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H.R. 4366 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
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COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-4 on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 614:
Agreed to by a record vote of 217-206, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 208-191, on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.
MANAGERS: Reschenthaler/Neguse
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Structured rule for H.R. 4366. |
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Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees. |
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Provides that the bill shall be considered as read. |
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Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. |
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Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 3 and pro forma amendments described in section 4. Each amendment 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, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. |
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Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. |
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Provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her designee may 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 respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question. |
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Provides that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. |
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Provides one motion to recommit. |
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Closed rule for S.J. Res. 9. |
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Waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution. |
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Provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read. |
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Waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution. |
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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees. |
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Provides one motion to commit. |
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Closed rule for S.J. Res. 24. |
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Waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution. |
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Provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read. |
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Waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution. |
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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees. |
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Provides one motion to commit. |
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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| 1 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA), Jacobs (CA) | Democrat | Withdrawn Strikes Section 258, which prohibits funding 1) to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the VA's interim final rule on reproductive health services or any substantially similar rule or policy; and 2) for abortion, including through a medical benefits package or health benefits program that includes coverage of abortion. | Withdrawn |
| 2 | Version 2 | Brownley (CA), Pocan (WI), Wasserman Schultz (FL), Porter (CA), Garcia, Robert (CA), Escobar (TX), Jacobs (CA), Moore (WI), Doggett (TX), Wilson (FL), Houlahan (PA), Trone (MD), Blumenauer (OR), Schiff (CA), Norton (DC), Johnson (GA), Tlaib (MI), Schakowsky (IL), Takano (CA), Balint (VT), Carbajal (CA), McGarvey (KY), Correa (CA), Sánchez (CA), Goldman (NY), Deluzio (PA), Thanedar (MI), Craig (MN), Peters (CA), Kildee (MI), Crockett (TX), Castro (TX), Williams (GA), Swalwell (CA), Crow (CO), McClellan (VA), Velázquez (NY), Slotkin (MI), Scholten (MI), Gallego (AZ), Nadler (NY), Meng (NY), Salinas (OR), Evans (PA), Smith (WA), Moulton (MA), McGovern (MA), Dean (PA), Landsman (OH), Garamendi (CA), Kuster (NH), Chu (CA), Castor (FL), Torres (CA), Krishnamoorthi (IL), Casten (IL), Tokuda (HI), DelBene (WA), Fletcher (TX), Allred (TX), Cleaver (MO), Lee (PA), Pallone (NJ), Manning (NC) | Democrat | Revised Strikes Section 259, which prohibits funding for surgical procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gender affirming care; strikes Section 260, which prohibits funding to fly or display a flag over a VA facility or a national cemetery other than the American flag, the flag of a State, Territory, or District of Columbia, the flag of an Indian Tribal government, the flag of the Department, the flag of an Armed Force, or the POW/MIA flag; and strikes section 416, which prohibits funding to take any discriminatory action against a person who speaks or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief that marriage is a union of one man and one woman. | Revised |
| 3 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA), Escobar (TX) | Democrat | Withdrawn Strikes Section 260, which prohibits funding to fly or display a flag over a VA facility or a national cemetery other than the American flag, the flag of a State, Territory, or District of Columbia, the flag of an Indian Tribal government, the flag of the Department, the flag of an Armed Force, or the POW/MIA flag. | Withdrawn |
| 4 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Eliminates exceptions to abortion funding in the bill. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Norton (DC) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support to law school clinical programs that assist veterans with legal matters. | Made in Order |
| 6 | Version 1 | Grothman (WI), Hudson (NC) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits the use of funds made available by the bill from being used to procure critical components from the People's Republic of China. | Withdrawn |
