The House is continuing work on H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2012. Of the 152 amendments in order, 56 amendments have been disposed of.
For more information on the bill, see the previous post.
A few notes on how the floor consideration process will work:
- There will be no further votes tonight. Amendment consideration will conclude tomorrow, and then we’ll have the vote on final passage.
- Each amendment gets 10 minutes of debate — 5 for, and 5 against. (Unless the amendment is non-controversial, in which case it just gets 10 minutes of praise.)
- Either party’s Armed Services Committee leadership can move an “en bloc amendment” consisting of a bunch of amendments that are considered together to save time. Those get 20 minutes of debate.
So, under the fold, here’s the list of amendments that the House is currently considering. All links to amendment text are PDFs, and all descriptions come from the sponsors of the amendment. If you want the full list, the Rules Committee Democrats have you covered.
[18:43 CDT]: Debate on Smith (WA) Amdt. #42 has been extended by ten minutes.
[19:42 CDT] Debate on Amash Amdt. #50 has been extended by ten minutes.
[22:04 CDT]: Scheduling note: There will be seven more amendments and four en bloc amendments tomorrow morning. The House meets at 10:00 EDT tomorrow to complete work on this bill.
| Amendment | Summary | Disposition |
|---|---|---|
| Mica #38 | Would require that the rules of engagement allow any military service personnel assigned to duty in a designated hostile fire area to have rules of engagement that fully protects their right to proactively defend themselves from hostile actions. | Adopted (260-160) |
| Flake #39 | Would add a Sense of Congress indicating that the deployment of National Guard personnel along the southwestern border should continue through the end of fiscal year 2011. | Adopted |
| Flake #40 | Would repeal the establishment of the National Drug Intelligence Center. | Adopted (246-172) |
| Schakowsky #41 | Would freeze Department of Defense funding at current levels until the Pentagon can successfully pass an audit. The amendment contains a national security waiver and exceptions for overseas contingency operations, defense personnel, and wounded warrior accounts. | Rejected |
| Smith (WA) #42 | Would amend Section 1039 to allow transfer of detainees to the US to testify in federal court. Would strike language barring transfer of detainees held abroad to the US. Would require certification by the Attorney General prior to transfer. | Rejected (165-253) |
| Buchanan #43 | Would require all foreign terrorists, with links to terrorist networks, who attack the United States or the Government be considered enemy combatants to be tried by military tribunals, not in the civilian court system. | Adopted (246-173) |
| Hanabusa #44 | Would limit past, present, and future detainees from rights afforded under Compact of Free Association (COFA). Multiple GTMO detainees have or will be repatriated to Palau and with this they possess unrestricted access to the United States to study, work, and reside as “habitual residents” under the rights granted to them under COFA. | En Bloc #2 |
| Hanabusa #45 | Would direct the Secretary of Defense and the OMB to identify programs within the DoD budget that are ineffective, redundant or unused. | En Bloc #2 |
| Maloney #47 | Would clarify that the exemption from Freedom of Information Act for Data Files of the Military Flight Operations Quality Assurance Systems of the Military Departments is for “information contained in data files of the military flight operations quality assurance system of a military department that would reveal flight patterns or tactical techniques or tactical procedures from disclosure under section.” | Rejected (91 -329) |
| Mack #48 | Would make changes to the language of the Sunken Military Craft Act of H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Would clarify the language of the Sunken Military Craft Act to restore its original intent, and would specify that a sunken military craft would be defined as a vessel only when on military noncommercial service when it sank. | Adopted (227-193) |
| Langevin #49 | Would coordinate federal information security policy through the creation of a National Office for Cyberspace, updating information security management practices, and establishing measures for the protection of critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. | Rejected (172-246) |
| Amash #50 | Would strike section 1034 of the bill, relating to the authorization for use of military force. | Rejected (187-234) |
| Rogers (MI) #51 | Would require the Department of Defense to repatriate, identify and honor with a military funeral the remains of 13 American Sailors killed during the First Barbary War in 1804. These Sailors are currently buried in a decaying mass grave in Tripoli, Libya. The amendment would require the Secretary to transfer and honor these remains using existing appropriations, and at the conclusion of the current NATO mission in Libya. | En Bloc #2 |
| Campbell #52 | Would terminate the Joint Safety Climate Assessment System of the Department of Defense. | En Bloc #2 |
| Campbell #53 | Would terminate the Human, Social, and Culture Behavior (HSCB) Modeling program at the Department of Defense. | Rejected (63-354) |
| Campbell #54 | Would reduce the baseline number of civilian employees at the Department of Defense by 1% every year for the next five years. | Rejected (98-321) |
| Chaffetz #56 | Would require U.S. ground troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving just those who are involved in small, targeted counter-terrorism operations. The amendment would further require the Secretary of Defense to submit a withdrawal plan to Congress within 60 days of enactment. | Rejected (123-294) |
