
        America and Cuba signed at Washington, D.C. on May 29, 
        1934, including a modification of the boundaries of 
        Guantanamo Bay, unless ratified with the advice and 
        consent of the Senate.
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 19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hanna of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 485, after line 2, insert the following:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON THE STATUS OF DETECTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND 
                    DISABLEMENT CAPABILITIES RELATED TO REMOTELY 
                    PILOTED AIRCRAFT.

  Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report addressing the 
suitability of existing capabilities to detect, identify, and 
disable remotely piloted aircraft operating within special use 
and restricted airspace. The report shall include the 
following:
          (1) An assessment of the degree to which existing 
        capabilities to detect, identify, and potentially 
        disable remotely piloted aircraft within special use 
        and restricted airspace are able to be deployed and 
        combat prevailing threats.
          (2) An assessment of existing gaps in capabilities 
        related to the detection, identification, or 
        disablement of remotely piloted aircraft within special 
        use and restricted airspace.
          (3) A plan that outlines the extent to which existing 
        research and development programs within the Department 
        of Defense can be leveraged to fill identified 
        capability gaps and/or the need to establish new 
        programs to address such gaps as are identified 
        pursuant to paragraph (2).
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kline of Minnesota or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In section 1090, redesignate subsections (a) through (d) as 
subsections (b) through (e), respectively, and insert before 
subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following:
  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that in 
order to ensure the safety and security of members of the Armed 
Forces of the United States overseas--
          (1) members of the Armed Forces of the United States 
        should have the proper authorized resources at all 
        times to protect themselves while participating in an 
        ordered evacuation of a United States embassy or 
        consulate abroad; and
          (2) no restrictions should be placed on the ability 
        of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to 
        maintain on their person and use authorized weapons and 
        equipment for personal and evacuee security at all 
        times and to take authorized protective actions subject 
        to applicable law and orders from the chain of command, 
        during an ordered evacuation of a United States embassy 
        or consulate.
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 21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hunter of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 528, after line 2, insert the following:

SEC. 1092. INTERAGENCY HOSTAGE RECOVERY COORDINATOR.

  (a) Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 
        designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate 
        efforts to secure the release of United States persons 
        who are hostages of hostile groups or state sponsors of 
        terrorism. For purposes of carrying out the duties 
        described in paragraph (2), such officer shall have the 
        title of ``Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator''.
          (2) Duties.--The Coordinator shall have the following 
        duties:
                  (A) Coordinate and direct all activities of 
                the Federal Government relating to each hostage 
                situation described in paragraph (1) to ensure 
                efforts to secure the release of all hostages 
                in the hostage situation are properly resourced 
                and correct lines of authority are established 
                and maintained.
                  (B) Establish and direct a fusion cell 
                consisting of appropriate personnel of the 
                Federal Government with purview over each 
                hostage situation described in paragraph (1).
                  (C) Develop a strategy to keep family members 
                of hostages described in paragraph (1) informed 
                of the status of such hostages and inform such 
                family members of updates, procedures, and 
                policies that do not compromise the national 
                security of the United States.
  (b) Limitation on Authority.--The authority of the 
Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator shall be limited to 
countries that are state sponsors of terrorism and areas 
designated as hazardous for which hostile fire and imminent 
danger pay are payable to members of the Armed Forces for duty 
performed in such area.
  (c) Quarterly Report.--
          (1) In general.--On a quarterly basis, the 
        Coordinator shall submit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees and the members of Congress 
        described in paragraph (2) a report that includes a 
        summary of each hostage situation described in 
        subsection (a)(1) and efforts to secure the release of 
        all hostages in such hostage situation.
          (2) Members of congress described.--The members of 
        Congress described in this subparagraph are, with 
        respect to a United States person hostage covered by a 
        report under paragraph (1), the Senators representing 
        the State, and the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner of the House of Representatives 
        representing the district, where a hostage described in 
        subjection (a)(1) resides.
          (3) Form of report.-- Each report under this 
        subsection may be submitted in classified or 
        unclassified form.
  (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as authorizing the Federal Government to negotiate 
with a state sponsor of terrorism or an organization that the 
Secretary of State has designated as a foreign terrorist 
organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189).
  (e) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Coordinator.--The term ``Coordinator'' means the 
        Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator designated 
        under subsection (a).
          (2) Hostile group.--The term ``hostile group'' 
        means--
                  (A) a group that is designated as a foreign 
                terrorist organization under section 219(a) of 
                the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
                1189(a));
                  (B) a group that is engaged in armed conflict 
                with the United States; or
                  (C) any other group that the President 
                determines to be a hostile group for purposes 
                of this paragraph.
          (3) State sponsor of terrorism.--The term ``state 
        sponsor of terrorism''--
                  (A) means a country the government of which 
                the Secretary of State has determined, for 
                purposes of section 6(j) of the Export 
                Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of the 
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of 
                the Arms Export Control Act, or any other 
                provision of law, to be a government that has 
                repeatedly provided support for acts of 
                international terrorism; and
                  (B) includes North Korea.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stivers of Ohio or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle E of title X (page 474, after line 
17), add the following new section:

SEC. 10__. CIVILIAN AVIATION ASSET MILITARY PARTNERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM.

  (a) Participation.--The Secretary of Defense, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
may participate in a Civilian Aviation Asset Military 
Partnership Pilot Program (in this section referred to as the 
``Program'') in accordance with this section.
  (b) Grant Authority.--Subject to the availability of 
appropriations to carry out this section, the Secretary of 
Defense, in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, may make a grant under the Program, on 
a competitive basis, to an eligible airport to assist a 
project--
          (1) to improve aviation infrastructure; or
          (2) to repair, replace, or otherwise improve an 
        eligible tower facility at that airport.
  (c) Number.--Not more than three eligible airports may 
receive a grant under the Program for a fiscal year.
  (d) Amount.--The amount provided to each eligible airport 
that receives a grant under the Program may not exceed 
$2,500,000.
  (e) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under the 
Program, an eligible airport shall submit to the Secretary of 
Defense an application at such time, in such form, and 
containing such information as the Secretary, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
determines is appropriate. An application shall include, at a 
minimum, a description of--
          (1) the proposed project with respect to which a 
        grant is requested, including estimated costs;
          (2) the need for the project at the eligible airport, 
        including how the project will assist both civil 
        aircraft and military aircraft; and
          (3) the non-Federal funding available for the 
        project.
  (f) Selection and Terms.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall 
jointly--
          (1) select eligible airports to receive grants under 
        the Program; and
          (2) establish the terms of each grant made under the 
        Program.
  (g) Funding.--
          (1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of 
        a project assisted with a grant under the Program may 
        not exceed 70 percent. Prioritization shall be given to 
        projects with the lowest Federal share.
          (2) Coordination.--With respect to the Federal share 
        of the cost of a project assisted with a grant under 
        the Program, 50 percent of that Federal share shall be 
        paid by the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
        Administration and 50 percent shall be paid by the 
        Secretary of Defense.
  (h) Termination.--The Program shall terminate at the end of 
the third fiscal year in which a grant is made under the 
Program.
  (i) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
          (1) Eligible airport.--The term ``eligible airport'' 
        means an airport at which--
                  (A) military aircraft conducts operations; 
                and
                  (B) civil aircraft operations are conducted.
          (2) Eligible tower facility.--The term ``eligible 
        tower facility'' means a tower facility that--
                  (A) is located at an eligible airport;
                  (B) is greater than 30 years of age; and
                  (C) has demonstrated failings.
          (3) Aviation infrastructure.--The term ``aviation 
        infrastructure'' means any activity defined under the 
        term ``airport development'' in section 47102 of title 
        49, United States Code.
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    23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rohrabacher of 
          California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO DR. SHAKIL AFRIDI.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) The attacks of September 11, 2001, killed 
        approximately 3,000 people, most of whom were 
        Americans, but also included hundreds of individuals 
        with foreign citizenships, nearly 350 New York Fire 
        Department personnel, and about 50 law enforcement 
        officers.
          (2) Downed United Airlines flight 93 was reportedly 
        intended, under the control of the al-Qaeda high-
        jackers, to crash into the White House or the Capitol 
        in an attempt to kill the President of the United 
        States or Members of the United States Congress.
          (3) The September 11, 2001, attacks were largely 
        planned and carried out by the al-Qaeda terrorist 
        network led by Osama bin Laden and his deputy Ayman al 
        Zawahiri, after which Osama bin Laden enjoyed safe 
        haven in Pakistan from where he continued to plot 
        deadly attacks against the United States and the world.
          (4) The United States has obligated nearly $30 
        billion between 2002 and 2014 in United States taxpayer 
        money for security and economic aid to Pakistan.
          (5) The United States very generously and swiftly 
        responded to the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake in Pakistan 
        with more than $200 million in emergency aid and the 
        support of several United States military aircraft, 
        approximately 1,000 United States military personnel, 
        including medical specialists, thousands of tents, 
        blankets, water containers and a variety of other 
        emergency equipment.
          (6) The United States again generously and swiftly 
        contributed approximately $150 million in emergency aid 
        to Pakistan following the 2010 Pakistan flood, in 
        addition to the service of nearly twenty United States 
        military helicopters, their flight crews, and other 
        resources to assist the Pakistan Army's relief efforts.
          (7) The United States continues to work tirelessly to 
        support Pakistan's economic development, including 
        millions of dollars allocated towards the development 
        of Pakistan's energy infrastructure, health services 
        and education system.
          (8) The United States and Pakistan continue to have 
        many critical shared interests, both economic and 
        security related, which could be the foundation for a 
        positive and mutually beneficial partnership.
          (9) Dr. Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani physician, is a 
        hero to whom the people of the United States, Pakistan 
        and the world owe a debt of gratitude for his help in 
        finally locating Osama bin Laden before more innocent 
        American, Pakistani and other lives were lost to this 
        terrorist leader.
          (10) Pakistan, the United States and the 
        international community had failed for nearly 10 years 
        following attacks of September 11, 2001, to locate and 
        bring Osama bin Laden, who continued to kill innocent 
        civilians in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa and 
        the United States, to justice without the help of Dr. 
        Afridi.
          (11) The Government of Pakistan's imprisonment of Dr. 
        Afridi presents a serious and growing impediment to the 
        United States' bilateral relations with Pakistan.
          (12) The Government of Pakistan has leveled and 
        allowed baseless charges against Dr. Afridi in a 
        politically motivated, spurious legal process.
          (13) Dr. Afridi is currently imprisoned by the 
        Government of Pakistan, a deplorable and unconscionable 
        situation which calls into question Pakistan's actual 
        commitment to countering terrorism and undermines the 
        notion that Pakistan is a true ally in the struggle 
        against terrorism.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Dr. 
Shakil Afridi is an international hero and that the Government 
of Pakistan should release him immediately from prison.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thornberry of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike section 1225 and insert the following:

SEC. 1225. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE 
                    VETTED SYRIAN OPPOSITION.

  (a) Modification.--
          (1) In general.--Section 1209(f) of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
        Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3543) is amended--
                  (A) by striking ``The Secretary of Defense'' 
                and inserting the following:
          ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        Secretary of Defense'';
                  (B) by striking ``for Overseas Contingency 
                Operations'' and inserting ``under the Syria 
                Train and Equip Fund''; and
                  (C) by further adding at the end the 
                following:
          ``(2) Report required.--At the same time the 
        Secretary of Defense submits a request for a 
        reprogramming or transfer of funds under paragraph (1), 
        the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
        congressional committees a report that contains the 
        following:
                  ``(A) Update.--An update of the comprehensive 
                strategy required under section 1225(b) of the 
                National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
                Year 2016.
                  ``(B) Certification.--A certification that--
                          ``(i) a required number and type of 
                        United States Armed Forces have been 
                        established to meet the objectives of 
                        the strategy and such Armed Forces, 
                        including support and enablers, have 
                        been or will be deployed to meet the 
                        objectives of the strategy; and
                          ``(ii) a required amount of support, 
                        including support provided by United 
                        States Armed Forces and enablers, has 
                        been or will be provided by the United 
                        States to the elements of the Syrian 
                        opposition that are to be trained and 
                        equipped under this section to ensure 
                        that such elements are able to defend 
                        themselves from attacks by ISIL and 
                        Government of Syria forces consistent 
                        with the purposes set forth in 
                        subsection (a).
                  ``(C) Use of funds.--A detailed description 
                of how the funds subject to the request for a 
                reprogramming or transfer of funds under 
                paragraph (1) will be used to meet the 
                objectives of the strategy.''.
          (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this 
        subsection take effect on the date of the enactment of 
        this Act and apply with respect to any request for a 
        reprogramming or transfer of funds under section 
        1209(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2015, as amended by paragraph (1), that is 
        submitted on or after such date of enactment.
  (b) Comprehensive Strategy Required.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a comprehensive strategy for Syria and Iraq.
          (2) Matters to be included.--The comprehensive 
        strategy shall contain the following:
                  (A) An identification of requirements that 
                have been established to ensure that assistance 
                provided to appropriately vetted elements of 
                the Syrian opposition and other appropriately 
                vetted Syrian groups and individuals achieve 
                the purposes set forth in section 1209(a) of 
                the National Defense Authorization Act for 
                Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 
                3541).
                  (B) A description of United States policy and 
                strategy for addressing the Assad regime in 
                Syria and the post-Assad regime in Syria.
                  (C) A detailed explanation of how the 
                military campaigns in Syria and Iraq are 
                integrated and a description of the goals, 
                objectives, and the end states for Syria and 
                Iraq, including a description of how the train 
                and equip programs in Iraq and Syria support 
                the goals, objectives, and end states in Iraq 
                and Syria.
                  (D) A description of the roles and 
                responsibilities of each coalition country 
                under the strategy.
                  (E) A description of the relevant agency 
                roles and responsibilities and interagency 
                coordination under the strategy.
          (3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 1209(e)(2) of the 
        National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 
        (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3543).
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 25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title XII (page 570, after line 
23), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. REPORT TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL EFFECTIVENESS OF AND 
                    REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAFE ZONES OR 
                    A NO-FLY ZONE IN SYRIA.

  (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) March 2015 marked the fourth year of the crisis 
        in Syria, which has resulted in the world's largest 
        ongoing humanitarian disaster.
          (2) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and supporting 
        militias, including Hezbollah, continue to carry out 
        sectarian mass atrocities, which have included mass 
        targeted killings, mass graves, the extermination of 
        entire families, including their children, incidents of 
        ethnic cleansing, sexual violence, widespread torture, 
        aerial bombardment of residential areas, and forced 
        displacement of certain Syrian civilians especially 
        from areas in western Syria where Assad is attempting 
        to increase the dominance of his own loyalists.
          (3) Approximately 220,000 people have been killed, 
        including thousands of children, many more have been 
        seriously wounded, and civilian casualties continue to 
        mount as widespread and systematic attacks on schools, 
        hospitals, and other civilian facilities persist in 
        violation of international norms and principles.
          (4) Assad's forces and supporting militias have used 
        air power to target Syrian civilians, including the 
        deployment of barrel bombs filled with explosives, 
        shrapnel, and chemical weapons.
          (5) Assad's forces, supporting militias, and other 
        parties to the conflict are systematically blocking 
        humanitarian aid delivery, including food and medical 
        care, from many civilian areas in violation of 
        international norms and principles.
  (b) Report.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 90 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 specified congressional committees 
        a report that--
                  (A) assesses the potential effectiveness, 
                risks, and operational requirements of the 
                establishment and maintenance of a no-fly zone 
                over part or all of Syria, including--
                          (i) the operational and legal 
                        requirements for United States and 
                        coalition air power to establish a no-
                        fly zone in Syria;
                          (ii) the impact a no-fly zone in 
                        Syria would have on humanitarian and 
                        counterterrorism efforts in Syria and 
                        the surrounding region;
                          (iii) the potential for force 
                        contributions from other countries to 
                        establish a no-fly zone in Syria; and
                          (iv) the impact of the establishment 
                        of a no-fly zone in Syria on the 
                        recipients of training provided by 
                        section 1209 of the National Defense 
                        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 
                        (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3541); 
                        and
                  (B) assesses the potential effectiveness, 
                risks, and operational requirements for the 
                establishment of one or more safe zones in 
                Syria for internally displaced people or for 
                the facilitation of humanitarian assistance, 
                including--
                          (i) the operational and legal 
                        requirements for United States and 
                        coalition forces to establish one or 
                        more safe zones in Syria;
                          (ii) the impact one or more safe 
                        zones in Syria would have on 
                        humanitarian and counterterrorism 
                        efforts in Syria and the surrounding 
                        region;
                          (iii) the potential for contributions 
                        from other countries and vetted non-
                        state actor partners to establish and 
                        maintain one or more safe zones in 
                        Syria; and
                          (iv) the impact of the establishment 
                        of one or more safe zones in Syria on 
                        the recipients of training provided by 
                        section 1209 of the National Defense 
                        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 
                        (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3541).
          (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 
        classified annex if necessary.
          (3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``specified congressional committees'' means--
                  (A) the congressional defense committees; and
                  (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
                the House of Representatives.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 575, line 7, strike ``and'' at the end.
  Page 575, line 10, strike the period and insert a semicolon.
  Page 575, after line 10, insert the following:
          (10) the sale of advanced weaponry to Iran, 
        particularly advanced air defenses, encourages bad 
        behavior by Iran and poses a high risk of destabilizing 
        the region and should be opposed; and
          (11) no terrorism-related sanctions should be lifted 
        or loosened as a part of any nuclear agreement and 
        additional sanctions should be considered against Iran 
        due to Iran's continued state sponsorship of terrorism, 
        its development and proliferation of ballistic missile 
        technology, its continued biological and chemical 
        weapons programs, and the egregious violation of the 
        human rights of the Iranian people.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW START 
                    TREATY.