| 7 | Version 1 | Biggs (AZ) | Republican | Establishes a pilot program on ability of veterans to choose health care providers. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 1 | Carbajal (CA), Bacon (NE) | Bi-Partisan | Increases and decreases funding for VA Medical Services by $5,000,000 to express the intent that additional funding could be used to improve telephone services at Community Based Outpatient Clinics. | Made in Order |
| 9 | Version 1 | Steube (FL), Mace (SC), Titus (NV), Cohen (TN), Panetta (CA), Gaetz (FL), Joyce (OH) | Bi-Partisan | States that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs in this Act may be used in a manner that would 1) interfere with the ability of a veteran to participate in a medicinal marijuana program approved by a State; 2) deny any services from the Department to a veteran who is participating in such a program; or 3) limit or interfere with the ability of a health care provider of the Department to make appropriate recommendations, fill out forms, or take steps to comply with such a program. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 2 | Wasserman Schultz (FL), Brownley (CA), Jacobs (CA), Escobar (TX), Blunt Rochester (DE), DeGette (CO), Porter (CA), Casar (TX), Houlahan (PA), Wilson (FL), Tlaib (MI), Johnson (GA), Titus (NV), Norton (DC), Schiff (CA), Stevens (MI), Doggett (TX), Trone (MD), Mullin (CA), Takano (CA), Budzinski (IL), Schakowsky (IL), Carbajal (CA), McGarvey (KY), Blumenauer (OR), Correa (CA), Peters (CA), Kildee (MI), Craig (MN), Thanedar (MI), Deluzio (PA), Goldman (NY), Magaziner (RI), Gottheimer (NJ), Crockett (TX), Castro (TX), DeLauro (CT), Manning (NC), Meng (NY), Scholten (MI), Slotkin (MI), Velázquez (NY), Moore (WI), McClellan (VA), Spanberger (VA), Crow (CO), Beyer (VA), Swalwell (CA), Williams (GA), Hoyle (OR), Schrier (WA), Moulton (MA), McGovern (MA), Sherrill (NJ), Evans (PA), Smith (WA), Salinas (OR), Nadler (NY), Landsman (OH), DelBene (WA), Krishnamoorthi (IL), Chu (CA), Casten (IL), Castor (FL), Gallego (AZ), Tokuda (HI), Torres (CA), Kuster (NH), Dean (PA), Garamendi (CA), Fletcher (TX), Cleaver (MO), Allred (TX), Ryan (NY), Grijalva (AZ), Pallone (NJ) | Democrat | Revised Strikes Sec. 258 which prohibits funding for abortions and for implementation of VA's interim final rule on access to reproductive health care. | Revised |
| 11 | Version 1 | Grijalva (AZ), Escobar (TX), Casar (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support to deported veterans and to assist these veterans with legal matters. | Submitted |
| 12 | Version 2 | Mast (FL), Blumenauer (OR), Joyce (OH), Lee (CA), McGovern (MA), Gaetz (FL) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Prevents the VA from interfering with a veteran's ability to participate in a legal state medical cannabis program, deny service to such a veteran, or limit health care providers' ability to make appropriate recommendations of this treatment option for veterans. | Made in Order |
| 13 | Version 2 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration's medical community care account to increase accessibility for in-home health care services for veterans. | Made in Order |
| 14 | Version 1 | Rosendale (MT), Self (TX) | Republican | Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act from enforcing any COVID-19 mask mandates. | Made in Order |
| 15 | Version 1 | Rosendale (MT) | Republican | Reduces funding for the Veterans Electronic Health Record by $5 million and increases funding for the Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities by $5 million. | Submitted |
| 16 | Version 1 | Wasserman Schultz (FL) | Democrat | Strikes Sec. 135 which prohibits the use of funds in this bill to be used to close U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Strikes Sec. 412 which prohibits the use of funds in this bill to invest in DOD facilities to be used to house detainees outside of Guantanamo Bay. | Submitted |
| 17 | Version 2 | Gottheimer (NJ), Casar (TX) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding for General Operating Expenses by $1 million to provide additional support for the VA Transition Assistance Program to provide information, resources, and tools to service members and their families to help prepare for the move from military to civilian life. | Made in Order |
| 18 | Version 2 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding for General Operating Expenses by $1 million to provide support for the Department of Veterans Affairs' implementation of the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, including efforts to develop an education program to highlight contributions of Jewish veterans, incorporate training on combating antisemitism and other forms of bias, and ensure VA hospitals accommodate kosher meal requests for inpatient residents. | Made in Order |
| 19 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding for Departmental Administration by $1 million to provide support for the Veterans Experience Office to better inform separating service members and veterans about their benefits. | Made in Order |
| 20 | Version 1 | Ryan (NY), Womack (AR) | Bi-Partisan | Expresses the sense of Congress that 1) all facilities and infrastructure of the United States Military Academy and the communities near the United States Military Academy that were affected by flood damage related to rainfall on July 9, 2023, should be rebuilt; and 2) the Federal Government should, to the extent possible, assist with such efforts to rebuild. | Submitted |
| 21 | Version 4 | Ryan (NY) | Democrat | Revised Increase and decreases funding $103 million to Army Military Construction in an effort to address flooding damage at the United States Military Academy at West Point. | Made in Order |
