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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 504 and rule
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House
on the state of the Union for the further consideration of the bill,
H.R. 3354.
Will the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hultgren) kindly resume the
chair.

{time} 1336

In the Committee of the Whole

Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for the further consideration of
the bill (H.R. 3354) making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, with Mr. Hultgren (Acting
Chair) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The Acting CHAIR. When the Committee of the Whole rose on Tuesday,
September 12, 2017, a request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 187
printed in House Report 115-297, offered by the gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. Gibbs), had been postponed.

Announcement by the Acting Chair

Amendment No. 73 Offered by Mr. Mullin

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma
(Mr. Mullin) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 218,
noes 195, not voting 20, as follows:

[Roll No. 488]

AYES--218

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Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (TX)
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--195

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Knight
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McGovern
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOT VOTING--20

Bridenstine
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Costa
Curbelo (FL)
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
McEachin
Poe (TX)
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi
Watson Coleman

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1341

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded

Amendment No. 74 Offered by Mr. Mullin

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 489]

AYES--225

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Cuellar
Culberson
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (TX)
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Green, Gene
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--186

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)

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Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOT VOTING--22

Bishop (GA)
Bridenstine
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Costa
Curbelo (FL)
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Hoyer
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
McEachin
Poe (TX)
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi
Watson Coleman

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1345

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 75 Offered by Mr. Polis

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado
(Mr. Polis) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 490]

AYES--201

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McGovern
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sanford
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOES--212

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pittenger
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Trott
Turner
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--20

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1351

Messrs. RICHMOND, TAKANO, NOLAN, and TIPTON changed their votes from
``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 76 Offered by Mr. Polis

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 491]

AYES--198

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Dunn
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gianforte
Gomez
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer

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Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McGovern
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOES--212

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--23

Bridenstine
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Comstock
Costa
Curbelo (FL)
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Gonzalez (TX)
Graves (MO)
Hudson
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
McEachin
Poe (TX)
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi
Watson Coleman

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1354

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained and missed a vote.
Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 491.

Amendment No. 77 Offered by Mr. Norman

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South
Carolina (Mr. Norman) on which further proceedings were postponed and
on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 492]

AYES--151

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Arrington
Babin
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Brat
Buck
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Collins (GA)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kinzinger
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Messer
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Royce (CA)
Russell
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thornberry
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--260

Adams
Aguilar
Amodei
Bacon
Barragan
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gianforte
Gomez
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Hurd
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Knight
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Mast
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum
McGovern
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
Nunes
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)

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Smucker
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Woodall
Yarmuth

NOT VOTING--22

Bridenstine
Castor (FL)
Clyburn
Costa
Curbelo (FL)
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Gonzalez (TX)
Graves (MO)
LaHood
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
McEachin
Poe (TX)
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi
Watson Coleman

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1358

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. ROKITA. Mr. Chair, I mistakenly cast a ``no'' vote on rollcall
vote 492. While I am counted as a ``no'' vote, I intended to vote
``yes'' on the amendment.

Vacating Demand for Recorded Vote on Amendment No. 175 Offered By Mr.
Murphy of Pennsylvania

Mr. COLE. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my
request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 175 printed in House
Report 115-297 to the end that the Chair put the question de novo.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. McClintock). The Clerk will redesignate the
amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Oklahoma?
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murphy).
The amendment was agreed to.

Vacating Demand for Recorded Vote on Amendment No. 176 Offered by Mr.
Murphy of Pennsylvania

Mr. COLE. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my
request for a recorded vote on amendment No. 176 printed in House
Report 115-297 to the end that the Chair put the question de novo.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Oklahoma?
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murphy).
The amendment was agreed to.

Amendments En Bloc No. 5 Offered by Mr. Graves of Georgia

Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, pursuant to section 3 of House
Resolution 504, and as the designee of Chairman Frelinghuysen, I rise
to offer en bloc No. 5 as part of the consideration of division D of
H.R. 3354. The list of amendments included in the en bloc is at the
desk and has been agreed to by both sides.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendments en bloc.
Amendments en bloc No. 5 consisting of amendment Nos. 194, 197, 202,
209, 210, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219, 220, and 224 printed in House Report
115-297, offered by Mr. Graves of Georgia:

Amendment No. 194 Offered by Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire

Page 383, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $874,000)''.
Page 385, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $6,028,000)''.
Page 421, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $6,902,000)''.
Page 424, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $6,902,000)''.
Page 424, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $6,902,000)''.

Amendment No. 197 Offered by Mrs. Murphy of Florida

Page 443, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 447, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

Amendment No. 202 Offered by Mr. Soto of Florida

Page 360, line 4, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''
before ``shall''.

Amendment No. 209 Offered by Mr. Cartwright of Pennsylvania

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. 1104. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may
be used to plan for, begin, continue, complete, process, or
approve a public-private competition under the Office of
Management and Budget Circular A-76.

Amendment No. 210 Offered by Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee

Page 384, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
Page 421, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
Page 424, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.

Amendment No. 214 Offered by Mr. Schneider of Illinois

Page 348, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
Page 443, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
Page 447, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $4,000,000)''.

Amendment No. 215 Offered by Mr. Courtney of Connecticut

Page 361, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.

Amendment No. 216 Offered by Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico

Page 446, line 17, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
Page 447, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $5,000,000)''.

Amendment No. 217 Offered by Mrs. Comstock of Virginia

Page 384, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
Page 421, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
Page 424, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.

Amendment No. 219 Offered by Mr. Denham of California

Page 428, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.
Page 443, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.

Amendment No. 220 Offered by Ms. Gabbard of Hawaii

Page 356, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 358, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 428, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.

Amendment No. 224 Offered by Ms. Velazquez of New York

Page 348, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $3,000,000)''.
Page 394, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,000,000)''.
Page 426, line 17, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
Page 426, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $2,000,000)''.
Page 447, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $10,000,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Georgia (Mr. Graves) and the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley)
each will control 10 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Georgia.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
From the beginning here, let me just thank the ranking member, Mr.
Quigley, for his good work over the last several months as we have
worked together as a team to try to come up with a product that
everyone would be pleased with, and also Mrs. Lowey, the ranking
member, as well.
But I have to give credit to our leadership. They have decided to go
big this year. They have had faith in Chairman Frelinghuysen and our
committee members just to get the job done. By the end of this week,
this House will be the first Republican majority since 2004 to pass all
12 appropriations bills on time.
Now, this bill is certainly true to its name and it is also true to
our principles. We make America safe by funding our military and
securing our borders. We are making America prosperous by restoring
financial freedom so all Americans can earn a living and achieve their
own dreams.
Now I will say something obvious, Mr. Chairman. America entrusted our
party with the White House and both Houses of Congress in this last
election. Take a look at this package. These are policies that we have
been elected to pass. This is the U.S. House saying: We hear you, and
we are with you, and we are going to get the job done.
So I want to thank Chairman Frelinghuysen and the subcommittee
chairs--all have worked hard over the last several months--and their
committee staff for going big and getting this package to the floor as
we finish it up here this evening.
It is also important to thank my subcommittee and their personal
staff as well. I want to thank them for the many hours of work, the
weekends, the late nights and the holidays that have

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brought us to this moment. I want to thank our clerk, Dena Baron; and
Marybeth and Ariana; Brad Allen, who is in our Financial Services
Office; and until a few days ago, when a great opportunity took her
away from us, Kelly Hitchcock, who has been in our office as well.
And then, of course, my personal office, we have John Donnelly, Jason
Murphy, and Sam Mahler, who have worked very diligently, Mr. Chairman,
to bring us to this point on this evening.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
I rise in support of this amendment. I appreciate the chairman's
inclusion of amendments from Democratic Members. I am particularly
pleased to see amendments increasing funds for small-business programs
that support investments directly into our communities.
Specifically, this amendment boosts funding by a total of $20 million
for entrepreneurial development grants. In addition, this package
provides increased funding for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly
program at the IRS, ensuring that more elderly taxpayers receive
efficient and quality tax assistance. It also boosts funding for the
Community Development Financial Institution Fund for Native Communities
programs.
Another especially effective and much-needed program in this bill is
the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Act. This amendment provides an
additional $15 million to the amount provided in the underlying bill.
The Drug-Free Communities program, also critically important,
benefits from a funding increase.
These are Federal investments that matter, and I support them all.
I would be remiss, however, if I did not point out that some of the
offsets relied upon in this en bloc give me pause. Due to the
irresponsibly low funding level allocated in the Financial Services
bill, it is, frankly, not possible to find pay-fors that will not cause
damage elsewhere in the bill. So I look forward to working with my
colleagues to find a way to increase the total resources available for
this bill as we move forward in the process.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the
gentleman from California (Mr. Denham), who has worked hard on this
amendment and has a portion of the amendment he would like to discuss.
Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this en bloc package
which includes my amendments to the Financial Services division of this
bill.
Mr. Chair, my amendment supports the efficient implementation of the
Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act. This is the act that I authored
that was signed into law last year that simply puts in place a board to
manage, to liquidate, to identify unneeded and vacant properties.
There is an opportunity we have today to sell off the things that we
don't need: properties that have been sitting vacant for years,
properties that are costing us millions and millions and billions
across the country. There is an opportunity for us not only to sell
these off and bring in the much-needed revenue to start building roads,
bridges, and put towards our infrastructure package, but also to get
them redeveloped, rebuilding communities and putting people back to
work.
Now, what we need right now is to get this board put into place, and
congressional leadership will make recommendations to the President on
their board. We need the Senate to confirm the chairperson of the
board, and, finally, we need an executive director and a staff to help
vet these high-value properties and push the reluctant agencies that
don't want to get rid of these properties to actually liquidate the
things that they don't need.
It is time to put this board in place, and this en bloc amendment
will help us to do so. This will help us to build infrastructure across
the country and sell off the things that we don't need.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Schneider).
Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my amendment
which is included in this en bloc package. This amendment would
increase funding for the Small Business Administration Entrepreneurial
Development programs by $4 million, with the increase intended to
support entrepreneurship education.
Our entrepreneurs and small-business owners form the foundation of
the American economy. Entrepreneurs with inspired ideas benefit from
the educational resources and information that help them convert those
ideas into thriving businesses. Entrepreneurship education within the
SBA provides resources such as growth assistance, financial literacy
education, and basic information for aspiring entrepreneurs.
We in Congress have a responsibility to ensure that Americans, young
and old, with the entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to succeed have
access to lessons and resources that will help them succeed. This
amendment will help our small businesses to prosper and, ultimately,
create jobs.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment to continue to ensure
that the United States remains the best place in the world to start and
grow a business.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my
time.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Connecticut (Mr. Courtney).
Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the en bloc
amendment which contains an amendment offered by myself and the
gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson), which directs that funding at
the Department of the Treasury shall be used to develop a revenue
procedure related to a deduction for casualty losses for homes that are
suffering crumbling foundations in north-central and eastern
Connecticut and western Massachusetts. It is related to a pyrrhotite
material which cropped up in a quarry that was used for aggregate in
concrete foundations and is sweeping the area. Thousands of homes are
affected by it.
Mr. Larson and I are actively working with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin
for this purpose.
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. COURTNEY. I yield to the gentleman from Connecticut.
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank my colleague
for being stellar in this, in leading the fight in the State of
Connecticut and in joining the Connecticut General Assembly in that
effort. I thank Congressman Courtney for his diligence in this effort.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman
from Tennessee (Mr. Kustoff), who has been leading the fight against
opioid and drug abuse.
Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of
the en bloc package, which includes my amendment to increase funds to
the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas by $10 million.
After many grave conversations with law enforcement throughout my
district, it is crystal clear that this drug scourge is one of the top
concerns right now, if not the top concern.
Mr. Chairman, I know my colleagues are having similar discussions in
their districts, so they understand just how serious the issue is
becoming for the American people. Our drug task force in the Eighth
Congressional District of Tennessee desperately needs these funds, as
we have seen a spike in trafficking of narcotics across Interstate 40
in west Tennessee.
The spread of illegal drugs in west Tennessee and across the Nation
leads to higher crime rates, which means our local, State, and Federal
law enforcement are being stretched incredibly thin. But we must also
think of the resources needed to battle the drug addiction epidemics,
such as the opioid crisis. We should be proactive now because
prevention is the best long-term solution.
Our law enforcement are working tirelessly, but they simply do not
have the proper resources to effectively combat drug trafficking. We
must do more to support our law enforcement in this fight, and I
believe that increasing funds to the HIDTA program is a really good
first step.
No doubt, officers at the local, State, and Federal level have
expressed support for this amendment, and I urge my colleagues to
support these en bloc amendments.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard).

