the clerk: a bill making appropriations for the department of defense for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2015, and for other purposes. the chair: the committee of the whole house on the state of the union rose earlier today, a request for a recorded vote on an amendment offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. gohmert, had been postponed and the bill had been read through page 10, line 15. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. ellison of minnesota. page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert the following, reduce by $10 million, increased by $10 million. . the chair: the gentleman from minnesota and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from minnesota. mr. ellison: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, the purpose of this amendment is very simple. it's simply to help american

workers as defense related factories wind down production. it is to allocate an additional $10 million to the office of economic adjustment from the general operations and maintenance fund. the office of economic adjustment helps communities across america when a factory shuts down. over the last decade of war, middle-class factory workers have stepped up to the plate to make sure our troops on the battlefield have the weapons and equipment they needed as we transition away from two long wars and as defense production lines slow down, we cannot leave these workers with only a pink slip in their hands. that's where the office of economic adjustment comes in. this little known but very important office in the pentagon helps communities that would otherwise be devastated when a factory shuts its doors for the last time. the office of economic adjustment provides grants and technical assistance to communities so they can develop their own strategies to

transition to a postwar economy. just this month, mr. chairman, the office of economic adjustment provided a grant to ohio, michigan and indiana. nearly 4,000 defense workers have lost their jobs in these states since 2012. but thanks to a grant from the office of economic adjustment, a regional defense spending system is under way to help them find new areas of livelihoods. simply put, the office of economic adjustment helps hardworking americans keep their jobs, and i urge my colleagues to support this modest amendment to create jobs and help the americans who keep our men and women in uniform equipped with what they need. i -- the chair: does the gentleman reserve the balance of his time? mr. ellison: i reserve. the chair: does any member seek time in opposition to the amendment?

the gentleman from minnesota is recognized. mr. ellison: so i do urge colleagues to support this amendment. i also would like to ask for unanimous consent to submit an article from "roll call" which carefully details this issue of slowing down the wartime economy. the title of it is "don't cut programs that help communities adjust to pentagon spending reductions." it's dated june 9, 2014, and it's written by mariam pimberton. i think it's a good article. and i'd submit it without objection. the chair: the gentleman's request is covered under general leave. does the gentleman yield back? mr. ellison: i do yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the question then is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to.

for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. runyan of new jersey. page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $6 million. page 29, line 7, after the dollar amount insert increased by $6 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from new jersey, mr. runyan, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey is now recognized. mr. runyan: thank you, mr. chairman. my amendment moves $6 million to the air force other procurement to provide much-needed joint training platform and facility upgrades. more specifically, the funding is aimed at supporting upgrades to joint training and training development facilities at air force installations. the offset for this amendment

reduces this amendment allocated to the office of secretary of defense. over the last decade, many of the service branches have procured various training and infrastructure that are in desperate need of repair. these are not expensive upgrades and will preserve the shelf life of some of the most state-of-the-art training systems in the united states military. my amendment seeks to increase the air force procurement funding to provide for critical upgrades to these unfunded systems, technologies and training infrastructure. we have made great investments in our training aids and support systems to ensure our service members are combat ready and proficient. at a low cost for high value to the taxpayer. it would be a shame to see these assets atrophy from the withholding of what is a relatively small amount in comparison to our initial investments in these programs. i urge my colleagues to support these commonsense -- this commonsense amendment in supporting our war fighters and

i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey reserves the balance of his time. does any member seek time in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. runyan: again, thank you, chairman. i urge support of my amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. all time having expired the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new jersey. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. delaney of maryland. page 9, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following -- reduced by $24 million. page 88, line 6, after the dollar amount insert the following -- increased by $16 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from maryland, mr. delaney, and a member opposed each will

control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from maryland. mr. delaney: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself three minutes. we have all been very disturbed by the recent allegations of negligence and falsification of information at some of the v.a. medical centers across the country. we must work together to better serve our service members, their veterans and their families that have served us all with such great distinction. my amendment works to solve one specific but very important problem facing military families. when our war fighters and veterans need medical care, their families are often faced with a very difficult dilemma. either stay home because it's too expensive to travel to be with their families or travel and bear the burden of the costs associated with being their loved ones at this great time of need. unfortunately, mr. chairman, too many families are staying home without the opportunity to be with their loved ones who have served our country when

they're receiving care in a military hospital, and others make the trip but often sleep in their cars or sleep in tents that they set up in parking lots around these hospitals. our veterans and service men and women and their families deserve much better than this. my amendment increases the funding for fischer houses by $16 million. this additional funding has the potential to provide more free housing for the families of patients receiving care at military and v.a. hospitals. in order to pay for this increased funding, this amendment reduces funding for the defensewide operation and maintenance account and my amendment is outlay neutral as a result. since 1990, over 180,000 families have been served by fisher houses. more than 22,000 in last year alone. the service is offered -- the services offered by fisher houses have saved military families almost $240 million in out-of-pocket expenses since its inception. families do not have to make these tough financial choices to visit and care for their

loved ones. this amendment has the potential of funding the construction of at least four new fisher homes next year, four new homes means lodging for over 2,000 military family members. so many men and women have served us with such distinction, and for those that return home needing medical care, fisher house can make a stay in a military hospital or clinic a little bit easier, a little bit kinder for our soldiers and their families. no veteran, no service member should be without their loved ones at this time of need. i encourage my colleagues to support this amendment. last year this house came together to support this same amendment, and i hope they will do the same this year. mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from maryland reserves the balance of his time. mr. delaney: and i yield to the ranking member. the chair: the gentleman yields to the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i do not oppose it. i would simply mention a concern i have, and it is not with the intent of the gentleman but rather the

amount. the underlying bill -- i want my colleagues to know this -- already provides $11 million from the operation and maintenance funds for the army, navy and air force for the construction and furnishing of additional fisher houses. a total not to exceed $33 million. this amendment obviously would add $20 million to that amount. i'm concerned that the rapid increase in construction funding in a single fiscal year would be very difficult for the foundation to utilize. mr. delaney: my response to the ranking member is i have great confidence in the fisher houses' teams ability to handle the funds and this is an example of where we need to get ahead of the needs, not behind the needs. i appreciate the ranking member's support. the chair: does the gentleman yield back the balance of his time? mr. delaney: i do. the chair: all time having expired on this amendment, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from maryland. those in favor will say aye.

those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. he amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report. the chair: amendment offered by mr. lowenthal of california. page line, line 9, insert reduced by $5 million, increased by $5 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from california, mr. lowenthal, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. lowenthal: chairman frelinghuysen and ranking member visclosky, thank you for providing me this time to speak on the floor today. as we all know providing science, technology, education and math education to america's youth is critical in the global

competitiveness of our nation. the star-based program engages local fifth grade elementary students by exposing them to stem subjects that would inquiry curriculum that is currently active in 56 congressional districts throughout the country. we need to be committed to ensuring the united states remains competitive globally by strengthening the pipeline of american graduates with stem fields. that's why i'm offering the star-based amendment number 32 to h.r. 4870, the department of defense appropriations act. my bipartisan bill with -- amendment with congressman benishek amends by increasing funding to the star-based youth program by $5 million. you know, the stem program is carried out by the military because the lack of stem educated youth in america has been identified as a future national security issue by the

department of defense. last year both the house and the senate rejected the office of management and budget's proposal to terminate this critical program. as a member of congress, i appreciate o.m.b.'s desire to consolidate the stem programs across the spectrum into one funding line. however, this is a national defense issue, and has been identified by the joint chiefs of staff as such. star-based was created under the auspices of the department of defense to meet its critical needs in stem-related funding -- stem-related fieldfields. regrettably, the actions resulted in elimination of all the stem star-based programs operated by the navy and reduced the fiscal year 2014 number of d.o.d. star-based programs from 79 down to 56 sites. despite the funding issues, d.o.d. currently has 25 sites on the waiting list for a program and that is why we need a small increase in the number

