Because of your outreach to House members and their staffs, AFGE scored some major victories as the House considered amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (HR 1735) during a floor vote in May:
Calvert Amendment #331 to cut civilian workforce by 15%.
Floor Action: Not allowed to be offered
Gosar Amendment #95 to contract all functions unless necessary for national security.
Floor Action: Not allowed to be offered
Smith Amendment #62 to mandate a BRAC in 2017.
Floor Action: Not allowed to be offered
Coffman Amendment #115 to cut headquarters by 20%.
Floor Action: Not allowed to be offered
Cole Amendment #229 to ensure DoD facilities are consulted on intellectual property rights.
Floor Action: Passed
Kilmer Amendment #176 to prevent transfers of workload and require Congressional notifications for any furlough of working capital fund employees.
Floor Action: Passed
Scott Amendment #166 to ensure commercial item definition is consistent with CORE.
Floor Action: Passed
Bishop Amendment #190 to restore a crucial manpower report requirement.
Floor Action: Not offered, but will be revisited during House-Senate NDAA conference
Even before the floor vote, AFGE won some significant victories during consideration of the bill by the House Armed Services Committee. The AFGE-backed measures that were adopted would: