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115TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 115–259 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 3219) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 

ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2018, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JULY 25, 2017.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. COLE, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 473] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 473, by a record vote of 9 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 consideration of H.R. 3219, the Make 

America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018, under a structured rule. 

The resolution provides two hours of general debate equally divided 

and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

Committee on Appropriations. The resolution waives all points of 

order against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that 

an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text 

of Rules Committee Print 115–30 shall be considered as adopted 

and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as 

amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI. The resolution makes in order only those further amendments printed in 

this report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution, and pro forma amendments described in section 4 of the resolution. Each amendment printed in this report may be offered 

only in the order printed in this report, 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, may be 

withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, 

shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a 

demand for division of the question in the House or 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. 

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Section 3 of the resolution provides that it shall be in order at 

any time for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations 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 Appropriations 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 the Committee 

of the Whole. 

Section 4 of the resolution provides that the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 20 pro forma amendments each 

at any point for the purpose of debate. 

Section 5 of the resolution provides that no further consideration 

of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order 

of the House. 

Section 6 of the resolution provides that during consideration of 

H.R. 3219, it shall not be in order to use a decrease in Overseas 

Contingency Operations funds to offset an amendment that increases an appropriation not designated as Overseas Contingency 

Operations funds or vice versa, but does not apply to amendments 

between the Houses. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of the bill 

includes a waiver of the following: 

Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits 

consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of the Committee 

on the Budget unless referred to or reported by the Budget Committee; and 

Section 314(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits 

the consideration of legislation that provides budget authority for 

a fiscal year that exceeds either of the discretionary statutory 

spending limits. 

The waiver of all points of order against provisions in the bill, 

as amended, includes a waiver of clause 2 of rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an 

appropriations bill. This waiver is necessary because the bill, as 

amended, contains unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions. 

The waiver of all points of order against the amendments printed 

in this report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the 

resolution, includes a waiver of the following: 

Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, which prohibits 

consideration of an amendment within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported by the Budget 

Committee for amendment #5 by Rep. Griffith (R–VA). It is important to note that while the waiver is necessary, the same waiver 

of section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act is provided for the 

underlying bill; and 

Clause 2(c) of rule XXI, which requires that limitation amendments are to be offered at the end of the bill. The waiver is necessary because the limitation amendments printed in this report 

will be offered at the end of each division. It should be noted that 

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sponsors of such amendments complied with Rules Committee 

guidance when drafting amendments to the end of divisions rather 

than the end of the bill. 

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. 81 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report an open rule. Defeated: 3–9 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Nay 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 82 

Motion by Mr. McGovern to strike the waiver of points of order 

against provisions in the bill as well as the waiver of points of 

order against amendments made in order. Defeated: 3–9 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Nay 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 83 

Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 9–3 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Collins ........................................................ Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Yea 

Mr. Newhouse ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Buck ........................................................... Yea 

Ms. Cheney ....................................................... Yea 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN ORDER

AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION B (LEGISLATIVE BRANCH)

1. Connolly (VA): Increases funding for the Government Accountability Office (GAO). (10 minutes) 

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2. Love (UT): Expands the permissible uses of MRA funds that 

have been designated for Member security to include residential security systems that do not constitute structural improvements to 

Members’ homes. (10 minutes) 

3. Kildee (MI): Increases the House Wounded Warrior Program 

by $250,000. This program provides wounded veterans with employment opportunities with the House of Representatives. (10 minutes) 

4. Perry (PA): Reduces the appropriation to the Congressional 

Budget Office. (10 minutes) 

5. Griffith (VA), Jordan (OH), Meadows (NC), Perry (PA): Eliminates the Budget Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office and transfers the duties of that division to the Office of the Director of CBO. (10 minutes) 

6. Cicilline (RI): Increases funds in order to provide designated 

baby changing stations for members of the public who visit publicly 

accessible buildings controlled by the Architect of the Capitol, including in both male and female publicly accessible bathrooms (10 

minutes) 

7. Takano (CA), Esty (CT), Foster (IL), Langevin (RI), Lieu (CA), 

Lujan (NM): Appropriates $2.5 million to re-institute the Office of 

Technology Assessment (OTA), offset from funds from the Architect 

of the Capitol’s Capital Construction and Operations Account. (10 

minutes) 

