House Floor Summary

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 964, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Crawford amendment No. 16.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Crawford, numbered 16 printed in House Report 115-785 to reduce Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $1,000,000 and increases it by the same to be used for explosive ordnance disposal equipment upgrades and technology enhancements.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Clark (MA) amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Clark (MA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 964, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Clark (MA) amendment No. 15.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Clark (MA), numbered 15 printed in House Report 115-785 to reduce and then increases the defense-wide research, development, test and evaluation account by $14.364 million with the intent of supporting DOD innovation.

On agreeing to the Jackson Lee amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 964, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson Lee amendment No. 14.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Jackson Lee, numbered 14 printed in House Report 115-785 to reduce funding for Procurement, Defense-Wide, by $10 million and increases funding for Defense Health Programs by $10 million in order to address Triple Negative Breast Cancer research.

On agreeing to the Delaney amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Delaney, numbered 13 printed in House Report 115-785 to provide for an additional $5 million for the Fisher House Foundation which is offset by an outlay neutral reduction in the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide account.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 964, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Delaney amendment No. 13.

On agreeing to the Gabbard amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 964, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gabbard amendment No. 12.

An amendment, offered by Ms. Gabbard, numbered 12 printed in House Report 115-785 to increase open air burn pits research funding by $1 million.

On agreeing to the Nolan amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 964, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Nolan amendment No. 11.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Nolan, numbered 11 printed in House Report 115-785 to provide an additional $6 million for the Department of Defense's Lung Cancer Research Program and decreases the Operations and Maintenance, Defense-wide account by the same amount.

On agreeing to the Welch amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Welch, numbered 10 printed in House Report 115-785 to increase funding for the Defense Health programs by $1 million and decreases the Operations and Maintenance account, Defense-Wide, by $1.3 million to improve coordination between DoD and the VA as both agencies study the effects of toxic exposure to burn pits.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 964, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Welch amendment No. 10.