  (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 
for the Department of Defense may be used for implementation of 
the New START Treaty until the President certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that--
          (1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation are no 
        longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory;
          (2) the Russian Federation is respecting the 
        sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory;
          (3) the Russian Federation is no longer taking 
        actions that are inconsistent with the INF Treaty;
          (4) the Russian Federation is in compliance with the 
        CFE Treaty and has lifted its suspension of Russian 
        observance of its treaty obligations; and
          (5) there have been no inconsistencies by the Russian 
        Federation with New START Treaty requirements.
  (b) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                  (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
                and
                  (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
                Representatives.
          (2) CFE treaty.--The term ``CFE Treaty'' means the 
        Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, signed 
        at Paris November 19, 1990, and entered into force July 
        17, 1992.
          (3) INF treaty.--The term ``INF Treaty'' means the 
        Treaty Between the United States of America and the 
        Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination 
        of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, 
        commonly referred to as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear 
        Forces (INF) Treaty, signed at Washington December 8, 
        1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988.
          (4) New start treatu.--The term ``New START Treaty'' 
        means the Treaty between the United States of America 
        and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further 
        Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, 
        signed on April 8, 2010, and entered into force on 
        February 5, 2011
  (c) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to funds 
described in subsection (a) that are unobligated as of such 
date of enactment.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle E of title XII (page 594, after line 
25), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. LIMITATION ON MILITARY CONTACT AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE 
                    UNITED STATES AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

  (a) Limitation.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 
for the Department of Defense may be used for any bilateral 
military-to-military contact or cooperation between the 
Governments of the United States and the Russian Federation 
until the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that--
          (1) the armed forces of the Russian Federation are no 
        longer illegally occupying Ukrainian territory;
          (2) the Russian Federation is respecting the 
        sovereignty of all Ukrainian territory;
          (3) the Russian Federation is no longer taking 
        actions that are inconsistent with the INF Treaty; and
          (4) the Russian Federation has not sold or otherwise 
        transferred the Club-K land attack cruise missile 
        system to any foreign country or foreign person during 
        fiscal year 2015.
  (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
limitation in subsection (a) with respect to a certification 
requirement specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) if--
          (1) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
        the Secretary of State, submits to the appropriate 
        congressional committees--
                  (A) a notification that such a waiver is in 
                the national security interest of the United 
                States and a description of the national 
                security interest covered by the waiver; and
                  (B) a report explaining why the Secretary of 
                Defense cannot make the certification under 
                subsection (a); and
          (2) a period of 30 days has elapsed following the 
        date on which the Secretary of Defense submits the 
        information in the report under paragraph (1)(B).
  (c) Additional Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive 
the limitation required by subsection (a)(4) with respect to 
the sale or other transfer of the Club-K land attack cruise 
missile system if--
          (1) the United States has imposed sanctions against 
        the manufacturer of such system by reason of such sale 
        or other transfer; or
          (2) the Secretary has developed and submitted to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a plan to prevent 
        the sale or other transfer of such system in the 
        future.
  (d) Exception for Certain Military Bases.--The certification 
requirement specified in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall 
not apply to military bases of the Russian Federation in 
Ukraine's Crimean peninsula operating in accordance with its 
1997 agreement on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea 
Fleet Stationing on the Territory of Ukraine.
  (e) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                  (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
                and
                  (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
                Representatives.
          (2) Bilateral military-to-military contact or 
        cooperation.--The term ``bilateral military-to-military 
        contact or cooperation''--
                  (A) means--
                          (i) reciprocal visits and meetings by 
                        high-ranking delegations;
                          (ii) information sharing, policy 
                        consultations, security dialogues or 
                        other forms of consultative 
                        discussions;
                          (iii) exchanges of military 
                        instructors, training personnel, and 
                        students;
                          (iv) exchanges of information;
                          (v) defense planning; and
                          (vi) military training or exercises; 
                        but
                  (B) does not include any contact or 
                cooperation that is in support of United States 
                stability operations.
          (3) Inf treaty.--The term ``INF Treaty'' means the 
        Treaty Between the United States of America and the 
        Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination 
        of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, 
        commonly referred to as the Intermediate-Range Nuclear 
        Forces (INF) Treaty, signed at Washington December 8, 
        1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988.
  (f) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to funds 
described in subsection (a) that are unobligated as of such 
date of enactment.
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 29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS RELATING TO SOVEREIGNTY 
                    OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OVER CRIMEA.

  (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or 
expended--
          (1) to implement any action or policy that recognizes 
        the de jure or de facto sovereignty of the Russian 
        Federation over Crimea, its airspace, or its 
        territorial waters; or
          (2) to provide assistance for the central government 
        of a country that has taken affirmative steps intended 
        to recognize or otherwise be supportive of the Russian 
        Federation's forcible and illegal occupation of Crimea.
  (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of Defense may waive the 
restriction on assistance required by subsection (a)(2) if the 
Secretary certifies and reports to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives that to do so is in the national 
interest of the United States.
  (c) Sunset.--The requirements of subsection (a) shall cease 
to be in effect if the Secretary of Defense certifies and 
reports to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
that the armed forces of the Russian Federation have withdrawn 
from Crimea and the Government of Ukraine has reestablished 
sovereignty over Crimea.
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 30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rogers of Alabama or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the of subtitle F of title XII (page 604, after line 16), 
add the following:

SEC. 12XX. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THE UNITED 
                    STATES ALLIANCE WITH THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the alliance between the United States and the 
        Republic of Korea has served as an anchor for 
        stability, security, and prosperity on the Korean 
        Peninsula, in the Asia-Pacific region, and around the 
        world;
          (2) the United States and the Republic of Korea 
        continue to strengthen and adapt the comprehensive 
        strategic alliance of bilateral, regional, and global 
        scope to serve as a linchpin of peace and stability in 
        the Asia-Pacific region, recognizing the shared values 
        of democracy, human rights, free and open market, and 
        the rule of law, as reaffirmed in the May 2013 ``Joint 
        Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of 
        the Alliance between the Republic of Korea and the 
        United States of America'';
          (3) the United States and the Republic of Korea 
        continue to broaden and deepen the scope and level of 
        alliance cooperation by strengthening the combined 
        defense posture on the Korean Peninsula, enhancing 
        mutual security based on the Republic of Korea-United 
        States Mutual Defense Treaty, and promoting cooperation 
        for regional and global security in the 21st century, 
        recognizing the significance of 2015 as it marks the 
        70th anniversary of the end of World War II;
          (4) the United States and the Republic of Korea share 
        deep concerns that North Korea's nuclear and ballistic 
        missiles programs and its repeated provocations pose 
        grave threats to peace and stability on the Korean 
        Peninsula and Northeast Asia and recognize that both 
        nations are determined to achieve the peaceful 
        denuclearization of North Korea, and remain fully 
        committed to continuing close cooperation on the full 
        range of issues related to North Korea;
          (5) the United States supports the vision of a Korean 
        Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, free from the fear 
        of war, and peacefully reunited on the basis of 
        democratic and free market principles, as articulated 
        in President Park's Dresden address; and
          (6) the United States and the Republic of Korea share 
        the future interests of both nations in securing peace 
        and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast 
        Asia.
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   31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ros-Lehtinen of 
           Florida or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the appropriate place in title XII of the bill, add the 
following new section:

SEC. 12XX. COMBATING CRIME THROUGH INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES.

  The Secretary of Defense is authorized to deploy assets, 
personnel, and resources to United States Southern Command, in 
coordination with the Joint Interagency Task Force South, to 
combat the following by supplying sufficient intelligence, 
surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities:
          (1) Transnational criminal organizations.
          (2) Drug trafficking.
          (3) Bulk shipments of narcotics or currency.
          (4) Narco-terrorism and terrorist financing.
          (5) Human trafficking.
          (6) The presence and influence of Iran, Russia, and 
        China in the Western Hemisphere.
          (7) The national security threat posed by the 
        presence and influence of the Islamic State of Iraq and 
        the Levant (ISIL), Hezbollah, or any other foreign 
        terrorist organization in the Western Hemisphere.
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 32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike section 1407 and insert the following:

SEC. 1407. REPEAL OF NATIONAL SEA-BASED DETERRENCE FUND.

  (a) Repeal.--Section 2218a of title 10, United States Code is 
repealed.
  (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 131 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 2218a.

SEC. 1408. ELIMINATION OF TRANSFERRED FUNDS FOR NATIONAL SEA-BASED 
                    DETERRENCE FUND.

  (a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
appropriated in section 201 for Research, Development, Test, 
and Evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4201, for Navy, Advanced Component Development and 
Prototypes, Advanced Nuclear Power Systems (Line 045) is hereby 
increased by $419,300,000.
  (b) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
appropriated in section 201 for Research, Development, Test, 
and Evaluation, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4201, for Navy, Advanced Component Development and 
Prototypes, Ohio Replacement (Line 050) is hereby increased by 
$971,393,000.
  (c) Reduction.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be 
appropriated in section 4501 for the National Sea-Based 
Deterrence Fund, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in section 4501, for National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund 
is hereby reduced by $1,390,693,000.
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  33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mulvaney of South 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 649, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 1543. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON USE OF FUNDS PROVIDED FOR 
                    OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS.

  The Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
Congress a report on how funds authorized to be appropriated 
for overseas contingency operations were ultimately used.
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   34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walker of North 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 689, line 18, strike ``and''.
  Page 689, after line 18, insert the following new paragraph 
(and redesignate the subsequent paragraph accordingly):
          (2) by striking paragraph (3) of subsection (c) and 
        inserting the following new paragraph (3):
          ``(3) Dissemination of information.--The procedures 
        established pursuant to subsection (a) shall limit the 
        dissemination of information obtained or derived 
        through such procedures to entities--
                  ``(A) with missions that may be affected by 
                such information;
                  ``(B) that may be called upon to assist in 
                the diagnosis, detection, or mitigation of 
                cyber incidents;
                  ``(C) that conduct counterintelligence or law 
                enforcement investigations; or
                  ``(D) for national security purposes, 
                including cyber situational awareness and 
                defense purposes.''; and
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 35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lummis of Wyoming or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle D of title XVI the following:

SEC. 1657. PROHIBITION ON DE-ALERTING INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC 
                    MISSILES.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the Sense of Congress that--
          (1) the responsiveness and alert levels of 
        intercontinental ballistic missiles are a unique 
        feature of the ground-based leg of the United States 
        nuclear triad;
          (2) such responsiveness and alert levels are critical 
        to providing robust nuclear deterrence and assurance; 
        and
          (3) any action to reduce the responsiveness and alert 
        levels of United States intercontinental ballistic 
        missiles would be contrary to longstanding United 
        States policy, and deeply harmful to national security 
        and strategic stability in a crisis.
  (b) In General.--
          (1) Prohibition.--None of the funds authorized to be 
        appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available 
        for fiscal year 2016 shall be obligated or expended for 
        reducing, or preparing to reduce, the responsiveness or 
        alert level of United States intercontinental ballistic 
        missiles.
          (2) Clarification relating to maintenance, safety, 
        security, etc.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any of 
        the following activities:
                  (A) Maintenance or sustainment of 
                intercontinental ballistic missiles.
                  (B) Ensuring the safety, security, or 
                reliability of intercontinental ballistic 
                missiles.
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis of California or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XXVIII (page 775, after 
line 19), add the following new section:

SEC. 28__. SPECIAL AUTHORITY FOR MINOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS 
                    FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FACILITIES.

  Section 2805 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
        (f); and
          (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
        new subsection (e):
  ``(e) Child Development Program Facilities.--(1) Using such 
amounts as may be appropriated to the Secretary concerned in 
advance for operation and maintenance to carry out this 
subsection, the Secretary concerned may carry out an 
unspecified minor military construction project that--
          ``(A) has an approved cost equal to or less than 
        $15,000,000, notwithstanding subsections (a) and (c); 
        and
          ``(B) creates, expands, or modifies a child 
        development program facility serving children under 13 
        years of age.
  ``(2) The approval and congressional notification 
requirements of subsection (b) shall apply to an unspecified 
minor military construction project carried out pursuant to 
paragraph (1), except that, paragraph (1) of subsection (b) 
shall be applied by substituting `$7,500,000' for `$1,000,000'.
  ``(3) The authority to commence an unspecified minor military 
construction project pursuant to paragraph (1) expires 
September 30, 2018.''.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hardy of Nevada or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title XXVIII, add the following new section:

SEC. 28__. USE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS AREAS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY 
                    ACTIVITIES.

  The expansion or establishment of a national monument by the 
President under the authority of chapter 3203 of title 54, 
United States Code (commonly known as the Antiquities Act of 
1906; 54 U.S.C. 320301 et seq.), after the date of the 
enactment of this Act on land located beneath or associated 
with a Military Operations Area (MOA) shall not be construed to 
prohibit or constrain any activities on or above the land 
conducted by the Department of Defense or other Federal 
agencies for national security purposes, including training and 
readiness activities.
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 38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lucas of Oklahoma or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 823, after line 20, insert the following:

SEC. __. IMPLEMENTATION OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN RANGE-WIDE 
                    CONSERVATION PLAN AND OTHER CONSERVATION MEASURES.

  (a) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Candidate conservation agreements.--The terms 
        ``Candidate Conservation Agreement'' and ``Candidate 
        and Conservation Agreement With Assurances'' have the 
        meaning given those terms in--
                  (A) the announcement of the Department of the 
                Interior and the Department of Commerce 
                entitled ``Announcement of Final Policy for 
                Candidate Conservation Agreements with 
                Assurances'' (64 Fed. Reg. 32726 (June 17, 
                1999)); and
                  (B) sections 17.22(d) and 17.32(d) of title 
                50, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect 
                on the date of enactment of this Act).
          (2) Range-wide plan.--The term ``Range-Wide Plan'' 
        means the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Range-Wide 
        Conservation Plan of the Western Association of Fish 
        and Wildlife Agencies, as endorsed by the United States 
        Fish and Wildlife Service on October 23, 2013, and 
        published for comment on January 29, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 
        4652).
          (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
        Secretary of the Interior.
  (b) Prohibition on Treatment as Threatened or Endangered 
Species.--
          (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any prior action by 
        the Secretary, the lesser prairie chicken shall not be 
        treated as a threatened species or endangered species 
        under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
        1531 et seq.) before January 31, 2021.
          (2) Prohibition on proposal.--Beginning on January 
        31, 2021, the lesser prairie chicken may not be treated 
        as a threatened species or endangered species under the 
        Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 
        unless the Secretary publishes a determination, based 
        on the totality of the scientific evidence, that 
        conservation (as that term is used in that Act) under 
        the Range-Wide Plan and the agreements, programs, and 
        efforts referred to in subsection (c) have not achieved 
        the conservation goals established by the Range-Wide 
        Plan.
  (c) Monitoring of Progress of Conservation Programs.--The 
Secretary shall monitor and annually submit to Congress a 
report on progress in conservation of the lesser prairie 
chicken under the Range-Wide Plan and all related--
          (1) Candidate Conservation Agreements and Candidate 
        and Conservation Agreements With Assurances;
          (2) other Federal conservation programs administered 
        by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the 
        Bureau of Land Management, and the Department of 
        Agriculture;
          (3) State conservation programs; and
          (4) private conservation efforts.

SEC. __. REMOVAL OF ENDANGERED SPECIES STATUS FOR AMERICAN BURYING 
                    BEETLE.

  Notwithstanding the final rule of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service entitled ``Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for the American 
Burying Beetle'' (54 Fed. Reg. 29652 (July 13, 1989)), the 
American burying beetle shall not be listed as a threatened or 
endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.).
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 39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Zinke of Montana or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title XXVIII, add the following new section:

SEC. 28__. RENAMING OF THE CAPTAIN WILLIAM WYLIE GALT GREAT FALLS ARMED 
                    FORCES READINESS CENTER IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN JOHN E. 
                    MORAN, A RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR.

