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Appropriations bill FY2006, Defense (Identified by CRS)
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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007

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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007

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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007

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Making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.


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Date Actions Overview
09/29/2006Became Public Law No: 109-289. (TXT | PDF)
09/29/2006Signed by President.
09/29/2006Presented to President.
09/29/2006Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 261.
09/26/2006Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 394 - 22 (Roll no. 486).
09/25/2006Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 109-676 filed.(text of conference report: CR H6996-7309)
09/21/2006Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
09/07/2006Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record Vote Number: 239.(text as passed Senate: CR S9260-9278)
07/25/2006Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-292.
06/20/2006Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 407 - 19 (Roll no. 305).
06/16/2006The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-504, by Mr. Young (FL).
06/16/2006Introduced in House

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Date Chamber All Actions
09/29/2006Became Public Law No: 109-289. (TXT | PDF)
09/29/2006Signed by President.
09/29/2006HousePresented to President.
09/29/2006SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
09/29/2006SenateSenate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 100 - 0. Record Vote Number: 261.
09/29/2006SenateConference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S10499-10501)
09/28/2006SenateConference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S10433-10442)
09/27/2006SenateConference papers: Senate report and manager's statement message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
09/26/2006-9:46pmHouseOn agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 394 - 22 (Roll no. 486).
09/26/2006-9:46pmHouseMotions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
09/26/2006-9:42pmHouseThe House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 109-676 as unfinished business.
09/26/2006-6:37pmHousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair put the question on adoption of the conference report and pursuant to the rule, announced that the Yeas and Nays were ordered. Subsequently, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the conference report until later in the legislative day.
09/26/2006-6:37pmHouseThe previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H7433)
09/26/2006-6:32pmHouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 5631.
09/26/2006-6:32pmHouseMr. Young (FL) brought up conference report H. Rept. 109-676 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 1037. (consideration: CR H7425-7433, H7467-7468)
09/26/2006-4:42pmHouseRule H. Res. 1037 passed House.
09/25/2006-8:36pmHouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1037 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 5631. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
09/25/2006-7:16pmHouseConference report H. Rept. 109-676 filed. (text of conference report: CR H6996-7309)
09/21/2006-2:23pmHouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
09/21/2006-2:23pmHouseon motion to close portions of the conference Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 411 - 12 (Roll no. 466). (consideration: CR H6879)
09/21/2006-2:05pmHouseMr. Young (FL) moved to close portions of the conference (consideration: CR H6879)
09/21/2006-2:04pmHouseThe Speaker appointed conferees: Young (FL), Hobson, Bonilla, Frelinghuysen, Tiahrt, Wicker, Kingston, Granger, LaHood, Lewis (CA), Murtha, Dicks, Sabo, Visclosky, Moran (VA), Kaptur, and Obey.
09/21/2006-2:03pmHouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
09/21/2006-2:03pmHouseOn motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H6879)
09/21/2006-2:03pmHouseMr. Young (FL) moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference.
09/21/2006-10:32amConferees agreed to file conference report.
Action By: Joint
09/08/2006SenateMessage on Senate action sent to the House.
09/07/2006SenateSenate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Stevens; Cochran; Specter; Domenici; Bond; McConnell; Shelby; Gregg; Hutchison; Burns; Inouye; Byrd; Leahy; Harkin; Dorgan; Durbin; Reid; Feinstein; Mikulski.
09/07/2006SenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record Vote Number: 239. (text as passed Senate: CR S9260-9278)
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4911 Amendment SA 4911 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record Vote Number: 238.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4915 Amendment SA 4915 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4915 Amendment SA 4915 proposed by Senator Bingaman. (consideration: CR S9092-9093; text: CR S9092-9093) To appropriate funds for emergency wildlife suppression.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4918 Amendment SA 4918 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4912 Amendment SA 4912 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4917 Amendment SA 4917 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4903 Amendment SA 4903 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4901 Amendment SA 4901 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4916 Amendment SA 4916 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4894 Amendment SA 4894 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4900 Amendment SA 4900 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4918 Amendment SA 4918 proposed by Senator Stevens. (consideration: CR S9092; text: CR S9092) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, up to $1,000,000 for research and development on the heavy fuel diesel engine.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4912 Amendment SA 4912 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S9092; text: CR S9092) To increase by $20,000,000 the amount made available by chapter 2 of title IX for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide for the purpose of assisting the African Union force in Sudan.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4917 Amendment SA 4917 proposed by Senator Stevens. (consideration: CR S9092; text: CR S9092) To provide the Secretary of the Army the ability to reimburse servicemembers and their families for financial hardships due to extended deployment overseas.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4903 Amendment SA 4903 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Bayh. (consideration: CR S9092; text: CR S9092) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, up to $6,000,000 for research and development on bioterrorism threats to troops.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4901 Amendment SA 4901 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Lieberman. (consideration: CR S9092; text: CR S9092) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, up to $1,500,000 for the development of a field-deployable hydrogen fueling station.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4916 Amendment SA 4916 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Cochran. (consideration: CR S9092; text: CR S9092) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, up to $300,000 for independent testing of the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Neutralizer III.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4894 Amendment SA 4894 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Baucus. (consideration: CR S9092; text: CR S9092) To make available from Other Procurement, Army, up to $1,500,000 for a Convoy Training Simulator for the Montana Army National Guard.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4900 Amendment SA 4900 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Graham. (consideration: CR S9092; text: CR S9092) To make available up to $2,000,000 for infrastructure for the Afghanistan military legal system.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4906 Proposed amendment SA 4906 withdrawn in Senate.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4857 Amendment SA 4857 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4913 Amendment SA 4913 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S9090)
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4913 Amendment SA 4913 proposed by Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S9090-9091) To require a report on procedures and guidelines in the event of further sectarian violence.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4857 Amendment SA 4857 proposed by Senator Kennedy. (consideration: CR S9089-9090, S9091-9092; text: CR S9089) To provide that none of the funds appropriated by this Act may be available for the conversion to contractor performance of certain activities or functions of the Department of Defense in cases where the contractor receives a competitive advantage by offering inferior retirement benefits to workers who are going to be employed in the performance of such activities or functions than those offered by the Department to comparable civilian employees.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4897 Amendment SA 4897 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4897 Motion to table amendment SA 4897 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 51. Record Vote Number: 237.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4909 Motion to table amendment SA 4909 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 236.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4911 Amendment SA 4911 proposed by Senator Reed. (consideration: CR S9086-9087, S9094; text: CR S9086) To make available an additional $65,400,000 for additional appropriations for Aircraft Procurement, Air Force, for the procurement of Predators for Special Operations forces, and to designate the amount as an emergency requirement.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4897 Motion to table amendment SA 4897 made in Senate.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4909 Motion to table amendment SA 4909 made in Senate.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4897 Amendment SA 4897 proposed by Senator Schumer. (consideration: CR S9085, S9086, S9089; text: CR S9085) To make available up to an additional $700,000,000 for Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities to combat the growth of poppies in Afghanistan, to eliminate the production and trade of opium, and heroin, and to prevent terrorists from using the proceeds for terrorist activities in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere, and to designate the additional amount as emergency spending.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4909 Amendment SA 4909 proposed by Senator Menendez. (consideration: CR S9083-9085, S9085-9086, S9087-9089; text: CR S9083) To prohibit the use of funds for a public relations program designed to monitor news media in the United States and the Middle East and create a database of news stories to promote positive coverage of the war in Iraq.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4907 Amendment SA 4907 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 0. Record Vote Number: 235.
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4907 Amendment SA 4907 proposed by Senator Conrad. (consideration: CR S9075-9082 ; text: CR 9075) To enhance intelligence community efforts to bring Osama bin Laden and other key leaders of al Qaeda to the justice they deserve.