| 22 | Version 1 | Pocan (WI), Wasserman Schultz (FL), Jacobs (CA), Garcia, Robert (CA), Porter (CA) | Democrat | Withdrawn Strikes Section 259, which prohibits funding for surgical procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gender affirming care, Section 260, which prohibits funding to fly or display a flag over a VA facility or a national cemetery other than the American flag, the flag of a State, Territory, or District of Columbia, the flag of an Indian Tribal government, the flag of the Department, the flag of an Armed Force, or the POW/MIA flag, and Section 416, which prohibits funding to take any discriminatory action against a person who speaks or acts in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief that marriage is a union of one man and one woman. | Withdrawn |
| 23 | Version 2 | Bost (IL), Rosendale (MT), Hudson (NC), DesJarlais (TN), Self (TX), Cammack (FL), Higgins (LA), Ogles (TN), Miller (WV), Boebert (CO), Van Orden (WI), Kiggans (VA), Murphy (NC) | Republican | Revised Prohibits the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary’s name to the NICS list based on VA's appointment of a fiduciary. | Made in Order |
| 24 | Version 3 | Molinaro (NY) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration by $2m to emphasize the importance of assisting veterans with disabilities and those with mental health and substance abuse challenges. | Made in Order |
| 25 | Version 2 | Molinaro (NY) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the VA electronic health record by $1m to emphasize the importance of modernizing its system to help transitioning veterans access and receive quality care at VA facilities. | Made in Order |
| 26 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits funding from being used or transferred to another federal agency for abortion or abortion-related services. | Withdrawn |
| 27 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Prohibits funding from being used or transferred to another Federal agency for any sex altering surgical procedure in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. | Submitted |
| 28 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Withdrawn Strikes funding for the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion. | Withdrawn |
| 29 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Authorizes DOD to deploy personnel to the southern and northern borders to assist DHS with arrest, detention, and removal functions. | Submitted |
| 30 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Authorizes DOD to deploy State Guard and Reserve Unit personnel to the southern and northern borders to engage with cartels and other national security threats, and to use deadly force in such engagements. | Submitted |
| 31 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Directs DOD to construct or otherwise make available detention facilities for aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. when DHS lacks sufficient detention space. | Submitted |
| 32 | Version 3 | Spanberger (VA) | Democrat | Revised Increase/Decrease funding for medical services by $1,000,000 to allocate funding for VA Suicide Prevention Coordinators | Made in Order |
| 33 | Version 3 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Revised Cuts the $73 million increase in funding for the NATO Security Investment Program. | Made in Order |
| 34 | Version 3 | Porter (CA) | Democrat | Revised Increases funding by $1,000,000 for the Veterans Crisis Line and reduces funding for the General Administration fund by $1,000,000. | Revised |
| 35 | Version 3 | Porter (CA), Casar (TX) | Democrat | Revised Increases funding by $2,000,000 for VA homeless assistance programs to combat Veteran homelessness and decreases the General Administration fund by $2,000,000. | Revised |
| 36 | Version 2 | DesJarlais (TN) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits VA funds from being used to transmit or support the transmission of the name of an individual for any reason to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for inclusion on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless there has been a specific determination by a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority that such individual is a danger to themselves or others. | Withdrawn |
| 37 | Version 2 | Bergman (MI), Correa (CA) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Increases and decreases the Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure the VA conducts large-scale studies into the efficacy of drugs that have FDA-designated Breakthrough Therapy status to treat post-traumatic stress disorder through VA-administered drug assisted therapy trials. | Made in Order |
| 38 | Version 1 | Titus (NV), Mast (FL), Norton (DC), Cohen (TN) | Bi-Partisan | Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from using appropriated funds to to purchase, breed, transport, house, feed, maintain, dispose of, or experiment on dogs or cats if the study is categorized as painful. | Submitted |
| 39 | Version 1 | Garcia, Robert (CA), Goldman (NY) | Democrat | Blocks funds to test federal job applicants for marijuana in States which have legalized marijuana use. | Submitted |
| 40 | Version 3 | Lee (CA) | Democrat | Revised Strikes Section 414 which prohibits funding for Executive Orders 13985, 14091, and 14035, which direct the federal government to continue working to advance racial equity and support underserved communities. | Revised |
| 41 | Version 2 | Raskin (MD), Casar (TX) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding by $2,500,000 to VA Whole Health to express support for this program, which provides comprehensive, personalized, and patient-centered care to Veterans. | Revised |
| 42 | Version 1 | Wasserman Schultz (FL), Titus (NV), Goldman (NY) | Democrat | Strikes Sec. 417 which prohibits funding for DEI training. | Submitted |
| 43 | Version 2 | Lee (CA) | Democrat | Revised Strikes Section 415 which prohibits funding related to any program, project, or concept that promotes Critical Race Theory. | Revised |