of star-based programs. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their strong leadership in re establishing funding for the program -- re--establishing funding for the program and ask $5 million for the program. it's one of the most cost-effective programs and it's reported by the department of defense as a very effective program, the stem programs. my amendment makes a significant step towards providing and engaging america's youth with the tools they need to pursue careers in stem, a field where jobs are available and where there is a significant lack of trained workers. star base inspires america's youth to have fields that are imperative for our future national security challenges. during this time of economic recovery, we cannot lose this battle and concede our technical edge to the rest of the world. mr. frelinghuysen: if the

gentleman will yield? mr. lowenthal: i'll yield. mr. frelinghuysen: the committee wants to support this program. as you know, this program currently operates i think at 65 military installations and facilities around the country. this would increase that amount and what's good about it is military volunteers in their -- in their own free time and volunteer capacity doing some remarkable things with these young people. so we commend you for your efforts. know i share similar views to ranking member, mr. visclosky, and if you'll yield to him. mr. lowenthal: i yield to him. mr. visclosky: i want to thank you for offering the amendment. you raise a number of good points and it is a very good program. i appreciate your attention to it. thank you so much. mr. lowenthal: i yield back and urge support of this amendment. the chair: all time having expired on the amendment, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from

california. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. does any member seek recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> i have an an amendment at the desk, grayson number eight. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. grayson of florida, page 9, line 6 -- mr. grayson: i ask unanimous consent that the reading be waived. the chair: is there objection? mr. frelinghuysen: could we have it read so we know which amendment we are working on, otherwise i will reserve a point of order. the clerk: page 9 line 6, insert the following reduce by $10 million. page 33 line 11 after the dollar amount insert the following increased by $10 million. page 33, line 19 after the dollar amount insert the following, increased by $10

million. mr. frelinghuysen: i withdraw my reservation. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. grayson: this amendment increases the defense health program account by $10 million to find a cure for gulf war illness. it affects over a third of the veterans who served in the first gulf war. this amendment is identical to an amendment offered last year that passed this body by a voice vote. i urge the same today. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida reserves. any member seek time in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. grayson: i yield the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida has yielded back the balance of his time. all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye.

those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment s agreed to. does any member seek recognition? the clerk will read. the clerk: operation and intenance, army reserve, $2,5335,636,000. operation and maintenance, $1, 827,000,000. marine corps reserve $270,485,000 operation and maintenance air force reserve ,899,214,000 operation and maintenance, army national ,000., $6316,

air national guard, $6,393,919,000 united states court of appeals for the armed forces $13,723,000. environmental restoration army including transfer of funds $201,560,000 environmental restoration navy including ansfer of funds $277,294,000 environmental restoration air force including transfer of funds $408,716,000 the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> wish to offer an amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. murphy of pennsylvania. after the dollar amount reduce by $37 million. page 33 line 11 after the dollar amount insert increase by $10

million. after the dollar amount insert increase by $10 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. murphy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman and i thank the chairman and ranking member of the committee. i should say in addition to being a member of congress and i'm a member of the navy reserve as a psychologist. i'm not representing navy psychology but talking about those things i see in our military. we have the best military in the world. we are strong. but our country has a crisis on its hands. service e 222 military members die -- 22 military service members die by their own hands. veterans make up the population,

two million overall. the suicide rates increase 2.6 a year from 2005 to 2011, more than the double rate increase for civilian rate suicide. let me tell you what i hear. that those in high tempo work, active duty, those who come back from guard and reserve, they have a difficult time accessing mental health care, whether family problems, financial crisis or adapting from the stress of combat, post-traumatic stress. we know that treatment early and identification early can be effective, but quite frankly there are just too few providers. psychologists and sigh ky terrorists are burdened with paperwork and screening duties and have too little time to counsel. we are time and time again where someone has sought help off-base

to find that people do not understand all the needs of the military. and those in the military dealing with classified missions need to have folks they can talk to and deal with the problems so they do not become worse or when they transfer to guard and reserve they have no one to talk to. the purpose of this amendment is to make sure we are providing those resources. a survey showed that 30% of service members have considered taking their own life. 45% that they know an iraq or afghanistan veteran who has keamented suicide. while d.o.d. has done many things, we still have a serious problem on our hands and the reason we are offering this amendment today is to provide more providers. granted, i do not believe this will be anywhere near enough, but it does give us a surge of providers at a time when it's needed and at a time when the suicide rate has climbed, at a time when many service members

continue to need help. i'm offering this. and i hope it will be accepted. mr. frelinghuysen: does the gentleman yield? >> i can say and my colleagues would agree. your service in congress has been enormously beneficial because you have been perhaps one of the strongest advocate on behalf of those with mental illness and certainly your service in the navy reserve as a psychologist is one of the reasons that when you get up to talk, people listen. so we are accepting of your amendment and acknowledge your very, very strong and well-reasoned advocacy. our bill of course does make investments. this will make more investments and we look forward to working with you. and relying on your expertise and advocacy. mr. murphy: i reserve my time if anybody on the other side wants to speak? if not, let me close with this.

is that in this, i know for example those who come back from socom a very important of their return is third location decompression. they come back, they meet with psychologists and with detailed review. and we also have to make sure with so many others who come back, whether in a combat mission or training mission, we want to prevent these accelerating to the level to where they need v.a. services and so many families deteriorate. i thank the chairman and ranking member and i ask my colleagues to support this amendment so we can get help to our military in need. i yield back. the chair: all time having expired, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from pennsylvania. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the

ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? clerk will read. the clerk: page 16 line 1, environmental restoration defense-wide including transfer ,547,000.$8 environmental restoration defense sites including transfer $233,353,000. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. blumenauer: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number 4 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. blumenauer of oregon. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from oregon. mr. blumenauer: i yield myself four minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: this is a simple

amendment that would cut $3.4 million for a new nuclear-armed air launch cruise missile and redirect the cleanup and removal ce. nexploded ordnan it would save the taxpayers from footing the bill for a program whose rationale remains undefined. the united states has a robust arsenal of air-launched cruise missiles and they are expected to be in service well past 2030. the existing cruise missiles are compatible with the air force greater procurement the long-range strike bomber. the pentagon has not made a final decision on how or when it will replace its existing nuclear air-launch cruise missile. it seems ill-advised before we know what our long-term plans

are. we no longer need a bomber withstandoff nuclear weapons like the almc, the new air force bomber that will be designed to penetrate air defenses. it needs bombs that can be dropped not a new cruise missile. the procurement of the new cruise missile will have a destabilizing effect in our efforts to control nuclear proliferation. a mass deployment of cruise missiles probably would trigger -- potentially could trigger a new arms race that we have already begun we have agreed to end. currently only the united states, france and russia have such weapons. but are we going to be more secure if this sets off an effort for other countries to develop them? or will we be more secure if china has them, if pakistan develops them? i think certainly not. now, maybe this amendment looks modest only directing $3.4

million, but allowing this seed money to go forward to coningsly mean billions down the road if we don't have a reason, a rationale, a commitment to do it. the new alcm does not yet have an official price tag but the research we've done suggests it's in the range of $20 billion to $30 billion and rebuilt nuclear warhead to go on it would cost another $12 billion according to the nuclear security administration. so a potential of over $40 billion and based on our past experience with weapons development in the nuclear area, it's very likely that's going to increase over time. remember, we recently had a debate on the floor of the house that highlighted the cost of the current nuclear program were

understated by the pentagon by 150 billion. this will directly compete with other priorities. let me repeat that. if we launch this program it's going to directly compete with other priorities. the navy as we all know and the committee has been wrestling and looking at $100 billion to build 12 new nuclear submarines. the air force is looking for $70 billion it needs to build long-range bombers. a downpayment on a cruise missile today that we don't need means cuts to other programs tomorrow. now, mr. chairman, i'm suggesting that instead of launching us down this path of unnecessary spending and potential, huge outyear costs, that we instead spend this money on formerly used defense sites

that are contaminated by our activities over the last -- the better part of the last century in the united states. better use for the money. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the time of the gentleman from oregon has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: i move to claim time in opposition. i rise in opposition to the amendment. the president's budget requested $208.4 million for the formerly used defense sites. . it's important to clean up these sites used by the department of defense. may i say this bill already provides $25 million of such sites over the president's request. so the administration isn't looking for any more money.

