US Congress House Bill 1540 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on December 31 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-12-31 - Became Public Law No: 112-81.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2012 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities, in amounts specified in the funding table in Division D of this Act. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Prohibits the Secretary of the Army from procuring more than 100 Stryker combat vehicles. Allows such Secretary to waive such limitation after a specified certification to the congressional defense and appropriations committees, including that there are validated Army needs requiring the waiver. (Sec. 112) Directs the Secretary of the Army, upon determining to retire a C-23 aircraft for which there has been no agreed-upon transfer, to first offer it to the chief executive officer of the state in which the aircraft is based. Requires the state to assume all costs of the aircraft following its transfer. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to study, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, the number of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft required to support Air Force missions at low, medium, moderate, high, and very-high levels of operational risk. Requires the Comptroller General (CG) to conduct a sufficiency review of such study, and report review results to such committees. (Sec. 113) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the FY2012 program year, for the procurement of airframes for UH-60M/HH-60M and MH-60R/S helicopters. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning with the FY2012 program year, for the procurement of mission avionics and common cockpits for MH-60R/S helicopters. (Sec. 122) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary), in budget materials submitted to the President in connection with the budget for FY2013 and thereafter, to ensure that a separate, dedicated procurement line item is designated for each surface warfare, mine countermeasures, and anti-submarine warfare littoral combat ship (LCS) module. (Sec. 123) Requires the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) conduct a life-cycle cost-benefit analysis comparing alternative maintenance and sustainability plans for the LCS program, and (2) report analysis results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 124) Amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Warner Act) to allow the Secretary of the Navy to fund construction of the Ford-class aircraft carriers designated CVN-79 and CVN-80 over a five-year period. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - (Sec. 131) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force, as of October 1, 2011, to maintain a total inventory of strategic airlift aircraft of not less than 301. (Sec. 132) Prohibits this Act's funds from being obligated or expended to retire any B-1 bomber aircraft before the date on which the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the defense and appropriations committee a plan for retiring such aircraft. Authorizes such Secretary, after such date, to retire more than six of such aircraft through FY2016. (Sec. 133) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from taking any action to prevent maintaining the U-2 aircraft fleet in its current configuration and capability beyond FY2016 until: (1) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Under Secretary) certifies to the defense, appropriations, and intelligence committees that the operating and sustainment costs for the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle are less than comparable costs for the U-2 on a flight-hour basis; and (2) the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) certifies to such committees that the capability to be fielded before or at the same time of U-2 aircraft retirement would result in equal or greater capability available to the commanders of the combatant commands. (Sec. 134) Authorizes the use of specified FY2011 B-2 bomber aircraft funds for: (1) research, development, test, and evaluation on a conventional mixed load capability for such aircraft, and (2) supporting alternative options for the extremely high frequency terminal Increment 1 program of record. Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan to provide an extremely high frequency terminal for secure protected communications for the B-2 and other aircraft. (Sec. 136) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to procure two advanced extremely high frequency satellites through a fixed-price contract. Allows such Secretary to use incremental funding for up to six fiscal years in connection with the procurement. Makes such procurement subject to the availability of appropriations. Prohibits the total procurement amount, after certain exclusions, from exceeding $3.1 billion. Allows such Secretary to adjust such limitation by specified amounts, including increases or decreases after FY2011 attributable to inflation or to compliance with changes in federal, state, and local laws. Requires such Secretary to notify the defense and appropriations committees of any such adjustment. Allows such Secretary to use funds currently available for high frequency satellite space vehicle number 5 for the procurement of parts and the replacement of parts for space vehicle number 6. Requires such Secretary to report to such committees on the fixed-price contract. Expresses the sense of Congress that such Secretary should not enter into such a contract until determining that it will save the Air Force at least 20% over procuring two satellites separately. Subtitle E: Joint and Multiservice Matters - (Sec. 141) Limits the FY2012 obligation of funds for the joint tactical radio system to 70% until the Secretary of the Army makes a specified certification to the defense and appropriations committees relating to its acquisition strategy. Makes such limitation inapplicable to the low-rate initial production of certain programs under such system. (Sec. 142) Limits the FY2012 obligation of funds for the procurement of fixed-wing, non-standard aviation aircraft in support of the aviation foreign internal defense program to 50% until the Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command reports to the defense and appropriations committees on such program. (Sec. 143) Directs the Secretary, in entering into a contract for the sixth and all subsequent low-rate initial production contract lots for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, to ensure that the contract: (1) is a fixed-price contract, and (2) requires the contractor to assume full responsibility for contract costs above the target cost. (Sec. 144) Prohibits the Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command from making any milestone B acquisition decisions with respect to certain elements of the undersea mobility acquisition program until 30 days after the Under Secretary: (1) conducts an assessment and determination of whether to treat the element as a major defense acquisition program, and (2) reports assessment and determination results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 145) Amends the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Skelton Act) to include in quarterly reports on the use of combat mission requirement funds a table setting forth the requirements approved during the fiscal year in which the report is submitted and the two preceding fiscal years, as well as a statement of any unspent funds for such period. (Sec. 146) Directs the Air Force Audit Agency to submit to the defense and appropriations committees the results of a financial audit of funds previously authorized and appropriated for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft re-engining program. (Sec. 147) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer to the United Kingdom an F-35 Lightning II aircraft in the carrier variant configuration in exchange for such an aircraft in the short take-off and vertical landing configuration. Provides: (1) funding for the aircraft to be exchanged by the United States, and (2) exchange implementation through a memorandum of understanding. (Sec. 148) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the development of the short take-off, vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter. (Sec. 149) Requires the Under Secretary, at the same time as submission of the FY2013 budget, to report to the defense committees on DOD plans to implement the requirements of the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 within the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft program. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2012 for DOD for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), in amounts specified in the funding table. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 211) Limits the FY2012 obligation of funds for the ground combat vehicle program to 80% until the Secretary of the Army submits to the defense and appropriations committees an updated analysis of alternatives to such vehicle, and related information. (Sec. 212) Prohibits the individual carbine program from receiving Milestone C approval until the Secretary of the Army submits to the defense and appropriations committees a business case assessment of such program. Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to waive such prohibition in the national security interest. (Sec. 213) Limits to 75% the availability of funds earmarked for the Navy's future unmanned carrier-based strike system until 60 days after: (1) the JROC Chairman makes certain system certifications to the defense and appropriations committees; (2) the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition reports to such committees on the system's threshold, performance parameters, and requirements; and (3) the Under Secretary makes certain certifications to such committees on system alternatives and acquisition strategy. Requires the CG to brief such committees on such acquisition strategy. (Sec. 214) Prohibits the FY2012 obligation or expenditure of funds for specified Navy amphibious vehicles until the Secretary of the Navy certifies the requirements of such vehicles based on the needs of the combatant commanders. Prohibits Milestone B approval for the Marine personnel carrier until 30 days after the receipt of such certification. Directs such Secretary to conduct an analysis of alternatives to such vehicle, and to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a habitability assessment with respect to time spent in such vehicles. (Sec. 215) Prohibits the obligation of more than 80% of the research and development funds for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft program until the Secretary certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that the acquisition strategy for such aircraft includes a plan for achieving competition throughout operation and sustainment. (Sec. 216) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 40% of the funds earmarked for Increment 2 of the B-2 bomber aircraft extremely high frequency satellite communications program until 15 days after the Secretary of the Air Force submits to the defense and appropriations committees a program certification and a plan setting forth the projected cost and schedule for certain RDT&E under the program. (Sec. 217) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) improvements to the U.S. space situational awareness and space command and control capabilities are necessary; and (2) the traditional defense acquisition process is not optimal for developing the architecture and environment planned for the Joint Space Operations Center management system. Prohibits the use of FY2012 funds for release one of such system until the Secretary of the Air Force and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Under Secretary) jointly submit to the defense and appropriations committees the acquisition strategy for such system. (Sec. 218) Limits the FY2012 obligation of funds for the wireless innovation fund within the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to 10% until the Under Secretary reports to the defense and appropriations committees on how such funds will be managed and executed. (Sec. 219) Prohibits the Secretary from delegating to an individual outside the Office of the Secretary of Defense the authority regarding the programming or budgeting of certain DOD research and educational programs and activities that is currently carried out by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. (Sec. 220) Directs the Secretary to designate the development and procurement of the main propulsion turbomachinery of the next-generation long-range strike bomber aircraft as a major subprogram of such aircraft's major defense acquisition program. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to develop an acquisition strategy for such subprogram. (Sec. 221) Directs the Secretary to designate the electromagnetic aircraft launch development and procurement program as a major subprogram of the CVN-78 Ford-class aircraft carrier major defense acquisition program. Allows the Secretary to cease such designation upon the program's successful completion of operational testing. (Sec. 222) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to conduct a program for flight research and demonstration of advanced rotorcraft technology. Outlines program elements, goals, and objectives. Requires such Secretary, in awarding a contract under such program, to use full and open competitive procedures. