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On April 13, 2015,
H. R. 1735, one version of the National Defense
Authorization Act of 2016 (NDAA), was introduced in the
House of Representatives and on May 5, 2015, it was reported
from the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) with
H. Rpt. 114-102. After slightly less than 3 days of
debate and amendments, from May 13 - 15, on the House floor
H. R. 1735 passed the House on May 15, 2015. Nice and
tidy!
The counterpart to
H. R. 1735 in the Senate was
S. 1376, and was introduced on May 19, 2015. The same
day it was reported out of the Senate Committee on Armed
Services with S. Rpt.
No. 114-49. At this point,
S. 1376 fades away and
H. R. 1735 which passed the House was taken up by the
Senate. After 11 days of debate and hundreds of
amendments, the new
H. R. 1735 passed the Senate on June 18, 2015. Not as
tidy as the House but still fairly quick.
Since the the House and Senate versions of
H. R. 1735 were different, a conference was needed to
resolve the differences. On September 29, 2015, the
conference report, H. Rpt.
114-270, was filed. It was agreed to in the House on
October 1, 2015 and in the Senate on October 7, 2015.
Everything was going well until
H. R. 1735 entered the White House where it was vetoed on
October 22, 2015.
Not to worry. The House found
S. 1356 which had passed the Senate "to clarify that certain
provisions of the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act of 2014
will not take effect until after the Director of the Office of
Personnel Management promulgates and makes effective regulations
relating to such provisions." A wink, a nod, and an amendment,
and it passed the House on November 5, 2015 as the National
Defense Authorization Act of 2016. On November 10,
2015, it passed the Senate.
In Section 5 of the the final version of
S. 1356, much like last year, there was an explanatory
statement provided. Since the House and Senate simply took
the conference report, H. Rpt.
114-270 that accompanied
H. R. 1735, and copied it to the explanatory statement for
contracting provisions, it is not mentioned further.
The starting point for your review is
the NDAA Contents linked above
which lists the sections
from Title VIII of
S. 1356. The individual sections of
S. 1356 are in the left column of the analyses pages with
the explanations from conference report, H. Rpt.
114-270, listed first in the right column. If there is
any additional information from the earlier House and Senate
reports or the Congressional Record, it is added under the
conference report explanation.
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