H.R. 2397 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014

Bill Text

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    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 (as reported) 

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    Report from the Committee on Appropriations 

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Monday, July 22, 2013.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 312: 
ADOPTED by record vote of 226-194, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 229-190, on Tuesday, July 23, 2013.  

MANAGERS: Nugent/McGovern

1. Structured rule for H.R. 2397.

2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read through page 157, line 2.

5. Waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.

6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, the amendment described in section 2 of the resolution, and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution.

7. Waives all points of order against amendments printed in the Rules Committee report and against amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution.

8. Each amendment printed in the Rules Committee report shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divisions of the question.

9. Section 2 provides that after disposition of amendments printed in the report and amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution, it shall be in order for the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee to offer an amendment reducing funding levels in the bill.

10. Section 3 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 the 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. The original proponent of an amendment included in such amendments en bloc may insert a statement in the Congressional Record.

11. Section 4 provides that after the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment, there shall be in order a final period of general debate, which shall not exceed 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

12. Section 5 provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

13. Section 6 provides an open rule for H.R. 2610.

14. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

15. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

16. Waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.

17. Provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

18. Authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record.

19. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

 

Amendments (click headers to sort)

# Version # Sponsor(s) Party Summary Status
100 Version 1 Amash (MI), Conyers (MI), Mulvaney (SC), Polis (CO), Massie (KY) Bi-Partisan Ends authority for the blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act. Bars the NSA and other agencies from using Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect records, including telephone call records, that pertain to persons who are not subject to an investigation under Section 215. Submitted
101 Version 2 Amash (MI), Conyers (MI), Mulvaney (SC), Polis (CO), Massie (KY) Bi-Partisan Revised Ends authority for the blanket collection of records under the Patriot Act. Bars the NSA and other agencies from using Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect records, including telephone call records, that pertain to persons who are not subject to an investigation under Section 215. Made In Order
137 Version 1 Barr, (KY), Huizenga (MI) Republican Late Withdrawn Provides that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to purchase goods or services offered by the Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Withdrawn
60 Version 1 Barrow (GA) Democrat Limits funds to implement a furlough pursuant to sequestration. Submitted
126 Version 1 Bass (CA) Democrat Reduces the department-wide Operations & Maintenance account by $3 million, then increases it by the same amount with the intent to combat illicit poaching and trafficking of animal products commonly linked to terrorism and armed conflict. Made In Order
50 Version 1 Blumenauer (OR) Democrat Prevents any funds in this Act to be used for the purposes out carrying out section 5062(b) of title 10, United States Code. Made In Order
51 Version 1 Blumenauer (OR), Gabbard (HI) Democrat Restores funding for Environmental Restoration, Formerly Used Defense Sites to FY 2013 levels so that DoD can clean up and remediate UXO in a timely and safe fashion. Made In Order
52 Version 1 Blumenauer (OR) Democrat Prevents any funds in this Act from being used to carry out or implement any furlough of National Guard military technicians. Made In Order
53 Version 1 Blumenauer (OR), Conyers (MI) Democrat Reduces funding for the Ohio-class submarines by 10 percent to help prepare the Department of Defense for the sequestration. Made In Order
97 Version 1 Bonamici (OR) Democrat Provides $30 million for the purchase of emergency response medical equipment sets for National Guard M997A3 HMMWV ambulances to ensure they carry adequate life-saving equipment. Made In Order
98 Version 1 Bonamici (OR) Democrat Prevents the retirement, divestment, transfer, or preparation to do so of C-23 aircraft used by the National Guard and to designate $34 million for the sustainment and operation of the C-23 aircraft in a viable state. Made In Order
127 Version 1 Bridenstine (OK), Wilson, Joe (SC), Bordallo (GU) Bi-Partisan Increases funding by $10 million for the National Guard State Partnership Program, split evenly between the Army National Guard (Operations & Maintenance, Army National Guard) and Air Force National Guard (Operations & Maintenance, Air Force National Guard), which is offset by $11m reduction to Defense Media Activity (Operations & Maintenance, Defense-wide) account. Made In Order
5 Version 2 Brooks (AL) Republican Revised Prohibits funds from this Act to be used to implement or execute any agreement with the Russian Federation concerning the missile defenses of the United States. Made In Order
87 Version 2 Broun (GA) Republican Revised Prohibits the Department of Defense from using any funds to operate an unmanned aerial system in contravention of the fourth amendment to the Constitution. Made In Order
