Amendments to H.R. 4365 – Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2024
colors differentiate en blocs
black indicates standalone amendment
EN BLOC #1 OFFERED BY REP. CALVERT – ADOPTED BY VOICE
James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 1 – Increase in Army RDTE account of $15 million with a reduction of $15 million to O&M, Army
Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 2 – Increases and decreases O&M, Army by $3 million to ensure foreign army bases have properly stocked ambulances and MedEvac helicopters
Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 3 – Provides $1 million to Operations and Maintenance, Army to ensure the continuation of the Future Soldier Prep Course. Reduces funding for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $1 million
Carbajal (D-CA) – Amendment No. 4 – Decreases O&M, Army by $2,000,000 and increases RDT&E, Army by $2,000,000 to bolster biotechnology research through university and industry research centers
Jacobs (D-CA) – Amendment No. 5 – Increases and decreases O&M funding by $5m total across the services and defensewide in support of additional funding to recruit and retain direct-care staff in Child Development Centers (CDCs). Defense-wide spending is intended to support DLA funding for this purpose
Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 6 – Increases and reduces Operation and Maintenance, Army by $5,000,000 to support the Army Vantage program
McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 7 – Provides an additional $7.75 million for deployment and operationalization of additional sensor-based algorithms under the USAF Predictive Analytics and Decision Assistant (PANDA) system. Reduces funding for Army Operations and Maintenance, Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization by $7.75 million
Stevens (D-MI) – Amendment No. 8 – Increases $5 million in funding within the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army (RDT&E, Army), Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology for Virtual Proving Grounds Technology and reduces Operation and Maintenance, Army by $5 million. This technology enables virtual prototyping and testing, which accelerates the rate of technological deployment, reduces the need for physical prototypes, lowers costs, and minimizes risks
Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 9 – Increase and decrease funding by $1,000,000 in Operation and Maintenance, Army to support personal protective equipment modernization for female service members and small stature male service members to ensure service members are given the appropriate equipment to perform at peak performance and avoid preventable injuries attributable to illfitting or malfunctioning personal protective equipment
Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 10 – Increases funding for Space Force RDT&E, Space Advanced Technology Development/Demo by $10 million to ensure the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has continued resources to continue research and development on Adaptive MediumLift Engine Architecture. Decreases Navy O&M and Defense Wide O&M by $5 million each
Davis (D-NC) – Amendment No. 11 – Increases Operations and Maintenance, Navy, by $8,606,779 to assist the Navy with information technology requirements and other associated costs to process legal claims associated with Camp Lejeune contaminated water lawsuits and decreases Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, by the same amount to achieve cost-neutrality
Fallon (R-TX) – Amendment No. 12 – Increases Other Procurement, Army by $55,000,000 to support HMMWV AntiRollover Safety Upgrades
Dunn (R-FL) – Amendment No. 13 – Funds a program to study traumatic brain injuries in veterans
Gonzales, Tony ( R-TX) – Amendment No. 14 – Increases and decreases Operation and Maintenance, Air Force by $7.2 million with the intent to establish a modern Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) facility to maintain maximum readiness posture
Joyce (R-OH) – Amendment No. 15 – Decreases Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation by $4,000,000 and increases Air Force, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation by $4,000,000 to support manufacturing technology with respect to the development of nanocomposite functional coatings
Crow (D-CO) – Amendment No. 16 – Increases funding for Space Force O&M, Space Launch Operations, by $5,000,000, for “MultiMission Multi-Domain Space Launch Protection”. Reduces Defense-Wide O&M by $5,000,000. This funding will allow the Space Force to operate proven multi-mission multidomain space launch protection assets to help ensure national security space launches occur safely and on-time
Ezell (R-MS) – Amendment No. 17 – Increases Navy RDTE, Air/Ocean Tactical Applications by $8 million for “Autonomous Surface and Underwater DualModality Vehicles” and decreases Operations and Maintenance, Space Force, by $8 million. This amendment would fund the emergent needs of Naval Intelligence (N2N6) and multiple COCOMs, in addition to CTF-52 and CTF-59, for the purpose of accelerating the final development and employment of the worlds only dualmodality Advanced Autonomous System
Kelly (R-MS) – Amendment No. 18 – Revises Army Aircraft Procurement with an additional $10,000,000 for one UH-72B Lakota helicopter
Lamborn (R-CO) – Amendment No. 19 – Increases Space Force operation and maintenance by $2,500,000 and decreases Defense-wide RDT&E $2.5M. This funding would support the Commercial Physics-Based Digital Mission Engineering lines of effort which allows Guardians to design, test, and operate space systems and evaluate operational effectiveness against mission goals to include mission payload (electro-optical and infrared, communications/antennas, and weapons) performance in theater
