H. Rept. 115-698 - PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL

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115THCONGRESS REPORT
2d Session " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! 115–698
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5515) TO AUTHORIZE
APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND FOR MILITARY CONSTRUCTION,
TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL
YEAR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF
THE BILL (S. 204) TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF UNAPPROVED MEDICAL
PRODUCTS BY PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS IN AC-
CORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND PRO-
VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (S. 2155) TO PROMOTE ECO-
NOMIC GROWTH, PROVIDE TAILORED REGULATORY RELIEF, AND EN-
HANCE CONSUMER PROTECTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
MAY21, 2018.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
Mr. BURGESS, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 905]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House
Resolution 905, by a record vote of 7 to 4, 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. 5515, the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, under a
structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Armed Services. The resolution
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The res-
olution provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115–70 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. The resolution makes in order only those
further amendments printed in this report and amendments en
bloc described in section 3 of the resolution. The resolution provides
that the amendments 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 de-
batable for the time specified in this report equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject
79–008
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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 print-
ed in this report or against amendments en bloc as described in
section 3 of the resolution.
Section 3 of the resolution provides that the chairman of the
Committee on Armed Services or his designee may offer amend-
ments 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 con-
trolled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Com-
mittee on Armed Services or their designees, shall not be subject
to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.
Section 4 of the resolution provides that no further consideration
of the bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order
of the House.
Section 5 of the resolution provides for consideration of S. 204,
Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew
Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017, under a closed rule. The resolu-
tion provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce. The resolution provides that the bill shall be
considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order
against consideration of the bill. The resolution waives all points
of order against provisions in the bill. The resolution provides one
motion to recommit.
Section 6 of the resolution provides for consideration of S. 2155,
the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection
Act, under a closed rule. The resolution provides one hour of debate
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Financial Services. The resolution
provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The resolution
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The res-
olution waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. The
resolution provides one motion to commit.
Section 7 of the resolution provides that the motion to reconsider
the vote on the question of passage of H.R. 2 (Agriculture and Nu-
trition Act of 2018) may continue to be postponed through the legis-
lative day of Thursday, June 22, 2018.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of H.R.
5515 includes a waiver of the following:
• Clause 4(a) of rule XIII, which prohibits consideration of
legislation in the House until the third calendar day on which
each report of a committee on that measure or matter has been
available to Members, Delegates and the Resident Commis-
sioner. While the Committee on Armed Services filed its report
on May 15, 2018, the Committee filed a supplemental report,
which includes a more comprehensive cost estimate from the
Congressional Budget Office. The Committee on Armed Serv-
ices filed its supplemental report on May 21, 2018.
• Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, which pro-
hibits consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction of the
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Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported by the
Budget Committee.
• Clause 3(e)(1) of rule XIII (‘‘Ramseyer’’), & clause 12 of
rule XXI, requiring a committee report accompanying a bill
amending or repealing statutes to show, by typographical de-
vice, parts of statute affected. While both waivers are nec-
essary, it is important to note the two requirements are dupli-
cative.
The waiver of all points of order against provisions in H.R. 5515,
as amended, includes a waiver of the following:
• Clause 4 of rule XXI, which prohibits reporting a bill or
joint resolution carrying an appropriation from a committee
not having jurisdiction to report an appropriation.
• Clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits a bill or joint reso-
lution carrying a tax or tariff measure from being reported by
a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff
measures.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against the
amendments to H.R. 5515 or against amendments en bloc de-
scribed in Section 3 of the resolution, the Committee is not aware
of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against consid-
eration of S. 204, the Committee is not aware of any points of
order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
Although the resolution waives all points against provision in the
bill, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver
is prophylactic in nature.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of S. 2155
includes a waiver of the following:
• Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits the consideration of
a bill if it has the net effect of increasing mandatory spending
over the five-year or ten-year period.
• Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, which pro-
hibits consideration of legislation providing new budget author-
ity in excess of a 302(a) allocation of such authority; and
• Section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act, which pro-
hibits consideration of legislation that would cause the level of
total new budget authority for the first fiscal year to be exceed-
ed.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against provi-
sions in the bill, the Committee is not aware of any points of order.
The waiver is prophylactic in nature.
COMMITTEE VOTES
The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to
report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are
printed below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 216
Motion by Mr. McGovern to strike Section 7 of the rule. De-
feated: 4–7
Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. McGovern................................................... Yea
Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
Mr. Burgess...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis........................................................... Yea
Mr. Collins........................................................ Nay Mrs. Torres....................................................... Yea
Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse................................................... Nay
Mr. Buck........................................................... Nay
Ms. Cheney....................................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman................................... ...................
Rules Committee record vote No. 217
Motion by Mr. Collins to report the rule. Adopted: 7–4
Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
Mr. Cole ............................................................ ................... Mr. McGovern................................................... Nay
Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay
Mr. Burgess...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis........................................................... Nay
Mr. Collins........................................................ Yea Mrs. Torres....................................................... Nay
Mr. Byrne .......................................................... Yea
Mr. Newhouse................................................... Yea
Mr. Buck........................................................... Yea
Ms. Cheney....................................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman................................... ...................
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 5515 MADE IN ORDER
1. Thornberry (TX): States that the Secretary of Defense shall es-
tablish an innovators database within the Department of Defense.
The database will focus on small business innovators that receive
funds under the SBIR/SBTR programs. (10 minutes)
2. Nolan (MN): Strikes the authorization of funds made available
under the Overseas Contingency Operations account. (Title XV) (10
minutes)
3. Gabbard (HI): Strikes section 1225, a required strategy to
counter destabilizing activities of Iran (10 minutes)
4. Aguilar (CA): Adds to an already-mandated annual report, this
amendment would require DoD to include a 20-year estimate of the
projected life cycle costs of each type of nuclear weapon and deliv-
ery platform in its text. (10 minutes)
5. Blumenauer (OR), Welch (VT), Garamendi (CA): Limits 50% of
the funding for the W76–2 warhead modification program until the
Secretary of Defense submits a report assessing the program’s im-
pacts on strategic stability and options to reduce the risk of mis-
calculation (10 minutes)
6. Russell (OK): Expands expedited hiring authority for college
graduates government-wide to fill critical-need jobs. (10 minutes)
7. Pearce (NM): Amends the Development Test & Evaluation
strategic plan to expand the period taken into account when assess-
ing DoD Test and Evaluation resources from a 10-year period to a
30-year period. It also expands the report requirements, specifi-
cally, the assessment of facility and resources requirements to ana-
lyze test and evaluations needs in Missile Defense, Cyberspace Op-
erations, Direct Energy, and Hypersonics. (10 minutes)
8. Langevin (RI), Stefanik (NY): Increases funding by $3 million
to be used for divertor test tokamak research and development. (10
minutes)
9. Sinema (AZ), Gallego (AZ), Biggs (AZ): States that the sense
of the Congress that government-owned mobile technologies remain
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at risk for targeting or data breaches placing at risk information
that could harm national security. Requests a briefing by DOD on
threats posed by credential theft, active surveillance from mics and
cameras, and tracking of user movements and location; commercial
availability of technologies to mitigate these threats; and strategies
and feasibility of deploying mobile security technologies within the
Department. (10 minutes)
10. Wilson, Joe (SC), Norcross (NJ), Hudson (NC), Peters, Scott
(CA): Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on devel-
oping a plan to site, construct, and operate at least one licensed
micro-reactor at a critical national security facility by 2028. (10
minutes)
11. Krishnamoorthi (IL): Expands the Additive Manufacturing
Centers of Excellence program to include On-the-job training (10
minutes)
12. Cartwright (PA), Cole (OK): Requires the Secretary of De-
