Amendments en bloc comprised of the following amendments numbered 8, 14, 25, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, and 45 printed in House Report 114-571. See page D538 of the Congressional Record of May 18, 2016 for description of en bloc amendments.

amendment no. 8 offered by mr. desantis of florida

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

SEC. 12XX. LIMITATION ON MILITARY CONTACT AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA.

(a) Limitation.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense may be used for any bilateral military-to-military contact or cooperation between the Governments of the United States and Cuba until the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, certify to the appropriate congressional committees that--

(1) the Government of Cuba has--

(A) met the requirements and satisfied the factors specified in sections 205 and 206 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6065 and 6066); and

(B) resolved, to the full satisfaction of United States law, all outstanding claims and judgments belonging to United States nationals against the Government of Cuba, including but not limited to claims regarding property confiscated by the Government of Cuba;

(2) the Cuban military and other security forces in Cuba have ceased committing human right abuses, including arbitrary arrests, beatings, and other acts of repudiation, against those who express opposition to the Castro regime, civil rights activists and other citizens of Cuba, as well as all persecution, intimidation, arrest, imprisonment, and assassination of dissidents and members of faith-based organizations;

(3) the Cuban military has ceased providing military intelligence, weapons training, strategic planning, and security logistics to the military and security forces of Venezuela;

(4) the Government of Cuba no longer demands that the United States relinquish control of Guantanamo Bay, in violation of an international treaty;

(5) the Government of Cuba returns to the United States fugitives wanted by the Department of Justice for crimes committed in the United States; and

(6) the officials of the Cuban military that were indicted in the murder of United States citizens during the shoot down of planes operated by the Brothers to the Rescue humanitarian organization in 1996 are brought to justice.

(b) Exceptions.--The limitation on the use of funds under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to--

(1) payments in furtherance of the lease agreement, or other financial transactions necessary for maintenance and improvements of the military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including any adjacent areas under the control or possession of the United States;

(2) assistance or support in furtherance of democracy-building efforts for Cuba described in section 109 of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (22 U.S.C. 6039); or

(3) customary and routine financial transactions necessary for the maintenance, improvements, or regular duties of the United States mission in Havana, including outreach to the pro-democracy opposition.

(c) Definitions.--In this section:

(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term “appropriate congressional committees” means--

(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and

(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

(2) Bilateral military-to-military contact or cooperation.--The term “bilateral military-to-military contact or cooperation”--

(A) means--

(i) reciprocal visits and meetings by high-ranking delegations;

(ii) information sharing, policy consultations, security dialogues or other forms of consultative discussions;

(iii) exchange of military instructors, training personnel, and students;

(iv) defense planning; and

(v) military training or exercises; but

(B) does not include any contact or cooperation that is in support of the United States stability operations.

(3) Cuban military.--The term “Cuban military” means--

(A) the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, the Ministry of the Interior of Cuba, or any subdivision of either such Ministry;

(B) any agency, instrumentality, or other entity that is owned, operated, or controlled by an entity specified in subparagraph (A); or

(C) an individual who is a senior member of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba or the Ministry of the Interior of Cuba.

(d) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to funds described in subsection (a) that are unobligated as of such date of enactment.

amendment no. 14 offered by mr. desantis of florida

Page 139, after line 22, insert the following:

SEC. 547. CAREER MILITARY JUSTICE LITIGATION TRACK FOR JUDGE ADVOCATES.

(a) Career Litigation Track Required.--

(1) In general.--The Secretary of each military department shall establish a career military justice litigation track for judge advocates in the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.

(2) Consultation.--The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force shall establish the litigation track required by this section in consultation with the Judge Advocate General of the Army and the Judge Advocate General of the Air Force, respectively. The Secretary of the Navy shall establish the litigation track in consultation with the Judge Advocate General of the Navy and the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

(b) Elements.--Each career litigation track under this section shall provide for the following:

(1) Assignment and advancement of qualified judge advocates in and through assignments and billets relating to the practice of military justice under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of Military Justice).