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for the disposition of property that was acquired under the F136 propulsion system development contract, and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on such plan. Prohibits the use of any FY2012 RDT&E funds for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft program until 30 days after the receipt of such report. Subtitle C: Missile Defense Programs - (Sec. 231) Requires the Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to: (1) establish and maintain an acquisition baseline for each program element of the ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, as well as each designated major subprogram of such elements; and (2) establish such baselines before the element or subprogram enters engineering and manufacturing development, and production and deployment. Prohibits (with exceptions) the Director from adjusting or revising an established baseline. Outlines baseline elements required for such elements or subprograms, and requires the Director to report annually to the defense and appropriations committees on the baselines. (Sec. 232) Directs the CG, at the end of each of FY2012-FY2015, to review required annual DOD reports on acquisition baselines and variances of missile defense acquisition programs and assess the extent to which the MDA has achieved its acquisition goals and objectives, and report assessment results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 233) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on results of the missile defense hedging strategy review for protection of the U.S. homeland. (Sec. 234) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) it is essential for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GBMD) element of the BMD System to achieve appropriate levels of reliability, availability, sustainability, and operational performance for continued protection of the U.S. homeland; (2) the MDA should, as its highest priority, determine the root cause of the December 2010 flight-test failure of the GBMD system, design a correction of the problem, and verify that such correction is effective and will allow the GBMD to reach the capabilities described above; (3) after the MDA has verified the problem correction, it should assess the need for any additional ground-based interceptors and any additional steps needed for the GBMD testing and sustainment program; and (4) DOD should plan for and budget sufficient future funds for the GBMD to ensure the ability to complete and verify an effective correction of the problem. Requires two annual reports from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on DOD plans to correct the problem, and progress toward achievement of such plan. (Sec. 235) Prohibits the obligation of more than 25% of the funds earmarked for the medium extended air defense (MEAD) system program until the Secretary submits to the defense and appropriations committees a plan for the use of such funds to either restructure or terminate the program. Directs the Secretary to submit to such committees a detailed description of efforts made with Germany and Italy to agree on ways to minimize each nation's costs in implementing a restructured program or of unilateral or multilateral program contract termination. (Sec. 236) Expresses the sense of Congress on the importance of: (1) improving the integration of BMD training across and between combatant commands and military departments, (2) identifying and addressing training gaps in integrating missile defense training, and (3) identifying the capabilities and funding needed to integrate such training across and between such commands and departments. Subtitle D: Reports - (Sec. 241) Amends the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Warner Act) to extend through 2016 requirements for a biennial roadmap and annual review and certification of funding for the development of hypersonics. (Sec. 242) Directs the Secretary of the Navy and the Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command to jointly report to the defense and appropriations committees on options to replace the Ohio-class ballistic submarine program. (Sec. 243) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the development, future deployment, and operational challenges of the Navy's electromagnetic rail gun system. Requires the Chief of Naval Research to provide an interim update briefing to such committees. (Sec. 244) Directs the CG, until March 2017, to: (1) conduct an annual review of the KC-46A aircraft acquisition program, and (2) report each review's results to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 245) Requires the: (1) Secretary to select an entity outside DOD to conduct an independent review and assessment of DOD's cryptographic modernization program, and (2) entity chosen to report review results to the Secretary and the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 246) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees describing the contract award process for each RDT&E contract awarded using other than competitive procedures. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 251) Repeals, as of October 1, 2013, the Technology Transition Initiative (the rapid transition of new technologies from DOD science and technology programs into DOD acquisition programs for the production of such technologies). (Sec. 252) Amends the Skelton Act to require the contractor to bear at least 50% of the cost of activities for enhancing or enabling the exportability of certain designated defense systems. (Sec. 253) Amends the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Hunter Act) to extend through FY2016 the authority for funding for defense laboratories for research and development (R&D) of technologies for military missions. (Sec. 254) Prohibits, if the total amount authorized for the National Defense Education Program for FY2012 is less than the amount requested by the President in the FY2012 budget, the Secretary from deriving the difference from the K-12 component of such Program. (Sec. 255) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to acquire real property and associated interests in the vicinity of Hanover, New Hampshire, as needed for research and engineering laboratory facilities. Prohibits such Secretary from paying more than fair market value for such property and interests. (Sec. 256) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) active matrix organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology displays have the potential to reduce the size, weight, and energy consumption of both mounted and dismounted military systems; (2) the United States has a limited OLED manufacturing industry; and (3) the Secretary should use existing programs to support the reduction of costs and risks related to OLED manufacturing technologies. Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY2012 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. Subtitle B: Energy and Environmental Provisions - (Sec. 311) Directs the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to designate a senior official to be responsible for operational energy plans for the JCS and the Joint Staff. Extends from 10 to 30 days after each year's DOD budget is submitted to Congress the deadline for a report from the Secretary to Congress on proposed budgets that the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs has not certified. (Sec. 312) Amends the Sikes Act (DOD land resources management) to: (1) define "state" for purposes of such Act; (2) include state-owned National Guard installations under such Act's coverage; and (3) provide for the funding of integrated natural resources management plans, including plans for state-owned National Guard installations. Amends various section headings under such Act to accommodate changes made under this section. (Sec. 313) Amends the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to provide an exclusion from such Act's ship pollutant discharge requirements for military ships that have unique military design, construction, manning, or operation requirements and cannot comply with such requirements because it is not technologically feasible or would impair the operations or operational capability of the ship. Provides updated pollution discharge requirements for military vessels at sea. (Sec. 314) Modifies responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy, Plans, and Programs to include the development and oversight of alternative fuels activities and the streamlining of alternative fuel investments. Requires information on such activities to be included in a currently-required annual DOD energy management report. (Sec. 315) Requires the DOD energy performance master plan to specifically address the application of energy-efficient or energy reduction technologies and processes in logistics support contracts for contingency operations. Requires the annual DOD energy management report to include progress in the implementation of such technologies and processes. (Sec. 316) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 to require the Secretary, within 180 days after waste is disposed of in open-air burn pits during contingency operations, to submit to the defense committees a health assessment report on each pit where at least 100 personnel have been employed for at least 90 consecutive days. (Sec. 317) Directs the Secretary to report annually to Congress on defense environmental programs. (Sec. 318) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified funds to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as payment in connection with a remedial investigation/feasibility study for the Jackson Park Housing Complex, Washington. (Sec. 319) Prohibits funds from being used for deciding or adjudicating any claim regarding water contamination at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, unless the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry completes all epidemiological and water modeling studies relevant to such contamination that are ongoing as of June 1, 2011, and certifies the completion of all such studies to the defense committees. Provides for the resolution of certain disputes in connection with such claims. (Sec. 320) Amends the Clean Air Act to exempt a substance listed as acceptable for use as a fire suppression agent for nonresidential applications from the prohibition against introducing into interstate commerce or using any class II substance (specified hydrochlorofluorocarbons). Subtitle C: Logistics and Sustainment - (Sec. 321) Revises the definition of "depot-level maintenance and repair" for purposes of maintenance depots. (Sec. 322) Requires the Secretary or the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) to designate each military industrial facility of the military departments and defense agencies as a Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence in their recognized core competencies. (Sec. 323) Repeals the limit (eight) on the number of cooperative arrangements that may be entered into by Army industrial facilities with non-Army entities. Makes such authority permanent (under current law, terminates at the end of FY2014). Revises a report requirement under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to include an assessment of the effectiveness of the use of such authority and recommendations to improve the ability of each facility to compete for such contracts. (Sec. 324) Directs the Under Secretary to implement four actions recommended in a report of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which resulted from F-22 and F-35 aircraft corrosion studies, and to brief the defense and appropriations committees on activities undertaken to implement such actions. Requires such implementation by January 31, 2012, and requires compliance across the military departments by the end of 2012. Requires the Under Secretary, if compliance is not feasible by such date, to justify to such committees the reasons therefor. (Sec. 325) Requires, within an annual report on DOD minimum capital investment in combined maintenance, repair, and overhaul workloads of the military departments, a table showing the funded workload performed by each covered depot for the preceding three fiscal years and actual investment funds allocated to each depot for the period covered by the report. Includes Tooele Army Depot, Utah as a covered depot. (Sec. 326) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the status of the drawdown, retrograde, and reset program for equipment used in support of operations New Dawn and Enduring Freedom, as well as the status of the overall supply chain management for depot-level activities. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to contract with a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the alignment, organizational reporting, and performance rating of Air Force system program managers, sustainment program managers, and product support managers at Air Logistics Centers or Air Logistics Complexes. (Sec. 327) Eliminates the exclusion for special access programs from the core logistics capability requirements determination. Includes the nuclear refueling of an aircraft carrier within such exclusion. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress on DOD core logistics capability requirements, workloads, and capital investments. Subtitle D: Readiness - (Sec. 331) Amends the Skelton Act to: (1) allow funds voluntarily contributed to DOD for offsetting the costs of mitigation measures to remain available until expended, and (2) allow the Secretary to accept voluntary contributions to conduct studies of potential mitigation measures. (Sec. 332) Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop procedures to allow DOD and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to review and comment on certain aeronautical studies. Subtitle E: Reports - (Sec. 341) Requires the Secretary: (1) to annually certify to the defense and appropriations committees that the prepositioned stocks of each of the military departments meet all operational plans in effect; and (2) if unable to make a complete certification for any year, to include in that certification a list of operational plans affected and mitigation measures taken. Outlines additional required information within an annual report on DOD prepositioned materiel and equipment. (Sec. 342) Requires, within annual DOD installation energy management reports, an evaluation of practices used in contingency operations and potential improvements to reduce vulnerabilities associated with fuel convoys. (Sec. 343) Directs the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) conduct a study on the ability of the major air test and training range infrastructure to support the full spectrum of Air Force operations, (2) create a master plan of requirements and investments to meet Air Force training and test needs through 2025, and (3) submit to the defense and appropriations committees an interim and final report on plan implementation. (Sec. 344) Requires the Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command to: (1) conduct a study on the ability of existing special operations training ranges to support the full spectrum of missions and operations assigned to special operations forces, and (2) submit to the defense and appropriations committees a plan on meeting special operations training requirements through 2025. (Sec. 345) Directs the Secretary to: (1) survey the quantity and condition of each class of non-tactical wheeled vehicles and base-level commercial equipment in the fleets of the military departments, and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on the advisability of establishing service life extension programs for such classes of vehicles. (Sec. 346) Requires: (1) the Secretary to commission an independent entity to assess U.S. security interests in the Pacific Command area of responsibility, and (2) the entity selected to report assessment results to the Secretary, who shall in turn provide the assessment to the defense and appropriations committees. