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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.

On agreeing to the Hudson 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 Hudson amendment No. 9.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Hudson, numbered 9 printed in House Report 115-785 to increase Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide funds by $5 million to provide for additional training of Special Operations Forces.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Gallagher amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Gallagher 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 Gallagher Amendment No. 8.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Gallagher, numbered 8 printed in House Report 115-785 to increase funding for Air Force AIM-120D missile procurement by $33M to help meet Indo-PACOM required critical capabilities and match the House-passed authorization in the FY 2019 NDAA, while reducing defense-wide operation and maintenance by the same amount.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Gallagher amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Mr. Gallagher 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 Gallagher Amendment No. 7.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Gallagher, numbered 7 printed in House Report 115-785 to increase funding for Navy AIM-120D missile procurement by $23.8M to help meet Indo-PACOM required critical capabilities and match the House-passed authorization in the FY 2019 NDAA, while reducing defense-wide operation and maintenance by the same amount.

On agreeing to the Kuster (NH) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration of title XVII of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Royce (CA), Kinzinger, and Engel.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Financial Services for consideration of title XVII of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hensarling, Barr, and Waters, Maxine.

The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Energy and Commerce for consideration of title XVII of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Latta, Johnson (OH), and Pallone.