09/07/2006SenateConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9075-9098)
09/07/2006SenateS.Amdt.4906 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9075, S9091-9092)
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4906 Amendment SA 4906 proposed by Senator Rockefeller. (consideration: CR S9068; text: CR S9068) To strike the section specifically authorizing intelligence and intelligence-related activities.
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4883 Amendment SA 4883 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4895 Motion to table amendment SA 4895 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 48. Record Vote Number: 234.
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4885 Motion to table amendment SA 4885 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 44. Record Vote Number: 233.
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4904 Ruled non-germane by the chair.
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4904 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4904.
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4904 Amendment SA 4904 proposed by Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S9030; text: CR S9030) Providing a sense of the Senate on the need for a new direction in Iraq policy and in the civilian leadership of the Department of Defense.
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4895 Amendment SA 4895 proposed by Senator Mikulski. (consideration: CR S8996-8998, S9034-9035; text CR S8996-8997) To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to enter into or carry out a contract for the performance by a contractor of any base operation support service at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital pursuant to a private-public competition conducted under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 that was initiated on June 13, 2000, and has the solicitation number DADA 10-03-R-0001.
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4882 Amendment SA 4882 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 30 - 70. Record Vote Number: 232.
09/06/2006SenateConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8992-8998, S8998-9035, S9066-9068)
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4885 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8992, S9030-9034)
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4882 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8992, S8992-8996)
09/06/2006SenateS.Amdt.4883 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8992, S9035)
09/05/2006SenateS.Amdt.4882 Amendment SA 4882 proposed by Senator Feinstein. (consideration: CR S8948-8950; text: CR S8948) To protect civilian lives from unexploded cluster munitions.
09/05/2006SenateS.Amdt.4883 Amendment SA 4883 proposed by Senator Allen. (consideration: CR S8926-8929; text: CR H8926) To make available from Defense Health Program $19,000,000 for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center.
09/05/2006SenateS.Amdt.4885 Amendment SA 4885 proposed by Senator Kennedy. (consideration: CR S8922-8926; text: CR S8923) To include information on civil war in Iraq in the quarterly reports on progress toward military and political stability in Iraq.
09/05/2006SenateConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8909-8912, S8922-8932, S8948-8950)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4863 Amendment SA 4863 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 0. Record Vote Number: 228.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4863 Amendment SA 4863 proposed by Senator Menendez. (consideration: CR S8716-8718; text: CR S8717) To make available from Operation and Maintenance, Navy, up to an additional $3,000,000 to fund improvements to physical security at Navy recruiting stations and to improve data security.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4875 Amendment SA 4875 ruled out of order by the chair.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4875 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4875.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4875 Amendment SA 4875 proposed by Senator Stabenow. (consideration: CR S8714-8716; text: CR S8714) To increase by $200,000,000 the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IX for the purpose of supplying needed humanitarian assistance to the innocent Lebanese and Israeli civilians who have been affected by the hostilities between Hezbollah and the Government of Israel.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4868 Amendment SA 4868 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4757 Amendment SA 4757 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4867 Amendment SA 4867 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8713)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4767 Amendment SA 4767 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4868 Amendment SA 4868 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Clinton. (consideration: CR S8713-8714; text: CR S8713-8714) To make available from Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, certain funds may be used for community-based programs that provide mental health and readjustment assistance to members of the National Guard and Reserve and their families on their return from deployment.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4757 Amendment SA 4757 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Santorum. (consideration: CR S8713-8714; text: CR S8713) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $3,000,000 for Advanced Switching and Cooling Concepts for Electromagnetic Gun Applications.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4867 Amendment SA 4867 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Byrd. (consideration: CR S8713-8714) To provide that, of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title II for the Army National Guard for operation and maintenance, up to $7,500,000 may be available to renovate and repair existing barracks at Camp Perry, Port Clinton, Ohio.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4767 Amendment SA 4767 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S8713-8714; text: CR S8713) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $1,000,000 for Thermoplastic Composite Body Armor research.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4842 Amendment SA 4842 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4844 Amendment SA 4844 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 31 - 67. Record Vote Number: 227.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4844 Amendment SA 4844 proposed by Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S8705-8711; text: CR S8705) To make available from Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Navy, up to $77,000,000 for the Conventional Trident Modification Program.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4855 Amendment SA 4855 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4797 Amendment SA 4797 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4860 Amendment SA 4860 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4841 Amendment SA 4841 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4864 Amendment SA 4864 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8704)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4801 Amendment SA 4801 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8704)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4840 Amendment SA 4840 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8704)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4761 Amendment SA 4761 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8704)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4851 Amendment SA 4851 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4849 Amendment SA 4849 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4846 Amendment SA 4846 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8704)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4774 Amendment SA 4774 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4855 Amendment SA 4855 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Dodd. (consideration: CR S8703-8705; text: CR S8704) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, up to $1,000,000 for Energy Regeneration and Conversion Fuel Cell Systems to address Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle requirements.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4797 Amendment SA 4797 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Voinovich. (consideration: CR S8703-8705; text: CR S8704) To provide that, of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV for the Army for research, development, test and evaluation, up to $1,000,000 may be available for the Portable Battery Operated Solid-State Electrochemical Oxygen Generator project.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4860 Amendment SA 4860 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Mikulski. (consideration: CR S8703-8705; text: CR S8704) To make available from Procurement, Defense-Wide, up to $12,6000,000 for the completion of the final phase of a certain intelligence activity.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4841 Amendment SA 4841 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Allen. (consideration: CR S8703-8705; text: CR S8704) To provide that, of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title II for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, up to $2,000,000 may be available for the Office of Economic Adjustment of the Department of Defense to conduct a traffic study and prepare a report on the improvements required to the transportation infrastructure around Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to accommodate the increase in the workforce located on and around Fort Belvoir resulting from the decisions implemented under the 2005 round of defense base closure and realignment.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4864 Amendment SA 4864 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Nelson FL. (consideration: CR S8703-8705) To require a cost-benefit analysis of significant proposed realignments or closures of research and development or test and evaluation installations, activities, facilities, laboratories, units, functions, or capabilities of the Air Force.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4801 Amendment SA 4801 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator DeWine. (consideration: CR S8703-8705) To make available from Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy, up to $10,000,000 for the Carrier Replacement Program for advance procurement of nuclear propulsion equipment.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4840 Amendment SA 4840 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Levin. (consideration: CR S8703-8705) to make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $10,000,000 for Combat Vehicle and Automotive Technology.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4761 Amendment SA 4761 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Lott. (consideration: CR S8703-8705) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $10,000,000 for experimentation and refinement of tactics and doctrine in the use of the Class IV unmanned aerial vehicles and ground stations associated with such vehicles.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4851 Amendment SA 4851 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Biden. (consideration: CR S8703-8705; text: CR S8704) To prohibit the use of funds for establishing United States military installations in Iraq or exercising United States control over the oil resources of Iraq.