US SB3254 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 3254 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on December 7 2012 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-12-12 - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 829, papers are returned to the Senate.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Summary

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for the Department of Defense (DOD) for procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and defense-wide activities, in amounts specified in the funding table in Division D of this Act. Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of airframes for CH-47 helicopters. Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec. 121) Earmarks specified funds for commencement of the nuclear refueling and complex overhaul of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln during FY2013. (Sec. 122) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to enter into a contract for construction of a Ford-class aircraft carrier, to be funded over several fiscal years. (Sec. 123) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of more than 50% of the funds authorized for a second Ford-class aircraft carrier until the Secretary of the Navy submits to the congressional defense and appropriations committees a description of the program management and cost control measures to be employed in constructing such carrier. (Sec. 124) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2014 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of Virginia-class submarines and government-furnished associated equipment. Authorizes such Secretary to employ incremental funding for such procurement upon a determination that such approach will permit the Navy to procure an additional submarine in FY2014. (Sec. 125) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into multiyear contracts for the procurement of up to 10 Arleigh Burke class Flight IIA guided missile destroyers and specified systems associated with such vessels. (Sec. 126) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer AEGIS weapon system equipment with Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for installation in the country designated as Host Nation #1. Requires the MDA Director to make a transfer of related equipment to the Navy for the DDG-51 class destroyer program. (Sec. 127) Directs the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) to: (1) designate the effort to develop and produce all variants of the mission modules in support of the littoral combat ship program as a major defense acquisition program (MDAP), (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to the development and production of each variant, and (3) report quarterly to such committees on each variant in support of such ship. (Sec. 128) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified FY2012 Navy and Marine Corps ammunition and weapons and combat vehicles funds to other, high priority Navy and Marine Corps programs. (Sec. 130) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) DOD should carefully evaluate the maritime force structure necessary to execute demand for forces by the commanders of the combatant commands; (2) the Navy should evaluate amphibious lift capabilities to meet current and projected requirements, and should consider prioritization of investment in and procurement of the next generation of amphibious assault ships; (3) such assault ships should maintain survivability protection; (4) operation and maintenance requirements analysis should be considered to reduce total ownership and acquisition cost; and (5) maintaining a robust amphibious shipbuilding industrial base is vital for the future of U.S. national security. (Sec. 131) Expresses the sense of the Senate that, if the Navy budget for FY2014 includes a request for more than 13 new F-18 aircraft, the FY2014 budget request for F-35 aircraft should include a request for no fewer than 6 F-35B aircraft and 4 F-35C aircraft. (Sec. 132) Increases by $2 million the amounts authorized under this title. Allows such funds to be used to procure SPIDERNet/Spectral Warrior hardware and installation. Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - (Sec. 141) Reduces from 301 to 275 the required number of strategic airlift aircraft. Requires the Secretary of the Air Force to preserve each C-5 aircraft retired after FY2012 so that such aircraft is stored in a flyable condition, can be returned to service, and is not used to supply parts to other aircraft unless specifically authorized by the Secretary of Defense. (Sec. 142) Directs the Secretary to treat as MDAPs certain programs for the F-22A Raptor aircraft. (Sec. 143) Prohibits the Secretary of the Air Force from cancelling or modifying the avionics modernization program for C-130 aircraft until 30 days after submitting to the defense and appropriations committees the results of a study on costs and schedules for, and savings to be derived from, such program. (Sec. 144) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to: (1) procure two space-based infrared system satellites through a fixed-price contract, and (2) use incremental funding under such contract for up to six years. Provides procurement cost limits, allowing certain increases due to inflation, compliance with federal, state, and local laws, and new technologies. Requires a contract report from such Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees, as well as a plan for using cost savings to improve the capability of military infrared and early warning satellites. Authorizes such Secretary to use specified Air Force procurement funds for the advanced procurement of long-lead parts and the replacement of obsolete parts for space-based infrared system space vehicle #6. Expresses the sense of Congress that such Secretary should not enter into a fixed-price contract for two space-based infrared system satellites unless such contract would save the Air Force at least 20% over the cost of procuring such satellites separately. (Sec. 145) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified FY2011-FY2012 aircraft procurement funds to other, high priority Air Force programs. Subtitle E: Joint and Multiservice Matters - (Sec. 151) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy, beginning with the FY2013 program year, to enter into a multiyear contract for the procurement of V-22 aircraft for the Navy, Air Force, and U.S. Special Operations Command. (Sec. 152) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of Joint Tactical Radio System funds for the production of handheld, manpack, and small form/fit radios until the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (Under Secretary) certifies to the defense and appropriations committees that the acquisition strategy provides for full and open competition. (Sec. 153) Requires the Commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command to report to the defense and appropriations committees on costs, schedule, and operational capabilities of the shallow water combat submersible program. (Sec. 154) Increases by $6 million the amounts authorized under this title. Allows such amount to be used to procure color electro-optical and infrared imaging sensors for AC-130 aircraft used by the Special Operations Command in ongoing contingency operations. Title II: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 201) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for DOD for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), in amounts specified in the funding table. Subtitle B: Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations - (Sec. 211) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of amounts under the Next Generation Foundry for the Defense Microelectronics Activity until 60 days after the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering develops and submits to the defense and appropriations committees a microelectronics strategy and an estimate of the full life-cycle costs for the upgrade of such Foundry. (Sec. 212) Directs the Under Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees a strategy for the use of integrated platform design teams and agile prototyping approaches for the development of advanced rotorcraft capabilities. (Sec. 213) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to transfer specified FY2012 RDT&E funds to other, high priority Navy programs. (Sec. 214) Includes educational institutions in Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. possessions within authorized defense laboratories education partnerships. (Sec. 215) Authorizes the Secretary of the Air Force to transfer specified FY2012 RDT&E funds to other, high priority Air Force programs. (Sec. 216) Earmarks specified RDT&E funds for radar relocation and research and development activities to enhance space situational awareness capabilities. (Sec. 217) Increases by $38 million authorized RDT&E funds. Allows such funds to be used to conduct detailed digital radio frequency modulation countermeasures studies and simulations. Subtitle C: Missile Defense Matters - (Sec. 231) Expresses the sense of Congress: (1) for a national priority of defending the United States against the potential future threat of limited ballistic missile attack from countries such as North Korea and Iran; (2) in favor of the currently deployed ground-based midcourse defense (GBMD) system to provide such defense, assuming appropriate levels of sustainability and performance; (3) that the MDA should correct problems discovered in GBMD flight tests; (4) in favor of continued development of the standard missile-3 block II interceptor as an essential first layer of defense against ballistic missile threats; and (5) that DOD should continue to evaluate the evolution of the long-range missile threat from North Korea and Iran and consider all possibilities for affordable and effective steps to improve the posture of the United States to defend itself against possible future growth in such threat. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the status of efforts to improve U.S. homeland missile defense capability. (Sec. 232) Expresses the sense of Congress that : (1) the threat from regional ballistic missiles, particularly from Iran and North Korea, is serious and growing, and puts at risk forward-deployed U.S. forces and allies and partners in Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region; (2) DOD has an obligation to protect all such forces; (3) the European Phased Adaptive Approach is an appropriate and necessary response to such threat; (4) DOD should continue to test and plan to deploy all four phases of such Approach, as well as other phased and adaptive regional missile defense efforts; (5) European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are making valuable contributions toward European missile defense; and (6) DOD should continue with the development of the key enablers of enhanced regional missile defense, including the Precision Tracking Space System. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees on the status and progress of regional missile defense programs and efforts. (Sec. 233) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. national security interest to pursue efforts at missile defense cooperation with Russia, (2) the United States should pursue such cooperation on both a bilateral and multilateral basis with its NATO allies, (3) such cooperation should not in any way limit U.S. or NATO missile defense capabilities, (4) the United States should not provide Russia with sensitive missile defense information that would in any way compromise national security, and (5) all such cooperation should ensure the appropriate safeguarding of classified information. (Sec. 234) Requires the MDA Director to: (1) develop a long-term plan for the Exo-atmospheric kill vehicle for the ground-based interceptor and any other interceptor that might be developed against long-range ballistic missiles, and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on such plan. (Sec. 235) Directs the Secretary of the Army to submit to such committees a modernization plan of the Patriot air and missile defense system. (Sec. 236) Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any FY2013 DOD funds for the Medium Extended Air Defense System. (Sec. 237) Earmarks specified DOD RDT&E funds to Israel for the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense program. (Sec. 238) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) retain intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch facilities currently supporting deployed strategic nuclear delivery vehicles within the limit of 800 deployed and non-deployed strategic launchers, (2) maintain such missiles on alert or operationally deployed status, and (3) preserve ICBM silos in operational or warm status. (Sec. 239) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should comply with requirements of the previous National Defense Authorization Act and submit to Congress a homeland defense hedging policy and strategy report. Subtitle D: Reports - (Sec. 251) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the mine countermeasures, antisubmarine, and surface warfare mission packages for the littoral combat ship. (Sec. 252) Directs the Comptroller General (CG) to annually: (1) conduct a review of the acquisition program for the amphibious combat vehicle, and (2) report review results to the defense and appropriations committees. Outlines specified information required in the initial and subsequent reports. Terminates report requirements after the award of a contract for full-rate production of such vehicle. (Sec. 253) Provides that if the ongoing Marine Corps ground combat vehicle fleet mix study recommends the acquisition of a separate Marine personnel carrier, then the Secretary of the Navy and the Commandant of the Marine Corps shall jointly report to the defense and appropriations committees with respect to such carrier. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 271) Transfers administration of the Ocean Research and Resources Advisory Panel (formerly the Ocean Research Advisory Panel) from the Navy to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (Sec. 272) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should develop a plan to increase the use of emerging technologies in autonomous systems, the commercial gaming sector, and artificial intelligence for training exercises for members of the Armed Forces (members). Title III: Operation and Maintenance - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for operation and maintenance (O&M) for the Armed Forces and specified activities and agencies of DOD. Subtitle B: Energy and Environmental Provisions - (Sec. 311) Directs the Secretary to: (1) issue to the appropriate military departments and defense agencies written guidance on environmental exposures at military installations, and (2) submit such guidance to the defense and appropriations committees. (Sec. 312) Amends the Sikes Act to allow funds paid by the Secretary of the military department concerned (Secretary concerned) under a cooperative agreement for land management on a military installation to be paid in a lump-sum and placed in an interest-bearing account. Allows interest proceeds to be used for the same purpose. (Sec. 313) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the disposition of any uncompleted closure of an active-duty U.S. military installation since 1988 that was not subject to the property disposal provisions of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990. Subtitle C: Logistics and Sustainment - (Sec. 321) Repeals certain amendments made under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012 relating to DOD depot-level maintenance, and revives the former provisions. (Sec. 322) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2004 to: (1) authorize the Secretary concerned to carry out a demonstration project under which workers who are certified at the journey level to perform multiple trades are promoted by one grade level, and (2) extend such multi-trades demonstration project through FY2019. (Sec. 323) Requires the Secretary of the Air Force, in managing system program responsibilities for sustainment programs not assigned to a program executive officer or a direct reporting program manager, to comply with DOD instructions regarding the assignment of program responsibility. Subtitle D: Reports - (Sec. 331) Requires as additional information in an annual DOD report on long-term corrosion strategy: (1) data on return of investment for completed corrosion projects and activities; and (2) how such funds are used for military corrosion projects, the technical corrosion collaboration pilot program, and other corrosion-related activities. (Sec. 332) Revises the deadline for a CG review of an annual report on prepositioned materiel and equipment. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 341) Directs the Secretary, within 90 days after the enactment of this Act, to begin implementation of an efficiencies plan for the DOD civilian and service contractor workforce which shall achieve savings in funding for each such workforce from FY2012-FY2017 that are not less than the percentage savings achieved by the planned reduction in military personnel end strengths over the same period. Provides funding reduction exclusions. Requires an initial and annual plan reports over such period from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Prohibits any such savings from being achieved through unjustified transfers of functions between or among the military, civilian, and service contractor workforces of DOD. Expresses the sense of Congress that 30% of the savings achieved should be made available for costs of assisting separated military personnel in their transition from service. (Sec. 342) Earmarks specified O&M funds for support of the NATO Special Operations Headquarters. Requires an annual report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees regarding DOD support of such Headquarters. (Sec. 343) Repeals a redundant provision authorizing the Secretary to provide certain items or facilities to a federal, state, or local law enforcement or emergency response agency to respond to emergencies involving chemical or biological agents if the Secretary determines that the item or facility is not reasonably available from another source. (Sec. 344) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary of the Navy should maintain in operational capability and perform necessary maintenance on each Navy cruiser and dock landing ship; (2) for retirements of Navy ships prior to their projected end of service life, the Chief of Naval Operations must explain to the defense and appropriations committees how the retention of such ship would degrade overall readiness; and (3) revitalizing the Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan should be a national priority, and increased funding should be provided to help close the gap between requirements and the current fleet size. Title IV: Military Personnel Authorizations - Subtitle A: Active Forces - (Sec. 401) Sets forth authorized end strengths for active-duty forces as of the end of FY2013. (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a plan to increase the number of Marine Corps personnel assigned to the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group at Quantico, Virginia, as well as Marine Security Group regional commands and detachments at U.S. missions worldwide, by up to 1,000 Marines during FY2014-FY2017, for purposes of increased security in light of threats to U.S. personnel and property by terrorists. Requires separate budget line items for the Marine Corps and the Marine Corps Security Guard Program. Directs: (1) the Secretary, during each of 2014 through 2017, to report to Congress on the Marine Corps Security Guard Program; and (2) the President to notify Congress of any required modification in the scope of such Program. Subtitle B: Reserve Forces - (Sec. 411) Sets forth authorized end strengths as of the end of FY2013 for members of the Selected Reserve and reserve personnel on active duty in support of the reserves. (Sec. 413) Sets forth minimum end strengths for FY2013 for Army and Air Force dual status military technicians. (Sec. 414) Provides a FY2013 limitation on the number of non-dual status Army and Air Force military technicians. (Sec. 415) Sets forth the maximum number of reserve personnel authorized to be on active duty for operational support during FY2013. Subtitle C: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 421) Authorizes appropriations for FY2013 for military personnel. Title V: Military Personnel Policy - Subtitle A: Officer Policy - (Sec. 501) Extends through 2018 DOD authority to convene selection boards to consider early discharges for regular officers below lieutenant colonel or commander who have served on active duty for at least one year in their current grade, are not on a promotion list, and are ineligible for retirement. (Sec. 502) Allows a Navy chief warrant officer, grade W-5, to serve for up to 33 (under current law, 30) years before mandatory retirement for years of service. (Sec. 503) Revises the definition of joint duty assignment as it pertains to instructors to include all instructor assignments for joint training and education. (Sec. 504) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Secretary should include as joint duty assignments officers assigned as instructors at the military service academies. Subtitle B: Reserve Component Management - (Sec. 511) Makes lawful permanent residents eligible for appointment as officers in the National Guard (under current law, only as reserve officers). (Sec. 512) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to provide members of the National Guard and reserves and their families with training in suicide prevention, resilience, and community healing and response to suicide. Outlines program requirements. Terminates the program at the beginning of FY2015. (Sec. 513) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the adequacy of mechanisms for the reintegration into civilian life of members of the National Guard and reserves following a deployment on active duty, including whether permitting such members to remain on active duty for a limited period after deployment (known as a "soft landing") is feasible and advisable for facilitating and easing such reintegration. Requires a study results report from the Secretary to the defense and appropriations committees. Subtitle C: General Service Authorities - (Sec. 521) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a plan to measure DOD efforts to achieve the goal of having a 20-30 year pipeline that yields a diverse officer and enlisted corps for the Armed Forces that reflects the population eligible to serve. Requires each military department Secretary, under such plan, to develop a definition of diversity that is reflective of the culture, mission, and core values of that armed force. Directs the Secretary to report biennially through 2017 to the defense and appropriations committees on the plan's development and implementation. (Sec. 522) Amends the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Hunter Act) to make full-time active-duty Guard and reserve personnel eligible for the career intermission pilot program (allowing personnel to temporarily suspend military service in order to achieve educational degree goals). Allows accrued leave to be carried through any period of inactive service under such program, and allows individuals who become ill or injured during such inactive service to be processed under regular (active) retirement or separation authority. (Sec. 523) Allows licensed clinical social workers or psychiatric nurse practitioners to conduct pre-separation medical examinations for the detection of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). (Sec. 524) Requires each department Secretary to report quarterly in 2013-2014 to the defense committees on the number of members of regular components of that armed force who were involuntarily separated from active duty during such period. (Sec. 525) Directs the Secretary to report to such committees on the advisability of modifying the criteria for the award of the Purple Heart and the Defense Medal of Freedom to include members or civilian U.S. employees killed or wounded in a terrorist act inspired by ideological, political, or religious beliefs. Requires the consideration, in the possible new eligibility for such awards, of any death or wounding of a member or civilian employee since September 11, 2001. (Sec. 526) Extends through FY2015 the authority of members to accumulate and carry over up to 75 days of leave. (Sec. 527) Prohibits providing a waiver for commissioning or enlistment in the Armed Forces for any individual convicted under federal or state law of the felony offense of rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault, incest, or any other sexual offense. (Sec. 528) Directs the Secretary of the Army, through FY2014, to carry out a study on resilience in members of the Army in order to reduce trends in high-risk or self-destructive behavior and to prepare such members to manage stressful or traumatic situations. Requires two annual reports from such Secretary to the defense committees on such study. Subtitle D: Military Justice and Legal Matters Generally - (Sec. 531) Requires the Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps to be: (1) appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate, and (2) serve in the grade of major general (unless holding a higher grade at the time of appointment). Outlines additional duties, including supervision over all Marine Corps judge advocates. (Sec. 532) Requires, in annual reports of the Committee of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, legal information from the judge advocates general and the staff judge advocate of the Marine Corps, including appellate review results of general or special court martial determinations. Subtitle E: Sexual Assault, Hazing, and Related Matters - (Sec. 541) Allows sexual assault victim-members of the reserves to remain on active duty, or to be recalled to active duty, to complete a line-of-duty determination with respect to the assault. (Sec. 542) Directs the Secretary to include additional requirements within the revised comprehensive policy for the DOD sexual assault prevention and response program outlined under the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Skelton Act), including: (1) an enhanced capability within each department for the investigation, prosecution, and defense of designated special victim offenses; (2) a record of the disposition of allegations of sexual assault; and (3) additional sexual assault prevention and response training for members, commanding officers, and commanders. (Sec. 543) Requires each department Secretary to report to the defense committees on hazing policies and incidences within their jurisdiction. (Sec. 544) Requires certain DOD sexual assault forms and records to be retained for at least 50 years. (Sec. 545) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a comprehensive policy to prevent and respond to sexual harassment in the Armed Forces, (2) report to the defense committees on such policy, and (3) require each department Secretary to establish a record on the disposition of any sexual harassment report (requiring such records to be retained for at least 50 years). Requires each department Secretary to report annually to the Secretary from 2015 through 2018 on sexual harassment cases involving members under their jurisdiction. (Sec. 546) Amends the Skelton Act to add additional required information within annual reports on sexual assaults involving members. Subtitle F: Education and Training - (Sec. 551) Includes the School of Advanced Military Studies Senior Level Course as a senior level service school (thus allowing it to offer joint professional military education instruction and credit). (Sec. 552) Allows enlisted personnel other than the Air Force who are in joint-service medical training and education or serving as instructors in such training and education to participate in associate degree programs of the Community College of the Air Force. (Sec. 553) Authorizes the