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Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of this package
and an amendment that includes additional funding for the Native
American CDFI Assistance Program.
The CDFI Fund's Native Initiatives program seeks to level the
economic playing field by providing awards to organizations that make
credit, capital, and other essential financial services available to
underserved and impoverished Native communities.
In the past, this program has provided funding to organizations like
Lei Ho'olaha, which provides financial training and loans to charter
schools and community centers in Hawaii to help make them creditworthy.
It also provides funding to the Council for Native Hawaiian
Advancement, which helps provide access to capital for people living in
Native Hawaiian communities to help them purchase affordable homes,
start new businesses, and to help drive commerce.
We must build upon this progress in Native communities and increase
the funding for the CDFI Fund's Native Initiatives to build businesses,
create jobs, empower these Native communities, and spur economic
growth. Please support this amendment.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my
time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendments en bloc offered
by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Graves).
The en bloc amendments were agreed to.

Amendment No. 190 Offered by Mr. Roskam

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 190
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to authorize a transaction by a U.S. financial
institution (as defined under section 561.309 of title 31,
Code of Federal Regulations) that is ordinarily incident to
the export or re-export of a commercial passenger aircraft to
the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Roskam) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Illinois.

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Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of amendment No. 190,
which would help prevent companies from weaponizing the Iranian regime
and help stop the flow of troops and armaments to Assad's murderous
regime.
This amendment would prohibit the Office of Foreign Assets Control
from authorizing the sale of aircraft to Iran.
Western companies are in the process of trying to sell dozens of
planes to Iran Air--that is Iran's flagship carrier--and other Iranian
airlines with deep ties to hostile Iranian actors.
Iran's aviation sector, led by Iran Air, has a long history of
illicitly transporting militants, weapons, and explosives on commercial
aircraft to terror groups and rogue regimes. Iran's Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps--the IRGC--and Iran's Ministry of Defense use
commercial aircraft to directly support Iran's campaign of terror
around the Middle East.
In recent years, both before the Iran nuclear deal and after, Iranian
airlines have served as a lifeline to the Assad regime, transporting
weapons and troops to the embattled dictator. Iran Air was recently
designated by the U.S. Treasury for such activity. Numerous Iranian
airlines remain sanctioned.
Last year, while speaking on the floor in support of these same
amendments, which passed the floor, I had on display this map beside me
exhibiting the route of an Iran Air flight in the middle of the night
from an IRGC hub to war-torn Damascus. This midnight flight was
unscheduled and flew on a routine Iranian arms supply path to Syria.
Hundreds of these flights are documented, showing a sophisticated
Iranian arms supply system using commercial jets.
On display now is even more compelling evidence of Iran Air's
nefarious activity. These recently taken photos display Iran-backed
Afghani militiamen flying Iran Air to Syria. You can see these same
militiamen holding AK-47s on the ground in the Syrian war zone and
prepping heavy artillery. These fighters are reported to be part of an
IRGC training Afghan Shiite militia actively fighting for the Assad
regime. Iran Air and the IRGC transport these jihadis to Syria to fight
for a dictator responsible for the deaths of almost a half a million
people, Mr. Chairman.
Until Iran ceases using commercial aircraft to support terrorists and
war criminals, Western companies ought not be allowed to sell Iranian
airlines more aircraft that they can use to fuel Assad's brutal war.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chair, I yield myself 2\1/2\ minutes.
Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to my friend's amendment, somebody I
enjoy working with and respect; but, with all due respect, I think he
is wrong on this. There is no denying the fact that there are some bad
people in Iran who do bad things, and we have a complicated
relationship that we are trying to deal with.
But, first of all, there are already other countries who are involved
with this. Airbus just had a contract. What the gentleman is talking
about would deny the opportunity for Boeing to be able to have these
sales go forward, cost Americans up to 100,000 jobs, and keep billions
of dollars out of the United States' economy.
Mr. Chairman, part of this is people are deeply concerned about the
agreement that we made with Iran dealing with nuclear weapons, which, I
would note, to this point, has actually dialed down some of the work in
terms of halted enrichment beyond 3.67 percent, it limited the size of
its uranium stockpile, filled in the core of a heavy water nuclear
reactor with cement, and provides an opportunity for us to do
something. There are many areas in this region where we have common
interests, and we are kind of doing a dance.
One of the concerns I have is the United States has consistently
mismanaged its relationship with Iran.
How would we feel if somebody had moved to overturn our popularly
elected government, as we did with Iran in 1953, or we sided with
Saddam Hussein in the brutal war against Iran when they were openly
using chemical weapons?
There are things here that have made this a difficult relationship.
The majority of Iranians, ironically, still like Americans. Unlike
Donald Trump's imaginary Muslims in New Jersey dancing in the street on
9/11, in Tehran on 9/11, there were candlelight vigils in support of
the United States. It has more of a democracy than what we have in
Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Now, I agree that we have challenges dealing with them, but at a time
when we should be strengthening ties with a former enemy through
diplomacy, trade, and job creation, we should be able to try and have
the management of this complicated relation rather than penalizing
American companies for no good purpose.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time remains?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois has 2\1/2\ minutes
remaining, and the gentleman from Oregon has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Kentucky (Mr. Barr), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Monetary
Policy and Trade of the Financial Services Committee.
Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the amendment of
my friend from Illinois. The gentleman has shown great leadership on
this issue prohibiting the Office of Foreign Assets Control from using
funds to issue a license allowing U.S.-made aircraft to be sold to
Iran, and also prohibiting OFAC from using funds to authorize U.S.
financial institutions to finance the purchase of military fungible
aircraft to Iran.
As the chairman of the subcommittee with oversight over treasury
implementation of sanctions, it is just unacceptable and unnecessary to
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U.S. financial system to the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism
in a jurisdiction of primary money laundering concern.
At a hearing in April, the Committee on Financial Services heard
testimony that Iran Air's role in the Syrian conflict continues. That
same day, the public received reports of a chemical weapons attack
killing dozens of Syrian civilians.
What we know is that there is significant evidence suggesting that
Iran Air flights are now being used to transport personnel and material
supporting the IRGC and its efforts to assist the Assad regime and
Hezbollah.
Mr. Chairman, I applaud the gentleman's amendment and I support it.
We should not be assisting the world's leading state sponsor of
terrorism with commercial aircraft.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chair, I want to be clear. I understand the deep
concerns about things that Iranians are doing that I personally
disagree with. The Syrian conflict is a horrific tragedy, but we have
problems with Russia in Syria, we have problems with Turkey in Syria.
We are involved with a situation in the Middle East that is horrific
and is going to require all of our best efforts.
With all due respect, we have a number of things we are trying to
achieve in this regard. I think being able to maintain our commitments
under the agreement with the JCPOA is important. That Iranian nuclear
agreement has held and it is one of the few bright spots in that
region.
Second, we are punishing an American company, but, as I mentioned,
Airbus just executed a contract. There are other parts of the world
that have moved forward. One of the reasons that we were able to get
alignment was there are different agreements in terms of what people
want to do with France, Great Britain, Germany, and Russia.
We have struck an agreement with those allied powers working with us
to make it more difficult for Iran to be a nuclear state. We have an
opportunity for us to not penalize American companies. We have an
opportunity for us to try and make diplomacy work, which has been
undercut by many of the things we are seeing from the administration,
trying to dial back the capacity of the State Department, dial back the
soft power that even the military says that we need to do.
We have a number of areas where there are sponsors of terror.
Pakistan is involved with all sorts of things in this region, and, of
course, they have been key in helping North Korea become a nuclear
state.
I don't think we should paint a picture here that is too simplistic.
We ought to acknowledge the fact that this is complex, that there are
problems, but deal with a country where the majority of people like
Americans, where they have kept their nuclear commitments, where other
countries are going to step in and fill the gap, and that we ought not
to penalize American industry or undercut diplomatic efforts.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, my friend from Oregon acknowledges that
there are bad people doing bad things in Iran. Well, let's not help
them. Let's not be complicit.
And as to the candlelight vigils, none of the mullahs, none of the
leadership, were involved in candlelight vigils for the United States.
These are the people that are chanting and provoking: Death to America.
This does no violence to those who were supporters of the JCPOA. They
like it. This has no impact on it whatsoever. Furthermore, it doesn't
put American companies at any other disadvantage than other companies
have. In other words, the two big players here are Airbus and Boeing,
neither of whom, if we are successful with this amendment, would be
able to sell into that marketplace. Why? Because Airbus has the same
level of technology, they get caught up in the same net that we do.
We have got to ask the question: Do we step back and say, ``Wow. It
is just complicated and it is overwhelming, and, inshallah, let's do
nothing''?
No. Let's lean in. Let's make a decision. Let's be articulate and
let's say that we are choosing not to be complicit with what we know is
outrageous, and that is the use of commercial aircraft supporting the
world's largest state sponsor of terror. This is fairly intuitive. The
House has come together on these issues in the past.
Mr. Chair, I urge its passage, and I yield back the balance of my
time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam).
The amendment was agreed to.

Amendment No. 191 Offered by Mr. Roskam

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 191
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available to the
Department of Treasury by this division may be used to issue
a license pursuant to any Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC) memo regarding Section 5.1.1 of Annex II to the Joint
Comprehensive Plan of Action of July 14, 2015 (JCPOA),
including the January 16, 2016, OFAC memo titled, ``Statement
of Licensing Policy For Activities Related to the Export Or
Re-Export to Iran of Commercial Passenger Aircraft and
Related Parts and Services'' and any other OFAC memo of the
same substance.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Illinois (Mr. Roskam) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Illinois for 5 minutes.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is similar to the previous
amendment debated. Specifically, it would prohibit the Office of
Foreign Assets Control from authorizing U.S. financial institutions--
that is the distinction--from financing aircraft and sales to Iran.
It is the same reasons. It is all the same facts. It is fairly
straightforward.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, ideological riders have no place on the
appropriations bill. The substance of the amendment should be debated
as a stand-alone piece of legislation and under the proper committee of
jurisdiction.
Unfortunately, the fiscal 2018 Financial Services appropriations bill
before us today is already loaded full of policy riders that don't
belong on spending bills.
Furthermore, this amendment would block the ability of Boeing to
complete the $30 billion worth of aircraft sales to Iran, resulting in
the loss of U.S. jobs. It would put U.S. in breach of JCPOA.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman
from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn), a member of the Armed Services Committee.
Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of amendment 191 to the
Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill. This
amendment prohibits funds from being used to issue a license relating
to the sale of commercial passenger aircraft to the Islamic Republic of
Iran.
The JCPOA allowed for the sale of commercial aircraft to Iran Air,
but it is an Iranian airline that the Treasury Department designated in
2013 for providing material, support, and services to the Iranian
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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What changed in those 3 years from that designation to the signing of
the JCPOA? Congress has yet to see a report of good behavior on the
part of the Iranians. The Ayatollahs continue to call America the ``Big
Satan.''
The sales of these aircraft must be stopped so long as the Iranians
continue to be the leading state sponsor of terrorism.
I thank Representative Roskam for his leadership on this issue and
hope that it passes with unanimous support.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chair, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from
New York (Mr. Zeldin).
Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment which I
am proud to cosponsor with my colleagues, Mr. Roskam and Mr. Lamborn.