90 Version 1 Broun (GA) Republican Prohibits the Department of Defense from using any funds to propose, plan for, or execute an additional Base Realignment and Closure round involving military installations located within the United States. Made In Order
169 Version 1 Buchanan (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Provides that none of the funds in this act may be used to provide military assistance to Egypt. Withdrawn
170 Version 1 Buchanan (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Provides that none of the funds in this act may be used to provide assistance to Egypt. Withdrawn
171 Version 1 Buchanan (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Provides that none of the funds in this act may be used for the sale, lease, transfer, retransfer, or delivery of F-16 aircraft, M1 tanks, or certain other defense articles to Egypt. Withdrawn
40 Version 1 Bustos (IL) Democrat Prohibits the Department of Defense from purchasing American flags that aren’t made in the United States. Made In Order
42 Version 1 Castor (FL) Democrat Requires the Department of Defense to conduct a review, within 90 days of enactment, of the adequacy of facilities (such as medical, education and recreational) located on a military base that contains on-base military housing and have service members returning from OEF/OIF. Submitted
63 Version 3 Cicilline (RI) Democrat Revised Reduces appropriations for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by $60 million and increase appropriations for the Defense Health Program by $14 million. Within this increase, $13 million in additional funds would be provided to fund peer-reviewed traumatic brain injury and psychological health research and $1 million in additional funds would be provided to fund peer-reviewed alcohol and substance abuse disorders research in order to ensure the Department meets the health needs of American military personnel. Made In Order
64 Version 1 Cicilline (RI) Democrat Reduces appropriations for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by $279,000,000 and apply the savings to the spending reduction account. Made In Order
43 Version 1 Coffman (CO), Garamendi (CA), Murphy, Patrick (FL), Cohen (TN) Bi-Partisan Decreases the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by $553.8M (contract to Rosoboronexport for 30 Mi-17 helicopters) and increases the Spending Reduction Account by the same amount. Made In Order
66 Version 1 Cohen (TN) Democrat Reduces the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund from $279 million to $140 million and transfers the savings to deficit reduction. Made In Order
37 Version 2 Cole (OK), Kilmer (WA), McCarthy, Kevin (CA), Bishop, Rob (UT), Jones (NC), Loebsack (IA), McCollum (MN), Scott, Austin (GA) Bi-Partisan Revised Provides that none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to implement a furlough of Department of Defense federal employees who are paid from the Working Capital Fund (WCF) Account, which is a revolving fund and does not receive direct funding from Congressional appropriations to finance its operations. Made In Order
159 Version 2 Cole (OK), Kilmer (WA), McCarthy, Kevin (CA), Bishop, Rob (UT), Jones (NC), Loebsack (IA), McCollum (MN), Scott, Austin (GA) Bi-Partisan Late Revised Provides that none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to implement a furlough of Department of Defense federal employees who are paid from the Working Capital Fund (WCF) Account, which is a revolving fund and does not receive direct funding from Congressional appropriations to finance its operations. Made In Order
95 Version 1 Connolly (VA) Democrat Strengthens the DoD acquisition workforce by restoring the appropriation for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund to FY14 budget request; decreases seven accounts where HAC-D increased above FY14 budget request, yet maintains significant plus up for 6 out of 7 accounts. Submitted
96 Version 1 Connolly (VA) Democrat Strengthens the Department of Defense acquisition workforce by restoring the appropriation for the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund (DAWDF) to the Fiscal Year 2014 budget request; decreases the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by an amount equal to the DAWDF increase. Submitted
25 Version 1 Conyers (MI), Jones (NC), Welch (VT), Cohen (TN), Lee, Barbara (CA) Bi-Partisan Prevents funds authorized in the Act from being used to deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of Members of the Armed Forces or private security contractors on the ground in Syria unless the purpose of the presence is to rescue a Member of the Armed Forces from imminent danger. Submitted
24 Version 1 Cuellar (TX) Democrat Directs the Secretary of Defense to work with the Government Accountability Office to determine performance metrics. Submitted
177 Version 2 Delaney (MD) Democrat Late Revised Increases Fisher House Account by $16 million. Decreases Operation and Maintenance Account Defense-Wide by $25 million. Difference in values maintains outlay neutrality. Made In Order
65 Version 1 DeLauro (CT), Moran, James (VA), Wolf (VA), McGovern (MA), Bridenstine (OK), Connolly (VA), Garamendi (CA), Cohen (TN) Bi-Partisan Prohibits funds to train the Afghan Special Mission Wing (SMW) to operate or maintain Mi-17 helicopters manufactured by Russia’s state arms dealer that the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction reports the SMW does not have the capacity to use. Made In Order
88 Version 1 Denham (CA) Republican Prohibits funds from being used to implement the Trans Regional Web Initiative. Made In Order
4 Version 1 Engel (NY) Democrat Mandates that all vehicles purchased by DOD and related agencies must conform to the Presidential Memorandum dated, May 24, 2011. Made In Order
67 Version 1 Esty (CT) Democrat Adds $5 million to the Operations & Maintenance – Defense Wide account for overseas contingency operations to strengthen support services like the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program for members of the National Guard and Reserve. Made In Order