Secretary of the Navy to: (1) enter into contracts and agreements with the Naval Academy Athletic Association to support Naval Academy athletic and physical fitness programs; and (2) receive funds, supplies, and services for the support of such programs. Allows such Association to enter into agreements for licensing, marketing, and sponsorship relating to Naval Academy trademarks and service marks. (Sec. 554) Allows certain military medical students, while on active duty, to serve in pay grade O-2 (under current law, all such students serve in pay grade O-1) if they meet specified criteria prescribed by the Secretary concerned. Requires officers detailed as a student at a medical school to serve on active duty in the same grade (with the same entitlements) in which they served before such detail. (Sec. 555) Allows members of the Selected Reserve who accept fellowships, scholarships, or grants to fulfill the attendant service requirements by serving: (1) on active duty for at least three times the length of the educational assistance, or (2) in the Selected Reserve for at least five times such length. (Sec. 556) Repeals the requirement that at least 50% of service academy midshipmen and cadets qualify for and receive in-state tuition rates. (Sec. 557) Requires the Secretary to develop a plan to establish and support at least 3,000 and no more than 3,700 (under current law, not less than 3,700) Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) units by September 20, 2020. Authorizes the Secretaries concerned to determine that support provided to youth development programs is consistent with JROTC funding limitations and program objectives. Requires additional periodic program reports until 2020. (Sec. 558) Authorizes the Secretary concerned to issue arms, tentage, and equipment to an educational institution at which no JROTC unit is maintained if such institution offers a course in military instruction and has at least 50 students above the eighth grade. (Sec. 559) Removes the requirement that the Secretary publish semiannually in the Federal Register a list of institutions of higher education that are ineligible for DOD contracts and grants by reason of preventing ROTC access or military recruiting on its campus. (Sec. 560) Directs the CG to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the effectiveness and oversight of the ROTC program. (Sec. 561) Requires the Secretary to report to the defense committees on DOD efforts to standardize educational transcripts issued to members upon their separation. (Sec. 562) Directs the CG to: (1) review the methodology used by the Military Education Coordination Council in compiling a required report concerning joint professional military education, (2) report review results to the defense committees, and (3) submit to such committees an assessment of the work performed by joint professional military education research institutions in support of professional military education and the broader mission of DOD and the military departments and defense agencies. (Sec. 563) Requires the Secretaries of Defense and Education to enter into a memorandum of agreement with respect to the dissemination of information on the troops-to-teachers program (a program to aid former members in obtaining teacher certification and teaching positions in public schools, including high-need schools). Reduces from six to four years the required period of continuous active duty prior to eligibility for such program. Outlines participation agreement requirements, as well as requirements for stipend or bonus reimbursement upon failure to obtain appropriate qualification, termination of employment, or failure to complete the required teaching period. Subtitle G: Defense Dependents' Education and Military Family Readiness Matters - (Sec. 571) Earmarks specified DOD O&M funds: (1) for impact aid for children with severe disabilities, and (2) to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) having a significant number of dependents of members and DOD civilian employees enrolled in their schools. (Sec. 573) Impact Aid Improvement Act of 2012 - Amends title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the calculation of: (1) impact aid payments owed to federal property districts, and (2) eligible children displaced from housing located on federal property. Revises the deadline for final payments to educational districts. (Sec. 574) Authorizes the head of a federal agency to appoint, on a noncompetitive basis, a relocating spouse of a member ordered to active duty for more than 180 days, or a spouse of a fully disabled or deceased member. (Sec. 575) Authorizes the enrollment in a defense dependents' educational institution of dependents who have left a DOD overseas school due to an authorized member departure or evacuation order, and whose safe haven location is within commuting distance of the defense dependents' educational institution. Allows such enrollment for the dependents of active-duty personnel transitioning from a DOD overseas school in order to take courses under the DOD virtual elementary and secondary education program. (Sec. 576) Expresses the sense of Congress in support of the goals and ideals of Yellow Ribbon Day in honor of members who are serving overseas apart from their families and loved ones. (Sec. 577) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the anticipated future of DOD family support programs during the five-year period after such report as military end strengths are reduced and forces are drawn down from combat operations in Afghanistan. Subtitle H: Other Matters - (Sec. 581) Requires the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Affairs to coordinate periodic briefings of families concerning DOD activities to account for missing persons. (Sec. 582) Authorizes DOD acceptance of voluntary services to facilitate the accounting for missing persons. Authorizes the Secretary concerned to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities for the support of a military educational institution or military museum. (Sec. 583) Codifies the designation of the Fisher House for the Families of the Fallen and Meditation Pavilion at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, as a Fisher House for all purposes under laws relating to Fisher Houses and Fisher Suites. Authorizes as residents of such facility the primary next of kin and other family members of a member who dies while serving overseas, as well as escorts of such family members. (Sec. 584) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees a plan to improve the completeness and accuracy of the data contained in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System. (Sec. 585) Authorizes the President to issue a posthumous honorary promotion to second lieutenant for Sergeant (retired) Paschal Conley, a distinguished Buffalo soldier who was recommended for such promotion by General John J. Pershing. Title VI: Compensation and Other Personnel Benefits - Subtitle A: Pay and Allowances - (Sec. 601) Requires the rate of basic allowance for housing for a member of the Army or Air National Guard on full-time duty to be based on the member's location. Prohibits such rate from being modified when the member transitions from active to full-time duty, or vice versa, when the transition occurs without a break in active service, unless such transition results in a permanent change of station and the shipment of household goods. (Sec. 602) Directs the Secretary concerned to make a payment to each member who was eligible to participate in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program, but did not participate for one or more days due to government error. Makes such payment: (1) $200 for each day of non-participation, and (2) in lieu of any authorized administrative absence for such day(s). (Sec. 603) Extends through 2013 DOD authority to provide a temporary increase in the rate of the basic allowance for housing for housing located in a major disaster area or an area which contains one or more military installations experiencing a sudden increase in assigned personnel. Subtitle B: Bonuses and Special and Incentive Pays - (Sec. 611) Extends through 2013 specified authorities currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2012 with respect to certain special pay and bonus programs within the regular and reserve Armed Forces. (Sec. 616) Increases from $10,000 to $20,000 the maximum Selected Reserve officer affiliation bonus. (Sec. 617) Increases from $2,000 to $4,000 the maximum incentive bonus for reserve personnel who convert their military occupational specialty to one in which there is a shortage of trained and qualified personnel. Subtitle C: Travel and Transportation Allowances - (Sec. 631) Authorizes the payment of a travel and transportation allowance for a member of the Selected Reserve who is involuntarily separated due to force structure reductions between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2018, and subsequently fills a critical vacancy in another Selected Reserve unit that is at more than 150 miles from the member's residence. Allows such payment to include an allowance for dependents and household effects. (Sec. 632) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to provide transportation on DOD aircraft on a space-available basis for: (1) active duty personnel; (2) reserve members holding a valid Uniformed Services Identification and Privilege Card; (3) retired members who, but for not attaining age 60, would be eligible for military retired pay; and (4) certain dependents of members described above. Allows the Secretary to establish an order of priority based on considerations of military needs and readiness. Subtitle D: Disability, Retired Pay, and Survivor Benefits - (Sec. 641) Waives payment of premiums under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) for members retiring under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) when such member waives military retired pay in order to elect civil service retirement and provide a survivor annuity. (Sec. 642) Removes members from automatic enrollment as a dependent under the Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program when they are already insured under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance program. Subtitle E: Military Lending Matters - (Sec. 651) Includes as consumer credit, for purposes of consumer credit protection for members and their dependents during a member's military service, vehicle title and payday loans, as well as tax refund anticipation loans. Directs the Secretary to prescribe a policy on the predatory extension of credit via installment loans which target members and their dependents. (Sec. 652) Applies the prohibition against charging out-of-state members higher interest rates on loans than what is permitted for residents of such state to other forms of consumer credit regulated by the Secretary for the credit protection of members. (Sec. 653) Provides civil relief for violations of the protections on consumer credit extended to members and their dependents, including actual and punitive damages as well as equitable and declaratory relief. (Sec. 654) Conforms the definition of "dependent" for purposes of consumer credit extended to members and their dependents with such definition as used to establish certain military pay and allowances. (Sec. 655) Requires the enforcement of protections on consumer credit for members and their dependents through appropriate banks, credit unions, banking associations, and related agencies. Subtitle F: Other Matters - (Sec. 661) Revises a DOD program which provides transitional compensation and other benefits for the dependents of members who were separated from service due to dependent abuse to include under such coverage a child who was carried during pregnancy at the time of the abuse and born thereafter. (Sec. 662) Directs the Secretary to report to the defense and appropriations committees on the issuance by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner of death certificates for members who die on active duty abroad, including mechanisms for reducing or ameliorating issuance delays. Title VII: Health Care Provisions - Subtitle A: TRICARE Program - (Sec. 701) Authorizes TRICARE Standard and dental program coverage for members involuntarily separated from the Selected Reserve under other than adverse conditions, as characterized by the Secretary concerned. Continues such coverage for 180 days after such separation. (Sec. 702) Authorizes the Secretary to implement procedures to place selected over-the-counter drugs on the DOD pharmacy benefits program's uniform formulary and make such drugs available to eligible beneficiaries. Allows such a drug to be selected and included only if DOD's Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee finds that it is cost- and clinically-effective. (Sec. 703) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 1996 to require an ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of the TRICARE program to include its impact on members and their dependents, military retirees (current law) and their dependents, dependent children under age 21, and dependents of members on active duty with severe disabilities and chronic health care needs. (Sec. 704) Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees setting forth DOD policy on the future availability of TRICARE Prime for eligible beneficiaries in all TRICARE regions. (Sec. 705) Requires the treatment of developmental disabilities under the TRICARE program to include behavioral health treatment, including applied behavioral analysis, when prescribed by a physician. Outlines requirements, including appropriate licensing or certification, with respect to the provision of such services. Provides behavioral health treatment exclusions. (Sec. 706) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) members and their families endure unique and extraordinary demands and make extraordinary sacrifices over the course of 20 to 30 years of service, as do those who have been medically retired; and (2) access to quality health care services during retirement is an earned benefit in acknowledgment of such