(2) Establishing for each Armed Force the assignments and billets covered by paragraph (1), which shall include trial counsel, defense counsel, military trial judge, military appellate judge, academic instructor, all positions within criminal law offices or divisions of such Armed Force, Special Victims Prosecutor, Victims' Legal Counsel, Special Victims' Counsel, and such other positions as the Secretary of the military department concerned shall specify.

(3) For judge advocates participating in such litigation track, mechanisms as follows:

(A) To prohibit a judge advocate from more than a total of four years of duty or assignments outside such litigation track

(B) To prohibit any adverse assessment of a judge advocate so participating by reason of such participation in the promotion of officers through grade O-6 (or such higher grade as the Secretary of the military department concerned shall specify for purposes of such litigation track).

(4) Such additional requirements and qualifications for the litigation track as the Secretary of the military department concerned considers appropriate, including requirements and qualifications that take into account the unique personnel needs and requirement of an Armed Force.

(c) Implementation Deadline.--Each Secretary of a military department shall implement the career litigation track required by this section for the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary by not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(d) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the progress of such Secretary in implementing the career litigation track required under this section for the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary.

amendment no. 25 offered by mr. lamalfa of california

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

SEC. 1__. PROHIBITION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR RETIREMENT OF U-2 AIRCRAFT.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Air Force may be obligated or expended to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage or on backup aircraft inventory status any U-2 aircraft.

amendment no. 27 offered by mr. hudson of north carolina

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

SEC. 1__. BRIEFING ON ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR GROUND MOBILITY VEHICLE.

(a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army, shall present to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the acquisition strategy for the Ground Mobility Vehicle for use with the Global Response Force.

(b) Elements.--The briefing under subsection (a) shall include an assessment of--

(1) whether the Ground Mobility Vehicle is a suitable candidate for solutions that would utilize militarized commercial off-the-shelf platforms leveraging existing global automotive supply chains to satisfy requirements and reduce the life-cycle cost of the program;

(2) whether the acquisition strategy meets the focus areas specified in the Better Buying Power initiative of the Secretary of Defense; and

(3) whether including an active safety system like electronic stability control in the Ground Mobility Vehicle, as such system is used on the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, is expected to reduce the risk of vehicle rollover.

amendment no. 28 offered by mr. sanford of south carolina

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

SEC. 1__. STANDARDIZATION OF 5.56MM RIFLE AMMUNITION.

(a) Report.--If, on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Army and the Marine Corps are each using different variants of 5.56mm rifle ammunition, the Secretary of Defense shall, on such date, submit to the congressional defense committees a report explaining the reasons that the Army and the Marine Corps are using different variants of such ammunition.

(b) Standardization Requirement.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Army and the Marine Corps are using the same variant of 5.56mm rifle ammunition.

(c) Exception.--Subsection (b) shall not apply in a case in which the Secretary of Defense--

(1) determines that a state of emergency requires the Army and the Marine Corps to use different variants of 5.56mm rifle ammunition; and

(2) certifies to the congressional defense committees that such a determination has been made.

amendment no. 32 offered by mr. cartwright of pennsylvania

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

SEC. 3__. SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING AVAILABILITY OF SURPLUS AMMUNITION.

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall implement a formal process to provide Government agencies outside the Department of Defense with information on the availability of surplus, serviceable ammunition for the purpose of reducing the overall storage and disposal costs related to such ammunition.

amendment no. 33 offered by mr. forbes of virginia

Page 107, line 20, strike “322,900” and insert “324,615”.

amendment no. 34 offered by mr. jones of north carolina

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

SEC. 6__. ACCEPTANCE OF MILITARY STAR CARD AT COMMISSARIES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that--

(1) commissary stores accept as payment the Military Star Card; and

(2) any financial liability of the United States relating to such acceptance as payment be assumed by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.