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 347) Directs: (1) the Secretary to commission an FFRDC to assess the overseas basing presence of U.S. forces, and (2) the FFRDC selected to report assessment results to the Secretary, who shall in turn provide the assessment to the defense and appropriations committees. Provides funding. (Sec. 348) Requires the assessments of the National Military Strategy conducted by the JCS and the DOD quadrennial roles and missions review to include an assessment of joint military training and force allocations. (Sec. 349) Amends the Hunter Act to require additional information in a report concerning military working dogs. Changes such report requirement from annual to biennial. Subtitle F: Limitations and Extension of Authority - (Sec. 351) Authorizes the adoption of a military working dog by the family of a deceased or seriously-wounded member of the Armed Forces (member) who was the dog's handler. (Sec. 352) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from expanding the Air Force food transformation initiative to include any base other than the six initially included in the pilot program until such Secretary reports to the defense committees on the initiative. (Sec. 353) Directs the Secretary of the Army to designate the effort to consolidate its enterprise email services as a formal acquisition program, with the Army acquisition executive acting as the milestone decision authority. Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of FY2012 funds for Army migration to enterprise e-mail services until 30 days after such Secretary reports to the defense and appropriations committees on the program's acquisition strategy. (Sec. 354) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to extend through FY2014 the Army product improvement pilot program. Subtitle G: Other Matters - (Sec. 361) Amends the Skelton Act concerning the commercial sale by DOD of small arms ammunition and ammunition components in excess of military requirements to allow the commercial resale of only intact expended small arms cartridge cases. States that such commercial sale provisions shall not apply to ammunition or components stored or expended outside the United States. Requires all such sales to be subject to all applicable explosives safety and trade security controls. (Sec. 362) Directs the CG to conduct a review of the DOD system for space-available travel to determine its capacity presently and as projected in the future, and to examine the efficiency and usage of such travel. (Sec. 363) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to maximize the safety and effectiveness of all vessels, aircraft, and forces by means of marine data collection, numerical weather and ocean prediction, and forecasting of hazardous weather and ocean conditions. Authorizes such Secretary to extend such support to NATO and/or coalition forces operating with the Armed Forces. Directs the Secretary to collect, process, and provide to the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency hydrographic information to support such Agency's preparation of maps, charts, books, and geodetic products. (Sec. 364) Requires sums received as reimbursement for DOD fire protection services to be credited to the same appropriation or fund from which the expenses were paid (current law) or, if the period of availability for obligation for that appropriation has expired, to the appropriation or fund currently available for the same purpose. (Sec. 365) Revises airlift service definitions with respect to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). (Sec. 366) Directs the Secretary to determine a fair and reasonable rate of payment for airlift services provided to DOD by air carriers participating in the CRAF program. Authorizes the Secretary, in determining the amount of business to be received under an airlift services contract, to factor in the relative amount of airlift capability committed to the CRAF by each air carrier. (Sec. 367) Directs the Secretary to ensure that civilian and military law enforcement personnel charged with security functions on military installations receive Active Shooter Training as described in a DOD document entitled "Protecting the Force: Lessons From Fort Hood." (Sec. 368) Directs the Secretary, in procuring tents or other temporary structures and in maintaining an alternative source for such structures, to award contracts that provide the best value to the United States considering their total life-cycle costs. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - (Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY2012. (Sec. 402) Revises permanent active-duty end strength minimum levels. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - (Sec. 411) Sets forth authorized end strengths as of the end of FY2012 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth minimum end strengths for FY2012 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians. (Sec. 414) Provides a FY2012 limitation on the number of non-dual status Army and Air Force military technicians. (Sec. 415) Sets forth the maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support during FY2012. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2012 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Personnel Policy Generally - (Sec. 501) Increases the authorized end strengths for active-duty Marine Corps officers in the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel. (Sec. 502) Eliminates as an exception to joint duty assignment limits: (1) an officer released from a joint duty assignment for the 60-day period following such release, and (2) officers from each department designated by the Secretary to serve in joint duty assignments. Revises the number of joint duty general and flag officers excluded from end strength limits. Reduces the full exclusion for officers serving in certain intelligence positions. Requires changes made to take effect on January 1, 2012. (Sec. 503) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to assign a graduate of the National Defense University who is not designated as a joint qualified officer to a joint assignment other than a joint duty assignment. Excludes from the requirement to be assigned to a joint duty assignment after graduation those joint qualified officers and other officers who graduate from a school within the National Defense University following pursuit of a program on an other-than-in-residence basis. (Sec. 504) Authorizes the Secretary to allow the Secretary concerned to provide a voluntary retirement incentive payment (VRIP) to officers who: (1) have served on active duty for more than 20 but not more than 29 years on the approved date of retirement; (2) meet the minimum length of commissioned service requirement for voluntary retirement as a commissioned officer; (3) on the approved date, have 12 months or more remaining on active duty before reaching the maximum retirement years for the member's grade, or under any other provision of law; and (4) meet any additional requirements as specified by the Secretary concerned. Provides VRIP exclusions. Makes the maximum VRIP payment 12 times the officer's monthly basic pay at the time of retirement. Requires repayment for members who return to active duty, but allows the Secretary to waive repayment when recovery would be against equity and good conscience or contrary to the best U.S. interests. Reinstates certain temporary early retirement authority as provided under the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1993. Makes VRIP authority inapplicable to members of the Coast Guard and the commissioned corps of the National Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (Sec. 504) Includes within the definition of "joint duty assignment" all instructor assignments for joint training and education. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Management - (Sec. 511) Establishes the position of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, and holding the grade of lieutenant general while so serving. Requires the Chief and Vice Chief to be designated as general officers and excluded from general officer distribution limits. Establishes the chain of succession for the Chief and Vice Chief in the event of absence or disability. Requires the current Director of the Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau to continue to serve in the grade of major general as the acting Vice Chief until the Vice Chief is appointed. (Sec. 512) Includes the Chief within the membership of the JCS. Gives the Chief specific responsibility over matters involving non-federalized National Guard forces in support of homeland defense and civil support missions. (Sec. 513) Allows preseparation counseling for reserve members being demobilized to commence less than 90 days before their projected date of discharge or release from active duty when operational requirements make the full 90-day requirement unfeasible. (Sec. 514) Makes discretionary (under current law, mandatory) the authority of the Secretary of the Army or Air Force to allow dual-status military technicians who reach their mandatory separation date before age 60 to apply for continued service until age 60. (Sec. 515) Authorizes the Secretary, upon request of a state governor for federal assistance in responding to a major disaster or emergency, to order a unit or member of the reserves to active duty for a continuous period of up to 120 days to provide such assistance. Excludes members so serving from reserve personnel end strength limits. Provides for the termination of such duty by order of the Secretary or by law. Requires the usual and customary command and control arrangement with respect to regular and reserve armed forces serving simultaneously in support of civil authorities during such a disaster or emergency. (Sec. 516) Authorizes the Secretary concerned, when necessary to augment the active forces for a preplanned mission in support of a combatant command, to order any unit of the Selected Reserve to active duty, without the consent of the member, for not more than 365 consecutive days. Outlines activation limitations, including a limit of 60,000 members under such order. Excludes members so ordered from active-duty end strength limits. Directs the Secretary concerned to notify Congress when exercising such authority, including the circumstances necessitating such action. Terminates such duty by law or by order of the Secretary concerned. Requires, when determining which units will be so ordered, appropriate consideration to be given to: (1) length and nature of previous service; (2) frequency of assignments during service career; (3) family responsibilities; and (4) employment necessary to maintain the national health, safety, or interest. (Sec. 517) Makes reserve officer military technicians (dual status) who have been retained beyond their mandatory removal date for years of service ineligible for consideration for promotion by a mandatory promotion board. (Sec. 518) Requires that all fully qualified officers of the National Guard and reserves be considered for appointment to the positions of Commander of the Army North Command or Air Force North Command. (Sec. 519) Directs the Secretary to: (1) study the feasibility and advisability of terminating the military technician as a distinct DOD personnel management category, and (2) report study results to the defense and appropriations committees. Subtitle C: General Service Authorities - (Sec. 521) Expresses the sense of Congress regarding the unique nature, demands, and hardships of military service. (Sec. 522) Directs the Secretary to prescribe a policy that addresses the amount of dwell time a member or unit remains at a permanent duty station or home port between deployments. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a system for tracking and recording the number of days each member is deployed; (2) prescribe policies and procedures for measuring operating and personnel tempo; and (3) maintain a central data repository of information for research, analysis, interagency reporting and evaluation of tempo and personnel programs and policies. (Sec. 523) Includes within protected communications to the DOD Inspector General (whistleblower protections) a communication by a member of the Armed Forces concerning a threat by another member or federal employee that indicates a determination or intent to kill or cause serious bodily injury to members or civilians or damage to military, federal, or civilian property. (Sec. 524) Directs the Secretary (under current law, the Secretary concerned) to submit to the defense committees and the requesting Member of Congress the rationale supporting a recommendation to award a Medal of Honor to an individual or unit in the case of an award proposal that was not otherwise submitted in a timely manner. (Sec. 525) Allows any enlisted member to be discharged within one year (under current law, three months) before the expiration of their enlistment or extended enlistment. (Sec. 526) Extends through 2018 DOD authority to pay voluntary separation pay and benefits to eligible members voluntarily separated from active duty. (Sec. 527) Prohibits a member from being denied reenlistment for unsuitability based on the same medical condition for which they were determined by a physical evaluation board to be fit for duty. (Sec. 528) Includes the person designated by the decedent on the record of emergency data (DD Form 93 or any successor form) as the Person Authorized to Direct Disposition among those permitted to direct disposition of remains, regardless of the relationship of the designee to the decedent. (Sec. 529) Provides additional matters to be covered under preseparation counseling for members and their families, including information on home loan services and housing assistance benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and counseling on responsible borrowing practices. (Sec. 530) Authorizes (under current law, requires) the Secretary to pay a high-deployment allowance for members