| Garrett #58 | Would clarify that the United States Congress has not authorized military actions in Libya upon adoption of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. | En Bloc #2 |
| Rohrabacher #59 | Would remove satellites and satellite components from the Munitions List and make them available to foreign nations. This amendment would, however, also continue the ban on sending such items and technology to China, its allies or terrorist-supporting states as under current law. | Withdrawn |
| Polis #60 | Would reduce the amount of troops stationed in Europe to 30,000 and would cut overall end strength levels by 10,000 a year over the next five years. | Rejected (96-323-1) |
| Conyers #61 | Would prevent 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 Libya unless the purpose of the presence is to rescue a Member of the Armed Forces from imminent danger. | Adopted (416-5) |
| Flake #62 | Would eliminate funds for the Mission Force Enhancement Transfer Fund. | Adopted (269-151) |
| Ellison #63 | Would strike section 1604, Budget Item Relating to LHA–7 Ship Program. | Rejected (176-241) |
| Sanchez, Loretta #64 | Would reduce the funding for Ground-based Midcourse Defense systems by $100,000,000. | Rejected (184-234) |
| Young (AK) #68 | Would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report and assessment on the infrastructure needs of Department of Defense designated ports. | En Bloc #2 |
| McKeon #73 | Manager’s Amendment: Would make conforming changes in the bill. | En Bloc #2 |
| Braley (IA) #75 | Would require a report from the President, in consultation with the Secretaries of Defense, State and Veterans Affairs, on the long-term costs of military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. | En Bloc #2 |
| Bishop (UT) #76 | Would clear title to a 2.7 acre of formerly utilized defense land in Ogden Utah which was BRAC’d in 1995 (former Defense Depot Ogden), so that the locally recognized municipal redevelopment authority may proceed to redevelop the property consistent with BRAC redevelopment authorities, and to prevent further waste and deterioration to the building located thereon. | En Bloc #2 |
| Bishop (UT) #77 | Would clarify certain terms in military depot statute, modify the DoD’s existing reporting requirements to include the 3 previous fiscal years’ record of performance at each covered military depot in a table format, and would add the Tooele Army Depot, Utah, onto the list of depots for which annual reporting is required. | En Bloc #2 |
| Bishop (NY) #78 | Would express the Sense of Congress urging the Department of Defense to pursue all feasible efforts to recover, identify, and return the bodies of the crew of the Navy Flying Boat George 1 from Thurston Island, Antarctica. | En Bloc #2 |
| Bishop (NY) #79 | Would require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on establishing an active registry for each incidence of a member of the Armed Forces being exposed to occupational and chemical hazards, including waste disposal, during contingency operations. | En Bloc #2 |
| Bishop (NY) #80 | Would express the Sense of Congress regarding the efforts by the Department of Defense to keep America safe from terrorist attacks since September 11th. | En Bloc #2 |
| Blumenauer #81 | Would require the Secretary of Defense to notify the congressional defense committees and the Committees on the Budget, within 90 days, when entering into or modifying an indemnification agreement. This reporting requirement would be exempt in cases deemed by the Secretary to be harmful to US national security interests; for research and development contracts; and, for Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) contracts. | En Bloc #2 |
| Blumenauer #82 | Would modify the Department of Defense’s Operational Energy Report criteria to include an evaluation by the Department of practices used in contingency operations to reduce vulnerabilities associated with fuel convoys and a heavy reliance on fossil fuels in the field. Specifically, such an evaluation would examine the implications of improvements in structure and generator efficiency, as well as the displacement of liquid fuels with on-site renewable energy generation. | En Bloc #2 |
| Boren #83 | Would prohibit the unauthorized use of names and images of living and deceased military service members on merchandise and retail products without first obtaining permission from the service member or, if deceased, their family. | En Bloc #2 |
| DeLauro #98 | Would broaden the definition of entities prevented from receiving Department of Defense contracts to include all entities owned or controlled by, directed by or from, operating with delegated authority from, or affiliated with the Government of the People’s Republic of China. Would require the Secretary of Defense to report to the congressional defense and appropriations committees at least 15 days prior to issuing any waiver for this procurement limitation. | En Bloc #2 |
| Donnelly (IN) #99 | Would improve DoD oversight of private security contractors funded by the DoD by requiring a standard Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan that sets out standards for oversight of all private security contracts, and requiring DoD to designate one official in the country of operations to certify that they have reviewed and are confident of oversight plans for private security contractors. | En Bloc #2 |
| Edwards (MD) #100 | Would require that the effects on local businesses, neighborhoods, and local governments be included in the analysis of the impacts on transportation infrastructure related to consideration and selection of military installations for closure or realignment (BRAC). | Adopted |
http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2011&rollnumber=354
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