  (a) Renaming.--The Captain William Wylie Galt Great Falls 
Armed Forces Readiness Center in Great Falls, Montana, shall 
hereafter be known and designated as the ``Captain John E. 
Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve 
Center''.
  (b) References.--Any reference in any law, map, regulation, 
map, document, paper, other record of the United States to the 
facility referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to 
be a reference to the Captain John E. Moran and Captain William 
Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve Center.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sherman of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 851, line 2, strike ``section'' and insert ``sections''.
  Page 851, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 
852, line 9, and insert the following new subsections:
  ``f.(1) In accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary may 
not make an authorization under subsection b.(2) with respect 
to a covered foreign country with a nuclear naval propulsion 
program unless--
          ``(A) the Director of National Intelligence and the 
        Chief of Naval Operations jointly submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees an assessment of 
        the risks of diversion, and the likely consequences of 
        such diversion, of the technology and material covered 
        by such authorization;
          ``(B) following the date on which such assessment is 
        submitted, and, to the extent practicable, concurrently 
        during the process under which the Secretary evaluates 
        such authorization, the Administrator for Nuclear 
        Security certifies to the appropriate congressional 
        committees that--
                  ``(i) there is sufficient diversion control 
                as part of the transfer under such 
                authorization; and
                  ``(ii) such transfer presents a minimal risk 
                of diversion of such technology to a military 
                program that would degrade the technical 
                advantage of the United States; and
          ``(C) a period of 14 days has elapsed following the 
        date of such certification.
  ``(2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall apply as follows:
          ``(A) During the period preceding the date on which 
        the Chief of Naval Operations first makes a 
        determination under paragraph (3), with respect to 
        technology and material covered by an authorization 
        under subsection b.(2).
          ``(B) During the period beginning on the date on 
        which the Chief first makes such determination, with 
        respect to the critical civil nuclear technologies of 
        the United States covered by a determination made under 
        paragraph (3).
  ``(3) Not later than June 1, 2016, and quinquennially 
thereafter, the Chief of Naval Operations shall determine the 
critical civil nuclear technologies of the United States that 
should be protected from diversion to a military program of a 
covered foreign country, including with respect to naval 
propulsion and weapons. The Chief shall notify the appropriate 
congressional committees of each such determination.
  ``(4) Not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
Director of National Intelligence determines that there is 
evidence to believe that critical civil nuclear technology of 
the United States has been diverted to a foreign country not 
covered by an authorization made pursuant to subsection b., 
including an agreement for cooperation made pursuant to section 
123, the Director shall notify the appropriate congressional 
committees of such determination.
  ``(5) The Secretary shall annually notify the appropriate 
congressional committees that each covered foreign country is 
in compliance with its obligations under any authorization made 
pursuant to subsection b., including an agreement for 
cooperation made pursuant to section 123.
  ``(6) In this subsection:
          ``(A) The term `appropriate congressional committees' 
        means--
                  ``(i) the congressional defense committees 
                (as defined in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, 
                United States Code);
                  ``(ii) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
                of the Senate and the Permanent Select 
                Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                  ``(iii) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
                the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
                of the House of Representatives.
          ``(B) The term `covered foreign country' means a 
        foreign country that is a nuclear-weapon state, as 
        defined by Article IX (3) of the Treaty on the Non-
        Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed at Washington, 
        London, and Moscow on July 1, 1968, but does not 
        include the United Kingdom or France.
  ``g.(1) The Secretary may not make an authorization under 
subsection b.(2) with respect to a covered foreign country if a 
foreign person of the covered foreign country has been 
sanctioned under the Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) 
during the five-year period preceding the date of the transfer 
being sought unless the President certifies to the appropriate 
congressional committees that the covered foreign country is 
taking adequate measures to prevent, or is making significant 
progress in preventing, transfers or acquisitions covered by 
section 2(a) of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria 
Nonproliferation Act.
  ``(2) The terms `appropriate congressional committees' and 
`covered foreign country' have the meanings given those terms 
in subsection f.(6).''.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nadler of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike section 3121.
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     42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Costello of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 1__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE PROTECTION 
                    KITS.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) Army personnel face an increasingly complex and 
        evolving threat environment that requires advanced and 
        effective technology to protect our soldiers while 
        allowing them to effectively carry out their mission;
          (2) the heavy tactical vehicle protection kits 
        program provides the Army with improved and necessary 
        ballistic protection for the heavy tactical vehicle 
        fleet;
          (3) a secure heavy tactical vehicle fleet provides 
        the Army with greater logistical tractability and 
        offers soldiers the necessary flexibility to tailor 
        armor levels based on threat levels and mission 
        requirements; and
          (4) as Congress provides for a modern and secure 
        Army, it is necessary to provide the appropriate 
        funding levels to meet its tactical wheeled vehicle 
        protection kits acquisition objectives.
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 43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 53, after line 14, insert the following (and redesignate 
the subsequent subsections accordingly):
  (c) In implementing the requirements of this section, the 
Secretary of Defense may seek information from the directorates 
of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation 
program (LSAMP) and Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) of the National 
Science Foundation; the American Association for the 
Advancement of Science; the Emerging Researchers National 
Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; 
the University of Florida Institute for African-American 
Mentoring in Computing Sciences (iAAMCS); the Hispanic 
Association of Colleges and Universities; the National Indian 
Education Association; and such other institutions, 
organizations, or associations as the Secretary deems useful.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Collins of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 226. COMMERCIAL-OFF-THE-SHELF WIDE-AREA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS FOR 
                    ARMY TACTICAL UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--Congress finds that--
          (1) unmanned aerial systems provide the military 
        services with high-endurance, wide-area surveillance;
          (2) wide-area surveillance has proven to be a 
        significant force multiplier for intelligence gathering 
        and dismounted infantry operations;
          (3) currently fielded wide-area surveillance sensors 
        are too heavy to be incorporated into tactical unmanned 
        aerial systems; and
          (4) the growing commercial market for unmanned aerial 
        systems with full-motion video sensors may offer a 
        commercial-off-the-shelf solution suitable for use on 
        the military services' tactical unmanned aerial 
        systems.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
to the congressional defense committees a report that contains 
the findings of a market survey and flight assessment of 
commercial-off-the-shelf wide-area surveillance sensors 
suitable for insertion into Army tactical unmanned aerial 
systems.
  (c) Elements.--The market survey and flight assessment 
required by subsection (b) shall include--
          (1) specific details regarding the capabilities of 
        current and commercial-off-the-shelf wide-area 
        surveillance sensors utilized on the Army unmanned 
        aerial systems, including--
                  (A) daytime and nighttime monitoring 
                coverage;
                  (B) video resolution outputs;
                  (C) bandwidth requirements;
                  (D) activity-based intelligence and forensic 
                capabilities;
                  (E) simultaneous region of interest 
                monitoring capability;
                  (F) interoperability with other sensors and 
                subsystems currently utilized on Army tactical 
                unmanned aerial systems;
                  (G) sensor weight;
                  (H) sensor cost; and
                  (I) any other factors the Secretary deems 
                relevant;
          (2) an assessment of the impact on Army tactical 
        unmanned aerial systems due to the insertion of 
        commercial-off-the-shelf wide-area surveillance 
        sensors; and
          (3) recommendations to upgrade or enhance the wide-
        area surveillance sensors of Army tactical unmanned 
        aerial systems, as deemed appropriate by the Secretary.
  (d) Form.--The report required under subsection (b) may 
contain a classified annex.
  (e) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Army tactical 
unmanned aerial systems'' includes, at minimum, the MQ-1C Grey 
Eagle, the MQ-1 Predator, and the MQ-9 Reaper.
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 45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hunter of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 58, after line 5, insert the following:

SEC. 226. REPORT ON TACTICAL COMBAT TRAINING SYSTEM INCREMENT II.

  (a) Report to Congress.--Not later than January 29, 2016, the 
Secretary of Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
baseline and alternatives to the Navy's Tactical Air Combat 
Training System (TCTS) Increment II.
  (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
          (1) An explanation of the rationale for a new start 
        TCTS II program as compared to an incremental upgrade 
        to the existing TCTS system.
          (2) An estimate of total cost to develop, procure, 
        and replace the existing Department of the Navy TCTS 
        architecture with an encrypted TCTS II compared to 
        upgrades to existing TCTS.
          (3) A cost estimate and schedule comparison of 
        achieving encryption requirements into the existing 
        TCTS program as compared to TCTS II.
          (4) A review of joint Department of the Air Force and 
        the Department of the Navy investment in live-virtual-
        constructive advanced air combat training and planned 
        timeline for inclusion into TCTS II architecture.
          (5) A cost estimate to integrate F-35 aircraft with 
        TCTS II and achieve interoperability between the 
        Department of the Navy and Department of the Air Force.
          (6) A cost estimate for coalition partners to achieve 
        TCTS II interoperability within the Department of 
        Defense.
          (7) An assessment of risks posed by non-interoperable 
        TCTS systems within the Department of the Navy and the 
        Department of the Air Force.
          (8) An explanation of the acquisition strategy for 
        the TCTS program.
          (9) An explanation of key performance parameters for 
        the TCTS II program.
          (10) Any other information the Secretary of the Navy 
        and Secretary of the Air Force determine is appropriate 
        to include.
  (c) Limitation.--The Secretary of the Navy shall not proceed 
with the approval or designation of a contract award for TCTS 
II until 15 days after the date of the submittal of the report 
required by subsection (a).
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Palazzo of Mississippi 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 226. IMPROVEMENT TO COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION OF DEFENSE 
                    RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.

  (a) In General.--Section 2364 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
          (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
        following new subsection:
  ``(a) Coordination of Department of Defense Research, 
Development, and Technological Data.--The Secretary of Defense 
shall promote, monitor, and evaluate programs for the 
communication and exchange of research, development, and 
technological data--
          ``(1) among the Defense research facilities, 
        combatant commands, and other organizations that are 
        involved in developing for the Department of Defense 
        the technological requirements for new items for use by 
        combat forces;
          ``(2) among Defense research facilities and other 
        offices, agencies, and bureaus in the Department that 
        are engaged in related technological matters;
          ``(3) among other research facilities and other 
        departments or agencies of the Federal Government that 
        are engaged in research, development, and technological 
        matters;
          ``(4) among private commercial, research institution, 
        and university entities engaged in research, 
        development, and technological matters potentially 
        relevant to defense on a voluntary basis; and
          ``(5) to the extent practicable, to achieve full 
        awareness of scientific and technological advancement 
        and innovation wherever it may occur, whether funded by 
        the Department of Defense, another element of the 
        Federal Government, or other entities.'';
          (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (3) and 
        inserting the following new paragraph:
          ``(3) that the managers of such facilities have broad 
        latitude to choose research and development projects 
        based on awareness of activities throughout the 
        technology domain, including within the Federal 
        Government, the Department of Defense, public and 
        private research institutions and universities, and the 
        global commercial marketplace;''; and
          (3) in the section heading, by inserting ``and 
        technology domain awareness'' after ``activities''.
  (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 139 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 2364 and inserting the following:

``2364. Coordination and communication of defense research activities 
          and technology domain awareness.''.
                    ____________________________________________________

47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Aguilar of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

          Page 58, after line 5, insert the following new 
        section:

SEC. 226. REPORT ON GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN SUPPORT OF SCIENCE, 
                    MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION.

  Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report on--
          (1) the number of individuals from racial or ethnic 
        minority groups, women, and disabled individuals who 
        have participated in the graduate fellowship program 
        under section 2191 of title 10, United States Code, 
        over the ten-year period preceding the date of the 
        report;
          (2) barriers encountered in recruiting individuals 
        from racial and ethnic minority groups, women, and 
        disabled individuals to participate in such programs; 
        and
          (3) recommended policy changes to increase such 
        participation.
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Clark of Massachusetts 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title II (page 58, after line 5), 
add the following new section:

SEC. 226. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FFRDC FACILITATION OF A HIGH 
                    QUALITY TECHNICAL WORKFORCE.

  (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
          (1) The quality of the United States' future 
        scientific and technical workforce is a matter of 
        national security concern.
          (2) Department of Defense support for science, 
        technology, engineering, and mathematics education 
        programs facilitates the training of a future 
        scientific and technical workforce that will contribute 
        significantly to Department of Defense research, 
        development, test, and evaluation functions, and the 
        readiness of the future force.
          (3) Federally Funded Research and Development Centers 
        sponsored by the Department of Defense employ a highly 
        skilled workforce that is qualified to support science, 
        technology, engineering, and mathematics education 
        initiatives, including through meaningful volunteer 
        opportunities in primary and secondary educational 
        settings, and through cooperative relationships and 
        arrangements with private sector organizations and 
        State and local governments, to facilitate the training 
        of a future scientific and technical workforce.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the Sense of Congress that the 
Department of Defense should explore using existing authorities 
for promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
programs, such as section 233 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 
``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291), to allow Federally Funded 
Research and Development Centers to help facilitate and shape a 
high quality scientific and technical future workforce that can 
support Department of Defense needs.
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49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Veasey of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 58, after line 5, insert the following new section:

SEC. 2__. FUNDING FOR MV-22A DIGITAL INTEROPERABILITY PROGRAM.

  (a) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D--
          (1) the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
        section 101 for aircraft procurement, Navy, for the V-
        22, line 059, as specified in the corresponding funding 
        table in section 4101, for the digital interoperability 
        program is hereby increased by $64,300,000; and
          (2) the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
        section 201 for research, development, test, and 
        evaluation, Navy, for the V-22A, line 099, as specified 
        in the corresponding funding table in section 4201, for 
        the digital interoperability program is hereby 
        increased by $10,700,000.
  (b) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D, the amounts authorized to be 
appropriated in section 101 for aircraft procurement, Navy, for 
spares and repair parts, line 063, as specified in the 
corresponding funding table in section 4101, is hereby reduced 
by $75,000,000.
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 50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peters of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 68, after line 9, insert the following:

SEC. 317. REPORT ON MERGER OF OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
                    OPERATIONAL ENERGY PLANS AND DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY 
                    FOR INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT.

  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on 
the merger of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Operational Energy Plans and the Office of the Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment under 
section 901 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113 291; 128 Stat. 3462. Such 
report shall include--
          (1) a description of how the office is implementing 
        its responsibilities under sections 138(b)(9), 138(c), 
        and 2925(b) of title 10, United States Code, and 
        Department of Defense Directives 5134.15 (Assistant 
        Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and 
        Programs) and 4280.01 (Department of Defense Energy 
        Policy);
          (2) a description of any efficiencies achieved as a 
        result of the merger; and
          (3) the number of Department of Defense personnel 
        whose responsibilities are focused on energy matters 
        specifically.
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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Farenthold of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title III (page 77, after line 21), add the 
following new section:

SEC. 3__. ACCESS TO WIRELESS HIGH-SPEED INTERNET AND NETWORK 
                    CONNECTIONS FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                    DEPLOYED OVERSEAS.

  Consistent with section 2492a of title 10, United States 
Code, the Secretary of Defense is encouraged to enter into 
contracts with third-party vendors in order to provide members 
of the Armed Forces who are deployed overseas at any United 
States military facility, at which wireless high-speed Internet 
and network connections are otherwise available, with access to 
such Internet and network connections without charge.
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 52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 77, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 334. ASSESSMENT OF OUTREACH FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS OWNED AND 
                    CONTROLLED BY WOMEN AND MINORITIES REQUIRED BEFORE 
                    CONVERSION OF CERTAIN FUNCTIONS TO CONTRACTOR 
                    PERFORMANCE.

   No Department of Defense function that is performed by 
Department of Defense civilian employees and is tied to a 
certain military base may be converted to performance by a 
contractor until the Secretary of Defense conducts an 
assessment to determine if the Department of Defense has 
carried out sufficient outreach programs to assist small 
business concerns owned and controlled by women (as such term 
is defined in section 8(d)(3)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(D))) and small business concerns owned and 
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals (as such term is defined in section 8(d)(3)(C) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C))) that are 
located in the geographic area near the military base.
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 53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Loebsack of Iowa or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 77, after line 21, insert the following new section:

SEC. 334. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO EXTEND CONTRACTS AND LEASES UNDER THE 
                    ARMS INITIATIVE.

  Contracts or subcontracts entered into pursuant to section 
4554(a)(3)(A) of title 10, United States Code, on or before the 
date that is five years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act may include an option to extend the term of the contract or 
subcontract for an additional 25 years.
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 54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fleming of Louisiana 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title IV (page 83, after line 16), add the 
following new section:

SEC. 422. REPORT ON FORCE STRUCTURE OF THE ARMY.

  (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to Congress a report containing the following:
          (1) An assessment by the Secretary of Defense of 
        reports by the Secretary of the Army on the force 
        structure of the Army submitted to Congress under 
        section 1066 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
        for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112 239; 126 Stat. 
        1943) and section 1062 of the National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113 
        291).
          (2) An evaluation of the adequacy of the Army force 
        structure proposed for the future-years defense program 
        for fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to meet the goals of 
        the national military strategy of the United States.
          (3) An independent risk assessment by the Chairman of 
        the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the proposed Army force 
        structure and the ability of such force structure to 
        meet the operational requirements of combatant 
        commanders.
          (4) A description of the planning assumptions and 
        scenarios used by the Department of Defense to validate 
        the size and force structure of the Army, including the 
        Army Reserve and the Army National Guard.
          (5) A certification by the Secretary of Defense that 
        the Secretary has reviewed the reports by the Secretary 
        of the Army and the assessments of the Chairman of the 
        Joint Chiefs of Staff and determined that an end 
        strength for active duty personnel of the Army below 
        the end strength level authorized in section 401(1) of 
        the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
        2015 (Public Law 113 291) will be adequate to meet the 
        national military strategy of the United States.
          (6) A description of various alternative options for 
        allocating funds to ensure that the end strengths of 
        the Army do not fall below levels of significant risk, 
        as determined pursuant to the risk assessment conducted 
        by the Chairman of the Joint Chief under paragraph (3).
          (7) Such other information or updates as the 
        Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.
  (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
annex.
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   55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McKinley of West 
           Virginia or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title V (page 96, after line 22), 
add the following new section:

SEC. 5__. ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVE-DUTY SERVICE 
                    PERFORMED BY MEMBERS OF THE READY RESERVE OF THE 
                    ARMED FORCES.

  The Secretary of Defense shall establish an electronic means 
by which members of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces can 
track their operational active-duty service performed after 
January 28, 2008, under section 12301(a), 12301(d), 12301(g), 
12302, or 12304 of title 10, United States Code. The tour 
calculator shall specify early retirement credit authorized for 
each qualifying tour of active duty, as well as cumulative 
early reserve retirement credit authorized to date under 
section 12731(f) of such title.
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56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crowley of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 179, after line 21, insert the following:

SEC. 539. SENSE OF CONGRESS RECOGNIZING THE DIVERSITY OF THE MEMBERS OF 
                    THE ARMED FORCES.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) The United States military includes individuals 
        with a variety of national, ethnic, and cultural 
        backgrounds that have roots all over the world.
          (2) In addition to diverse backgrounds, members of 
        the Armed Forces come from numerous religious 
        traditions, including Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, 
        Sikh, non-denominational, non-practicing, and many 
        more.
          (3) Members of the Armed Forces from diverse 
        backgrounds and religious traditions have lost their 
        lives or been injured defending the national security 
        of the United States.
          (4) Diversity contributes to the strength of the 
        Armed Forces, and service members from different 
        backgrounds and religious traditions share the same 
        goal of defending the United States.
          (5) The unity of the Armed Forces reflects the 
        strength in diversity that makes the United States a 
        great nation.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
United States should--
          (1) continue to recognize and promote diversity in 
        the Armed Forces; and
          (2) honor those from all diverse backgrounds and 
        religious traditions who have made sacrifices in 
        serving the United States through the Armed Services.

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 57. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Takano of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 226, after line 13, insert the following:
                  (C) A comparison of the pilot program to 
                other programs conducted by the Department of 
                Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs to 
                provide unemployment and underemployment 
                support to members of the reserve components 
                and veterans.
  Page 226, line 14, strike ``(C)'' and insert ``(D)''.
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 58. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hurd of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. AVAILABILITY OF CYBER SECURITY AND IT CERTIFICATIONS FOR 
                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL CRITICAL TO NETWORK 
                    DEFENSE.

  (a) In General.--Section 2015 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
          (1) in subsection (a)--
                  (A) by striking ``to obtain'' and inserting 
                ``and when appropriate, other Department of 
                Defense personnel, to obtain''; and
                  (B) by adding ``or industry recognized'' 
                between ``professional'' and ``credentials'''; 
                and
          (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
        following:
  ``(3) The authority under paragraph (1) may be used to pay 
the expenses of a member of the active Air Force, Army, Navy, 
Coast Guard, the reserve components, defense contractors, or 
civilians with access to information systems and identified as 
critical to network defense to obtain professional and industry 
recognized credentials related to information technology and 
cyber security functions.''.
  (b) Construction.-- No additional funds are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the amendments made by this section, 
and such amendments shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise made available for such purposes.
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59. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Israel of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 227, after line 19, insert the following new section:

SEC. 569. REPORT ON CIVILIAN AND MILITARY EDUCATION TO RESPOND TO 
                    FUTURE THREATS.