deployed in excess of specified periods. (Sec. 531) Amends the Hunter Act to extend through 2015 the authority to release members from active duty in order to meet personal or professional needs, and then return them to active duty following the required inactive period. (Sec. 532) Requires the Secretary concerned, for the purposes of recruitment or enlistment, to treat a graduate who receives a diploma from a legally operating secondary school or otherwise completes a program of secondary education in compliance with that state's education laws as a graduate of a secondary school as defined under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Directs the Secretary of Defense to prescribe a policy that incorporates means for identifying such graduates who are qualified for recruitment and enlistment. Requires each Secretary concerned to: (1) develop a recruitment plan and strategy for targeting various segments of potential recruits with all types of secondary education credentials, and (2) develop a communication plan to ensure that the policy and plan are understood by military recruiters. (Sec. 533) Directs the Secretary to enhance DOD's suicide prevention program through the provision of suicide prevention information and resources to members from their initial enlistment or appointment through their final retirement or separation. Requires DOD preseparation counseling to include information on the availability of suicide prevention resources to members and their dependents. Subtitle D: Military Justice and Legal Matters - (Sec. 541) Amends article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) involving offenses of rape, sexual assault, and other sexual misconduct to divide such article into three separate articles covering: (1) offenses of rape and sexual assault of any person; (2) sexual offenses against children under age 16; and (3) other nonconsensual sexual misconduct offenses. Defines "child" for purposes of such provisions as one under age 16 (under current law, under 12). Includes as sexual assaults committing a sexual act upon another person: (1) knowing that the other person is asleep, unconscious, or otherwise unaware that the act is occurring; and (2) when the other person is incapable of proper consent due to impairment, mental disease or defect, or physical disability. Provides that marriage is not a defense for any conduct in issue under the offenses of rape and sexual assault. Repeals provisions concerning the defenses of consent and mistake of fact as to consent, as well as other affirmative defenses not being precluded simply by their omission. States specifically that: (1) a sleeping, unconscious, or incompetent person cannot consent; (2) a person cannot consent to force causing or likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm or to being rendered unconscious; and (3) a person cannot consent while under threat or in fear. Includes under other sexual misconduct the indecent viewing, visual recording, or broadcasting of the private area of another person without their consent and under circumstances in which the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. (Sec. 542) Amends the UCMJ to authorize the issuance of subpoenas to compel the production of documentary evidence prior to trial by court-martial. Requires individuals responding to subpoenas to be provided a means for reimbursement for fees and mileage. Authorizes military convening authorities to certify facts to U.S. attorneys in such cases. (Sec. 543) Allows members incurring an injury or illness while serving in a combat operation or in a combat zone designated by the Secretary to receive gifts from nonprofit organizations, private parties, and other sources outside of DOD. (Under current law, only individuals with a combat-related injury are so eligible.) Requires regulations covering such gifting to apply retroactively to injuries or illnesses incurred on or after September 11, 2001. (Sec. 544) Prohibits a military chaplain from being required to perform a marriage that the chaplain does not wish to perform as a matter of conscience or moral principle. Subtitle E: Member Education and Training Opportunities and Administration - (Sec. 551) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to carry out one or more programs to provide eligible members with job training and employment skills training for civilian employment. Makes eligible for such program members who: (1) have completed at least 180 days of active duty, and (2) are expected to be discharged or released from such duty within 180 days after commencement of participation in the program. (Sec. 552) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a five-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of offering a program of instruction for Phase II joint professional military education on an other than in-residence basis. Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees within one year of completion of the pilot program. (Sec. 553) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to waive the maximum age limit for admission to the military service academies if the individual: (1) satisfies all other admission eligibility requirements; and (2) was or is prevented from admission before reaching the maximum age limit as a result of active duty service in a theater of operations for Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, or New Dawn. Prohibits: (1) any waiver in which the candidate would pass his or her 26th birthday by July 1 of the year of admission, and (2) more than five candidates from being admitted to each service academy under such waiver. Requires a report from each department Secretary to the defense committees on the exercise of the waiver authority. Terminates the waiver authority at the end of FY2016. (Sec. 554) Establishes the positions of Commandant and Provost and Academic Dean at the Air Force Institute of Technology, with appropriate qualifications and responsibilities. Provides a five-year term for each, but authorizes an additional five-year term for the Commandant. (Sec. 555) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to provide for the enrollment of certain seriously wounded, ill, or injured former or retired enlisted personnel in associate degree programs of the Community College of the Air Force in order to complete their degree program requirements. Prohibits participation by any individuals after the end of the 10-year period following their separation from active duty. (Sec. 556) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into agreements to pay a stipend to individuals eligible to be appointed as a reserve officer and enrolled or accepted in a course of study that results in a degree in clinical psychology or social work. Requires, under each agreement, that the individual serve, upon completion of the educational program, one year in the Selected Reserve for each six months for which the stipend is provided. (Sec. 557) Authorizes the Secretary to administer the Troops-to-Teachers program during FY2012. Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Education to jointly report to the defense and education committees on such program. (Sec. 558) Directs the Secretary to carry out a five-year pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of allowing enlisted personnel to obtain civilian credentialing or licensing for skills required for military occupational specialties or qualification for duty specialty codes. Requires the Secretary to: (1) designate at least three and no more than five specialties or codes for coverage under the pilot program, and (2) report to Congress on the program. (Sec. 559) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on methods to increase the efficiency of DOD's tuition assistance program of tuition assistance for off-duty training or education for members, as well as education and training opportunities for military spouses. Subtitle F: Armed Forces Retirement Home - (Sec. 561) Amends the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 to make the administration of the Armed Forces Retirement Home (Home), including the provision of health and medical care for its residents, the responsibility of the Secretary. (Sec. 562) Provides oversight responsibilities and reporting requirements of the Home's Senior Medical Advisor. (Sec. 563) Requires the Home to have an advisory council, to be known as the Armed Forces Retirement Home Advisory Council, to provide to the Chief Operating Officer and Administrator of each of the two Home facilities recommendations on Home operation and administration and quality of care provided to residents. Requires the Council to report at least annually to the Secretary on its activities, together with recommendations. Provides Council composition and membership, including a Chairperson. Provides for a Resident Advisory Committee at each facility. Discontinues local boards for each facility. (Sec. 564) Eliminates the positions of Deputy Director and Associate Director at each facility, instead establishing the position of Ombudsman at each facility. Authorizes the Ombudsman to provide information to the Home's Administrator, Chief Operating Officer, and Senior Medical Advisor, as well as the DOD Inspector General and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Replaces Director responsibilities with Administrator responsibilities. (Sec. 565) Replaces transitional resident fee requirements for each Home facility with a permanent fee schedule. (Sec. 566) Changes from annually to at least once every three years the required inspection of each Home facility by the DOD Inspector General. Revises generally Inspector General reporting and corrective action responsibilities. (Sec. 567) Repeals transitional provisions of the Armed Forces Retirement Home Act of 1991 relating to the Armed Forces Retirement Home Board and the directors and deputy directors of each Home facility. Changes Board references to references to the Chief Operating Officer. Provides technical and conforming amendments to correspond to changes made under this subtitle.Subtitle G: Defense Dependents' Education and Military Family Readiness Matters - (Sec. 571) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for impact aid for children with severe disabilities. (Sec. 572) Earmarks specified FY2012 DOD O&M funds for providing assistance to local educational agencies: (1) that benefit dependents of members and DOD civilian employees; and (2) with significant enrollment changes due to base closures or realignments, force structure changes, or force relocations. (Sec. 573) Amends the Warner Act to authorize additional forms of assistance to LEAs serving military dependent students who do not attend Department of Defense Education Activity schools. Extends such authority through FY2016. (Sec. 574) Revises the membership of the Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council. Includes parents of military personnel as authorized Council members. Provides for National Guard component representation on such Council. (Sec. 575) Requires reemployment and other employment benefits for individuals ordered to full-time National Guard duty (other than for training) when authorized by the President or Secretary to respond to a national emergency declared by the President and supported by federal funds. (Sec. 576) Expands the authority of the Secretary to accept travel benefits to facilitate the travel of members of the Armed Forces during leave from active duty to include, as part of such benefits, points or awards for free or reduced-cost hotel accommodations. (Sec. 577) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees on any pilot and demonstration projects and other efforts that DOD is conducting on autism services. (Sec. 578) Directs the CG to review all current DOD military spouse employment programs, and report review results to the defense and appropriations committees. Subtitle H: Improved Sexual Assault Prevention and Response in the Armed Forces - (Sec. 581) Directs the military department Secretaries to prescribe regulations on the provision of legal assistance to victims of sexual assault. Allows members or their dependents to be provided legal assistance by military or civilian legal assistance counsel, a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, and a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate. Requires victims to be informed of the availability of such assistance, whether such victim elects unrestricted or restricted (confidential) reporting of the assault. Allows a victim to elect confidential reporting without initiating an official investigation of the allegations. (Sec. 582) Directs the Secretary concerned to provide for timely determination and action (within 72 hours) of an application for a change of station or unit transfer by a member serving on active duty who was a victim of a sexual assault or related offense, so as to reduce the possibility of retaliation for reporting the incident. Allows for review of a decision disapproving the change of station or transfer by the first general or flag officer in the chain of command of the member, requiring review decision also within 72 hours. (Sec. 583) Amends the Skelton Act to require the Director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office to be appointed from among general or flag officers or from DOD employees in a comparable Senior Executive Service position. (Sec. 584) Requires at least one full-time Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and one Sexual Assault Victim Advocate to be assigned to each military brigade or equivalent unit level. Directs that, as of October 1, 2013, only members of the Armed Forces and civilian DOD employees may serve in such positions. Provides for Coordinator and Advocate training and certification, requiring, as of the above date, all such Coordinators and Advocates to have completed such training and certification. (Sec. 585) Requires the Secretary of each military department to develop a curriculum to provide sexual assault prevention and response training and education for members and civilian employees under their jurisdiction, in order to strengthen individual knowledge, skills, and capacity to prevent and respond to sexual assault. Directs the Secretary of Defense to: (1) provide for the inclusion of a sexual assault prevention and response training module at each level of professional military education, and (2) direct that managers of specialty skills associated with first responders integrate sexual assault response training in initial and recurring training courses. (Sec. 586) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a comprehensive DOD policy on the retention of and access to evidence and records relating to sexual assaults involving members, and (2) ensure that such policy is implemented uniformly by the military departments. Requires sexual assault victims to be provided with a copy of all prepared records of proceedings of a court-martial if the victim testified during the proceedings. Subtitle I: Other Matters - (Sec. 588) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out: (1) reintegration activities for DOD personnel recovered after detention in isolation or captivity by a hostile force while participating in or associated with a U.S.