8. Shea-Porter (NH): Prohibits the use of funds from Members 

Representational Allowances to mail any unsolicited mass mailing 

larger than the size of a standard US postcard. (10 minutes) 

9. Russell (OK), Jayapal (WA): Prohibits the printed distribution 

of the Federal Register to House offices, unless an office requests 

a printed copy. (10 minutes) 

10. Blackburn (TN): Provides for a one percent across the board 

cut to the bill’s spending levels. Accounts for the Capitol Police; Architect of the Capitol-Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security; and Office of the Sergeant At Arms shall not be reduced. (10 

minutes) 

AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION C (MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND

VETERANS AFFAIRS)

11. Bergman (MI): Amendment reduces the Veterans Benefits 

Administration’s General Operating Expenses account by 

$30,000,000 and increases the Information Technology Systems Development, Modernization, and Enhancement account by the Same 

amount. (10 minutes) 

12. Barr (KY): Transfers $5 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs General Administration account to the VA’s Equine 

Assisted Therapy Grant Program. (10 minutes) 

13. Green, Al (TX): Increases Homeless Veteran Treatment by 

$70 million, and decreases General expenses account by $70 million. (10 minutes) 

14. Kihuen (NV): Cuts and restores funding for medical services 

in the Department of Veterans Affairs in order to emphasize the 

responsibility of the Department Veterans Affairs to provide services to veterans and maintain health care clinics in rural communities. (10 minutes) 

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15. Beyer (VA): Requires Vet Centers develop a program to partner with organizations that provide outdoor experiences for veterans as part of a continuum of care that helps support veterans 

in developing a community of support to treat combat-related injuries. (10 minutes) 

16. Lujan Grisham (NM), Lujan (NM): Prioritizes funding for hiring more doctors, nurses, and medical staff at VA medical centers. 

(10 minutes) 

17. Norcross (NJ): Specifies $5 million of funds for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (PTSD) research for the purpose of studying 

the issues affecting veterans with PTSD and an opioid dependency. 

(10 minutes) 

18. Keating (MA): Directs the VA to create an opioid abuse 

healthcare kit for community healthcare providers. (10 minutes) 

19. Nadler (NY), Cicilline (RI): Strikes Section 512 which prohibits DOD from constructing or expanding facilities in the US to 

house detainees from Guantanamo Bay. (10 minutes) 

20. Ratcliffe (TX), Shuster (PA): Prohibits funds from being used 

to propose, plan, or execute a new round of Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC). (10 minutes) 

21. Brat (VA), Titus (NV), Poe (TX), Khanna (CA), Mast (FL), 

Lieu (CA): Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from 

spending money on a study that causes significant pain or distress 

to dogs. Clarifies that training programs or studies of service dogs 

are not included in the ban on funding. (10 minutes) 

22. Jackson Lee (TX): Increases the amount of funding for Supportive Services for Veterans Families by $2 million offset by a reduction of a $2.5 million in the funding for the VA’s Information 

Technology Systems. (10 minutes) 

23. King, Steve (IA): Ensures that no funds are used to implement, administer, or enforce the Davis-Bacon Act. (10 minutes) 

24. Dunn (FL): Prohibits funding to award bonuses to senior executive service employees within the Department of Veterans Affairs. (10 minutes) 

25. Jackson Lee (TX): Prohibits the use of funds in contravention 

of the U.S. Code regarding benefits for homeless veterans in training and outreach programs. (10 minutes) 

26. Connolly (VA): Prohibits the use of funds for charging homeless veterans a fee to obtain a veterans identification card. (10 minutes) 

AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION D (ENERGY AND WATER)

27. Bergman (MI): Increases the Investigations account under 

the Army Corps of Engineers by $1,000,000 and reduces Army 

Corps Expenses by the same amount. (10 minutes) 

28. Vela ́zquez (NY): Changes the number of studies from 5 to 4 

where the majority of the benefits are derived from navigation 

transportation savings or from flood and storm damage reduction 

and change the number of studies from 1 to 2 where the majority 

of benefits are derived from environmental restoration. (10 minutes) 

29. Lujan (NM), Lujan Grisham (NM): Provides $10 million for 

environmental infrastructure for authorized reimbursements for 

projects with executed project cooperation agreements that have 

completed construction or where non-federal sponsors intend to use 

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the funds for additional water resources development activities. (10 

minutes) 

30. Welch (VT): Funds the following projects at the authorized level of $10M: section 1177 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (PL 114–322) authorized efforts to construct control gates, spillways, and dam safety improvements for 

aging flood control reservoirs built by the Army Corps of Engineers. 