68 Version 1 Esty (CT) Democrat Adds $10 million to the Defense Health Program for suicide prevention awareness and outreach in the Overseas Contingency Operations account, which is offset by reductions to the Afghan Security Forces Fund. Made In Order
69 Version 1 Esty (CT) Democrat Reduces funding for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund for overseas contingency operations by $25,000,000 and redirect those funds to the Spending Reduction Account. Made In Order
151 Version 1 Fitzpatrick (PA) Republican Late Provides that if any business is afforded a preference in contracting, that same preference must be given to a veteran owned small business. Allows service disabled veteran owned small business to be given a contracting preference above all other groups. Submitted
56 Version 1 Fleming (LA) Republican Withdrawn Prevents funds from being used to reduce the number of nuclear-capable bombers beyond New Start Treaty limitations. Withdrawn
160 Version 2 Fleming (LA), Bridenstine (OK), Forbes (VA), Jordan (OH), Pitts (PA), Lankford (OK) Republican Late Revised Prevents funds from being used to appoint chaplains without an endorsing agency. Made In Order
129 Version 1 Flores (TX), Gingrey (GA), Conaway (TX), Hensarling (TX) Republican Prohibits any funds from being used to enforce the selective fuel bans set forth in Sec. 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which expands options for the federal government to purchase fuels by from unconventional sources like California heavy oil resources or Canadian oil sands. Made In Order
140 Version 1 Flores (TX) Republican Late Prohibits the use of any funds made available by this act to be used to take any adverse personnel action against any member of the Armed Forces on account of the faith, religious beliefs, actions, or speech of the member reflecting the conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs of the member. Submitted
155 Version 2 Gabbard (HI) Democrat Revised Increases funding for the Navy Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare weapon and Air-Launched Long Range Anti-Ship Missile program by $104,000,000, and reduces Operations and Maintenance, Defense-wide by the same. Made In Order
57 Version 1 Garamendi (CA) Democrat Cuts $2,615,000,000 from the Afghan Security Forces Fund. Made In Order
94 Version 1 Garamendi (CA), Langevin (RI) Democrat Increases funding for high energy laser research by $40,217,000; decreases funding for the development of an East Coast missile site by the same amount. Submitted
114 Version 1 Garcia (FL) Democrat Prevents any funds from the Act to be used by the Secretary of Defense to enter any ground lease agreement, negotiated under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative with any private company that has outstanding tax obligations to a State or political subdivision of a State dating back over 12 months, as determined by a final judgment by a tax authority. Submitted
115 Version 1 Garcia (FL) Democrat Prevents any funds from the Act to be used by the Secretary of Defense to enter any agreement, negotiated under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative, to assure rental income with any private company that has outstanding tax obligations to a State or political subdivision of a State dating back over 12 months, as determined by a final judgment by a tax authority. Submitted
116 Version 1 Garcia (FL) Democrat Prevents any funds from the Act to be used by the Secretary of Defense to enter any agreement, negotiated under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative to assure occupancy levels or rental income with any private company that has outstanding tax obligations to a State or political subdivision of a State dating back over 12 months, as determined by a final judgment by a tax authority. Submitted
117 Version 1 Garcia (FL) Democrat Prevents any funds from the Act to be used by the Secretary of Defense to enter any agreement, negotiated under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative, to assure occupancy levels with any private company that has outstanding tax obligations to a State or political subdivision of a State dating back over 12 months, as determined by a final judgment by a tax authority. Submitted
1 Version 2 Gibson (NY), Welch (VT) Bi-Partisan Revised Prohibits the use of funds for arming Syrian rebel groups and United States military operations in Syria. Submitted
32 Version 1 Gohmert (TX) Republican Provides appropriation of funds to continue military pay and allowances without interruption in the event that funding would cease for any reason. Submitted
70 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits funding from being obligated or expended by the United States Government to exercise United States control over any oil resource of Afghanistan, in keeping with a similar prohibition in Iraq located in Section 9007 of the bill (p. 150). Submitted
71 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits funds appropriated in this bill from being obligated or expended for assistance to Iran or Syria unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. Submitted
72 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits funds appropriated in this bill from being obligated or expended for assistance to Zimbabwe, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Maldives, or Myanmar unless specifically appropriated for that purpose. Submitted
73 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prevents contracts from being awarded to contractors who have been convicted within the last three years for crimes against the federal government such as fraud, theft, bribery, making false statements, and tax evasion. Made In Order
74 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Withdrawn Reduces funding for the Afghan Security Forces by $10 million and increases funding for suicide prevention outreach in the Defense Health Program by $10 million. Withdrawn
75 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits any foreign person from directly and personally benefiting from funds appropriated by this bill, unless the funds are awarded by full and open competition. Submitted
76 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits contracting with any person who has been convicted of intentionally affixing a “Made in America” label to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in America. Submitted