-sponsored military activity or mission; and (2) post-isolation activities on behalf of such individuals, military or civilian officers or employees of an allied or coalition partner, or other U.S. or foreign nationals. (Sec. 589) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a military adaptive sports program for members eligible to participate in adaptive sports because of an injury or wound incurred in the line of duty. Requires the Secretary to use competitive procedures to award any grant or contract under this section. (Sec. 590) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008 relating to the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program (military-to-civilian transition assistance) to: (1) include federal and state-led programs of outreach under the Program, and (2) add to Program functions the development and implementation of a process for identifying best practices in the delivery of information and services in outreach programs. (Sec. 591) Provides a new federal law chapter concerning Army national military cemeteries. Directs the Secretary of the Army to develop, operate, administer, and fund the Army national military cemeteries in a manner that fully honors the service and sacrifices of the deceased members buried or inurned there. Includes within such cemeteries Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. Requires such Secretary to: (1) submit an annual cemeteries budget request to the defense and appropriations committees; and (2) determine eligibility for interment or inurnment in the cemeteries. Provides for the removal of remains from the cemeteries in certain circumstances. Directs such Secretary to appoint an advisory committee on Arlington National Cemetery, which shall advise and consult with respect to Arlington National Cemetery administration, erection of memorials, and master planning. Requires periodic advisory committee reports. Establishes an Executive Director of the Cemeteries, as well as a Superintendent for each Cemetery. Provides for Cemeteries oversight and inspection. Requires, by June 1, 2012, the digitization of all records related to interments and inurnments at Arlington National Cemetery. Directs the DOD Inspector General, during FY2013 and FY2015, to conduct inspections of each of the Cemeteries. (Sec. 592) Directs the Inspector General of each military department to inspect each military cemetery under their jurisdiction and make recommendations for their regulation, management, oversight, and operation. Requires the DOD Inspector General to: (1) inspect a sample of cemeteries located at current or former military installations both inside and outside the United States in order to assess the adequacy of and adherence to federal statutes, policies, and regulations governing military cemetery management, oversight, operations, and interments or inurnments; and (2) submit inspection results and recommendations to the defense committees. Requires the military department Secretaries to report to such committees on their respective inspection results and corrective action plans. (Sec. 593) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to award the Distinguished Service Cross to Captain Fredrick L. Spaulding for acts of valor during the Vietnam War. (Sec. 594) Authorizes and requests the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Captain Emil Kapaun for acts of valor during the Korean War. (Sec. 595) Directs the Secretaries of the Army and the Navy to: (1) review the service records of certain Jewish-American World War I veterans to determine whether that veteran should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor; and (2) upon a positive determination, submit a recommendation to the Secretary that such award is warranted. Makes eligible for such review and award each Jewish-American World War I veteran: (1) who was previously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross during World War I; and (2) whose name and supporting material for award upgrade is submitted to the appropriate Secretary within one year after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 596) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of the establishment by the military departments of a process to expedite the determination of disability with respect to members who suffer from certain disabling diseases or conditions. (Sec. 597) Directs the CG to: (1) conduct a study of the military necessity of the Selective Service System, and alternatives to the System; and (2) report study results to the defense committees. (Sec. 598) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Navy to conduct an evaluation of issues affecting the identification, recovery, and repatriation of the remains of American sailors killed in the explosion of the ketch U.S.S. Intrepid in Tripoli Harbor on September 4, 1804. Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of State to submit to the defense committees their recommendations regarding the proposal to exhume, identify, and relocate the remains of such soldiers. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - (Sec. 601) Resumes through 2012 DOD authority to provide temporary increases in the rates of basic allowance for housing due to significant growth in assigned military personnel or a major disaster. (Under current law, this authority terminated at the end of 2009.) (Sec. 602) Allows the Secretary of the Navy to provide lodging or compensation for housing to enlisted personnel who are deprived of their quarters due to ship construction, including at shipyards affected by base realignment and closure activities in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Bath, Maine. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - (Sec. 611) Extends through

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

Rep. Howard McKeon [R-CA]

Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]

2011-12-15 - Senate - On the Conference Report H.R. 1540 (Y: 86 N: 13 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-12-14 - House - On Agreeing to the Conference Report (Y: 283 N: 136 NV: 14 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-12-14 - House - On Motion to Recommit with Instructions (Y: 183 N: 234 NV: 16 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-12-07 - House - On Motion to Close Portions of Conference (Y: 406 N: 17 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-12-07 - House - On Motion to Instruct Conferees (Y: 421 N: 2 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Passage (Y: 322 N: 96 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Motion to Recommit with Instructions (Y: 185 N: 233 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 204 N: 215 NV: 12 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 226 N: 194 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 300 N: 120 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 419 N: 0 NV: 12 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 184 N: 234 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 176 N: 241 NV: 14 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 269 N: 151 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 416 N: 5 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 96 N: 323 NV: 12 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 123 N: 294 NV: 14 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 98 N: 321 NV: 12 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 63 N: 354 NV: 14 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 187 N: 234 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 172 N: 246 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 227 N: 193 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 91 N: 329 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 246 N: 173 NV: 12 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 165 N: 253 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 246 N: 172 NV: 13 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-26 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 260 N: 160 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 177 N: 246 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 178 N: 246 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 191 N: 232 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 184 N: 240 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 176 N: 248 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 168 N: 256 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 261 N: 163 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 208 N: 212 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 198 N: 225 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 203 N: 213 NV: 15 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2011-05-25 - House - On Agreeing to the Amendment (Y: 83 N: 334 NV: 14 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-31	Senate	Became Public Law No: 112-81.
2011-12-31	Senate	Signed by President.
2011-12-21	Senate	Presented to President.
2011-12-15	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2011-12-15	Senate	Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 86 - 13. Record Vote Number: 230.
2011-12-15	Senate	Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S8632-8664)
2011-12-14	Senate	Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
2011-12-14	Senate	On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by recorded vote: 283 - 136 (Roll no. 932).
2011-12-14	Senate	Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2011-12-14	Senate	On motion to recommit with instructions to conference committee Failed by recorded vote: 183 - 234 (Roll no. 931).
2011-12-14	Senate	The Chair announced that the motion to recommit the conference report was not debatable.
2011-12-14	Senate	The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to disagree to section 715 (regarding the determination of whether TRICARE network providers are considered subcontractors for purposes of the Federal Acquisition Regulation or any other law) in the conference substitute recommended by the committee of conference.
2011-12-14	Senate	Mr. Bishop (GA) moved to recommit with instructions to the conference committee. (consideration: CR H8941; text: CR H8941)
2011-12-14	Senate	The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 112-329 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8941-8942)
2011-12-14	Senate	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule 19, further proceedings on the conference report to accompany H.R. 1540 are postponed.
2011-12-14	Senate	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H8937)
2011-12-14	Senate	DEBATE - The House the proceeded with 1 hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 1540.
2011-12-14	Senate	Mr. McKeon brought up conference report H. Rept. 112-329 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 493. (consideration: CR H8922-8937)
2011-12-14	Senate	Rule H. Res. 493 passed House.
2011-12-13	Senate	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 493 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 1540. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read and shall be debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled. The resolution also contains sundry provisions which apply to the closing out of the first session and the convening of the second session of the 112th Congress.
2011-12-12	Senate	Conference report H. Rept. 112-329 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order. (text of conference report: CR H8356-8726)
2011-12-12	Senate	Conferees agreed to file conference report.
2011-12-12	Senate	Mr. Rogers (AL) asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on Dec. 12 to file a conference report on H.R. 1540. Agreed to without objection.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of secs. 704, 1099A and 1225 of the House bill, and sec. 848 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Camp, Herger, and Levin.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs for consideration of secs. 551, 573, 705, 731 and 1099C of the House bill, and secs. 631 and 1093 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bilirakis, Buerkle, and Brown (FL).
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for consideration of secs. 314, 366, 601, 1098 and 2814 of the House bill, and secs. 262, 313, 315, 1045, 1088 and 3301 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Mica, Cravaack, and Bishop (NY).
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Small Business for consideration of sec. 804 of the House bill, and secs. 885-887 and Division E of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Graves (MO), Ellmers, and Velazquez.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for consideration of secs. 911 and 1098 of the House bill, and secs. 885, 911, 912 and Division E of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hall, Quayle, and Johnson, E. B..
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for consideration of secs. 598, 662, 803, 813, 844, 847, 849, 937-939, 1081, 1091, 1101-1111, 1116 and 2813 of the House bill, and secs. 827, 845, 1044, 1102-1107 and 2812 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Ross (FL), Lankford, and Cummings.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Natural Resources for consideration of secs. 313, 601 and 1097 of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference: Hastings (WA), Bishop (UT), and Markey.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of secs. 531 of subtitle D of title V, 573, 843 and 2804 of the House bill, and secs. 553 and 848 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Smith (TX), Coble, and Conyers.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Homeland Security for consideration of sec. 1099H of the House bill, and sec. 1092 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Lungren, Daniel E., Miller (MI), and Thompson (MS).