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When the U.S. entered into the JCPOA, we empowered Iran to advance
its bad activities. Iran Air was sanctioned in 2011, for using
commercial flights to transport missile and rocket components to Syria.
The Syrian war is far from over. We cannot allow Iran to establish a
permanent presence in Syria.
This amendment would block taxpayer funds from supporting a regime
that has killed too many people. I strongly support the passage of this
amendment. I am concerned, as I hear opposition to this amendment where
we are talking about the need to protect American jobs, where the
connection is being made to those American jobs being used to support
terrorism abroad. That is a stretch.
I would encourage my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, if
they are concerned about protecting American jobs, that we are pursuing
American jobs to help our great country, not supporting the bad
activities of a regime that is developing intercontinental ballistic
missiles in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions; calling
Israel the ``Little Satan'' and America the ``Great Satan;''
overthrowing foreign governments; financially awarding terror; the
largest state sponsor of terrorism. I say that my colleagues on the
other side of the aisle should be sharing our concern and supporting
this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I thank Mr. Roskam for his leadership.
Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Chairman, to close, as to the argument about
ideological riders, this is the Article I branch. It is the prerogative
of the House of Representatives and the Congress to speak and decide
how money is to be spent.
As to the notion that, the accusation that this breaches the JCPOA,
as much of a critic as I am of that deal, this doesn't breach it. So it
is in compliance with it.
The notion of jobs is an interesting one, and it kind of creates a
moral quandary until, Mr. Chairman, you balance out these two things:
jobs versus lives. Is that really a question here? Aren't lives more
important than jobs? Isn't it an interesting thing that several Members
of the Washington State delegation where Boeing, in particular, is
headquartered have actively written to the leadership of the Boeing
Company saying, don't do this, essentially, and don't put our employees
in the moral quandary of having to move forward on this?
Finally, Mr. Chairman, how would we be feeling if the debate were
happening in 1938 in this country, and the question was: Are we going
to loan money to some commercial operation that can be used by the
regime in Hamburg, Germany, for example? We would be scandalized by it.
We need to recognize with a sense of clarity where we are in history.
We ought not to be complicit with this. This House can make a great
deal of difference in the future of this fight.
Mr. Chair, I urge the passage of this amendment, the adoption of it,
and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam).
The amendment was agreed to.

Amendment No. 192 Offered by Mr. Palmer

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 192
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act
(including title IV and title VIII) may be used to carry out
the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of
2014 (D.C. Law 20-261) or to implement any rule or regulation
promulgated to carry out such Act.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Alabama (Mr. Palmer) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Alabama.
Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would prohibit funds from
being used to implement the District of Columbia's Reproductive Health
Non-Discrimination Amendment Act of 2014, or RHNDA.
This law prevents religious and pro-life advocacy organizations from
making employment decisions consistent with their institutional
mission. The First Amendment States in part that ``Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof. . . . ''
Without my amendment, some employers in the District of Columbia
would be forced to embrace the beliefs of the 13 members of the D.C.
Council. D.C. allows abortions until the moment of birth, but a number
of organizations in D.C.--such as March for Life, Americans United for
Life, and the Susan B. Anthony List--exist solely to protect the
sanctity of life.
The Constitution provides them the right to exercise those beliefs
just like it does those who oppose it. That is why, when the District
passed RHNDA, former D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray described it as ``legally
problematic'' saying: `` . . . the bill raises serious concerns under
the Constitution, and under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. . .
. ''
My amendment would restore religious freedom to employers inside the
District of Columbia. Those who want to have an abortion do not have to
work for employers who oppose them. They have life and the liberty to
pursue their own interests with another employer.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from the District of Columbia is
recognized for 5 minutes.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
This amendment prohibits the District of Columbia from spending its
local funds to carry out a local antidiscrimination law, the
Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act. Unlike the D.C.
Council which passed this law, no Member of this Congress was elected
to legislate on local D.C. matters, or is accountable to the voters of
the District of Columbia.
This amendment gives employers the license to discriminate against
employees, their spouses, and their dependents, based on their private,
constitutionally protected reproductive decisions.
This amendment permits employers to fire a woman for having an
abortion due to rape, or to decline to hire a woman for using in vitro
fertilization, or to fire a man for using condoms, or to reduce the
salary of a parent for buying birth control for his or her child.
Contrary to the sponsor's claim, the D.C. law does not require
employers to provide insurance coverage for reproductive health
decisions. Importantly, the law states expressly, here this language:
``This section shall not be construed to require an employer to provide
insurance coverage related to a reproductive health decision.''
The D.C. law is valid under both the U.S. Constitution and the
Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Indeed, the law has been in effect
for more than 2 years. It is now law. And there appear to have been no
lawsuits challenging it.
Under the U.S. Constitution, laws may limit religious exercise if
they are neutral, generally applicable, and rationally related to a
legitimate governmental interest. Under the Religious Freedom
Restoration Act, laws may substantially burden religious exercise only
if they further a compelling governmental interest in the least
restrictive means.
The D.C. law meets all of these requirements. That is why it has
never been challenged. The D.C. law also protects religious liberty.
The Constitution's narrow ministerial exception allows religious
organizations to make employment decisions for ministers and
ministerial employees for any reason whatsoever.
D.C. law permits religious and political organizations to make
employment decisions based on religious and political views. Under the
D.C. law, employees must be willing to carry out an employer's missions
and directives.
I urge Members to vote ``no'' on this amendment in order to protect
employees' reproductive health decisions, workplace equality, and
D.C.'s own right to self-government.

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Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona
(Mr. Biggs).
Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Chairman, I thank Mr. Palmer for sponsoring this
amendment, which I support wholeheartedly.
I support Mr. Palmer's implementation of the District of Columbia
Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination Amendment Act which passed the
D.C. Council in 2014. This law limits the ability of employers,
including pro-life organizations, to avoid hiring applicants whose
personal beliefs are contrary to their respective missions.
Today, Congress can begin to right this wrong. Think about the real
effect of this law. Organizations like March for Life, Americans United
for Life, Susan B. Anthony List, or Family Research Council, among
others, whose mission is to advocate for the sanctity of life could be
forced to hire individuals who disagree with those very principles.
In the 2012 case, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the
right of religious organizations to hire employees that support the
mission of the organization for which they will be advocating.
We cannot allow 13 D.C. Council members to circumvent that decision
and strip employers of their Constitutional rights. The United States
Constitution explicitly grants Congress the power to ``exercise
exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over'' the District of
Columbia.
I believe we have a responsibility to ensure the D.C. Council is not
infringing on the religious liberties of pro-life organizations.
Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment.
Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chair, may I inquire how much time I have remaining.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 2 minutes remaining.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from
Colorado (Ms. DeGette), one of the leaders of the right to privacy in
this Congress.
Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this
amendment. The gentleman from Alabama talks about the First Amendment
rights of employers, but, clearly, this statute by the D.C. Government
complies with all of the constitutional rights.
What I am concerned about here is discrimination against employees
for making their own reproductive health decisions. Apparently, that
doesn't matter to the people on the other side of the aisle: the right
of people to take birth control, to have in vitro fertilization, or
even to have an abortion.
The D.C. Council decided that was an important right, and that is why
they passed this legislation. This is why we should preserve it today.
There is absolutely no reason why we should take the rights of self-
governance away from D.C., and there is absolutely no reason why we
should take the rights of women and families to exercise their legal,
constitutional healthcare decisions.
Mr. Chair, I strongly oppose this amendment, and urge a ``no'' vote.
Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, in spite of numerous requests--with all due
respect to the gentlewoman from Colorado and the distinguished Delegate
from the District of Columbia--in spite of numerous requests, no
exemptions were included in the Reproductive Health Non-Discrimination
Amendment Act for either moral or religious objections. I think my
colleague from Colorado just pointed that out, that they intended no
exceptions.
RHNDA, as enacted, has no religious exemption, and legislative
history suggests it may have been passed specifically to target faith-
based employers.
Nobody should be forced to take a position one way or the other, or
be able to hire them. By leaving this in place, it exposes employers to
potential lawsuits.
I would like to point out that, in regard to Congress' authority over
this issue, Article I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution states
that Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation, in
all cases whatsoever, over the District.
Mr. Chair, I take exception to my colleague's point that it is
acceptable to infringe on the religious liberties of certain people who
actually believe in protecting life. The Constitution does not provide
for only a certain group to practice their religion, but everyone has a
right to practice his or her religion. No government interest can
overcome that constitutional right.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. NORTON. How much time do I have remaining, Mr. Chairman?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 1 minute remaining.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chair, I don't know what the District of Columbia can
do to satisfy the ideologically driven Members on the other side. We
protected religious liberty. There have been absolutely no challenges.
Republicans persist in ignoring the plain wording on abortion, and,
above all, they have ignored their own groundwork principle of local
control.
This is a majority that yells local control for everybody except the
residents of the District of Columbia. We have defeated this amendment
before. We will defeat this amendment again, if not in this House, in
the other Chamber, I assure you. It is law. It is going to remain law.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

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Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, as the designee of Ranking Member Lowey, I
move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. QUIGLEY. This is an interesting debate, Mr. Chairman. Normally it
would be heard for the would-be candidates for the District of Columbia
City Council, but the issues remain far more important.
This amendment would, once again, overreach by prohibiting funds for
D.C.'s Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Amendment Act of 2014.
That law prohibits discrimination based on reproductive health
decisions. The Reproductive Health Nondiscrimination Amendment Act
protects workers in D.C. from workplace discrimination if the employer
disagrees with the employee's use of contraception, in vitro
fertilization, and even perhaps a medically necessary abortion. The law
prohibits employers from making employment decisions based on
reproductive health decisions of employees, their spouses, and
children.
Without RHNDA, employers could fire a woman for having an abortion
due to rape, fire a man for using a condom, reduce the pay for a parent
buying birth control for their child, and decline to hire a woman for
using in vitro fertilization. D.C. is protecting workers from losing
their jobs if their supervisors do not agree with their most personal
decisions. This amendment would strip those protections from D.C.
workers.
For those who thought this bill infringed on employers' religious
beliefs, D.C. passed a statutory clarification that no employer was
required to provide insurance coverage related to reproductive health
decisions.
During the congressional review period, the Republican-controlled
House passed a resolution disapproving this bill, but the Republican-
controlled Senate did not. The Congress had time to act on this issue,
and it failed to do so.
D.C. residents should not be subject to endless efforts to overturn
their laws. People should be judged at work based on their performance
and not on their personal, private reproductive healthcare decisions.
That is why D.C. passed this law.
To my friends across the aisle, I understand they see this as a
constitutional challenge, but, with all due respect, they are anti-
Federalist and Federalist when it is convenient--and not just because
of D.C. It has to do more with issues they don't agree with. They are
very much for States' rights and local control unless it has something
to do with issues like gun violence or a woman's right to choose. This
is inconsistent and, frankly, with all due respect, somewhat
hypocritical.
Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield
back the balance of my time.
Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 20 seconds to the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Graves).
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman
from Alabama (Mr. Palmer) for his

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fierce support and defense of our First Amendment rights and religious
freedoms. Faith-based and pro-life organizations should be free to
serve according to their deeply held beliefs. So the vote on this
amendment today is one on which you should be voting ``yes'' for the
First Amendment and ``yes'' for religious freedom.
Mr. PALMER. Mr. Chairman, I want to remind people of what former
Mayor Gray wrote in his letter: ``Religious organizations, religiously
affiliated organizations, religiously driven for-profit entities, and
political organizations may have strong First Amendment and RFRA
grounds for challenging the law's applicability to them.''
The Supreme Court in the Hosanna Tabor v. EEOC decision made it
clear--this was a unanimous decision--that organizations are free to
hire people who are like-minded and who support their views. In regard
to federalism, the Constitution gives Congress the right to legislate
over the District of Columbia.
If D.C. won't respect the rights of its citizens, then it is
Congress' duty to ensure the laws of D.C. comply with Federal law and
the Constitution.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and vote
``yes,'' and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Palmer).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama will
be postponed.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 193 printed in House
Report 115-297.