77 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to obtain or seek to obtain information relating to an individual or group of individuals held by a third-party in a system of records unless the individual whose name or identification information the Federal Government is using to access the information provides express and informed consent to the specific search, directly to the Government and not as a term of service, or the Federal Government obtains a warrant, upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Submitted
78 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Withdrawn Prohibits funds from being used to implement an enrollment fee for the TRICARE for LIFE program. Withdrawn
79 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Reduces the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide account by $10 million and increases the Defense Health Program account by $10 million in order to bolster prostate cancer research efforts. Made In Order
80 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits funds in this act from being used to fund a brewery. Submitted
81 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits funds from being used to produce any document that categorizes an individual killed in a strike by an unmanned aerial system as anything but ‘unknown’ unless the person 1) can be named, or 2) was wearing a recognizable enemy uniform. Submitted
82 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits funds from being used to plan, develop, release or make available to the general public DOD-created video games. Submitted
83 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Increases the Defense Health Program Account by $10 million to specifically target finding a cure for Gulf War Illness which directly affects over one-fourth of veterans from the first Gulf War. Made In Order
84 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Provides that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to engage in an act covered by or described in 18 USC 2340A (torture or conspiracy to commit torture). Made In Order
85 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits funds made available by this bill from being used to pay more than $1 million to a subcontractor under a non-fixed-price prime contract of the Department of Defense unless such payment is reported to the Defense Contract Audit Agency. Submitted
86 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Withdrawn Prohibits funds in this bill from being used to fund a domestic elementary or secondary school that is located within two miles of a public school. Withdrawn
111 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits the use of funds to have a net increase of additional flag or general officers above current levels. Made In Order
112 Version 2 Grayson (FL) Democrat Revised Prohibits the use of funds to block access to online news media to members of the Armed Services during morale, welfare, and recreation periods. Submitted
113 Version 1 Grayson (FL) Democrat Prohibits the use of funds to award contracts to entities that hire, at the date of enactment of this act, former general and flag officers who have retired within the last five years at a compensation rate of at least twice what these officers made at their last highest government rate, if the entities receive more than 50% of their revenues from the Department of Defense. Submitted
6 Version 1 Griffin (AR) Republican Provides that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to cancel or modify the avionics modernization program of record for C–130 aircraft. Made In Order
39 Version 1 Hanabusa (HI) Democrat Prohibits funds from being used to implement an enrollment fee in the TRICARE for Life program. Made In Order
138 Version 1 Heck (NV) Republican Late Transfers $15,000,000 to Defense-Wide RDTE for producing the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program in the United States, including for infrastructure, tooling, transferring data, special test equipment, and related components. Made In Order
139 Version 1 Heck (NV) Republican Late Withdrawn Transfers $14,000, 000 to Defense RDTE to produce the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program in the United States, including for infrastructure, tooling, transferring data, special test equipment, and related components. Withdrawn
29 Version 1 Hunter (CA) Republican Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to plan for, consider, or carry out any action to remove any portion of the Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California. Made In Order
45 Version 1 Israel (NY), King, Peter (NY) Bi-Partisan Increases by $10 million the Defense Human Resources Activity account for the purpose of enhancing DOD efforts in mental health research, treatment, education, and outreach and reduces the same amount from the Office of the Secretary of Defense account Made In Order
46 Version 1 Israel (NY) Democrat Prohibits the use of funds for the purchase of USB devices that lack cryptographic protection and specifies that procured products must be designed, manufactured, and embedded in the U.S. Submitted
134 Version 1 Jackson Lee (TX) Democrat Prohibits the DoD from using funds appropriated by the Act to entering into a new contract or renewing the contract of any civilian contractor performing defense intelligence activities (including intelligence analysis) to support Federal Government activities if such contract would cause the number of civilian contractors for FY2014 to exceed 90 percent of the number of such civilian contractors for FY2013. Submitted
135 Version 1 Jackson Lee (TX) Democrat Increases the Defense Health Program's Research and Development account by $10 million and reduces the Defense Procurement-Wide account by the same amount. Made In Order
156 Version 1 Jackson Lee (TX) Democrat Late Reduces funding for Procurement, Defense-Wide, by $1 million and transfers the same amount to the Spending Reduction Account. Made In Order
157 Version 1 Jackson Lee (TX) Democrat Late Reduces funding for Procurement, Defense-Wide, by $2 million and transfers the same amount to the Spending Reduction Account. Made In Order