while i sympathize with the gentleman's amendment, i can't support his offset. i know it eliminates the elimination of the long-range standoff mission, this cruise missile. this program will provide a new air launch cruise missile to eplace a rapidly aging ac -- agm-86. this is essential to our strategic deterrence and our ability to hold enemy targets at risk from standoff distances. the air force requested $4.9 million for the program in fiscal year 2015 to continue studies and analysis in preparation for a formal acquisition program. this bill already takes a fiscally responsible $1.5 million cut from that amount. the additional funding the committee has already provided for the cleanup of formerly used defense sites will accelerate the cleanup of the sites and reduce the long-term government liability, which is

spornt. while i appreciate -- which is important. while i appreciate the gentleman's intent, i can't support a cut that would eliminate a critical element of our military's future arsenal. i oppose the amendment and urge a no vote. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from oregon has one minute remaining. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. chairman. first, let me point out that this is a minuscule sum. i pointed out that we have the capacity with the current plans to be able to deal past 2030. so this is not an urgent effect. we have a chance to sort it out and see if it's truly a priority. i respect the gentleman's point, i think he's sincere in trying to clean up these formerly used defense sites. the amount in the budget is $50 million less than we had in fiscal year 2014 and less than we enacted in fiscal year 2013.

and at the current rate of funding, the pentagon estimates that it will take 250 years to clean up the backlog of dealing with military contamination and formerly -- and unexploded ordnance. that's unacceptable. out of a defense budget of this magnitude, we can and should be doing more. i appreciate what the gentleman's saying. it's not nearly adequate, and we certainly don't need to launch down this other path that may lead to dramatic unnecessary spending in the future. i respectfully urge adoption of his amendment. the chair: the time of the gentleman has expired. all time having expired on this amendment, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from oregon. those in favor will say aye. those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to.

mr. blumenauer: mr. chair, i would -- the chair: the gentleman from oregon. mr. blumenauer: i respectfully request a recorded voit. the chair: the gentleman from oregon -- the chair: i respectfully request a recorded vote. the chair: the gentleman from oregon requests a recorded vote. pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from oregon will be postponed. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 17, line 17, overseas humanitarian disaster and civic aid $103 million to remain available until september 30, 2016. cooperative threat reduction million,108,000 to remain available until september 30, 2017. department of defense acquisition work force development fund, $51,875,000. title 3, procurement, aircraft procurement army, $5,295 ,957,000 to remain available --

to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2017. ssile procurement, army, $1,217,483,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2017. procurement of weapons and act combat vehicles, army, $1,703,736,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2017. procurement of ammunition, to remain ,477,000 available for obligation until september 30, 2017. other procurement, army, $4,812,234,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2017. ircraft procurement, navy, $14,054,523,000 to remain available for obligation until

september 30, 2017. the chair: the clerk will suspend. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk, mr. chairman. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. kildee of michigan. page 22, line 14, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $20 million. page 33, line 11, after the dollar amount insert increase by $20 million. page 33, line 17, after the dollar amount insert increased by $20 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from michigan, mr. kildee, and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. kildee: thank you, mr. chairman. much like the v.a., the department of defense is confronting significant challenges regarding its care and transition of wounded warriors. in fact, the recent death of two individuals at the army's fort bragg hospital, the secretary of defense ordered his own comprehensive review of

d.o.d. health care. simply, it's obvious and becoming increasingly obvious that wounded warriors are still failing to receive the care that they need and that they clearly deserve. we know that the d.o.d. has undertaken countless studies, has appointed numerous working groups to identify ways to improve wounded warrior care. congress clearly obviously has rightfully engaged and held a multitude of hearings and initiatives. there's been a lot of review internally, a lot of conversation. i believe we need to engage some of the brightest minds in our country to gain a new and objective perspective on improving care for wounded warriors. so this amendment appropriates $$20 million to fund an amendment that was -- $20 million to fund an amendment that was passed in the ndaa to provide for an outside

independent study to identify challenges confronting d.o.d.'s care of wounded warriors and offers specific recommendations to improve that. this study is, i again, said passed in ndaa would be awarded to an entity that received a small percentage of its revenue for contracts at the very most with the d.o.d. essentially an outside organization with little or no contact or relationship with the d.o.d. or the v.a. really trying to get a fresh set of eyes on this question. is sort of study for the department of defense, its health care for wounded warriors, is almost identical to the independent study of the v.a. mandated by h.r. 4810, chairman miller's veterans' access to care act, that just passed the house last week. so the same set of fresh eyes that will be looking at v.a. care i believe need to be focused on department of

defense care. this amendment is funded by allocating $20 million from the navy's $14 billion aircraft procurement account, which includes nearly $1 billion in funding over the navy's request to purchase 12 so-called growler aircraft. the navy requested none of these aircraft in its budget and would seem to me that out of $14 billion in that procurement, nearly $1 billion in new money for something that wasn't requested we could find $20 million to make sure that the billions of dollars that we're spending in d.o.d. health care, particularly for our wounded warriors, is spent in the most efficient way and provides the absolute best care in the timeliest fashion available. that's what this amendment would do. i urge its passage, and i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from michigan reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i seek time in

opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: mr. chairman, i rise in opposition to this amendment. while i recognize the gentleman's concerns that the wounded warrior care program is effectively and efficiently monitored and perhaps and outside group looking at it would not be a bad idea in and of itself, removing $20 million from the aircraft procurement account, specifically that navy teams, for growlers, ea they're called, is excessive to fund a study really unrelated to the purpose of that aircraft. there are better ways to fund studies. we can request the government accountability office, and our committee would be happy to do that, to do a study and one that will certainly cost less than $20 million. additionally, the loss of funding for the growler program will result in a loss of an air frame that's critical for the nation's airborne electronic attack mission.

probably need more of these growlers rather than less. so be happy to work with the gentleman on finding another source for the study, an outside study, and will be happy to yield to the ranking member, mr. visclosky, for any comments he'd care to make. mr. visclosky: i appreciate the gentleman yielding and would reluctantly add my voice to the chair. i certainly appreciate the gentleman's concern for wounded warriors. his sensitivity and the fact that he is asking for, if you would, a fresh set of eyes. the chairman talked about his concerns about the offset. i would simply inform my colleagues that we have had a number of studies. the office of the inspector general has completed seven different studies. perhaps more importantly, to the gentleman's point about independent study is the government accountability office has also done two and would remind our colleagues

that the g.a.o. is a preacher of the legislative branch and not captive to the department of defense, and perhaps the emphasis here -- again, i appreciate the gentleman's concern and what he's trying to get at is to implement some of the findings in these nine studies, particularly the findings from the government accountability office on behalf of the legislative branch and see that they are implemented. i appreciate the gentleman yielding. i do appreciate the gentleman's concern. the chair: the gentleman from michigan has two minutes remaining. mr. kildee: i thank you. i thank the chairman and the ranking member for their comments. will say that i do think that when i speak of a set of fresh eyes, i understand the studies that have been done by the g.a.o. and other internal studies. i will acknowledge the certain irony in making the comment because it's so often we hear we can't be continually looking for answers to these big questions, these difficult questions only from those of us

in government, but we ought to be taking a look at a fresh set of eyes that come from outside, from the private sector. i think that would be of great advantage in this case. regarding the offset, i understand and wholly support all the work that we need to do and investment we need to make to ensure that our military is fully capable. i just believe that the same commitment that we have to our protection ought to extend to protecting those who put on the uniform of the country and have suffered as a result, they ought to get the best care. and out of $ 70 million -- $970 million increase what was requested, it would seem to me finding $20 million would not be a bridge too far. i appreciate the comments and hope we can work together on finding solutions to this. i think chairman miller was right in his approach with the v.a., and i think the same could be said with the d.o.d. and that's what my amendment would do. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from michigan yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey

has 1 1/2 minutes remaining. mr. frelinghuysen: i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey yields back. all time having expired on this amendment, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from michigan. those in favor say aye. those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. the amendment is not agreed to. the clerk will read. 22, line 16, weapons procurement, navy, $3,111,931,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2017. procurements of ammunition, vy and marine corps, $629,372,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2017. shipbuilding and conversion, navy, outfitting and first estination transportation,

