Amendments en bloc compromised of the following amendments numbered 4, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, 30 and 31 printed in House Report 114-571. See page D537 of the Congressional Record of May 18, 2015 for description of en bloc amendments.

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   Change 1: Rewrites page 120, lines 9–19

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   Inserted: Section 701(i) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:

   Inserted: "(3) In the event that two members of the armed forces who are married to each other adopt a child in a qualifying child adoption, the two members shall be allowed a total of at least 36 days of leave under this subsection, to be shared between the two members. The Secretary concerned shall permit the transfer of such leave between the two members to accommodate individual family circumstances.".

   Original wording

   In section 522, page 120, strike lines 9 through 19, and insert the following:

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   Change 2: Strikes page 130, lines 9–20

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   Removes page 130, lines 9–20 of the printed bill. See that page

   Original wording

   In section 529, page 130, strike lines 9 through 20.

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   Change 3: Adds SEC. 5__. REPORT ON EXTENDING PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENT LOANS FOR ACTIVE DUTY BORROWERS at the end of subtitle H of title V

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   Inserted: SEC. 5__. REPORT ON EXTENDING PROTECTIONS FOR STUDENT LOANS FOR ACTIVE DUTY BORROWERS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report detailing the information, assistance, and efforts to support and inform active duty members of the Armed Forces with respect to the rights and resources available under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.) regarding student loans. The report shall include, at a minimum, the following:

   Inserted: (1) A description of the coordination and information sharing between the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education regarding the eligibility of members, and requests by members, to apply the interest rate limitation under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act with respect to existing Federal and private student loans.

   Inserted: (2) The number of such members with student loans who elect to have the maximum interest rates set in accordance with such Act.

   Inserted: (3) The number of such members whose student loans have an interest rate that exceeds such maximum rate.

   Inserted: (4) Methods by which the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education can automate the process by which members with student loans elect to have the maximum interest rates set in accordance with such Act.

   Inserted: (5) A discussion of the effectiveness of such Act in providing protection to members of the Armed Forces with respect to student loans.

   Inserted: (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the follow:

   Inserted: (1) The congressional defense committees.

   Inserted: (2) The Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate.

   Inserted: amendment no. 16 offered by mr. hastings of florida

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle H of title V, add the following new section:

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   Change 4: Adds SEC. 599A. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENTS OF MEDICAL EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYMENTS FROM DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL INCOME WITH RESPECT TO PENSIONS FOR VETERANS AND SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF VETERANS on page 173, line 2

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   Inserted: SEC. 599A. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENTS OF MEDICAL EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYMENTS FROM DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL INCOME WITH RESPECT TO PENSIONS FOR VETERANS AND SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF VETERANS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Section 1503(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (12) as paragraphs (7) through (13), respectively; and

   Inserted: (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph (6):

   Inserted: "(6) payments regarding reimbursements of any kind (including insurance settlement payments) for medical expenses resulting from any accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss (as defined by the Secretary), but the amount excluded under this clause shall not exceed the costs of medical care provided to the victim of the accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss.".

   Inserted: (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

   Inserted: amendment no. 17 offered by mr. larson of connecticut

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   Page 173, after line 2, insert the following:

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   Change 5: Adds SEC. 7__. APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS at the end of subtitle C of title VII

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   Inserted: SEC. 7__. APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS.

   Inserted: (a) Rates of Reimbursement.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--In furnishing applied behavior analysis under the TRICARE program to individuals described in paragraph (2) during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, and ending on December 31, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the reimbursement rates for providers of applied behavior analysis are not less than the rates that were in effect on March 31, 2016.

   Inserted: (2) Individuals described.--Individuals described in this paragraph are individuals who are covered beneficiaries (as defined in section 1072 of title 10, United States Code) by reason of being a member or former member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, including the reserve components thereof, or a dependent of such a member or former member.