service and sacrifices. Subtitle B: Other Health Care Benefits - (Sec. 711) Allows the use of DOD funds for abortions in cases of rape or incest. (Sec. 712) Provides that members covered under military medical and dental care who have been diagnosed with a condition for which the recommended course of treatment is recognized as a cause for infertility shall also be entitled to fertility preservation treatment as part of such care. (Sec. 713) Revises provisions concerning mental health assessments of members deployed in support of a contingency operation to: (1) extend one of the periods during which such assessments are required, and (2) limit the pre-deployment and post-deployment assessments to those members who will be, or were, subjected or exposed to operational risk factors during such deployment. Subtitle C: Health Care Administration - (Sec. 721) Includes within medical malpractice provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act DOD subcontractors providing health care services under personal services contracts. (Sec. 722) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to assess the feasibility and advisability of enhancing DOD efforts in research, treatment, education, and outreach on mental health and substance abuse disorders and traumatic brain injury (TBI) in members of the National Guard and reserves, their family members, and their caregivers. Requires a program report from the Secretary to the defense committees. Subtitle D: Reports and Other Matters - (Sec. 731) Requires each department Secretary to submit semiannually to Congress data on their department's performance in addressing the care, management, and transition needs of members who participate in a Warriors in Transition program. Terminates the report requirement at the end of FY2017. (Sec. 732) Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense committees the results of a comprehensive review of the adequacy and effectiveness of DOD policies, procedures, and systems in providing support to members who experience traumatic injury as the result of a DOD-required vaccination. (Sec. 733) Directs the Secretary to submit to such committees a plan to streamline DOD programs that address psychological health and TBI among members. Requires an additional report on the status of plan implementation. (Sec. 734) Requires the Secretary to report to such committees on the implementation of CG recommendations that address the prevention and abatement of hearing loss, data collection on hearing loss, and the need for a new interagency data sharing system to address and track hearing injuries and loss. (Sec. 735) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Secretaries of DOD and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should develop a plan to ensure a sustainable flow of qualified counselors to meet the long-term needs of members, veterans, and their families; and (2) such plan should include the participation of accredited schools and universities, health care providers, professional counselors, family service or support centers, chaplains, and other appropriate DOD and VA resources. (Sec. 736) Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General to jointly carry out a program under which members and their dependents may deliver controlled substances to designated facilities for disposal under provisions of the Controlled Substances Act. Subtitle E: Mental Health Care Matters - (Sec. 751) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a position for the oversight and management of all DOD suicide prevention and resilience and preventative behavioral health programs; (2) develop and implement a program on the prevention of suicide among members; (3) standardize, assess, and monitor DOD medical evaluation boards, physical evaluation boards, and physical evaluation board liaison officers; (4) contract for an independent assessment of whether the mental health care benefits available to members and their beneficiaries under the TRICARE program are adequate to meet their needs; (5) enter into a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the VA Secretary providing for the DOD-VA sharing of the results of examinations and records under the medical tracking system for members deployed overseas; (6) enter into a DOD-VA MOU providing for certain combat-experienced former members to be considered for employment as VA peer counselors; and (7) establish an organization to discharge certain responsibilities relating to DOD research and medical practices on mental health conditions. Requires reports with respect to some of the above requirements. (Sec. 758) Requires the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to enter into a MOU with the Secretary to establish procedures under which a member may deliver a controlled substance to another member or a DOD employee for disposal under provisions of the Controlled Substances Act. (Sec. 759) Directs the VA Secretary to: (1) develop and implement measures to assess VA mental health care services, as well as guidelines for the staffing of such services; and (2) report semiannually to the veterans committees on progress in developing and implementing such measures and guidelines. (Sec. 760) Expands the Vet Center program of counseling to former members who served on active combat duty to include the furnishing of counseling to their family members. (Sec. 761) Authorizes the VA Secretary to furnish mental health care to immediate family members of members currently deployed in connection with a contingency operation. Terminates such authority three years after the enactment of this Act. (Sec. 762) Establishes in the Veterans Health Administration the Readjustment Counseling Service, to provide veterans' readjustment counseling and associated services. Requires an annual Service activities report from the VA Secretary to the veterans committees. (Sec. 763) Directs the VA Secretary to carry out a national outreach program to recruit mental health providers to provide such services for the VA on a part-time, no-compensation basis. (Sec. 764) Requires (under current law, authorizes) the VA Secretary to carry out a counseling program for veteran peer counselors. Requires such program, as well as peer outreach and peer support services, to be carried out at each VA medical center. Title VIII: Acquisition Policy, Acquisition Management, and Related Matters - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Major Defense Acquisition Programs - (Sec. 801) Directs the Secretary to modify acquisition regulations to prohibit DOD from entering into cost-type contracts for the production of major defense acquisition programs (MDAPs). Provides an exception when the Under Secretary certifies that such a contract is needed to provide a required capability in a timely and cost-effective manner. Applies such requirements to MDAP production contracts entered into on or after October 1, 2014. (Sec. 802) Directs the Secretary to ensure that the acquisition strategy for each MDAP: (1) provides for breaking out a major subsystem or subassembly, conducting a separate competition or negotiating a separate price for the subsystem or subassembly, and providing the subsystem or subassembly to the prime contractor as government-furnished equipment; and (2) in any case where it is not practical or appropriate to break out a major subsystem or subassembly and provide it to the prime contractor as government-furnished equipment, includes measures to prevent excessive pass-through charges by the prime contractor. (Sec. 803) Revises generally oversight and supervisory responsibilities of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Developmental Test and Evaluation with respect to MDAP chief developmental testers and lead developmental test evaluation organizations. (Sec. 804) Requires the Under Secretary, at least 30 days before entering into a contract for the development or production of a MDAP with a potential termination liability in excess of $100 million, to report to the defense and appropriations committees on such potential liability. (Sec. 806) Amends the Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 to repeal the requirement to review ongoing MDAPs initiated before the enactment of DOD milestone B certification and approval process requirements. Subtitle B: Acquisition Policy and Management - (Sec. 821) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2012 to extend through FY2014 the temporary limit on the aggregate annual expenditures for DOD contract services. (Sec. 822) Directs the Secretary to revise the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (DOD-FAR) in order to prohibit DOD from awarding a contract for services unless the contractor agrees that at least 50% of the direct labor costs under the contract will be performed by such contractor's employees or by a subcontractor specifically identified in the contract. (Sec. 823) Allows amounts from the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund to be used for temporary acquisition personnel only for training such personnel in the performance of acquisition-related functions and duties. Extends through FY2017 DOD authority for the expedited hiring of acquisition workforce personnel. Requires the Under Secretary to develop an implementation plan for the limited funding authority for the temporary personnel. (Sec. 824) Directs the Secretary to review, and report to the defense and appropriations committees on, the profit guidelines in DOD-FAR to identify any modifications necessary to ensure an appropriate link between contractor profit and contractor performance. (Sec. 825) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to: (1) repeal the requirement of DOD Inspector General follow-up reports on internal controls for procurements made by DOD through certain non-defense federal agencies; and (2) authorize (under current law, direct) the inspectors general of DOD and the non-defense agencies to enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning their review and determinations with respect to such internal controls. (Sec. 826) Amends the Skelton Act to extend until January 1, 2016, a pilot program on the management of DOD supply chain risk. (Sec. 827) Expresses the sense of the Senate in support of: (1) DOD efforts to implement the Item Unique Identification Initiative (Initiative) (the marking and tracking of assets deployed throughout the Armed Forces or in the possession of DOD contractors), (2) measures to verify contractor compliance with DOD-FAR regulations on unique identification, (3) DOD adoption and implementation of Initiative actions and milestones, and (4) DOD capture and use of Initiative meaningful data and benefits. Subtitle C: Amendments Relating to General Contracting Authorities, Procedures, and Limitations - (Sec. 841) Authorizes the head of a defense agency to require submission of cost or pricing data for a major system or subsystem or component thereof that is not a commercially available off-the-shelf item and was not developed exclusively at private expense. Authorizes such agency head, when price information is not adequate to evaluate reasonableness, to require the submission of uncertified cost data adequate for such evaluation. (Sec. 842) Sets the maximum annual defense contractor employee compensation at the maximum annual aggregate pay limit for federal employees (currently $230,700) established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Directs the DOD Inspector General, 120 days after the enactment of this Act, to report to Congress on the effect of such modification. (Sec. 843) Authorizes Defense Contract Audit Agency access to defense contractor internal audit reports related to the efficacy of contractor or subcontractor internal controls and the reliability of contractor or subcontractor business systems. Requires the Director of such Agency to issue revised guidance on Agency auditor access to contractor internal audit reports and supporting materials. (Sec. 844) Provides additional whistleblower protections for defense contractor employees, including: (1) extending such protection to subcontractor employees; (2) adding as a valid disclosure an abuse of authority relating to a DOD contract or grant; (3) specifying the individuals and officials to whom such disclosures may be made, including management officials of the contractor; (4) extending coverage to reprisal actions taken in concert with the contracting agency; (5) conforming standard-of-proof requirements to those applicable for federal employees; (6) prohibiting whistleblower protections from being waived by an arbitration agreement; (7) prohibiting the payment of contractor legal fees if the contractor is determined to have engaged in a reprisal; and (8) establishing statutes of limitations for complaints and appeals. (Sec. 844A) Prohibits an employee of a federal (non-defense) contractor, subcontractor, or grantee from being discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against for disclosing to specified persons or bodies information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement of a federal contract or grant, a gross waste of federal funds, an abuse of authority, a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law, rule, or regulation related to a federal contract. Includes as appropriate persons or bodies for such disclosure a Member of Congress, an inspector general, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a federal employee responsible for contract or grant oversight or management, an authorized official of the Department of Justice (DOJ) or other law enforcement agency, a court or grand jury, or a management official or other employee of the contractor, subcontractor, or grantee responsible for investigating, discovering, or addressing misconduct. Outlines procedures for the investigation of such complaints (with a three-year statute of limitations), remedy and enforcement authority through the appropriate inspector general, and judicial review through the appropriate appellate court. (Sec. 845) Directs the Secretary to review the guidance on personal conflicts of interest for contractor employees to determine whether it would be in the best