Amendment No. 195 Offered by Mr. Gohmert

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 195
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Chairman, as the designee of the gentleman from
Florida (Mr. Posey), I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 361, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $165,300)''.
Page 634, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $165,300)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. Gohmert) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.
Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 3354.
Originally this was offered by my friend from Florida (Mr. Posey), who
is currently helping his constituents recover from Hurricane Irma, so I
rise on behalf of Mr. Posey.
Mr. Chairman, this amendment would strike the IRS' Operations Support
account by $165,300 and transfer that amount to the Spending Reduction
account. The effect would be to eliminate the salary of IRS
Commissioner John Koskinen's salary, in fact, and would finally begin a
tiny amount of accountability that American taxpayers have deserved for
quite some time.
Not only did Commissioner Koskinen fail to hold the IRS accountable
for wrongfully targeting groups based on their lawful political
beliefs, but he obstructed the congressional investigations into the
scandal.
When Congress requested the testimony of Lois Lerner, who was head of
the Exempt Organization Division at the IRS, she took the Fifth
Amendment and refused to cooperate. Instead of providing these records,
as required, Mr. Koskinen chose to--in his words--``recycle'' the
Lerner email records. By recycle, Mr. Koskinen meant, obviously by his
actions, destroy evidence that was part of a congressional
investigation, which was in direct conflict with his duties as a public
servant and, in particular, as head of the Internal Revenue Service.
After obstructing a congressional investigation, Mr. Koskinen then
lied about it under oath on several occasions before Congress. In other
words, he repeatedly and contemptuously perjured himself before
Congress.
Now, on June 20, 2014, for example, Mr. Koskinen testified in a Ways
and Means Committee hearing that since the targeting investigation
started, every email had been preserved and nothing was lost. At that
very same hearing, Mr. Koskinen said that the backup files no longer
existed. He then went on to say that the IRS had ``gone to great
lengths to spend a significant amount of money trying to make sure that
there were no emails that were required that has not been produced.''
That, as we found out, was a blatant lie. Mr. Koskinen and his staff
had gone to no lengths to get these emails. They had done nothing. In
fact, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said that
the IRS under Koskinen--his direction--simply did not look for the
emails at all. Later, more than 1,000 emails were recovered from backup
tapes that the IRS had attempted to destroy knowing they were being
sought by Congress.
A year later, on June 20, 2015, Mr. Koskinen again falsely
testified--also known as perjuring himself--that all of the Lerner
emails had been preserved--not lost--but the IRS had destroyed the
emails, in fact, and tried to destroy the backup tapes as well. That
was well after the investigation had started and the emails were being
sought.
Koskinen's dishonesty and obstructionist actions were not limited to
congressional business. His actions directly affected American
taxpayers. Under his tenure, IRS customer service for the 2015 filing
season was nothing short of abysmal. Taxpayers were forced to wait
hours to speak to an IRS agent, even after Congress gave him more money
than he had had before for that assistance, but under his control and
direction, it was squandered in other ways.
The terrible customer service was a direct result of Mr. Koskinen's
IRS directing funds meant for taxpayer services toward other
priorities.
At his confirmation hearing, Commissioner Koskinen promised that he
would be transparent. That was a lie. This man's salary should be
reduced.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, this amendment is intended to cut the pay of the IRS
Commissioner to zero. It is nothing more than a gratuitous, partisan
cheap shot, an amendment offered last year that failed. I know and I am
sure there are plenty of people out there who think that Members of
Congress should be paid nothing or have their salary reduced to next to
nothing because they disagree with them or they don't like their
actions.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Chairman, in conclusion, I hope and literally pray
that at some point we will put politics aside and, when somebody lies
in front of Congress, we will join together to say: Not before
Congress; there will be consequences.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, there have been extraordinary attacks on
the IRS Commissioner in a wide variety of ranges, but an amendment
similar to this failed last year, which meant there were Republicans
who opposed it as well as Democrats. There were attempts to offer
impeachment on this matter, and those were partisan efforts in a
nonconstructive way. This is just one more element toward that end. It
is unnecessary.
Mr. Chairman, I encourage my colleagues to vote ``no,'' and I yield
back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will
be postponed.

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Amendment No. 196 Offered by Ms. Norton

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 196
printed in House Report 115-297.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 513, strike line 1 and all that follows through page
514, line 11.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentlewoman
from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) and a Member opposed each
will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, my amendment strikes the repeal of the District of
Columbia's Local Budget Autonomy Act, which allows the District of
Columbia to spend its local funds consisting solely of local taxes and
fees after a 30-day congressional review period; and this is now law.
It is astonishing that my Republican colleagues are so at odds with a
local jurisdiction spending its own local funds without the approval of
a Federal body, U.S. Congress, and that the House will be voting for a
third time since May 2016 to repeal this local law. The first two
attempts were not enacted into law, and I expect this third attempt to
fail, too.
In fact, I should not even have to offer this amendment. The bill's
repeal of the Local Budget Autonomy Act violates the House rule against
legislating on an appropriations bill. Of course, the special rule
governing consideration of the bill prohibits me from raising a point
of order against the repeal provision, which would be sustained by the
Chair.
The Local Budget Autonomy Act is in effect. It is now law, I repeat.
This year, the D.C. Council passed its second local budget under the
Local Budget Autonomy Act.
Smart lawyers differed about the validity of the Local Budget
Autonomy Act when D.C. enacted it. However, the Local Budget Autonomy
Act has been litigated. The only court ruling in effect upheld it, the
ruling was not appealed, and the court ordered D.C. officials to
implement it.
Some House Republicans disguised their opposition to the Local Budget
Autonomy Act with legalistic arguments until Speaker Ryan revealed last
year the real reason the House passed the stand-alone bill repealing
the Local Budget Autonomy Act. He said: ``There are real consequences.
The D.C. government wants to use revenues to fund abortions in the
District. House Republicans will not stand for that.''

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The Speaker was wrong about the effect of the Local Budget Autonomy
Act. Congress loses nothing under our budget autonomy law. Congress
retains the authority to legislate on any D.C. matter, including its
local budget, at any time. That is unfortunate, but that, too, is the
law.
The Local Budget Autonomy Act is a modest attempt by the District to
be able to implement its local budget soon after it is passed, like
other jurisdictions, instead of having it caught up in congressional
delays.
Indeed, the riders in the bill prohibiting D.C. from spending its
local funds on marijuana commercialization and abortion services for
low-income women were changed from those in prior appropriations bills
to account for the Local Budget Autonomy Act. Still, that is not
enough.
Historically, D.C. riders applied only to funds included in
appropriations bills, because only appropriations bills authorized D.C.
spending. In this bill, as in fiscal year 2017, the riders apply to
D.C. local funds available under any authority, including those in the
local budget passed under the Local Budget Autonomy Act.
Local control over the dollars raised by local taxpayers is a
principle much cited by my Republican colleagues, and it is, indeed,
central to the American form of government. Beyond this core principle,
budget autonomy has practical benefits for D.C., including lowering
borrowing costs, more accurate revenue and expenditure forecasts,
improved agency operations, and the removal of the threat of D.C.
government shutdowns during Federal Government shutdowns. These are our
concerns.
D.C.'s budget is larger than the budgets of 14 States, Mr. Chairman.
The District raises $8 billion in local funds. While D.C. is in a
better financial position than most cities and States in this country,
with a rainy-day fund of over $2 billion on a total budget of $14
billion, budget autonomy makes the District even stronger, as it must
be, because it has no State fallback.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I have the greatest respect for
Ms. Norton, and I appreciate her passion and zeal for the District. She
advocates well for them.
I hear my friends across the aisle speak about disregard for local
law. Let me assure you, Mr. Chairman, this is truly not the case.
Article I, section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power
``to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever'' over the
seat of government of the United States, which is the District of
Columbia.
The District of Columbia is neither a State nor a municipality; in
fact, it is a District. Therefore, D.C. derives all of its powers not
from the sovereignty of statehood but from the delegation that is given
to them by Congress.
By the way, the Home Rule Act in 1973 has allowed D.C. to assume more
and more responsibility over time.
This bill before you continues to appropriate D.C. funds, as it has
for the last 44 years. That is 44 years of Republican majorities and
Democratic majorities. This changes nothing from that. It was under
various administrations as well.
This bill does not change the special and unique relationship between
D.C. and the Federal Government, because the D.C. Budget Autonomy Act
did not change that special, unique relationship between the District
and the Federal Government whatsoever.
The D.C. Budget Autonomy Act only amended the Home Rule Act as
adopted by the D.C. Code. So no State, county, city, or hybrid like the
District of Columbia can override the supremacy of the Constitution.
Mr. Chairman, as we debate this each and every time, let me assure
the body here that the District of Columbia has plenty of autonomy, but
when it comes to spending, that is the role of Congress as given to us
through the U.S. Constitution.
Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment, and I yield back
the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). The question is on
the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia
(Ms. Norton).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from the
District of Columbia will be postponed.
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 198
printed in House Report 115-297.

Amendment No. 199 Offered by Mr. Ellison

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 199
printed in House Report 115-297.

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September 13, 2017, on page H7345, the following appeared:
AMENDMENT NO. 199 OFFERED BY MR. ELLISON Mr. ELLISON. Mr.
Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.

The online version has been corrected to read: AMENDMENT NO. 199
OFFERED BY MR. ELLISON The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to
consider amendment No. 199 printed in House Report 115-297. Mr.
ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.

========================= END NOTE =========================

Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 590, strike line 1 and all that follows through page
591, line 14.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Minnesota and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Minnesota.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, my amendment simply preserves the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau's independent funding and ensures that it
is adequately funded. That is essentially what this is all about. This
is very clear. The sides on this couldn't be more clear. My amendment
is one of many this week, but I hope that people pay special attention
to how folks vote on this particular amendment.
This amendment is a clear litmus test. If a legislator wants to
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the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, if they want to
support the work of $11.5 billion being returned to consumers, they
should vote ``yes.''
A ``yes'' vote on my amendment means you want to protect Americans
from fraud, deceptive practices, and rip-off schemes.
A ``yes'' vote means you want banks, debt collectors, credit
reporting agencies, payday lenders, and other finance companies to be
held accountable if they rip off consumers.
A ``yes'' vote means that you want honest and fair-dealing firms in
the financial services space to be rewarded for their good work and for
people who take advantage of consumers to be punished.
We want to keep good companies good. How can you do that if good and
bad get treated just alike?
We need the CFPB. My amendment asks that you stand with Ari Booras,
for example. As you may have seen on ``CBS Sunday Morning'' a few weeks
ago, Harry Booras contacted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's
consumer complaint center for help. His teenage son, Ari, joined the
Army, just like mine did, and bought a used truck at a car dealer near
his base.
My boy was 18 when he went to the Army. Ari was the same age, I
imagine. Yet that desire was taken advantage of.
Teenage Ari joined the Army and bought a used truck at a car dealer
near the base. The loan was way more than this private could possibly
afford, with an extensive extended warranty and 18.5 percent interest.
Private Booras would have paid three times more than Blue Book value
for this $11,000 truck. He would have paid three times more. Yet he
can't afford three times more. He is just a private trying to serve his
country.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau got Private Booras and
50,000 other servicemembers out of these predatory loans that ruin
their finances and cause enormous stress in their lives. We need
servicemembers thinking about protecting the country, not how to fight
off some predatory lender.
My amendment asks that you stand with Samir Hanef from Durham, North
Carolina. Samir was one of more than half a million people who was
wrongly charged for auto insurance when he took out a loan to buy a
Honda Civic.
Samir, a social worker, already had insurance, but Wells Fargo
charged him and 20,000 others, customers, added insurance that made
them miss payments. This led to their cars being repossessed in some
cases.
The numerous scandals at Wells Fargo--the forced insurance, fake
accounts, overcharges at mortgage closing, signing customers up for
life insurance without their consent, and other fraudulent practices--
are coming to light because of the work of the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau and its consumer complaint office. They need
independence.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, in June, the House passed H.R. 10, the
Financial CHOICE Act, with overwhelming support.
Section 713 of the Financial CHOICE Act contained language to subject
the CFPB to the annual congressional appropriations process.
Under the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFPB is funded out of the earnings of
the Federal Reserve system. In order to obtain funding, the Director
need only submit a letter to the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve
each quarter certifying the amounts of funds determined by the Director
to be reasonably necessary for carrying out the authorities of the
Bureau. The Federal Reserve then transfers the stated amount to the
Bureau for operations.
Basically, the Federal Reserve serves purely as an ATM machine for
the CFPB, and neither Congress nor the President has the ability to
have any input into the Bureau's funding or oversight of whether that
funding is spent effectively.
The Bureau's funding is, therefore, different from other regulators
that police markets for force and fraud, including the Federal Trade
Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Consumer Product
Safety Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and all those
which are funded principally through congressional appropriations.
To return to a constitutional structure and create agency
accountability, Congress must reclaim its power of the purse over the
most potent tools the Constitution gives Congress for conducting
oversight of Federal agencies and implementing the real reforms. There
can be no consent of the governed if the American people, through their
democratically elected Representatives, have no say in how their
government spends their hard-earned dollars.
To reassert Congress' power of the purse, the Financial CHOICE Act
calls for all the Federal financial regulatory agencies, including the
CLEA and FSOC, to be funded through the congressional appropriations
process, ensuring that these agencies use their funding effectively and
transparently to fulfill their mission of protecting consumers and
investors.
Like other executive branch agencies and other regulators that police
the markets, the CFPB will have the chance to justify its expenditures
to Congress as a part of the appropriations process. Congress
can continue to fund programs that provide value to consumers and can
stop funding programs that are mired in waste, fraud, and abuse. This
is a basic accountability measure, no more, no less.

