Amendments to H.R. 2670 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

RULE ONE AMENDMENTS CAN BE FOUND HERE.

The Rule provides for En Bloc authority

Luna (R-FL) on behalf of Williams (R- NY) – Amendment No. 1 – Prohibits any form of support or direct involvement by federal agencies in research that is conducted by the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party, or any of their affiliated agents, instruments, or entities

Jackson (R-TX) – Amendment No. 5 – Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from paying for or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services. This is the amendment version of H.R. 1297

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 10 – Prohibits TRICARE from covering and the Department of Defense from furnishing sex reassignment surgeries and gender hormone treatments for transgender individuals

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 20 – Prohibits provision of gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication, through the Exceptional Family Member Program 

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 21 – Strikes $300 million of Ukraine funding

Gaetz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 22 – Prohibits security assistance for Ukraine

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 23 – Strikes the creation of a Center of Excellence in Ukraine

95 YEAS, 332 NAYS, 2 PRES

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 24 – Requires the President, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State, to develop and submit a report to Congress that contains a strategy for U.S. involvement in Ukraine

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 25 – Strikes Section 1224 of the bill, which extends lend-lease authority to Ukraine

Blumenauer (D-OR) – Amendment No. 27 – Strikes Section 1639 and prohibits the use of funds for the sustainment of the B83-1 bomb. This amendment reflects the 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, which declared the B83-1 “will be retired.”

Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 28 – Strikes the prohibition on the reduction of the total number of nuclear armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) deployed in the United States in Sec. 1638. Prohibition on reduction of the intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States

Roy (TX) – Amendment No. 30 – Amends Section 904 to prohibit federal funds from being used to establish a position within the Department of Defense for anything similar to Chief Diversity Officers or Senior Advisors for Diversity and Inclusion

Roy (TX) – Amendment No. 31 – Prohibits funds authorized for DoDEA from being used to promote that idea that, 1) Any race is inherently superior or inferior to any other race, color, or national origin. 2) The US is a fundamentally racist country. 3) The Declaration of Independence or the US Constitution are racist documents, 4) An individual’s moral character or worth is determined by the individual’s race, color, or national origin. 5) An individual, by virtue of the individual’s race, is inherently racist or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously. 6) An individual, because of the individual’s race, bears responsibility for the actions committed by other members of the individual’s race, color, or national origin

227 YEAS, 201 NAYS, 1 PRES

Crane (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 32 – Prohibits the Department of Defense from making participation in training or support for certain race-based concepts a requirement for hiring, promotion, or retention of individuals. It also ensures that employees and service members cannot be compelled to declare belief in or participate in training that promotes such concepts as a condition of favorable personnel actions

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 33 – Eliminates any offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion along with the personnel in said offices within the offices of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 34 – Codifies Trump admin guidance to prohibit the display of unapproved flags

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 35 – Prohibits Department of Defense Education Activity schools from purchasing and having pornographic and radical gender ideology books in their libraries

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 40 – Requires a study and report on health conditions arising in members of the Armed Forces after the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine 

Waltz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 41 – Allows DoD to transfer excess controlled property to Federal and State agencies under the 1033 program, consistent with the original intent of the program

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 45 – Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on allied contributions to defense spending 

Alford (R-MO) – Amendment No. 46 – Directs the Sec of the Air Force to not terminate fighter flying mission of fighter squadron of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve until 180 days after Sec of Air Force submits a modernization plan to congressional defense committees including options for modernization of fighter squadrons of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve and the replacement of the aircraft with more capable aircraft

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 47 – Prohibits the use of federal funds to carry out the recommendations of the Naming Commission 

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 48 – no cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or transferred to Ukraine

147 YEAS, 276 NAYS, 2 PRES

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No 49 – Requires that all documents and correspondence of the Countering Extremism Working Group are provided to the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government and the Committee on Armed Services 

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 50 – Strikes Section 217, which authorizes funds to NATO for the joint fund established for the Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic initiative (DIANA) 

Davidson (R-OH) on behalf of Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 51 – Expresses a sense of Congress that the US should not continue subsidizing NATO member countries who choose not to invest in their own defense by meeting the 2014 Wales Summit Defense Spending Benchmark

Gaetz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 52 – Prohibits federal funds for training on diversity, equity, and inclusion

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 55 – exempts defense related activities from the Endangered Species Act

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 56 – Prohibits any funding authorized by this Act or otherwise made available for DOD for FY24 to provide any kind of support to the Taliban and prohibits any form of sanctions relief or mitigation unless explicitly authorized by Congress in subsequent legislation