  (a) In General.--Not later than June 1, 2016, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report describing both civilian and military education 
requirements necessary to meet any threats anticipated in the 
future security environment as described in the quadrennial 
defense review. Such report shall include--
          (1) an assessment of the learning outcomes required 
        of future members of the Armed Forces and senior 
        military leaders to meet such threats;
          (2) an assessment of the shortfalls in current 
        professional military education requirements in meeting 
        such threats;
          (3) an assessment of successful professional military 
        education programs that further the ability of the 
        Department of Defense to meet such threats;
          (4) recommendations of subjects to be covered by 
        civilian elementary and secondary schools in order to 
        better prepare students for potential military service;
          (5) recommendations of subjects to be included in 
        professional military education programs;
          (6) recommendations on whether partnerships between 
        the Department of Defense and private institutions of 
        higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the 
        Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) would 
        help meet such threats; and
          (7) an identification of opportunities for the United 
        States to strengthen its leadership role in the future 
        security environment and a description of how the 
        recommendations made in this report contribute to 
        capitalizing on such opportunities.
  (b) Updated Reports.--Not later than 10 months after date of 
the publication of each subsequent quadrennial defense review, 
the Secretary of Defense shall update the report described 
under subsection (a) and shall submit such report to the 
congressional defense committees.
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60. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Stivers of Ohio or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle H of title V (page 234, after line 
12), add the following new section:

SEC. 5__. POSTHUMOUS COMMISSION AS CAPTAIN IN THE REGULAR ARMY FOR 
                    MILTON HOLLAND.

  (a) Posthumous Commission.--Milton Holland, who, while 
sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored 
Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his 
action on September 29, 1864, during the Battle of Chapin's 
Farm, Virginia, when, as the citation for the medal states, he 
``took command of Company C, after all the officers had been 
killed or wounded, and gallantly led it'', shall be deemed for 
all purposes to have held the grade of captain in the regular 
Army, effective as of that date and continuing until his 
separation from the Army.
  (b) Prohibition of Benefits.--Section 1523 of title 10, 
United States Code, applies in the case of the posthumous 
commission described in subsection (a).
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61. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moore of Wisconsin or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 584. SENSE OF CONGRESS SUPPORTING THE DECISION OF THE ARMY TO 
                    POSTHUMOUSLY PROMOTE MASTER SERGEANT (RETIRED) 
                    NAOMI HORWITZ TO SERGEANT MAJOR.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) Naomi Horwitz was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 
        1916.
          (2) In 1942, Ms. Horwitz marched into the Army 
        recruiters office and asked to join.
          (3) Ms. Horwitz served with the Women's Army 
        Auxiliary Corps, the Women's Army Corps, and the 
        Reserves.
          (4) Ms. Horwitz served from 1942 until 1946 and 
        reenlisted a few years later.
          (5) On October 24, 1965, one of the proudest moments 
        of her military career, Ms. Horwitz's was promoted to 
        the rank of Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army Reserve.
          (6) As women were only eligible to hold the rank of 
        Sergeant Major since 1960, Ms. Horwitz was one of only 
        a handful of women to hold such rank during that time 
        period.
          (7) Despite her promotion, Ms. Horwitz was not 
        allowed to hold the rank of Sergeant Major.
          (8) Ms. Horwitz retired from the military in 1976 at 
        a lower rank.
          (9) After her retirement from the military, Ms. 
        Horwitz was a tireless veteran's advocate serving for 
        decades with AMVETS Post 60, Jewish War Veterans, the 
        American Legion Milwaukee Women's Post 448, the Allied 
        Veterans Council of Milwaukee and the Veterans Day 
        Parade Committee.
          (10) Ms. Horwitz was named Veteran of the Year in 
        Milwaukee County in 2004.
          (11) In October 2014, Ms. Horwitz died at the age of 
        98.
          (12) One of Ms. Horwitz's final wishes was that one 
        of the proudest moment of her Army career be reflected 
        on her gravestone.
          (13) In March 2015, the Secretary of the Army 
        corrected this injustice and approved a request to 
        posthumously promote Sergeant Major Horwitz.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
          (1) joins the Army and our Nation in expressing our 
        gratitude to Sergeant Major Naomi Horwitz for her 26 
        years of honorable military service and continued 
        civilian service; and
          (2) supports the decision of the Army to posthumously 
        promote Master Sergeant (retired) Naomi Horwitz to 
        Sergeant Major.
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     62. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thompson of 
         Pennsylvania or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. PRELIMINARY MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS BECOMING 
                    MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

  (a) In General.--Chapter 31 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 520d. Preliminary mental health screenings

  ``(a) Provision of Mental Health Screening.--Before any 
individual enlists in an armed force or is commissioned as an 
officer in an armed force, the Secretary concerned shall 
provide the individual with a mental health screening.
  ``(b) Use of Screening.--(1) The Secretary shall use the 
results of a mental screening conducted under subsection (a) as 
a baseline for any subsequent mental health examinations of the 
individual, including such examinations provided under sections 
1074f and 1074m of this title.
  ``(2) The Secretary may not consider the results of a mental 
health screening conducted under subsection (a) in determining 
the promotion of a member of the armed forces.
  ``(c) Application of Privacy Laws.--With respect to 
applicable laws and regulations relating to the privacy of 
information, the Secretary shall treat a mental health 
screening conducted under subsection (a) in the same manner as 
the medical records of a member of the armed forces.''.
  (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item 
relating to section 520c the following new item:
``520d. Preliminary mental health screenings.''.

  (c) Reports.--
          (1) Initial report.--
                  (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                the National Institute of Mental Health of the 
                National Institutes of Health shall submit to 
                Congress and the Secretary of Defense a report 
                on preliminary mental health screenings of 
                members of the Armed Forces.
                  (B) Matters included.--The report under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
                          (i) Recommendations with respect to 
                        establishing a preliminary mental 
                        health screening of members of the 
                        Armed Forces to bring mental health 
                        screenings to parity with physical 
                        screenings of members.
                          (ii) Recommendations with respect to 
                        the composition of the mental health 
                        screening, evidenced-based best 
                        practices, and how to track changes in 
                        mental health screenings relating to 
                        traumatic brain injuries, post-
                        traumatic stress disorder, and other 
                        conditions.
                  (C) Coordination.--The National Institute of 
                Mental Health shall carry out subparagraph (A) 
                in coordination with the Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs, the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services, the surgeons general of the military 
                departments, and other relevant experts.
          (2) Reports on efficacy of screenings.--
                  (A) Secretary of defense.--Not later than one 
                year after the date on which the Secretary of 
                Defense begins providing preliminary mental 
                health screenings under section 520d(a) of 
                title 10, United States Code, as added by 
                subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to 
                Congress a report on the efficacy of such 
                preliminary mental health screenings.
                  (B) Comptroller general.--Not later than one 
                year after the submittal of the report under 
                subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General of 
                the United States shall submit to Congress a 
                report on the efficacy of the preliminary 
                mental health screenings described in such 
                subparagraph.
                  (C) Matters included.--The reports required 
                by subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall include the 
                following:
                          (i) An evaluation of the evidence-
                        based best practices used by the 
                        Secretary in composing and conducting 
                        preliminary mental health screenings of 
                        members of the Armed Forces under such 
                        section 520d(a).
                          (ii) An evaluation of the evidence-
                        based best practices used by the 
                        Secretary in tracking changes in mental 
                        health screenings relating to traumatic 
                        brain injuries, post-traumatic stress 
                        disorder, and other conditions among 
                        members of the Armed Forces.
  (d) Implementation of Preliminary Mental Health Screening.--
The Secretary of Defense may not provide a preliminary mental 
health screening under section 520d(a) of title 10, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (a), until the Secretary 
receives and evaluates the initial report required by 
subsection (c)(1).
  (e) Report on Efficacy of Physical Examinations for Certain 
Members of the Armed Forces Upon Separation From Active Duty.--
          (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 the 
        efficacy of the mental health components of the 
        physical examinations provided under paragraph (5) of 
        section 1145(a) of title 10, United States Code, to 
        members of the Armed Forces who are separated from 
        active duty as described in paragraph (2) of such 
        section.
          (2) Evaluation of effectiveness.--The report required 
        by paragraph (1) shall include an evaluation of the 
        effectiveness of the physical examinations described in 
        such subsection in--
                  (A) identifying members of the Armed Forces 
                with traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic 
                stress disorder, and other mental health 
                conditions; and
                  (B) ensuring that health care is provided for 
                such members.
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      63. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of 
        Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 5__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DESIRABILITY OF SERVICE-WIDE ADOPTION OF 
                    GOLD STAR INSTALLATION ACCESS CARD.

  It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of each 
military department and the Secretary of the Department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating should--
          (1) provide for the issuance of a Gold Star 
        Installation Access Card to Gold Star family members 
        who are the survivors of deceased members of the Armed 
        Forces in order to expedite the ability of a Gold Star 
        family member to gain unescorted access to military 
        installations for the purpose of obtaining the on-base 
        services and benefits for which the Gold Star family 
        member is entitled or eligible;
          (2) work jointly to ensure that a Gold Star 
        Installation Access Card issued to a Gold Star family 
        member by one Armed Force is accepted for access to 
        military installations of another Armed Force; and
          (3) in developing, issuing, and accepting the Gold 
        Star Installation Access Card--
                  (A) prevent fraud in the procurement or use 
                of the Gold Star Installation Access Card;
                  (B) limit installation access to those areas 
                that provide the services and benefits for 
                which the Gold Star family member is entitled 
                or eligible; and
                  (C) ensure that the availability and use of 
                the Gold Star Installation Access Card does not 
                adversely affect military installation 
                security.
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 64. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meng of New York or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 247, after line 20, insert the following:

SEC. 596. ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE OF REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE 
                    DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

  Section 7734 of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) in the first sentence, by inserting before the 
        period the following: ``and on the performance of any 
        regional office that fails to meet its administrative 
        goals''';
          (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'';
          (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
        and
          (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
        new paragraph (3):
          ``(3) in the case of any regional office that, for 
        the year covered by the report, did not meet the 
        administrative goal of no claim pending for more than 
        125 days and an accuracy rating of 98 percent--
                  ``(A) a signed statement prepared by the 
                individual serving as director of the regional 
                office as of the date of the submittal of the 
                report containing--
                          ``(i) an explanation for why the 
                        regional office did not meet the goal;
                          ``(ii) a description of the 
                        additional resources needed to enable 
                        the regional office to reach the goal; 
                        and
                          ``(iii) a description of any 
                        additional actions planned for the 
                        subsequent year that are proposed to 
                        enable the regional office to meet the 
                        goal; and
                  ``(B) a statement prepared by the Under 
                Secretary for Benefits explaining how the 
                failure of the regional office to meet the goal 
                affected the performance evaluation of the 
                director of the regional office; and''.
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 65. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 298, line 12, insert ``in the pilot program'' after 
``beneficiaries'''.
  Page 298, beginning line 13, strike ``pursuant to section 
1074g(f) of title 10, United States Code'' and insert ``through 
its Prime Vendor contracting process'''.
  Page 298, line 17, strike ``be comprised of small business 
pharmacies''' and insert ``include small business pharmacies 
(as defined by the Small Business Administration)''.
  Page 298, line 19, insert before the semicolon the following: 
``provided there are sufficient number of small business 
pharmacies willing to participate in the pilot program''.
  Page 299, line 11, insert after ``(a)'' the following: ``and 
shall work with small business pharmacies to participate in the 
pilot program''.
  Page 299, line 25, insert after ``Secretary'' the following: 
``shall give preference to regions with high small business 
pharmacy participation rates and''.
  Page 300, after line 21, insert the following new paragraph 
(and redesignate the subsequent paragraphs):

          (2) retail pharmacies;
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    66. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Adams of North 
           Carolina or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 302, after line 18, insert the following new section:

SEC. 723. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING FOR 
                    MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND FAMILIES.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) It has been shown that some members of the Armed 
        Forces struggle with post-traumatic stress and other 
        behavioral health disorders from traumatic events 
        experienced during combat.
          (2) It has also been shown that emotional distress 
        and trauma from life events can be exacerbated by 
        traumatic events experienced during combat.
          (3) Members of the Armed Forces who struggle with 
        post-traumatic stress and other behavioral health 
        disorders are often unable to provide emotional support 
        to spouses and children, causing emotional distress and 
        the risk of behavioral health disorders among the 
        dependents of the members.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the Department of Defense should continue to 
        support members of the Armed Forces and their families 
        by providing family counseling and individual 
        counseling services that reduce the symptoms of post-
        traumatic stress and other behavioral health disorders 
        and empowers members to be emotionally available to 
        their spouses and children;
          (2) such services should be readily available at 
        branches of the Department and military bases;
          (3) the Department should rely on industry standards 
        established by the medical community when developing 
        standards for their own practice of family and 
        individual counseling; and
          (4) the Department should conduct a five-year study 
        of the progress of members of the Armed Forces that are 
        treated for mental health disorders, including with 
        respect to--
                  (A) difficulty keeping up with treatment;
                  (B) familial status before and after 
                treatment; and
                  (C) access to mental health counseling at 
                Department facilities and military 
                installations.
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67. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Grayson of Florida or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 302, after line 18, insert the following new section:

SEC. 723. PROVISION OF TRANSPORTATION OF DEPENDENT PATIENTS RELATING TO 
                    OBSTETRICAL ANESTHESIA SERVICES.

  Section 1040(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking subparagraph (F).
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 68. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Georgia or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 314, line 1 (in section 804), after ``any requirement 
under'' insert ``subsection (a)(3) or''.
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 69. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cole of Oklahoma or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 359, line 8, strike ``regulations and practices''' and 
insert ``regulations, practices, and sustainment 
requirements'''.
  Page 359, line 14, insert before the period the following: 
``and each Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence 
(described in section 2474 of title 10, United States Code)''.
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70. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foxx of North Carolina 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 359, line 8, insert ``(1)'' before ``Department''.
  Page 359, line 10, insert before the period the following: 
``; and (2) Department of Defense practices related to the 
procurement, management, and use of intellectual property 
rights to facilitate competition in sustainment of weapon 
systems throughout their life-cycle''.
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 71. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bost of Illinois or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title VIII, add the following new 
section:

SEC. 8__. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS IN THE 
                    SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; PETITIONS FOR 
                    RECONSIDERATION OF SIZE STANDARDS.

  (a) Establishment of an Office of Hearings and Appeals in the 
Small Business Administration.--
          (1) In general.--Section 5 of the Small Business Act 
        (15 U.S.C. 634) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
  ``(i) Office of Hearings and Appeals.--
          ``(1) Establishment.--
                  ``(A) Office.--There is established in the 
                Administration an Office of Hearings and 
                Appeals--
                          ``(i) to impartially decide matters 
                        relating to program decisions of the 
                        Administrator--
                                  ``(I) for which Congress 
                                requires a hearing on the 
                                record; or
                                  ``(II) that the Administrator 
                                designates for hearing by 
                                regulation; and
                          ``(ii) which shall contain the office 
                        of the Administration that handles 
                        requests submitted pursuant to sections 
                        552 of title 5, United States Code 
                        (commonly referred to as the `Freedom 
                        of Information Act') and maintains 
                        records pursuant to section 552a of 
                        title 5, United States Code (commonly 
                        referred to as the `Privacy Act of 
                        1974').
                  ``(B) Jurisdiction.--The Office of Hearings 
                and Appeals shall only hear appeals of matters 
                as described in this Act, the Small Business 
                Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), 
                and title 13 of the Code of Federal 
                Regulations.
                  ``(C) Associate administrator.--The head of 
                the Office of Hearings and Appeals shall be the 
                Chief Hearing Officer appointed under section 
                4(b)(1), who shall be responsible to the 
                Administrator.
          ``(2) Chief hearing officer duties.--
                  ``(A) In general.--The Chief Hearing Officer 
                shall--
                          ``(i) be a career appointee in the 
                        Senior Executive Service and an 
                        attorney licensed by a State, 
                        commonwealth, territory or possession 
                        of the United States, or the District 
                        of Columbia; and
                          ``(ii) be responsible for the 
                        operation and management of the Office 
                        of Hearings and Appeals.
                  ``(B) Alternative dispute resolution.--The 
                Chief Hearing Officer may assign a matter for 
                mediation or other means of alternative dispute 
                resolution.
          ``(3) Hearing officers.--
                  ``(A) In general.--The Office of Hearings and 
                Appeals shall appoint Hearing Officers to carry 
                out the duties described in paragraph 
                (1)(A)(i).
                  ``(B) Conditions of employment.--A Hearing 
                Officer appointed under this paragraph--
                          ``(i) shall serve in the excepted 
                        service as an employee of the 
                        Administration under section 2103 of 
                        title 5, United States Code, and under 
                        the supervision of the Chief Hearing 
                        Officer;
                          ``(ii) shall be classified at a 
                        position to which section 5376 of title 
                        5, United States Code, applies; and
                          ``(iii) shall be compensated at a 
                        rate not exceeding the maximum rate 
                        payable under such section.
                  ``(C) Authority; powers.--Notwithstanding 
                section 556(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
                a Hearing Officer--
                          ``(i) shall have the authority to 
                        hear claims arising under section 554 
                        of such title;
                          ``(ii) shall have the powers 
                        described in section 556(c) of such 
                        title; and
                          ``(iii) shall conduct hearings and 
                        issue decisions in the manner described 
                        under sections 555, 556, and 557 of 
                        such title, as applicable.
                  ``(D) Treatment of current personnel.--An 
                individual serving as a Judge in the Office of 
                Hearings and Appeals (as that position and 
                office are designated in section 134.101 of 
                title 13, Code of Federal Regulations) on the 
                effective date of this subsection shall be 
                considered as qualified to be, and redesignated 
                as, a Hearing Officer.
          ``(4) Hearing officer defined.--In this subsection, 
        the term `Hearing Officer' means an individual 
        appointed or redesignated under this subsection who is 
        an attorney licensed by a State, commonwealth, 
        territory or possession of the United States, or the 
        District of Columbia.''.
          (2) Associate administrator as chief hearing 
        officer.--Section 4(b)(1) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 
        633(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
        ``One such Associate Administrator shall be the Chief 
        Hearing Officer, who shall administer the Office of 
        Hearings and Appeals established under section 5(i).''.
          (3) Repeal of regulation.--Section 134.102(t) of 
        title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 
        January 1, 2015, (relating to types of hearings within 
        the jurisdiction of the Office of Hearings and Appeals) 
        shall have no force or effect.
  (b) Petitions for Reconsideration of Size Standards for Small 
Business Concerns.--Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
          ``(9) Petitions for reconsideration of size 
        standards.--
                  ``(A) In general.--A person may file a 
                petition for reconsideration with the Office of 
                Hearings and Appeals (as established under 
                section 5(i)) of a size standard revised, 
                modified, or established by the Administrator 
                pursuant to this subsection.
                  ``(B) Time limit.--A person filing a petition 
                for reconsideration described in subparagraph 
                (A) shall file such petition not later than 30 
                days after the publication in the Federal 
                Register of the notice of final rule to revise, 
                modify, or establish size standards described 
                in paragraph (6).
                  ``(C) Process for agency review.--The Office 
                of Hearings and Appeals shall use the same 
                process it uses to decide challenges to the 
                size of a small business concern to decide a 
                petition for review pursuant to this paragraph.
                  ``(D) Judicial review.--The publication of a 
                final rule in the Federal Register described in 
                subparagraph (B) shall be considered final 
                agency action for purposes of seeking judicial 
                review. Filing a petition for reconsideration 
                under subparagraph (A) shall not be a condition 
                precedent to judicial review of any such size 
                standard.''.
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 72. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hanna of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title VIII, add the following new 
section:

SEC. 8__. LIMITATIONS ON REVERSE AUCTIONS.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that, 
when used appropriately, reverse auctions may improve the 
Federal Government's procurement of commercially available 
commodities by increasing competition, reducing prices, and 
improving opportunities for small businesses.
  (b) Limitations on Reverse Auctions.--The Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended--
          (1) by redesignating section 47 (15 U.S.C. 631 note) 
        as section 48; and
          (2) by inserting after section 46 the following new 
        section:

``SEC. 47. LIMITATIONS ON REVERSE AUCTIONS.