(10 minutes) 

31. Rooney, Francis (FL): Reduces the Energy Information Ad- ministration by $118,000,000 and increase the Corps of Engineers 

Construction account by the same amount. (10 minutes) 

32. Mast (FL): Increases Aquatic Plant Control Research Pro- gram by $500,000.00 and aims to (1) provide science-based guidance on developing or using new technologies for managing, preventing, and monitoring aquatic invasive species; (2) improve the 

efficacy and diversity of available management options; (3) reduce 

the impacts of aquatic invasive species on federally listed (threatened and endangered) species; (4) reduce operations and maintenance costs associated with aquatic invasive species management; 

and (5) develop solutions regarding these species based on field 

needs. (10 minutes) 

33. Curbelo (FL): Increases funding within the Construction ac- count for Army Corps Environmental Infrastructure by $45,000,000 

and decreases the Construction account by $45,000,000 (10 minutes) 

34. Nolan (MN): Increases the Army Corps’ Operation and Main- tenance budget by $325,000 with the intention to provide more 

funding for the Aquatic Nuisance Control Research program currently funded at $675,000. (10 minutes) 

35. Heck, Denny (WA): Provides funding for a U.S. Army Corps 

of Engineers study on the extent to which the agency has used low 

impact development to comply with Sec. 438 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110–140). (10 minutes) 

36. Mitchell (MI): Reduces by 10% the general administrative expense accounts of the USACE, Office of the Assistant Secretary of 

the Army for Civil Works, Department of the Interior, and Department of Energy. Transfers the savings to the Spending Reduction 

Account. (10 minutes) 

37. Beyer (VA), Esty (CT): Strikes section 108 on page 277, line 

12, which authorizes the Administrator of the EPA and the Secretary of the Army to withdraw the WOTUS rule without regard 

to any provision of statue or regulation that establishes a requirement for such withdrawal. (10 minutes) 

38. Castor (FL): Increases funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by $177,000,000 and reduce funding for Fossil Energy Research and Development by $355,000,000. (10 minutes) 

39. Norcross (NJ): Adds $161.725 million to the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy for research and development to 

advance energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. (10 

minutes) 

40. Quigley (IL), Polis (CO), Lee, Barbara (CA), Blumenauer 

(OR), Garamendi (CA): Cuts $921 million from the Department of 

Energy nuclear weapons activities account and add $921 million to 

the Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE). (10 

minutes) 

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41. Polis (CO): Increases funds for the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy account by $986,292,000 (to FY17 level) and decrease funds for Fossil Energy Research and Development by 

$634,600,000 and reduce the National Nuclear Security Administration Weapons Activities account by $352,000,000. (10 minutes) 

42. McKinley (WV): Increases fossil energy funding to 2017 funding levels. (10 minutes) 

43. Perry (PA): Increases funding for EERE by $15,000,000 and 

decreases funding for Department of Energy departmental administration by $15,000,000. (10 minutes) 

44. Esty (CT), Rosen (NV): Increases funding to the Advanced 

Manufacturing Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy by $20 million by cutting $40 million from the 

Fossil Energy Research and Development. Additional funding will 

enable the research, development, and deployment of industrial efficiency and clean energy manufacturing technologies. (10 minutes) 

45. Larson, John (CT), Esty (CT): Increases funding for EERE 

Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies program. (10 minutes) 

46. Bonamici (OR): Increases funding for the water power program by $9 million. (10 minutes) 

47. Takano (CA): Restores the Energy Innovation Hubs in the Office of Science, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and Nuclear Energy. (10 minutes) 