NOT OFFERED Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 57 – Reduces the DEI personnel grade cap from GS-10 to GS-1 

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 58 – Prohibits the use of funds for promotion of sustainable building materials (including low-embodied or no-carbon concrete or asphalt) or net-zero emissions construction- REJECTED BY VOICE

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 59 – Prohibits the use of RDT&E funding on electric vehicles, electric vehicle chargers, and photovoltaic technology – REJECTED BY VOICE

Issa (R-CA) – Amendment No. 61 – Requires DoD, within one year, produce documents and after action reports for decisions surrounding the evacuation of Bagram Airbase, the Abbey Gate suicide bomber, the airlift and follow on movements of those airlifted, and any efforts to stymie non-USG American groups attempting to extract AMCITs, LPRs, or Afghan Allies from Afghanistan

Burlison (R-MO) – Amendment No. 62 – Prohibits DoD from establishing new DEI administrator positions and/or taking actions to fill vacancies in currently existing DEI billets

Banks (R-IN) – Amendment No. 63 – Prohibits any funds authorized in the bill from being used by the military service academies to discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity in academy admissions or to establish quotas for admission on the basis of race or ethnicity 

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 64 – Prohibits DOD from carrying out Biden’s climate change executive orders 

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 66 – The amendment would prevent DOD from purchasing data that would otherwise require a warrant, court order, or subpoena. This applies to data inside the United States 

WILL NOT BE OFFERED Gaetz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 69 – Prohibits support for the Joint Staff Civil Disturbance Cell of the National Military Command Center  

EN BLOC #1 , OFFERED BY REP. ROGERS

Green (R-TN) – Amendment No. 2 – Prohibits the Secretary of Defense from providing any support for the production of a film subject to content restrictions or censorship screening requirements from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)

Green (R-TN) – Amendment No. 3 – Prohibits the sale of any goods manufactured, assembled, or imported from China at commissary stores or military exchanges

Stefanik (R-NY) – Amendment No. 4 – Adds U.S. entities that partner with universities in China and Russia that maintain partnerships with their military or intelligence services to a DoD list of U.S. universities that are engaged in malign activities. Prohibits DoD RDT&E funding from going to any entity on that list

Gallagher (R-WI) – Amendment No. 6 – Restricts DoD funding for fundamental research collaboration with certain PRC entities

Gallagher (R-WI) – Amendment No. 7 Prohibits the U.S. government and those that contract with the U.S. government from acquiring genetic sequencing equipment from Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) and its subsidiaries

Gallagher (R-WI) – Amendment No. 8 – Directs the Department of Defense Inspector General to determine the total amount of DOD dollars paid to EcoHealth Alliance, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, or any other lab or organization affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party

DesJarlais (R-TN) – Amendment No. 9 – Prohibits funds authorized by this Act from being used to engage in direct, bilateral cooperation with the People’s Republic of China or China-affiliated organizations on biomedical research programs without explicit authorization from Congress and the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 11 – Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to refer to Taiwan as anything other than “Taiwan” in publications or on departmental and agency websites

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 12 – Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to promote a “one country, two systems” solution for Taiwan

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 13 – Prohibits the use of funds to forbid active duty military officers of Taiwan from wearing their uniforms during visits to the United States

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 14 – Ensures oversight over the implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act 

McClain (R-MI) – Amendment No. 15 – Prohibits funding to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, as well as EcoHealth Alliance, any subsidiary of EcoHealth Alliance, any organization directly controlled by EcoHealth Alliance, or any organization or individual that is a subgrantee or subcontractor of EcoHealth Alliance

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 16 – Includes a study to identify potential vulnerabilities in U.S. military systems and infrastructure that could be exploited by adversarial AI applications used by the PRC, Russia, and other actors of concern

Garamendi (D-CA) – Amendment No. 17 – Fixes loopholes in existing requirements for pricing data by clarifying when cost or pricing data is required. Makes clear that requirements to provide cost or pricing information can only be waived when there is a price competition that results in at least two responsive and viable offers

Reschenthaler (R-PA) – Amendment No. 18 – Requires DOD to submit to Congress a report on whether any products sold at commissary or exchange stores in fiscal years 2022 or 2023 were produced by companies that have participated in a boycott action against the State of Israel

Lamborn (R-CO) – Amendment No. 19 – Prohibits the Department of Defense from entering into contracts with entities that engaged in a boycott of the State of Israel

DesJarlais (R-TN) – Amendment No. 26 – Prohibits funds authorized in this bill from being used to further any nuclear agreement with Iran that has not received explicit Congressional approval