Bacon (R-NE) – Amendment No. 20 – Increases Air Force RDTE by $5 million for the purpose of modernizing defense nuclear command, control and communications (NC3) enterprise capabilities through USSTRATCOM’s Research Engineering and Collaboration Hub (REACH) and reduces Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance by $5 million
Bacon (R-NE) – Amendment No. 21 – Increases Army RDTE by $5 million for the purpose of maximizing soldier performance and lethality through enhanced research of musculoskeletal health and physiology to improve individual resistance to injury and fatigue and reduced Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $5 million
Banks (R-IN) – Amendment No. 22 – Increases Defense Production Act Purchases by $5 million to support the establishment of a reliable domestic source of tetranitrocarbazole (TNC) for ammunition and flare production and decreases Operations and Maintenance (O&M), Defense-Wide by $5 million
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 23 – Redirects $3 million from O&M to fund research for combat-related traumatic injuries
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 24 – Redirects $5 million from O&M to fund Navy and Marine procurement of MK107 cartridges
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 25 – Redirects $3 million from O&M to increase funding for the National Guard Counterdrug Program to train and equip our service members to counter illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids and the transnational criminal organizations that contribute to the fentanyl crisis
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 26 – Redirects $3 million from O&M to increase funding for Counter Narcotics Support to enhance DOD’s role in countering the flow of illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids
Connolly (D-VA) – Amendment No. 27 – Increases/decreases Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $5,000,000 for the purposes of implementing the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act
Crow (D-CO) – Amendment No. 28 – Increases applied research funding for Space Force RDT&E, Space Technology, by $2,500,000, for the “University Consortium for Space Technology”. Reduces Defense-Wide O&M by $2,500,000. The University Consortium for Space Technology supports the Space Force’s missions by conducting applied research, development and demonstration activities aimed at rapidly advancing space technology and capability integration
Fitzgerald (R-WI) – Amendment No. 30 – Directs $4 million in funding from O&M, Defense-Wide to RDT&E, Army to support Advanced Manufacturing Cell for Missile Fins and Components within End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities (PE 0708045A)
Fitzpatrick (R-WI) – Amendment No. 31 – Increase RDT&E, Army by $5 million and reduce Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by the same. This increase would further support the Army’s efforts to integrate hydrogen propulsion into ground vehicles through development, installation, testing and evaluation of modular, interconnected high-capacity hydrogen generation and heavy duty fueling station system
Garamendi (D-CA) – Amendment No. 32 – Transfers $3 million from the Office of the Secretary Defense’s (OSD) travel budget to the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program to match the level authorized level under the Housepassed NDAA (H.R.2670): $88 million total for FY24. Congressional intent is for this additional REPI funding to be used by DOD to prevent encroachment around strategically important military installations like Travis AFB
Garbarino (D-NY) – Amendment No. 33 – Directs $5 million in funding from the DefenseWide Operation and Maintenance account to the Navy’s Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Force Protection Applied Research account (PE 0602123N), to establish an Aircraft Corrosion Certification Initiative, which would utilize industry experience with airframe testing combined with environmental and dynamic testing
Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 35 – Directs $5 million in funding from Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance to Air Force RDT&E to support development of Turbo Air Cooled HTPEM Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Issa (D-CA) – Amendment No. 36 – Increases and decreases by $1 million defense-wide Operations & Maintenance accounts to highlight the need for the Department of Defense to fully implement Section 626 of H.R.5515 – John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which authorized the establishment – across all services – of harmonized procedures for Gold Star (surviving) spouses and next of kin to gain unescorted access to military installations
James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 37 – increasing the RDTE, Army for Derisking Production of the Advanced Combat Transmission and decreasing O&M, DefenseWide, by $10 million
James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 38 – Increase in Aircraft Procurement, Air Force account of $122.6 million with a reduction of $122.6 million to Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance
Joyce (R-PA) – Amendment No. 39 – Reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $15,000,000 and increases Other Procurement, Army by $15,000,000 for the Army M971A3 Heavy Dump Truck (HDT) Program