  ``(a) Prohibition on Using Reverse Auctions for Covered 
Contracts.--In the case of a covered contract described in 
subsection (c), a reverse auction may not be used if the award 
of the contract is to be made under--
          ``(1) section 8(a);
          ``(2) section 8(m);
          ``(3) section 15(a);
          ``(4) section 15(j);
          ``(5) section 31; or
          ``(6) section 36.
  ``(b) Limitations on Using Reverse Auctions.--In the case of 
the award of a contract made under paragraphs (1) through (6) 
of subsection (a) that is not a covered contract, a reverse 
auction may be used for the award of such a contract, but only 
if the following requirements are met:
          ``(1) Decisions regarding use of a reverse auction.--
        Subject to paragraph (2), the following decisions with 
        respect to such a contract shall be made only by a 
        contracting officer:
                  ``(A) A decision to use a reverse auction as 
                part of the competition for award of such a 
                contract.
                  ``(B) Any decision made after the decision 
                described in subsection (A) regarding the 
                appropriate evaluation criteria, the inclusion 
                of vendors, the acceptability of vendor 
                submissions (including decisions regarding 
                timeliness), and the selection of the winner.
          ``(2) Training required.--Only a contracting officer 
        who has received training on the appropriate use and 
        supervision of reverse auctions may use or supervise a 
        reverse auction for the award of such a contract. The 
        training shall be provided by, or similar to the 
        training provided by, the Defense Acquisition 
        University as described in section 824 of the Carl 
        Levin and Howard P. `Buck' McKeon National Defense 
        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113 
        291).
          ``(3) Number of offers; revisions to bids.--A Federal 
        agency may not award such a contract using a reverse 
        auction if only one offer is received or if offerors do 
        not have the ability to submit revised bids with lower 
        prices throughout the course of the auction.
          ``(4) Technically acceptable offers.--A Federal 
        agency awarding such a contract using a reverse auction 
        shall evaluate the technical acceptability of offers 
        only as technically acceptable or unacceptable.
          ``(5) Use of price rankings.--A Federal agency may 
        not award such a contract using a reverse auction if at 
        any time during the award process the Federal agency 
        misinforms an offeror about the price ranking of the 
        offeror's last offer submitted in relation to offers 
        submitted by other offerors.
          ``(6) Use of third-party agents.--If a Federal agency 
        uses a third party agent to assist with the award of 
        such a contract using a reverse auction, the Federal 
        agency shall ensure that--
                  ``(A) inherently governmental functions (as 
                such term is used in section 2303 of title 41, 
                United States Code) are not performed by 
                private contractors, including by the third 
                party agent;
                  ``(B) information on the past contract 
                performance of offerors created by the third 
                party agent and shared with the Federal agency 
                is collected, maintained, and shared in 
                compliance with section 1126 of title 41, 
                United States Code;
                  ``(C) information on whether an offeror is a 
                responsible source (as defined in section 113 
                of title 41, United States Code) that is 
                created by the third party agent and shared 
                with the Federal agency is shared with the 
                offeror and complies with section 8(b)(7) of 
                this Act; and
                  ``(D) disputes between the third party agent 
                and an offeror may not be used to justify a 
                determination that an offeror is not a 
                responsible source (as defined in section 113 
                of title 41, United States Code) or to 
                otherwise restrict the ability of an offeror to 
                compete for the award of such a contract or 
                task or delivery order.
  ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
          ``(1) Contracting officer.--The term `contracting 
        officer' has the meaning given that term in section 
        2101(1) of title 41, United States Code.
          ``(2) Covered contract.--The term `covered contract' 
        means a contract--
                  ``(A) for design and construction services;
                  ``(B) for goods purchased to protect Federal 
                employees, members of the Armed Forces, or 
                civilians from bodily harm; or
                  ``(C) for goods or services other than those 
                goods or services described in subparagraph (A) 
                or (B)--
                          ``(i) to be awarded based on factors 
                        other than price and technical 
                        responsibility; or
                          ``(ii) if awarding the contract 
                        requires the contracting officer to 
                        conduct discussions with the offerors 
                        about their offer.
          ``(3) Design and construction services.--The term 
        `design and construction services'' means--
                  ``(A) site planning and landscape design;
                  ``(B) architectural and interior design;
                  ``(C) engineering system design;
                  ``(D) performance of construction work for 
                facility, infrastructure, and environmental 
                restoration projects;
                  ``(E) delivery and supply of construction 
                materials to construction sites;
                  ``(F) construction, alteration, or repair, 
                including painting and decorating, of public 
                buildings and public works; and
                  ``(G) architectural and engineering services 
                as defined in section 1102 of title 40, United 
                States Code.
          ``(4) Reverse auction.--The term `reverse auction', 
        with respect to procurement by an agency, means an 
        auction between a group of offerors who compete against 
        each other by submitting offers for a contract or task 
        or delivery order with the ability to submit revised 
        offers with lower prices throughout the course of the 
        auction.''.
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73. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Russell of Oklahoma or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 376, after line 4, insert the following:

SEC. 844. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROCUREMENT OF FIRE HOSES.

  (a) Findings.--
          (1) The General Services Administration has 
        historically procured specialized fire hoses designed 
        for combating wildfires used by the Forest Service.
          (2) A memorandum of agreement was signed on February 
        5, 2014, by the Administrator of General Services and 
        the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency 
        designating the Defense Logistics Agency as the 
        integrated material manager and source of supply for 
        such fire hoses.
          (3) While the intent of this agreement was to secure 
        efficiencies in procurement and cost savings for the 
        Government, the transfer of procurement authority to 
        the Department of Defense had the unintentional effect 
        of requiring all suppliers of such fire hoses to comply 
        with the domestic sourcing requirements of section 
        2533a of title 10, United States Code, also known as 
        the Berry Amendment.
          (4) There is currently only one known provider of 
        such fire hoses and that provider is not fully 
        compliant with the domestic sourcing requirements of 
        the Berry Amendment.
          (5) As a result of the designation of the Defense 
        Logistic Agency as the integrated material manager for 
        the procurement of such fire hoses and the new 
        requirement for compliance with the Berry Amendment, 
        the Forest Service does not anticipate the ability to 
        procure the necessary number of fire hoses before the 
        fire season begins in early June and is currently 
        facing a shortfall of 56,000 hoses out of the 93,000 
        required. According to the Chief of the Forest Service, 
        this shortfall represents a critical risk to a number 
        of States that are likely to experience a season of 
        above average wildfire activity.
          (6) During the period of May 1, 2014, through May 5, 
        2015, less than 9 percent of quantities of such hoses 
        purchased by the Defense Logistics Agency were procured 
        for the purposes of the Department of Defense.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--Based on the findings in subsection 
(a), it is the sense of Congress that procurement authority for 
specialized fire hoses for the United States Forest Service 
should be reestablished as an activity of the General Services 
Administration.
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     74. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McGovern of 
        Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 379, after line 20, insert the following
  (e) Limitation.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a covered 
item as defined in subparagraphs of (B), (C), (D), or (E) of 
section 2533a(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
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 75. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 384, line 8, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon.
  Page 384, line 13, strike the period and insert a semicolon.
  Page 384, after line 13, insert the following new 
subparagraphs:
                  ``(C) to evaluate commercial off-the-shelf 
                business systems for security, resilience, 
                reliability, interoperability, and integration 
                with existing interrelated systems where such 
                system integration and interoperability are 
                essential to Department of Defense operations;
                  ``(D) to work with commercial off-the-shelf 
                business system developers and owners in 
                adapting systems for Department of Defense use;
                  ``(E) to work with commercial off-the-shelf 
                business system developers and owners where 
                necessary to evaluate the feasibility of making 
                the necessary changes where needed to adapt 
                systems for Department of Defense use;
                  ``(F) to perform Department of Defense system 
                audits to determine which systems are related 
                to or rely upon the system to be replaced or 
                integrated with commercial off-the-shelf 
                business systems;
                  ``(G) to include data mapping as a step in 
                the testing of commercial off-the-shelf 
                business systems prior to deployment; and
                  ``(H) to perform full backup of systems that 
                will be changed or replaced by the installation 
                of commercial off-the-shelf business systems 
                prior to installation and deployment to ensure 
                reconstitution of the system to a functioning 
                state should it become necessary.
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 76. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scalise of Louisiana 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 400, after line 23, insert the following new section:

SEC. 865. EXCEPTION FOR ABILITYONE PRODUCTS FROM AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE 
                    PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PRODUCED IN AFGHANISTAN, 
                    CENTRAL ASIAN STATES, AND DJIBOUTI.

  (a) Exception for Certain Items Not Produced in 
Afghanistan.--Section 886 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and except as 
        provided in subsection (d),'' after ``subsection 
        (b),''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
  ``(d) Exception for Items on the AbilityOne Procurement 
List.--The requirements of this section shall not apply to any 
product that is included in the procurement list described in 
section 8503(a) of title 41.''.
  (b) Exception for Certain Items Not Produced in Central Asian 
States.--Section 801 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2400) is 
amended--
          (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and except as 
        provided in subsection (h),'' after ``subsection 
        (b),''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
  ``(h) Exception for Items on the AbilityOne Procurement 
List.--The requirements of this section shall not apply to any 
product that is included in the procurement list described in 
section 8503(a) of title 41.''.
  (c) Exception for Certain Items Not Produced in Djibouti.--
Section 1263 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public 
Law 113-291) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (b), by inserting ``and except as 
        provided in subsection (g),'' after ``subsection 
        (c),''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:
  ``(g) Exception for Items on the AbilityOne Procurement 
List.--The requirements of this section shall not apply to any 
product that is included in the procurement list described in 
section 8503(a) of title 41.''.
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   77. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walker of North 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title VIII (page 400, after line 23), add the 
following new section:

SEC. 865. STANDARDS FOR OROCUREMENT OF SECURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
                    AND CYBER SECURITY SYSTEMS.

  (a) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
conduct an assessment of the application of the Open Trusted 
Technology Provider Standard to Department of Defense 
procurements for information technology and cyber security 
acquisitions and provide a briefing to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
  (b) Elements.--The assessment and briefing required by 
subsection (a) shall include the following:
          (1) Assessment of the current Open Trusted Technology 
        Provider Standard to determine what aspects might be 
        adopted by the Department of Defense and where 
        additional development of the standard may be required.
          (2) Identification of the types or classes of 
        programs where the standard might be applied most 
        effectively, as well as identification of types or 
        classes of programs that should specifically be 
        excluded from consideration.
          (3) Assessment of the impact on current acquisition 
        regulations or policies of the adoption of the 
        standard.
          (4) Recommendations the Secretary may have related to 
        the adoption of the standard or improvement in the 
        standard to support Department acquisitions.
          (5) Any other matters the Secretary may deem 
        appropriate.
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78. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title VIII, insert the following new section:

SEC. 8__. MODIFICATIONS TO THE JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR 
                    CERTAIN SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
                    CONCERNS.

  (a) Repeal of Simplified Justification and Approval 
Process.--Section 811 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84; 123 Stat. 2405; 41 
U.S.C. 3304 note) is repealed.
  (b) Requirements for Justification and Approval Process.--
          (1) Defense procurements.--Section 2304(f)(2)(D)(ii) 
        of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
        inserting ``if such procurement is for property or 
        services in an amount less than $20,000,000'' before 
        the semicolon at the end.
          (2) Civilian procurements.--Section 3304(e)(4) of 
        title 41, United States Code, is amended--
                  (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' 
                at the end;
                  (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or 
                section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 
                U.S.C. 637(a)).'' and inserting ``; or''; and
                  (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                  ``(E) the procurement is for property or 
                services in an amount less than $20,000,000 and 
                is conducted under section 8(a) of the Small 
                Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)).''.
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 79. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title VIII (page 400, after line 23), add the 
following new section:

SEC. 865. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council shall 
prescribe a regulation making clear that agency acquisition 
personnel are permitted and encouraged to engage in responsible 
and constructive exchanges with industry, so long as those 
exchanges are consistent with existing law and regulation and 
do not promote an unfair competitive advantage to particular 
firms.
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 80. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title VIII (page 400, after line 23), add the 
following new section:

SEC. 865. STRENGTHENING PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE.

  (a) Plan on Strengthening Program and Project Management 
Performance.--Not later than 180 days following the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, shall submit to the relevant 
congressional committees a plan for improving management of IT 
programs and projects.
  (b) Matters Covered.--The plan required by subsection (a) 
shall include, at a minimum, the following:
          (1) Creation of a specialized career path for program 
        management.
          (2) The development of a competency model for program 
        management consistent with the IT project manager 
        model.
          (3) A career advancement model that requires 
        appropriate expertise and experience for advancement.
          (4) A career advancement model that is more 
        competitive with the private sector and that recognizes 
        both Government and private sector experience.
  (c) Combination With Other Cadres Plan.--The Director may 
combine the plan required by subsection (a) with the 
acquisition human capital plans that were developed pursuant to 
the October 27, 2009, guidance issued by the Administrator for 
Federal Procurement Policy in furtherance of section 1704(g) of 
title 41, United States Code (originally enacted as section 869 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4553)), to 
address how the agencies are meeting their human capital 
requirements to support the timely and effective acquisition of 
information technology.
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81. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Farr of California or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 400, after line 23, insert the following:

SEC. 8___. SYCHRONIZATION OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION CURRICULA.

  Section 1746(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
          (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``(1) The''; 
        and
          (2) by adding at the end the following:
          ``(2) The President of such University shall also 
        convene a review board annually with faculty 
        representatives from relevant professional schools and 
        degree-granting institutions of the Department of 
        Defense and military departments, such as the service 
        academies, the Naval Postgraduate School, and other 
        similar schools and institutions, in order to review 
        and synchronize defense acquisition curricula across 
        the entire Department of Defense.''.
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82. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Farr of California or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 400, after line 23, insert the following:

SEC. 8__ RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF DEFENSE ACQUISITION POLICY.

  Section 1746(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
          ``(2) research and analysis of defense acquisition 
        policy issues from academic institutions, such as the 
        Naval Postgraduate School and other Department of 
        Defense schools, that offer in-depth analysis of the 
        entire defense acquisition decision support system from 
        both a business and public policy perspective and from 
        an operational and information sciences perspective.''.
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 83. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burgess of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 426, after line 6, insert the following new section:

SEC. 1004. REPORT ON AUDITABLE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

  Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report ranking all military 
departments and Defense Agencies in order of how advanced they 
are in achieving auditable financial statements as required by 
law. The report should not include information otherwise 
available in other reports to Congress.
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84. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Palazzo of Mississippi 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike section 1053 and insert the following new section:

SEC. 1053. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF CERTAIN AH-64 APACHE HELICOPTERS 
                    FROM ARMY NATIONAL GUARD TO REGULAR ARMY AND 
                    RELATED PERSONNEL LEVELS.

  Section 1712 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291) is amended--
          (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``March 31, 2016'' 
        and inserting ``June 30, 2016''; and
          (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``March 31, 2016'' 
        and inserting ``June 30, 2016'' both places it appears.
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   85. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ellmers of North 
           Carolina or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 474, after line 17, insert the following:

SEC. 1060. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO DEACTIVATE 440TH AIRLIFT WING.

  None of the funds authorized to be appropriated in this Act 
or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense may 
be used to deactivate the 440th airlift wing, or to move the 
personnel or aircraft of the 440th airlift wing, or to 
otherwise degrade the capabilities of the 440th airlift wing 
until the Secretary of Defense certifies that the deactivation 
of the 440th airlift wing will not affect the military 
readiness for the airborne and special operations units 
stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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 86. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Katko of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 485, after line 2, add the following new section:

SEC. 10__. REPORT ON OPTIONS TO ACCELERATE THE TRAINING OF REMOTELY 
                    PILOTED AIRCRAFT PILOTS.