158 Version 1 Jackson Lee (TX) Democrat Late Increases funding for Defense Health Program account (intended for PTSD) by $500,000 offset by a similar reduction in the Environment Restoration, Army account. Made In Order
19 Version 1 Jones (NC) Republican Restricts the use of funds approved by this Act from being used to carry out activities under the United States - Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement, without being approved by Members of Congress. Made In Order
20 Version 1 Jones (NC) Republican Restricts the use of funds approved by this Act from being used to carry out activities under the United States - Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement. Made In Order
106 Version 3 Kilmer (WA), Heck (WA) Democrat Revised Protects DoD civilians' security clearances. Made In Order
107 Version 1 Kilmer (WA) Democrat Makes a symbolic cut of $1 million to the Defense Human Resources Activity, Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, account. Funds are reinserted at the same place, with the intent of encouraging a study on how the Defense Human Resources Activity components and the Chief Information Officer identify, catalogue, process, notify appropriate personnel, and rectify mistakes or inconsistencies found when data is uploaded to the Defense Manpower Data Center. Made In Order
16 Version 1 Kline (MN), Polis (CO), Paulsen (MN) Bi-Partisan Prohibits funds to carry out recent DOD recruitment policies in contravention of congressional intent in the Fiscal Year 2012 NDAA and to ensure all students are given the same opportunities to enlist in the armed forces. Made In Order
17 Version 1 Kline (MN), Paulsen (MN) Republican Prohibits funds from this Act to be used by the DOD to enlist an individual into the Armed Forces convicted of rape, sexual assault, or other sex crimes as outlined in the DOD enlistment waivers policy. Provides oversight to ensure DOD is properly screening individuals entering the military. Made In Order
18 Version 1 Kline (MN) Republican Withdrawn Provides funding to help reduce the backlog of pending cases in the Medical Evaluation Board/Integrated Disability Evaluation System for our servicemembers. Ensures adequate resources are available to increase the efficiency of adjudication times and bring transparency and action to the system while helping to prioritize the issue for the Secretary of Defense. Withdrawn
30 Version 1 LaMalfa (CA) Republican Provides that none of the funds made available in this act may be used to pay any fine assessed against a military installation by an appointed commission, board, or other state entity tasked with enforcing state emissions, water quality and land use laws and regulations. Submitted
31 Version 1 LaMalfa (CA) Republican Provides that none of the funds made available in this act may be used to pay any fine assessed against a military installation by the California Air Resources Board. Made In Order
108 Version 2 Lamborn (CO), O'Rourke (TX), Barrow (GA), Jenkins (KS) Bi-Partisan Revised Prohibits the use of funds to implement sequestration-related furloughs of civilian Department of Defense employees. Made In Order
109 Version 1 Lamborn (CO), Lummis (WY), Daines (MT), Cramer, Kevin (ND) Republican Prohibits the use of funds to conduct an environmental impact study on ICBMs. Made In Order
89 Version 1 Langevin (RI) Democrat Reduces the appropriation for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $5 million and transfers this amount to RDT&E, Defense-Wide for the purpose of restoring the funding for Cyber Security Advanced Research to the amount requested in the President’s Budget. Made In Order
91 Version 1 Langevin (RI) Democrat Reduces the appropriation for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $22 million and transfers this amount to RDT&E, Navy for the purpose of supporting development, demonstration, evaluation and fielding of promising undersea technologies in RDT&E Project Number 2033, for Advanced Submarine Systems Development. Made In Order
130 Version 1 Lee, Barbara (CA) Democrat Prohibits cash payment to an employee, officer, elected official, or representative of the government of a foreign country for the purposes of bribery, coercion, or any activity that is illegal or undermines the rule of law. Submitted
131 Version 1 Lee, Barbara (CA), Schakowsky (IL) Democrat 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. Submitted
132 Version 1 Lee, Barbara (CA), Blumenauer (OR), Schrader (OR), Conyers (MI), Polis (CO) Democrat Reduces funding by 1%, excluding the Defense Health Program and Military Personnel Accounts. Made In Order
133 Version 1 Lee, Barbara (CA) Democrat Requires a report, in classified and unclassified form, describing the utilization of the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF). Submitted
3 Version 1 LoBiondo (NJ) Republican Prohibits funding for Department of Defense aviation demonstration teams to perform outside of the United States. Made In Order
99 Version 1 Lowenthal (CA) Democrat Increases funding by $5,000,000 for the STARBASE Youth Program which falls under the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide and reduce the same amount from the Maintenance, Defense-Wide, Office of the Secretary of Defense account. Made In Order
128 Version 1 Lujan Grisham (NM), Lamborn (CO) Bi-Partisan Reduces RDT&E by $10 million and adds $10 million to RDT&E for Operationally Responsive Space (ORS). Made In Order
104 Version 2 Massie (KY), Yoho (FL), Schrader (OR), Amash (MI) Bi-Partisan Revised States that no funds made available by this Act may be used to fund military or paramilitary operations in Syria. Submitted
105 Version 2 Massie (KY), Amash (MI), Yoho (FL) Republican Revised Provides that no funds made available by this Act may be used to fund military or paramilitary operations in Egypt. Made In Order
8 Version 1 McKinley (WV), Napolitano (CA), McNerney (CA), Lowenthal (CA) Bi-Partisan Increases the Youth Challenge Program under Civil Military Programs within the Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $10,000,000. Decreases by $10,000,000 under Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide the general account for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Made In Order