   Inserted: (b) Analysis.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Upon the completion of the Department of Defense Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs shall conduct an analysis to--

   Inserted: (A) use data gathered during the demonstration to set future reimbursement rates for providers of applied behavior analysis under the TRICARE program; and

   Inserted: (B) review comparative commercial insurance claims for purposes of setting such future rates, including by--

   Inserted: (i) conducting an analysis of the comparative total of commercial insurance claims billed for applied behavior analysis; and

   Inserted: (ii) reviewing any covered beneficiary limitations on access to applied behavior analysis services at various military installations throughout the United States.

   Inserted: (2) Submission.--The Assistant Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the analysis conducted under paragraph (1).

   Inserted: (c) Funding.--

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   Inserted: (1) Increase.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 1405 for the Defense Health Program, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4501, for Private Sector Care is hereby increased by $32,000,000.

   Inserted: (2) Offset.--Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the funding tables in division D, the amount authorized to be appropriated in section 4301 for operation and maintenance, as specified in the corresponding funding table in section 4301, for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Line 300) is hereby reduced by $32,000,000.

   Inserted: (d) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that amounts should be appropriated for behavioral health treatment of TRICARE beneficiaries, including pursuant to this section, in a manner to ensure the appropriate and equitable access to such treatment by all such beneficiaries.

   Inserted: amendment no. 19 offered by mr. kelly of pennsylvania

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle C of title VII, add the following new section:

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   Change 6: Adds SEC. 12XX. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE ARMS TRADE TREATY at the end of subtitle E of title XII

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   Inserted: SEC. 12XX. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE ARMS TRADE TREATY.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to fund a Secretariat or any other international organization established to support the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, to sustain domestic prosecutions based on any charge related to the Treaty, or to implement the Treaty until the Senate approves a resolution of ratification for the Treaty and implementing legislation for the Treaty has been enacted into law.

   Inserted: (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the Department of Defense from assisting foreign countries in bringing their laws, regulations, and practices related to export control up to United States standards.

   Inserted: amendment no. 21 offered by mr. mulvaney of south carolina

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

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   Change 7: Adds SEC. 1523. CODIFICATION OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET CRITERIA on page 603, line 6

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   Inserted: SEC. 1523. CODIFICATION OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET CRITERIA.

   Inserted: The Secretary of Defense shall implement the following criteria in requests for overseas contingency operations:

   Inserted: (1) Geographic Area Covered - For theater of operations for non-classified war overseas contingency operations funding, the geographic areas in which combat or direct combat support operations occur are: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrhyzstan, the Horn of Africa, Persian Gulf and Gulf nations, Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, and other countries on a case-by-case basis.

   Inserted: (2) Permitted Inclusions in the Overseas Contingency Operation Budget

   Inserted: (A) Major Equipment

   Inserted: (i) Replacement of loses that have occurred but only for items not already programmed for replacement in the Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), but not including accelerations, which must be made in the base budget.

   Inserted: (ii) Replacement or repair to original capability (to upgraded capability if that is currently available) of equipment returning from theater. The replacement may be a similar end item if the original item is no longer in production. Incremental cost of non-war related upgrades, if made, should be included in the base.

   Inserted: (iii) Purchase of specialized, theater-specific equipment.

   Inserted: (iv) Funding for major equipment must be obligated within 12 months.

   Inserted: (B) Ground Equipment Replacement

   Inserted: (i) For combat losses and returning equipment that is not economical to repair, the replacement of equipment may be given to coalition partners, if consistent with approved policy.

   Inserted: (ii) In-theater stocks above customary equipping levels on a case-by-case basis.

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   Inserted: (C) Equipment Modifications

   Inserted: (i) Operationally-required modifications to equipment used in theater or in direct support of combat operations and that is not already programmed in FYDP.

   Inserted: (ii) Funding for equipment modifications must be able be obligated in 12 months.

   Inserted: (D) Munitions

   Inserted: (i) Replenishment of munitions expended in combat operations in theater.

   Inserted: (ii) Training ammunition for theater-unique training events.

   Inserted: (iii) While forecasted expenditures are not permitted, a case-by-case assessment for munitions where existing stocks are insufficient to sustain theater combat operations.

   Inserted: (E) Aircraft Replacement

   Inserted: (i) Combat losses by accident that occur in the theater of operations.