  Not later than February 1, 2016, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
report addressing the immediate and critical training and 
operational needs of the remotely piloted aircraft community. 
The report shall include the following:
          (1) An assessment of the viability of using non-
        rated, civilian, contractor, or enlisted pilots to 
        execute remotely piloted aircraft missions.
          (2) An assessment of the availability and existing 
        utilization of special use airspace available for 
        remotely piloted aircraft training and a plan for 
        accessing additional special use airspace in order to 
        meet anticipated training requirements for remotely 
        piloted aircraft.
          (3) A comprehensive training plan aimed at increasing 
        the throughput of undergraduate remotely piloted 
        aircraft training without sacrificing quality and 
        standards.
          (4) Establishment of an optimum ratio for the mix of 
        training airframes to operational airframes in the 
        remotely piloted aircraft inventory necessary to 
        achieve manning requirements for pilots and sensor 
        operators and, to the extent practicable, a plan for 
        fielding additional remotely piloted aircraft airframes 
        at the formal training units in the active, National 
        Guard, and reserve components in accordance with 
        optimum ratios for MQ-9 and Global Hawk remotely 
        piloted aircraft.
          (5) Establishment of optimum and minimum crew ratios 
        to combat air patrols taking into account all tasks 
        remotely piloted aircraft units execute and, to the 
        extent practicable, a plan for conducting missions in 
        accordance with optimum ratios.
          (6) Identification of any resource, legislative, or 
        departmental policy challenges impeding the corrective 
        action needed to reach a sustainable remotely piloted 
        aircraft operations tempo.
          (7) An assessment, to the extent practicable, of the 
        direct and indirect impacts that the integration of 
        remotely piloted aircraft into the national airspace 
        system has on the ability to generate remotely piloted 
        aircraft crews.
          (8) Any other matters the Secretary determines 
        appropriate.
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87. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Thornberry of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title X (page 485, after line 2), 
add the following new section:

SEC. 1067. EXPEDITED MEETINGS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE 
                    OF THE ARMY.

  Section 1702(f) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113 291; 128 Stat. 3665) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
``Section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App. I) shall not apply to a meeting of the Commission unless 
the meeting is attended by five or more members of the 
Commission.''.
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88. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heck of Washington or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title V (page 247, after line 20), add the 
following new section:

SEC. 5__. REPORT REGARDING NEW RULEMAKING UNDER THE MILITARY LENDING 
                    ACT AND DEFENSE MANPOWER DATA CENTER REPORTS AND 
                    MEETINGS.

  (a) Report on New Military Lending Act Rulemaking.--After the 
issuance by the Secretary of Defense of the regulation issued 
with regard to section 987 of title 10, United States Code 
(commonly known as the Military Lending Act), and part of 232 
of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations (its implementing 
regulation), but before the relevant compliance date for any 
provisions of such regulation that relate to the identification 
of a covered borrower under the Military Lending Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that discusses--
          (1) the ability and reliability of the Defense 
        Manpower Data Center in meeting real-time requests for 
        accurate information needed to make a determination 
        regarding whether a borrower is covered by the Military 
        Lending Act; or
          (2) an alternate mechanism or mechanisms for 
        identifying such covered borrowers.
  (b) Defense Manpower Data Center Reports and Meetings.--
          (1) Reports on accuracy, reliability, and integrity 
        of systems.--The Director of the Defense Manpower Data 
        Center shall submit to Congress reports on the 
        accuracy, reliability, and integrity of the Defense 
        Manpower Data Center systems used to identify covered 
        borrowers and covered policyholders under military 
        consumer protection laws. The first report is due six 
        months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
        the Director shall submit additional reports every six 
        months thereafter as necessary to show improvements in 
        the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of such 
        systems.
          (2) Report on plan to strengthen capabilities.--Not 
        later than six months after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, the Director of the Defense Manpower Data 
        Center shall submit to Congress a report on plans to 
        strengthen the capabilities of the Defense Manpower 
        Data Center systems, including staffing levels and 
        funding, in order to improve the identification of 
        covered borrowers and covered policyholders under 
        military consumer protection laws.
          (3) Meetings with private sector users of systems.--
        The Director of the Defense Manpower Data Center shall 
        meet regularly with private sector users of Defense 
        Manpower Data Center systems used to identify covered 
        borrowers and covered policyholders under military 
        consumer protection laws to learn about issues facing 
        such users and to develop ways of addressing such 
        issues. The first meeting pursuant to this requirement 
        shall take place with three months after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
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 89. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crawford of Arkansas 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 528, after line 2, insert the following:

SEC. 1092. SITUATIONS INVOLVING BOMBINGS OF PLACES OF PUBLIC USE, 
                    GOVERNMENT FACILITIES, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
                    SYSTEMS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES.

  (a) In General.--Chapter 18 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``Sec. 383. Situations involving bombings of places of public use, 
                    Government facilities, public transportation 
                    systems, and infrastructure facilities

  ``(a) In General.--The direct participation of members of the 
Armed Forces assigned to explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) 
units providing support to civilian law enforcement agencies 
does not involve search, seizure, arrest or other similar 
activity. Upon the request of the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of Defense may provide such assistance in Department 
of Justice activities related to the enforcement of section 
2332f of title 18 during situations involving bombings of 
places of public use, Government facilities, public 
transportation systems, and infrastructure facilities.
  ``(b) Mutual Aid Agreement.--The Secretary of Defense, 
through mutual aid agreement with the Attorney General shall, 
in the interest of public safety, waive reimbursement on 
military EOD support of Department of Justice activities 
related to the enforcement of section 2332f of title 18 for 
situations involving bombings of places of public use, 
Government facilities, public transportation systems, and 
infrastructure facilities.
  ``(c) Rendering-safe Support.--Military EOD units providing 
rendering-safe support to Department of Justice activities 
relating to the enforcement of section 175, 229, or 2332a of 
title 18 emergency situations involving weapons of mass 
destruction shall be consistent with the provisions of section 
382 of this title.
  ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
          ``(1) The term `explosive ordnance'--
                  ``(A) means--
                          ``(i) bombs and warheads;
                          ``(ii) guided and ballistic missiles;
                          ``(iii) artillery, mortar, rocket, 
                        and small arms ammunition;
                          ``(iv) all mines, torpedoes, and 
                        depth charges;
                          ``(v) grenades demolition charges;
                          ``(vi) pyrotechnics;
                          ``(vii) clusters and dispensers;
                          ``(viii) cartridge- and propellant 
                        actuated devices;
                          ``(ix) electroexplosives devices;
                          ``(x) clandestine and improvised 
                        explosive devices (IEDs); and
                          ``(xi) all similar or related items 
                        or components explosive in nature; and
                  ``(B) includes all munitions containing 
                explosives, propellants, nuclear fission or 
                fusion materials, and biological and chemical 
                agents.
          ``(2) The term `explosive ordnance disposal 
        procedures'' means those particular courses or modes of 
        action for access to, recovery, rendering safe, and 
        final disposal of explosive ordnance or any hazardous 
        material associated with an EOD incident, including--
                  ``(A) access procedures;
                  ``(B) recovery procedures;
                  ``(C) render-safe procedures; and
                  ``(D) final disposal procedures.''.
  (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``383. Situations involving bombings of places of public use, Government 
          facilities, public transportation systems, and infrastructure 
          facilities.''.
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 90. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hill of Arkansas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 528, after line 2, insert the following:

SEC. 1092. BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS OF DECISION TO MAINTAIN C130J 
                    AIRCRAFT AT KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISSISSIPPI.

  Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall conduct a 
business case analysis of the decision to maintain 10 C-130J 
aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Such analysis 
shall include consideration of--
          (1) any efficiencies or cost savings that would be 
        achieved by transferring such aircraft to Little Rock 
        Air Force Base, Arkansas;
          (2) any effects of such decision on the operation of 
        the air mobility command; and
          (3) the short-term and long-term costs of maintaining 
        such aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base.
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91. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meehan of Pennsylvania 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 528, after line 2, insert the following:

SEC. 1092. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CYBER RESILIENCY OF NATIONAL 
                    GUARD NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) National Guard personnel need to have situational 
        awareness and reliable communications in the event of 
        an emergency, terrorist attack, or natural or man-made 
        disaster;
          (2) in the event of such an emergency, attack, or 
        disaster, the ability of the National Guard personnel 
        to communicate and coordinate response is vital;
          (3) current communications and networking systems for 
        the National Guard, including commercial wireless 
        solutions, such as mobile wireless kinetic mesh and 
        other systems that are interoperable with the systems 
        of civilian first responders, should provide the 
        necessary robustness, interoperability, reliability, 
        and resilience to extend needed situational awareness 
        and communications to all users and under all operating 
        conditions, including in degraded communications 
        environments where infrastructure is damaged, 
        destroyed, or under cyber attack or disruption; and
          (4) the National Guard should be constantly seeking 
        ways to improve and expand its communications and 
        networking capabilities to provide for enhanced 
        performance and resilience in the face of cyber attacks 
        or disruptions, as well as other instances of 
        degradation.
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 92. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeFazio of Oregon or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 528, after line 2, insert the following:

SEC. 1092. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

  It is the sense of Congress that a technical correction to 
the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113 291; 128 
Stat. 3881) should be enacted in order to expeditiously carry 
out the intent of such section 3095.
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93. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lynch of Massachusetts 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In division A, at the end of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 1092. OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS DAY.

  (a) Two Minutes of Silence.--Chapter 1 of title 36, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``Sec. 145. Veterans Day

  ``The President shall issue each year a proclamation calling 
on the people of the United States to observe two minutes of 
silence on Veterans Day in honor of the service and sacrifice 
of veterans throughout the history of the Nation, beginning 
at--
          ``(1) 3:11 pm Atlantic standard time;
          ``(2) 2:11 pm eastern standard time;
          ``(3) 1:11 pm central standard time;
          ``(4) 12:11 pm mountain standard time;
          ``(5) 11:11 am Pacific standard time;
          ``(6) 10:11 am Alaska standard time; and
          ``(7) 9:11 am Hawaii-Aleutian standard time.''.
  (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 1 
of title 36, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:
``145. Veterans Day.''.
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 94. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 548, line 22, after ``through 2018'' insert ``while also 
maintaining a focus on the protection of human rights'''.
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 95. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle A of title XII (page 544, after line 
16), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, 
                    DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                    OF DEFENSE.

  (a) In General.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by this Act to carry out sections 401, 402, 404, 407, 2557, and 
2561 of title 10, United States Code, up to 5 percent of such 
amounts may be made available to conduct monitoring and 
evaluation of programs conducted pursuant to such authorities 
during fiscal year 2016.
  (b) Briefing.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a 
briefing to the appropriate congressional committees on 
mechanisms to evaluate the programs conducted pursuant to the 
authorities listed in subsection (a). The briefing shall 
include the following:
          (1) A description of how the Department of Defense 
        evaluates program and project outcomes and impact, 
        including cost effectiveness and extent to which 
        programs meet designated goals.
          (2) An analysis of steps taken to implement the 
        recommendations from the following reports:
                  (A) The Government Accountability Office's 
                Report entitled ``Project Evaluations and 
                Better Information Sharing Needed to Manage the 
                Military's Efforts''.
                  (B) The Department of Defense Inspector 
                General Report numbered ``DODIG 2012 119''.
                  (C) The RAND Corporation's Report prepared 
                for the Office of the Secretary of Defense 
                entitled ``Developing a Prototype Handbook for 
                Monitoring and Evaluating Department of Defense 
                Humanitarian Assistance Projects'''.
  (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees''' means the following:
          (1) The congressional defense committees.
          (2) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
        of the Senate.
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96. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walberg of Michigan or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XII (page 550, after line 
26), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. REPORT ON ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 
                    AFGHANISTAN TO AUDIT THE USE OF FUNDS FOR 
                    ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN.

  Not later than December 31, 2016, the Special Inspector 
General for Afghanistan Reconstruction shall submit to Congress 
a report on the extent to which the Office of the Special 
Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction has adequate 
access to financial records of the Government of Afghanistan to 
audit the use of funds authorized to be appropriated by this 
Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 for 
assistance for Afghanistan.
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  97. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cicilline of Rhode 
            Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle B of title XII (page 550, after line 
26), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. REPORT ON EFFORTS TO ENGAGE UNITED STATES MANUFACTURERS IN 
                    PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO EQUIPPING THE 
                    AFGHAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES.

  Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 
shall submit to Congress a report on efforts of the Secretaries 
to engage United States manufacturers in procurement 
opportunities related to equipping the Afghan National Security 
Forces.
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 98. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sinema of Arizona or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 557, after line 3, insert the following (and redesignate 
the subsequent provisions accordingly):
          (6) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with 
        Secretary of State, shall continue to pursue efforts to 
        shut down ISIL's illicit oil revenues;
  Page 559, after line 6, insert the following (and redesignate 
the subsequent provisions accordingly):
                  (F) A detailed description of the resources 
                required by the Secretary of Defense to counter 
                ISIL's illicit oil revenues
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 99. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Poe of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 559, after line 11, add the following:
                  (H) An assessment of United States' efforts 
                to disrupt and prevent foreign fighters 
                traveling to Syria and Iraq and disrupt and 
                prevent foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq 
                traveling to the United States.
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100. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blumenauer of Oregon 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In the section heading for section 1216, strike ``SENSE OF 
CONGRESS REGARDING'' (and conform the table of contents 
accordingly).
  In section 1216, strike ``It is the sense of Congress'' and 
insert the following:
  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress
  At the end of section 1216, add the following:
  (b) Special Immigrant Status for Certain Afghans.--Section 
602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (8 U.S.C. 
1101 note) is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(II), by striking 
        ``International Security Assistance Force'' each place 
        such term appears and inserting ``International 
        Security Assistance Force, the Resolute Support 
        Mission, or any successor organization'';
          (2) in paragraph (3)(F)(i), by striking ``September 
        30, 2015;'' and inserting ``December 31, 2015;''; and
          (3) by adding at the end the following:
          ``(15) Additional report.--Not later than 60 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, and 
        every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Defense and 
        the Secretary of State jointly shall submit a report to 
        the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on the 
        Judiciary of the Senate containing the following:
                  ``(A) The number of citizens or nationals of 
                Afghanistan employed in Afghanistan by, or on 
                behalf of, entities or organizations described 
                in paragraph (2)(A)(ii).
                  ``(B) A prediction of the number of such 
                individuals who will be so employed on the date 
                that is 2 years after the date used for the 
                count under subparagraph (A).''.
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 101. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following (and 
conform the table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 1234. LIMITATION ON MILITARY-TO-MILITARY EXCHANGES AND CONTACTS 
                    WITH IRAN.

  (a) Limitation.--The Secretary of Defense may not authorize 
any military-to-military exchange or contact described in 
subsection (b) to be conducted by the Armed Forces or 
Department of Defense civilians with representatives of the 
military or paramilitary forces (including the IRGC) of the 
Islamic Republic of Iran until the Secretary certifies that 
Iran--
          (1) has ended its ballistic missile program;
          (2) is no longer listed by the Secretary of State as 
        a state sponsor of terrorism; and
          (3) has recognized the Israel as a Jewish state.
  (b) Covered Exchanges and Contacts.--Subsection (a) applies 
to any military-to-military exchange or contact that includes 
inappropriate exposure to any of the following:
          (1) Force projection operations.
          (2) Nuclear operations.
          (3) Advanced combined-arms and joint combat 
        operations.
          (4) Advanced logistical operations.
          (5) Chemical and biological defense and other 
        capabilities related to weapons of mass destruction.
          (6) Surveillance and reconnaissance operations.
          (7) Joint warfighting experiments.
          (8) Military space operations.
          (9) Other advanced capabilities of the Armed Forces.
          (10) Arms sales or military-related technology 
        transfers.
          (11) Release of classified or restricted information.
          (12) Access to a Department of Defense laboratory or 
        base.
          (13) Military operations or exercises with allies and 
        partners.
  (c) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) does not apply to any search-
and-rescue or humanitarian operation or exercise.
  (d) Annual Certification by Secretary.--The Secretary of 
Defense shall, without delegation, submit to the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives, not later than 
December 31 each year, a certification in writing as to whether 
or not any military-to-military exchange or contact during that 
calendar year was conducted in violation of subsection (a).
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 102. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walorski of Indiana 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following (and 
conform the table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 1234. SECURITY GUARANTEES ASSOCIATED WITH IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS 
                    PROGRAM.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall provide the 
appropriate congressional committees a copy of any security 
agreement or commitment provided by the United States to any 
country in the Middle East, including the member countries of 
the Gulf Cooperation Council, associated with Iran's nuclear 
weapons program.
  (b) Analysis.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
staff shall provide the Secretary of Defense with a detailed 
analysis of the United States military force structure and 
posture, as well as the estimated costs associated with such 
force structure and posture, required to meet any security 
agreement or commitment in the Middle East, including member 
countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The Secretary shall 
provide such analysis, without change, along with any 
additional views the Secretary may offer, when the Secretary 
submits the materials required under subsection (a).
  (c) Limitation on Certain Expenditures.--The Secretary of 
Defense may not obligate or expend any funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2016 for meeting any 
security agreements or commitments described in this section 
unless the Secretary certifies to the appropriate congressional 
committees that the Secretary has provided a copy of such 
agreement as required under subsection (a).
  (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
means the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign 
Relations of the Senate.
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103. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ellison of Minnesota 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title XII (page 576, after line 
2), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

  Nothing in this Act shall be construed as authorizing the use 
of force against Iran.
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104. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rogers of Alabama or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title XII (page 604, after line 
16), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE POLICY REGARDING 
                    FOREIGN DISCLOSURE OR TECHNOLOGY RELEASE OF AEGIS 
                    ASHORE CAPABILITY TO ALLIES.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that a 
decision by the Government of Japan to purchase Aegis Ashore 
for its self-defense, given that it already possesses sea-based 
Aegis weapons system-equipped naval vessels, could create a 
significant opportunity for promoting interoperability and 
integration of air- and missile defense capability with close 
allies, could provide for force multiplication benefits, and 
could potentially alleviate force posture requirements on 
multi-mission assets.
  (b) Requirement to Submit Policy.--Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a copy of the Department of Defense policy regarding 
foreign disclosure or technology release of Aegis Ashore 
capability to allies, including Japan, that possess sea-based 
Aegis weapons system-equipped naval vessels.
  (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
          (1) the congressional defense committees; and
          (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
        and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives.
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   105. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walker of North 
           Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle F of title XII (page 604, after line 
16), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. REQUIREMENT TO INVITE THE MILITARY FORCES OF TAIWAN TO 
                    PARTICIPATE IN RIMPAC EXERCISES.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall invite the 
military forces of Taiwan to participate in any maritime 
exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific Exercise if the 
Secretary has invited the military forces of the People's 
Republic of China to participate in such maritime exercise.
  (b) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to any 
maritime exercise described in subsection (a) that begins on or 
after such date of enactment.
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106. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE ARMS 
                    TRADE TREATY.