48. DeSaulnier (CA): Restores $1.2 million in funding for the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program. (10 minutes) 

49. Jackson Lee (TX): Redirects $1 million in funding within the 

Departmental Administration account in order to address environmental concerns in both urban and rural settings. (10 minutes) 

50. Lujan Grisham (NM), Lujan (NM): Prioritizes funding for the 

construction of facilities that NNSA needs to meet its mission. (10 

minutes) 

51. Foster (IL): Reduces the NNSA Weapons Account by 

$10,000,000 and increases the account by the same amount, to be 

used to fight bioterror. (10 minutes) 

52. Garamendi (CA): Reduces the Weapons Activities—Recapitalization—Infrastructure to the President’s Budget level and increases the Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation account by the same 

amount. (10 minutes) 

53. Rosen (NV): Transfers to the Spending Reduction Account 

funding for Department of Energy disposal of defense nuclear 

waste, including acquisition of real property or facility construction/ 

expansion. (10 minutes) 

54. Pingree (ME), Carbajal (CA), Bonamici (OR), Langevin (RI), 

Lowenthal (CA), Cicilline (RI), Schneider (IL): Strikes section 505 

on page 325 that pertains to National Ocean Policy and Ocean 

Planning. (10 minutes) 

55. Kihuen (NV), Rosen (NV), Titus (NV): Strikes language that 

would prohibit closure of the Yucca Mountain project. (10 minutes) 

56. Jackson Lee (TX): Allocates an additional $3 million for postdisaster watershed assessment studies. (10 minutes) 

57. Jackson Lee (TX): Allocates an additional $100 million for 

Army Corps of Engineers construction projects related to flood control. (10 minutes) 

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58. Jackson Lee (TX): Prohibits use of funds in contravention of 

the Department of Energy Organization Act and addresses the 

need to increase programs that educate minorities in science, technology, engineering and math. (10 minutes) 

59. Gosar (AZ): Prohibits the use of funds to prepare, propose, or 

promulgate any regulation or guidance related to the social cost of 

carbon. (10 minutes) 

60. DelBene (WA), Hunter (CA): Ensures the Army Corps of Engineers is using taxpayer dollars on American-made anchor chain. 

(10 minutes) 

61. Burgess (TX): States that limitation amendment pertaining 

to lightbulb energy efficiency regulations (10 minutes) 

62. Blackburn (TN): Provides for a one percent across the board 

cut to the discretionary spending levels in Division D of the bill. 

(10 minutes) 

63. Perry (PA): Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce the final rule published by the Secretary of Energy entitled 

‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Central Air 

Conditioners and Heat Pumps.’’ (10 minutes) 

64. Rooney, Francis (FL), Budd (NC): Prohibits the use of funds 

to be used to implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing wage 

requirements in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act). (10 

minutes) 

65. Rooney, Francis (FL): Prohibits the use of funds to be used 

to implement or enforce Executive Order 13502 (Use of Project 

Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects). (10 minutes) 

66. Stivers (OH): States that none of the funds made available 

by this division may be used for the Cape Wind Energy Project on 

the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, Nantucket Sound. 

(10 minutes) 

67. Gallagher (WI), Curbelo (FL): Provides $10,000,000 for ‘‘Department of Energy—Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability’’ 

for energy storage systems demonstrations as authorized by section 

641 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 and decreases The Department of Energy-Departmental Administration 

by the same amount. (10 minutes) 

68. Brownley (CA), Napolitano (CA): States none of the funds 

made available by this Act may be used in contravention of section 

2102 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 

or section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. (10 

minutes) 

69. Davis, Rodney (IL), Bustos (IL): Makes no funds available to 

the Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works) to require an economic 

re-evaluation of any project authorized under title VIII of the 

Water Resources Development Act of 2007. (10 minutes) 

70. Mitchell (MI), Huizenga (MI): Ensures none of the funds in 

this act are used to delay the release of the USACE Great Lakes 

and Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Brand Road 

Study. (10 minutes) 

71. Watson Coleman (NJ): States that no funds in this bill may 

be used to implement the President’s Executive Order on expedited 

environmental review for infrastructure projects from January 24, 

2017. (10 minutes) 

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72. DeSantis (FL): Prohibits funds from being used to pay the 

salary of the Director of Civil Works of the Army Corps of Engineers, which is a duplicative office. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION B (LEGISLATIVE BRANCH) MADE IN

ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNOLLY

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 163, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,022,250)’’. 