| 44 | Version 1 | Grothman (WI) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits the use of funds made available by the bill from being used for surgical or non-surgical treatments related to gender transition for individuals under the age of 21. | Withdrawn |
| 45 | Version 1 | Van Orden (WI), Luttrell (TX) | Republican | Withdrawn Congress will provide $5M dollars to VHA prosthetics department for the sole purpose of improving the treatment of Veteran patients who are suffering from Nightmare Disorder or associated PTSD related traumatic nightmares (Diagnosis codes: F51.5, F51.5, F43.20, F43.12, F43.20, F43.22-23, F439) using only an FDA-indicated medical device designed to reduce sleep disturbances for psychiatric conditions by interrupting nightmares during sleep. These funds cannot be used for research purposes and can only be used to actively treat patients. | Withdrawn |
| 46 | Version 3 | Ross (NC) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases by $1 million the budget for the VA Center for Women Veterans to support research on postpartum depression among veterans who served in active duty combat and to develop recommendations and services to address postpartum depression in this population. | Made in Order |
| 47 | Version 3 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund for the development of improved informational materials regarding the relative benefits of a VA home loan versus other types of housing loans for different homebuyer profiles. | Made in Order |
| 48 | Version 4 | Jacobs (CA), Kiggans (VA), Casar (TX) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Increases funding for planning and design of military Child Development Centers (CDCs) by $1.9998 million. | Revised |
| 49 | Version 3 | Zinke (MT), Rutherford (FL), Guest (MS), Finstad (MN), Hoyle (OR) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Prohibits funding to administer, implement, or enforce the final VA rule relating to ambulance reimbursement. | Revised |
| 50 | Version 1 | Hageman (WY) | Republican | Prohibits the use of funds made available to the Department of Veterans Affairs by the bill from being directed towards purposes related to the mitigation of any U.S. border crisis. | Submitted |
| 51 | Version 2 | Caraveo (CO) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the VA Office of Rural Health by $10,000,000 to encourage the Office to increase efforts to improve transportation for veterans living in rural areas who need consistent access to health care services. | Made in Order |
| 52 | Version 3 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Increase and decreases funding for medical services at the Veterans Health Administration for the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder in veterans. | Made in Order |
| 53 | Version 2 | Caraveo (CO) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Housing Benefit Program by $2,000,000 to encourage the VA to provide outreach about housing loans and grants to veterans living in states with high housing costs. | Made in Order |
| 54 | Version 1 | Ross (NC) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $10 million for the VA Education Benefits Program to provide support and resources to veterans interested in pursuing undergraduate degrees in STEM fields. | Made in Order |
| 55 | Version 3 | Good (VA), Clyde (GA) | Republican | Revised Prohibits federal funds from being used to carry out or implement the reports of the Naming Commission. | Revised |
| 56 | Version 1 | Wittman (VA), Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Prohibits the Army Corps from conducting work and expenditure of funds related to a U.S. ACE project at Fort Bragg until the it is determined that the work is not outside the related DD Form 1391 authorized scope and funding appropriated for the project. | Submitted |
| 57 | Version 2 | Tlaib (MI), Casar (TX) | Democrat | Revised Reduces the General Administration account by $5 million and increases the VA State Home Construction Grant Program by $5 million. | Made in Order |
| 58 | Version 1 | Pettersen (CO), Casar (TX), Jacobs (CA), Kiggans (VA) | Bi-Partisan | Increases and decreases funding for child development centers to underscore the need for increased investment. | Made in Order |
| 59 | Version 3 | Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration for the purposes of submitting a report to Congress on the efforts of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure access to health care for veterans residing in geographic proximity to a Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic subject to closure. | Made in Order |
| 60 | Version 1 | Pettersen (CO) | Democrat | Late Withdrawn Increases funding for the the Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS) to provide additional funds for the Snow Survey and Water Forecasting Program within NRCS and decreases the Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps fund by the same amount. | Withdrawn |
| 61 | Version 2 | Pettersen (CO) | Democrat | Late Revised Increases and decreases the Medical Services Account by $10,000,000 to emphasize the importance of medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders beyond alcoholism. | Made in Order |
| 62 | Version 1 | Pettersen (CO) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases funding by $200,000,000 for the Defense Base Closure Account (BRAC) to emphasize the lack of funding for investments in PFAS remediation. | Submitted |
| 63 | Version 3 | Gluesenkamp Perez (WA) | Democrat | Late Revised Increases and decreases funding for Department of Veterans Affairs medical support and compliance for the purpose of requiring the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs to update Patient Experience Compare Data published on a public website to ensure that the data is broken down and displayed by county. | Made in Order |
| 64 | Version 2 | Pettersen (CO) | Democrat | Late Revised Increases and decreases the Medical Services Account by $10,000,000 to emphasize the importance of opioid prevention and treatment programs for veterans, as one in every ten veterans struggle with an opioid use disorder. | Revised |