23 Version 1 Meadows (NC) Republican Prohibits the use of funds for payment of salaries to recess appointees until the appointee is formally confirmed by the Senate. Made In Order
154 Version 1 Moran, James (VA), Smith, Adam (WA) Democrat Late Strikes sections 8107, which prohibits funding to transfer or release any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba into the United States, its territories, or possessions. Strikes section 8198, which prohibits funding to transfer any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to a country of origin or other foreign country or entity unless the Secretary of Defense makes certain certifications. Strike Section 8109, which prohibits funding to modify any United States facility (other than the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) to house any individual detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Made In Order
44 Version 1 Mulvaney (SC), Van Hollen (MD), Coffman (CO), Murphy, Patrick (FL) Bi-Partisan Reduces funds made available in the Overseas Contingency Operations budget by $3,546,000,000 to better correspond with the President’s request. Protects all amounts made available for the National Guard and Reserve Component Equipment modernization shortfalls for homeland defense and emergency response. Made In Order
119 Version 1 Murphy, Patrick (FL), Coffman (CO) Bi-Partisan Prevents funds from being used to maintain or improve facilities that DOD lists as being completely unused. Made In Order
120 Version 1 Murphy, Patrick (FL) Democrat Prevents funds from being used on contracts that were not bid competitively, efficiently, and fairly, per existing White House guidance promoting strategic sourcing, effective competition, and awards to small businesses. Submitted
180 Version 1 Murphy, Patrick (FL) Democrat Late Limits funds from being used on new acquisitions that the Secretary’s Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation has determined would not be cost efficient. Submitted
103 Version 1 Nadler (NY) Democrat Withdrawn Prohibits the force-feeding of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Withdrawn
123 Version 2 Nadler (NY) Democrat Revised Prevents the further detention of Guantanamo Bay detainees that have already been cleared for release. Made In Order
124 Version 1 Nadler (NY) Democrat Prevents further construction or expansion of existing facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Made In Order
125 Version 1 Nadler (NY), Garamendi (CA), Polis (CO) Democrat Cuts $70 million of unrequested funds for the East Coast Missile Defense site and dedicate that funding to deficit reduction instead. Made In Order
141 Version 1 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Limits funds available to treat military technicians (dual status) as other than personnel for purposes any sequestration order. Withdrawn
142 Version 2 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Revised Reduces appropriations for Defense-wide rapid innovation and increases the appropriations to develop a high power microwave cruise missile weapon. Made In Order
143 Version 1 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Permanently reclassifies dual status technicians as military personnel under the Budget Control Act, making them exempt from the impact of sequester. Withdrawn
144 Version 1 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Limits funds available for American military involvement or any lethal aid to Syria. Withdrawn
145 Version 1 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Reduces appropriations for Air Force sociocultural modeling and increases the appropriations to develop a high power microwave cruise missile weapon. Withdrawn
146 Version 1 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Limits funds available to provide lethal military equipment to Egypt. Withdrawn
147 Version 2 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Revised Ensures none of the funds may be used by the NSA to target a US person or acquire and store the content of a US person’s communications, including phone calls and e-mails. Made In Order
148 Version 1 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Prevents the Executive branch from using lethal force on Americans abroad without a prior judicial determination. Provides exceptions for the use of lethal force under a declaration of war, authorization for the use of military force, or when such force is in self defense to an imminent threat to the United States. Withdrawn
149 Version 1 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Expresses a sense of congress the Executive branch should not use lethal force on Americans abroad without a prior judicial determination. Provides exceptions for the use of lethal force under a declaration of war, authorization for the use of military force, or when such force is in self defense to an imminent threat to the United States. Withdrawn
150 Version 1 Nugent (FL) Republican Late Withdrawn Reduces appropriations for Defense-wide environmental research and increases the appropriations to develop a high power microwave cruise missile. Withdrawn
110 Version 1 Nunes (CA), Costa (CA), Langevin (RI), Keating (MA), Cicilline (RI), Valadao (CA) Bi-Partisan Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from using FY14 funds for the reduction in force structure at Lajes Field, Azores Portugal. Made In Order
61 Version 1 O'Rourke (TX) Democrat Withdrawn Exempts the Department of Defense’s entire civilian workforce from sequester-related furlough in FY2014. Withdrawn
62 Version 1 O'Rourke (TX) Democrat Strikes Section 8058. Made In Order
33 Version 2 Palazzo (MS), Nugent (FL) Republican Revised Prevents any funds from being used to plan for or carryout furloughs of Dual Status Military Technicians Made In Order
34 Version 1 Palazzo (MS) Republican Prevents any funds from being used to rebase any Air Force, Air Guard, or Air Force Reserve aircraft until 60 days after the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force has submitted its report as required by the FY 2013 NDAA Made In Order