$491,797,000. for completion of prior year ipbuilding programs, $1,007,285,000. $14,256,361,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2019. remains until september 30, 2017. procurement marine corps $927 million to remain for obligation september september 30, 2017. ircraft procurement air force, $12,046,941,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2017.

missile procurement air force, $ 4,446,211,000 to remain available september 30, 2017. procurement of ammunition, air to remain 2,,000 available until september 30, 2017. other procurement air force, $16 billion to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2017. rocurement, defense-wide $4,358,121,000 to remain available for obligation under september 3017. the chair: the clerk will suspend. for what purpose does gentlelady from texas seek recognition? ms. jackson lee: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: page 29, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert

reduced by $5 million. page 33, line 11 after the dollar amount amount insert increase by $5 million. increase ne 19 insert by 5 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentlelady from texas, ms. jackson lee and a member opposed each will control five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i add my appreciation to the chairman and ranking member of the defense appropriation subcommittee and add my appreciation for their concern for the health and welfare of the men and women of the united states military. their appropriations bill evidenceens hes that and thank them working with me on this amendment dealing with increasing the funding for breast cancer research for $5

million offset like reduction in procurement. equally this amendment has been supported by this committee. and i would say that my fellow survivors and those in the united states military would appreciate the emphasis that we are making on addressing this phenomenon of breast cancer. my amendment increases the opportunity for research. the american cancer society calls several strains of breast cancer as a particularly aggressive subtype associated with a lower survival rate. in this instance it is called the triple negative. i raise an article that says fighting a different battle, breast cancer and the military. this triple negative strain has killed many individuals in a very quick manner. and so my amendment -- i would be happy to yield. mr. visclosky: i lend support

for the amendment and i assume there is no objection on behalf of the committee. ms. jackson lee: i thank you for this support and make this statement as i conclude. breast cancer has been just about as brutal as women in the military as combat. more than 800 women have been wounded in iraq and afghanistan and 874 military women were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2000 and 2011 and according to that same study more are expected as it goes. let me thank the ranking member and chairman for their focus on this amendment and to conclude by saying that breast cancer strikes relatively young military women but male service members, veterans and dependents are at risk as well. i ask my colleagues to support this amendment. those of us who are survivors, the more research and more

intervention, the more lives we can save. i yield back. and i ask the committee to support the jackson lee amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman from texas has yielded back. no member having sought time in opposition, the question is now on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the amendment is agreed to. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 30, line 1, efense production purchases, $51,638,000. title 4, research development test and evaluation, research development test and evaluation, army. $6,720,000,000 to remain for obligation under september 30, 2016. research development, test and valuation, navy,

$15,8787,770,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2016. research and development test and evaluation, air force, $23,438,982,000 to remain for obligation under september 30, 2016. the chair: the clerk will suspend. who seeks recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the esk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. garmeppedy of california, page 31, line 6, after the ollar amount insert reduced by

15,600,000. ge 31 line 4 ininsert -- mr. frelinghuysen: i reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. the chair: point of order is eserved. pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from california, mr. garamendi and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. garamendi: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment deals with a profoundly important issue that will be before the house of representatives and this nation for the next three decades at least. this is an amendment that deals with the joint strike fighter, the f-35 and the dual capability of that fighter. basically meaning how to retrofit or make that fighter

capable of handling the b-61 nuclear weapon. this is a weapon that is principally designed for our allies to be used in europe. it's a weapon that is now in the process of being life extended at a cost of several billion dollars over the next decade. the question is, should we do we in such evamp the f-35 a way as to be able to handle conventional as well as nuclear weapons. this is a question before us. it's a question that involves our allies and it's a very, very expensive issue that we must deal with. if we just continue on, we will spend billions upon billions of dollars on a system that may or may not be desired by our allies around the world.

we are just pushing our way forward without really considering all of the issues involved. this amendment that i brought forth on the floor today is really the wakeup to this larger issue and the extraordinary expense and the ramifications that it has with not only our allies, but with potential adversaries around the world. what i would realy like to do is expand upon a study that has already been put into this legislation, a study that mr. quigley has successfully brought in and expand upon it so that the report that comes back to us be more full, providing more information. we need that information in order to make a wise decision here about how we're going to proceed. this is an issue that the armed services committee is wrestling with as i'm certain the

appropriation committee. later in this process when we get to the end of this bill, i will have another amendment that i will put forward that will fence off this $15 million until such time that report comes in and i would recommend that report be more full and more complete. with that, i would yield my time to the chair. mr. frelinghuysen: i withdraw my reservation, it's my understanding that you are going to withdraw your amendment? mr. garamendi: that is true, i intend to withdraw my amendment in hopes that we could at the end of the bill undertake a more fence off the $15 million until that comes forward. i'm not asking for a commitment but as we proceed through this bill if the members of the appropriation committee and the ranking member and chair consider that language. it would be very much

appreciated and with that, i withdraw the amendment. mr. frelinghuysen: thank you about talking about a very important issue. the chair: without objection, the amendment is withdrawn. for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment number five printed in the congressional record offered by mr. coffman of colorado. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from colorado, mr. coffman and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. coffman: this amendment seeks to take $15 million out of the air force test and evaluation account equal to the amount the air force has budgeted for six generation fire development and places those funds in the spending reduction account for debt relief.

this amendment is not about capabilities. it is simply about priorities. i could understand the need for six generation fighter development funding had the administration not attempted to scrap our military's only dedicated close air support platform, a-10, citing budgetary concerns. i could understand the funding if the administration had not attempted to scrap the u-2 an aircraft that continues to provide the warfighter with actionable intelligence. and some of the world most dangerous citing budgetary concerns. i could understand the need for funding had the administration not capped america's premier $287 nance fighter at aircraft citing once again budgetary concerns and i could understand the need for six generation fire development funding if the f-35 joint strike

fighter was not admittedly over budget and behind schedule. mr. chairman, our nation is over$17 trillion in debt and is running a budget deficit of over half a billion. as a result, it has become almost cliched of our national debt as america's greatest threat. i cannot support millions of dollars in funding for the department of defense to begin development -- to begin developing the follow-onto the f-35 when the f-35 itself is use years away from being operational. i urge my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment. you will be sending a message to the department of defense to get its current programs under control and fiscal house in order before asking the american taxpayer to foot the bill for any future programs.