interest of DOD and the taxpayers to extend such guidance to personal conflicts of interest by contractor personnel performing: (1) functions other than acquisition functions that are closely associated with inherently governmental functions, (2) personal services contracts, and (3) contracts for staff augmentation services. Requires a report from the Secretary to the defense committees on such review and any required revision of regulations. (Sec. 846) Repeals the September 30, 2016, sunset for DOD authority to file bid protests for task and delivery orders in excess of $5 million. (Sec. 847) Requires annual reports, after each of FY2013-FY2016, from the Secretary to the defense, budget, and appropriations committees on the use of indemnification agreements within defense contracts. (Sec. 848) Amends the Small Business Act with respect to federal procurement contracting with small businesses owned and controlled by women to: (1) remove the requirement that a federal contracting officer may restrict a contract competition to small businesses owned and controlled by women only if such women are economically disadvantaged, (2) remove contract anticipated award price limits, and (3) direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to periodically study and report to the small business committees on industries underrepresented by small businesses owned and controlled by women. Subtitle D: Provisions Relating to Wartime Contracting - Wartime Contracting Reform Act of 2012 - (Sec. 861) Directs the Secretary to: (1) prescribe in regulations the chain of authority and responsibility within DOD for policy, planning, and execution of contract support for overseas contingency operations; and (2) report to the defense and appropriations committees on such regulations. Requires the CG to assess such regulations and report assessment results to such committees. (Sec. 862) Requires the Secretary, within one year after the commencement or designation of a contingency operation that includes combat operations and annually thereafter until the end of such operation, to report to specified congressional committees on contract support for the operation. Requires additional reports, under the same timelines, from the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with respect to contract support for such operations. Provides an exception. (Sec. 863) Requires the DOD military readiness reporting system to measure, on an annual basis, the capability of operational contract support for current and anticipated wartime missions. Makes the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) responsible for determining the operational contract support requirements of the Armed Forces and recommending appropriate resources therefor. Requires the curriculum for each phase of joint professional military education to include courses relating to contracting for contingency operations. (Sec. 864) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and State and the USAID Administrator, within six months after the commencement or designation of an overseas contingency operation that includes or is expected to include combat operations, to perform a comprehensive risk assessment and develop a risk mitigation plan for operational and political risks associated with contractor performance of critical functions supporting such operation. Provides exceptions. Requires such officials to submit each assessment and plan to specified congressional committees. (Sec. 865) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to extend until February 1, 2015, DOD reports on contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Repeals CG review of such reports. (Sec. 866) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2010 to extend through 2014 DOD temporary authority to acquire products and services in countries located along a major supply route to Afghanistan. Repeals an expired report requirement. (Sec. 867) Applies, without exceptions or exemptions, Buy American requirements in the case of any textiles or components supplied by DOD to the Afghanistan National Army or the Afghanistan National Police for the production of uniforms. (Sec. 868) Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Latvia and other NATO member nations along the Northern Distribution Network routes (Network routes) are key economic and security partners of the United States and are to be commended for their contribution to ensuring that U.S. and International Security Assistance Force troops have reliable lines of supply to achieve their mission in Afghanistan; (2) when quality products at competitive prices are available, significant effort should be made to procure goods locally from Latvia and other NATO nations along the Network routes; and (3) Latvia and other NATO nations along the Network routes remain allies of the United States in the region, and a mutually beneficial relationship should continue to be cultivated between the United States and such nations. (Sec. 869) Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to outline responsibilities of the inspectors general of DOD, the Department of State, and USAID upon the commencement or designation of an overseas contingency operation (OCO) that exceeds 90 days. Directs the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to establish a standing committee on OCOs, which shall undertaken specified activities to improve OCO oversight, including an annual joint-strategic plan for ongoing and anticipated OCO oversight. Requires the establishment of a Lead Inspector General for each OCO that exceeds 90 days, with specified responsibilities and required reports. (Sec. 870) Requires the Secretaries of Defense and State and the USAID Administrator, within 180 days after the designation or commencement of an OCO and semiannually thereafter until its termination, to make available to the inspector general of the department or agency concerned the information required in the reports of the Lead Inspector General designated above. Requires the audit of such information for accuracy and completeness. (Sec. 871) Expands the responsibilities of chief acquisition officers in federal agencies to include oversight of contracts and contracting activities for OCOs. (Sec. 872) Directs the Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator to submit to specified congressional committees an assessment of their departments' policies governing contract support for OCOs. Requires a related CG report on the progress of such departments in implementing changes and improvements to such policies. (Sec. 873) Requires the Secretary of State to develop and administer a course on acquisition for Department of State support and participation in OCOs. (Sec. 874) Requires the Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy to establish and maintain a database of prices of items and services charged to the federal government under government contracts, in order to assist federal agencies in evaluating offers for contracts which include such items and services. (Sec. 875) Amends the Hunter Act to include corporations as covered persons required to submit specified information to the Administrator of General Services (GSA) regarding their performance under federal contracts or grants exceeding $500,000. (Sec. 876) Directs the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council to develop a strategy for ensuring that timely, accurate, and complete information on contractor performance is included in past performance databases used by executive agencies for making source selection decisions. Requires FAR to be revised to require that affected contractors: (1) are notified of the information to be so included; and (2) given up to 14 days to submit comments, rebuttals, or additional information on their behalf. Directs the CG to report to specified congressional committees on Council actions taken pursuant to this section. (Sec. 877) Amends the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2008 to direct the Secretary to make publicly available any information contained in a DOD database or repository concerning certain senior DOD officials seeking employment with defense contractors within two years after leaving their former position. Subtitle E: Other Matters - (Sec. 881) Outlines specified requirements and limitations for suspension and debarment officials, including: (1) maintaining at least one official for each military department the Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of State, and the USAID; (2) that each official not be subject to the supervision or control of the acquisition office or inspector general of either DOD or the department or agency concerned; (3) t

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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013

Roll Calls

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-12	House	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 829, papers are returned to the Senate.
2012-12-07	House	Held at the desk.
2012-12-07	House	Received in the House.
2012-12-06	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2012-12-04	Senate	See also H.R. 4310.
2012-12-04	Senate	Senate incorporated this measure in H.R. 4310 as an amendment.
2012-12-04	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 98 - 0. Record Vote Number: 221. (text: CR 12/05/2012 S7461-7636)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3123 Amendment SA 3123 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR 11/30/2012 S7285)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3262 Amendment SA 3262 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 92 - 6. Record Vote Number: 220. (text as modified: CR S7386)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3262 Amendment SA 3262 proposed by Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S7385-7389)To require a report on military activities to deny or significantly degrade the use of air power against civilian and opposition groups in Syria.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3117 Amendment SA 3117 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7385)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3226 Amendment SA 3226 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7385)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3285 Amendment SA 3285 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7385)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3277 Amendment SA 3277 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7384-7385)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3242 Amendment SA 3242 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3241 Amendment SA 3241 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3175 Amendment SA 3175 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7384)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3113 Amendment SA 3113 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7384)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3062 Amendment SA 3062 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3019 Amendment SA 3019 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.2927 Amendment SA 2927 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7383-7384)
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3117 Amendment SA 3117 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Hatch. (consideration: CR S7383-7385)To provide that the rating chain for a system program manager may include any senior official located at an Air Logistics Complex where the system program manager is based.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3226 Amendment SA 3226 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bennet. (consideration: CR S7383-7385)To make enhancements to the Troops-to-Teachers program.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3285 Amendment SA 3285 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Moran. (consideration: CR S7383-7385)In the nature of a substitute.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3277 Amendment SA 3277 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Thune. (consideration: CR S7383-7385)To express the sense of Congress regarding the reallocation of government spectrum.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3242 Amendment SA 3242 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Carper. (consideration: CR S7383-7385)To intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3241 Amendment SA 3241 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Carper. (consideration: CR S7383-7385; text: CR S7384)To repeal or modify certain mandates of the Government Accountability Office.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3175 Amendment SA 3175 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Rubio. (consideration: CR S7383-7385)To limit the availability of funds for retirement or inactivation of Ticonderoga class cruisers or dock landing ships.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3113 Amendment SA 3113 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Brown OH. (consideration: CR S7383-7385)To extend treatment of base closure areas as HUBZones for purposes of the Small Business Act.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3062 Amendment SA 3062 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Toomey. (consideration: CR S7383-7385; text: CR S7384)To require the Government Accountability Office to include in its annual report to Congress a list of the most common grounds for sustaining protests relating to bids for contracts.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3019 Amendment SA 3019 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Akaka. (consideration: CR S7383-7385; text: CR S7384)To amend the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 with respect to the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.2927 Amendment SA 2927 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Kyl. (consideration: CR S7383-7385)To establish a congressional advisory panel on revising the governance structure of the National Nuclear Security Administration to permit it to operate more effectively and independently of the Department of Energy.