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration of secs. 1013, 1014, 1055, 1056, 1086, 1092, 1202, 1204, 1205, 1211, 1214, 1216, 1218, 1219, 1226, 1228-1230, 1237, 1301, 1303, 1532, 1533 and 3112 of the House bill, and secs. 159, 1012, 1031, 1033, 1046, 1201, 1203, 1204, 1206-1209, 1221-1225, 1228, 1230, 1245, title XIII and sec. 1609 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Ros-Lehtinen, Chabot, and Berman.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Financial Services for consideration of sec. 645 of the House bill, and sec. 1245 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bachus, Capito, and Ackerman.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Energy and Commerce for consideration of secs. 911, 1099A, 2852 and 3114 of the House bill, and sec. 1089 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Upton, Walden, and Waxman.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Education and the Workforce for consideration of secs. 548 and 572 of the House bill, and secs. 572 and 573 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Petri, Heck, and Miller, George.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee under clause 11 of rule X: Rogers (MI), Myrick, and Ruppersberger.
2011-12-07	Senate	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Armed Services for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: McKeon, Bartlett, Thornberry, Akin, Forbes, Miller (FL), LoBiondo, Turner (OH), Kline, Rogers (AL), Shuster, Conaway, Wittman, Hunter, Rooney, Schilling, Griffin (AR), West, Smith (WA), Reyes, Sanchez, Loretta, McIntyre, Andrews, Davis (CA), Langevin, Larsen (WA), Cooper, Bordallo, Courtney, Loebsack, Tsongas, and Pingree (ME). (consideration: CR H8208-8209)
2011-12-07	Senate	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2011-12-07	Senate	On motion to close portions of the conference Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 406 - 17, 1 Present (Roll no. 893). (consideration: CR H8207-8208)
2011-12-07	Senate	Mr. McKeon moved to close portions of the conference.
2011-12-07	Senate	On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by recorded vote: 421 - 2 (Roll no. 892). (consideration: CR H8206-8207)
2011-12-07	Senate	The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H8206)
2011-12-07	Senate	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Smith(WA) motion to instruct confeeres on H.R. 1540. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to insist on the amendments contained in subtitle I of title V of the House bill (sections 581 through 587 relating to improved sexual assault prevention and response in the Armed Forces).
2011-12-07	Senate	Mr. Smith (WA) moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H8204; text: CR H8204)
2011-12-07	Senate	On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H8204)
2011-12-07	Senate	Mr. McKeon asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: H8204-8208)
2011-12-06	Senate	Senate ordered measure printed as passed.
2011-12-05	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2011-12-01	Senate	See also S. 1867.
2011-12-01	Senate	Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Levin; Lieberman; Reed; Akaka; Nelson NE; Webb; McCaskill; Udall CO; Hagan; Begich; Manchin; Shaheen; Gillibrand; Blumenthal; McCain; Inhofe; Sessions; Chambliss; Wicker; Brown MA; Portman; Ayotte; Collins; Graham; Cornyn; Vitter. (consideration: CR S8138)
2011-12-01	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR 12/5/2011 S8187-8341)
2011-12-01	Senate	Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1867 amended.
2011-12-01	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8138)
2011-12-01	Senate	Senate Committee on Armed Services discharged by Unanimous Consent.
2011-06-06	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
2011-05-26	House	The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1540.
2011-05-26	House	The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
2011-05-26	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2011-05-26	House	On passage Passed by recorded vote: 322 - 96 (Roll no. 375).
2011-05-26	House	On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 185 - 233 (Roll no. 374).
2011-05-26	House	The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H3736)
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Schrader motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the same back to the House with an amendment to increase the maximum amount of special pay for Combat Troops subject to hostile fire or imminent danger to $325 per month. The increase in pay will take effect on October 1, 2011 and apply to months beginning on or after that date.
2011-05-26	House	Mr. Schrader moved to recommit with instructions to Armed Services. (consideration: CR H3735-3737; text: CR H3735)
2011-05-26	House	The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR 5/25/2011 H3436-3595)
2011-05-26	House	The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1540.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.344 On agreeing to the McGovern amendment (A044) Failed by recorded vote: 204 - 215 (Roll no. 373).
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.343 On agreeing to the Cravaack amendment (A043) Agreed to by recorded vote: 226 - 194 (Roll no. 372).
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.342 On agreeing to the Turner amendment (A042) Agreed to by recorded vote: 300 - 120 (Roll no. 371).
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.339 On agreeing to the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (A039) Agreed to by recorded vote: 419 - 0 (Roll no. 370). (consideration: CR H3732-3733)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.336 On agreeing to the Sanchez, Loretta amendment (A036) Failed by recorded vote: 184 - 234 (Roll no. 369). (consideration: CR H3732)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.335 On agreeing to the Ellison amendment (A035) Failed by recorded vote: 176 - 241 (Roll no. 368). (consideration: CR H3731-3732)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.334 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A034) Agreed to by recorded vote: 269 - 151 (Roll no. 367). (consideration: CR H3730-3731)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.333 On agreeing to the Conyers amendment (A033) Agreed to by recorded vote: 416 - 5 (Roll no. 366). (consideration: CR H3730)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.332 On agreeing to the Polis amendment (A032) Failed by recorded vote: 96 - 323, 1 Present (Roll no. 365). (consideration: CR H3729-3730)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.330 On agreeing to the Chaffetz amendment (A030) Failed by recorded vote: 123 - 294 (Roll no. 364). (consideration: CR H3728-3729)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.329 On agreeing to the Campbell amendment (A029) Failed by recorded vote: 98 - 321 (Roll no. 363). (consideration: CR H3728)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.328 On agreeing to the Campbell amendment (A028) Failed by recorded vote: 63 - 354 (Roll no. 362). (consideration: CR H3727-3728)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.327 On agreeing to the Amash amendment (A027) Failed by recorded vote: 187 - 234 (Roll no. 361). (consideration: CR H3726-3727)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.326 On agreeing to the Langevin amendment Failed by recorded vote: 172 - 246 (Roll no. 360). (consideration: CR H3726)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.325 On agreeing to the Mack amendment (A025) Agreed to by recorded vote: 227 - 193 (Roll no. 359). (consideration: CR H3725-3726)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.324 On agreeing to the Maloney amendment (A024) Failed by recorded vote: 91 - 329 (Roll no. 358). (consideration: CR H3724-3725)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.323 On agreeing to the Buchanan amendment (A023) Agreed to by recorded vote: 246 - 173 (Roll no. 357). (consideration: CR H3724)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.322 On agreeing to the Smith (WA) amendment (A022) Failed by recorded vote: 165 - 253 (Roll no. 356). (consideration: CR H3723-3724)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.320 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A020) Agreed to by recorded vote: 246 - 172 (Roll no. 355). (consideration: CR H3722-3723)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.318 On agreeing to the Mica amendment (A018) Agreed to by recorded vote: 260 - 160 (Roll no. 354). (consideration: CR H3722)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.348 On agreeing to the McKeon amendments (A048) as modified Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the McKeon en bloc #6 amendments.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.348 McKeon amendment (A048) modified by unanimous consent. (text as modified: CR H3720)
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.348 Amendments en bloc (A048) offered by Mr. McKeon. (consideration: CR H3719-3722; text en bloc: CR H3719-3720)Amendment comprised of the following amendments offered en bloc: amendments numbered 18, as modified, 20, 84, 22, 23, 57, 72, 96, 150, 151 and 149 printed in House Report 112-88.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.347 On agreeing to the McKeon amendments (A047) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the McKeon en bloc #5 amendments.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.347 Amendments en bloc (A047) offered by Mr. McKeon. (consideration: CR H3713-3719; text en bloc: CR H3713-3717)Amendment comprised of the following amendments offered en bloc: amendments numbered 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 46, 143, 144, 145, 146, and 147 printed in House Report 112-88.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.346 On agreeing to the McKeon amendments (A046) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the McKeon en bloc #4 amendments.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.346 Amendments en bloc (A046) offered by Mr. McKeon. (consideration: CR H3707-3713; text en bloc: CR H3707-3710)Amendment comprised of the following amendments offered en bloc: amendments numbered 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, and 126 printed in House Report 112-88.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.345 On agreeing to the McKeon amendments (A045) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the McKeon en bloc #3 amendments.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.345 Amendments en bloc (A045) offered by Mr. McKeon. (consideration: CR H3699-3707; text en bloc: CR H3699-3704)Amendment comprised of the following amendments offered en bloc: amendments numbered 70, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 101, 102, 103, 104, and 105 printed in House Report 112-88.
2011-05-26	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the McGovern amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. McGovern demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - By unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the McGovern amendment no. 55, equally divided and controlled.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.344 Amendment (A044) offered by Mr. McGovern. (consideration: CR H3695-3699, H3734-3735; text: CR H3695)Amendment sought to require: (1) a plan and timeframe on accelerated transition of military operations to Afghan authorities; (2) a plan and timeframe on negotiations leading to a political solution and reconciliation in Afghanistan; and (3) a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on al-Qaeda. The amendment also sought to clarify that nothing in this section limits the President under existing authority to go after al-Qaeda, share intelligence, or modify military strategy and tactics while redeploying US forces under the plan/timeframe required above.
2011-05-26	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Cravaack amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendent and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Smith (WA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cravaak amendment no. 152.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.343 Amendment (A043) offered by Mr. Cravaack. (consideration: CR H3693-3695, H3734; text: CR H3693)An amendment numbered 152 printed in House Report 112-88 to repeal Title VXII of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985, which authorized the establishment of the United States Institute of Peace.