It seems my good colleague across the aisle is fearful that we may do
something to harm that ability. He is afraid of providing
accountability for those dollars. That is our basic function and it is
our responsibility. We must not miss this opportunity to reestablish
separation of powers and restore the constitutional governance to the
administrative state.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Minnesota has 1 minute
remaining.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Quigley).
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Before Dodd-Frank, consumer protection laws were enforced by a
patchwork of different regulations, each focused on their own issues.
The CFPB enhanced and simplified consumer regulation, consolidating
enforcement into a single authority devoted to all aspects of consumer
protection ranging from oversight over mortgages and credit cards to
unregulated products previously, like payday and student loans.
The Wells Fargo fake account scandal, which CFPB played a key role in
exposing, and the more recent Equifax data breach show precisely why we
need a well-resourced and functional CFPB.
By subjecting the CFPB to the appropriations process, the goal is not
to provide necessary oversight. Considerable accountability measures
already exist. It is to starve them of funding and weaken their ability
to do their job. We have seen this before with other financial
regulators like the FCC and CFTC, who are still struggling to carry out
Dodd-Frank rulemaking.
Therefore, I ask my colleagues to preserve the independence, stand on
the side of consumers, and vote ``yes'' on the Ellison amendment.

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Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Kentucky (Mr. Barr).
Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman's leadership on this,
and, with all due respect to my friends on the other side of the aisle,
this amendment is not about protecting consumers. This amendment is
about protecting bureaucrats from accountability from the American
people.
You know, I don't know, for the life of me, why Members of Congress
would not defend this institution, both Republicans and Democrats on
both sides of the aisle defend this institution. Why on Earth would we
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Congress--as James Madison said, ``the power of the purse''--away to
unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats in the executive branch?
When I asked Chair Yellen whether she approves the budget of the
Bureau, she didn't know the answer to that basic question. We know that
the CFPB is not accountable to the American people through their
elected Representatives in Congress. That is by statutory design. That
is what Dodd-Frank says. But we would hope that they would at least be
accountable to the source of their funding, and they are not even
accountable to the Fed.
Defeat this amendment, support accountability, support the
Constitution and restoring the power of the purse to the elected
Representatives of the Congress.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus).
Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Chairman, I, too, rise in opposition of this
amendment. The proponent suggests that his amendment is basically
necessary for the functioning of the CFPB. It is not. The CFPB is going
to continue to function but with the accountability of the American
people.
This amendment is inconsistent--inconsistent with the fundamental
principle of American Government: of government of the people, by the
people, and for the people. This amendment is inconsistent with the
fundamental American principle of self-rule. That happens in this
Congress.
Congress needs to have authority over every part of the Federal
Government, including the CFPB, so we can make the determination of
what harm it may be bringing to consumers. We do know that consumers
have been harmed with loss of free checking and losing their local
community institutions because of the overregulation coming from this
town.
So I urge my fellow Members to defeat this amendment and to vote for
accountability over the CFPB.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman
from Georgia (Mr. Graves), chair of the Financial Services and General
Government Subcommittee.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the work here by
the gentleman making a great case on why this amendment is harmful to
the American people and to the financial prosperity, and so I join them
in my opposition, and their opposition as well, to this amendment and
urge the House to defeat it.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, may I ask how much time I have left.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri has 15 seconds
remaining.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, just to close, I would encourage all
the Members to oppose the amendment. It is curious why we have someone
here who is fighting the ability of Congress to do its job to provide
oversight. So I ask the question: Are we fearful of somebody looking
over the shoulder of CFPB? Why? What are they hiding? What are they not
doing? What should we be worried about? I think, more than ever, we
need to be looking over their shoulder.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
will be postponed.

Amendment No. 200 Offered by Mr. Ellison

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 200
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 563, strike line 16 and all that follows through page
566, line 3.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Minnesota.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, my amendment preserves the CFPB's
authority to protect people who live in manufactured housing,
manufactured housing buyers.
I am lucky to have the National Manufactured Home Owners Association
based in my district. For the Record, they have written an excellent
letter on behalf of this amendment, which I will include in the Record.

Manufactured Housing Action.
Representative Keith Ellison,
House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Congressman Ellison: We are writing to thank you for
introducing the Ellison Amendment #200 to the Department of
the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Act of 2018
(H.R. 3354). On behalf of the manufactured homeowners we
represent, we our offering our organizational support for
this amendment.
MHAction empowers homeowners and residents in manufactured
home communities to build and win local, state and national
issue campaigns that strengthen the long-term viability and
affordability of their communities. The work of MHAction is
based on a set of core values, central to which are
compassion for our neighbors and love of our communities. We
believe that manufactured home communities play a key role in
providing affordable, safe and accessible housing for all
families, regardless of race, language, immigration status,
class, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. MHAction
currently represents over 19,000 manufactured homeowners in
28 states.
It is vital that this amendment passes to protect
manufactured home buyers, especially people of color that
face higher levels of lending discrimination and seniors. We
need to ensure that the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
retains the power to ensure that potential home buyers aren't
steered into high fee and high interest loans. When people
buy a home, it should help increase their stability and
wealth, not damage their finances.
Again, we would like to express our sincere thanks to your
office for fighting to ensure that the Consumer Finance
Protection Bureau can continue to protect manufactured home
buyers from loans that strip away their economic and
retirement security.
Should you have any question, please feel free to contact
MHAction's Executive Director, Kevin Borden. Our organization
can easily put your office in touch with purpose-driven
community leaders in numerous states that have been fighting
to strengthen the economic and retirement security of
manufactured homeowners.
Sincerely,
The MHAction Core Team.
____

National Manufactured

Home Owners Association,

St. Paul, MN, September 7, 2017.
Representative Keith Ellison,
House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Congressman Ellison: On behalf of the 17 million
people nationwide who live in manufactured homes, we offer
our support for the Ellison Amendment No. 200 to the
Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
Act of 2018 (H.R. 3354).
This amendment prevents the roll back of vital Dodd-Frank
consumer protections that would be especially harmful to low-
and moderate-income families. Contrary to claims made by
those making these changes, the current manufactured housing
provisions in H.R. 3354 would not expand access to credit and
would not serve the interests of homeowners and communities.
Instead, this bill would undermine already vulnerable
homeowners by stripping away protections created by Congress
and implemented by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
These protections were put in place for a reason: to give
manufactured-home owners the same protections as traditional
home owners. The last housing crisis showed that exorbitant
loan pricing was a particular area of abuse. Congress and the
CFPB decided to protect homeowners from these practices, but
the current language in H.R. 3354 would repeal these
protections for the buyers of manufactured homes.
The severity of this problem has been well-documented by
investigations such as the one conducted by The Seattle Times
and the Center for Public Integrity. In a series of articles
published in 2015, it was reported that ``former dealers said
the company encouraged them to steer buyers to finance with
Clayton's own high-interest lenders.'' The investigation
concluded that industry leader, ``Clayton relies on predatory
sales practices, exorbitant fees, and interest rates that can
exceed 15 percent, trapping many buyers in loans they can't
afford and in homes that are almost impossible to sell or
refinance.''
We support the Ellison Amendment No. 200 to H.R. 3354 in
order to retain the CFPB's efforts to protect manufactured
home buyers from high cost loans. Please feel free to contact
us with any questions.
Sincerely,
Dave Anderson,
Executive Director.

Mr. ELLISON. I am also very proud of the residents of the Park Plaza,
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manufactured home resident-owned community in my district.
They tell me that being steered to high-cost loans makes
homeownership more costly for families. Before Dodd-Frank and the
creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the manufactured
home loan market was notoriously predatory.
For example, a story in The Seattle Times, which I recommend Members
read, tells the story of Kirk and Patricia Ackley, a construction
worker and a Walmart employee in Washington State.
More than a decade ago, they bought a new manufactured home big
enough for their children and room to care for Patricia's dad, who had
dementia. But their dream became a nightmare when the promised 7
percent interest rate was raised to 12.5 percent.
This family faced crisis when this raised their monthly payment from
$700 to $1,100. They had already invested $11,000 to build the concrete
foundation for their new home. They took the loan, but it destroyed
their finances and nearly cost them their marriage. The home was
repossessed.
A 2015 investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and The
Seattle Times interviewed more than 280 customers of Clayton Homes. One
person they interviewed was a member of the Navajo Nation. She said she
learned about Clayton on Navajo radio.
The ad recommended that she talk to a specific Navajo-speaking
salesperson at a lot outside of the reservation. He told her that
Vanderbilt Mortgage was the only source of finance for homes on the
reservation. He didn't tell her the truth and overcharged her.
Now it is illegal for a salesperson to steer buyers to high-cost
loans because of new rules from the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau. But section 915 of the bill weakens those protections. Loans
with high interest rates can be especially devastating to buyers of
mobile homes since houses often depreciate quickly.
A buyer with a high rate will still owe a large sum for many years on
a home that can be almost impossible to sell or finance. That is
because the value of the home can fall below the loan balance.
Opponents of my amendment say that they want to help manufactured
home buyers. That is a good thing. Yet none of them have cosponsored
H.R. 515, which would provide low-cost loans to owners of outdated
mobile homes so they can buy ENERGY STAR homes, which would reduce
their bills and save energy. None of them have joined me to cosponsor
the Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act,
which helps residents of mobile home communities form a cooperative and
buy the land that they live on. Or what about H.R. 3583 that gives
manufactured homeowners located in communities the same tax benefits as
those who own their own land?
I have introduced these bills to try to help people who live in
manufactured homes. We do and must stand with them because this is an
affordable, and sometimes quality, housing option for people, and yet
manufactured homeowners support my bills.
Right here we have the National Manufactured Home Owners Association,
which has said very clearly that my amendment is a good one.
There is a way to help manufactured homeowners that does not involve
overcharging them. There is a way forward to help owners of
manufactured housing without helping Clayton Homes and its affiliates
make more money off of them.
And let's be clear, nearly no other lender benefits to this change to
section 915. Ninety-one percent of the high-cost loans come from
lenders owned by Clayton. The industry's second largest mobile home
lender, Wells Fargo, didn't have a single loan in the high-rate pool in
The Seattle Times study.
Protect manufactured home buyers. Support my amendment No. 200.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, the examples raised by my friend, the gentleman from
Minnesota, really have nothing to do with the provisions of the bill
that the amendment seeks to strike. What the bill does do, the
underlying bill, and I thank the gentleman from Georgia for including
this in the Financial Services Appropriations bill--what the bill does
is make targeted adjustments so that manufactured home loans are
available in the market.
Again, consumer protection is not denying people access to affordable
housing, and that is what the gentleman's amendment would do.
The Dodd-Frank Act does prevent predatory lending, but nothing in
this language changes that at all. Instead of unrelated stories about
consumer protections that the bill's provision will not change, let's
get back to talking about how consumers are actually harmed by the
rules we are seeking to change.
Look, let's talk about real people who are affected negatively by
overreach by the CFPB and Dodd-Frank, people in my district in
Kentucky, in rural Kentucky where manufactured housing is one of the
best affordable options and less expensive than renting.
Let's talk about the hospital worker in Paducah, Kentucky, who was
denied a loan of $38,500 to finance a manufactured home. He had an 8
percent down payment. His monthly income was $2,200 per month, plenty
to cover the all-in housing costs of $670 per month.
The payment for his own home would have been less than what he was
spending on rent, but he was unable to get financing. Why? Because of
the CFPB; because of Dodd-Frank; because of overregulation. He
contacted his local banks and credit unions, but they no longer
financed manufactured homes because of overregulation.
Those harmed include those who currently live in and those who seek
to purchase a manufactured home: retirees, veterans, working families,
et cetera.
And the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data is clear. Consumers have
been shut out of the market for quality affordable housing because
regulations have caused financing to be less available for manufactured
homes.