2012-12-04	Senate	S.AMDT.3123 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7381, S7389)
2012-12-04	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7381-7392)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3047 Amendment SA 3047 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7340)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2996 Amendment SA 2996 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3278 Amendment SA 3278 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7339)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3298 Amendment SA 3298 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3276 Amendment SA 3276 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3172 Amendment SA 3172 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7338-7339)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3144 Amendment SA 3144 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3142 Amendment SA 3142 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3121 Amendment SA 3121 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7337)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3023 Amendment SA 3023 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2997 Amendment SA 2997 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7337)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2943 Amendment SA 2943 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2923 Amendment SA 2923 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7336-7337)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3047 Amendment SA 3047 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S7336-7340)To clarify the computation of combat-related special compensation for disability retirees from the Armed Forces.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2996 Amendment SA 2996 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Rockefeller. (consideration: CR S7336-7340; text: CR S7339-7340)To authorize certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3278 Amendment SA 3278 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Blunt. (consideration: CR S7336-7340)To provide for the modernization of the Department of Defense's mail delivery system to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of absentee ballots.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3298 Amendment SA 3298 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Lautenberg. (consideration: CR S7336-7340; text: CR S7339)To express the sense of Congress on health care for retired members of the uniformed services.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3276 Amendment SA 3276 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Lieberman. (consideration: CR S7336-7340; text: CR S7339)To authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3172 Amendment SA 3172 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Corker. (consideration: CR S7336-7340)To require the President to report to Congress on issues related to Syria.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3144 Amendment SA 3144 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Webb. (consideration: CR S7336-7340; text: CR S7338)To amend section 704 of title 18, United States Code.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3142 Amendment SA 3142 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Portman. (consideration: CR S7336-7340; text: CR S7337-7338)To require a report on Department of Defense support for United States diplomatic security.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3121 Amendment SA 3121 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Wicker. (consideration: CR S7336-7340)To exempt the high performance computing modernization program from certain requirements relating to funding for data servers and centers.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3023 Amendment SA 3023 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Cardin. (consideration: CR S7336-7340; text: CR S7337)To include the Coast Guard in the requirements relating to hazing in the Armed Forces.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2997 Amendment SA 2997 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Casey. (consideration: CR S7336-7340)To authorize the Transition Assistance Advisor program of the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2943 Amendment SA 2943 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Webb. (consideration: CR S7336-7340; text: CR S7337)To make Department of Defense law enforcement officers eligible under the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2923 Amendment SA 2923 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coats. (consideration: CR S7336-7340)In the nature of a substitute.
2012-12-03	Senate	Cloture on the bill invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 0. Record Vote Number: 218. (consideration: CR S7336; text: CR S7336)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3165 Amendment SA 3165 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3292 Amendment SA 3292 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3282 Amendment SA 3282 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3291 Amendment SA 3291 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3165 Amendment SA 3165 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Reed. (consideration: CR S7332)To establish a pilot program to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3292 Amendment SA 3292 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Reed. (consideration: CR S7332; text: CR S7332)To provide for the enforcement of protections on consumer credit for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3282 Amendment SA 3282 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Collins. (consideration: CR S7332; text: CR S7332)To provide for a prescription drug take-back program for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3291 Amendment SA 3291 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Pryor. (consideration: CR S7332; text: CR S7332)To require, as a condition on the receipt by a State of certain funds for veterans employment and training, that the State ensures that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3124 Amendment SA 3124, previously agreed to, was further modified by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7329; text as further modified: CR S7329-7331)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3119 Amendment SA 3119 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3289 Amendment SA 3289 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3268 Amendment SA 3268 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3227 Amendment SA 3227 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3218 Amendment SA 3218 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3208 Amendment SA 3208 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3188 Amendment SA 3188 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3176 Amendment SA 3176 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S7327)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3164 Amendment SA 3164 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3160 Amendment SA 3160 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3091 Amendment SA 3091 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S7326)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3066 Amendment SA 3066 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3054 Amendment SA 3054 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S7325)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3042 Amendment SA 3042 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S7325)
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3028 Amendment SA 3028 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3024 Amendment SA 3024 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3022 Amendment SA 3022 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3015 Amendment SA 3015 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2978 Amendment SA 2978 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2954 Amendment SA 2954 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3119 Amendment SA 3119 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Paul. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7329)To provide for the more accurate and complete enumeration of members of the Armed Forces in any tabulation of total population by the Secretary of Commerce.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3289 Amendment SA 3289 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coons. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7329)To make technical amendments relating to the termination of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology under defense base closure and realignment.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3268 Amendment SA 3268 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Hatch. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7328)To modify the age and retirement treatment under the Federal Employees Retirement System for certain retirees of the Armed Forces.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3227 Amendment SA 3227 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Conrad. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7328)To require the Director of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to carry out a national public awareness and participation campaign for the Veterans' History Project of the American Folklife Center.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3218 Amendment SA 3218 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Snowe. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7328)To remove the limit on the anticipated award price for contracts awarded under the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3208 Amendment SA 3208 proposed by Senator Leahy for Senator Bingaman. (consideration: CR S7324-7329)To promote the production of molybdenum-99 in the United States for medical isotope production, and to condition and phase out the export of highly enriched uranium for the production of medical isotopes.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3188 Amendment SA 3188 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Warner. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7328)To express the sense of Congress on the Joint Warfighting Analysis Center.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3176 Amendment SA 3176 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Rubio. (consideration: CR S7324-7329)To require a report on the reorganization of Air Force Materiel command organizations.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3164 Amendment SA 3164 proposed by Senator Levin. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7326-7327)To authorize the transfer of defense articles and the provision of defense services to the military and security forces of Afghanistan and certain other countries.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3160 Amendment SA 3160 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Brown MA. (consideration: CR S7324-7329)To improve the authorities relating to rates of basic allowance for housing for National Guard members on full-time National Guard duty.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3091 Amendment SA 3091 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S7324-7329)To authorize additional amounts for new programs identified and requested by the Department of Defense as unforeseen, urgent, and high priority requirements, and to provide an offset.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3066 Amendment SA 3066 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Toomey. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7325-7326)To require an independent study and report on simulated tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3054 Amendment SA 3054 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S7324-7329)Relative to notice to Congress for the review of proposals to name naval vessels.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3042 Amendment SA 3042 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Collins. (consideration: CR S7324-7329)To require a report on insider attacks in Afghanistan and their effect on the United States transition strategy for Afghanistan.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3028 Amendment SA 3028 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Tester. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7325)To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs in connection with rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, and care.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3024 Amendment SA 3024 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Cardin. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7325)To include the Coast Guard in the requirements for the achievement of diversity in the Armed Forces.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3022 Amendment SA 3022 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Cardin. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7324-7325)To express the sense of the Senate concerning the conflict-induced Afghan refugee situation.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3015 Amendment SA 3015 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Blumenthal. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7324)To extend the stolen goods offense to cover all veterans' memorials.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2978 Amendment SA 2978 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7324)To require the Secretary of the Air Force to submit to Congress a plan to increase the number of contractors eligible to be awarded contracts under the Air Force's Network-Centric Solutions-2 (NETCENTS-2) indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.2954 Amendment SA 2954 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Begich. (consideration: CR S7324-7329; text: CR S7324)To authorize space-available travel on Department of Defense aircraft of certain unremarried spouses of members and former members of the Armed Forces.
