FLOOR UPDATE – 13 VOTES – LAST VOTES

FLOOR UPDATE:
July 13, 2022
LEADER'S FLOOR UPDATE

The House is now taking the following votes on H.R. 7900 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023:
  1. Escobar (TX) Amendment #8 – Requires that complaints from a member of the Armed Forces of harassment or prohibited discrimination be completed within 180 days, and allows for members to seek review or appeal in a U.S. court if they wished to after the 180 days are exhausted – 5 minutes
  2. Khanna Amendment #12 – Authorizes up to $5 million per year from FY23-FY25 for the Department of Defense for resources to implement the requirements in section 936 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY19 relating to civilian harm mitigation, including staffing, training, and information technology equipment and data storage – 5 minutes
  3. Lee (CA) Amendment #13 – Reduces the FY23 NDAA topline by $100b, while holding harmless personnel, civilian pay and benefits, and the Defense Health Program. Cites a 2021 CBO study that detailed workable options for a $100b/yr reduction in defense spending – 5 minutes
  4. Lee (CA) Amendment #14 – Reverses the $36.987 billion increase made at HASC markup above the President's FY23 request, restoring the FY23 topline to the amount requested by the President – 5 minutes
  5. Jayapal Amendment #15 – Repeals the statutory requirement for the Defense Department to submit unfunded priorities lists to Congress – 5 minutes
  6. Smith (WA) Amendment #16 – Allows the Navy to retire nine Littoral Combat Ships (LCSs) – 5 minutes
  7. Foster Amendment #18 – Repeals the restriction on funding for the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization – 5 minutes
  8. Garamendi Amendment #19 – Prevents the development of the Sentinel ICBM and W87-1 warhead and instead seeks to life extend the existing Minuteman III ICBM through at least 2040 – 5 minutes
  9. Tlaib Amendment #20 – Strikes the prohibition on reducing the number of deployed nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles in FY23 – 5 minutes
  10. Norton Amendment #25 – Gives the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the D.C. National Guard that the governors of states and territories have over their National Guards – 5 minutes
  11. Sánchez Amendment #29 – Requests that the Department of Defense produce a report on the spread of malign disinformation within the ranks and ways in which the Department is currently working to mitigate the spread of - and impact of - malign disinformation – 5 minutes
  12. Schneider Amendment #31 – Directs the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Defense to publish a report that analyzes and sets out strategies to combat White supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in the uniformed services and Federal law enforcement agencies not later than 180 days after enactment and every 6 months thereafter – 5 minutes
  13. Rice (NY) Amendment #32 – Requires a report to Congress by FBI and DHS on the processes needed to regularly report to Congress on domestic terrorism threats pursuant to Section 5602 of the FY20 NDAA; requires a GAO review of FBI, DHS, and DNI compliance with domestic terrorism transparency mechanisms required by federal law – 5 minutes
These are the last votes for the day
 
**Members are advised that each vote remaining in this vote series will be open for a total of 5 minutes. Members, especially Members casting proxy votes on behalf of other Members, are expected to vote in a timely manner.

**Members are further advised that, following last votes tonight, the House will continue consideration of amendments to H.R. 7900 through Connolly Amendment #495.  Members can track consideration of amendments HERE.  Members should be prepared to offer their amendment at the appropriate time tonight. All requests for recorded votes will be postponed until tomorrow.
 
If you have any questions please contact: Courtney Fry, Ray Salazar, or Deborah Rowe at 5-3130.