Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
Floor Speech
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Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the authors of H. Res. 1102--Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 for funding Department of Defense programs that support secure domestic semiconductor advanced packaging manufacturing technology and capabilities. I also thank the staff who contributed to this effort.
Specifically, I express gratitude to my colleagues for the following actions:
Fully funding the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support's (IBAS) Reshore Ecosystem for Secure Heterogeneous Advanced Packaging Electronics (RESHAPE) program within the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide account;
Providing $10.25 million in additional funding for IBAS's 2.5D advanced packaging program within the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide account; and
Providing $2 million in additional funding for Aerospace Sensors' zero-trust environment for semiconductor technology within the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force account.
Microelectronics support nearly all DoD activities. They enable critical capabilities such as the global positioning system, radar, command and control, and communication. Ensuring secure access to leading-edge microelectronics is a challenge, however. The pandemic highlighted challenges associated with the global supply chain, the changing global semiconductor industry, and the sophistication of U.S. adversaries who threaten to target military electronic components. Funding for the three projects highlighted above help address these challenges.
IBAS is dedicated to ensuring that the DoD is positioned to effectively address industrial base issues and support the National Security Innovation Base. IBAS achieves this mission by strengthening and protecting the domestic semiconductor supply chain to provide access to leading-edge capabilities that accelerate innovation. One of the next generation semiconductor technologies that IBAS focuses on is Heterogeneous Integration and Advanced Packing. These technologies provide secure, credible, and reliable domestic advanced microelectronics manufacturing capability. Full funding for the RESHAPE program, along with $10.25 in additional funding for IBAS's 2.5D advanced packaging program will support machine tooling and advanced packaging manufacturing capabilities and allow IBAS to support next generation domestic production lines.
The $2 million in additional funding provided for Aerospace Sensors' zero-trust environment for semiconductor technology further helps address critical challenges associated with domestic semiconductor manufacturing. The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) is working on a new modeling and simulation research program (secure digital twin) to advance next generation semiconductor design and manufacturing. Funding for the zero-trust environment for semiconductor technology will provide capabilities that deliver solutions that protect against malicious function insertion, fraudulent products, theft of intellectual property, and reliability failures within DoD semiconductors.
I believe Congress should continue to provide resources necessary to update our domestic microelectronics security framework. I am proud of the work undertaken in my district to support domestic semiconductor manufacturing technology development and to ensure the security of this critical supply chain. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to support this goal.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as a senior member of the Committees on the Budget, Judiciary, and Homeland Security, I proudly rise in support of H. Res. 1102--Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Approps Minibus No. 2) which will provide funding to continue the operations of the federal government through September 30, 2024, enhance supportive services to the American people, and avoid a wasteful and irresponsible shutdown.
After multiple Continuing Resolutions and threats of a government shutdown, I am relieved that an agreement has been reached between the bicameral, bipartisan leadership, and produced a second minibus spending package that keeps our remaining federal agencies funded.
This bipartisan legislation, which represents a compromise between Republicans and Democrats that adheres to the Fiscal Responsibility Act, would fund the remainder of the Federal Government through the end of the fiscal year, while investing in key priorities for the American people.
Specifically, the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, provides full-year funding for the six remaining FY24 Appropriations bills:
Defense;
Financial Services and General Government;
Homeland Security;
Legislative Branch;
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; and
State and Foreign Operations.
The 2024 funding bills invest in America's future and deliver for the American people by:
Helping with the high cost of living, reducing drug costs, and prioritizing childcare and Head Start;
Siding with hardworking Americans by supporting education, job training, and placement programs that help Americans find high paying jobs, defending robust worker protection agencies that ensure Americans are safe and properly compensated at work, and by ensuring billionaires and wealthy corporations pay the taxes they owe;
Protecting women's rights by blocking attempts to limit women's access to reproductive health care (including the elimination of Title X Family Planning and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants) and supporting the reproductive health of women overseas;
Reinforcing America's global leadership by strengthening defense capabilities, ensuring America can respond anywhere in the world where freedom and democracy are under attack, amplifying American diplomacy, and reaffirming our global commitments to fight climate change and reinforce global health; and
Helping our communities be safe and secure by funding border security, preventing the trafficking of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs, bolstering cyber security, protecting consumers from scammers, fraudsters, and dangerous products, and enabling robust and immediate responses to natural disasters.
Like the first Appropriations minibus, the bill rejects nearly all House Republican riders.
It also includes $1,383,069 in Community Project Funding that will be going directly to my constituents that I know will have a profound impact on Texas's 18th District.
I am pleased that Sec. P118-08-00 Conveyance and Detention Improvements, $1,383,069, was included in Homeland to be funded.
It was my goal to fund as many of the 3,203 Democratic projects across all 2024 funding bills as were eligible.
I am proud of the hard work it took to get to this point in an unprecedented year for the House of Representatives, and I hope that you will all join me in celebrating these direct investments in your community.
These investments create jobs, making a real difference in the lives of so many in my district.
I am proud to have fought for funding that will make our community healthier, safer, and stronger.
Funding the government is essential to our constituents, and I am happy that we were finally able to deliver.
This legislation provides vitally needed and long-overdue funding that will improve the lives of the American people.
House Democrats have worked to deliver results to the American people and these projects, programs, services, and improvements will do just that.
Without the passage of this bill, the livelihood of millions of Americans will be in jeopardy and the safety and security of the United States would be diminished.
The passage of this legislation is vital, I support it enthusiastically, and urge my colleagues to join me in passing this bipartisan, essential legislation to fund our government.
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