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The section of the bill . The gentleman from hawaii. Mr. Chairman, i have [inaudible] the clerk will distribute the amendment. Without objection the amendment is considered as read. Is the gentlelady having trouble with remarkable . I think the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chairman. What i will be doing is ill be offering the amendment and then withdrawing it because i do not have at the end to come because they do not have the requisite waiver. However come having said that, i would like to present the animate and withdraw it at the conclusion. So 171 seeks basically a specific war memorial at pearl harbor hawaii. Mr. Chair, this is a very unique situation in that there is a rear admiral retired livening of lloyd who served in world war ii as a submarine officer aboard the uss under the command of John S Mccain junior, father of john mccain the third. And he advocated for many years the creation of the pacific war memorial at pearl harbor. In his own words he says there is no recognition of well over 150,000 brave americans who were lost in the pacific war. They are resting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean somewhere, or the remains are scattered across the South Pacific islands. We need to honor them and the family needs a place to mourn. The admiral turned 100 years old this year, and he is asked that something be done with his lifelong dream of having seen a little monument at pearl harbor so people could, and mourn those wweve not yet identified or found. To give you an idea of what he is like, he tells a story while being on the submarine and then wondering, theres got to be a different and a better way. We cannot fight these kinds of wars. So he is actually the founder of the center for strategic and international studies. We all know it as csis, he has it in the pacific and is called the pacific forum, there been many people gone to read as follows because of his interests in peace. He clearly epitomizes what the greatest generation defined amines and all american servicemembers who gave their lives to something that he does not forget, and he wants to see them memorialize the more important than that he wants the families to have closure. However, unfortunately i do not have the waiver from the Natural Resources committee, so with that i will withdraw my amendment. Gentlelady withdraws. Other amendments to this section of the bill . Gentleman from South Carolina. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to call up en bloc package number one consisting of amendments that a been worked out and approved by the minority led by congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo of guam. Without objection, so ordered. If the clerk will distribute the amendments. Without objection did amendments are considered as read and the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for five minutes. En bloc packaging of what is comprised of the following, amendment 001 requiring a briefing on the guam micronesian kingfisher recovery habitat. Memorandum of agreement and specific impacts of that agreement. Amendment 002 requiring the department of defense developed guidance for the use of organic and daschle base. Amendment ten by mr. Scott directs the air force to briefed the committee on the status of the dance adversarial pair training program. Amendment number 17 by mr. Larson, th, the director of the Defense Contract Management Agency to briefed the committee on compliance with the department of defense, items unique identification policy. Item 37 by mr. Cook requires the secretary defense to report on mutually beneficial Infrastructure Projects tween military bases and local municipalities. Amendment number 38 by mr. Shuster clarifying that nothing in the ndaa can be construed as authorizing a base realignment and closure around. Amendment number 40 by ms. Bordallo withholds 25 of funds from the office of secretary of the navy until the request for proposal for a drydock in the western pacific has been issued amendment number 47 by ms. Tsongas authorizes the secretary of the army to sell or convey three plots of land in massachusetts and use the proceeds to Fund Military Family Housing and other supporting facilities. Amendment number 106 by mr. Coffman directs the secretary of defense to provide a report on each military Services Existing process for stationing basing and lay down decisions. Amendment number 108 by mr. Coffman directs the secretary of defense to provide everything on the potential of using additional military installation ranges for counter Unmanned Aerial Systems testing and training. Is the further discussion on the en bloc package number one . If not the question occurs on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor . Those opposed . In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and the amendment are adopted. Further amendments to this portion of the mark, the gentleman from softer line of. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to call en bloc package number two, consisting of amendments that a been worked and approved with the minority. Without objection, so ordered. The clerk will distribute the amendments which are considered as read, and the gentleman is recognize to explain the amendment. En bloc package number two is comprised of the following, amendment number 48 by ms. Tsongas requires the secretary of defense to provide a briefing under the departments tom miner efforts to develop infrastructure master plans to support laboratory and Research Infrastructure requirements. Amendment number 54 by ms. Sheaporter directs the secretary defense to report to the department of defense efforts to develop joint minimum standards for commercial offtheshelf equipment protective covers to improve readiness by preventing corrosion. Amendment number 122 by mr. Rogers requires a report on the Army Contracting command reach back functions. Amendment number 140 by mr. Bishop directs the military department to report on the amount the military base facilities used by contractors. Amendment 144 r1 by mr. Bishop extends the time for the multitraits dimension project demonstration project through the year 2024 amendment number 145 by mr. Bishop improves existing biannual reporting requirements on court dapl Level Maintenance and repair capabilities by clarifying what specific data should be included in such reports. Amendment number 190 by mr. Swazi includes a report on the Environmental Restoration at active installations formal utilize defense sites and realignment and closure locations. Amendment number 199 by mr. Langevin requires a briefing on how the department of defense can leverage the smart city concept on military installations to improve readiness, delivery of services, Infrastructure Management and installation of physical and cybersecurity. Amendment number 253 amendment section 2825 of h. R. 2810 complement of the transfer of quebec dash 01 Missile Alert Facility to include present agree to provisions between the state and at the worn that are laid out in the programmatic agreement. Amendment number 2258 r1 requires a costbenefit analysis at Afghan Military and secret forces uniform specifications prior to entering into a contractual agreement. Is a further debate on en bloc package number two . If not the question occurs on the amendments as offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and amendments are adopted. The chair recognizes the gentleman from South Carolina for further amendment. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent to call up en bloc package number three consisting of amendments that been worked out and approved by the minority under the leadership of the Ranking Member from guam. Without objection, so ordered. Clerk will distribute the en bloc package. Without objections the a minute are considered as read at the gentleman from carolina is recognized to explain the en bloc package. En bloc dash amendment number 43 r1 modifies the boundary of the siloed National Military park to establish Parkers Crossroads battlefield. Amendment 55 r1 by Mission Order requires a present whether the National Security Education Program and Language Flagship Program meet the department of defense requirements for training. Amendment 80 r1 by mr. Knight requires a report on the chase aircraft availability at nasa Armstrong Flight Research center. Amendment 117 r1 by mr. Rogers requires an annual report on the procurement and retirement of military working dogs. Amendment 123 by mr. Cook prohibits typ type one highway s beads from being used to mark the department of defense airfields. Amendment 131 r1 by ms. Davis requires annual briefings on Army Explosive Ordnance disposal programs. Amendment to i did 19 r1 by mra briefing from Defense Logistics Agency on all agriculture related would equipment come disposal for the past five years. Amendment to a 23 r1 by mr. Wittman requires a report on the aircrew training requirement for the fifthgeneration weapon systems and advanced munitions. The air force in a price range plan and joint airspace range training. Amendment 290 by mr. Brown allows of the navy to lease approximate three acres of land to the Naval Academy Alumni Association and the u. S. Naval academy foundation. Further discussion on en bloc package number three . The gentleman from california. Mr. Chairman, i dont understand what the glass bead issue is on military airfields. This would be mr. Cooks amendment, inhibiting highway glass beads from being used to Mark Department of defense airfields. Whats the problem here . Doesnt gentleman want to yield to somebody to describe colonel cook. Last beads, goes back a long way in california glass beads. Originally i ran a glass bead bill. Part of it was safety, part of it was because the type three were made in china. It was originally run as an environmental bill. Just to educate you on this. Because part of the problem with the chinese bills, it wasnt as pure as the other ones. And there was this substance in that called arsenic, and as the roads, as i said, originally it was for transportation to mark the main lines. The arsenic would wear away, go into the soil. And this was a big issue in my area because of the water contamination by arsenic and chromium6, you might have heard of hinckley california. So i ran a bill and the bill was taken away from me because republicans did not run environmental bills. Okay, the bill was taken over and he was actually passed. Okay, we go fastforward. I am concern with this because i think the bill that the beads that are submitted, they give more illumination, and the question is about where they are made. The ones that are made right now are in austria. Theres another part that goes into these other beads that they are recycled, including some from china where they are all ground up. So it goes back all the way to a certain extent to my original concern about glass beads and how i got involved in this, is about with the gentleman yield . Pardon the expression but that with that illuminate the question for my colleague . With the gentleman yield . Sure. I want to hone in on one thing. You are suggesting these are not made in america . Thats right. Well then, i am with you, sir. Thank you. Any further discussion on en bloc package number three . If not the question is on the amendments offered by the gentleman from South Carolina. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. In the opinion of the chair the ayes have it and the amendments are adopted. Further amendments on this portion of the mark likes the gentleman from rhode island. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I have the amendment on the computer. And if the clerk will press center whatever it is yall do. Without objection the amendment is considered as read, and the gentleman from rhode island is recognized for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. The amendment that offer today that as a cosponsor, sir for everyone to democratic colleagues will recognize that climate security is a fundamental part of our National Security strategy. Weve studied a number of vectors for readiness on this committee but we offer multifaceted threat. Climate change as we know is real and it can affect our readiness, both tactically and strategically. We know this because Current Employment military leaders agreed. Secretary mattis was correct when he stated and i quote the effects of a changing climate such as increased maritime access to the arctic, rising sea level, among others will impact our security and situation, end quote. And mr. Chairman, i have a letter here from the admiral that has spoken out on this issue and it supports this amendment. Id like to enter that for the record if i could. Without objection. So mr. Chairman, naval base just as norfork or key west already are at risk for flooding and batches going to get worse as storm surges and rising tides increase in magnitude. So inland basis would experience other weather volatility such as extreme heat and wildfires, all of which can and do, in fact, impact their training capabilities. So thinking strategically that change in climate will totally alter our joint battle space. So weve already seen display of dominance in the arctic where new sea lanes will connect continence more directly than ever before. Russia and other rural powers recognize the value of this area, and we must be ready. So moreover, the changing Global Climate will lead to increased instability in the form of economic migration, increased competition over resources, and possibly more failed states which we know to be breeding grounds for extremism and terrorism. Now, we know this because the leaders of the Intelligence Community as well have alerted us to the stack. They recognize that climate is a longterm threat, and we should as well. So my amendment is straightforward and simple. It instructs each service to assess the top ten military installations likely to be impacted by Climate Change over the next 20 years. Also asks for Combatant Commanders to incorporate the effects of climate into their strategic battle plans. This amendment, mr. Chairman, is a step in the right direction. I believe we have to continue to be realistic and explore the changing ways that a volatile climate will threaten the departments mission. The truth is that the department can study this on their own as they have when it comes to assessing threats to National Security. But this amendment shows that congress has the departments back. It signals that we are not naive to the dangers of Climate Change or defense strategy. And it tells those researchers on the front line a threat assessment that congress will work with them, not in spite of them as we together craft icing and sober strategy to defend the United States from a variety of threats. So i believe that we absolutely have to ensure that the Department Remains resilient and prepared to address the effects of Climate Change on threat assessments, resources and redness, as well as to conduct operations for both today and in the future. So with that i want to thank all my democratic colleagues for the support and cosponsorship of my amendment. I welcome the support and the comment of all of the members of the committee on this topic, and i urge anyone today to support its passage. And without i think mr. Chairman, and i yield back. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in virginia recurrent flooding is already sadly affecting life. Sea level rise hoses existential threat to committees right outside of my district. And to those bases in the communities contained. If anyone doubts me i invite you to come down and visit our region, local officials from both parties will gladly explain to you how much is at stake. In the chesapeake bay, Tangier Island is slowly disappearing for the city of norfolk needs more than 1 billion to cope with just one foot of sea level rise. Scientists expect far larger increases than that. As i do in industry knows the entire Hampton Roads region is littered with military bases. Many of the most critical set right on the coast, notably naval station norfolk, joint base langley used to come in Naval Air Station annex. For the threats that we actually know we have to face and i think my friend the gentleman from rhode island on this issue, i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and i yield backthe balance of my time Mister Tsongas. Thank you mister chairman. Im a cosponsor of this amendment and strongly support passage. I just tell us that Climate Change is real, is caused by human activity and could have devastating effects across the globe. It is a very real crisis that is left untouched will cause irreparable harm to current and futu