Page 164, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,022,250)’’. 

Page 189, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$1,000,000)’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LOVE OF

UTAH OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 164, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$11,025,000) (increased by $11,025,000)’’. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KILDEE OF

MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 163, line 25, after the dollar amount insert the following: 

‘‘(increased by $250,000)’’. 

Page 167, line 3, after the dollar amount insert the following: 

‘‘(increased by $250,000)’’. 

Page 167, line 14, after the dollar amount insert the following: 

‘‘(increased by $250,000)’’. 

Page 176, line 18, after the dollar amount insert the following: 

‘‘(reduced by $250,000)’’. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PERRY OF

PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 176, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$25,436,000)’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GRIFFITH

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. The Budget Analysis Division of the Congressional 

Budget Office, comprising 89 employees with annual salaries aggregating $15,000,000, is hereby abolished. The duties imposed by 

law and regulation upon the employees of that Division are hereby 

transferred to the Office of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. 

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6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CICILLINE

OF RHODE ISLAND OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 176, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$100,000) (increased by $100,000)’’. 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TAKANO OF

CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. There is appropriated, for salaries and expenses of 

the Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (2 U.S.C. 471 et seq.) $2,500,000, 

to be derived from a reduction of $2,647,000 in the amount provided in this Act for the item for ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capital 

Construction and Operations’’. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE SHEA-PORTER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. None of the funds made available in this Act may 

be used to mail any mass mailing (as defined in subparagraph (E) 

of section 3210(a)(6) of title 39, United States Code) which is larger 

than 41⁄4 inches high x 6 inches long x 0.016 inches thick. 

9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RUSSELL

OF OKLAHOMA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal Register to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress), unless a printed 

copy is requested by the Member (or Delegate or Resident Commissioner). 

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLACKBURN OF TENNESSEE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. (a) Each amount appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 

1 percent. 

(b) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply with respect 

to— 

(1) accounts under the heading ‘‘Capitol Police’’; 

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(2) ‘‘Architect of the Capitol—Capitol Police Buildings, 

Grounds and Security’’; or 

(3) the amount provided for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms under the heading ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries, Officers and Employees’’. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION C (MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND

VETERANS AFFAIRS) MADE IN ORDER

11. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BERGMAN

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 219, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(decreased by 

$30,000,000)’’. 

Page 226, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$30,000,000)’’. 

Page 226, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$30,000,000)’’. 

12. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BARR OF

KENTUCKY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 219, line 16, after the dollar amount insert the following: 

‘‘(increased by $5,000,000)’’. 

Page 225, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: 

‘‘(reduced by $5,000,000)’’. 

13. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE AL GREEN

OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount insert the following: 

‘‘(increased by $70,000,000)’’. 

Page 225, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following: ‘‘(reduced by $70,000,000)’’. 

14. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KIHUEN

OF NEVADA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $1,031,808,000) (increased by $1,031,808,000)’’. 

15. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BEYER OF

VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$2,500,000) (increased by $2,500,000)’’. 

16. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LUJAN

GRISHAM OF NEW MEXICO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000)’’. 

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17. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NOR- CROSS OF NEW JERSEY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 220, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)’’. 

18. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KEATING

OF MASSACHUSETTS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 221, line 25, after the dollar amount insert the following: ‘‘(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)’’. 

19. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NADLER

OF NEW YORK OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Strike section 512. 

20. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

RATCLIFFE OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or additional Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) round. 

21. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BRAT OF

VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the following: 

SEC. ll. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to purchase, breed, transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose 

of, or experiment on dogs as part of the conduct of any study assigned to pain category D or E, as defined by the Department of 

Agriculture. 

(b) This section shall not apply to training programs or studies 

of service dogs described in section 1714 of title 38 United States 

Code or section 17.148 of title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

22. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘Department of 

Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Information 

Technology Services’’ (and the amount specified under such heading for operations and maintenance), and by increasing the amount 

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tration—Medical Services’’, by $2,500,000 and $2,000,000, respectively. 

23. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KING OF

IOWA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing wage requirements in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act). 

24. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DUNN OF

FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title) insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

available in this Act may be used to pay a bonus to any senior executive service employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

25. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in contravention of subchapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, United States Code. 

26. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CONNOLLY OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to charge a veteran a fee for a veterans identification card 

pursuant to section 5706(c) of title 38, United States Code, if the 

veteran uses form DD–214 to apply for the identification card and 

indicates on the form that the veteran is ‘‘homeless’’. 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO DIVISION D (ENERGY AND WATER) MADE IN

ORDER

27. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BERGMAN

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 267, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$1,000,000)’’. 

Page 273, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(decreased by 

$1,000,000)’’. 

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28. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

VELA ́ ZQUEZ OF NEW YORK OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 268, line 2, strike ‘‘five’’ and insert ‘‘four’’. 

Page 268, line 4, strike ‘‘one study’’ and insert ‘‘two studies’’. 

29. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LUJA ́ N OF

NEW MEXICO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)’’. 

30. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WELCH

OF VERMONT OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)’’. 

31. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANCIS

ROONEY OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$118,000,000)’’. 

Page 290, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$118,000,000)’’. 

32. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MAST OF

FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$500,000)’’. 

Page 270, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$500,000)’’. 

33. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CURBELO

OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 268, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$45,000,000) (increased by $45,000,000)’’. 

34. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NOLAN OF

MINNESOTA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 270, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$325,000)’’. 

Page 273, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$325,000)’’. 

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35. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE HECK OF

WASHINGTON OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 270, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$500,000)’’. 

Page 273, line 1, after the dollar amount insert ‘‘(reduced by 

500,000)’’. 

36. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MITCHELL

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 273, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$18,100,000)’’. 

Page 273, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$476,400)’’. 

Page 282, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$5,900,000)’’. 

Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$28,169,300)’’. 

Page 326, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$52,645,700)’’. 

37. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BEYER OF

VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 277, beginning on line 12, strike section 108. 

38. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CASTOR

OF FLORIDA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$177,000,000)’’. 

Page 288, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$355,000,000)’’. 

39. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE NORCROSS OF NEW JERSEY OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$161,725,000)’’. 

Page 288, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$323,450,000)’’. 

40. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE QUIGLEY

OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount insert ‘‘(increased 

$921,000,000)’’. 

Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$921,000,000)’’. 

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41. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE POLIS OF

COLORADO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $986,292,000)’’. 

Page 288, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $634,600,000)’’. 

Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $352,000,000)’’. 

42. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MCKIN- LEY OF WEST VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

On page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $33,400,000)’’. 

On page 288 line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $33,400,000)’’. 

43. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PERRY OF

PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $15,000,000)’’. 

Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $15,000,000)’’. 

44. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ESTY OF

CONNECTICUT OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by $20,000,000)’’. 

Page 288, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $40,000,000)’’. 

45. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LARSON

OF CONNECTICUT OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $48,000,000) (increased by $48,000,000)’’. 

46. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BONAMICI

OF OREGON OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$9,000,000)’’. 

Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(decreased by 

$9,000,000)’’. 

47. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE TAKANO

OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 286, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)’’. 

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48. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

DESAULNIER OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR

10 MINUTES

Page 291, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$1,200,000)’’. 

Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,200,000)’’. 

49. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 296, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)’’. 

50. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE LUJAN

GRISHAM OF NEW MEXICO OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$98,000,000) (increased by $98,000,000)’’. 

51. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FOSTER

OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$10,000,000) (increased by $10,000,000)’’. 

52. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

GARAMENDI OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 297, line 21, after the dollar amount insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$118,017,000)’’. 

Page 298, line 11, after the dollar amount insert ‘‘(increased by 

$118,017,000)’’. 

53. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE ROSEN OF

NEVADA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 301, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(reduced by 

$30,000,000)’’. 

Page 326, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ‘‘(increased by 

$30,000,000)’’. 

54. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PINGREE

OF MAINE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 325, strike lines 17 through 21. 