KamlagerDove (D-CA) – Amendment No. 40 -Increases Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army funding by $7 million and reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $7 million
Keating (D-MA) – Amendment No. 41 – Increases funding of RDT&E, Navy by $5 million to support the Navy’s autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) mission and reduced Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $5 million
Kelly (R-MS) – Amendment No. 42 – Revises RDT&E, Army by increasing funding by $5,000,000 for Denied Area Monitoring & Exploitation v2.5
Luna (R-FL) – Amendment No. 46 – Reduces the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $1,000,000 and increases the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $1,000,000
Luttrell (R-TX) – Amendment No. 47 – $15 million increase for the litter lift stabilization system in Army Aircraft Procurement with a $15 million offset from Defense Wide O&M
Luttrell (R-TX) – Amendment No. 49 – Repurposes $5 million dollars from Defense Wide O&M to Army RDTE in order to support wearable TBI prevention devices
McClain (R-MI) – Amendment No. 51 – Increase in Army RDTE account of $7.5 million with a reduction of $7.5 million to Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance
Sherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 65 – Directs $10 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund assured munitions position, navigation, and timing (APNT) warfare, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
EN BLOC #2 OFFERED BY REP. CALVERT – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Kuster (D-NH) – Amendment No. 43 – Increases Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funding by $12 million to support Additive Manufacturing Digital Technology Maturation and Adoption and reduces DefenseWide Operation and Maintenance by $12 million
Lieu (D-CA) – Amendment No. 44 – Increases Research, Test, Development, & Evaluation, Space Force, Space Innovation, Integration, and Rapid Technology Development funding by $7.5 million to support Accelerating Space Operators Education and Experiential Learning and reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $7.5 million
Lieu (D-CA) – Amendment No. 45 – Increases Space Force, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), Space Technology funding by $5,000,000 and reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $5 million. This increase would allow the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and Space Force additional resources to rapidly demonstrate Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) multi-mode electric propulsion
Lynch (D-MA) – Amendment No. 50 – Increases the Defense Health Program by $4 M to carry out the second year of the Special Operations TBI pilot program which provides treatment and care to Special Operations Forces impacted by Traumatic Brain Injury and other brain health issues. Offset by a reduction of $4 M to O&M, Defense-wide
McClain (R-MI) – Amendment No. 52 -Increase in Army RDTE account of $10 million with a reduction of $10 million to Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance
McClain (R-MI) – Amendment No. 53 – Increases Other Procurement, Army, by $15 million to provide funding for Infantry Squad Vehicles and reduces by $15 million Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance
McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 54 – Provides an additional $4 million to enable continued development of the Paratrooper and Powered Paragliders Autopilot System (PAPPAS) and decreases funding for the Defense Personnel Accounting Agency Operations and Maintenance account by $4 million.
Miller (R-WV) – Amendment No. 55 -$1,000,000 increase in OM,DW – 4GTN, Office of the Secretary of Defense with an offset in the same amount to fund the construction of the previously authorized memorial for the 13 servicemembers who lost their lives in the bombing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan on August 26, 2021
Mills (R-FL) – Amendment No. 56 – Increases RDT&E, Air Force by $2 million to provide funding for critical research and development projects in order to provide solutions in autonomous connectivity of autonomous machines while ensuring high levels of security and resilience and reduces DefenseWide Operation and Maintenance by the same
Norcross (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 58 – Appropriates $10,000,000 for Army RDT&E of high-performance polymer composites and coatings in the Arctic with an offset from Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance
Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 59 -Reduces funding for O&M, Defense-Wide by $1 million and increases the Defense Health Program by the same amount for the purpose of furnishing Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) therapy to personnel who elect to receive the treatment
Raskin (D-MD) – Amendment No. 60 – Increases funding available for the Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP) in the Defense Health Program by $2 million with a reduction of $2 million to Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance
Scott, Austin (R-GA) – Amendment No. 61 – Appropriates an additional +$4M in FY 24 in Air Force, RDT&E; PE0605828F; Acquisition Workforce-Global Reach for the USAF to begin the Digital Transformation for Aircraft Gun Systems initiative to develop and deliver digital models (digital transformation) for it’s F-15, F16, F-22, and A-10 20mm and 30mm aircraft gun systems. This reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $4 million