mr. chairman, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from colorado reserves. for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? mr. visclosky: i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. visclosky: i would point out that while we are at the beginning so to speak of the production of the f-35, it has gone to the benefit of this country to look to the future, to look at the next generation. and when it comes to an examination of technology and how it can be used in defense of this nation in the future, i don't think we should close that door. we have a resurgencey in china. we have a resurgencey in russia and we have problems in the middle east. e ought not to be taking our oar out of the water and we ought to continue down this road. we are not by doing this initial

research, instituting a billion or multibillion dollar procurement program. i'm opposed and i would recognize the chairman of the subcommittee. mr. frelinghuysen: it's a small investment which this investment would eliminate and we want to have air superiority for decades to come and it's money i think that needs to be kept in there. it would be a great mistake to move it. thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. visclosky: appreciate the chairman's remarks and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from colorado. all time has yielded back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from colorado. all those in favor will say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. . for what purpose does the

gentleman rise? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. nugent of florida. page 36, line 6, insert reduce by $10 million, increase by $0 million. the chair: the gentleman from florida is recognized for five minutes. mr. nugent: mr. chairman, the conner electronics missile project, known as champ, is an air force program to disrupt the adversary's electronics without causing physical damage to facilities or people. my amendment would transfer $10 million from the budget from director of energy technology to director of technology. this would move a duplicative fund to integration for actual use on the battlefield a decade ahead of schedule. the air force intends development of champ for use on a delivery vehicle that will be available to combatant commanders in 2025.

for a small investment of $25 million this year, the air force can get champ to the combatant commander on a cruise missile delivery system 18 months after an enactment of this bill. almost a decade ahead of schedule. the reason we can do this so quickly at such low cost is by utilizing unused cruise missiles, like the ones the air force used to test champ recently. there's an existing stockpile of cruise missile that was been removed from the original mission and can be used to -- repurposed to use as a delivery vehicle for champ. in the next few years the air force has an opportunity to put champ on a proven delivery vehicle already in stock. in this window it's cheap to make a cruise missile deliver these systems and very expensive for the advosare to defend. this will improve the size and weight of the weapon to optimize its performance on a cruise

missile. it is important to note, this amendment will ensure that sufficient funds exist to develop both the short-term cruise missile system and the long-term reusable delivery system. the offset for this amendment pulls from an inreese in another directed energy program in the air force that is doing duplicative work to reduce the size and weight in high power microwave, instead of just doing labwork we can do labwork and get it to the field. these two programs are doing duplicative work and one is closer to the finish line than others. this is a bipartisan bill, mr. chairman. i'm happy to have the support of the ranking member of the armed services subcommittee of jurisdiction and co-chair of the directed energy caucus, mr. langevin. the authorization for this program increases has been in the national defense authorization act since the chairman's mark and was in the bill the house passed earlier this year. ethe armed services committee have heard the desire of this

game-changing technology from combatant commanders and from the undersecretary of defense for acquisition technology and logistics. let's get the war fighter this capability in 18 months, passing a simple amendment today. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from florida reserves. pursuant to house resolution 628 a member opposed will control five minutes. for what purpose does the swelt from indiana rise? mr. frelinghuysen: i -- mr. visclosky: i rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. visclosky: i appreciate what the gentleman is putting forth and the position he's taken and certainly believe that there is merit in the technology. as you may know, we have included some very encouraging language in the report for this bill noting our pleasure with the air force incorporating this type of technology into their nonkinetic counter electronics analysis of alternatives.

however, we have refrained, carefully refrained from prejudicing the air force's analysis of alternatives by adding funds from one program to another. i would like to work with the gentleman further to ensure, again, that the technology is given consideration without prejudicing the study undertaken by the air force. i do think we ought to give them a full breadth of options so the best choice can be made on behalf of the country. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. he gentleman from florida. mr. nugent: i thank the gentleman for his consideration. i would like to add this the air force tested champ on that delivery vehicle. successful test, as it may be. and the testimony from those combatant commanders, the guys in the field that actually need it, are say, hey, i'd rather have it in 18 months than in

2025. it's just that simple. we heard about testimony in regards to china, and about russia. wouldn't it be better to use these limited funds that we've already spent billions of dollars on to develop the process, develop the technology, wouldn't it be better today to spend $10 million to actually get it in the field, to support our troops and war fighters? that's our argument. while i respect the air force and i think what the air force has, and they're looking at a long-term solution, reusable vehicle, which i support, but i also support those that are out on the front lines today, i've got three kids on the front lines. this helps those soldiers, rines, airmen, and sailors more protection. we can do it cheap, we can do it today, and we can have it done in 18 months. with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i yield back.

the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from florida. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the yes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 31, line 8, research development, test and evaluation, defense wide, including transfer of funds, $17,777 million to,000,000 to remain available for obligation -- $17,777,000,000 to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2016. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? mr. dwrayson: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. grayson of florida, page 28, ine 8, redeuce by $10 million. page 33, line 18, ensert the following, increase by $10

million. page 33, after the dollar amount, insert the following, increase by $10 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 268, the gentleman from florida and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. nugent: my amendment would increase funding for prostate cancer research by $10 million. it is still $10 billion below what the account was fund at in 2001, more than a decade ago this amendment passed the house as part after an en bloc amendment last year, i hope we'll pass it again this year. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. does any member seek time in opposition? mr. frelinghuysen: if the gentleman will yield, we commend your focus on prostate cancer and appreciate your limited remarks.

mr. grayson: i appreciate the gentleman. i yield back. the chair: those in favor of the amendment by the gentleman from florida will say aye. those opposed, no. the amendment is agreed to. the clerk will read. e clerk: page 32, line 12, operation defense, to remain available for obligation until september 30, 2016. title 5, revolving and management funds. fense working capital funds, $1,334,468,000. title 6, other department and defense -- department of defense programs, defense health rogram, $31,634,870,000. >> mr. chairman. the chair: the clerk will suspend. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island -- i'm sorry. pardon me. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek

recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk, mr. chairman. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. if the gentleman can send his amendment to the desk. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. holt of new jersey, page 33, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert reduced i by $1 million, increased by $1 million. page 33, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert reduced by $1 million, increased by $1 million. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from new jersey and a member opposed each will control five

minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from new jersey. mr. holt: i rise to offer an amendment addressing another facet of a national tragedy, the epidemic of suicide among our veterans. in march of this year, zero u.s. troops died in combat. in that same month, almost 700 soldiers and veterans died at their own hand. this bill, the bill that is before us today, takes really enormous strides to treat mental health problems underliing this epidemic. it provides tens of millions of dollars for therapy, outreach and peer-to-peer support and for that the chairman and ranking member, all the committee members have my sincere praise and gratitude. suicide and the decision to take one's own life is complex and often mysterious. but we err if we think suicide is only a mental health problem. in truth, suicide is often the desperate act of a soldier or veteran in a desperate

situation. and one important component of that desperation is financial stress. my amendment has been endorsed by the american foundation for suicide prevention would set aside $1 million to study these issues, to improve our understanding between the links between financial stress, financial abuse and military suicide and generate recommendations to fix these interlinked problems. a few years ago, army sergeant angela stevens stevens was living with $100,000 in debt. he was told because of his deteriorating finances, he was at risk of losing his security clearance. if he lost his clearance, he would lose his job, which would make his debt even more unmanageable. sergeant stevens stevens met with a military financial planner, left feeling hopeless and humiliated he talked to a reporter and said, i walked out think, if i'm dead my family will get $500,000 in life

insurance. sergeant stevens ultimately found help and survived but he was far from alone in his desperation. i'm happy to yield. mr. frelinghuysen: i appreciate the gentleman's concern and his focus as far as the problems that financial stress causes and the addition -- mr. visclosky: i appreciate the gentleman's concern and his focus as far as the problems that financial stress causes and the addition is a good addition to the bill. appreciate the amendment. mr. holt: i appreciate the gentleman's comments and i can sum up quickly to say, it's important to understand how effectively suicide prevention programs at the department of defense, v.a. and other areas are working together and how they can work together better. this is a serious national problem. this is one component of that problem. and i thank the gentleman, again, i commend everyone on the

subcommittee for the attention they are paying this year to this important problem. with that, i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. does any member claim time in opposition? mr. holt: i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new jersey. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin spb i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. langevin of rhode island. page 33, line 11, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $30 million, increased by $30 million. page 33, line 18, after the dollar amount insert reduced by $30 million, increased by $30 million. the chair: the gentleman from rhode island and a member

opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to offer a simple amendment to direct the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs to increase individual grant amounts issued through the spinal cord injury research program. i'd like to begin, of course, by thanking chairman frelinghuysen as well as ranking member visclosky for their work on the underlying bill and for their continued commitment to funding spinal cord injury research programs. as someone who has as someone who suffered a spinal cord injury at the age of 16, this research is important to service members and civilians who suffer from various forms of paralysis and other conditions related to spinal cord injury. they simply want to know if they will ever again be able to move, to be able to walk or even be

able to breathe on their own. and i'm thrilled to say that we are beginning to see meaningful answers in a positive way to these questions. research into spinal cord injuries is producing right now a wealth of groundbreaking discoveries that are making treatment protocols never before envisioned an actionable a cheefble goal. if we want these advancements to continue, then we must make sure we are providing higher grant award levels to the researchers funded by the spinal cord injury program. and i say this because we've heard from researchers in the field that the current grant awards, though meaningful, the ones that are issued through the program are not large enough to make a difference -- given the promise that the research shows

right now. in fiscal year 2013 appropriations measure, i was proud to work with the appropriations defense committee to double the funding for the spinal cord injury research from $15 million to $30 million and thanks to the hard work of the chairman and ranking member, we have been able to maintain that funding level in this bill and i'm incredibly grateful. with twice the amount of funding allocated since 2013, it's time to increase the amount of individual grants provided to the program's recipients. remarkable developments are ripe for advancement but these will be achieved if the grant awards take place with the growing complexities and costs of this research. i thank the chairman and the ranking member. i urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment. and i yield to the chairman.

mr. frelinghuysen: i know all members of our committee appreciate your advocacy and your special knowledge in dealing with spinal cord injuries. we don't get involved in the process of funding grants, but when you brought to our attention the fact that maybe larger sums within the grants might expedite some of the exciting things that are happening, seemed to make sense to us. so i'm very much in line with the amendment that you put forward. and if you continue to yield to mr. visclosky, certainly will be supportive. mr. visclosky: i would add my voice to the chairman's and what i find most heartening is the hope that there's going to be success, because often we want to see success. but you made me hopeful that if we make the proper investment and have the appropriate levels of funding for the grants, we

could see improvements and for that, i thank you very much. mr. langevin: i thank both the gentlemen for their comments, their support and research. when i was injured 34 years ago, i was told i would never walk ago. we know now because of research that is happening over the years of dedicated researchers and where we are right now, there is no longer a question of if but when. when people will be able to walk again, breathe on their own and walk again and the support you have given to this amendment is going to help millions of people and i thank the chairman and ranking member as well as the members of the committee. and i reserve. the chair: does any member seek time in opposition to the amendment? the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. mr. langevin: i just want to express my deep appreciation for the hard work that went into

this bill. maintaining the current funding level at $30 million and the support of the chairman and ranking member and encouraging larger grant awards. this will make a big difference hearing from the researchers in the field hearing how this will make a big difference. and i know we will see results very soon. with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from rhode island. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the clerk will read. 35 line 7, ge $828,868,000. drug interdiscs and counterdrug

activities including transfer of $944,687,000. joint improvised explosive device funds including transfer of funds $65 million to remain available until september 30, 2017. office of the inspector general, $311,830,000. support for international sporting competitions $10 million. title 7, related agencies, central intelligence agency retirement and disability system fund $514 million. intelligence community management account, $501,194,000. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? mr. holt: i have an amendment at the desk. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. holt of new jersey, page 39 line 12 after the dollar amount insert reduce by $2 million, increase by 2 million.

the chair: pursuant to the house resolution 628, the gentleman from new jersey and a member opposed each will control five minutes. mr. holt: let me thank the chairman and ranking member for their cooperation in preparing this commonsense amendment. my amendment would carve out $2 million within the $504 million intelligence management account and allocate to the intelligence community wiffle blowing and source protection direct rate. currently this direct rate is a one-man operation. the intelligence community is a closed see cretive community it is difference from all other agencies this congress deals with. only from workers within these programs are we likely to learn about impro prites.

given the fact that there are tens of thousands of federal employees that work for the intelligence community element, it's not realistic to expect the i.c. inspector general to be able to receive and investigate effectively any and all and valid complaints from internal whistleblowers through a single investigator. this $2 million reallocation of funds will help the community whistleblower community hire more needed additional investigators and support staff. and will fund outreach and education efforts across the intelligence community. for our system of oversight and the intelligence community to work properly, it is vital that ll know how and where they can report incidents of waste, fraud

and abuse. this can become that place if it has sufficient resources. and this amendment will ensure that they have resources to respond to legitimate concerns. i yield to the ranking member. mr. visclosky: i'm carbous about -- cautious from people if we balance. there are occurrences of waste, fraud, abuse or inefficiencies. the investment the gentleman is talking about it is a wise one to protect the taxpayer's dollar. and make sure it doesn't happen again and to make sure that those who are doing the right thing are protected in the performance of their duty on behalf of the government of the united states. i appreciate the gentleman's amendment and certainly thank

the gentleman. mr. holt: if i may make one comment and then yield to the chairman. there has been a lot of concern in this house about people going public with concerns about activities in the intelligence community. and we should want them to have a reliable channel through which they can lawfully express their concerns about criminal activity, about whistleblower retaliation or waste, fraud and abuse. and this office underfunded as it currently isis the official place for them to go and we should make it more accessible. i would be pleased to yield to the chairman. mr. frelinghuysen: our committee has long supported whistleblower protections and there are two amendments, two in the win column and none in the loss column. i yield back. mr. holt: i thank the gentleman

nd 2-0 in this soccer day is probably a pretty good score. so with that, i yield back my time with thanks to the chair and ranking member. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. does any member seek time in opposition to the america. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from new jersey. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it and the amendment is goode to. the clerk will read. the clerk: page 39 line 13, title 8, general provisions, section 8001, no part of any appropriation contained in this act shall be used for publicity. section 8002, prohibiting the payment of compensation to any person not a citizen of the united states shall not apply to personnel to the department of defense. section 8003, no part of any appropriation shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless provided herein.

section 8004, nor more than 20% of the appropriation shall be obligated during the last two months of the fiscal year. section 8005, transfer of funds, upon determination by the secretary of defense that such action is necessary, not to exceed $5 billion. section 8006 with regard to the list of specific programs contained, explanation of projects level adjustments and amounts appropriated for those programs for which the amounts exceed are less than the amount requested are to be carried out in the manner provided in such tables if the tables were included in this act. section 8007, the department shall submit a report to establish the baseline of application of reprogramming. section 8008, cash balances and working capital funds of the

department established pursuant to section 2208 of title 10 may be maintained in such amounts as may be necessary at the time of cash disbursement. section 8009, funds appropriated may not be used to access a special program without notification to the congressional defense committee. section 8010, none of the funds shall be available to initiate a multi year contract that employs economic order of quantity procurement in excess of $20 million. section 8011 funds appropriated for the maintenance are appropriated pursuant to section 401 of title 10 united states code for humanitarian and civic assistance costs. section 8012, the civilian personnel of the department may not be managed on the basis of any end strength and management shall not be subject to any constraint or limitation.