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4849 Amendment SA 4849 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Bond. (consideration: CR S8703-8705; text: CR S8704) To make available up to $8,000,000 for personnel for a certain intelligence activity.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4846 Amendment SA 4846 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Pryor. (consideration: CR S8703-8705) To provide that, or the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title IV for the Army for research, development, test and evaluation, up to $10,000,000 may be available for the Combat Support Hospital - Mobile Support Hospital.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4774 Amendment SA 4774 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S8703-8705; text: CR S8704) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $1,000,000 for blast protection research.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4848 Amendment SA 4848 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 1. Record Vote Number: 226.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4858 Amendment SA 4858 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 225.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4858 Amendment SA 4858 proposed by Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S8699-8703; text: CR S8699) To prohibit the use of funds by the United States Government to enter into an agreement with the Government of Iraq that would subject members of the Armed Forces to the jurisdiction of Iraq criminal courts or punishment under Iraq law.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4853 Amendment SA 4853 ruled out of order by the chair.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4853 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4853.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4853 Amendment SA 4853 proposed by Senator Nelson FL. (consideration: CR S8698-8699; text: CR S8698) To appropriate funds for a Cuba Fund for a Democratic Future to promote democratic transition in Cuba.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4842 Amendment SA 4842 proposed by Senator Kyl. (consideration: CR S8698, S8713; text: CR S8698) To prohibit the suspension of royalties under certain circumstances, to clarify the authority to impose price thresholds for certain leases.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4827 Amendment SA 4827 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8684)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4802 Amendment SA 4802 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4827 Amendment SA 4827 proposed by Senator Bond. (consideration: CR S8682-8685, S8691; text: CR S8684) To clarify the availability of funds for the National Guard for National Guard and Reserve equipment.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4828 Amendment SA 4828 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4847 Amendment SA 4847 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4808 Amendment SA 4808 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4755 Amendment SA 4755 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4828 Amendment SA 4828 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Chambliss. (consideration: CR S8682; text: CR S8682) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $1,000,000 for the Automated Communications Support System for WARFIGHTERS, Intelligence Community, Linguists, and Analysts.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4847 Amendment SA 4847 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Reed. (consideration: CR S8682; text: CR S8682) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide, up to $3,000,000 for Small and Medium Caliber Recoil Mitigation Technologies.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4808 Amendment SA 4808 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Nelson FL. (consideration: CR S8682; text: CR S8682) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $5,000,000 for the Virtual Training and Airspace Management Simulation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4755 Amendment SA 4755 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Santorum. (consideration: CR S8682; text: CR S8682) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, up to $2,500,000 for Navy research and development activities on the Wireless Maritime Inspection System as part of the Smartship Wireless Project of the Navy.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4785 Amendment SA 4785 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 0. Record Vote Number: 224. (text as modified: CR S8679-8680)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4784 Amendment SA 4784 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S8678)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4787 Amendment SA 4787 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4787 Motion to table amendment SA 4787 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 36 - 60. Record Vote Number: 223.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4848 Amendment SA 4848 proposed by Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S8680-8681, S8691, S8703; text: CR S8680) To require notice to Congress and the public on earmarks of funds available to the Department of Defense.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4785 Amendment SA 4785 proposed by Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S8678-8680, S8682; text: CR S8678) To ensure the fiscal integrity of travel payments made by the Department of Defense.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4784 Defense of germaneness withdrawn in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4784 Point of order withdrawn in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4784.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4784 Defense of germaneness raised in Senate.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4784 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4784.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4784 Amendment SA 4784 proposed by Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S8676-8677, S8678; text: CR S8676) To require the posting of certain reports of the Department of Defense on the Internet website of the Department of Defense.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4787 Motion to table amendment SA 4787 made in Senate.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4787 Amendment SA 4787 proposed by Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S8675-8676, S8681-8682; text: CR S8675) To limit the funds available to the Department of Defense for expenses relating to conferences.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4838 Amendment SA 4838 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4823 Amendment SA 4823 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4837 Amendment SA 4837 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4789 Amendment SA 4789 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4821 Amendment SA 4821 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4777 Amendment SA 4777 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4838 Amendment SA 4838 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S8674-8675; text: CR S8675) To clarify the treatment of Committee report guidance on certain projects.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4823 Amendment SA 4823 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Durbin. (consideration: CR S8674-8675; text: CR S8675) To make available from Defense Health Program up to $500,000 for a pilot program on troops to nurse teachers.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4837 Amendment SA 4837 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Bennett. (consideration: CR S8674-8675; text: CR S8675) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $1,000,000 for the development of a Lightweight All Terrain Vehicle.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4789 Amendment SA 4789 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Stabenow. (consideration: CR S8674-8675; text: CR S8674-8675) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $8,000,000 for the Advanced Tank Armament System.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4821 Amendment SA 4821 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Landrieu. (consideration: CR S8674-8675; text: CR S8674) To make available from Operation and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve, up to $3,500,000 for the Individual First Aid Kit.
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4777 Amendment SA 4777 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Smith. (consideration: CR S8674-8675; text: CR S8674) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, up to $4,000,000 for the Transportable Transponder Landing System.
08/03/2006SenateConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8674-8677, S8678-8690, S8691, S8698-8723)
08/03/2006SenateS.Amdt.4802 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8674, S8689-8690)
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4783 Amendment SA 4783 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8600)
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4792 Amendment SA 4792 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8600)
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4829 Amendment SA 4829 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4814 Amendment SA 4814 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4783 Amendment SA 4783 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Schumer. (consideration: CR S8600) To provide that up to $9,000,000 of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by chapter 2 of title IX for the Army for operation and maintenance and up to $2,000,000 of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by such chapter for the Marine corps for operation and maintenance may be made available for the procurement of hemostatic agents, including blood clotting bandages and invasive hemostatic agents, for use by members of the Armed Forces in the field.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4792 Amendment SA 4792 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Coleman. (consideration: CR S8600) To make available from Procurement of Ammunition, Air Force, up to $5,000,000 for the procurement of Radiation Hardened Microelectronics.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4829 Amendment SA 4829 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Sununu. (consideration: CR S8600; text: CR S8600) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, up to $1,000,000 for an integrated, low-cost, low-power Multibeam Side Scan Sonar System for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4814 Amendment SA 4814 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Bingaman. (consideration: CR S8600; text: CR S8600) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, up to $1,500,000 for Commercialization and Industrialization of Adaptive Optics.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4762 Amendment SA 4762 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4798 Amendment SA 4798 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4766 Amendment SA 4766 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4779 Amendment SA 4779 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4803 Amendment SA 4803 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4798 Amendment SA 4798 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Isakson. (consideration: CR S8599; text: CR S8599) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, up to $1,000,000 for environmental management and compliance information.