2012-12-03	Senate	S.AMDT.3123 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7312)
2012-12-03	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7312-7332, S7336-7342)
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3290 Amendment SA 3290 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3280 Amendment SA 3280 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3258 Amendment SA 3258 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3247 Amendment SA 3247 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7297)
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3244 Amendment SA 3244 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3234 Amendment SA 3234 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3198 Amendment SA 3198 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3196 Amendment SA 3196 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7296)
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3145 Amendment SA 3145 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3135 Amendment SA 3135 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3105 Amendment SA 3105 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3102 Amendment SA 3102 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3087 Amendment SA 3087 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR: S7295)
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3082 Amendment SA 3082 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3079 Amendment SA 3079 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.2984 Amendment SA 2984 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.2959 Amendment SA 2959 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3290 Amendment SA 3290 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Begich. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7297-7298)To modify notice requirements in advance of permanent reductions of sizeable numbers of members of the Armed Forces at military installations.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3280 Amendment SA 3280 proposed by Senator Levin. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7297)To require reports to the Department of Defense on penetrations of networks and information systems of certain contractors.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3258 Amendment SA 3258 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Alexander. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7297)To modify the authority to carry out a fiscal year 2011 military construction project at Nashville International Airport.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3247 Amendment SA 3247 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S7294-7298)Relating to the transfer of excess aircraft.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3244 Amendment SA 3244 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Reid. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7296-7297)To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide penalties for transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female genital mutilation.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3234 Amendment SA 3234 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Klobuchar. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7296)To enhance the annual reports regarding sexual assaults involving members of the Armed Forces.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3198 Amendment SA 3198 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Barrasso. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7296)To renew expired prohibition on return of veterans memorial objects without specific authorization in law.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3196 Amendment SA 3196 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Collins. (consideration: CR S7294-7298)To require a research study on resilience in members of the Army.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3145 Amendment SA 3145 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Warner. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7295-7296)To require a study on the ability of national air and ground test and evaluation infrastructure facilities to support defense hypersonic test and evaluation activities.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3135 Amendment SA 3135 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Murkowski. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7295)To extend the deadline for submission of a report on the findings and conclusions of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3105 Amendment SA 3105 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Klobuchar. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7295)Relating to the prevention and response to sexual harassment in the Armed Forces.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3102 Amendment SA 3102 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Klobuchar. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7295)To provide for the retention of certain forms in connection with Restricted Reports on sexual assault involving members of the Armed Forces.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3087 Amendment SA 3087 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Vitter. (consideration: CR S7294-7298)To require a report on Department of the Navy plans to implement efficiency initiatives to reduce overhead costs at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3082 Amendment SA 3082 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Barrasso. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7294-7295)To require a report on the issuance by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner of death certificates for members of the Armed Forces who die on active duty abroad.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3079 Amendment SA 3079 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Grassley. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7294)To permit Federal officers to remove cases involving crimes of violence to Federal court.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.2984 Amendment SA 2984 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Bingaman. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7294)To provide for national security benefits for White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.2959 Amendment SA 2959 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Wyden. (consideration: CR S7294-7298; text: CR S7294)To require reports on the use of indemnification agreements in Department of Defense contracts.
2012-11-30	Senate	Cloture motion on the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7293; text: CR S7293)
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3283 Amendment SA 3283 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3248 Amendment SA 3248 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3236 Amendment SA 3236 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3233 Amendment SA 3233 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3183 Amendment SA 3183 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3182 Amendment SA 3182 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3133 Amendment SA 3133 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3075 Amendment SA 3075 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3052 Amendment SA 3052 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3283 Amendment SA 3283 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Rubio. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7289-7290)To require a report on implementation by the Government of Bahrain of the recommendations contained in the Report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3248 Amendment SA 3248 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sanders. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7289)To amend the Federal renewable energy purchase requirement to include geothermal heat pumps.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3236 Amendment SA 3236 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7289)To ensure that the Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense obtains information from the military departments and Defense Agencies necessary to conduct defense business system investment reviews.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3233 Amendment SA 3233 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Warner. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7289)To promote a more efficient, responsive, and effective bilateral defense trade relationship between the United States and India.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3183 Amendment SA 3183 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sanders. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7289)To require public availability of the database of senior Department officials seeking employment with defense contractors.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3182 Amendment SA 3182 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sanders. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7289)To require an annual report on Federal contracting fraud.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3133 Amendment SA 3133 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Snowe. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7288-7289)To terminate the Federal authorization of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3075 Amendment SA 3075 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Whitehouse. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7288)To express the sense of the Senate on the continuing progress of the Department of Defense in implementing its Item Unique Identification Initiative.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3052 Amendment SA 3052 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S7288-7290; text: CR S7288)To provide a military resource plan to meet the United States Force Posture Strategy in the Asia Pacific Region.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3073 Amendment SA 3073 ruled out of order by the chair.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3073 Motion to waive section 302(f) of the CBA with respect to amendment SA 3073 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 34. Record Vote Number: 216.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3073 Point of order that the amendment violates section 302(f) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 3073.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3073 Amendment SA 3073 proposed by Senator Nelson FL. (consideration: CR S7284-7285; text: CR S7284)To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3232 Amendment SA 3232 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 0. Record Vote Number: 215.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3025 Amendment SA 3025 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 41 - 53. Record Vote Number: 214.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3025 Amendment SA 3025 proposed by Senator Cardin. (consideration: CR S7281-7282; text: CR S7281)To ensure sufficient sizing of the civilian and contract services workforces of the Department of Defense.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3009 Amendment SA 3009 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3009 Amendment SA 3009 proposed by Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S7280-7281; text: CR S7280-7281)To provide for congressional review of any bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan.
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3232 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7280, S7282-7283)
2012-11-30	Senate	S.AMDT.3123 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7280, S7285-7288)
2012-11-30	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7280-7293, S7293-7300)
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3232 Amendment SA 3232 proposed by Senator Menendez. (consideration: CR S7201-7203)To enhance sanctions imposed with respect to Iran.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3279 Amendment SA 3279 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3275 Amendment SA 3275 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3271 Amendment SA 3271 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3261 Amendment SA 3261 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3260 Amendment SA 3260 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3256 Amendment SA 3256 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3243 Amendment SA 3243 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3237 Amendment SA 3237 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3222 Amendment SA 3222 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3220 Amendment SA 3220 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3213 Amendment SA 3213 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3193 Amendment SA 3193 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3114 Amendment SA 3114 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3064 Amendment SA 3064 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3036 Amendment SA 3036 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2940 Amendment SA 2940 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3279 Amendment SA 3279 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Nelson NE. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7201)To express the sense of Congress that external and independent oversight of the National Nuclear Security Administration by the Department of Energy is critical to the mission of protecting the United States nuclear security enterprise.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3275 Amendment SA 3275 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Webb. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7201)To express the sense of the Senate on the situation in the Senkaku Islands.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3271 Amendment SA 3271 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Kyl. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7201)To promote the development of an adequate, reliable, and stable supply of critical and essential minerals in the United States in order to strengthen and sustain the military readiness, national security, and critical infrastructure of the United States.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3261 Amendment SA 3261 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7200)To require the submittal to Congress of risk assessments on changes in United States troop levels in Afghanistan.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3260 Amendment SA 3260 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7200)To prohibit the use of funds to enter into contracts or agreements with Rosoboronexport.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3256 Amendment SA 3256 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Lieberman. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7200)To require reports from the Comptroller General of the United States on certain aspects of joint professional military education.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3243 Amendment SA 3243 proposed by Senator Levin. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7199-7200)To commend the Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3237 Amendment SA 3237 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7198-7199)To set forth consequences for the failure of the Department of Defense to obtain audits with an unqualified opinion on its financial statements by fiscal year 2017.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3222 Amendment SA 3222 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Johanns. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7198)To express the expectation of Congress to be consulted by the Secretary of Defense before the Secretary pursues a change in the command status of the United States Cyber Command.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3220 Amendment SA 3220 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Wicker. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7198)To express the sense of Congress in support of the Israeli Iron Dome defensive weapon system.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3213 Amendment SA 3213 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Risch. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7197-7198)To add the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives to the list of congressional committees to receive the submission of reports on the program for scientific engagement for nonproliferation.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3193 Amendment SA 3193 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Casey. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7197)To require the Department of Defense to develop a plan to promote the security of Afghan women and girls during the security transition process.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3114 Amendment SA 3114 proposed by Senator Levin. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7196-7197)To authorize the repair, overhaul, and refurbishment of defense articles for sale or transfer to eligible foreign countries and entities.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3064 Amendment SA 3064 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Toomey. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7196)To require a study on the Bradley Fighting Vehicle industrial base.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3036 Amendment SA 3036 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Brown MA. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7196)To require reports on the potential security threat posed by Boko Haram.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2940 Amendment SA 2940 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Blumenthal. (consideration: CR S7196-7201; text: CR S7196)To provide certain requirements relating to the retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3018 Amendment SA 3018 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 29. Record Vote Number: 213.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3245 Amendment SA 3245 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 41. Record Vote Number: 212.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3199 Amendment SA 3199 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S7203)