   Inserted: (ii) Combat losses by enemy action that occur in the theater of operations.

   Inserted: (F) Military Construction

   Inserted: (i) Facilities and infrastructure in the theater of operations in direct support of combat operations. The level of construction should be the minimum to meet operational requirements.

   Inserted: (ii) At non-enduring locations, facilities and infrastructure for temporary use.

   Inserted: (iii) At enduring locations, facilities and infrastructure for temporary use.

   Inserted: (iv) At enduring locations, construction requirements must be tied to surge operations or major changes in operational requirements and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

   Inserted: (G) Research and development projects for combat operations in these specific theaters that can be delivered in 12 months.

   Inserted: (H) Operations

   Inserted: (i) Direct War costs:

   Inserted: (I) Transport of personnel, equipment, and supplies to, from and within the theater of operations.

   Inserted: (II) Deployment-specific training and preparation for unites and personnel (military and civilian) to assume their directed missions as defined in the orders for deployment into the theater of operations.

   Inserted: (ii) Within the theater, the incremental costs above the funding programmed in the base budget to:

   Inserted: (I) Support commanders in the conduct of their directed missions (to include Emergency Response Programs).

   Inserted: (II) Build and maintain temporary facilities.

   Inserted: (III) Provide food, fuel, supplies, contracted services and other support.

   Inserted: (IV) Cover the operational costs of coalition partners supporting US military missions, as mutually agreed.

   Inserted: (iii) Indirect war costs incurred outside the theater of operations will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

   Inserted: (I) Health

   Inserted: (i) Short-term care directly related to combat.

   Inserted: (ii) Infrastructure that is only to be used during the current conflict.

   Inserted: (J) Personnel

   Inserted: (i) Incremental special pays and allowances for Service members and civilians deployed to a combat zone.

   Inserted: (ii) Incremental pay, special pays and allowances for Reserve Component personnel mobilized to support war missions.

   Inserted: (K) Special Operations Command

   Inserted: (i) Operations that meet the criteria in this guidance.

   Inserted: (ii) Equipment that meets the criteria in this guidance.

   Inserted: (L) Prepositioned Supplies and equipment for resetting in-theater stocks of supplies and equipment to pre-war levels.

   Inserted: (M) Security force funding to train, equip, and sustain Iraqi and Afghan military and police forces.

   Inserted: (N) Fuel

   Inserted: (i) War fuel costs and funding to ensure that logistical support to combat operations is not degraded due to cash losses in the Department of Defense's baseline fuel program.

   Inserted: (ii) Enough of any base fuel shortfall attributable to fuel price increases to maintain sufficient on-hand cash for the Defense Working Capital Funds to cover seven days disbursements.

   Inserted: (3) Excluded items from Overseas Contingency Funding that must be funded from the base budget

   Inserted: (A) Training vehicles, aircraft, ammunition, and simulators, but not training base stocks of specialized, theater-specific equipment that is required to support combat operations in the theater of operations, and support to deployment-specific training described above.

   Inserted: (B) Acceleration of equipment service life extension programs already in the Future Years Defense Plan.

   Inserted: (C) Base Realignment and Closure projects.

   Inserted: (D) Family support initiatives

   Inserted: (i) Construction of childcare facilities.

   Inserted: (ii) Funding for private-public partisanships to expand military families' access to childcare.

   Inserted: (iii) Support for service members' spouses professional development.

   Inserted: (E) Programs to maintain industrial base capacity including "war-stoppers."

   Inserted: (F) Personnel

   Inserted: (i) Recruiting and retention bonuses to maintain end-strength.

   Inserted: (ii) Basic Pay and the Basic allowances for Housing and Subsistence for permanently authorized end strength.

   Inserted: (iii) Individual augmentees on a case-by-case basis.

   Inserted: (G) Support for the personnel, operations, or the construction or maintenance of facilities, at U.S. Offices of Security Cooperation in theater.

   Inserted: (H) Costs for reconfiguring prepositioned supplies and equipment or for maintaining them.