Sessions (R-TX) – Amendment No. 62 – Increases funding by $5,000,000 for RDTE, Army (Army RDTE Page 38, line 9) for spectrum sharing and management with adaptable and reconfigurable technology research and decreases Defense-Wide Operations & Maintenance (page 10, line 19) by $5,000,000. This continues Army Research Lab work to develop electromagnetic spectrum dominance capabilities for the battlefield to protect warfighters and enable systems to operate in a congested spectrum environment
Sewell (D-AL) – Amendment No. 63 -Decreases $5 million from O&M Defense-wide and increases $5 million for the Defense Health Program to enhance the peer-reviewed pancreatic cancer research program
Sherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 64 – Directs $2.5 million from Defense Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund armaments technology for unmanned systems, as authorized by the Housepassed FY2024 NDAA
Sorensen (D-IL) – Amendment No. 75 – Increases the Air Force RDT&E account by $5 million offset by a $5 million reduction to the Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance account to support development, test and evaluation of lightweight UAV skins that are rapidly additively manufactured. This capability will help to support cheaper and quicker development for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft using state-of-the-art rapid additive manufacturing capabilities
Strong (R-AL) – Amendment No. 76 – Reduces Operations and Maintenance, Defensewide by $2.5 million. Increases Procurement, Defense-wide by $2.5 million
Strong (R-AL) – Amendment No. 77 – Reduces Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide by $10 million. Increases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army by $10 million
Trahan (D-MA) – Amendment No. 78 – This amendment increases (by $5,000,000) funding for RDT&E, Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology, PE number 0603118A with an offset from operations and Maintenance, defense wide
Trahan (D-MA) – Amendment No. 79 – Increases Defense-wide RDT&E, manufacturing technology program PE number 0603680S by $6,000,000 with an offset from the Operations and Maintenance, defense wide account
Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 80 – Reduces DoD O&M appropriated funding by (10 (OH) $2,500,000 and increases AF RDT&E appropriated funding by $2,500,000 for Metals Affordability Initiative, line 016 PE 0603112F, Advanced Materials for Weapons Systems
Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) – Amendment No. 81 – Increases RDTE, Defense-Wide, by $10 million within Manufacturing Technology Program for Rapid Additive Manufacturing Critical Hardware. Decreases O&M, Defense-Wide
Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 82 – Increases RDT&E, defense-wide by $16,500,000 for Hypersonic Advanced Composites Manufacturing and decreases $16,500,000 from O&M, defense-wide
Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 83 – Increases RDT&E, Navy by $6,000,000 for talent and technology for Navy power and energy systems and decreases O&M, defense wide by $6,000,000
Lamborn (R-CO) – Amendment No. 84 – Increases Army Research, Development, Test And Evaluation (RDT&E) by $2,500,000 and decreases Army, Environmental Restoration funds by $2.5M. This increase would allow Defensive CYBER – Software Prototype Development, to develop fieldable AI-based Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) to detect cyber intrusions and data manipulation utilizing the U.S. Army Garrison Defense Platform
Vasquez (D-NM) – Amendment No. 85 – Increases & decreases DOD’s Environmental Restoration budget by $5M to prioritize remediating unexploded ordnance on Tribal Lands
Joyce (R-PA) – Amendment No. 87 – Increases Research, Test, Development, & Evaluation, Defense Wide by $10,000,000 and reduces Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance by $10,000,000 for Additive Manufacturing Casting Research and Development
Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 88 – Increases and decreases funding by $150 million for Air Force Aircraft Procurement for the procurement of one LC-130J
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 90 – Reduces funding for Procurement, Defense-Wide, by $10 million and increases funding for Defense Health Programs by $10 million in order to address Triple Negative Breast Cancer research
Dunn (R-FL) – Amendment No. 91 – Increases and decrease Army RDT&E by $7 million to support a project to assist the ARL with accelerated, multifunctional material design and scaled hybrid manufacturing for harsh and extreme environments
Fischbach (R-MN) – Amendment No. 92 – Increases and decreases $8 million in funding from Army RDT&E to support Synthetic Training Equipment within the Army Futures Command/Cross Functional Team Program
Guest (R-MS) – Amendment No. 93 – Increases and decreases Army RDTE by $3 million to support the Forward Infrastructure and Reconnaissance Engineering program, which would study the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for critical infrastructure assessments in difficult environments through the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Hern (R-OK) – Amendment No. 94 – Increases and decreases by $10 million Army RDT&E for the Army Pathfinder program (Army, RDT&E, Line 11, 0602143A, Soldier Lethality Technology) for Human-Machine Teaming. Builds the cross-communication and cooperation between human and technology needed to leverage AI, decision support, and machining to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and lethality of the individual soldier
Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 95 – Increases and decreases Army RDTE by $10,000,000 to ensure the Army’s plan for spending the funds meets congressional intent.