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4766 Amendment SA 4766 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Inouye. (consideration: CR S8599; text: CR S8599) To make available from Operation and Maintenance, Army, up to $500,000 for the United States Army Center of Military History to support a traveling exhibit on military experience in World War II.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4779 Amendment SA 4779 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Warner. (consideration: CR S8599; text: CR S8599) To make available from Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, an additional amount of up to $7,500,000 for the Joint Advertising, Market Research and Studies program.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4803 Amendment SA 4803 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Byrd. (consideration: CR S8599; text: CR S8599) To require reports on the recommendations of the Defense Science Board regarding the management of the biometrics program of the Department of Defense.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4768 Amendment SA 4768 ruled out of order by the chair.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4768 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4768.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4806 Amendment SA 4806 ruled out of order by the chair.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4806 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4806.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4781 Motion to table amendment SA 4781 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 222.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4819 Amendment SA 4819 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 221.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4819 Amendment SA 4819 proposed by Senator Dodd. (consideration: CR S8596-8598; text: CR S8596-8597) To make available an additional $6,700,000,000 to fund equipment reset requirements resulting from continuing combat operations, including repair, depot, and procurement activities.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4805 Amendment SA 4805 ruled out of order by the chair.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4805 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4805.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4805 Amendment SA 4805 proposed by Senator Dorgan. (consideration: CR S8591-8593) To improve Federal contracting and procurement by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement and by enhancing administration of Federal contracting personnel.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4771 Amendment SA 4771 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4796 Amendment SA 4796 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4760 Amendment SA 4760 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8590)
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4773 Amendment SA 4773 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4778 Amendment SA 4778 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4771 Amendment SA 4771 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Frist. (consideration: CR S8590-8591; text: CR S8590-8591) To modify the notice and wait period applicable to modifications of certain contracts for national defense purposes.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4796 Amendment SA 4796 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Conrad. (consideration: CR S8590-8591; text: CR S8590) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force, up to $6,000,000 for Military-Standard-1760 integration for the internal weapons bays of B-52 aircraft.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4760 Amendment SA 4760 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Lott. (consideration: CR S8590-8591) To make available $2,000,000 from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for the Para foil Joint Precision Air Drop System.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4773 Amendment SA 4773 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Dayton. (consideration: CR S8590-8591; text: CR S8590) To make available from additional appropriations for Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard, up to $6,700,000 for the pilot program of the Army National Guard on the reintegration of members of the National Guard into civilian life after deployment.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4778 Amendment SA 4778 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Smith. (consideration: CR S8590-8591; text: CR S8590) To make available from Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, up to $2,000,000 for the Advanced Airship Flying Laboratory.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4776 Amendment SA 4776 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S8586)
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4806 Amendment SA 4806 proposed by Senator Kyl. (consideration: CR S8587-8590, S8599; text: CR S8587) To prohibit the suspension of royalties under certain circumstances, to clarify the authority to impose price thresholds for certain leases, to limit the eligibility of certain lessees for new leases, and to restrict the transfer of certain leases.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4776 Amendment SA 4776 proposed by Senator Salazar. (consideration: CR S8585-8587, S8590; text: CR S8586) To provide that, of the amount appropriated or otherwise made available by title II for the Air force for operation and maintenance, up to $10,000,000 may be available for an interoperable communications capability for the United States Northern Command.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4781 Amendment SA 4781 proposed by Senator Durbin. (consideration: CR S8582-8585, S8598-8599; text: CR S8582; text as modified: CR S8584-8585) To appropriate, with an offset, an additional $2,000,000 for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army for the improvement of imaging for traumatic brain injuries.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4802 Amendment SA 4802 proposed by Senator Kennedy. (consideration: CR S8582, S8599; text: CR S8582) To require a new National Intelligence Estimate on prospects for security and stability in Iraq.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4775 Amendment SA 4775 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 3. Record Vote Number: 220. (text as modified: CR S8579)
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4768 Amendment SA 4768 proposed by Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S8574-8578, S8599; text: CR S8575; text as modified: CR S8577) To provide emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and immigration reform.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4788 Amendment SA 4788 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4772 Amendment SA 4772 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4770 Amendment SA 4770 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4759 Amendment SA 4759 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4758 Amendment SA 4758 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S8571)
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4772 Amendment SA 4772 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Carper. (consideration: CR S8571-8572; text: CR S8572) To provide that none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to provide award fees to any defense contractor for performance that does not meet the requirements of the contract.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4770 Amendment SA 4770 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Lugar. (consideration: CR S8571-8572; text: CR S8571) To make available from Other Procurement, Navy, up to $3,000,000 for the Man Overboard Identification System Program.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4759 Amendment SA 4759 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Menendez. (consideration: CR S8571-8572; text: CR S8571) To make available from Other Procurement, Army, up to $2,600,000 for the Virtual Interactive Combat Environment for the New Jersey National Guard.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4758 Amendment SA 4758 proposed by Senator Stevens for Senator Cochran. (consideration: CR S8571-8572) To require a report assessing the Depleted Uranium Sensing and Treatment for Removal program of the Department of Defense.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4795 Amendment SA 4795 ruled out of order by the chair.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4795 Point of order raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 4795.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4795 Amendment SA 4795 proposed by Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S8570) To provide for the extension and modification of certain tax relief provisions, and for Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act amendments.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4788 Amendment SA 4788 proposed by Senator Kyl to Amendment SA 4775. (consideration: CR S8567-8569, S8574; text: CR S8567) To provide $1,829,000,000 for the Army National Guard for the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing, and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the southwest border.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4775 Amendment SA 4775 proposed by Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S8566-8567, S8572-8574, S8579, S8581; text: CR S8567) To provide $1,829,100,000 for the Army National Guard for the construction of 370 miles of triple-layered fencing, and 461 miles of vehicle barriers along the southwest border.
08/02/2006SenateS.Amdt.4762 Amendment SA 4762 proposed by Senator Stevens. (consideration: CR S8562-8566, S8600; text: CR S8562) To require plans to procure medical countermeasures for treating forward deployed members of the Armed Forces against acute radiation syndrome and similar threats.
08/02/2006SenateConsidered by Senate. (consideration: CR S8561-8578, S8578-8579, S8581-8601)
08/01/2006SenateS.Amdt.4751 Amendment SA 4751 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
08/01/2006SenateS.Amdt.4751 Amendment SA 4751 proposed by Senator Stevens. (consideration: CR S8528; text: CR S8528) To appropriate as additional appropriations $7,800,000,000 for the Army and $5,300,000,000 for the Marine Corps for the reset of equipment due to continuing combat operations and to designate such amounts as emergency requirements.
08/01/2006SenateThe committee substitute agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
08/01/2006SenateMeasure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8513-8527, S8528-8529; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S8513-8527)
07/25/2006SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 532.
07/25/2006SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-292.
07/20/2006SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
07/18/2006SenateCommittee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. Approved for full committee consideration with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Action By: Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
06/21/2006SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
06/20/2006-9:50pmHouseThe 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. 5631.
06/20/2006-9:50pmHouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
06/20/2006-9:50pmHouseOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 407 - 19 (Roll no. 305).
06/20/2006-9:33pmHouseThe House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
06/20/2006-9:33pmHouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4312)