(b) Military Star Card Defined.--In this section, the term “Military Star Card” means a credit card administered under the Exchange Credit Program by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.

amendment no. 35 offered by mr. allen of georgia

Page 141, line 17, after “senior military college” insert the following: “and each of the Reserve Officer Training Corps institutions selected for partnership by the cyber institutes at the individual service academies”.

amendment no. 38 offered by mr. desaulnier of california

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

SEC. 568. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

Section 1144(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(10) Provide information regarding the deduction of disability compensation paid by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 1175a(h) of this title by reason of voluntary separation pay received by the member.”.

amendment no. 40 offered by mr. keating of massachusetts

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

SEC. 5__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DESIRABILITY OF SERVICE-WIDE ADOPTION OF GOLD STAR INSTALLATION ACCESS CARD.

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of each military department and the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating should--

(1) provide for the issuance of a Gold Star Installation Access Card to Gold Star family members who are the survivors of deceased members of the Armed Forces in order to expedite the ability of a Gold Star family member to gain unescorted access to military installations for the purpose of obtaining the on-base services and benefits for which the Gold Star family member is entitled or eligible;

(2) work jointly to ensure that a Gold Star Installation Access Card issued to a Gold Star family member by one Armed Force is accepted for access to military installations of another Armed Force; and

(3) in developing, issuing, and accepting the Gold Star Installation Access Card--

(A) prevent fraud in the procurement or use of the Gold Star Installation Access Card;

(B) limit installation access to those areas that provide the services and benefits for which the Gold Star family member is entitled or eligible; and

(C) ensure that the availability and use of the Gold Star Installation Access Card does not adversely affect military installation security.

amendment no. 41 offered by ms. kaptur of ohio

Page 186, after line 25, insert the following new subsection:

(c) Report.--Not later than 90 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 dependency and indemnity compensation offset under sections 1450(c) of title 10, United States Code. The report shall include the following:

(1) The total number of individuals affected by such offset.

(2) Of the number of individuals covered under paragraph (1), the number who are covered by section 1448(d) of title 10, United States Code, listed by the rank of the deceased member and the current age of the individual.

(3) Of the number of individuals under paragraph (1), the number who are not covered by section 1448(d) of title 10, United States Code, listed by the rank of the deceased member and the current age of the individual.

(4) The average amount of money that is affected by such offset, including the average amounts with respect to--

(A) individuals described in paragraph (2); and

(B) individuals described in paragraph (3).

(5) The number of recipients for the special survivor indemnity allowance under section 1450(m) of title 10, United States Code.

amendment no. 42 offered by mr. kildee of michigan

Page 264, line 7, insert “and units” after “members”.

Page 265, after line 8, insert the following:

(3) High risk veterans.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall use the results under subsection (c) to provide outreach regarding the available preventative and treatment resources for mental health for enrolled veterans who were deployed with the units identified under this subsection.

Page 265, line 16, insert “and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs” after “Defense”.

Page 265, line 17, insert “and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs” after “Services”.

Page 265, line 18, insert “and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs” after “Services”.

Page 266, strike lines 3 through 6 and insert the following:

(f) Definitions.--In this section:

(1) Military services.--The term “military services” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, and the Marine Corps, including the reserve components thereof.

(2) Enrolled veteran.--The term “enrolled veteran” means a veteran enrolled in the health care system of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

amendment no. 45 offered by ms. jackson lee of texas

At the end of title VII (page 273, after line 12), insert the following new section:

SEC. 749. INCREASED COLLABORATION WITH NIH TO COMBAT TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER.

The Office of Health of the Department of Defense shall work in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health to--

(1) identify specific genetic and molecular targets and biomarkers for triple negative breast cancer; and

(2) provide information useful in biomarker selection, drug discovery, and clinical trials design that will enable both--

(A) triple negative breast cancer patients to be identified earlier in the progression of their disease; and

(B) the development of multiple targeted therapies for the disease.