| 65 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Redirects funds from the General Administration account to increase resources for medical and prosthetic research for veterans. | Made in Order |
| 66 | Version 2 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Late Revised Prohibits funds from being used for the Veterans Affairs Chaplain Service until the directory of VA chaplains is released. | Revised |
| 67 | Version 1 | Rosendale (MT) | Republican | Late Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act from promoting any adult cabaret performances or LGBTQ events. | Submitted |
| 68 | Version 1 | Donalds (FL) | Republican | Late Prevents 25 percent of the funds made available under the General Administration fund from becoming available until July 1, 2024, and contingent upon the Secretary of Veterans Affairs reporting to the Committees on Appropriations on the status of issues included in the report required under the heading Veterans Electronic Health Record and certifying in writing to the Committees on Appropriations the system is stable, ready, and optimized for further deployment at VA sites no later than 30 days prior to July 1, 2024 | Submitted |
| 69 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Prohibits funds from being used by the VA to replace 22,000 Department vehicles with zero-emission vehicles. | Revised |
| 70 | Version 1 | Rosendale (MT) | Republican | Late Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act from being used to send employees or resources to the southern border between the United States and Mexico for the purpose of providing healthcare or other services to illegal immigrants. | Submitted |
| 71 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Redirects resources from the General Administration fund to provide more resources for the Board of Veterans' Appeals to help reduce its backlog and process veterans' claims more quickly. | Made in Order |
| 72 | Version 2 | Zinke (MT), Hudson (NC), Bergman (MI) | Republican | Late Revised Prohibits funding for administering, implementing, or enforcing Executive Order 14057 (Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability). | Made in Order |
| 73 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from being used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to grant illegal aliens VA benefits. | Submitted |
| 74 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Transfers $3 million from the NATO Security Investment Program to the Spending Reduction Account | Withdrawn |
| 75 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Late Requires the Comptroller General of the United States to carry out a study on the quality of the decisions made by the Board of Veteran's Appeals of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the extent to which decisions contribute to the backlog of disability compensation claims submitted to the Veterans Benefits Administration or the Board of Veterans' Appeals. | Submitted |
| 76 | Version 1 | Jackson (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funding to establish advisory committees at the VA related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects. | Submitted |
| 77 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Transfers $3 million from NATO's Security Investment Program to the Spending Reduction Account at the end of the bill. | Made in Order |
| 78 | Version 2 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Prohibits funds from being used to transmit to any entity in the DOJ, for use by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, personally identifying information about a person solely on the basis of a determination that the person has a service-connected disability. | Withdrawn |
| 79 | Version 1 | Hudson (NC) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Increases funding for the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund by $10,000,000, and reduces the General Administration account by the corresponding amount. | Withdrawn |
| 80 | Version 2 | Hudson (NC) | Republican | Late Revised Increases funding for the Department of Veteran Affairs Veterans Crisis Line by $10,000,000, and reduces the General Administration account by the corresponding amount. | Made in Order |
| 81 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Prevents funds from being used for the VA program titled "Managing Gender Diversity in the Department of Veterans." | Revised |
| 82 | Version 2 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Revised Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to carry out VHA Directive 1193.01, "Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Program for Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel" | Made in Order |
| 83 | Version 1 | Roy (TX), Cammack (FL) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds in this act from being used to carry out Biden's climate change executive orders. | Made in Order |
| 84 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, or enforce any Federal rule or regulation that would require an individual to wear a mask at an outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs. | Submitted |
| 85 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Late Prohibits the use of funds for infringements of Second Amendment rights of an employee of the Department of Defense or a member of the Armed Forces. | Submitted |
| 86 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Late Prohibits the use of funds for contracts not issued in compliance with the 14th Amendment and the Supreme Court ruling in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard College (2023). | Submitted |
| 87 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Prevents funds from being used to mandate veterans wear masks in VA facilities in nonsurgical areas. | Revised |
| 88 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration to provide additional resources for veteran's teleheath and connected care. | Withdrawn |