06/20/2006-9:32pmHouseThe House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 5631.
06/20/2006-9:31pmHouseH.Amdt.1079 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A024) Failed by recorded vote: 62 - 363 (Roll no. 304).
06/20/2006-9:26pmHouseH.Amdt.1077 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A022) Failed by recorded vote: 50 - 373 (Roll no. 303).
06/20/2006-9:21pmHouseH.Amdt.1075 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A020) Failed by recorded vote: 56 - 369 (Roll no. 302).
06/20/2006-9:17pmHouseH.Amdt.1074 On agreeing to the Hinchey amendment (A019) Failed by recorded vote: 153 - 268 (Roll no. 301).
06/20/2006-9:12pmHouseH.Amdt.1072 On agreeing to the Hinchey amendment (A017) Failed by recorded vote: 158 - 262 (Roll no. 300).
06/20/2006-8:47pmHousePOSTPONED 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 noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-8:43pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-8:42pmHouseH.Amdt.1079 Amendment (A024) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4308-4309, H4312; text: CR H4308)
06/20/2006-8:36pmHouseH.Amdt.1078 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A023) Failed by voice vote.
06/20/2006-8:34pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-8:33pmHouseH.Amdt.1078 Amendment (A023) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4307; text: CR H4307)
06/20/2006-8:32pmHousePOSTPONED 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 noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-8:29pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-8:29pmHouseH.Amdt.1077 Amendment (A022) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4306-4307, H4311-4312; text: CR H4306)
06/20/2006-8:29pmHouseH.Amdt.1076 On agreeing to the Norton amendment (A021) Agreed to by voice vote.
06/20/2006-8:28pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Norton amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-8:27pmHouseH.Amdt.1076 Amendment (A021) offered by Ms. Norton. (consideration: CR H4306; text: CR H4306)
06/20/2006-8:27pmHousePOSTPONED 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 noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-8:15pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-8:15pmHouseH.Amdt.1075 Amendment (A020) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4304-4306, H4310-4311; text: CR H4304)
06/20/2006-8:14pmHousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hinchey amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hinchey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-7:58pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Hinchey amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-7:57pmHouseH.Amdt.1074 Amendment (A019) offered by Mr. Hinchey. (consideration: CR H4303-4304, H4310; text: CR H4303)
06/20/2006-7:57pmHouseH.Amdt.1073 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A018) Failed by voice vote.
06/20/2006-7:47pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-7:46pmHouseH.Amdt.1073 Amendment (A018) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4301-4302; text: CR H4301)
06/20/2006-7:46pmHousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hinchey amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hinchey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-7:31pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Hinchey amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-7:31pmHouseH.Amdt.1072 Amendment (A017) offered by Mr. Hinchey. (consideration: CR H4300-4301, H4309-4310; text: CR H4300)
06/20/2006-7:31pmHouseH.Amdt.1071 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A016) Failed by voice vote.
06/20/2006-7:11pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five minute rule.
06/20/2006-7:11pmHouseH.Amdt.1071 Amendment (A016) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4295-4300; text: CR H4295)
06/20/2006-7:10pmHouseH.Amdt.1070 On agreeing to the Inslee amendment (A015) Agreed to by voice vote.
06/20/2006-6:56pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Inslee amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-6:55pmHouseH.Amdt.1070 Amendment (A015) offered by Mr. Inslee. (consideration: CR H4293-4295; text: CR H4293-4294)
06/20/2006-6:55pmHouseH.Amdt.1069 By unanimous consent, the Filner amendment was withdrawn.
06/20/2006-6:52pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Filner amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-6:52pmHouseH.Amdt.1069 Amendment (A014) offered by Mr. Filner. (consideration: CR H4293; text: CR H4293)
06/20/2006-6:52pmHouseH.Amdt.1068 By unanimous consent, the Stearns amendment was withdrawn.
06/20/2006-6:48pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Stearns amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-6:47pmHouseH.Amdt.1068 Amendment (A013) offered by Mr. Stearns. (consideration: CR H4293; text: CR H4293)
06/20/2006-6:46pmHouseH.Amdt.1067 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A012) Failed by recorded vote: 69 - 352, 1 Present (Roll no. 299).
06/20/2006-6:42pmHouseH.Amdt.1066 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A011) Failed by recorded vote: 77 - 347, 1 Present (Roll no. 298).
06/20/2006-6:38pmHouseH.Amdt.1062 On agreeing to the Chocola amendment (A007) Failed by recorded vote: 141 - 285 (Roll no. 297).
06/20/2006-6:32pmHouseH.Amdt.1059 On agreeing to the King (IA) amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 50 - 376 (Roll no. 296).
06/20/2006-6:24pmHouseH.Amdt.1065 On agreeing to the Schiff amendment (A010) Failed by recorded vote: 207 - 219 (Roll no. 295).
06/20/2006-6:01pmHouseUNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of specified amendments which were debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
06/20/2006-6:01pmHousePOSTPONED PROCEEINGS - 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 noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-5:55pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-5:54pmHouseH.Amdt.1067 Amendment (A012) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4288-4289, H4292; text: CR H4288)
06/20/2006-5:54pmHousePOSTPONED 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 noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postpoinned further proceedings until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-5:43pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-5:43pmHouseH.Amdt.1066 Amendment (A011) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4287-4288, H4291-4292; text: CR H4287)
06/20/2006-5:35pmHousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Schiff amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Schiff demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-4:05pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Schiff amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-4:05pmHouseH.Amdt.1065 Amendment (A010) offered by Mr. Schiff. (consideration: CR H4275-4286, H4289-4290; text: CR H4275-4276)
06/20/2006-4:04pmHouseH.Amdt.1064 On agreeing to the Flake amendment (A009) Failed by voice vote.
06/20/2006-4:01pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Flake amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-4:00pmHouseH.Amdt.1064 Amendment (A009) offered by Mr. Flake. (consideration: CR H4275; text: CR H4275)
06/20/2006-3:59pmHouseH.Amdt.1063 On agreeing to the Markey amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote.
06/20/2006-3:55pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Markey amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-3:55pmHouseH.Amdt.1063 Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Markey. (consideration: CR H4274-4275; text: CR H4274)
06/20/2006-3:55pmHousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Chocola amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Chocola demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-3:44pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Chocola amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-3:44pmHouseH.Amdt.1062 Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. Chocola. (consideration: CR H4273-4274, H4290-4291; text: CR H4273)
06/20/2006-3:44pmHouseH.Amdt.1061 By unanimous consent, the Engel amendment was withdrawn.
06/20/2006-3:40pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Engel amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
06/20/2006-3:40pmHouseH.Amdt.1061 Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Engel. (consideration: CR H4273; text: CR H4273)
06/20/2006-3:36pmHouseH.Amdt.1060 On agreeing to the Castle amendment (A005) Agreed to by voice vote.
06/20/2006-3:32pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Castle amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-3:32pmHouseH.Amdt.1060 Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Castle. (consideration: CR H4271-4272; text: CR H4271)
06/20/2006-3:25pmHousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King (IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
06/20/2006-3:19pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the King (IA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-3:18pmHouseH.Amdt.1059 Amendment (A004) offered by Mr. King (IA). (consideration: CR H4270-4271; text: CR H4270)
06/20/2006-3:15pmHouseH.Amdt.1058 On agreeing to the Granger amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote.
06/20/2006-3:07pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Granger amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-3:06pmHouseH.Amdt.1058 Amendment (A003) offered by Ms. Granger. (consideration: CR H4264-4265; text: CR H4264)
06/20/2006-3:05pmHouseH.Amdt.1057 By unanimous consent, the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment was withdrawn.
06/20/2006-3:00pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
06/20/2006-2:59pmHouseH.Amdt.1057 Amendment (A002) offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee (TX). (consideration: CR H4258; text: CR H4258)
06/20/2006-2:57pmHouseH.Amdt.1056 On agreeing to the Murtha amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
06/20/2006-2:56pmHouseDEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Murtha amendment under the five-minute rule.
06/20/2006-2:56pmHouseH.Amdt.1056 Amendment (A001) offered by Mr. Murtha. (consideration: CR H4258; text: CR H4258)
06/20/2006-2:34pmHouseGENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 5631.
06/20/2006-2:33pmHouseThe Speaker designated the Honorable Dave Camp to act as Chairman of the Committee.
06/20/2006-2:33pmHouseHouse resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 877 and Rule XVIII.
06/20/2006-2:33pmHouseRule provides for consideration of H.R. 5631 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
06/20/2006-2:33pmHouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 877. (consideration: CR H4246-4313; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H4254, H4255; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H4255-4256; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H4256-4258; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H4258, H4259; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H4259; text of Title VI as reported in House: CR H4259; text of Title VII as reported in House: CR H4259; text of Title VIII as reported in House: CR H4259-4264, H4265-4268; text of Title IX as reported in House: CR H4268-4270, H4270)
06/20/2006-2:12pmHouseRule H. Res. 877 passed House.
06/19/2006-5:17pmHouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 877 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5631 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments.
06/16/2006HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 281.
06/16/2006HouseThe House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-504, by Mr. Young (FL).