Lesko (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 96 – Increases and decreases by $5,000,000 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Army, with the intent that the $5 million increase will be used for continued planning, integration, and qualification of the engine enhancement on the CH-47 Chinook platform to enable the implementation of Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability improvements to the legacy engine and increase aircraft flight performance for the CH-47. (Army, RDTE, PE 0607137A, Line 191 Chinook Product Improvement Program)
McGovern (D-MA) – Amendment No. 97 – Increases and decreases by $11 million Army RDTE, Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advance Technology, for Autonomous Vehicle Mobility to modernize combat vehicles for multidomain operations
Miller (R-WV) – Amendment No. 99 – Increases and decreases by $7 million for research, development, test and evaluation for the Army with the intent that the $7 million will be used for or in-house and single source awarded funding for applied research into source characterization and recovery of Rare Earth Element domestic reserves (Army RDT&E, Line 52, PE 0603119A)
Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 101 – Increase-Decrease Amendment highlighting Congress’ intent for continued support of the Advanced Air Mobility industry
Moylan (R-GU) – Amendment No. 103 – Increases Defense wide Accounts for RDT&E by $100M with offsetting reductions
Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 105 – Increases and decreases RDT&E, Army by $5,000,000 to enable expansion of terrain capabilities and power management of Q- UGVs to enhance the individual warfighter and reduce the cognitive load
Ezell (R-MS) – Amendment No. 106 – Increases funding by $4,000,000 for RDTE, Navy (Navy RDTE Page 38, line 16) to enhance optoelectronic technology research and decreases Defense working capital fund (page 41, line 5) by $4,000,000. This research supports the increasing need for lightweight, low-cost, and durable expeditionary power sources for warfighters to power their electronic equipment when deployed
Franklin (R-FL) – Amendment No. 107 – Increases and decreases Navy RDT&E funding by $10 million for critical and emerging technologies
Franklin (R-FL) – Amendment No. 108 – Increase Navy RDT&E funding by $6.5 million for the Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management program and reduces DefenseWide RDT&E
Johnson (R-SD) – Amendment No. 109 – Increases and decreases by $7 million Navy RDT&E, Naval Integrated Fire Control – Counter Air Systems Engineering for the Stratospheric Balloon Research Program
EN BLOC #3 OFFERED BY REP. CALVERT- ADOPTED BY VOICE
Titus (D-NV) – Amendment No. 86 – Increases the National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account by $750,000 to support Aviation Status Dashboards with an offsetting reduction
LaHood (R-IL) – Amendment No. 89 – Increases and decreases by $4.3 million Air Force Other Procurement funds to construct a replacement facility to protect equipment and munitions at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER)
McGovern (D-MA) – Amendment No. 98 – Increases and decreases by $8.4 million Army RDTE, Night System Advanced Development, for Micro-LED Soldier System Display Prototype to support the design, development and delivery of the U.S. Army’s next generation full-color LED micro-display prototype, specifically tailored for dismounted soldier applications
Mills (R-FL) – Amendment No. 100 – Increases and decreases by $3,000,000 for Army, RDT&E, with the intent that the $3 million will be used for the development of advanced ultra-highmolecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWP) to decrease armor application weight and increase material performance. (Army, RDT&E, PE 0603118A, Line 38 Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology)
Morelle (D-NY) – Amendment No. 102 – Increases and decreases by $5.6 million research, development, test and evaluation for the Army to emphasize the need to protect and expand our domestic capacity to manufacture and develop organic LED micro displays
Scanlon (PA) – Amendment No. 104 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $15 million for the integration and demonstration of Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicles (Army RDT&E, Line 36, PE 0603116A)
LaLota (R-NY) – Amendment No. 110 – Increases and Decreases the NavyWide Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation for the purposes of increasing Surface Mine Countermeasure Technology Insertion Competition
Peters (D-CA) – Amendment No. 111 – Increases and decreases Navy, RDT&E, Digital Warfare Office, Line 75, PE 0604027N by $8 million for the “Software Radio for Weapons and Autonomous Vehicle Enablement (SR-WAVE)” to enable the Navy to evaluate and demonstrate advanced emerging software radio technology
Peters (D-CA) – Amendment No. 112 – Increases and decreases by $8.5 million Navy, RDT&E funding for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS-Navy), Digital Modular Radio to support the Hybrid Open Transceiver new Advanced Integrated Line-of-sight Equipment System
Self (R-TX) – Amendment No. 113 – Increases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDTE) Navy funding by $5 million for Heterogeneous Photonic Integrated Circuit (HPIC) technology and reduces Defense Working Capital funding by $5 million. This research supports advanced single-chip radio frequency (RF) processing to develop signal intelligence systems and future electronic warfare
Smith (R-NJ) – Amendment No. 114 – Increases the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy by $4 million to establish a Digital Component Certification Center to inspect digital components, such as microchips, from foreign sources for inclusion in US vessels, vehicles, aircrafts, and weapons systems, and decreases the Defense Working Capital Funds by $4 million
Bilirakis (R-FL) – Amendment No. 115 – Increases and decreases RDT&E, Air Force by $4.5 million for PE #0602102F, Line 5, Materials RDT&E Air Force, Project 624348, Materials for Electronics, Optics, and Survivability and reduces funding by the same amount for Future AF Integrated Technology Demos. This increase is intended to develop, demonstrate, and validate innovative and more robust systems for aircraft transparencies that do not utilize sourced materials from U.S. adversaries