I want to reserve the balance of my time, and I want to give some
other Members an opportunity to say something about this, but I do want
to just conclude by saying, this amendment, again, is not about
consumer protection. The amendment protects consumers right out of
their homes. That is not consumer protection. Keeping access to
affordable homeownership is the American Dream. We shouldn't be denying
that to people, especially in rural America.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time, and may I ask how
much time I have left.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 2\1/2\ minutes
remaining.
Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Missouri (Mr. Luetkemeyer).
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, it is interesting, some of the debate
we are having here this afternoon. We are picking around on the edges
of some things and don't really understand the unintended consequences
of what we are trying to do here.
The amendment that is here, to try to change the definitions of what
a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to facilitate access to
credit for purchasing manufactured homes, is going to do just the
opposite of what the gentleman is trying to do.
Do you realize that the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Pearce), in
his district, he has testified in our committee that over 50 percent of
the people in his district live in manufactured homes. This is not a
little bitty problem of half a dozen people living over on the side.
This is a major source of housing for many people.
I can tell you, I have got a story right here from a banker in
southeast Missouri who had an individual who has several disabilities,
was a very honest man, wanted to come in and take care of a dental
problem that he had, and his only collateral was a truck and his
manufactured home.
He wanted to make the loan on the manufactured home because he could
stretch out the payments and do it at a less interest rate, but he
couldn't do that. Why? Because the way the law is

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structured, he had to do it on his car loan, and, as a result, it
really strained and put difficulties in the way of--put barriers in the
way of this individual. So I certainly am opposed to the amendment.
Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Graves).
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I thank Mr. Barr for his work on
this. I mean, the language that the author of this amendment is trying
to strip is actually language that improves the quality and
affordability of housing for millions of Americans. So I appreciate Mr.
Barr for trying to save Americans from the limited access to resources
out there.
Unfortunately, new regulations by the CFPB have limited access to
financing options for manufacturing homes as well as many other things.

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And, as a result, many lenders now today are no longer able to offer
small balance loans, which are often used for the purchase of
affordable housing, such as manufactured housing. We should be
supporting and encouraging more access to financing. After all, we are
talking about the American Dream, the ownership of your home. Don't
take that away.
I thank the gentleman for his work, and I urge a ``no'' vote on this
amendment.
Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, just to conclude, this is not about raising
costs for people. This is about actually making it more affordable to
own a home. There may be, in some cases, a higher interest rate for a
manufactured home than a site-built home.
But, remember, a manufactured home can be less than half the cost of
a site-built home. So you are talking about overall affordability.
Why would we deny people the opportunity to have overall
affordability, as opposed to being forced into higher cost rent where
they don't even own the American Dream, or being in a position where
they can't afford at all?
The only option available is a site-built home, a nonmanufactured
home.
Defeat this amendment, preserve access to rural affordable housing,
be pro-consumer, and oppose this amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
will be postponed.

Amendment No. 201 Offered by Mr. Ellison

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 201
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 598, strike line 12 and all that follows through page
599, line 2.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Minnesota.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, my amendment is to preserve the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau's authority to regulate small-dollar loans.
Sometimes people need access to more money quickly. We know that.
Your car breaks down, your refrigerator dies, or your kid breaks a leg
at a soccer game and you get hit with an unexpected health bill. Life
happens sometimes, not on a plan. We get that.
Unfortunately, too many people--about half of families--do not have
the adequate savings for the cushion. Right now, Mr. Chairman, about 63
percent of all Americans report that they do not know what they would
do if hit with an unexpected $500 bill.
If they take out a payday loan or a title loan, they can fall into a
cycle of debt, and many people do. Instead of getting one $500 loan,
most people get a repeat loan of 6 to 10, on average, paying additional
fees each time, at 400 percent interest. So a $500 loan could cost
thousands of dollars.
More than 80 percent of the payday industry's revenues are generated
by repeat borrowers, not one-and-done, Mr. Chairman.
That is why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau prioritized
improving the small-dollar loan market. Unfortunately, language in this
bill would stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from moving
forward to rein in abuses in the payday loans, auto title loans, and
other similar debt traps.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has documented through
extensive study how payday lending traps borrowers in a cycle of debt:
one in three auto title loans in default, one in five borrowers using
auto title loans have their cars repossessed. That is 20 percent.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is close to releasing
guidance to improve this market. Its efforts are supported by a broad
network of civil rights and consumer advocates, as well as faith-based
leaders opposing predatory lending.
I am really proud of Exodus Lending in my district. The Minneapolis
Lutheran congregation recognized that too many of their congregants
were stuck in debt traps. Their parishioners had jobs. They had bank
accounts. But when they took out small-dollar loans, it gave lenders
access to their bank accounts, which stripped out a third of their
paycheck every 2 weeks. Instead of one loan, they ended up getting ten
because they could not repay the first loan.
So the Lutherans, working with Sunrise Banks, established an
alternative. They made more than 100 loans to people stuck in debt
traps. Other communities are creating small-dollar lending alternatives
through employer assistance programs with for-profit partners.
My amendment would simply allow the CFPB to finalize its rulemaking
so cool ideas like these, to help people out of debt, could go forward.
We need strong Federal standards so people can have access to small
loans on a quick basis without falling prey to debt traps.
Research from the Center for Responsible Lending shows that payday
lending drains $3.4 billion a year nationally from consumers' pockets--
money that is no longer available to help pay for medicine, new tires,
or any kind of emergency.
The CFPB is very close to putting forth a better way to get private
sector lenders involved. We could have a $300 loan with $60 fees that
someone can repay.
Let's allow the CFPB to move forward to better small-dollar loans.
Please support my amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Chairman, in June, the House passed H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE
Act, with overwhelming support. Section 733 of the Financial CHOICE Act
contained language to remove the CFPB's authority to regulate small-
dollar credit.
Federalizing payday loan regulation is unnecessary and harms
consumers. The legislatures of several States have determined the
respective short-term small-dollar lending solutions that work for
their constituents. No State is without small-dollar short-term lending
laws and regulation of some kind.
Congress has an obligation not to suspend the Democratic process in
the States by delegating to the CFPB Director the authority to impose
one unelected man's view on all Americans.
Small-dollar and payday loan products are an unfortunate necessity
for many unbanked and underbanked Americans.
What is the APR for losing a job, Mr. Chairman? What is the APR for
getting evicted and having your utilities shut off? What is the
opportunity cost for struggling Americans no longer having access to
this vital lifeline?
Removing the option to utilize a small-dollar short-term loan is
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to have a very real and very harmful impact on a consumer, forcing them
to miss bill payments, shift to the alternative, potential legal
options, or exacerbating any number of other conceivable financial
emergencies that could arise.
Mr. Chairman, I believe the best way to improve products is to
promote competition and offering them, not ban them. The Financial
CHOICE Act ensures that the market, not the regulators, is responsible
for determining product viability in the marketplace.
Mr. Chairman, CFPB's own study showed that their regulation was going
to drive out of business 85 percent of the small-dollar lenders, and
they still went ahead. They don't care. They intend to restrict credit
to these very people that need the credit.
An FDIC 2015 study shows that 25 percent of the people in this
country are either unbanked or underbanked.

How do we solve that problem? How do those folks have access to
credit?
The CFPB is not trying to regulate. They are trying to destroy the
small-dollar lending market.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, let's be clear, to get a payday loan, you
have to have a bank account and a job. We are not talking about the
unbanked. We are talking about people who run into a short-term
financial crisis, they go to a payday lender, but the amount of the
fees are so high that they have to borrow money to pay the money back,
and they end up getting in a cycle of 6 to 10 loans that they have to
continue to take out, which drains money from their finances. They lose
bank accounts because of payday loans.
We are saying: Let the CFPB allow the regulatory process, the
rulemaking process, to go forward. Let's not chop it off, let's not
stop it, and let's see what we can find out. People in my district have
come up with some pretty innovative ways to go around the high-cost,
high-APR payday lending scam.
But if we just say, No, we are just going to take authority away from
the CFPB, what we are really doing is subjecting Americans to the
payday loan industry. Now, I don't want to take support from those
guys, so I am happy to stand up here and say: Vote for my amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman from Minnesota has
expired.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus).
Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
Here we go again: another amendment defending another one-size-fits-
all Washington solution, and a solution that the D.C. Circuit Court of
Appeals would say is going to be promulgated by the single most
powerful official, other than the President, in the United States
Government, an official that could effect the lives of countless
Americans who are in need of short-term credit.
This amendment is a solution in search of a problem. There is no
regulation going on in payday lending. The fact is these transactions
are being regulated. They are being regulated at the State level by
legislators who know their States and their constituents.
This CFPB action, if they act here, may very well remove the option
to utilize a small-dollar short-term loan, and that is likely to have a
very real and very harmful impact on the consumer, forcing them to miss
bill payments, shift to alternative--potentially illegal--options, or
exacerbating any number of other conceivable financial emergencies that
could arise.
Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri has 2 minutes
remaining.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman
from Georgia (Mr. Graves), the distinguished chairman of the Financial
Services and General Government Subcommittee.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I join this team here in
opposition to the amendment.
I want us just to think about what we have heard over the last
several minutes of debate here of various amendments.
First, we heard an amendment offered to take away the American Dream
so that consumers couldn't buy a home at an affordable cost. Next, we
are hearing that the other side of the aisle wants to take away the
ability of small loans from individuals and consumers across the
country. But even prior to that, they did not want the very agency that
is causing this damage to have any oversight by Congress. This is
maddening. This is amazing.
I appreciate the good work that has been done by the Financial
Services Committee. I am glad we have been able to incorporate a lot of
the great work into this bill.
Mr. Chairman, I join these gentlemen in opposition to the amendment
because this is about making America prosperous again, and that is what
this bill does.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time.
Mr. Chairman, this is really frustrating to me from the standpoint
that just a minute ago I gave the figure of 25 percent of our people
are either unbanked or underbanked. My good colleague across the aisle
said he is not worried that people who are unbanked can't have access
to payday lending or short-term lending, and that is just not accurate.
That is, quite frankly, in many instances, where people get their
credit started. They go to someplace like this because they have a job.
You can't get a payday loan or a small-dollar loan like this unless
you have a job. They take the stub of their paycheck and they can go in
and say, I have got a job. From there, they are able to then start
paying back whatever the loan is that they take out.
I have in front of me also a whole list of groups of folks and
individuals here who have utilized short-term small-dollar programs.
Here is Michelle from Fulton, Missouri, in my own district. She says:
My frustration to loan access today is that my 20-year-old daughter,
who has a full-time, decent-paying job, cannot get a loan to buy her
first vehicle. She isn't even able to get a credit card, which you used
to be able to just apply for and you would get it. It is a catch-22:
you need credit to get credit. But nobody will give you credit to begin
with.
This is an opportunity for a lot of people to get their foot in the
door to get credit established and, if you have bad credit, to
reestablish good credit. And it also helps people to take care of--and
I have another whole bunch of stories here about a young man who needed
to get a car loan to get his car fixed, as the gentleman from Minnesota
indicated.
So, again, Mr. Chairman, I oppose the gentleman's amendment, and I
ask everybody else to do so as well.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
will be postponed.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 203 printed in House
Report 115-297.

Amendment No. 204 Offered by Mr. Mitchell

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 204
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 348, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $20,175,100)''.
Page 354, line 22, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $33,083,700)''.
Page 360, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $481,000,000)''.
Page 377, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $5,500,000)''.
Page 381, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $10,000,000)''.
Page 392, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $7,853,800)''.
Page 413, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $12,300,000)''.
Page 446, line 17, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $26,500,000)''.
Page 634, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert
(increased by $596,412,600).

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The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.

