of different amendments before voting to pass it. House Report 113-446 about the bill was released on May 13, 2014. Debate and discussion The House was expected to debate military sexual assault, closing military bases, and immigration in the process of debating this bill. Officials in the Defense Department "have repeatedly said that base closures are needed in order to reduce excess infrastructure, but members of Congress are resistant to the idea due to fears that bases in their districts could be closed." A proposal in Section 3003, titled "Southeast Arizona Land Exchange", is opposed by many Native Americans, including the 57 member tribes of The Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, and by the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Association. This proposal would permit a subsidiary of the Rio Tinto mining conglomerate, Resolution Copper, to acquire 2,400 acres of the Tonto National Forest, including Oak Flat which is considered sacred for the San Carlos Apache Tribe, for purposes of copper mining. Passage The Bill was signed into law on December 19, 2014. The bill that was passed began as an unrelated provision, the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act. This original bill was replaced by the defense bill. Never Contract with the Enemy Act Sections 841 to 843 of the Act, known at the Never Contract with the Enemy Act, require the United States Secretary of Defense to establish programs in each of its global military commands to ensure that contracting, grant awarding and formation of cooperative agreements do not facilitate the payment of funds (or the provision of goods and services in kind) to persons or entities which are "actively opposing United States or coalition forces involved in a contingency operation in which members of the Armed Forces are actively involved in hostilities". The Act has extended to a global context similar provisions which related only to combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. See also List of bills in the 113th United States Congress References External links Library of Congress - Thomas H.R. 4435 beta.congress.gov H.R. 4435 GovTrack.us H.R. 4435 OpenCongress.org H.R. 4435 WashingtonWatch.com H.R. 4435 Preliminary Estimate about the bill from the Congressional Budget Office Acts of the 113th United States Congress National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 Proposed legislation of the 113th United States Congress