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House Appropriations06/16/2006 Reported original measure H. Rept. 109-504

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Public Law No: 109-289 (09/29/2006)

(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on September 25, 2006. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 - Division A: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2007 - Title I: Military Personnel - Appropriates funds for FY2007 for active-duty and reserve personnel in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, and for National Guard personnel in the Army and Air Force.

Title II: Operation and Maintenance - Appropriates funds for FY2007 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, the defense agencies, the reserve components, and the Army and Air National Guard. Appropriates funds for: (1) the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; (2) overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid; and (3) former Soviet Union threat reduction.

Title III: Procurement - Appropriates funds for FY2007 for procurement by the Armed Forces of aircraft, missiles, weapons, tracked combat vehicles, ammunition, shipbuilding and conversion, and other procurement. Appropriates funds for: (1) defense-wide procurement; (2) National Guard and reserve equipment; and (3) certain procurements under the Defense Production Act of 1950.

Title IV: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - Appropriates funds for FY2007 for research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) by the Armed Forces and defense agencies. Appropriates funds for the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.

Title V: Revolving and Management Funds - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Defense Working Capital Funds; (2) programs under the National Defense Sealift Fund; and (3) the Pentagon Reservation Maintenance Revolving Fund.

Title VI: Other Department of Defense Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) the destruction of lethal chemical agents and munitions; (2) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities, defense; and (3) the Office of the Inspector General.

Title VII: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for the: (1) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund; and (2) Intelligence Community Management Account.

Title VIII: General Provisions - Specifies authorized, restricted, and prohibited uses of authorized funds.

(Sec. 8008) Authorizes procurement funds to be used for a multiyear procurement contract for: (1) the C-17 Globemaster; (2) the F-22A; (3) MH-60R helicopters and mission equipment; and (4) the V-22 Osprey.

(Sec. 8010) Prohibits, during FY2007, the management by end strengths of Department of Defense (DOD) civilian personnel.

(Sec. 8021) Authorizes DOD to incur obligations of up to $350 million for DOD military compensation, construction projects, and supplies and services in anticipation of receipts of contributions from the government of Kuwait.

(Sec. 8023) Prohibits the use of funds from this Act to establish a new federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). Limits the federal compensation to be paid to FFRDC members or consultants. Prohibits the use of FY2007 funds for new building construction, cost-sharing payments for projects funded by government grants, absorption of cost overruns, or certain charitable contributions. Limits the staff years of technical effort that may be funded for FFRDCs from FY2007 funds. Reduces, by $53.2 million, the total amount appropriated in this Act for FFRDCs.

(Sec. 8024) Provides Buy American requirements with respect to the DOD procurement of carbon, alloy, or armor steel plating.

(Sec. 8027) Requires the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to report to Congress on the amount of DOD purchases from foreign entities in FY2007.

(Sec. 8030) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to convey to Indian tribes located in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota relocatable military housing units currently located at Grand Forks and Minot Air Force Bases that are excess to the needs of the Air Force. Requires the Operation Walking Shield Program to resolve any housing unit conflicts arising after such conveyance.

(Sec. 8035) Makes specified DOD O&M funds available only for the mitigation of environmental impacts on Indian lands resulting from DOD activities.

(Sec. 8036) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) by a DOD entity without compliance with the Buy American Act; (2) to establish additional field operating agencies of DOD elements, except for those funded within the National Foreign Intelligence Program and Army agencies established to eliminate, mitigate, or counter the effects of improvised explosive devices; (3) for assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea, unless specifically appropriated for such purpose; and (4) to reduce the civilian medical and medical support personnel assigned to military treatment facilities below the September 30, 2003, level.

(Sec. 8040) Rescinds specified funds from various accounts under prior defense appropriations Acts.

(Sec. 8045) Prohibits the transfer to any other department or agency, except as specifically provided in an appropriations law, of funds available to DOD or the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for drug interdiction or counter-drug activities.

(Sec. 8050) Prohibits current fiscal year DOD funds from being obligated or expended to transfer to another nation or international organization defense articles or services for use in any United Nations (UN) peacekeeping or peace enforcement operation, or for any other international peacekeeping, peace enforcement, or humanitarian assistance operation, unless specified congressional committees are given 15 days' advance notice.

(Sec. 8057) Makes DOD funds available to provide transportation of medical supplies and equipment to: (1) American Samoa; and (2) the Indian Health Service in conjunction with a civil-military project.