2011-05-26	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Turner amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendent and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Roby demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Turner amendment no. 148.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.342 Amendment (A042) offered by Mr. Turner. (consideration: CR H3691-3693, H3733-3734; text: CR H3692)Amendment requires that a report be done on the cost-benefit analysis of migrating the management headquarters for the Air Force's Enterprise Logistics System Program Executive Office.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.341 On agreeing to the Thompson (PA) amendment (A041) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Thompson (PA) amendment no. 141.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.341 Amendment (A041) offered by Mr. Thompson (PA). (consideration: CR H3691; text: CR H3691)Amendment expresses the sense of Congress expanding the Department of Defense state licensure exception to qualified and credentialed DOD health-care professionals, including contractors and civilians, and removes the location requirement to better allow Guard and Reserve access to immediate and efficient care.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.340 On agreeing to the Runyan amendment (A040) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Runyan amendment no. 134.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.340 Amendment (A040) offered by Mr. RUNYAN. (consideration: CR H3690-3691; text: CR H3690)Amendment requires that the Secretary of Defense establish goals for competition in contracts for the procurement of property or services to be used outside the United States in support of a contingency operation and requires that processes be developed to measure and monitor such competition, including task order categories for services, construction, and supplies.
2011-05-26	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendent and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson Lee (TX) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment no. 111.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.339 Amendment (A039) offered by Ms. Jackson Lee (TX). (consideration: CR H3688-3690; text: CR H3688)Amendment designates a National Day of Honor for members of the Armed Forces who have served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other combat areas.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.338 On agreeing to the Inslee amendment (A038) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-26	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Inslee amendment no. 110.
2011-05-26	House	H.AMDT.338 Amendment (A038) offered by Mr. Inslee. (consideration: CR H3687-3688; text: CR H3687)Amendment gives the Department of Defense the authority to provide severely wounded or seriously ill service members who remain on active duty, with a broad range of rehabilitative equipment including recreational sports equipment that must be specially customized to meet the needs of the service member.
2011-05-26	House	The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
2011-05-26	House	ORDER OF BUSINESS - Mr. McKeon asked unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 1540 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to H.Res. 276, amendment no. 55 be considered out of sequence. Agreed to without objection.
2011-05-26	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3687-3737)
2011-05-25	House	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1540 as unfinished business.
2011-05-25	House	On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	Mr. McKeon moved that the Committee rise.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.337 On agreeing to the Edwards amendment (A037) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Edwards amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.337 Amendment (A037) offered by Ms. Edwards. (consideration: CR H3679-3680; text: CR H3679)Amendment requires that the effects on local businesses, neighborhoods, and local governments be included in the analysis of the impacts on transportation infrastructure related to consideration and selection of military installations for closure or realignment (BRAC).
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Loretta Sanchez amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Sanchez demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Loretta Sanchez (CA) amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.336 Amendment (A036) offered by Ms. Sanchez, Loretta. (consideration: CR H3678-3679; text: CR H3678)Amendment sought to reduce the funding for Ground-Based Midcourse Defense systems by $100,000,000.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Ellison amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendent and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Ellison demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ellison amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.335 Amendment (A035) offered by Mr. Ellison. (consideration: CR H3675-3678; text: CR H3675)Amendment sought to strike section 1604, relating to the LHA 7 amphibious warship program.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment No. 62, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.334 Amendment (A034) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H3674-3675; text: CR H3674)An amendment numbered 62 printed in House Report 112-88 to eliminate funds for the Mission Force Enhancement Transfer Fund.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Conyers amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Conyers demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conyers amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.333 Amendment (A033) offered by Mr. Conyers. (consideration: CR H3673-3674; text: CR H3673)Amendment prevents funds authorized in the Act from being used to deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of Members of the Armed Forces or private security contractors on the ground in Libya unless the purpose of the presence is to rescue a Member of the Armed Forces from imminent danger.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Polis amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Polis demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Polis amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.332 Amendment (A032) offered by Mr. Polis. (consideration: CR H3669-3673; text: CR H3669)Amendment sought to reduce the amount of troops stationed in Europe to 30,000 and would have cut overall end strength levels by 10,000 a year over the next five years.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.331 By unanimous consent, the Rohrabacher amendment was withdrawn. (consideration: CR H3669)
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rohrabacher amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.331 Amendment (A031) offered by Mr. Rohrabacher. (consideration: CR H3668-3669; text: CR H3668)An amendment numbered 59 printed in House Report 112-88 to remove satellites and satellite components from the Munitions List and make them available to foreign nations. The amendment would also continue the ban on sending such items and technology to China, its allies or terrorist-supporting states as under current law.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Chaffetz amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Chaffetz demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Chaffetz amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.330 Amendment (A030) offered by Mr. Chaffetz. (consideration: CR H3666-3668; text: CR H3666)Amendment sought to require U.S. ground troops to withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving just those who are involved in small, targeted counter-terrorism operations. The amendment would have further required the Secretary of Defense to submit a withdrawal plan to Congress within 60 days of enactment.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Campbell amendment No. 54, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Campbell demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Campbell amendment No. 54.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.329 Amendment (A029) offered by Mr. Campbell. (consideration: CR H3665-3666; text: CR H3665)Amendment sought to reduce the baseline number of civilian employees at the Department of Defense by 1% every year for the next five years.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Campbell amendment No. 53, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Campbell demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Campbell amendment No. 53.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.328 Amendment (A028) offered by Mr. Campbell. (consideration: CR H3664-3665; text: CR H3664)An amendment numbered 53 printed in House Report 112-88 to terminate the Human, Social, and Culture Behavior (HSCB) Modeling program at the Department of Defense.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Amash amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. McKeon demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - By unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Amash amendment, equally divided and controlled.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.327 Amendment (A027) offered by Mr. Amash. (consideration: CR H3660-3663; text: CR H3660)Amendment sought to strike section 1034 of the bill which embodies the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Langevin amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Langevin demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Langevin amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.326 Amendment (A026) offered by Mr. Langevin. (consideration: CR H3653-3660; text: CR H3653-3658)Amendment sought to coordinate federal information security policy through the creation of a National Office for Cyberspace, updating information security management practices, and establishing measures for the protection of critical infrastructure from cyberattacks.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Mack amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Andrews demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the Mack amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mack amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.325 Amendment (A025) offered by Mr. Mack. (consideration: CR H3652-3653; text: CR H3652)Amendment clarifies that the term "sunken military aircraft" will only include vessels, warships, naval auxiliaries or other vessels on military, noncommercial service at the time they were sunk.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Maloney (NY) amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Maloney (NY) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Maloney (NY) amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.324 Amendment (A024) offered by Mrs. Maloney. (consideration: CR H3651-3652; text: CR H3651)Amendment sought to ensure that any subpar maintenance of military aircraft not be withheld from public disclosure under the guise of keeping tactical information from enemies of the United States.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Buchanan amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Buchanan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Buchanan amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.323 Amendment (A023) offered by Mr. Buchanan. (consideration: CR H3650-3651; text: CR H3650)Amendment requires all foreign terrorists to be tried by military tribunals and not in the civilian court system.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Smith (WA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Smith (WA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - By unanimous consent, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Smith (WA) amendment, equally divided and controlled.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.322 Amendment (A022) offered by Mr. Smith (WA). (consideration: CR H3641-3643; text: CR H3641)Amendment sought to limit use of funds to transfer individuals who are not United States citizens or members of the Armed Forces to the United States until 45 days after the President has submitted to the Congressional defense committees a plan for the disposition of each individual who is proposed to be transferred to the United States. The amendment also sought to hold open the use of Article 3 courts as a means of trying individuals (detainees) when such individuals or detainees are transferred to the United States.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.321 On agreeing to the Schakowsky amendment (A021) Failed by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Schakowsky amendment no. 41.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.321 Amendment (A021) offered by Ms. Schakowsky. (consideration: CR H3639-3641; text: CR H3639-3640)Amendment sought to freeze Department of Defense funding at current levels until the Pentagon can pass an audit. The amendment contained a national security waiver and exceptions for overseas contingency operations, defense personnel, and wounded warrior accounts.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Critz demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment no. 40.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.320 Amendment (A020) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H3638-3639; text: CR H3638)Amendment repeals the authorization for the National Drug Intelligence Center.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.319 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A019) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment no. 39.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.319 Amendment (A019) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H3638; text: CR H3638)An amendment numbered 39 printed in House Report 112-88 to add a Sense of Congress indicating that the deployment of National Guard personnel along the southwestern border should continue through the end of fiscal year 2011.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.317 On agreeing to the Richmond amendment (A017) Failed by recorded vote: 177 - 246 (Roll no. 353).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.315 On agreeing to the Andrews amendment (A015) Failed by recorded vote: 178 - 246 (Roll no. 352).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.314 On agreeing to the Jackson Lee (TX) amendment (A014) Failed by recorded vote: 191 - 232 (Roll no. 351).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.313 On agreeing to the Himes amendment (A013) Failed by recorded vote: 184 - 240 (Roll no. 350).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.312 On agreeing to the Maloney amendment (A012) Failed by recorded vote: 176 - 248 (Roll no. 349).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.311 On agreeing to the Garamendi amendment (A011) Failed by recorded vote: 168 - 256 (Roll no. 348).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.310 On agreeing to the Cole amendment (A010) Agreed to by recorded vote: 261 - 163 (Roll no. 347).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.309 On agreeing to the Murphy (CT) amendment (A009) Failed by recorded vote: 208 - 212 (Roll no. 346).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.308 On agreeing to the Sarbanes amendment (A008) Failed by recorded vote: 198 - 225 (Roll no. 345).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.305 On agreeing to the Hunter amendment (A005) Failed by recorded vote: 203 - 213 (Roll no. 344).
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.302 On agreeing to the Woolsey amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 83 - 334 (Roll no. 343).