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Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Chairman, our Nation faces a dire fiscal situation.
We have reached our debt limit, we have lifted our debt limit, and we
are now determining how to control our spending while still funding
necessary programs. What is worse, too many of our Federal regulations
and mandates that we fund--or maybe more appropriately, the taxpayers
fund--are unnecessary and exact burdensome, excessive costs on our
constituents, both families and businesses.
The reality is we can and we must make cuts to our government before
financial markets make them for us. We can do that without impacting
essential programs if we make the right targeted cuts. If we make those
cuts, we can actually grow our economy by stopping overeager
bureaucrats who seem to believe that everything--and I do mean
everything--should be regulated until it no longer functions.
Not only is such action possible, it is essential for the well-being
of the American economy and our families. We in Congress need to be
focused on growing and protecting Main Street, not protecting an
already bloated Federal Government.
The amendment I have proposed today makes a cut to the bureaucracy of
several offices of Financial Services. These cuts are a modest 10
percent reduction of administrative expenses, which will save taxpayers
over $596 million, annually. Let me repeat that. That is over half a
billion dollars a year. If we put enough together, it is real money.
One of the cuts included in the amendment is to the IRS. My amendment
does not target IRS services, those that help taxpayers get a lost
refund or have questions about filing. Lord knows those people need all
the help they can get to understand our Tax Code. Rather, the amendment
focuses on IRS enforcement.
This is the part of the IRS that abused their power by targeting
groups based on their political beliefs, victimizing groups and
individuals for exercising their constitutional rights and trying to
follow the rule of law. They misled Americans and took 3 years to
provide a full list of organizations that were targeted for their
political beliefs. This is an agency that must be stopped, and my
amendment is a step towards doing so, while saving the American
taxpayers money.
I urge my colleagues to seriously consider my amendment as we work to
secure our financial future and hold our government accountable.
Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, this type of amendment bluntly imposes
cuts to government function without regard to merit or consequence.
Indiscriminate cuts to the administration accounts in this bill would
lead to weakened cybersecurity and increased threat of cyberattacks to
the Department of the Treasury systems, poor administration of grants
to small businesses, longer wait times for citizens seeking assistance
from Federal agencies, longer processing times for issuing Federal
payments, reducing the ability of the IRS to detect and deter tax
cheats, costly short-term spending decisions, and widespread delays in
civil and bankruptcy cases, just as a few examples.
The underlying bill is already dangerously underfunded, having been
cut by 6 percent below current levels. Furthermore, the administrative
accounts were a large source of this reduction to total funding, and
this amendment blindly strips nearly $600 million more out of these
offices.
This amendment would not encourage the agencies to do more with less.
Simply put, it would force the agencies and our constituents to do less
with less.
Mr. Chair, I strongly urge Members to oppose this amendment, and I
reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Georgia (Mr. Graves), my colleague and the chair of the subcommittee.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I know Mr. Quigley and our team
have worked hard on this bill, and there are a lot of tough decisions,
no doubt about that. We have made some tremendously difficult
decisions.
I know Mr. Mitchell was sitting here with a mission from his
constituency, and that was to produce savings, to find savings and to
reduce the debt and the deficit. Mr. Chairman, I applaud his efforts. I
know he has sharpened his pencil and he has done a lot of work, and I
appreciate him bringing this concept before the House.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, just across-the-board cuts are an abdication
of responsibility. It is up to us as appropriators to determine exactly
what needs funding and at what levels. For those reasons, I ask my
colleagues to oppose this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Chair, I have to say, I am astonished at the
response that an across-the-board cut is indiscriminate. It actually
allows the agencies within their administrative accounts to manage
money as they best see fit.
The idea that we can't cut 10 percent of the budget only works in
government. I spent a big part of my career in the private sector--over
30 years. I spent quite a period of time with the Chrysler Corporation
in the original loan guarantee days, where Lee Iacocca said: If you
can't cut 10 percent of your budget, I will find a new manager. We
saved the company.
It happens in the real world every day--Lord knows it happened after
2008 and the financial crash--yet somehow we are looking at government
agencies and they can't save 10 percent in administrative costs. It is
not possible to do it without Armageddon in Financial Services, without
a cybersecurity crash, without all the fear-mongering that comes over a
simple cut.
If we are ever going to get to the point that we can afford the
government we have, we have to have some fiscal limitations. We have to
have some responsibility. Rather than these broad strokes of it is
indiscriminate, if we target it, that will be a problem, too.
I urge my colleagues to support an amendment that holds some
accountability and saves half a billion dollars in the Federal budget
and makes people simply manage within their resources like the rest of
the world has to.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Luetkemeyer). The question is on the amendment
offered by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan
will be postponed.

Amendment No. 205 Offered by Mr. Jenkins of West Virginia

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 205
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at
the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 360, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $6,000,000)''.
Page 384, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $6,000,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from West Virginia (Mr. Jenkins) and a Member opposed each will control
5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from West Virginia.
Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. Chairman, HIDTA, the High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area, is a critically important program that brings
together Federal, State, and local law enforcement, and it is making a
difference in my home State and in many parts of the country.

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HIDTA is a flexible program that has helped law enforcement afford
critical overtime and equipment that they would struggle to afford.
This program is tackling our most challenging public health and safety
issue of our time: the drug opioid epidemic.
HIDTA is needed. The opioid epidemic is getting worse, and this is
not a time to hold back on funding programs that work.
At Thomas Health System in South Charleston, West Virginia, the
number of infants born exposed to opioids and other drugs increased
from 95 babies in 2013 to 189 babies in 2016. That is an increase of 99
percent in just 4 years.
Overdose death rates continue to climb as well. In my home town in
Huntington, overdoses in 2017 have already surpassed the number in
2016. In 2017, there have been 1,250 overdoses, an increase of--get
this--450 percent since 2014, a 450 percent increase in 4 years.
Just last year, West Virginia added two new HIDTA counties and
another county's application is pending review.
HIDTA works. It is evident, with counties across this country
applying to become HIDTA counties, there is demand. We must increase
funding for this critical program.
I urge adoption of this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr.
Barr).
Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I thank Congressman Jenkins for his
leadership on this important issue.
Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague from West Virginia in introducing
this amendment, which seeks to increase funding to the High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area program by $6 million. Frankly, that is not
enough, but it is an improvement over the status quo. This program is a
proven program, established to help combat the sale and distribution of
illegal narcotics.
I am greatly concerned about the current and future well-being of
this Nation and States like my home Commonwealth of Kentucky, which,
according to the Centers for Disease Control, has the third highest
rate of fatalities due to drug overdose in the Nation, falling close
behind West Virginia and New Hampshire.
Members of my Sixth Congressional District of Kentucky Drug Abuse
Task Force, which is comprised of local, State, and Federal experts in
the fields of law enforcement, drug treatment, recovery, education, and
prevention efforts, recommended increased funding for HIDTA initiatives
to help fight this crisis.
We hear it from our constituents, the heartbreaking stories of loved
ones who have succumbed to addiction and the heartbreaking stories of
first responders who are called to the scene of overdose deaths.
In 2016 alone, HIDTAs took $17.3 billion of illicit drugs off the
streets and out of our communities, which equates to a return on
investment of $75 for every $1 in HIDTA budgeted in 2016.
We can prudently use this return on investment to continue to help
take narcotic drugs out of our communities while helping to provide
funding for treatment and prevention efforts for nonviolent drug
abusers.
Mr. Chairman, we all personally know someone who has fallen to
addiction by drugs or even fallen victim to a drug overdose. I ask my
fellow colleagues to support this important amendment, which would
truly make a difference in helping our communities fight this alarming
epidemic.
It is a workforce development issue. Many of the employers in
Kentucky--and I know, in West Virginia as well--talk about the labor
supply difficulties as a result of the addiction crisis, but even worse
is the human tragedy.
We know that this works. In Madison County, Kentucky, it has worked.
Many other counties are applying for this money, and with that, there
is more demand for more funding.
Please support this amendment.
Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. Chair, I yield myself as much time
as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, let me close by saying a deep, heartfelt thank you to
Congressman Barr from Kentucky. He has been a stalwart in fighting this
drug epidemic and supporting efforts like HIDTA.
Mr. Chair, I thank the subcommittee chairman, Chairman Graves. He has
been terrific in Financial Services. When you think about where we
started in this process, he has brought us light-years away in funding
for HIDTA.
Mr. Chair, I thank the chairman of the full committee, Chairman
Frelinghuysen. He has been terrific in, again, restoring much-needed
funding.
This amendment, if adopted, is an important final step needed to
address this critical issue.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois). The question is on
the amendment offered by the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr.
Jenkins).
The amendment was agreed to.

Amendment No. 206 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 206
printed in House Report 115-297.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 356, line 21 , after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $500,000)''.
Page 361, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentlewoman
from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.

{time} 1600

Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, my amendment is a very simple
proposition of adding $500,000 to the Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund, which supports locally based community organizations
working to expand economic development, affordable housing, community
banking, and financial services. The underpinning of this amendment is
to enhance financial literacy, as seen by many of us in our district,
as a very important component.
Let me thank the chairman and ranking member for bringing this
underlying bill to the floor, and let me indicate that this is a small
measure, working with all of the agencies, to ensure that the many
elements of financial documents or financial opportunities that low-
income communities have, they will be informed and literate about how
much to borrow and, as well, what opportunities they can take advantage
of.
Certainly, it will be impactful for those of us in areas where we
have experienced the severe hurricanes and natural disasters that will
be impacting our community for a long time.
The CDFI provides for economic development, job creation, business
development, and commercial real estate development, affordable
housing, housing development, home ownership, community development,
financial services, basic banking services to underserved communities,
and financial literacy training.
It also helps Native Americans through providing for financial
assistance, technical assistance, and training to Native Americans
CDFIs and other Native American entities proposing to become or create
CDFIs.
Through these programs, direct investment is provided, supporting and
training financial institutions that provide loans, investment
financial services, and technical assistance to underserved
populations.
And I can assure you that the inequities in banking in low-income
communities, the access to banking clearly suggests that more work
needs to be done by the CDFI.
Finally, I would make the point that our overall community
experienced a major loss of wealth in the last 15 years, starting with
the 2007-2008 mortgage debacle, which caused a lot of low-income people
to lose wealth. The importance of helping them with financial literacy,
I believe, is an important element.
Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee
amendment.
Mr. Chair, thank you for this opportunity to speak in support of the
Jackson Lee amendment to Division F of H.R. 3354, the ``Interior and
Environment Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2018.''
I wish to commend Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Quigley for
their work in shepherding this legislation to the floor.
Mr. Chair, the Jackson Lee amendment improves the bill by increasing
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$500,000 to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
program for people receiving financial assistance and for the
responsibilities that this very important subagency has.
Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund program
administers the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, the
CDFI.
Through its various programs, the CDFI Fund enables locally-based
organizations to further goals such as:
1. economic development;
2. job creation, business development,
3. and commercial real estate development;
4. affordable housing;
5. housing development and homeownership;
6. community development financial services;
7. basic banking services to underserved communities; and
8. financial literacy training.
The good news is that this spreads across the Nation, regardless of
whether you live in an urban center or the rural countryside.
Through these programs, direct investment is provided supporting and
training financial institutions that provide loans, investment
financial services, and technical assistance to underserved populations
and communities.
From the perspective of Texas, this is a good thing because it
emphasizes overall investment and development.
CDFI also serves Native Americans through by providing financial
assistance, technical assistance, and training to Native American CDFIs
and other Native American entities proposing to become or create CDFIs.
I appreciate very much the support this Committee has been given to
CDFI and believe that the modest increase in funding provided by the
Jackson Lee amendment will it enable it expand economic opportunity for
more communities.
Finally, let us remember that the loss of wealth in rural communities
is creating hardships because, like urban dwellers, a substantial
portion of their wealth, like, was tied to the value of their homes.
The Jackson Lee amendment is intended to help restore and increase
financial health among our individual families and communities.
I urge all Members to support the Jackson Lee amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the gentlewoman's
thoughts and advocacy for communities and developing them, and
certainly our thoughts and prayers go to her and her constituencies
that have been impacted through the recent hurricanes, as we do with
Florida and the other Southeastern States.
This is just one of those tough decisions that there are only limited
resources that we had to work with, so we had to make some tough
decisions. In fact, there are many areas in this bill that I wish we
could provide additional resources for.
But I am glad that we could take this from what was given to us
originally, as zeroed out by the President in his recommendation, and
we were able to begin backfilling it for these needed loans for
communities to allow for some of the development to occur and small
businesses to be able to thrive.
So I know that, working with Ranking Member Quigley, we did what we
could, and we both wish we could have done more. And I know, as we move
forward through the process, we will continue looking at this.
But, again, let me close by saying that I certainly understand the
gentlewoman's thoughts on this, and I know that all of the committee
supports her sentiment in this case. But because of the reasons I
stated, the limited resources, and the tough decisions we had to make,
I have to oppose this amendment and urge everyone to vote ``no.''
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. While, I am clearly disappointed in the response, I
am glad that I offered this amendment. I think the position is wrong as
it relates to the needs to help individuals who have already suffered
an enormous blow.
In particular, financial literacy is an aspect that is certainly
needed in low-income communities, and we can see the impact of not
having the understanding of various financial opportunities. And the
CDFI has done that, and particularly supporting Native Americans among
many others.
So I would ask my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee amendment
because it is not a lot and it would add to this aspect of financial
literacy, which we need.
There are a lot of products that are out there, and I guess I might
say that, as much as we have tried, with the Community Reinvestment
Act, to assist or to encourage or to push our financial institutions to
lend to our many diverse groups, low-income groups and minority
populations, it is still a problem in getting access to funds by low-
income communities.
So the CDFI and the focused addition that I would add would, in fact,
make a major difference, and I would ask my colleagues to support the
amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I will close with this. The
gentlewoman won't be the first to ever be disappointed in my response,
I can assure you that.
But let me just point out for the House here, she is asking for a
half-a-million-dollar increase in this fund when, in fact, we increased
it by $176 million over the President's request. So I think that is
moving far away from where we started, and to a better spot. And while
I wish we could provide a little bit more, we can't.
Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of
my time.
The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Franks of Arizona). The question is on the
amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
The amendment was rejected.