Carey (R-OH) – Amendment No. 116 – Increases and decreases by $7 million for research, development, test and evaluation for the Air Force with the intent that the $7 million will be used for the development of a cognitive EW machine learning/neuromorphic processing device to counter AI-enabled adaptive threats (Air Force RDT&E, Line 162, PE# 0207040F, Multi-Platform Electronic Warfare Equipment)
Joyce (R-OH) – Amendment No. 117 – Reduces the Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation account by $3,000,000 and increases Air Force, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, by $3,000,000 to support Alloy Additive Manufacturing Research
Lamborn (R-CO) – Amendment No. 118 – Increases Research, Test, Development, & Evaluation, Air Force, and reduces Defense-Wide, Operational Test and Evaluation by $5 million. This funding supports the Aerospace Propulsion and Power Technology by $5 million to support Liquid Engine for Hypersonic Testing initiatives
Letlow (R-LA) – Amendment No. 119 – Increases Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force by $10,000,000 for Air Force Global Strike Command Technology Transition and Innovation; reduces the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force by $10,000,000
Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 120 – Moves five million dollars from the Defense Working Capital Funds to the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force Account
Sewell (D-AL) – Amendment No. 121 – Decreases $10 million from O&M Defense-wide and increases $10 million for RDT&E, Air Force to support the Business Enterprise Systems Product Innovation (BESPIN)
Soto (D-FL) – Amendment No. 122 – Increases and decreases Air Force RDT&E, aerospace sensors funding by $5 million, for zero-trust environment for semiconductor technology, for the Air Force Research Lab trusted microchip manufacturing prototype program
Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 123 – Increases and decreases funding by $44 million for Air Force Research Development, Test, and Evaluation for the non-recurring engineering costs associated with converting a C-130J into an LC-130J with skis
Wenstrup (R-OH) – Amendment No. 124 – Increases the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Air Force Account by $3 million for the purpose of supporting state-of-art simulation capability for training future Critical Care Air Transport (CCAT) teams, while decreasing the Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Air Force Account by $3 million as an offset
Huizenga (R-MI) – Amendment No. 126 – Increases and decreases by $5 million for Defense-wide Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation to emphasize the Industrial base Analysis and Sustainment Support account for M-shaped hull manufacturing workforce development program (Defense Wide, RDT&E, Line 19, PE 0607210D8Z)
Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 127 – Increases and decreases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $1 million to combat future military training accidents and research ways to prevent them
Carey (R-OH) – Amendment No. 128 – Increases and decreases RDT&E, Defense-Wide by $20 million so that the Department of Defense may utilize appropriations types to procure commercial cloud services aligned to the activity supported by those commercial services. Programs may utilize either Research and Development (R&D) funding to develop new capabilities, or Operations and Maintenance (O&M) to procure commercial cloud services for relevant sustainment activities within their respective program
Davis (D-NC) – Amendment No. 129 – Increases and decreases Defense-Wide RDT&E by $8 million to conduct extensive R&D, testing, and evaluating as well as developing use cases and establishing TTPs of unmanned ground systems. (Add $8 million – Defense-Wide RDT&E, Line 270, PE 1160431BB; Reduce $8 million – DefenseWide RDT&E, Line 205, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support)
Deluzio (D-PA) – Amendment No. 130 – Increases and decreases, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Defense-Wide funding by $10,000,000 for Resilient Manufacturing Ecosystem via Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support.
Ellzey (R-TX) – Amendment No. 131 – Increases and decreases by $5 million Defense-Wide Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funding with the intent that the $5 million will be used for the rapid prototyping and fielding of unmanned surface vessels with advanced autonomous capabilities that are able to launch and recover from Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft (Defense-Wide RDT&E, Line 274, PE# 1160483BB, Maritime Systems)
Houchin (R-IN) – Amendment No. 132 – Increases Research, Test, Development, & Evaluation (RDT&E), Defense-Wide by $6.5 million to support Additive Manufacturing Microelectronics Protection and reduces the same account by $6.5 million
Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 133 – Increases and reduces Defense-Wide RDT&E by $5,000,000 for Combating Terrorism Technology Support
Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 134 -Increases and decreases Defense-Wide RDT&E by $10 million to support research into 5G interference with military radar
Mills (R-FL) – Amendment No. 135 – Provides for an additional $5 million to develop an alternate domestic source AC-130J Infrared Suppression System, fully offset by a reduction from Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support Research Development and Test account. AC-130J Infrared Suppression is currently an operational need as specified in the 2023 report to Congress while the non-US hardware source has faced programmatic delays and technical challenges posing operational risk and strategic concern
Wenstrup (R-OH) – Amendment No. 136 – Increases the amount for Defense Health Programs, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation by $7,000,000 for freeze-dried platelet hemostatic product development and decreases the amount for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force, by $7,000,000.
Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 138 – Increases and decreases funding for medical and health programs at the Department of Defense by $1,000,000 to express the intent that the TRICARE reimbursement rate for pharmacies should be increased
Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 139 -Increases and decreases funding for the Defense Health Program by $4,000,000 to ensure servicemembers and other eligible beneficiaries have access to comprehensive health care services, including for those with disabilities
Rouzer (R-NC) – Amendment No. 140 – Decrease and Increase the Defense Health Program account by $7,800,000 for research, development, test and evaluation for the purpose of conducting research identifying domestic critical ingredients necessary for the domestic production of Critical Pharmaceuticals identified by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in the anticipated report required under House Report 117-118 and solutions to mitigate pharmaceutical supply chain shortages
Cohen (D-TN) – Amendment No. 141 – Increases the amount for Defense Health Programs, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation by $200,000 to study the incidence of cerebral palsy and hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy among children of servicemembers and decreases the amount for Defense Health Programs Operation and Maintenance by $200,000.
Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 142 – Increases and decreases funding for Tricare by $1,000,000 to express the intent that the Tricare reimbursement rate should be increased for mental health providers
Finstad (R-MN) – Amendment No. 143 – Reduces the Defense Health Program Operations and Maintenance account by $3M and increases the Defense Health Program RTD&E account by $3M for Medical Technology Development through the Health Research for Improved Medical Readiness and Health Care Delivery (USUHS) program for the purposes of developing an ionizing radiation countermeasure
Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 144 – Increases and decreases the account for congressionally directed medical research programs at the Defense Health Agency to highlight the need for research into treatments and cures for Monoamine Oxidase Deficiency through the Autism Research Program
Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 145 – Increases and decreases funding for the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program by $9,000,000 to emphasize the importance of funding innovative and impactful research on autism and other autism-spectrum conditions
Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 146 – Reduces funds for the Office of the Inspector General by $5,000,000 and increases counter-narcotic support by $5,000,000
Williams (R-NY) – Amendment No. 147 – Increases and decreases Air Force RDT&E by $5 million for the IoT Living Ecosystem (Air Force RDT&E, Line 14, PE 0602788F)
Alford (R-MO) – Amendment No. 148 – Provides $5 million increase for Man-portable Doppler Radar System within Army RDTE and reduces Operations and Maintenance, Defense Wide, Secretary of Defense line by $5 million
Fry (R-SC) – Amendment No. 159 – Prohibits federal funds from being used to eliminate ROTC programs at institutions of higher education
NOT OFFERED Fitzgerald (R-WI) – Amendment No. 29 – Directs $5 million in funding from O&M, Defense-Wide to RDT&E, Defense-Wide to support Advanced Electrification Demonstration within the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) program (PE 0607210D8Z)
Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 34 – Directs $50 million from O&M Defense-Wide to the Defense Production Act Purchases account, intended to fund the Advanced Defense Capabilities Pilot Program, as authorized by Section 853 of the House-passed FY24 NDAA and Section 831 of the Senate-passed FY24 NDAA – VOTE REQUESTED
Luttrell (R-TX) – Amendment No. 48 – Provides $15 million in funding for the DoD wide Psychedelic Medical Clinical Trials – ADOPTED BY VOICE
NOT OFFERED Moore (D-WI) – Amendment No. 57 -Increases funding for ARMY RDTE by $3 million for Water Quality and Resiliency Technologies research to support the development of novel, sustainable technologies to address critical water infrastructure and resiliency issues of importance to the military, including to address water contamination and the provision of clean drinking water, and reduces NAVY RDTE by $3 million
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 66 – Directs $2.5 million from Defense Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund advanced armament system materials and hardened structures, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 67 – Directs $2.5 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund energetics materials and manufacturing technology, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 68 – Directs $10 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund battlefield armaments and ammunition supply chain, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 69 – Directs $2.5 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund critical energetic materials chemistries and chemical synthesis technologies, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 70 -Directs $2.5 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund the development of intelligent armaments systems to overmatch the speed of battle, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 71 – Directs $8 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund the continued development of Extended Range Artillery Munitions Suite, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 72 – Directs $5 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund the development of new and innovative energetics through the Advanced Process Technology for Energetics (APT4E) program, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA.