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55. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE KIHUEN

OF NEVADA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 326, strike lines 1 through 7. 

56. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D, before the short title, insert the following: 

SEC. ll. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Investigations’’, and increasing the amount made 

available for the same account, by $3,000,000. 

57. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D, before the short title, insert the following: 

SEC. ll. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by reducing the amount made available for ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construction’’, and increasing the amount made available for the same account, by $100,000,000. 

58. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act for ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’ may be used in 

contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 

U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

59. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GOSAR OF

ARIZONA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to prepare, propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance that references or relies on the analysis contained in— 

(1) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Social Cost of Carbon for 

Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866’’, 

published by the Interagency Working Group on Social Cost of 

Carbon, United States Government, in February 2010; 

(2) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the 

Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 

Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Interagency Working 

Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 

May 2013 and revised in November 2013; 

(3) ‘‘Revised Draft Guidance for Federal Departments and 

Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 

the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews’’, published by 

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the Council on Environmental Quality on December 24, 2014 

(79 Fed. Reg. 77801); 

(4) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the 

Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 

Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Interagency Working 

Group on Social Cost of Carbon, United States Government, in 

July 2015; 

(5) ‘‘Addendum to the Technical Support Document on Social 

Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866: Application of the Methodology to Estimate 

the Social Cost of Methane and the Social Cost of Nitrous 

Oxide’’, published by the Interagency Working Group on Social 

Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, in August 2016; or 

(6) ‘‘Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the 

Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under 

Executive Order 12866’’, published by the Interagency Working 

Group on Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases, United States Government, in August 2016. 

60. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DELBENE

OF WASHINGTON OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the division, before the short title, insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available in this division may 

be used for the procurement of anchor chain that is not subject to 

the restrictions in section 225.7007–1 of title 48, Code of Federal 

Regulations. 

61. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BURGESS

OF TEXAS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the division (before the short title) insert the following new section: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available in this division may 

be used— 

(1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of title 10, Code 

of Federal Regulations; or 

(2) to implement or enforce the standards established by the 

tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy 

and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to 

BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector 

lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps. 

62. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLACKBURN OF TENNESSEE OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

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SEC. ll. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby reduced by 1 

percent. 

63. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PERRY OF

PENNSYLVANIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to implement or enforce the final rule published by the 

Secretary of Energy entitled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Test 

Procedures for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps’’ published on January 5, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 1426). 

64. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANCIS

ROONEY OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

At the end of the division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing wage requirements in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 

States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-Bacon Act). 

65. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE FRANCIS

ROONEY OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MIN- UTES

At the end of the division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to implement or enforce Executive Order 13502. 

66. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE STIVERS

OF OHIO OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of the division (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this division may 

be used for the Cape Wind Energy Project on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, Nantucket Sound. 

67. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE GALLAGHER OF WISCONSIN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. ll. For ‘‘Department of Energy—Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability’’ for energy storage systems demonstrations as 

authorized by section 641 of the Energy Independence and Security 

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Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17231), there is hereby appropriated, and 

the amount otherwise provided by this Act for ‘‘Department of Energy—Departmental Administration’’ is hereby reduced by, 

$10,000,000. 

68. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

BROWNLEY OF CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

At the end of division D, before the short title, insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used in contravention of section 2102 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 or section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. 

69. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE RODNEY

DAVIS OF ILLINOIS OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D, before the short title, insert the following: 

SEC. ll. None of the funds made available under title I of division D of this Act may be used to require an economic re-evaluation 

of any project authorized under title VIII of the Water Resources 

Development Act of 2007. 

70. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE MITCHELL

OF MICHIGAN OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. lll. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to delay the release of the Great Lakes and Mississippi 

River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Brandon Road Study. 

71. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WATSON

COLEMAN OF NEW JERSEY OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

SEC. 511. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to implement, administer, enforce, or otherwise carry out Executive Order 13766 (entitled ‘‘Expediting Environmental Reviews 

and Approvals for High-Priority Infrastructure Projects’’; signed on 

January 24, 2017). 

72. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DESANTIS

OF FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: 

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SEC. ll. None of the funds made available by this Act may be 

used to pay the salary of the Director of Civil Works of the Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

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