Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015
Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 113-291.
(This measure has not been amended since the House agreed with an amendment to the Senate amendment on December 4, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 - Division A: Department of Defense Authorizations - Title I: Procurement - Subtitle A: Authorization of Appropriations - (Sec. 101) Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for Procurement for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Defense-wide activities, as specified in the funding tables in section 4101 of this Act.
Subtitle B: Army Programs - (Sec. 111) Requires the Army to submit to Congress a prioritized plan for modernizing the entire fleet of UH-60A aircraft of the Army National Guard.
Subtitle C: Navy Programs - (Sec 121) Authorizes the Navy to enter into a contract during FY2015 for the procurement of one San Antonio class amphibious ship using incremental funding.
(Sec. 122) Prohibits the use of funding in FY2015 for procurement of additional mission modules for the Littoral Combat Ship program until the Navy submits to Congress: (1) the Milestone B program goals for cost, schedule, and performance for each module; and (2) certification by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation with respect to the total number for each module type required to perform all necessary operational testing.
(Sec. 123) Amends the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 to extend the limitation on the availability of funds for Littoral Combat Ships.
(Sec. 124) Requires the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation to report to Congress on the test evaluation master plan for the seaframes and mission modules for the Littoral Combat Ship program.
(Sec. 125) Requires the Navy to retain the option of procuring more EA-18G aircraft if it determines that further analysis of airborne electronic attack force structure indicates that aircraft should be procured.
Subtitle D: Air Force Programs - (Sec. 131) Prohibits DOD from using FY2015 funds to retire the MQ-1 Predator aircraft unless repairing the aircraft is not economically viable.
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Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on December 19, 2014: Became Public Law No: 113-291.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Lou Barletta (R-PA) introduced it on January 31, 2014, and 106 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 15 Democrats, 91 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
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Vote history
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentSigned into law