  (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 
year 2016 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or 
expended to fund a Secretariat or any other international 
organization established to support the implementation of the 
Arms Trade Treaty, to sustain domestic prosecutions based on 
any charge related to the Treaty, or to implement the Treaty 
until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the 
Treaty and implementing legislation for the Treaty has been 
enacted into law.
  (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preclude the Department of Defense from assisting 
foreign countries in bringing their laws, regulations, and 
practices related to export control up to United States 
standards.
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 107. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. REPORT ON ACTIONS TO ENSURE QATAR IS PREVENTING TERRORIST 
                    LEADERS AND FINANCIERS FROM OPERATING IN ITS 
                    COUNTRY.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) Qatar is an important partner in the region and 
        has played a significant role in fighting ISIS;
          (2) Qatar has provided significant enablers to the 
        United States in its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by 
        hosting United States forces;
          (3) Qatar has unfortunately allowed the leaders of 
        Hamas, a United States-designated foreign terrorist 
        organization, to operate freely in its country;
          (4) Qatar has also allowed United States-designated 
        terrorist financiers to operate in its country; and
          (5) the United States should do everything in its 
        power to encourage Qatar to crack down on terrorist 
        leaders and financiers who are operating in its 
        country.
  (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a 
report on actions taken by the United States Government to 
ensure that Qatar is preventing terrorist leaders and 
financiers from operating in its country.
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 108. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR JORDAN.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan remains a 
        steadfast partner and the armed forces of Jordan are 
        among the United States' strongest military partners.
          (2) Jordan's civil and military leadership continue 
        to provide a positive example of professionalism and 
        moderation.
          (3) The Colorado National Guard's relationship with 
        the Jordanian military provides a significant benefit 
        to both the United States and Jordan.
          (4) The armed forces of Jordan fought alongside 
        United States forces in Afghanistan and are currently 
        flying combat sorties as part of the counter-ISIL 
        Coalition.
          (5) Jordan continues to provide critical basing 
        support for Operation Inherent Resolve missions.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) Jordan is one of our most important allies in the 
        region and the United States should support Jordan's 
        military efforts to the greatest extent possible, 
        including by providing military equipment and training; 
        and
          (2) the President should make every effort to ensure 
        rapid responses to any military requests for assistance 
        from Jordan.
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 109. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Royce of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title XII (page 622, after line 
22), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. REPORT ON UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO COMBAT BOKO HARAM AND 
                    SUPPORT REGIONAL ALLIES AND OTHER PARTNERS.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) combating Boko Haram is in the national security 
        interest of the United States;
          (2) the United States should support regional 
        partners, including the African Union-authorized 
        Multinational Joint Task Force, through training and 
        advice and the provision of key enablers to strengthen 
        operations against Boko Haram; and
          (3) United States support for these regional efforts 
        should be integrated into a comprehensive strategy to 
        support security and stability in the region.
  (b) Report Required.--
          (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
        Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit 
        to the appropriate congressional committees a report on 
        the following:
                  (A) An assessment of the threat of Boko Haram 
                to United States national security interests.
                  (B) A description of United States efforts to 
                combat Boko Haram, including the authorities to 
                carry out such efforts and the roles and 
                missions of the Department of Defense and 
                Department of State.
                  (C) An assessment of the capabilities, 
                shortfalls, and progress made by United States-
                supported regional partners, including the 
                African Union-authorized Multinational Joint 
                Task Force, to combat Boko Haram.
                  (D) A description of military equipment, 
                supplies, training, and other defense articles 
                and services, including by type, quantity, and 
                prioritization of such items, required to 
                combat Boko Haram effectively and the gaps 
                within regional allies to engage in the mission 
                to combat Boko Haram.
                  (E) A description of military equipment, 
                supplies, training, and other defense articles 
                and services, including by type, quantity, and 
                actual or estimated delivery date, that the 
                United States Government has provided, is 
                providing, and plans to provide to regional 
                allies and other partners to combat Boko Haram.
          (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall be submitted in unclassified in form, but may 
        contain a classified annex.
          (3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                  (A) the congressional defense committees; and
                  (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
                the House of Representatives.
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110. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schweikert of Arizona 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR TUNISIA.

  It is the sense of Congress that it is a national security 
priority of the United States to support the Republic of 
Tunisia and to cooperate with Tunisia by providing assistance 
to combat the growing terrorist threat from the Islamic State 
of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or other terrorist organizations.
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111. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 12XX. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FUTURE OF NATO AND ENLARGEMENT 
                    INITIATIVES.

  (a) Statement of Policy.--Congress declares that--
          (1) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has 
        been the cornerstone of transatlantic security 
        cooperation and an enduring instrument for promoting 
        stability in Europe and around the world for over 65 
        years;
          (2) the incorporation of the Czech Republic, Poland, 
        Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, 
        Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, and Croatia has been 
        essential to the success of NATO in this modern era;
          (3) these countries have over time added to and 
        strengthened the list of key European allies of the 
        United States;
          (4) since joining NATO, these member states have 
        remained committed to the collective defense of the 
        Alliance and have demonstrated their will and ability 
        to contribute to transatlantic solidarity and assume 
        increasingly more responsibility for international 
        peace and security;
          (5) since joining the Alliance, these NATO members 
        states have contributed to numerous NATO-led peace, 
        security, and stability operations, including 
        participation in the International Security Assistance 
        Force's (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan;
          (6) these NATO member states have become reliable 
        partners and supporters of aspiring members and the 
        United States recognizes their continued efforts to aid 
        in further enlargement initiatives;
          (7) at the 2014 Summit in Wales, NATO declared that 
        ``The Open Door Policy under Article 10 of the 
        Washington Treaty is one of the Alliance's great 
        successes.''; and
          (8) at the 2014 Summit in Wales, NATO declared that 
        ``NATO's door will remain open to all European 
        democracies which share the values of our Alliance, 
        which are willing and able to assume the 
        responsibilities and obligations of membership, which 
        are in a position to further the principles of the 
        Treaty, and whose inclusion will contribute to the 
        security of the North Atlantic area.''.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the United States should--
                  (A) continue to work with aspirant countries 
                to prepare such countries for entry into NATO;
                  (B) seek NATO membership for Montenegro;
                  (C) continue supporting a Membership Action 
                Plan (MAP) for Georgia;
                  (D) encourage the leaders of Macedonia and 
                Greece to find a mutually agreeable solution to 
                the name dispute between the two countries;
                  (E) seek a Dayton II agreement to resolve the 
                constitutional issues of Bosnia and 
                Herzegovina;
                  (F) work with the Republic of Kosovo to 
                prepare the country for entrance into the 
                Partnership for Peace (PfP) program;
                  (G) take a leading role in working with NATO 
                member states to identify, through consensus, 
                the current and future security threats facing 
                the Alliance; and
                  (H) take a leading role to work with NATO 
                allies to ensure the Alliance maintains the 
                required capabilities, including the gains in 
                interoperability from combat in Afghanistan, 
                necessary to meet the security threats to the 
                Alliance;
          (2) NATO member states should review defense spending 
        to ensure sufficient funding is obligated to meet NATO 
        responsibilities; and
          (3) the United States should remain committed to 
        maintaining a military presence in Europe as a means of 
        promoting allied interoperability and providing visible 
        assurance to NATO allies in the region.
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 112. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cicilline of Rhode 
            Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title XII (page 622, after line 
22), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. ASSESSMENT OF THE MILITARY CAPABILITY OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
                    CYPRUS.

  (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees an assessment of the military 
capability of the Republic of Cyprus to defend against threats 
to its national security, including threats posed by hostile 
foreign governments and international terrorist groups.
  (b) Matters to Be Included.--The assessment required under 
subsection (a) shall include the following:
          (1) An analysis of the effect on the national 
        security of Cyprus of the United States policy to deny 
        applications for licenses and other approvals for the 
        export of defense articles and defense services to the 
        armed forces of Cyprus.
          (2) An analysis of the extent to which such United 
        States policy is consistent with overall United States 
        security and policy objectives in the region.
          (3) An assessment of the potential impact of lifting 
        such United States policy.
  (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
congressional committees'' means--
          (1) the congressional defense committees; and
          (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
        and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives.
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 113. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Crowley of New York 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 622, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. 1269. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 
                    UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) The United States has an upgraded, strategic-plus 
        relationship with India based on regional cooperation, 
        space science cooperation, and defense cooperation.
          (2) The defense relationship between the United 
        States and the Republic of India is strengthened by the 
        common commitment of both countries to democracy.
          (3) The United States and the Republic of India share 
        a common and long-standing commitment to civilian 
        control of the military.
          (4) The United States and the Republic of India have 
        increasingly worked together on defense cooperation 
        across a range of activities, exercises, initiatives, 
        and research.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
United States should--
          (1) continue to expand defense cooperation with the 
        Republic of India;
          (2) welcome the role of the Republic of India in 
        providing security and stability in the Indo-Pacific 
        region and beyond;
          (3) work cooperatively with the Republic of India on 
        matters relating to our common defense;
          (4) vigorously support the implementation of the 
        United States-India Defense Framework Agreement; and
          (3) support the India Defense Trade and Technology 
        Initiative.
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 114. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Dingell of Michigan 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following (and 
conform the table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 1269. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON EVACUATION OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS 
                    AND NATIONALS FROM YEMEN.

  (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
          (1) The ongoing conflict in Yemen, including 
        airstrikes conducted by Saudi Arabia and a no-fly zone 
        imposed over Yemen by Saudi Arabia, has made it 
        difficult for Yemeni-Americans to depart Yemen.
          (2) United States citizen Jamal al-Labani of Hayward, 
        California, was killed in Yemen after the closure of 
        the United States Embassy while attempting to bring his 
        pregnant wife and 2-year-daughter back to the United 
        States.
          (3) Over 550 Yemeni-Americans have registered as 
        being unable to leave Yemen after the closure of the 
        United States Embassy in Yemen in February 2015.
          (4) In 2006, the Department of Defense helped the 
        Department of State remove 15,000 Americans from 
        Lebanon during Hezbollah's war against Israel.
          (5) Many other nations, including China, Ethiopia, 
        India, and Russia are evacuating or have evacuated 
        their citizens from Yemen.
  (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the 
President should exercise all available authorities as 
expeditiously as possible to evacuate United States citizens 
and nationals from Yemen.
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115. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Engel of New York or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title XII (page 622, after line 
22), add the following:

SEC. 12XX. REPORT ON IMPACT OF ANY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN UNITED 
                    STATES TROOP LEVELS OR MATERIEL IN EUROPE ON NATO'S 
                    ABILITY TO CREDIBLY ADDRESS EXTERNAL THREATS TO ANY 
                    NATO MEMBER STATE.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) in order to demonstrate United States commitment 
        to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies, 
        especially those NATO allies under pressure on the 
        Eastern flank of the Alliance, and to enhance the 
        United States deterrent presence and resolve to 
        countering threats to NATO's collective security, 
        United States Armed Forces stationed and deployed in 
        Europe should be increased in number and combat power; 
        and
          (2) the ``current and foreseeable security 
        environment'', as referenced in paragraph 12 of Section 
        IV on Political-Military Matters of the Founding Act on 
        Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security between NATO 
        and the Russian Federation (NATO-Russia Founding Act), 
        has changed significantly since the signing of such Act 
        in 1997 and thus such Act should not be read, 
        interpreted, or implemented so as to constrain or in 
        any way limit additional permanent stationing of 
        substantial combat forces anywhere on the territory of 
        any NATO member State in furtherance of NATO's core 
        mission of collective defense and other missions.
  (b) Report.--
          (1) In general.--In order to ensure that the United 
        States contribution to NATO's core mission of 
        collective defense remains robust and ready to meet any 
        future challenges, the Secretary of Defense shall 
        submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
        report on the impact of any significant reduction in 
        United States troop levels or materiel in Europe on 
        NATO's ability to credibly deter, resist, and, if 
        necessary, repel external threats to any NATO member 
        State.
          (2) Deadline.--The report required under paragraph 
        (1) shall be submitted not later than 30 days prior to 
        the date on which any significant reduction described 
        in paragraph (1) is scheduled to take place.
          (3) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may 
        contain a classified annex if necessary to protect the 
        national security interests of the United States.
          (4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                  (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; 
                and
                  (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
                Representatives.
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116. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Vela of Texas or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following (and 
conform the table of contents accordingly):

SEC. 1269. REPORT ON VIOLENCE AND CARTEL ACTIVITY IN MEXICO.

  The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
defense committees a report on violence and cartel activity in 
Mexico and the impact of such on United States national 
security.
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117. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kilmer of Washington 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 628, after line 8, insert the following:
  ``(3) If the Secretary furloughs any employee referred to in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress, by no 
later than 30 days before initiating the furlough, notice of 
the furlough that includes a certification that, as a result of 
the proposed furlough, none of the work performed by any 
employee of the Department of Defense will be shifted to any 
Department of Defense civilian employee, contractor, or member 
of the Armed Forces.''.
  Page 628, line 9, strike ``(3)'' and insert ``(4)''.
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118. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nolan of Minnesota or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In section 1504, page 632, line 20, insert ``(a) 
Authorization of Appropriations.--'' before ``Funds''.
  At the end of section 1504, page 633, line 1, add the 
following new subsection:
  (b) Condition on Use of Funds for Iraq and Syria Train and 
Equip Programs.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by this 
section for the Syria and Iraq Train and Equip programs, as 
specified in the funding table in section 4302, may not be 
provided to any recipient that the Secretary of Defense has 
reported, pursuant to a quarterly progress report submitted 
pursuant to section 1209 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3541), 
as having misused provided training and equipment.
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119. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan Grisham of New 
            Mexico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 700, after line 25, insert the following:

SEC. 1657. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NUCLEAR 
                    ENTERPRISE REVIEWS.

  It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense 
should submit to Congress a plan on how the Secretary plans to 
implement the full recommendations of the two nuclear 
enterprise reviews, conducted and then validated by the Air 
Force, one of which was conducted by Assistant Secretary 
Madelyn Creedon and Rear Admiral Peter Fanta and one of which 
was conducted by General Walsh and Admiral Harvey. The plan 
submitted under this section should include a timeline for when 
each recommendation shall be implemented and how the additional 
manpower recommendations shall be allocated.
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 120. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Quigley of Illinois 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title XVI (page 700, after line 
25), add the following new section:

SEC. 1657. REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF PLANNED NUCLEAR-ARMED CRUISE 
                    MISSILES.

  Not later than 120 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the 
justification of the number of planned nuclear-armed cruise 
missiles, known as the Long Range Standoff Weapon, to the U.S. 
arsenal. The report shall include--
          (1) the rationale for procuring the expected number 
        of cruise missiles;
          (2) how the number of planned missiles aligns with 
        U.S. nuclear employment strategy;
          (3) an estimate of the annual and total cost for 
        research, development, test, and evaluation and 
        procurement for the total number of planned cruise 
        missiles; and
          (4) an estimate of the proportional annual cost of 
        the cruise missiles as compared to the annual cost of 
        nuclear triad and annual defense spending.
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121. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rogers of Alabama or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 715, line 25, strike ``terms,'' and all that follows 
through ``2015'' on page 716, line 1, and insert ``terms and 
conditions''.
  Page 716, line 5, after ``2014'' insert ``, subject to an 
amended agreement for coproduction for radar components''.
  Page 718, line 18, insert after ``agreements'' the following: 
``that inform a production decision''.
  Page 718, line 25, insert before the semicolon the following: 
``or in an amount that meets best efforts, as mutually agreed 
by the United States and Israel''.
  Page 720, after line 2, insert the following new subsection:
  (c) Waiver.--The Director may waive the requirements of 
subsection (b) to carry out subparagraphs (A) or (B) of 
subsection (a)(1) if the Under Secretary certifies to the 
appropriate congressional committees that the Under Secretary 
has sufficient data from the Government of Israel to 
demonstrate the following:
          (1) Such subparagraphs will be carried out solely for 
        funding procurement of long-lead components in 
        accordance with a production plan, including a funding 
        profile detailing Israeli contributions for production 
        of either David's Sling or Arrow 3.
          (2) Such long-lead components have completed the 
        research and development technology development phase.
          (3) The long-lead procurement will be conducted in a 
        manner that maximizes co-production in the United 
        States without incurring additional non-recurring 
        engineering activity or cost.
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122. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Foster of Illinois or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 728, line 21, insert before the semicolon the following: 
``, including estimates of the appropriate identifiable costs 
of each such potential program of record''.
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123. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Turner of Ohio or His 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 16__. DESIGNATION OF PREFERRED LOCATION OF ADDITIONAL MISSILE 
                    DEFENSE SITE IN THE UNITED STATES.

  Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary 
of Defense publishes the draft environmental impact statements 
pursuant to section 227 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1678), 
the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, in consultation 
with the Commander of the United States Northern Command, shall 
designate the preferred location in the United States for the 
potential future deployment of a missile defense site.
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 124. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Quigley of Illinois 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle E of title XVI (page 732, after line 
10), add the following new section:

SEC. 1678. REPORT RELATING TO THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EXTENDING THE 
                    LIFE OF THE MINUTEMAN III INTERCONTINENTAL 
                    BALLISTIC MISSILE.

  Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress a report 
examining the costs associated with extending the life of the 
Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile compared to 
the costs associated with procuring a new ground based 
strategic deterrent.
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125. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Castor of Florida or 
                 Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 775, after line 19, insert the following:

SEC. 2804. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING BASE HOUSING PROJECTS.

