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Defense Appropriations Amendments

 

Amendment Congressman's Vote Result 
Connolly (D-VA)- Transfers $10 million from Defense Wide Operations and Maintenance to Defense Wide Research, Development, Test and Evaluation to support Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program.          NO Failed
Broun (R-GA)- Transfers $216.6 million from Defense Wide Operations and Maintenance to the Spending Reduction Account.          YES Failed
Connolly (D-VA)- Transfers $15 million from Defense Wide Operations and Maintenance to Defense Wide Research, Development, Test and Evaluation for the Energy Security and Technical Certification Program.          NO Failed
Kucinich (D-OH)- Transfers $3.6 million from Defense Wide Operations and Maintenance to Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternative (ACWA) program.          YES Passed
Welch (D-VT)  Transfers $297 million from Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation to the Spending Reduction Account to eliminate funding for the Next Generation Bomber.          YES Failed
Amash (R-MI)- Strikes Section 8015 of the bill, which prohibits the Defense Department from contracting out any commercial function unless it will save the Department at least $10 million or 10% of its performance costs.          YES Passed
Sessions (R-TX)- Strikes Section 8101 of the bill, which prohibits the conversion of functions performed by Federal employees to contractor performance.          YES Passed
Lee (D-CA) -Reduces funding by $33 billion in order to end combat operations in Afghanistan.          NO Failed
Garamendi (D-CA)- Reduces funding by $22 billion in order to end combat operations in Afghanistan.          NO Failed
Nadler (D-NY)- To require that $15 million of the Overseas Contingency Operations funds be spent on insulating tents to make them more energy efficient.          NO Failed
Poe (R-TX)- Transfers $1 billion from  Defense Wide Operation and Maintenance for payments to reimburse coalition partners for the war on terror to the Spending Reduction Account.          YES Failed
Lee (D-CA)- Transfers the entire $5 billion Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund for the global war on terror to the Spending Reduction Account.           NO Failed
Cohen (D-TN) - To transfer $200 million from the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund to the Spending Reduction Account.           YES Failed
Cicilline (D-RI) - To transfer the entire $475 million from the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund to the Spending Reduction Account.           YES Failed
Cohen (D-TN)- To transfer $4 billion from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund to the Spending Reduction Account.          NO Failed
Poe (R-TX)- Transfers $1 billion from the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund to the Spending Reduction Account.          YES Failed
McCollum (D-MN)- To reduce Appropriations made available by this Act by $124.8 million.          YES Passed
McCollum (D-MN)- To limit the amount that may be spent on Motor Sports sponsorships to $20 million.          NO Failed
Cole (R-OK) - Prohibits funds from being used to furnish military equipment, military training or advice, or other support for military activities, in Libya.          YES Passed
Amash (R-MI)- None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the use of military force against Libya.          YES Failed
Rigell (R-VA)- None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to support Operation Odyssey Dawn or Operation unified Protector (Libya).          YES Failed
Foxx (R-NC)- None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act. -- Gay marriage on Military Bases          YES Agreed
Mulvaney (R-SC)- To freeze spending at the FY 2011 levels ($17.2 billion or a 3% reduction in funding), not to be derived from amounts made available by Title IX (Overseas Contingency Operations)          YES Failed
Sherman (D-CA)Amendment Number 8 - None of the funds made available my this Act may be used in contravention of the War Powers Resolution.          YES Agreed
Rohrabacher (R-CA)- None of the funds made available my this Act may be used to provide assistance to Pakistan.          NO Failed
Gohmert (R-TX)- None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated, expended, or used in any manner to support military operations, including NATO or United Nations operations in Libya or in Libya's airspace.          YES Failed
Welch (D-VT)- Not more than $200 million of the funds provided by Title IX under the heading "Operation and Maintenance, Army may be available for the Commander's Emergency response Program.          NO Failed
Cole (R-OK)- None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement any rule, regulation, or executive order regarding the disclosure of political contributions that takes effect on or after the date of enactment of this Act.          YES Agreed
Frank (D-MA)- Reduces total amount of appropriations in this Act by $8.5 billion exemption funds in the Military Personnel title, Defense Health Programs or Overseas Contingency Operations (funds for the wars).          YES Failed
Flake (R-AZ)- To reduce Defense Wide Operation and Maintenance by $250 million.  Section 8122 appropriates an additional $250 million and directs the Secretary of Defense to tranesfer $250 million to the Department of Education to repair public schools on military bases operated by local education agencies.          NO Failed
Flake (R-AZ)- To reduce the Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund by $3.6 billion.          YES Failed
Flake (R-AZ)- To reduce funding for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation by 1 percent saving $730 million.          YES Failed
Huelskamp (R-KS)- None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement the curriculum of the Chaplain Corps Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal training regarding the performance of same sex marriage ceremonies.          YES Agreed
Polis (D-CO)- None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to maintain an end strength level of members of the Armed Forces of the United States assigned to permanent duty in Europe in excess of 30,000 members and reduces funding for military personnel by $813 million.          YES Failed
Kucinich (D-OH) - To prohibit the use of funds for military operations in or against Libya except under a declaration of war against Libya pursuant to clause 11 in section 8 of article I of the Constitution          Yes Failed