93 Version 2 Pierluisi (PR), Young, Don (AK) Bi-Partisan Revised Enables the Department of Defense to respond to significant public safety hazards and fulfill its environmental restoration responsibilities under CERCLA by removing unexploded ordnance from the Northwest Peninsula of the island of Culebra in Puerto Rico, which is a formerly used defense site where U.S. Navy ship-to-shore bombing and weapons training occurred from 1903 until 1975. Made In Order
122 Version 1 Pocan (WI) Democrat Makes available from amounts available for the Department of Defense for research, development, test, and evaluation $10,000,000 for applied research to improve the safety of advanced batteries, specifically lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Made In Order
162 Version 1 Poe (TX) Republican Late Cuts funding to Pakistan by $600 million. Made In Order
163 Version 1 Poe (TX) Republican Eliminates the waiver to conditions on aid to Pakistan. Made In Order
92 Version 1 Polis (CO) Democrat Strikes $107,000,000 for 14 Ground-based Interceptors and reduces the deficit by the same amount. Made In Order
152 Version 1 Polis (CO) Democrat Late Withdrawn Strikes $68,174,000 for 8 MQ-9 Reaper drones and reduces the deficit by the same amount. Withdrawn
164 Version 1 Polis (CO) Democrat Late Withdrawn Strikes $146,000,000 in funding for the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and apply the savings to the spending reduction account. Withdrawn
41 Version 1 Quigley (IL) Democrat Limits funds made available in the bill to operate and maintain no more than 300 land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles. Made In Order
102 Version 2 Radel (FL) Republican Revised Prohibits the use of any funds with respect to military action in Syria to the extent such action would be inconsistent with the War Powers Resolution. Made In Order
47 Version 1 Rigell (VA) Republican Withdrawn Reduces the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by 50% ($139,500,000) and moves those funds to the Spending Reduction Account. Withdrawn
48 Version 1 Rigell (VA) Republican Prohibits funds in the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund from being used to commence new projects. Made In Order
49 Version 1 Rigell (VA) Republican Withdrawn Reduces the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by 50% ($139,500,000) and redistributes those funds to Operation and Maintenance Accounts of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Withdrawn
9 Version 1 Rogers, Mike (AL) Republican Withdrawn Reduces the accounts in this act to implement the New START Treaty. Withdrawn
10 Version 1 Rogers, Mike (AL) Republican Provides that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to carry out reductions to the nuclear forces of the United States to implement the New START Treaty. Made In Order
168 Version 1 Rohrabacher (CA) Republican Late Prohibits any funds in the bill from being provided to Pakistan. Made In Order
175 Version 1 Rooney (FL) Republican Late Prohibits Department of Defense funds to provide military equipment and support to rebel groups in Syria. Submitted
2 Version 1 Runyan (NJ) Republican Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for any purpose that would violate 49 U.S.C. 41106, the Fly CRAF Act. Prohibits the use of appropriated funds for unapproved foreign carrier flights without proper authorization. Made In Order
153 Version 3 Scalise (LA) Republican Late Revised Prohibits the Department of Defense from entering into any new contracts for the procurement or production of non-petroleum based fuels for use as the same purpose or as a drop-in substitute for petroleum. Made In Order
161 Version 1 Scalise (LA) Republican Late Withdrawn Prohibits the Department of Defense from entering into any new contracts for the procurement or production of biofuels for the purpose of test, certification, research, or development. Withdrawn
178 Version 1 Schiff (CA) Democrat Late Prohibits funding the use of force pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF, PL 107-40) effective on December 31, 2014 - concurrent with the end of our combat role in Afghanistan. Made In Order
179 Version 1 Schiff (CA) Democrat Late Prohibits the use of funds for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence unless certain significant opinions by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court are declassified or disclosed, consistent with national security protections, as of March 31, 2014. Submitted
7 Version 1 Schweikert (AZ) Republican Provides that none of the funds made available by this Act may used for military operations in or against Syria except under a declaration of war against Syria pursuant to Article I, section 8, clause 11 of the Constitution. Submitted
28 Version 1 Schweikert (AZ) Republican Provides that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to transfer military equipment to the Government of Egypt until the Government of Egypt and the Department of Defense have performed an analysis of Egypt’s security needs. Submitted
26 Version 2 Sessions (TX), Thompson, Mike (CA) Bi-Partisan Revised Reduces the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account (with the intention of cutting the Office of the Sec. of Defense) by $10 million and increases the Defense Health Program by a similar amount to create a pilot program to assist service individuals suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Made In Order
118 Version 1 Shea-Porter (NH), LoBiondo (NJ) Bi-Partisan Designates funding to study the Therapeutic Service Dog Training Program, which was directed in House Report 113-102 accompanying the FY14 NDAA. Made In Order
21 Version 1 Speier (CA) Democrat Withdrawn Strikes $100 million beyond the President's request for the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle. Withdrawn
22 Version 1 Speier (CA) Democrat Withdrawn Strikes $897,507,000 for 2 ships for the Littoral Combat Ship program and reduces the deficit by the same amount. Withdrawn
172 Version 2 Speier (CA), Schrader (OR), Wilson (FL), Chu (CA), Eshoo (CA), Keating (MA), Brownley (CA), Esty (CT), Rush (IL), Schakowsky (IL), Walz (MN), Meng (NY), Maloney, Carolyn (NY), Braley (IA) Democrat Late Revised Provides $10 million in additional funds to increase training for investigators to properly investigate sexual assault related offenses. Made In Order