(Sec. 8058) Prohibits the use of this Act's funds to approve or license the sale of the F-22A advanced tactical fighter to any foreign government.

(Sec. 8059) Authorizes the Secretary, on a case-by-case basis, to waive limitations on the procurement of defense items from a foreign country if: (1) the Secretary determines that such limitations would invalidate cooperative or reciprocal trade agreements for the procurement of defense items; and (2) such country does not discriminate against the same or similar defense items procured in the United States for that country. Provides exceptions.

(Sec. 8060) Prohibits the use of appropriated funds to support a unit of the security forces of a foreign country if credible information exists that such unit has committed a gross violation of human rights, unless all necessary corrective steps have been taken. Requires the monitoring of such information. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such prohibition under extraordinary circumstances (requiring a report to the defense committees on any such waiver).

(Sec. 8065) Provides for the crediting during the current fiscal year of certain refunds attributable to the use of government travel or purchase cards or refunds for travel arranged by a government-contracted travel management center.

(Sec. 8066) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used for a mission critical or mission essential financial management information technology system that is not registered with the DOD Chief Information Officer. Prohibits such a system from receiving a Milestone A or B approval, or full rate production approval, until the Chief Information Officer certifies to the defense committees that the system is being developed in accordance with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996.

(Sec. 8068) Authorizes members of the National Guard performing full-time duty to support ground-based elements of the National Ballistic Missile Defense System.

(Sec. 8069) Prohibits appropriated funds from being used to transfer to any nongovernmental entity specified armor-piercing ammunition, except to an entity performing demilitarization services for DOD.

(Sec. 8070) Authorizes the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to waive payment for the lease of non-excess DOD personal property to certain, youth, social, or fraternal nonprofit organizations.

(Sec. 8076) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to distribute surplus DOD dental and medical equipment to Indian Health Service facilities and federally-qualified health centers.

(Sec. 8077) Reduces by: (1) $158.1 million the total amount of O&M funds appropriated in this Act, to reflect savings attributable to efficiencies and management improvements in the funding of miscellaneous or other contracts in the military departments; and (2) $71 million the total amount appropriated in this Act, to limit excessive growth in the procurement of advisory and assistance services.

(Sec. 8079) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for producing Arrow missile components in the United States and Arrow missile components and missiles in Israel to meet Israel's defense requirements.

(Sec. 8080) Makes Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds available to fund prior-year shipbuilding cost increases, allocating such funds among specified naval accounts.

(Sec. 8081) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to settle any and all admiralty claims arising out of the collision involving the U.S.S. GREENEVILLE and the EHIME MARU.

(Sec. 8085) Appropriates funds for a grant by the Secretary of the Army to facilitate access by veterans to opportunities for skilled employment in the construction industry.

(Sec. 8086) Directs: (1) DOD and the Army to make future budgetary and programming plans to fully finance the Non-Line of Sight Future Force cannon and resupply vehicle program in order to field such system in FY2010; and (2) the Army to ensure that budgetary and programmatic plans will provide for no fewer than seven Stryker Brigade Combat Teams.

(Sec. 8088) Appropriates funds to DOD for five specified grants by the Secretary.

(Sec. 8089) Requires the FY2008 budget to include separate budget justification documents for costs of U.S. Armed Forces' participation in contingency operations for the military personnel, O&M, and procurement accounts.

(Sec. 8090) Prohibits funds from being used for RDT&E, procurement, or deployment of nuclear armed interceptors of a missile defense system.

(Sec. 8091) Earmarks funds for the Regional Defense Counter-terrorism Fellowship Program.

(Sec. 8093) Prohibits the availability of funds from this Act for integration of foreign intelligence information unless such information has been lawfully collected and processed during the conduct of authorized foreign intelligence activities.

(Sec. 8094) Requires Ready Reserve members who are called or ordered to active duty in time of national emergency to be notified of their expected mobilization period at the time they are called or ordered. Allows the Secretary to waive such requirement in order to respond to a national security emergency or meet dire operational requirements.

(Sec. 8097) Reduces the total amount appropriated in this Act for: (1) O&M by $85 million, to limit excessive growth in the travel and transportation of persons; and (2) titles II through VI by specified amounts, to reflect savings from revised economic assumptions.

(Sec. 8098) Appropriates funds for assistance to public schools that have unusually high concentrations of special needs military dependents enrolled.

(Sec. 8104) Authorizes the Secretary to present promotional materials, including a U.S. flag and other recognition items, to any member who participates in and returns from Operations Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom, in conjunction with any week-long national observation and day of national celebration.

(Sec. 8105) Makes specified Navy O&M funds available for the Asia Pacific Regional Initiative Program to enable the Pacific Command to execute Theater Security Cooperation activities such as humanitarian assistance and payment of costs of training and exercising with foreign security forces.

(Sec. 8107) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense committees detailing efforts by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) to address dyslexia in students at DODEA schools.

(Sec. 8108) Prohibits funds appropriated to DOD from being obligated or expended for retiring or dismantling any of the 93 Air Force B-52H bomber aircraft in service as of June 1, 2006, until 30 days after the Secretary of the Air Force reports to the defense committees on the bomber force structure meeting specified requirements, including modernization.

(Sec. 8109) Provides the authorized period for the modification of national defense contracts following notification from the Army Contract Adjustment Board to the defense committees.

(Sec. 8110) Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to the defense committees a cost-benefit analysis of proposed realignments or closures of research and development or test and evaluation installations, activities, facilities, laboratories, units, functions, or capabilities of the Air Force.

(Sec. 8111) Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended to implement any provision of the National Security Personnel System that deviates from any provision or regulation relating to federal labor-management relations, adverse actions, or employee appeals. States that such prohibition shall cease to apply to the extent that the decision of the court in AFGE v. Rumsfield is reversed on appeal.

Title IX: Additional Appropriations- Appropriates additional funds, to be designated for contingency operations directly related to the global war on terrorism, to DOD for: (1) military personnel; (2) O&M; (3) the Iraq Freedom Fund; (4) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (5) the Iraq Security Forces Fund; (6) the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund; (7) procurement; (8) RDT&E; (9) DOD drug interdiction and counter-drug activities; and (10) the Intelligence Community Management Account.

(Sec. 9003) Authorizes the Secretary, in the national interest, to transfer between appropriations up to $3 billion of the funds made available to DOD in this title. Requires congressional notification of each transfer.

(Sec. 9006) Authorizes the Secretary to use specified O&M funds appropriated in this title to fund the Commander's Emergency Response Program (urgent humanitarian relief and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan).

(Sec. 9007) Makes DOD appropriations available for the purchase of up to 20 heavy and light armored vehicles for force protection purposes, notwithstanding price or other limitations applicable to the purchase of passenger vehicles.

(Sec. 9008) Allows O&M funds appropriated in this title to be used to provide supplies, services, transportation, and other logistical support to coalition forces supporting military and stability operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

(Sec. 9010) Directs the Secretary to submit quarterly to Congress through the end of FY2007 a comprehensive set of performance indicators and measures for progress toward military and political stability in Iraq, including a timetable for achieving such goals.

