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HR 5856 112th Congress Armed Forces and National Security

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013

Introduced: May 25, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Amendments to this bill 50

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

22 agreed to 21 failed 7 pending / other

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 1,438 An amendment numbered 17 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds to negotiate or imp… Pending Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,437 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to enter into a contract with any person or other entity listed in … Agreed to Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,435 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to implement an enrollment fee for the TRICARE for Life program. Agreed to Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,434 An amendment to require disclosure, by contractors receiving funds in this bill, of all electioneering commun… Pending Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,432 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used by the Deparment of Defense or any other Federal agency … Agreed to Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,430 Garamendi, John An amendment to reduce the appropriations made in title IX by $12,670,355,000. The reduction does not apply t… Failed Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,425 Tonko, Paul An amendment to prohibit use of funds to pay a contractor under a contract with DOD for costs of any amount p… Pending Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,424 Turner, Michael R. An amendment to prohibit use of funds to (1) reduce the nuclear forces of the United States in contravention … Agreed to Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,423 An amendment to prohibit use of funds to enter into a contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative a… Agreed to Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,422 An amendment to add a new section to prohibit the use of funds for the administration of the Armed Services V… Failed Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,421 An amendment to reduce by $7,583,000,000 the total amount of appropriations for this bill. Failed Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,420 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used by the Department of Defense or a component thereof to p… Agreed to Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,419 An amendment to reduce by $19,200,000,000 the total amount of appropriations for this bill. Failed Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,418 Gosar, Paul A. An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be obligated or expended for assistance for the following entiti… Agreed to Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,417 An amendment to add a new section for operations of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan. Pending Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,416 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds used in contravention of section 7 of title 1, United States Code. Agreed to Jul 19, 2012
HAMDT 1,415 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to administer the wage-rate requirements of subchapter I… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,414 An amendment to reduce appropriations made in Title IX of the bill by $20,843,869,000. The reduction shall no… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,413 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to remove any portion of the Mount Soledad Veterans Memo… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,412 An amendment to reduce the amount for "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide" for payments to reimburse key… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,411 An amendment to reduce the total amount of appropriations made available by this bill by $1,700,000,000. Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,410 Wittman, Robert J. An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to propose, plan for, or execute an additional Base Real… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,409 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds may be used for any account of the Department of Defense in excess … Pending Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,408 An amendment to proibit the use of funds to be used to enter into a contract for UH-60 Leak Proof Drip Pans u… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,407 An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to operate an unmanned aircraft system except in accorda… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,406 An amendment to reduce the total amount of appropriations made available by this bill by $293,900,000. Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,405 Markey, Edward J. An amendment to prohibit the use of funds to be used to operate or maintain more than 300 land-based intercon… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,404 An amendment to reduce the total amount of appropriations made by the bill by $181,000,000. Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,403 An amendment to reduce the funding for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Fund by $120.5 million an… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,401 Cohen, Steve An amendment to reduce the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund by $175 million and to apply the savings to the sp… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,400 An amendment to strike the $375 million in funding for the Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund and to apply the s… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,399 An amendment to increase funding for the Yellow Ribbon Program by $15.5 million. Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,398 An amendment to reduce the funding for Coalition Support with respect to Pakistan by $1.3 billion and to appl… Withdrawn Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,397 An amendment to increase funding for overseas military personnel, including military, reserve, and national g… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,396 An amendment to reduce funding for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, by $10 million and to increase fu… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,395 An amendment to strike section 8039 from the bill. Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,394 Markey, Edward J. An amendment to reduce the funding for missile defense by $75 million and to apply the savings to the spendin… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,392 Cohen, Steve An amendment to reduce the Other Procurement, Navy account by $506,660,000 and increase the Other Department … Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,391 Quigley, Mike An amendment to reduce the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy account by $988,000,000 and apply the savings to… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,390 Bonamici, Suzanne An amendment to increase and then decrease the appropriation for Other Procurement, Army by $1 in order to ca… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,389 An amendment to reduce the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $10 million and increase the Re… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,388 An amendment to reduce the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $5 million and increase the Oth… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,387 Sessions, Pete An amendment to reduce the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $10 million and increase the Ot… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,386 An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,384 An amendment to to reduce the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $7,800,000 and increase the … Withdrawn Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,383 An amendment to reduce the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $10 million and increase the Ot… Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,382 An amendment numbered 8 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding for the Formerly Utilized Def… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,381 An amendment to increase funding for the Air National Guard to purchase modular aircraft firefighting systems. Agreed to Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,380 An amendment numbered 2 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce funds for recruiting in the armed servi… Failed Jul 18, 2012
HAMDT 1,378 McCollum, Betty An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to decrease various accounts by 187,770,000 and a… Failed Jul 18, 2012
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