   Inserted: (4) Special Situations - Items proposed for increases in reprogrammings or as payback for prior reprogrammings must meet the criteria above.

   Inserted: amendment no. 22 offered by mr. himes of connecticut

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   Change 8: Adds SEC. 16_. REPORT ON POLICIES FOR RESPONDING TO MALICIOUS CYBER ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OR UNITED STATES PERSONS BY FOREIGN STATES OR NON-STATE ACTORS at the end of subtitle C of title XVI

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   Inserted: SEC. 16_. REPORT ON POLICIES FOR RESPONDING TO MALICIOUS CYBER ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OR UNITED STATES PERSONS BY FOREIGN STATES OR NON-STATE ACTORS.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on policies, doctrine, procedures, and authorities governing Department of Defense activities in response to malicious cyber activities carried out against the United States or United States persons by foreign states or non-state actors.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) Specific citations to appropriate associated Executive branch and agency directives, guidance, instructions, and other authoritative policy documents.

   Inserted: (2) Descriptions of relevant authorities, rules of engagement, command and control structures, and response plans.

   Inserted: amendment no. 24 offered by ms. tsongas of massachusetts

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   At the end of subtitle C of title XVI, add the following:

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   Change 9: Adds SEC. 1__. REPORT ON P-8 POSEIDON AIRCRAFT at the end of subtitle C of title I

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   Inserted: SEC. 1__. REPORT ON P-8 POSEIDON AIRCRAFT.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than October 1, 2017, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report regarding future capabilities for the P-8 Poseidon aircraft.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the P-8 Poseidon aircraft, the following:

   Inserted: (1) A review of possible upgrades by the Navy to the sensors onboard the aircraft, including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance sensors currently being fielded on Air Force platforms.

   Inserted: (2) An assessment of the ability of the Navy to use long-range multispectral imaging systems onboard the aircraft.

   Inserted: amendment no. 26 offered by mr. blumenauer of oregon

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   At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following new section:

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    Change 10: Adds SEC. 1__. REPORT ON COST OF B-21 AIRCRAFT at the end of subtitle D of title I

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    Inserted: SEC. 1__. REPORT ON COST OF B-21 AIRCRAFT.

    Inserted: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the cost of the B-21 aircraft. The report shall include an estimate of the total cost of research, production, and maintenance for the aircraft expressed in constant base-year dollars and in current dollars.

    Inserted: amendment no. 29 offered by mr. kildee of michigan

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    At the end of subtitle D of title I, add the following new section:

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    Change 11: Adds SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS at the end of subtitle B of title III

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    Inserted: SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    Inserted: It is the Sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should work with State and local health officials to prevent human exposure to perfluorinated chemicals.

    Inserted: amendment no. 30 offered by mr. poliquin of maine

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    At the end of subtitle B of title III, insert the following:

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    Change 12: Adds SEC. 3__. REPORT ON AVERAGE TRAVEL COSTS OF MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS at the end of subtitle D of title III

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    Inserted: SEC. 3__. REPORT ON AVERAGE TRAVEL COSTS OF MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS.

    Inserted: Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the travel expenses of members of reserve components associated with performing active duty service, active service, full-time National Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, and inactive-duty training, as such terms are defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United States Code. Such report shall include the average annual cost for all travel expenses for a member of a reserve component.

    Inserted: amendment no. 31 offered by mr. farenthold of texas

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    At the end of subtitle D of title III, add the following new section:

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    Change 13: Adds SEC. 3__. ACCESS TO WIRELESS HIGH-SPEED INTERNET AND NETWORK CONNECTIONS FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED OVERSEAS at the end of title III

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    Inserted: SEC. 3__. ACCESS TO WIRELESS HIGH-SPEED INTERNET AND NETWORK CONNECTIONS FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES DEPLOYED OVERSEAS.

    Inserted: Consistent with section 2492a of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense is encouraged to enter into contracts with third-party vendors in order to provide members of the Armed Forces who are deployed overseas at any United States military facility, at which wireless high-speed Internet and network connections are otherwise available, with access to such Internet and network connections without charge.

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    At the end of title III, add the following new section:

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