173 Version 3 Speier (CA), Wilson (FL), Chu (CA), Eshoo (CA), Keating (MA), Brownley (CA), Esty (CT), Rush (IL), Schakowsky (IL), Walz (MN), Meng (NY), Maloney, Carolyn (NY), Braley (IA) Democrat Revised Provides funds to identify individuals who were separated from the military on the grounds of a disorder subsequent to reporting a sexual assault and, if appropriate, correcting their record. Made In Order
174 Version 1 Stockman (TX), Rohrabacher (CA) Republican Late Prohibits participation by the People's Republic of China in joint U.S. military exercises. Made In Order
121 Version 1 Swalwell (CA) Democrat Withdrawn Increases by $5,000,000 the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Air Force Support Systems Development (Alternative Energy Research). Reduces $2,500,00 from Army Aircraft Procurement and $17,500,000 from Army Missile Procurement. Withdrawn
36 Version 1 Takano (CA) Democrat Prevents any funding for tuition assistance in this bill from being used by institutions of higher education for recruiting or marketing activities. Submitted
11 Version 1 Terry (NE) Republican Requires the report described on page 105 of the committee passed bill to include a description of how much money civilian salaries were reduced due to furloughs and how much budget authority would have been needed to offset these furloughs. Submitted
12 Version 1 Terry (NE) Republican Prohibits the Department of Defense to spend any appropriated funds in FY14 to enforce Section 526 of the Energy Independent and Security Act of 2007. Made In Order
13 Version 1 Terry (NE) Republican Reduces the appropriation for environmental mitigation on Indian lands from $12 million to $1 million to create flexibility within appropriated amounts for the purpose of offsetting civilian furloughs. Submitted
14 Version 2 Terry (NE) Republican Revised Increases Defense wide O/M by $1 billion, while reducing funding in the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by $2.6 billion. The reduction would be in order to give DOD more flexibility to offset civilian furloughs. Made In Order
15 Version 1 Terry (NE) Republican Reduces the appropriation for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund by $4 billion and transfers this amount to Defense Wide Operations and Maintenance within Title IX of the bill. Submitted
165 Version 1 Terry (NE) Republican Late Decreases the appropriated level by 60% for Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Aid and increase the appropriated level for U.S. Air Force Operations and Maintenance by $13,500,000. Submitted
166 Version 1 Terry (NE) Republican Late Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from spending any appropriated dollars to reduce the military and civilian force structure at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. Submitted
167 Version 1 Terry (NE) Republican Late Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from spending any appropriated dollars to reduce the force structure of the United States Strategic Command below the total number of military and civilian personnel assigned there as of October 1, 2012. Submitted
27 Version 1 Turner (OH), Rogers, Mike (AL) Republican Prevents funds from being used to reduce strategic delivery systems and ensures that the President is in compliance with the Arms Control and Disarmament Act. Made In Order
54 Version 1 Velzquez (NY) Democrat Increases the funding to the Maintenance and Operations – Defense-wide budget by $1 million for the purposes of funding the Military Hazing Prevention Oversight Panel. Submitted
55 Version 1 Velzquez (NY) Democrat Increases the funding to the Defense Health Program by $5 million for the purposes of reducing military hazing and suicides. Made In Order
58 Version 2 Walberg (MI) Republican Revised Increases funding for the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response by $10 million and reduces funding to the Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $11 million. Made In Order
59 Version 1 Walberg (MI), Cohen (TN), Esty (CT), Rigell (VA) Bi-Partisan Reduces the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by $79 million and transfer the savings to the Spending Reduction Account. Made In Order
38 Version 2 Walorski (IN) Republican Revised Prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being used to transfer or release detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen. Made In Order
176 Version 2 Welch (VT) Democrat Late Revised Prohibits funds to pay customs fees to the Government of Afghanistan for the transportation of U.S. military equipment across Afghanistan's borders. Submitted
35 Version 1 Wittman (VA) Republican Provides that none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute an additional Base Realignment and Closure round. Made In Order
136 Version 1 Yoho (FL) Republican Prohibits funds to be used to furnish, train, or support military activities to any group or individual in Syria unless Congress has formally declared war with Syria. Submitted

 

Committee Votes

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 59

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report an open rule. Defeated: 4–8

Majority Member
Vote
Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. Bishop
Nay
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Nugent
Nay
Mr. Webster
Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen
Nay
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mr. Sessions, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Ms. Slaughter
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mr. Polis
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 60

Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 8-4

Majority Member
Vote
Ms. Foxx
Yea
Mr. Bishop
Yea
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Nugent
Yea
Mr. Webster
Yea
Ms. Ros-Lehtinen
Yea
Mr. Burgess
No Vote
Mr. Sessions, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Ms. Slaughter
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mr. Polis
Nay