| 89 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration to redirect more resources to the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, suicide prevention, veteran's telehealth, and rural health. | Made in Order |
| 90 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration to provide more resources for rural health. | Withdrawn |
| 91 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Redirects funds from the General Administration fund to the National Cemetery Administration to increase burial access for veterans. | Made in Order |
| 92 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Redirects funds from the General Administration fund to the Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries program to assists states, territories, and tribal governments in providing gravesites for veterans in areas where a veteran cannot be buried in a VA national cemetery. | Made in Order |
| 93 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Redirects resources from the General Administration fund to provide grants and more resources for construction of state extended care facilities for veterans. | Made in Order |
| 94 | Version 1 | Cammack (FL) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Prohibits funds for military construction projects involving entities owned or controlled by an adversarial country. | Withdrawn |
| 95 | Version 1 | Garbarino (NY) | Republican | Late Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to complete a review of the deaths of all covered veterans who died by suicide during the five-year period preceding the enactment of this bill. Covered veterans are those who received VA hospital care or medical services during the five-year period preceding the death of the veteran. | Submitted |
| 96 | Version 1 | Arrington (TX), Burgess (TX) | Republican | Late Increases and Decreases funding in the VA administrative account "Purchased Long-Term Services and Supports," in order to emphasize the prioritization of resources and reduce improper payments. | Made in Order |
| 97 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Prevents funds for the VA’s LGBTQ+ Health Program. | Submitted |
| 98 | Version 1 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Late Strikes funding for the Office of Resolution Management, Diversity and Inclusion. | Made in Order |
| 99 | Version 1 | Issa (CA) | Republican | Late Provides service credit for members of the military that served in female Cultural Support Teams (CST) in Afghanistan and Iraq between 2010 and 2021. | Submitted |
| 100 | Version 1 | Nehls (TX) | Republican | Late Updates Medal of Honor recipients' special pension rate of pay to an annualized amount of $100,000. | Submitted |
| 101 | Version 2 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Revised None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to modify or remove any VA display of the mission statement, "To fulfill President Lincoln's promise 'to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan' by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's veterans." | Made in Order |
| 102 | Version 1 | Arrington (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits any funds made available by this act or any other act to dismantle, demolish, remove, or damage existing United States-Mexico border wall. | Submitted |
| 103 | Version 1 | Zinke (MT) | Republican | Late Reduces funding for VA IT personnel by $5 million and increases funding for Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities by $5 million. | Made in Order |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 115
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order amendment #2 to H.R. 4366, offered by Representative Brownley, which strikes section 259, prohibiting surgical procedures or hormone therapies for the purposes of gender affirming care; section 260, prohibiting the flying or displaying the pride flight over VA facilities; and section 416, which prohibits discrimination against people who believe marriage is between a man and a woman. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 116
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order amendment #10 to H.R. 4366, offered by Representative Wasserman Schultz, which strikes Section 258 prohibiting funding for abortions and implementation of VA's interim final rule on access to reproductive health care. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 117
Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order amendment #62 to H.R. 4366, offered by Representative Pettersen, which increases and decreases funding by $200,000,000 for the Defense Base Closure Account (BRAC) to emphasize the lack of funding for investments in PFAS remediation. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 118
Motion by Mr. Neguse to amend the rule to make in order amendment #40 to H.R. 4366, offered by Representative Lee of California, which strikes Section 414 that prohibits funding for Executive Orders 13985, 14091, and 14035, which direct the federal government to continue working to advance racial equity and support underserved communities. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 119
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernández to amend the rule to make in order en bloc amendment #43 to H.R. 4366, offered by Representative Lee of California, and amendment #42, offered by Representative Wasserman Schultz. Amendment #43 strikes Section 415 prohibiting funding related to any program, project, or concept that promotes Critical Race Theory and amendment #42 strikes Section 417 prohibiting funding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
Yea
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 120
Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to report the rule. Adopted: 9–4
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Mr. Massie
Yea
Mr. Norman
Yea
Mr. Roy
Yea
Mrs. Houchin
Yea
Mr. Langworthy
Yea
Mr. Cole, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Ms. Leger Fernández
Nay