fense, in conjunction with the military service secretaries and the
chairman of the joint chiefs of staff services to provide the percent-
age, as well as the dollar value and number of direct labor hours
of depot maintenance that was performed in the public and the pri-
vate sector by major commodity over the past five fiscal years. (10
minutes)
13. Ruiz (CA): Requires Department of Defense to conduct a
study on the feasibility of phasing out the use of burn pits by using
technology incinerators. (10 minutes)
14. Meng (NY): Permits any member of the armed services who
gives birth to be exempt from deployment for 12 months after such
birth unless they request deployment. Current bill text only covers
members who give birth while on active duty. (10 minutes)
15. Napolitano (CA), McKinley (WV): Requires the Secretary of
Defense to evaluate the pilot Jobs ChalleNGe Programs and submit
a report of findings and recommendations 120 days after the end
of the fiscal year. (10 minutes)
16. Napolitano (CA), Calvert (CA): Ensures equipment and facili-
ties of the United States, a state, a county or a local government
may also be transferred to the National Guard for purpose of car-
rying out the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program. (10 min-
utes)
17. Pascrell (NJ): Directs the Secretary of Defense to include
blast exposure history as part of soldier service records in order to
ensure that, if medical issues arise later, soldiers receive care for
any service-connect injuries. (10 minutes)
18. Gonzalez, Vicente (TX): Requires the Secretary of the Army,
Air Force, and Navy to encourage high schools with U.S. Junior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps to include cyber security educational
programs and awareness in the curriculum. This includes lessons
on cyber defense, risks of cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the mili-
tary, and pursuing studies and careers in cybersecurity and related
fields within defense. (10 minutes)
19. Heck, Denny (WA): Requires the Department of Defense to
publish certain information regarding the housing market around
major infrastructure to better inform servicemembers on the use of
their Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH). It also calls for a Govern-
ment Accountability Report on the data gathering used to set BAH
rates. (10 minutes)
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20. Welch (VT), Cook (CA): Authorizes the Beyond the Yellow
Ribbon program, which assists National Guard and Reservists fam-
ilies with assistance before, during, and after deployment, includ-
ing outreach services for employment and financial counseling, sui-
cide prevention, and housing advocacy. (10 minutes)
21. Soto (FL): Directs the Secretary concerned to make the appli-
cation for transfer, including determinations and actions regarding
the application, confidential for students of military academies who
are victims of sexual assault. (10 minutes)
22. Esty (CT): Requires the Department of Defense and the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs to establish a joint definition of ‘‘mili-
tary sexual trauma’’ for use in all aspects of delivering relevant
care and benefits to service members and veterans. (10 minutes)
23. Soto (FL): Requires the inclusion of resources available to
treat victims of military sexual trauma as part of the required
service member preseparation counseling. (10 minutes)
24. Meng (NY): Requires the Secretary of Defense to permit mili-
tary parents flexible (non-continuous) maternity and parental
leave. (10 minutes)
25. Pocan (WI): Requires the National Guard Bureau to re-exam-
ine the contract and wage determinations for a contractor it uti-
lizes for Guard support services, and to report its findings back to
Congress. (10 minutes)
26. Schrader (OR): Exempts members of the Armed Forces who
voluntarily separated from active duty, are involuntarily recalled,
and incur a 100 percent service-connected disability during that
time from the requirement to repay voluntary separation pay. (10
minutes)
27. Pearce (NM): Creates a streamlined process for wounded war-
riors to cross train into the emerging field of Remotely Piloted Air-
craft (RPA), regardless of their AFSC, MOS or military branch as
a pilot or sensor operator in the Air Force. (10 minutes)
28. Davis, Rodney (IL), O’Rourke (TX): Directs the Secretary of
Defense to revise the Department of Defense Instruction 1300.18 to
extend travel privileges via Invitational Travel Authorization to
family members of members of the Armed Forces who die outside
of the United States and whose remains are returned to the United
States through the mortuary facility at Dover Air Force Base, Dela-
ware. (10 minutes)
29. DelBene (WA): Removes the 25 percent cap on garnishment
of military retirement pay to satisfy a judgement rendered for
physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child. (10 minutes)
30. Jones (NC): If the Secretary of Defense determines that ap-
propriate educational programs are not available through a local
educational agency for dependents of retirees residing on a military
installation in the United States, the Secretary may enter into ar-
rangements to provide for the elementary or secondary education
of the dependents of such retirees. (10 minutes)
31. Hudson (NC), Castor (FL): Requires a report from the
SECDEF examining the current process for awarding Imminent
Danger Pay and Hostile Fire Pay for members of the Armed
Forces. (10 minutes)
32. Coffman (CO): Expresses the sense of Congress stating that
under the special survivor indemnity allowance, surviving spouses
and dependent children of members who die of a service-connected
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cause will not be subject to a full offset of survivor benefit plan
payments by dependency and indemnity compensation, commonly
referred to as the ‘‘widows’’ tax’’. (10 minutes)
33. Donovan (NY): Requires the Department of Defense to re-
evaluate the disparity in payments between the Military Housing
Area for Staten Island, and the Military Housing Area for the rest
of New York City, in an effort to resolve this inequity.(10 minutes)
34. Lujan Grisham (NM): Provides compensation and credit for
retired pay purposes for maternity leave taken by members of the
reserve components. (10 minutes)
35. Rouzer (NC): Allows terminally ill participants in the Sur-
vivor Benefit Plan to elect a new beneficiary as opposed to waiting
for an Open Season. (10 minutes)
36. Graves, Garret (LA): Requires a report regarding the man-
agement of military commissaries and exchanges. (10 minutes)
37. Soto (FL), Murphy, Stephanie (FL): Adds universities to the
list of entities authorized to partner with the Department of De-
fense’s pilot program on treatment of members of the armed forces
for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) related to military sexual
trauma. (10 minutes)
38. Carson (IN): Makes permanent the Department of Defense’s
existing requirement to provide mental health assessments to serv-
ice members during deployment. (10 minutes)
39. Kuster, Ann (NH): Requires health providers to provide
transitioning service members information and referrals for coun-
seling and treatment of substance use disorders and chronic pain
management services, when appropriate. (10 minutes)
40. Meng (NY): Permits the Secretary of Defense to develop a
burn patient transfer system which includes military and civilian
burn centers that could be used during mass casualty events. (10
minutes)
41. Gonza´lez-Colo´n (PR): Requires the Department of Defense to
study and report on how the TriCare program for health care for
active military and retired-veteran family members is applied in
Puerto Rico, and the feasibility of having the TriCare Prime benefit
apply to residents therein on the same basis as for residents in the
mainland states. Indicates subjects the study should include. (10
minutes)
42. Vela´zquez (NY): Requires the Comptroller General of the
United States to submit to the congressional defense committees a
report containing a study of the immediate, long-term, and poten-
tial ongoing health effects of the live-fire training at Vieques Naval
Training Range conducted by the Navy before 2002 and other ac-
tivities of the armed forces on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
(10 minutes)
43. Smucker (PA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit
a report to the congressional defense committees (HASC and SASC)
that describes the shortage of mental health providers of the De-
partment of Defense and contains a strategy to better recruit and
retain mental health providers. (10 minutes)
44. Jones (NC), Moulton (MA): Creates a study on earning by
special operations, and forces medics of credits towards a physician
assistant degree. (10 minutes)
45. Krishnamoorthi (IL), Barr (KY): Requires DoD to study the
effects of the anesthetic shortage on military healthcare and pro-
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pose methods for mitigating any harm arising as a result of this
shortage (10 minutes)
46. Kuster, Ann (NH): Requires the Secretary of Defense to pro-
vide the Department of Veterans Affairs a report detailing ‘‘lessons
learned’’ in fielding and resolving issues found during IOT&E of
MHS Genesis. (10 minutes)
47. Krishnamoorthi (IL): Requires DoD to report on the steps
taken to prevent and treat opioid use among DoD dependents, in-
cluding counseling, data sharing, and intervention strategies (10
minutes)
48. Smucker (PA): Requires that the Secretary of Defense must
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House and
Senate a report on the Department of Defense’s efforts to review
and monitor the medication prescribing practices of its providers
based on DOD’s guideline recommendations to treat PTSD. DOD
must establish a monitoring program carried out by each branch of
the Armed Services to conduct periodic reviews of the medication
prescribing practices of its own providers. (10 minutes)
49. Banks (IN), Bucshon (IN), Hollingsworth (IN): Directs the
Secretary of Defense to submit a plan to Congress prior to reorga-
nizing, restructuring, or eliminating any position or offices in Sec-
tion 811. (10 minutes)
50. Mitchell (MI): Requires a review of regulations relating to the
acquisition of commercial products and services, promotes the use
of interagency acquisitions, and improves the process for acquiring
services based on hourly rates when using multiple award con-
tracts. (10 minutes)
51. Graves, Garret (LA): Exempts an individual acquisition for
commercial leasing services from enhanced competition require-
ments for the purchase of property and services by executive agen-
cies if such individual acquisition is made on a no cost basis and
pursuant to a multiple award contract in accordance with require-
ments for full and open competition. The Government Account-
ability Office must conduct biennial audits of the GSA National
Broker Contract, conduct a review of the application of enhanced
competition requirements, and report on such audits and reviews.