  It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense 
should take into consideration, when prioritizing base housing 
projects, commuting times for base personnel and land available 
for development on the base.
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 126. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Loebsack of Iowa or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Add at the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII the following 
new section:

SEC. 28__. ARSENAL INSTALLATION REUTILIZATION AUTHORITY.

  (a) In General.--Section 2667 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
          (1) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as 
        subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
          (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following 
        new subsection:
  ``(h) Arsenal Installation Reutilization Authority.--(1) In 
the case of a military manufacturing arsenal, the Secretary 
concerned may authorize leases and contracts for a term of up 
to 25 years, notwithstanding subsection (b)(1), if the 
Secretary determines that a lease or contract of that duration 
will promote the national defense or be in the public interest 
for the purpose of--
          ``(A) helping to maintain the viability of the 
        military manufacturing arsenal and any military 
        installations on which it is located;
          ``(B) eliminating, or at least reducing, the cost of 
        Government ownership of the military manufacturing 
        arsenal, including the costs of operations and 
        maintenance, the costs of environmental remediation, 
        and other costs; and
          ``(C) leveraging private investment at the military 
        manufacturing arsenal through long-term facility use 
        contracts, property management contracts, leases, or 
        other agreements that support and advance the preceding 
        purposes.
  ``(2)(A) The Secretary concerned my delegate the authority 
provided by this subsection to the commander of the military 
manufacturing arsenal or, if part of a larger military 
installation, the installation commander.
  ``(B) The delegated authority does not include the authority 
to enter into a lease or contract under this section to carry 
out any activity covered by section 4544(b) of this title 
related to--
          ``(i) the sale of articles manufactured by a military 
        manufacturing arsenal;
          ``(ii) the sale of services performed by a military 
        manufacturing arsenal; or
          ``(iii) the performance of manufacturing work at the 
        military manufacturing arsenal.
  ``(3) In this subsection, the term `military manufacturing 
arsenal' means a Government-owned, Government-operated defense 
plant of the Department of the Defense that manufactures 
weapons, weapon components, or both.''.
  (b) Cross References.--(1) Section 2662(b)(3)(E) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``2667(h)(2)'' and 
inserting ``2667(i)(2)''.
  (2) Section 6981(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking 
``2667(h)(2)'' and inserting ``2667(i)(2)''.
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127. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scalise of Louisiana 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII (page 795, after 
line 2), add the following new section:

SEC. 2834. RELEASE OF PROPERTY INTERESTS RETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH 
                    LAND CONVEYANCE, CAMP VILLERE, LOUISIANA.

  (a) Release of Retained Interests.--With respect to a parcel 
of real property at Camp Villere, Louisiana, consisting of 
approximately 48.04 acres and conveyed by quit-claim deed for 
National Guard purposes by the United States to the State of 
Louisiana pursuant to section 616 of the Military Construction 
Authorization Act, 1975 (titles I through VI of Public Law 93-
553; 88 Stat. 1768), the Secretary of the Army may release the 
terms and conditions imposed by the United States under 
subsection (b) of such section and the reversionary interest 
retained by the United States under subsection (c) of such 
section. The release of such terms and conditions and retained 
interests with respect to any portion of that parcel shall not 
be construed to alter the rights or interests retained by the 
United States with respect to the remainder of the real 
property conveyed to the State under such section.
  (b) Condition of Release.--The release authorized by 
subsection (a) of terms and conditions and retained interests 
shall be subject to the condition that the State of Louisiana--
          (1) transfer the parcel of real property described in 
        such subsection from the Louisiana Military Department 
        to the Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority for the 
        purpose of permitting the Louisiana Agricultural 
        Finance Authority to use the parcel for any purposes 
        allowed by State law; and
          (2) make available to the Louisiana Military 
        Department real property to replace the transferred 
        parcel that is suitable for use for National Guard 
        training and operational support for emergency 
        management and homeland defense activities.
  (c) Instrument of Release and Description of Property.--The 
Secretary of the Army may execute and file in the appropriate 
office a deed of release, amended deed, or other appropriate 
instrument reflecting the release of terms and conditions and 
retained interests under subsection (a). The exact acreage and 
legal description of the property described in such subsection 
shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary 
of the Army.
  (d) Payment of Administrative Costs.--
          (1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Army may 
        require the State of Louisiana to cover costs to be 
        incurred by the Secretary, or to reimburse the 
        Secretary for costs incurred by the Secretary, to carry 
        out the release of retained interests under subsection 
        (a), including survey costs, costs related to 
        environmental documentation, and other administrative 
        costs related to the conveyance. If amounts paid to the 
        Secretary in advance exceed the costs actually incurred 
        by the Secretary to carry out the conveyance, the 
        Secretary shall refund the excess amount to the State.
          (2) Treatment of amounts received.--Amounts received 
        under paragraph (1) as reimbursement for costs incurred 
        by the Secretary to carry out the release of retained 
        interests under subsection (a) shall be credited to the 
        fund or account that was used to cover the costs 
        incurred by the Secretary in carrying out the release 
        of retained interests. Amounts so credited shall be 
        merged with amounts in such fund or account and shall 
        be available for the same purposes, and subject to the 
        same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such 
        fund or account.
  (e) Additional Terms and Conditions.--The Secretary of the 
Army may require such additional terms and conditions in 
connection with the release of retained interests under 
subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
protect the interests of the United States.
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 128. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title XXVIII, add the following 
new section:

SEC. 28__. LAND CONVEYANCE, CAMPION AIR FORCE RADAR STATION, GALENA, 
                    ALASKA.

  (a) Conveyance Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior may 
convey, without consideration, to the Town of Galena, Alaska 
(in this section referred to as the ``Town''), all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to public land, 
including improvements thereon, at the former Campion Air Force 
Station, Alaska, as further described in subsection (b), for 
the purpose of permitting the Town to use the conveyed land for 
public purposes.
  (b) Description of Property.--The property to be conveyed 
under subsection (a) consists of approximately 1290 acres of 
the approximately 1613 acres of public land withdrawn by the 
Secretary of the Interior under Public Land Order 843 for use 
by the Secretary of the Air Force as the former Campion Air 
Force Station. The portions of the former Air Force Station 
that are not authorized to be conveyed under subsection (a) are 
those portions that are subject to environmental land use 
restrictions or are currently undergoing environmental 
remediation by the Secretary of the Air Force.
  (c) Consultation.--The Secretary of the Interior shall 
consult with the Secretary of the Air Force on the exact 
acreage and legal description of the public land to be conveyed 
under subsection (a) and conditions to be included in the 
conveyance that are necessary to protect human health and the 
environment.
  (d) Payment of Costs of Conveyance.--
          (1) Payment required.--The Secretary of the Interior 
        shall require the Town to cover costs (except costs for 
        environmental remediation of the property) to be 
        incurred by the Secretary of the Interior and by the 
        Secretary of the Air Force, or to reimburse the 
        appropriate Secretary for such costs incurred by the 
        Secretary, to carry out the conveyance under this 
        section, including survey costs, costs for 
        environmental documentation, and any other 
        administrative costs related to the conveyance. If 
        amounts are collected in advance of the Secretary of 
        Interior or Secretary of the Air Force incurring the 
        actual costs, and the amount collected exceeds the 
        costs actually incurred by the Secretary to carry out 
        the conveyance, the appropriate Secretary shall refund 
        the excess amount to the Town.
          (2) Treatment of amounts received.--
                  (A) Secretary of the interior.--Amounts 
                received by the Secretary of the Interior as 
                reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be 
                credited, at the option of the Secretary, to 
                the appropriation, fund, or account from which 
                the expenses were paid, or to an appropriate 
                appropriation, fund, or account currently 
                available to the Secretary for the purposes for 
                which the expenses were paid. Amounts so 
                credited shall be merged with funds in such 
                appropriation, fund, or account and shall be 
                available for the same purposes and subject to 
                the same limitations as the funds with which 
                merged.
                  (B) Secretary of the air force.--Amounts 
                received by the Secretary of the Air Force as 
                reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall be 
                credited, at the option of the Secretary, to 
                the appropriation, fund, or account from which 
                the expenses were paid, or to an appropriate 
                appropriation, fund, or account currently 
                available to the Secretary for the purposes for 
                which the expenses were paid. Amounts so 
                credited shall be merged with funds in such 
                appropriation, fund, or account and shall be 
                available for the same purposes and subject to 
                the same limitations as the funds with which 
                merged.
  (e) Conveyance Agreement.--The conveyance of public land 
under this section shall be accomplished using a quit claim 
deed or other legal instrument and upon terms and conditions 
mutually satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, after 
consulting with the Secretary of the Air Force, and the Town, 
including such additional terms and conditions as the Secretary 
of the Interior, after consulting with the Secretary of the Air 
Force, considers appropriate to protect the interests of the 
United States.
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129. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sanchez of California 
               or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 31__. LIFE EXTENSION PROGRAMS COVERED BY SELECTED ACQUISITION 
                    REPORTS.

  Section 4217 of the Atomic Energy Defense Act (50 U.S.C. 
2537) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
  ``(d) Treatment of Certain Systems.--For purposes of this 
section, an existing nuclear weapon system is deemed to be 
undergoing life extension if the expected total cost of the 
associated activities, including activities considered 
alterations, will exceed $1,000,000,000.''.
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130. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan Grisham of New 
            Mexico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle C of title XXXI, add the following new 
section:

SEC. 31__. ESTABLISHMENT OF MICROLAB PILOT PROGRAM.

  (a) In General.--The Secretary, in collaboration with the 
directors of national laboratories, may establish a microlab 
pilot program under which the Secretary establishes a microlab 
that is located in close proximity to a national laboratory and 
that is accessible to the public for the purposes of--
          (1) enhancing collaboration with regional research 
        groups, such as institutions of higher education and 
        industry groups; and
          (2) accelerating technology transfer from national 
        laboratories to the marketplace.
          (3) promoting regional workforce development through 
        science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
        (STEM) instruction and training.
  (b) Criteria.--In determining the placement of a microlab 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider--
          (1) the commitment of a national laboratory to 
        establishing a microlab;
          (2) the existence of a joint research institute or a 
        new facility that--
                  (A) is not on the main site of a national 
                laboratory;
                  (B) is in close proximity to a national 
                laboratory; and
                  (C) has the capability to house a microlab;
          (3) whether employees of a national laboratory and 
        persons from academia, industry, and government are 
        available to be assigned to the microlab; and
          (4) cost-sharing or in-kind contributions from State 
        and local governments and private industry.
  (c) Timing.--If the Secretary, in collaboration with the 
directors of national laboratories, elects to establish a 
microlab pilot program under this section, the Secretary, in 
collaboration with the directors of national laboratories, 
shall--
          (1) not later than 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, begin the process of determining 
        the placement of the microlab under subsection (a); and
          (2) not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, implement the microlab pilot 
        program under this section.
  (d) Initial Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
implementation of the microlab pilot program under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives a report that 
provides an update on the implementation of the microlab pilot 
program under subsection (a).
  (e) Progress Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
implementation of the microlab pilot program under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the Senate, the Committee on Armed Services of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources of the Senate, and the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology of the House of Representatives a report on the 
microlab pilot program under subsection (a), including findings 
and recommendations of the Secretary.
  (f) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) The term ``microlab'' means a small laboratory 
        established by the Secretary under section 3.
          (2) The term ``national laboratory'' means a national 
        security laboratory, as defined in section 3281 of the 
        National Nuclear Security Administration Act (50 U.S.C. 
        2471).
          (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
        Energy.
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131. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hunter of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title XXXV (page 885, after line 19) add the 
following:

SEC. 35__. PAYMENT FOR MARITIME SECURITY FLEET VESSELS.

  (a) Per-vessel Authorization.--Notwithstanding section 
53106(a)(1)(C) of title 46, United States Code, and subject to 
the availability of appropriations, there is authorized to be 
paid to each contractor for an operating agreement (as those 
terms are used in that section) for fiscal year 2016, 
$3,500,000 for each vessel that is covered by the operating 
agreement.
  (b) Repeal of Other Authorization.--Section 53111(3) of title 
46, United States Code, is amended by striking ``2016,''.
  (c) Funding.--
          (1) Funding increase.--The amount authorized to be 
        appropriated pursuant to section 3501(5) for expenses 
        to maintain and preserve a United States-flag merchant 
        marine to serve the national security needs of the 
        United States under chapter 531 of title 46, United 
        States Code, is hereby increased by $24,000,000.
          (2) Funding offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set 
        forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount 
        authorized to be appropriated in section 101, as 
        specified in the corresponding funding table in section 
        4101 for Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, 
        Auxiliaries, Craft and Prior Yr Program Cost, 
        Outfitting (Line 020) is hereby reduced by $24,000,000.
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132. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sessions of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of title XXXV (page 885, after line 19) add the 
following:

SEC. __. MELVILLE HALL OF UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY.

  (a) Gift to the Merchant Marine Academy.--The Maritime 
Administrator may accept a gift of money from the Foundation 
under section 51315 of title 46, United States Code, for the 
purpose of renovating Melville Hall on the campus of the United 
States Merchant Marine Academy.
  (b) Covered Gifts.--A gift described in this subsection is a 
gift under subsection (a) that the Maritime Administrator 
determines exceeds the sum of--
          (1) the minimum amount that is sufficient to ensure 
        the renovation of Melville Hall in accordance with the 
        capital improvement plan of the United States Merchant 
        Marine Academy that was in effect on the date of 
        enactment of this Act; and
          (2) 25 percent of the amount described in paragraph 
        (1).
  (c) Operation Contracts.--Subject to subsection (d), in the 
case that the Maritime Administrator accepts a gift of money 
described in subsection (b), the Maritime Administrator may 
enter into a contract with the Foundation for the operation of 
Melville Hall to make available facilities for, among other 
possible uses, official academy functions, third-party catering 
functions, and industry events and conferences.
  (d) Contract Terms.--The contract described in subsection (c) 
shall be for such period and on such terms as the Maritime 
Administrator considers appropriate, including a provision, 
mutually agreeable to the Maritime Administrator and the 
Foundation, that--
          (1) requires the Foundation--
                  (A) at the expense solely of the Foundation 
                through the term of the contract to maintain 
                Melville Hall in a condition that is as good as 
                or better than the condition Melville Hall was 
                in on the later of--
                          (i) the date that the renovation of 
                        Melville Hall was completed; or
                          (ii) the date that the Foundation 
                        accepted Melville Hall after it was 
                        tendered to the Foundation by the 
                        Maritime Administrator; and
                  (B) to deposit all proceeds from the 
                operation of Melville Hall, after expenses 
                necessary for the operation and maintenance of 
                Melville Hall, into the account of the 
                Regimental Affairs Non-Appropriated Fund 
                Instrumentality or successor entity, to be used 
                solely for the morale and welfare of the cadets 
                of the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
                and
          (2) prohibits the use of Melville Hall as lodging or 
        an office by any person for more than 4 days in any 
        calendar year other than--
                  (A) by the United States; or
                  (B) for the administration and operation of 
                Melville Hall.
  (e) Definitions.--In this section:
          (1) Contract.--The term ``contract'' includes any 
        modification, extension, or renewal of the contract.
          (2) Foundation.--In this section, the term 
        ``Foundation'' means the United States Merchant Marine 
        Academy Alumni Association and Foundation, Inc.
  (f) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed under section 3105 of title 41, United States Code, 
as requiring the Maritime Administrator to award a contract for 
the operation of Melville Hall to the Foundation.
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 133. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Carter of Texas or 
                 His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  At the end of subtitle D of title V (page 179, after line 
21), add the following new section:

SEC. 5__. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROCESS BY WHICH MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
                    MAY CARRY A CONCEALED PERSONAL FIREARM ON A 
                    MILITARY INSTALLATION.

  (a) Process Required.--The Secretary of Defense, taking into 
consideration the views of senior leadership of military 
installations in the United States, shall establish a process 
by which the commander of a military installation in the United 
States may authorize a member of the Armed Forces who is 
assigned to duty at the installation to carry a concealed 
personal firearm on the installation if the commander 
determines it to be necessary as a personal- or force-
protection measure.
  (b) Relation to State and Local Law.--In establishing the 
process under subsection (a) for a military installation, the 
commander of the installation shall consult with elected 
officials of the State and local jurisdictions in which the 
installation is located and take into consideration the law of 
the State and such jurisdictions regarding carrying a concealed 
personal firearm.
  (c) Member Qualifications.--To be eligible to be authorized 
to carry a concealed personal firearm on a military 
installation pursuant to the process established under 
subsection (a), a member of the Armed Forces--
          (1) must complete any training and certification 
        required by any State in which the installation is 
        located that would permit the member to carry concealed 
        in that State;
          (2) must not be subject to disciplinary action under 
        the Uniform Code of Military Justice for any offense 
        that could result in incarceration or separation from 
        the Armed Forces;
          (3) must not be prohibited from possessing a firearm 
        because of conviction of a crime of domestic violence; 
        and
          (4) must meet such service-related qualification 
        requirements for the use of firearms, as established by 
        the Secretary of the military department concerned.
  (d) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' 
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.
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   134. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative LoBiondo of New 
            Jersey or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

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

SEC. 10__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PAID-FOR PATRIOTISM.

  It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) while recruitment and advertising in support of 
        the Armed Forces, including the National Guard and 
        Reserves, is appropriate, the taxpayer should not have 
        to pay any organization to honor the service of members 
        of the Armed Forces;
          (2) instead of being paid by the Department of 
        Defense to honor the service of members of the Armed 
        Forces, these organizations should be motivated by 
        patriotism to honor the service of members of the Armed 
        Forces out of their own free will; and
          (3) any funds that the Department of Defense would 
        have used for purposes described in paragraph (1) 
        should be redirected toward post-traumatic stress 
        disorder research and treatment for members of the 
        Armed Forces.
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 135. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nunes of California 
               or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Page 754, line 10, insert ``United States'' before 
``operational requirements''.
  Page 754, line 10, after ``operational requirements,'' insert 
the following: ``not including the requirements of any other 
organization or country,''.

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