Donalds (R-FL) – Amendment No. 29 – Directs each branch of the U.S. Armed Services to submit a statement, if they certify that they’re interested in potentially utilizing advanced nuclear technology, outlining what they would need in terms of bolstering regulatory certainty relating to deploying advanced nuclear reactors for military operations and logistical support

Jackson (R-TX) – Amendment No 36 – Prohibits any adverse actions against cadets or midshipmen based on their COVID-19 vaccination status. Further, states that an individual may not be denied admission at a service academy based on their COVID-19 vaccination status

Wenstrup (R-OH) – Amendment No. 37 – Provides for a study regarding the immune response levels of servicemembers to COVID-19 infection and vaccination

Banks (R-IN) – Amendment No. 38 – Amends service reinstatement and protection provisions in the FY2024 NDAA for servicemembers who refused Covid vaccination to also include members of the Coast Guard

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 39 – Prohibits of any sort of mask mandate regarding the spread of COVID19 on any military instillation in the United States

Pfluger (R-TX) – Amendment No. 42 – Requires the Secretary of Defense to notify local, State, and Federal elected officials not later than 90 days before the Department of Defense uses, creates, or repurposes a military base to house migrants

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 43 – Requires the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and United States Agency for International Development to submit to Congress a report on agreements made by the United States with the Taliban 

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 44 – Amends Section 1021(b) of the FY12 NDAA to limit the authority of the U.S. military to indefinitely detain individuals pursuant to the 2001 AUMF, to exclude American citizens from being subject to detention

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 53 – Requires that any DOD component that fails to pass an independent audit have 1.5 percent of its budget returned to the Treasury for deficit reduction. Exempts personnel accounts and Defense Health Program 

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 54 – Requires the Department of Defense to perform an audit. If it fails to, the discretionary budget authority available for the Department of Defense, the military department, or the Defense Agency shall be reduced by .5 percent

Gosar (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 60 – Requires the Secretary of Defense to expeditiously disclose to the public all records relating to the war in Afghanistan

Luttrell (R-TX) – Amendment No. 65 – Requires a report on (10 U.S. assistance to Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces and if any of these funds have benefited any member of a foreign terrorist organization

Garcia (R-CA) – Amendment No. 67 – Modifies the base pay rate for certain junior enlisted servicemembers to ensure that these servicemembers’ base pay is at least $31,200 per year effective Jan 1, 2024 

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 68 – Provides for the orderly closure and disposal of the Pueblo Chemical Depot Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Pueblo County, Colorado 

Cloud (R-TX) – Amendment No. 70 – Requires energy project applicants reviewed by the Military Aviation and Installation Assurance Siting Clearinghouse to submit a foreign agent and principal disclosure and allows governors of states 120 days to review and respond to a notice of presumed risk in their state

Edwards (R-NC) – Amendment No. 71 – Requires the Department of Defense to conduct an assessment of the 15 counties in Western North Carolina as potential locations for future defense assets and to prepare a report for Congress 

Lawler (R-NY) – Amendment No. 72 – Adds a sense of Congress that defense intelligence sharing between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea, Japan, and Taiwan is crucial for identifying and countering the malign activities of China and North Korea in the Indo-Pacific

Gallagher (R-WI) – Amendment No. 73 – Establishes a fence on OSD travel until DoD submits a plan to provide the transfer of certain excess coastal defense capabilities to security partners with a presidential drawdown authority

Gonzales (R-TX) – Amendment No. 74 – Establishes a National Digital Reserve Corps administered by GSA 

Gallagher (R-WI) – Amendment No. 75 – Requires an evaluation of the provision of defense support for Taiwan 

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 76 – Requires the Secretary of Defense to provide a report to Congress within one year of enactment on the extent to which Communist China has benefited from taxpayer funded research. This report would include a list of United States Government-funded entities, such as research institutions, laboratories, and institutions of higher education, which have hired Chinese nationals or allowed Chinese nationals to conduct research, including an estimate in the number of nationals hired or involved in research projects

Graves (R-MO) – Amendment No. 77 – Clarifies the list of Federal representatives designated to serve on the Maritime Working Group established under title XXXV 

Graves (R-MO) – Amendment No. 78 – Authorizes a memoria marker or niche cover and ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery in remembrance of Congressman Don Young

 Peters (D-CA) – Amendment No. 79 – Clarifies the use of government operated dry docks for non-nuclear surface ship repair 

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 80 – Requires a report by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, on U.S. efforts to dissuade allies from purchasing Russian and Chinese weapons