(10 minutes)
52. Adams (NC): Directs the Small Business Administration
(SBA) to ensure that the SCORE program and each of its chapters
develop and implement plans and goals to provide services more ef-
fectively and efficiently to individuals in rural areas, economically
disadvantaged communities, and other traditionally underserved
communities, including plans for electronic initiatives, web-based
initiatives, chapter expansion, partnerships, and the development
of new skills by participating volunteers. (10 minutes)
53. Espaillat (NY), Vela´zquez (NY): Establishes that Procure-
ment Technical Assistance Centers are authorized to form an asso-
ciation to pursue matters of common concern that is recognized by
the Secretary of Defense. (10 minutes)
54. Connolly (VA): Directs the Administrator for Federal Procure-
ment Policy to develop a definition for and track procurement ad-
ministrative lead time (PALT). (10 minutes)
55. Conaway (TX): Makes a technical correction that clarifies lan-
guage to accurately include business systems, which are integral to
the department’s auditability efforts. (10 minutes)
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56. Turner (OH): Strikes the reauthorization of the National
Aviation Heritage Area (section 1076). (10 minutes)
57. Burgess (TX), Lee, Barbara (CA), Lance (NJ), DeFazio (OR),
Jones (NC), Welch (VT), Lewis, Jason (MN), Schakowsky (IL): Re-
quires a report ranking all military departments and Defense
Agencies in order of how advanced they are in achieving auditable
financial statements as required by law. (10 minutes)
58. Ruiz (CA): Requires Department of Defense to carry out an
annual education campaign to inform servicemembers exposed to
burn pits who qualify to enroll in the Airborne Hazards and Open
Burn Pits Registry of such eligibility. (10 minutes)
59. Esty (CT): Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal
Aviation Administration and the Department of Defense should co-
ordinate to prevent the unauthorized flight of unmanned aircraft
over Arlington National Cemetery. (10 minutes)
60. Young, Don (AK), Larsen, Rick (WA): Directs the SECDEF to
report on an updated Arctic Strategy to improve and enhance joint
operations. The report shall also include an assessment of Russia’s
aggressive buildup of military assets and infrastructure in the Arc-
tic, as well as China’s efforts to influence Arctic policy. (10 min-
utes)
61. Jackson Lee (TX): Directs Secretary of Navy to submit report
to Congress on the feasibility of applying desalinization tech-
nologies to provide drought relief in areas impacted by sharp de-
clines in water availability for both military as well as civilian pur-
poses. (10 minutes)
62. Young, Don (AK): Directs the SECDEF to expedite DoD com-
pliance of requirements relating to reciprocity of security clearance
and access determinations per Section 3001 of the Intelligence Re-
form and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. (10 minutes)
63. Gosar (AZ): Requires National Cancer Institute and the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention to perform an assessment
to determine if certain individuals exposed to nuclear fallout from
atmospheric nuclear testing by the federal government at the Ne-
vada Test Site contracted certain cancers as a result of that testing
and should be eligible for the Radiation Exposure Compensation
Act. (10 minutes)
64. Denham (CA): Requires USDA to provide guidance and re-
sources for individuals interested in using GI benefits for agricul-
tural education programs. (10 minutes)
65. Young, Don (AK): Directs the SECDEF to engage with local
indigenous communities for their traditional knowledge when de-
veloping Arctic survival curriculum. (10 minutes)