2011-05-25	House	UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Mica amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Mica demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mica amendment no. 38.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.318 Amendment (A018) offered by Mr. Mica. (consideration: CR H3629-3630; text: CR H3629)Amendment requires that the rules of engagement allow any military service personnel assigned to duty in a designated hostile fire area to have rules of engagement that fully protect their right to proactively defend themselves from hostile actions.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Richmond amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Richmond demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Richmond amendment no. 37.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.317 Amendment (A017) offered by Mr. Richmond. (consideration: CR H3628-3629, H3637-3638; text: CR H3628)An amendment numbered 37 printed in House Report 112-88 to prevent the payment of certain incentives with respect to a Navy shipyard in Avondale, Louisiana, saving the Department of Defense up to $310 million.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.316 By unanimous consent, the Lee (CA) amendment was withdrawn. (consideration: CR H3628)
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lee amendment no. 33.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.316 Amendment (A016) offered by Ms. Lee (CA). (consideration: CR H3627-3628; text: CR H3627)An amendment numbered 33 printed in House Report 112-88 to return Defense Department spending to 2008 level, with exemptions for personnel and health accounts.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Andrews amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Andrews demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Andrews amendment no. 32.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.315 Amendment (A015) offered by Mr. Andrews. (consideration: CR H3626-3627, H3636-3637; text: CR H3626)Amendment sought to temporarily suspend the implementation and enforcement of workforce management and sourcing policies pursuant to the DoD's efficiency initiative.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson Lee(TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Jackson Lee(TX) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee(TX) amendment no. 31.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.314 Amendment (A014) offered by Ms. Jackson Lee (TX). (consideration: CR H3624-3626, H3636; text: CR H3624)Amendment sought to require the Secretary of Defense, prior to awarding of defense contracts to private contractors, to conduct an outreach program to benefit minority and women-owned businesses.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Himes amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Forbes demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Himes amendment no. 30.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.313 Amendment (A013) offered by Mr. Himes. (consideration: CR H3622-3624, H3635-3636; text: CR H3622)Amendment sought to require that any savings realized as a result of shifting to civilian employees from contractors within the Department of Defense be directed towards deficit reduction.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Maloney amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Maloney demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Maloney amendment no. 26.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.312 Amendment (A012) offered by Mrs. Maloney. (consideration: CR H3621-3622, H3634-3635; text: CR H3621)Amendment sought to require public disclosure of information submitted under Section 847 of this act.
2011-05-25	House	The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
2011-05-25	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3621-3630, H3630-3643)
2011-05-25	House	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1540 as unfinished business.
2011-05-25	House	On motion that the Committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	Mr. McKeon moved that the Committee rise.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Garamendi amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Garamendi demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garamendi amendment no. 28.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.311 Amendment (A011) offered by Mr. Garamendi. (consideration: CR H3619-3621, H3634; text: CR H3619)Amendment sought to require the Secretary to ensure that each contractor of the Department of Defense performing a prime contract at a military installation in the United States sets aside 40 percent, by dollar value, of its subcontracting work under the contract for local qualified subcontractors. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a subcontractor would be considered local if its headquarters are within 60 miles of the military installation.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Cole amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Cummings demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cole amendment no. 27.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.310 Amendment (A010) offered by Mr. Cole. (consideration: CR H3618-3619, H3633-3634; text: CR H3618)Amendment precludes an executive agency from requiring an entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract to disclose political contributions as a condition of participation.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Murphy(CT) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Murphy(CT) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Murphy(CT) amendment no. 25.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.309 Amendment (A009) offered by Mr. Murphy (CT). (consideration: CR H3616-3618, H3632-3633; text: CR H3616-3617)Amendment sought to give manufacturers the opportunity to provide information to DoD regarding how their bid for a contract will affect domestic employment. It would have allowed the DoD to take this information into consideration, but would not have mandated that DoD consider this information when awarding the contract.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sarbanes amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sarbanes demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sarbanes amendment no. 24.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.308 Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Sarbanes. (consideration: CR H3615-3616, H3632; text: CR H3615)Amendment sought to strike Section 937 of the bill relating to Modification of Temporary Suspension of Public-Private Competitions for Conversion of Department of Defense Functions to Contractor Performance.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.307 On agreeing to the McKeon amendments (A007) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the McKeon en bloc #2 amendments as modified.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.307 Amendments en bloc (A007) offered by Mr. McKeon. (consideration: CR H3609-3615; text and text as modified en bloc: CR H3609-3614)Amendment comprised of the following amendments offered en bloc: amendments numbered 44, 45, 51, 52, 58, 68, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 98, and 99 printed in House Report 112-88 with appropriate modifications which were submitted to the desk.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.306 On agreeing to the Carson (IN) amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Carson amendment no. 19.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.306 Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Carson (IN). (consideration: CR H3607-3609; text: CR H3608)Amendment directs the Department of Defense to provide mental health assessments to service members during deployment and, when possible, these assessments should include a review of all past health records originated by the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hunter amendment no. 12, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Smith(WA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hunter amendment no. 12.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.305 Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Hunter. (consideration: CR H3605-3607, H3631-3632; text: CR H3605-3606)Amendment sought to create a five-year pilot program to provide opportunity scholarships to dependent children with special education needs. Opportunity scholarships would have been set at $7,500 a year and would have been available to approximately 250 children under the pilot program for the purpose of attending a private, public or charter school of choice. The Department of Defense would have administered the program, in coordination with the Secretary of Education.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.304 On agreeing to the Carter amendment (A004) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Carter amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.304 Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. Carter. (consideration: CR H3604-3605; text: CR H3604)Amendment extends protected communications covered under the Whistleblower Protection Act to include ideologically based threats or actions which could be counterproductive or detrimental to the United States' interests or security.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.303 On agreeing to the McKeon amendments (A003) as modified Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the McKeon en bloc #1 amendments as modified.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.303 McKeon amendment (A003) modified by unanimous consent. Various amendments contained in the en bloc were modified by unanimous consent. (text as modified en bloc: CR H3601-3602)
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.303 Amendments en bloc (A003) offered by Mr. McKeon. (consideration: CR H3597-3601; text en bloc: CR H3597-3601)Amendment comprised of the following amendments offered en bloc: amendments numbered 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 29, 34, 35, and 36, printed in House Report 112-88 with appropriate modifications which were submitted to the desk.
2011-05-25	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Woolsey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Woolsey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Woolsey amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.302 Amendment (A002) offered by Ms. Woolsey. (consideration: CR H3596-3597, H3630-3631; text: CR H3596)Amendment sought to eliminate the availability of funds for procurement of the Navy and Air Force V-22 Osprey aircraft.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.301 On agreeing to the Wittman amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
2011-05-25	House	DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 276, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wittman amendment.
2011-05-25	House	H.AMDT.301 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Wittman. (consideration: CR H3595-3596; text: CR H3595)Amendment grants the Secretary of the Navy the authority for advance purchase of major components for the next two aircraft carriers to achieve cost savings and to ensure maintenance of critical skills in the aircraft carrier industrial base. The amendment also ensures that carriers are constructed on a five-year cycle with continuous and incremental funding for procurement.
2011-05-25	House	The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
2011-05-25	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3436-3621)
2011-05-25	House	Rule H. Res. 276 passed House.
2011-05-24	House	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 276 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1540. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. It shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Armed Services now printed in the bill.
2011-05-24	House	Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 1540 as unfinished business.
2011-05-24	House	GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 1540.
2011-05-24	House	The Speaker designated the Honorable Steve Womack to act as Chairman of the Committee.
2011-05-24	House	House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 269 and Rule XVIII.
2011-05-24	House	Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1216 and H.R. 1540. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate and waives all points of order against consideration of the measures. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 1216 with or without instructions. The rule also provides that after general debate on H.R. 1540, the Committee of the Whole shall rise without motion and that no further consideration of the bill shall occur except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
2011-05-24	House	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 269. (consideration: CR H3388-3396)
2011-05-24	House	Rule H. Res. 269 passed House.
2011-05-23	House	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 269 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1216 and H.R. 1540. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The rule provides for 1 hour of general debate and waives all points of order against consideration of the measures. The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 1216 with or without instructions. The rule also provides that after general debate on H.R. 1540, the Committee of the Whole shall rise without motion and that no further consideration of the bill shall occur except pursuant to a subsequent order of the House.
2011-05-23	House	Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Armed Services, H. Rept. 112-78, Part II.
2011-05-23	House	Mr. McKeon asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to file a supplemental report on H.R. 1540. Agreed to without objection.
2011-05-17	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 39.
2011-05-17	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Armed Services. H. Rept. 112-78.
2011-05-11	House	Mr. Reed asked unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services have until 5:00 p.m. on May 17 to file a report on H.R. 1540. Agreed to without objection.
2011-05-11	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 60 - 1.
2011-05-11	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-04-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

HR269 (Related) 2011-05-24 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR276 (Related) 2011-05-25 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB981 (Related) 2011-05-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HB1942 (Related) 2011-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HB1999 (Related) 2011-06-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
SB1044 (Related) 2011-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
SB1062 (Related) 2011-05-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HB2570 (Related) 2011-09-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
SB1867 (Related) 2011-12-01 - See also H.R. 1540.
SB1777 (Related) 2011-11-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HR493 (Related) 2011-12-14 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
SB2112 (Related) 2012-02-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HB4401 (Related) 2012-07-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
SB493 (Related) 2011-05-04 - Cloture on the bill (S. 493) not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 64. (consideration: CR S2661; text: CR S2661)
HCR92 (Related) 2011-12-15 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/1540/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1540/BILLS-112hr1540ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1540/BILLS-112hr1540eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1540/BILLS-112hr1540rh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1540/BILLS-112hr1540eas.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr1540/BILLS-112hr1540enr.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00230.htm
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011343
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011344
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011345
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011346
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011347
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011348
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011349
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011350
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011351
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011352
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011353
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011354
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011355
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011356
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011357
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011358
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011359
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011360
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011361
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011362
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011363
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011364
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011365
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011366
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011367
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011368
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011369
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011370
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011371
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011372
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011373
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011374
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011375
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011892
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011893
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011931
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2011932