(Sec. 9011) Designates amounts provided in chapter 1 of title V of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006, as emergency requirements for contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism.

(Sec. 9012) Prohibits the use of funds to: (1) establish any military installation or base for the permanent stationing of U.S. Armed Forces in Iraq; or (2) exercise U.S. control over any oil resource of Iraq.

(Sec. 9013) Designates each amount appropriated or otherwise made available in this title as an emergency requirement for contingency operations related to the global war on terrorism.

(Sec. 9014) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds for transfer by the Secretary to the Department of State to support peacekeeping activities in Sudan. Requires the Secretary to notify the defense committees at least five days prior to any such transfer.

(Sec. 9015) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) in contravention of specified laws or regulations promulgated to implement the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; (2) to provide award fees to any defense contractor for performance that does not meet contract requirements; or (3) to enter into an agreement with the government of Iraq that would subject U.S. military personnel to the jurisdiction of Iraq criminal courts or punishment under Iraq law.

(Sec. 9018) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to reimburse a member for expenses incurred by a member or family member that are not otherwise reimbursable under law, provided that the expenses have been incurred as a direct consequence of reasonable preparation for, or execution of, military orders. Allows such reimbursement only when: (1) other authorities are insufficient to remedy a determined hardship; and (2) reimbursement is in the best interest of the member and the United States.

Title X: Fiscal Year 2006 Wildland Fire Emergency Appropriations - Appropriates funds to the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management and the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service for wildland fire management, including wildland fire suppression. Designates such funds as appropriations for sudden, urgent, and unforeseen needs consistent with the definition of emergency spending under the congressional budget resolutions.

Division B: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 - Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2007.

(Sec. 101) Appropriates amounts for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2006 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be made available in: (1) the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007; (2) the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House of Representatives) or the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate); (3) the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House) or the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate); (4) the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007; (5) the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007; (6) the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007; (7) the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007; (8) the Military Construction, Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House) or the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate); (9) the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House) or the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate); and (10) the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the House) or the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate), and the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2007 (in the Senate).

Continues any project or activity under such Acts at the current rate for operations or the rate permitted by the House and Senate actions, whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriations Acts for FY2006, whenever the amount that would be made available or the authority that would be granted for such project or activity as passed by the House as of October 1, 2006, is the same as the amount or authority that would be available or granted under the same or other pertinent Act as passed by the Senate as of such date.

Discontinues any project or activity if no amount or authority is made available or granted for it by the House and Senate actions.

Requires continuation of a project or activity at the current FY2006 rate, or at the lower of the two rates as permitted by the action of the two Chambers, if both Chambers permit different rates. Requires continuation of a project or activity, also, at the current FY2006 rate, or if lower at the rate permitted by action of the one Chamber, if only one Chamber has passed the pertinent appropriations Act.

Requires continuation at the current FY2006 rate of any project or activity funded for FY2006 but not included in the pertinent appropriations Act for FY2007 of the House as of October 1, 2006, if only the House has passed that Act for FY2007. Requires the same continuation at the current FY2006 rate for any project or activity whose pertinent appropriations Act for FY2007 has not been passed by either Chamber as of October 1, 2006.

(Sec. 106) Provides funding under this division until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this division; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act by both Chambers without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 17, 2006.

(Sec. 114) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 106 certain activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY2006, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Declares that, notwithstanding such date, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about November 1 and December 1, 2006.

(Sec. 115) Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to enter into or renew contracts for one year, under conditions of the Housing Act of 1949, to provide assistance payments to owners of rental, congregate, or cooperative housing for persons and families of low income in multifamily housing projects.

(Sec. 116) Requires the Secretary to continue, through the date specified in Sec. 106, the Water and Waste Systems Direct Loan Program under the authority and conditions (including the borrower's interest rate and fees as of September 1, 2006) provided by the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006.

(Sec. 117) Extends through the date specified in Sec. 106 specified federal law relating to the Appalachian regional development.

(Sec. 118) Continues the authority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States through the date specified in Sec. 106 to: (1) take prompt measures to promote the expansion of the Bank's financial commitments in sub-Saharan Africa under the Bank's loan, guarantee, and insurance programs; (2) deny application for assistance based on fraud or corruption by a party involved in the transaction; and (3) provide financing for the export on nonlethal defense articles or services the primary end use of which will be for civilian purposes.

(Sec. 119) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 106 the authorization of appropriations for the President to cancel all amounts owed to the United States or federal agencies by any country eligible for debt reduction under specified law.

(Sec. 120) Deems to have been provided in an applicable appropriations Act for FY2006, in addition to the amounts provided by Sec. 101 of this division, amounts obligated in FY2006 from funding provided in the Higher Education Act (as reduced by the amount of account maintenance fees obligated to guaranty agencies for such fiscal year pursuant to that Act).

(Sec. 121) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 106 the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for outreach, rehabilitative services, vocational counseling and training, and transitional housing assistance for homeless veterans.

(Sec. 122) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 106 the temporary limited authority of the Secretary of Defense to use operation and maintenance funds for construction projects outside the United States.

(Sec. 123) Continues the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out major construction projects in connection with the Capital Asset Realignment Initiative through the earlier of: (1) the date specified in Sec. 106; or (2) the date of enactment into law of an authorization Act relating to major medical facilities projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

(Sec. 124) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 106 the patent and trademark fees established for FY2005-FY2006, including the fees prescribed under the Trademark Act of 1946 for electronic and paper applications for trademark registration.

(Sec. 125) Authorizes the obligation of funds appropriated by Sec. 101 of this division for International Space Station Cargo Crew Services/International Partner Purchases within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the account and budget structure set forth in specified Acts.

(Sec. 126) Authorizes amounts made available by Sec. 101 of this division for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each department and agency to be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs, consistent with enacted appropriations for FY2006. Prohibits the use of such authority, however, until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses.

(Sec. 127) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for certain programs and activities as provided under title V of H.R. 5576 (109th Congress), as passed by the House, at a specified rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2007 Proposed Budget and Financial Plan submitted to Congress by the District on June 5, 2006.

Continues through the date specified in Sec. 106 the authority of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with respect to personnel and the preparation of fiscal impact statements during a control period.

Continues through such date also the exemption from the District of Columbia's Procurement Practices Act of the entire process used by the CFO to acquire all kinds of goods, works, and services by contractual means.

(Sec. 128) Continues the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness through the earlier of: (1) the date specified in Sec. 106; or (2) the date of the enactment into law of an authorization Act relating to the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act.

(Sec. 129) Allows funds appropriated by Sec. 101 of this division for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to be obligated in the account and budget structure set forth in title II of H.R. 5576 (109th Congress), as passed by the House.

(Sec. 130) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 106 activities authorized by title V, the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997, of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.

(Sec. 131) Amends the National Housing Act to increase from 250,000 to 275,000 the aggregate number of insured home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners.

(Sec. 132) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 106 the franchise fund pilot programs in six executive agencies designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under the Government Management Reform Act of 1994.