66. Yoder (KS): Adds Email Privacy Act. (10 minutes)
67. Lawrence (MI): Requires the Secretary of Defense to share
lessons learned and best practices on progress of gender integration
implementation in the Armed Forces. (10 minutes)
68. Jackson Lee (TX): Requires a report on the readiness of the
National Guard and Reserve to respond to natural disasters. (10
minutes)
69. Poe (TX): Reduces the amount of CSF reimbursements the
Secretary of Defense can send to Pakistan without certifying that
Pakistan has taken action against the Haqqani Network from $350
million to $200 million. (10 minutes)
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70. Abraham (LA): Expresses a sense of Congress in support of
the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and their
contributions to fighting and defeating ISIS. (10 minutes)
71. Perry (PA): Requires the Secretary of Defense to report on
the incorporation of violent extremist organizations into the Iraq
military and such organizations access to U.S.-provided training
and equipment. (10 minutes)
72. Schneider (IL), Meadows (NC): Amends Section 1225 (Strat-
egy to counter destabilizing activities of Iran) to include the coun-
tries in which Iran is operating, assessing their destabilizing activi-
ties and implications thereof. (10 minutes)
73. Schneider (IL), Meadows (NC): Requires a report on Iran’s
support for proxy forces in Syria and Lebanon, including Hizballah,
and an assessment of the threat posed to Israel and other U.S. re-
gional allies. (10 minutes)
74. Ellison (MN), Lee, Barbara (CA), Khanna (CA), Schakowsky
(IL), McGovern (MA), Jones (NC): Adds language expressing the
sense of Congress that the use of military force is not authorized
against Iran. (10 minutes)
75. Ellison (MN), Lee, Barbara (CA), Khanna (CA), Schakowsky
(IL), McGovern (MA), Jones (NC): Adds language clarifying that
the bill is not an authorization for the use of military force against
Iran. (10 minutes)
76. Lee, Barbara (CA), Jones (NC): Requires a report from the
Secretary of Defense on the progress made under the United
States-Afghan Compact. (10 minutes)
77. Roskam (IL): Expresses a sense of Congress of the threats
posed by Iran’s ballistic missile program. (10 minutes)
78. Yoho (FL): Reinstatements of reporting requirements with re-
spect to United States-Hong Kong relations. (10 minutes)
79. Connolly (VA), Ros-Lehtinen (FL): Requires a North Korea
human rights report on efforts related to repatriation of U.S.
Armed Forces remains, Korean-American family reunifications, and
travel security risks. (10 minutes)
80. Lee, Barbara (CA), Welch (VT): States that nothing in this
Act may be construed as authorizing the use of force against North
Korea. (10 minutes)
81. Khanna (CA): Ensures nothing in this Act shall be construed
as authorizing the use of force against North Korea. (10 minutes)
82. Yoho (FL): Modifications of freedom of navigation reporting
requirements. (10 minutes)
83. Frankel (FL): Expresses a sense of Congress that continued
United States leadership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) is critical to the national security of the United States. (10
minutes)
84. Delaney (MD), Wagner (MO): Adds a Sense of Congress that
reaffirms the U.S. commitment to NATO and includes appreciate
for its continued effort in combating terrorism. (10 minutes)
85. Bishop, Mike (MI): Expresses a sense of Congress that North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries should
meet or exceed their 2 percent Gross Domestic Product commit-
ment to defense spending. (10 minutes)
86. Gohmert (TX): Requires the SECDEF in coordination with
the Secretary of State to submit a report that contains an assess-
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