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3199 Amendment SA 3199 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Durbin. (consideration: CR S7189-7191, S7203-7206; text: CR S7191)To impose sanctions with respect to persons that provide significant financial, material, or technological support to the rebel group known as M23 operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3018 Amendment SA 3018 proposed by Senator Feinstein. (consideration: CR S7181-7188, S7193; text: CR S7181)To clarify that an authorization to use military force, a declaration of war, or any similar authority shall not authorize the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3201 Amendment SA 3201 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3201 Amendment SA 3201 proposed by Senator Inhofe for Senator Coons. (consideration: CR S7180-7181; text: CR S7181)To express the sense of the Senate on ongoing efforts to apprehend or remove Joseph Kony and his top commanders from the battlefield and end atrocities perpetuated by his Lord's Resistance Army.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3245 Amendment SA 3245 proposed by Senator Ayotte. (consideration: CR S7178-7180, S7191-7192; text: CR S7178)To prohibit the use of funds for the transfer or release of certain individuals from United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3186 Amendment SA 3186 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3098 Amendment SA 3098 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3086 Amendment SA 3086 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3072 Amendment SA 3072 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3059 Amendment SA 3059 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2994 Amendment SA 2994 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2980 Amendment SA 2980 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2973 Amendment SA 2973 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2966 Amendment SA 2966 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3230 Amendment SA 3230 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2942 Amendment SA 2942 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2929 Amendment SA 2929 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3186 Amendment SA 3186 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7178)To require a study on small arms and ammunition acquisition.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3098 Amendment SA 3098 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Shaheen. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7177-7178)To require a report by the suspension and debarment officials of the military departments and the Defense Logistics Agency.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3086 Amendment SA 3086 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Vitter. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7177)To require assessments by the Air Force of the effects of proposed movements of airframes on joint readiness training.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3072 Amendment SA 3072 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7177)To express the sense of Senate on increasing the cost-effectiveness of training exercises for members of the Armed Forces.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3059 Amendment SA 3059 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Toomey. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7177)To require a report on the establishment of a joint Armed Forces historical storage and preservation facility.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2994 Amendment SA 2994 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Casey. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7177)To require a report on a program on the return of rare earth phosphors from Department of Defense fluorescent lighting waste to the domestic rare earth supply chain.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2980 Amendment SA 2980 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7176-7177)To require an Inspector General of the Department of Defense report on allowable costs of compensation of employees of Department of Defense contractors.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2973 Amendment SA 2973 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7176)To express the sense of the Senate on training of mental health counselors for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2966 Amendment SA 2966 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Hatch. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7176)To reauthorize and expand the multi-trades demonstration project.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3230 Amendment SA 3230 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7176)To reauthorize and modify the responsibilities of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy through fiscal year 2014.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2942 Amendment SA 2942 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCaskill. (consideration: CR S7174-7178; text: CR S7175-7176)To expand whistleblower protections to non-Defense contractor and grantee employees.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2929 Amendment SA 2929 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCaskill. (consideration: CR S7174-7178)To improve authorities and limitations relating to wartime contracting and other acquisition-related provisions.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3090 Amendment SA 3090 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S7169-7174)
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3090 Amendment SA 3090 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Lieberman. (consideration: CR S7169-7174)To improve the provision of assistance to fire departments and to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3180 Amendment SA 3180 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3180 Amendment SA 3180 proposed by Senator Whitehouse. (consideration: CR S7162-7164; text: CR S7162)To provide for scientific frameworks with respect to recalcitrant cancers.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2956 Amendment SA 2956 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2956 Amendment SA 2956 proposed by Senator Portman. (consideration: CR S7159; text: CR S7159)To require a report on Department of Defense efforts to standardize educational transcripts issued to separating members of the Armed Forces.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3058 Amendment SA 3058 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 29. Record Vote Number: 211. (text as modified: CR S7156)
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3058 Amendment SA 3058 proposed by Senator Gillibrand. (consideration: CR S7156-7158)To provide for certain treatment of autism under the TRICARE program.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2972 Amendment SA 2972 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2972 Amendment SA 2972 proposed by Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S7154; text: CR S7154)To express the sense of Congress that the bugle call commonly known as "Taps" should be designated as the National Song of Military Remembrance.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3124 Amendment SA 3124 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S7153)
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3124 Amendment SA 3124 proposed by Senator Blumenthal. (consideration: CR S7152-7154)To prevent human trafficking in government contracting.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3096 Amendment SA 3096 as modified agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 62 - 33. Record Vote Number: 210. (text as modified: CR S7148)
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2981 Amendment SA 2981 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3166 Amendment SA 3166 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3110 Amendment SA 3110 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3085 Amendment SA 3085 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2989 Amendment SA 2989 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2986 Amendment SA 2986 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2971 Amendment SA 2971 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2962 Amendment SA 2962 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2948 Amendment SA 2948 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2981 Amendment SA 2981 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Boxer. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7151)To prohibit the issuance of a waiver for commissioning or enlistment in the Armed Forces for any individual convicted of a felony sexual offense.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3166 Amendment SA 3166 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Manchin. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7150)To require a report on the future of family support programs of the Department of Defense.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3110 Amendment SA 3110 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Coburn. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7150)To require a report on the balances carried forward by the Department of Defense at the end of fiscal year 2012.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3085 Amendment SA 3085 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Vitter. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7150)To require additional elements in the plan on the rationalization of cyber networks and cyber personnel of the Department of Defense.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2989 Amendment SA 2989 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Murray. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7150)To extend the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Labor to carry out a program of referral and counseling services to veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2986 Amendment SA 2986 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Casey. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7150)To require contractors to notify small business concerns that they have been included in offers relating to contracts let by Federal agencies.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2971 Amendment SA 2971 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7150)To express the sense of the Senate on the protection of Department of Defense airfields, training airspace, and air training routes.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2962 Amendment SA 2962 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7149-7150)To express the sense of Congress on the submittal to Congress of the homeland defense hedging policy and strategy of the Secretary of Defense.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2948 Amendment SA 2948 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Webb. (consideration: CR S7149-7151; text: CR S7149)To extend the authority to provide a temporary increase in rates of basic allowance for housing under certain circumstances.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2995 Amendment SA 2995 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2995 Amendment SA 2995 proposed by Senator Portman. (consideration: CR S7149; text: CR S7149)To enhance authorities relating to the admission of defense industry civilians to certain Department of Defense educational institutions and programs.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3096 Amendment SA 3096 proposed by Senator Merkley. (consideration: CR S7148-7149, S7151-7152)To express the sense of Congress on the accelerated transition of United States combat and military and security operations to the Government of Afghanistan.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3095 Amendment SA 3095 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 41. Record Vote Number: 209.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3158 Amendment SA 3158 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 0. Record Vote Number: 208.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3095 Amendment SA 3095 proposed by Senator Hagan. (consideration: CR S7144-7145, S7145-7146; text: CR S7144)To strike the prohibition on biofuel refinery construction.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3158 Amendment SA 3158 proposed by Senator Cornyn. (consideration: CR S7143-7144, S7145; text: CR S7143-7144)To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a plan to reduce the current backlog of veterans claims.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3083 Amendment SA 3083 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2991 Amendment SA 2991 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2969 Amendment SA 2969 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2963 Amendment SA 2963 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2960 Amendment SA 2960 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2949 Amendment SA 2949 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2924 Amendment SA 2924 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2888 Amendment SA 2888 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3083 Amendment SA 3083 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Barrasso. (consideration: CR S7136-7138; text: CR S7138)To authorize the Secretary of Defense to maintain the readiness and flexibility of the intercontinental ballistic missile force.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2991 Amendment SA 2991 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Hoeven. (consideration: CR S7136-7138; text: CR S7138)To express the sense of the Senate on the maintenance by the United States of a triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2969 Amendment SA 2969 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Heller. (consideration: CR S7136-7138; text: CR S7137-7138)To require a report on the future availability of TRICARE Prime throughout the United States.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2963 Amendment SA 2963 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S7136-7138; text: CR S7137)To authorize the posthumous honorary promotion of Sergeant Paschal Conley to second lieutenant in the Army.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2960 Amendment SA 2960 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Wyden. (consideration: CR S7136-7138; text: CR S7137)To require a report on mechanisms to ease the reintegration into civilian life of members of the National Guard and the Reserves following a deployment on active duty.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2949 Amendment SA 2949 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Webb. (consideration: CR S7136-7138; text: CR S7137)To extend the temporary increase in accumulated leave carryover for members of the Armed Forces.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2924 Amendment SA 2924 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Manchin. (consideration: CR S7136-7138; text: CR S7137)To require an additional element in the report on the accuracy of the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.2888 Amendment SA 2888 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator Kohl. (consideration: CR S7136-7138; text: CR S7137)To provide for the payment of a benefit for the nonparticipation of eligible members in the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program due to Government error.
2012-11-29	Senate	S.AMDT.3123 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7136)
2012-11-29	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S7136-7146, S7148-7206)
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.2955 Amendment SA 2955 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 11. Record Vote Number: 207.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.2955 Amendment SA 2955 proposed by Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S7025-7029)To improve the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.3099 Amendment SA 3099 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.3099 Amendment SA 3099 proposed by Senator Murray. (consideration: CR S7015)To improve mental health care programs and activities for members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.3123 Amendment SA 3123 proposed by Senator Kyl. (consideration: CR S7014-7015; text: CR S7014)To require briefings on dialogue between the United States and the Russian Federation on nuclear arms, missile defense, and long-range conventional strike systems.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.3016 Amendment SA 3016 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.3016 Amendment SA 3016 proposed by Senator Gillibrand. (consideration: CR S7011-7012; text: CR S7011)To provide for the processing for administrative separation from the Armed Forces of members who are convicted of certain sexual offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and not punitively discharged in connection with such convictions.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.2985 Amendment SA 2985 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 62 - 37. Record Vote Number: 206.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.3051 Amendment SA 3051 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.3051 Amendment SA 3051 proposed by Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S7005-7006, S7007, S7007-7008; text: CR S7005-7006)To authorize additional Marine Corps personnel for the performance of security functions for United States embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic facilities abroad.
2012-11-28	Senate	S.AMDT.2985 Amendment SA 2985 proposed by Senator Reid for Senator Udall CO. (consideration: CR S6995-7005, S7006-7007, S7007, S7009-7011; text: S6995)To strike section 313, relating to a limitation on the availability of funds for the procurement of alternative fuel.
2012-11-28	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S6995-7031)
2012-11-28	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6995)
2012-11-28	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6985-6995)
2012-11-27	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6909, S6921-6922)
2012-11-26	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6890-6891)
2012-11-15	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6829)
2012-11-14	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6765, S6769)
2012-11-13	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6728)
2012-06-04	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
2012-06-04	Senate	Committee on Armed Services. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Levin. With written report No. 112-173. Additional views filed.

Same As/Similar To

HB733 (Related) 2012-09-20 - Received in the Senate.
HB3702 (Related) 2012-01-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
HB3863 (Related) 2012-02-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
HR829 (Related) 2012-12-12 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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