section 8013, none of the funds shall be used to influence congressional action on any legislation or appropriation matters pending before congress. section 8014, none of the funds shall be available for basic pay of any member of the army participating as a full-time student and receiving benefits paid by the secretary of department of veterans affairs from the department of defense benefit education fund. section 8015, transfer of funds, funds in title 3 of this act pilot mentor program may be transferred to any other appropriation for the purpose of implementing a metropolitanor program. section 8016, none of the funds may be available for the purchase by the department of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain unless they are manufactured from components manufactured in the united states. section 8017, none of the funds may be used to demilitarize or

the dissbose of m-one car bines. section 8018 no more than $500,000 shall be used during a fiscal year for any single location of any organization. section 8019, other funds made available, $15 million shall be available for payment section 504 of the indian financing act. section 8020, funds appropriated shall not be used for any national, international or political activities. section 8021. the department of defense is authorized to incur obligations not to exceed $350 million in anticipation of receipt of contributions only from the overnment of kuwait. section 8022, of the funds made available in this act, not less than $5,025,000 shall be

available for the civil air patrol corporation. section 8023, none of the funds are available to establish a new department, fallly funded research and development center, ffrdc, as a new entity by anering oy -- organization managing another ffrdc. section 8024, none of the finds shall be used to procure carbon or armor steel plate for use in any government owned facility under the control of the department which were not melted in the united states or canada. section 8025, the term congressional defense committees means the armed services committee of the house, the armed services committee of the senate, the subcommittee on defense on the committee of appropriations on the senate and the committee on defense of the committee on appropriations of the house. section 8026, the department may , quire the modification

maintenance and repair of aircraft, vehicles and vessels through competition between department of defense maintenance and private firms. section 8027, if the secretary determines that a foreign country has violated the terms of the agreement by discriminating against certain types of products produced in the united states, the secretary shall rescind the secretary's blanket waiver of the buy america act. section 8028, amounts contained in the department of defense overseas military facility investment recovery account shall be available until extended for the payment specified. section 8029, the secretary of the air force may at -- impose no cost to the air force to indian tribes located in nevada, north dakota, south dakota, oregon, and washington relocateable military housing units at grand forks air force base. section 8030, appropriations

which are available to the department for operation and maintenance may be used to purchase items if not more than $250,000. section 8031. none of the funds available to the department of defense working capital fund shall be used for the purchase of an investment item for the purpose of acquiring a new inventory item for sale. if such item would not have been chargeable to the department of defense business operations fund. section 8032. none of the funds for programs of the central intelligence agency shall remain available for obligation except for funds appropriated for the reserve or contingencies which shall remain available until september 30, 2016. section 8033, funds made available for the defense intelligence agency may be used for the design, development, and deployment of general defense intelligence program intelligence communications. section 8034, under the heading

operation and maintenance, defense-wide, not less than $12 million shall be made available for the mitt gailings of environmental impact. section 8035, none of the funds may be expended by any entity of the department unless the entity complies with the buy american act. section 8036. none of the funds shall be available for a contract for studies unless the head of the activity responsible for the procurement determines, as a result of thorough technical evaluation, only one source is found fully qualified to perform the proposed work. section 8037, none of the funds may be used to establish a field operating agency. section 8038, none of the funds shall be available to convert to contractor performance and activity or function of the department that is performed by the department civilian employees unless the conversion is based on the result of a

public-private competition that includes a most efficient and most cost effective organization plan. section 8039, rescission. the following sundays are rescinded from aircraft procurement, army, 2013-2015, $27 million. section 8040, none of the funds may be used to reduce the authorized positions for military technicians of the army national guard for the purpose of applying any administratively proposed civilian personnel sealings. -- ceilings. section 8041, none of the funds made available may be used for support of the people's republic of korea. section 8042. none of the funds may be used against appropriations for the national guard and reserve. section 8043, none of the funds

appropriated may be used to reduce the civilian and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the september 30, 2003 level. section 8044, none of the appropriated funds may be transferred to any other department or agency except as specifically provided in an appropriations law. section 8045, none of the funds may be used for procurement of a ball and roller bearings other than those produced by a domestic source. section 8046. none of the funds may be used to purchase any super computer which is not manufactured in the united states. section 8047. none of the funds may be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the department who approves or implements the transfer of administrative responsibilities or budgetary resources of any program to the

jurisdiction of another federal agency. section 8048, none of the funds may be obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or an international organization, any defense articles or services unless a congressional defense committees are notified 15 days in advance. section 8049, none of the funds shall be obligated to pay a contractor under a contract with the department for cost of any amount paid by the contractor to an employee chen when such costs are for a bonus. section 8050. including transfer of funds. no more than $30 million under the heading operation and maintenance defense-wide, may be transfered to appropriations available for the pay for military personnel. section 8051 in the case of an appropriation count for which the period of vailability has expired and which has a negative

unliquidated balance or an adjustment may be charged to any current appropriation account for the same purpose as the expired or closed account if the obligation would have been properly chargeable. section 8052, the chief of the national guard bureau may permit the use of equipment to the national guard distance learning project by any person on a space available reimbursable basis. section 8053. using funds made available, the secretary of the air force may implement cost effective agreements for required heating facility modernization in the military community of the federal republic of germany. section 8054, none of the funds may be used to procure end items for delivery to military forces or operational -- for operational training. section 8055, the secretary may waive with respect to a foreign country each limitation on the procurement of defense items

from foreign sources if the secretary determines that the application would invalidate cooperative programs entered into between the department and a foreign country. section 8056. none of the funds may be used for any training for the members of a unit of a foreign security force if the secretary has credible information that the unit has committed a gross violation of human rights. section 8057. none of the funds made available may be obligated or expended for the purpose of performing repairs or maintenance to military family housing units of the department. section 8058. funds appropriated under the heading research development test and evaluation, defense-wide, may only be obligated 45 days after a report has been provided in writing. section 8059. the secretary shall provide a classified, quarterly report beginning 30 days after enactment of this act to the house committee.

section 8060, none of the funds made available by be used to provide support to another department or agency if such department is more than 90 days in arrears. section 8061. a reserve with who -- who is a member of the national guard serving on full-time national guard duty may perform duties in support of the ground-based elements of the national missile defense system. section 8062, none of the funds may be used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity ammunition held by the department. section 8063. the chief of the national guard bureau may waive payment under section 2667 of the united states code in the case of a lease of personal property for a period not in excess of one year. section 8064, none of the funds shall be used for the support of any nonappropriated funds

activity of the department that procures malt beverages. section 8065. including transfer of funds under the heading operation and maintenance, army. 106,189,900,000. section 8066. section 8106 of the department of defense appropriations act, 1997, public law 104-208 shall continue in effect to apply to disbursements that are made by the department in fiscal year 2015. section 8067. including transfer of funds. not to exceed $200 million from funds available under operation and maintenance defense wide. may be transferred to the department of state global security contingency fund. section 8068, in addition, $4

million is hereby appropriated to the department. section 8069, including transfer of funds. under the heading procurement defense-wide and research development, test and evaluation, defense-wide, $619,814,000 shall be for the israeli cooperative program. section 8070. none of the funds may be obligated to modify command and control relationships for fleet forces command operational and administrative control of u.s. naval forces assigned to the pacific fleet. section 8071, including transfer of funds under the heading shipbuilding and conversion, navy. $1,007,285,000 shall be available until september 30, 2015, fund prior year's ship

bileding cost increases. section 8072, funds appropriated or made available by the transfer of funds for intelligence activities are deemed to be specifically authorized by the congress for purposes of section 504 of the national security act of 1947. section 8073, none of the funds 1458 be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that create or initiate the new program unless such program or activity must be undertaken immediately in the interest of national security. section 8074, the budget of the president for fiscal year 2016 shall include separate budget justification documents for cost of the united states armed forces, participation and contingency operations for the military personnel accounts. section 8075. none of the funds may be used for research or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a

missile defense system. section 8076. in addition, $44 million is hereby appropriated to the department. section 8077. none of the funds 1458 be used to reduce the operation -- shall be used to reduce the operation reconnaissance squad of the air force reserve if it would reduce the weather reconnaissance mission below the levels funded. section 8078. none of the funds shall be available for integration of foreign intelligence information unless the information has been lawfully collected and processed. section 8079. at the time, members of the reserve components of the armed forces are called or ordered to active duty, each member shall be notified in writing of the expected period during which the member will be mobilized. section 8080. for the purposes of 7108 of title 41, united states code, any subdivision of appropriations made under the