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 73 – Directs $5 million from Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance to Navy RDT&E, intended to fund the Navy’s efforts to optimize the utilization of additive manufacturing in the ship design process, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
NOT OFFEREDSherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 74 – Directs $5 million from Defense Wide Operations and Maintenance to Army RDT&E, intended to fund efforts to increase prototype manufacturing capacity for polymer cased small arms ammunition, as authorized by the House-passed FY2024 NDAA
Norton (D-DC) – Amendment No. 125 – Increases and decreases by $10 million for research, development, test and evaluation for the Space Force with the intent that the $10 million will be used for Single-Stage-toOrbit Propulsion Research (Space Force RDT&E, Line 44, PE#1206860SF, Rocket Systems Launch Program (RSLP)) – FAILED BY VOICE
Crenshaw (R-TX) – Amendment No. 137 – Provides funding for the Defense Health Agency to submit a report to Congress on options to ensure that active-duty service members who are suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) are able to participate in clinical trials under the Department of Veterans Affairs for the purposes of studying the effectiveness of psychedelic substances – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 149 – Decreases Section 8104, Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative by $300,000,000, and increases the Spending Reduction Account by $300,000,000 – VOTE REQUESTED
Griffith (R-VA) – Amendment No. 150 – Strikes references to China in lines 18 and 19 on page 132 – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Plaskett (D-VI) – Amendment No. 151 – Strikes section 8149 – VOTE REQUESTED
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 152 – Reduces The salary of Shawn Skelly, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 153 – Reduces The salary of Norvel Dillard, Director of Diversity and Inclusion Management at the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion of the Department of Defense, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED
Clyde (R-GA) – Amendment No. 154 – Prohibits funds to implement or enforce recommendation of the Naming Commission in regards to the Reconciliation Monument in Arlington National Cemetery – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Clyde (R-GA) – Amendment No. 155 – Prohibits funds from being used to implement section 370 of Public Law 116- 283 – VOTE REQUESTED
Connolly (D-VA) – Amendment No. 156 – Prohibits funds from being used in violation of section 129a of title 10, United States Code: General policy for total force management – VOTE REQUESTED
Crane (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 157 – None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to deploy United States Armed Forces to Ukraine – ADOPTED BY VOICE
WITHDRAWN Fallon (R-TX) – Amendment No. 158 -The salary of Kelisa Wing, within the Department of Defense, shall be reduced to $1.00. The amendment uses the Holman Rule for precedence
Gaetz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 160 – Prohibits security assistance for Ukraine – VOTE REQUESTED
Gaetz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 161 – Prohibits funds made available by the bill from being used to transfer cluster munitions – VOTE REQUESTED
NOT OFFERED Gosar (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 162 -Prohibits DoD funding in contravention of the National Emergencies Act
NOT OFFERED Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 163 – Prohibits funds from being used to conduct a stand-down of the Department of Defense to address extremism in the Armed Forces
Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 164 – None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay Defense Secretary Lloyd James Austin III a salary that exceeds $1 – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 165 – Prohibits regular telework and remote work for DoD civilians and contractors – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Jayapal (D-WA) – Amendment No. 166 – Prohibits the use of funds to administer the unfunded priorities list – VOTE REQUESTED
D’Esposito (R-NY) on behalf of Malliotakis (R-NY) – Amendment No. 167 – Prevents funds in this act to be used to house migrants on military installations who entered this country through our open southern border – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 168 – Prohibits funds for all offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 169 -To prohibit the provision of gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication, through the Exceptional Family Member Program – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 170 – Prohibits the removal of companies from the Section 1260H List of Chinese Civil-Military Fusion companies – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 171 – Prohibits funding for NewsGuard, an organization that purportedly assesses the reliability of news sites – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 172 – None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to require a member of the Armed Forces or a civilian employee of DoD to receive a vaccination against COVID-19 – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 173 – Increases funding for the Inspector General by $20 million for an Office of the Special Inspector General for Ukraine Assistance, if authorized, to enhance oversight and accountability measures for funds appropriated for Ukraine; reduces Inspector General by $20 million – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 174 – Reduces the salary of Cyrus Salazar (Director of DoD’s Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) to one $1 – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 175 – None of the funds appropriated by this act may be used to carry out the observance of Pride Month authorized by the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness for the Cultural Observances and Awareness Events List – VOTE REQUESTED
Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 176 – None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Marine Corps University Brute Krulak Center’s Reynolds Scholars Program – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 177 – None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to implement President Biden’s climate change Executive orders – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Tiffany (R-WI) – Amendment No. 178 -Prohibits the Department of Defense from creating, procuring, or displaying any map that depicts Taiwan or any offshore island under the administration of the government of Taiwan as part of the territory of Communist China – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Tiffany (R-WI) – Amendment No. 179 – Exempts members of the U.S. military, and civilian employees of the Department of Defense, from arbitrary restrictions on official travel to Taiwan and normal communication with Taiwanese officials imposed by the U.S. Department of State through the “Memorandum for All Department and Agency Executive Secretaries” entitled “Revised Guidelines on Interaction with Taiwan” dated June 29, 2021 –ADOPTED BY VOICE
Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 180 – Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act from enforcing any COVID-19 mask mandates – ADOPTED BY VOICE