heading ship bileding and conversion, navy, shall be available to reimburse the judgment fund. section 8081. none of the funds may be used to transfer research and development or other program authority relating to current tactical unmanned aerial tuav's. section 8082. to $80 million of the funds may be available under the regional program. section 8083, none of the funds for programs of the office of director of national intelligence shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year except for research and technology which shall remain available until september 30, 2016. ship building and conversion, navy, shall be considered to be

for the same purpose as any subdivision under the heading shipbuilding and conversion navy. section 8085, not later than 60 days of enactment of this act, the director of national intelligence shall submit a report to have a baseline for reprogramming for fiscal year 2015. section 8086, none of the funds may be used to eliminate or realign contract and command without prior notification. section 8087, including transfer of funds, $20 million is available for transfer by the director of national intelligence to other departments for purposes of government-wide information-sharing activity. section 8088 none of the funds for the national intelligence program shall be available for obligation for reprogramming or transfer of funds in accordance

with section 102-ad of the national security act of 1947 that creates a new start effort. section 8089, the direct to have 6 national intelligence shall submit to congress each year a program reflecting the estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations. section 8090, the term congressional intelligence committees means a permanent select committee of the house, the select committee, senate, the subcommittee of defense on the committee of appropriations on the house and the committee of defense of the senate. section 8091, the department shall conth to report incremental contingency operation costs for operation enduring freedom on a monthly basis identified by the secretary for the purposes of section 127-a of title 10 united states code on a semi-annual basis and the cost of war

execution report. section 8092, including transfer of funds, $11 million from each of the appropriations made in title 2 of this act may be transferred by the military to a central fund established for houses and suite pirnt to title 10, united states code. section 8093 including transfer of funds, funds made available for the purpose of making remitances and transfers to the defense ack which situation work force development fund. section 8094, any agencies receiving funds shall post on the public web sites of that agency any report submitted by the congress and therefore any act. section 8095 none of the funds made available may be expended for any federal contract in excess of $1 million unless the

contractor agrees not to enter any agreement with any of its employees or independent contractors. section 8096 including transfer shallds up to $146,85,000 be available for transfer to the joint department of defense, defense department of veterans affairs medical facilities demonstration funds. the office of the director of national intelligence shall not employ more senior executive employees than are classified in the classified annex. none of the funds may be paying a retired general to serve as a senior mentor unless such retired officer files a standard form 278. section 8099, appropriations may be used for the purchase of heavy and light-armored vehicles up to a limit of $250,000 per

vehicle. 896,, civilian 80 water and wastewater improvement. 8101, none of the funds may be used to take beneficial occupy answery of more than 3,000 parking spaces to be provided by the brac 133 project. section 8102, the secretary shall report the numbers of civilian personnel end strength for each and every appropriate account to finance personnel salaries. section 8103, none of the funds may be used to take any action to modify the appropriations account structure for the national intelligence program budget. section 8104, including transfer of funds, $2 billion. section 8105, including transfer of funds $540 million.

section 8106, to reflect savings total amount appropriated and this act is reduced by $445 million. section 8107, none of the funds may be used to transferor release to or within the united states muhammad or any other detainee who is not a united states citizen or a member of the armed forces of the united tates. section 8108, none of the funds may be used to construct any facility in the united states to house any individual for the purposes of detention under the effective control of the epartment.

section 8109, none of the funds may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that any unpaid federal tax liability that has been assessed. section 8110, none of the funds may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that was convicted of a felony criminal violation under the federal law within the preceding 24 months. section 8111, none of the funds may be used in contravention of section 1590 of title 18 united states code or in contravention of the requirements of the trafficking victims protection act of 2000. section 8112, none of the funds for defense articles may be used to support any military training or operation that includes child soldiers as defined by the child soldiers prevention act of 2008. section 8113, none of the funds

may be used in contravention of the war powers resolution. section 8114, none of the funds may be used to lease or purchase light-duty vehicles. section 8115, none of the funds may be used to enter into a contract with any person listed in the excluded parties' list system as having been convicted of fraud against the federal government. section 8116, none of the funds may be used to enter into a contract with or to provide a rosen loan guarantee to bower export. section 8117, none of the funds may be used for the purchase of a flag of the united states unless such flags are treated as covered items under section 2533-ab title 10, united states code. section 8118 including transfer of funds $5 million.

section 8119, none of the funds may be obligated by the united states government tore the direct personal benefit of the president of afghanistan. section 8120, other funds appropriated, the secretary may prescribe to local military commanders to provide funds amounts for damage that is incident to the armed forces in a foreign country. section 8121, none of the funds y be used to conduct any >> none of the funds may be used to cancel the modernization program of records for c-130 aircraft. section 8123, none of the funds may be used by the secretary to reduce the force structure of a hayes field in portugal. section 8124, none of the

operation and maintenance fund may be used in contravention of 41106 of title 49 united states code. section 8125, none of the funds may be used to at a location outside of the united states. section 8126, none of the funds may be used by the department in contravention of section 1246-c of the national defense authorization act of fiscal year 2014. section 8127, none of the funds may be used by the national security agency to conduct an ack which situation pursuant to section 702 of the foreign surveillance act of 1978 for the purpose of targeting a united states person. section 8128 including transfer $291 million. section 8129, including transfer

of funds $1 million. section 8130, including transfer of funds, $533,500,000 section 8131, including transfer of funds $244,700,000. section 8132, none of the funds may be used to reduce or otherwise move to nondeployed status of any minuteman 3 ballistic missile silos that contains a deployed missile. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from montana seek recognition? >> i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment.

the clerk: amendment offered by mr. daines of montana, page 24 line 8, strike provided further and all that follows through department of defense. the chair: pursuant to clause 628, the gentleman from montana will be recognized for five minutes as well as a member opposed. the chair recognizes the gentleman from montana. mr. daines: i yield myself time as i may consume. our nation's nuclear try add is an essential aspect of our national defense and makes the world safer by reassuring our allies. every leg of the try add is critical and protects our nation. it put forward a nuclear plan under the new start treaty and committed to maintaining 450 nuclear launchers in a warm

status. in doing so, the pentagon recognized the strategy. and just last month, the house of representatives reafffirmed its support for the triad and maintaining the current icbm force. unfortunately, the base bill includes language that could open the door for the premature decommissioning of our nation's missile's silos. this is unwise. my amendment ensures that the united states has maximum flexibility to respond to nuclear threats and makes it more difficult for adversaries to target our nuclear assets. it provides the tools necessary to respond to potential nuclear threats against the american people and importantly our allies. recently, i visited montana's air force base and heard firsthand about their critical

mission. i have in my hand today the commander coin which expresses why the nuclear deterrent they help operate still works and simply says this. scaring the hell out of america's enemies since 1962. i urge house passage of my amendment to help protect this critically important capability. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. frelinghuysen: would the gentleman yield? we have no objection to his amendment. i believe in the nuclear triad and checked with the authorizing committee and they have no problem with the language. yield back. the chair: the gentleman from montana. mr. daines: i reserve. the chair: any member wish to claim time in opposition to the amendment? the question is on the amendment -- the gentleman from montana.

the gentleman from indiana. mr. visclosky: i rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. visclosky: i appreciate the recognition. i rise in opposition to the gentleman's amendment. what he is doing is locking in our strategic force levels and the fact is the armed services bill is not yet done as far as authorization and the gentleman is saying we should have 430 silos. the gentleman may be correct. maybe we need 425 silos, maybe 218 silos. but i don't think we should pre-judge that final figure until the authorization legislation is completed. certainly think again that it is limiting our options. i think any time we limit our defense options going forward, that i not good policy and therefore strongly object to the