Amendment No. 207 Offered by Mr. Huizenga

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 207
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment to suspend
implementation of section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

At the end of division D (before the short title), insert
the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to implement, administer, or enforce a rule issued
pursuant to section 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Chairman, this misguided provision in Dodd-Frank
requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to mandate that public
companies disclose whether so-called ``conflict minerals'' they use in
their products benefit armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo and its nine adjoining countries.
Despite its best intentions, section 1502 has been ineffective and,
in some cases, has been shown to have increased violence is central
Africa. That is why this suspension that I am proposing passed the
House last year as an amendment to the FSGG appropriations bill, and a
full repeal of section 1502 passed the House this Congress as part of
the Financial CHOICE Act.
Conflict minerals refer to tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold, which
have been used in a variety of products, from cell phones, cosmetics,
jewelry, footwear, apparel, and even auto suppliers located in west
Michigan.
Mr. Chairman, the breadth of voices opposing section 1502 is
remarkable, and I would like to start with those that matter most. For
too long, the people of central Africa have been overlooked in this
debate, even though they are the ones who suffer from Dodd-Frank's
unintended consequences.
I include in the Record an open letter from 70 Congolese leaders and
other regional experts.

An Open Letter

Dear governments, companies, non-governmental
organisations, and other stakeholders implicated in efforts
of various kinds related to the issue of `conflict minerals',
In early 2014, two international industry giants--Intel and
Apple--issued refined corporate social responsibility
policies for minerals sourced in the eastern Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC). The announcements followed an
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guidelines, law-making, and initiatives over the past few
years to `clean up' the eastern DRC's mining sector, and were
met with widespread praise.
Perhaps the most widely publicised of these efforts is US
legislation known as Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act,
which asks all companies registered on the US stock market to
reveal their supply chains to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) when sourcing minerals from the eastern DRC
or neighbouring countries. Canada is in the advanced stages
of developing similar legislation, and many other countries
are looking closely at the issue. The European Union has
introduced a voluntary conflict minerals regulation scheme
for all member states, and the United Nations (UN) and
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
have developed guidelines on sourcing natural resources in
high-risk areas such as the eastern DRC.
These efforts primarily target artisanal (or `informal')
mining in the eastern DRC, due to widespread international
recognition that so-called conflict minerals (most notably
tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold) produced by artisanal
mining in this part of the world have helped conflict actors
generate revenue to finance their operations in the DRC over
the past two decades.

The Situation

Despite successes of activists in shaping policy, the
conflict minerals campaign fundamentally misunderstands the
relationship between minerals and conflict in the eastern
DRC. First, while the minerals help perpetuate the conflict,
they are not its cause. National and regional political
struggles over power and influence as well as issues such as
access to land and questions of citizenship and identity are
just some of the more structural drivers of conflict. The
ability to exploit and profit from minerals is often a means
to finance military operations to address these issues,
rather than an end in itself. Internal UN assessments, for
instance, show that only 8% of the DRC's conflicts are linked
to minerals, and specific motivations vary greatly across the
vast array of different armed groups.
Second, armed groups are not dependent on mineral revenue
for their existence. The eastern DRC is a fully militarised
economy, in which minerals are just one resource among many
that armed groups--and the national army FARDC--can levy
financing from. The M23, until recently the most powerful
non-state armed group in DRC, never sought physical control
over mining activity.
Moreover, few local stakeholders have been included in on-
going international policy-making, and as a result realities
on the ground have not always been taken into account.
Setting up the required systems and procedures to regularly
access and audit thousands of artisanal mining sites in
isolated and hard-to-reach locations spread across an area
almost twice the size of France would be a challenge for any
government. In the eastern DRC, where road infrastructure is
poor to non-existent and state capacity desperately low, the
enormity of the task is hard to overstate. But in demanding
that companies prove the origin of minerals sourced in the
eastern DRC or neighbouring countries before systems able to
provide such proof have been put in place, conflict minerals
activists and resultant legislation--in particular Section
1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act--inadvertently incentivize buyers
on the international market to pull out of the region
altogether and source their minerals elsewhere.

The Result

As a result, the conflict minerals movement has yet to lead
to meaningful improvement on the ground, and has had a number
of unintended and damaging consequences. Nearly four years
after the passing of the Dodd-Frank Act, only a small
fraction of the hundreds of mining sites in the eastern DRC
have been reached by traceability or certification efforts.
The rest remain beyond the pale, forced into either
illegality or collapse as certain international buyers have
responded to the legislation by going `Congo-free'.
This in turn has driven many miners into the margins of
legality (for instance, feeding into smuggling rackets),
where armed actors return through the loopholes of
transnational regulation. Others have simply lost their jobs,
and in areas where mining has ceased, local economies have
suffered. To put this in context, an estimated eight to ten
million people across the country are dependent on artisanal
mining for their livelihood. Some former miners have returned
to subsistence agriculture, but persisting insecurity levels
leave them in abject poverty facing dire living conditions,
in fear of missing harvests due to displacement. Others have
been prompted to join militias as a means to quick cash in
the absence of other opportunities; a particularly perverse
impact, when one considers the intentions of the movement.
Alongside the impact on mining communities and local
economies, several armed groups have responded by turning to
different businesses such as trading in charcoal, marijuana,
palm oil, soap, or consumer goods. Those remaining in the
mining sector have largely traded mineral exploitation on
site for mineral taxation a few steps down the supply chain,
operating numerous roadblocks that can bring in millions of
dollars a year. Others are reported to have sent in family
members or civilian allies to run business for them on site,
while they remain safely at a distance.
For the few mining sites fortunate enough to be reached by
Joint Assessment Teams responsible for determining their
`conflict-free' status, these teams have been unable to
provide the regular, three-month validation visits envisaged
in legislation. There is an additional delay of several
months following these visits before the Congolese Ministry
of Mines reviews and approves the assessment at the national
level. Given the speed at which situations can change in
volatile environments, infrequent assessments and lengthy
delays raise concerns over the accuracy of certification and
the credibility of the system.
More worrying still, multinational corporations such as
Apple and Intel are auditing smelters to determine the
conflict-free status of the minerals they source, and not the
mines themselves. As smelters are located outside of the DRC
and audits are not always conducted by third parties, these
processes raise further concerns over whether conflict-free
certifications reflect production realities.
By far the most advanced site in terms of producing
`conflict-free' minerals for sale to the international market
is Kalimbi, a tin mining area home to externally-financed
initiatives running an industry-led bagging-and-tagging
scheme called iTSCi. Yet even here, despite the establishment
of a `closed pipeline' from mine to exportation, the mine
still suffers from the sporadic influence of armed actors,
and miners are made to bear the additional costs of
`conflict-free' schemes. This raises further concerns over
the credibility of the system in place, and its suitability
for the scale-up and expansion to other, more remote mine
sites currently underway. Coupled with slow progress in
implementation, the trend towards the monopolisation of
`conflict-free' supply chain initiatives, in particular
traceability by iTSCi, is economically damaging to local
populations since it currently excludes and isolates the
overwhelming majority of mining communities from legal access
to international markets.

The Alternative

There is broad consensus for the need to clean up the
eastern Congo's minerals sector, yet much disagreement about
the international community's current model for achieving
this goal. As such, efforts to improve transparency in the
eastern DRC's mineral supply chains should continue. Yet a
more nuanced and holistic approach that takes into account
the realities of the eastern DRC's mining sector and the
complexity of the conflict is needed. To this end, we make
the following five recommendations:
Improve consultation with government and communities:
Congolese government and civil society were poorly consulted
on Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act prior to its passing,
and as a result many were unaware of its implications. The
few who were consulted were unanimously pro-Dodd-Frank,
creating additional conflicts on local levels where
endorsement and dissent compete. More Congolese voices must
be listened to, and the local context and power structures
taken into account. This would ensure greater understanding
of the local context and better harmonisation with existing
national and regional initiatives, such as the International
Conference of the Great Lakes Region's (ICGLR) Regional
Initiative against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural
Resources.
Work towards meaningful reform: The audit process should be
designed to improve policies and practices rather than to
just provide window-dressing. The dominant belief that static
oversight and validation processes ensure `conflict-free'
mineral trade is misplaced given the volatile security
situation in most of the eastern DRC. Both mines and smelters
should be regularly inspected and the time period between
inspection and certification minimized. Where this is not
feasible, additional waivers or similar measures should not
be ruled out.
Create incentives towards better practice: Legal frameworks
must be supported by real projects on the ground that can
meet their requirements. If this is not possible--which is
clearly still the case today, nearly four years after the
passing of Dodd-Frank--then transition periods must be
extended and the lowering of excessively high standards for
`conflict-free' minerals should be considered. Similarly,
former conflict actors should be incentivised where
appropriate to join new `conflict-free' schemes. This may
help avoid the eventual subversion or infiltration of the
`clean' system put in place, as has been seen to date.
Promote fair competition: Regulation must be based on
competition that allows not only international businesses but
also Congolese producers to influence (i.e. increase) local
price schemes. This in turn would encourage a regime that
ensures minimum wages which mining cooperatives can guarantee
to their members based on their increased leverage on the
price fluctuation.
Widen the lens: Root causes of conflict such as land,
identity, and political contest in the context of a
militarized economy, rather than a single focus on minerals,
must be considered by advocates seeking to reduce conflict
violence. Furthermore, efforts to eradicate conflict minerals
should not overlook the fact that artisanal mining is a key
livelihood in the eastern DRC that holds as much potential to
help steer the region away from conflict as it does to
contribute towards it. More supportive measures are needed--
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draft of the US Conflict Minerals Act--that can help capture
the economic potential of artisanal mining. Finally, other
critical challenges such as access to credit, technical
knowledge, hazardous working conditions, and environmental
degradation should not be ignored by multinational
corporations if they seek to improve business practices and
increase transparency in their supply chains.
So far, progress has been made in producing more ethical
products for consumers, but stakeholders have not yet
proceeded to improve the lives of Congolese people, nor
address the negative impact current `conflict-free'
initiatives are having. If the conflict minerals agenda is to
lead to positive change on the ground, legislation passed by
national governments and steps such as those outlined by
Apple or Intel need to be grounded in a more holistic
approach that is better tailored to local realities. Failure
to do so will continue to seriously limit the ability of
conflict minerals initiatives to improve the daily lives of
the eastern Congolese and their neighbours. Worse, these
initiatives will risk contributing to, rather than
alleviating, the very conflicts they set out to address.

List of Signatories

1. Aloys Tegera (Director, POLE Institute Goma)
2. Ann Laudati (Lecturer at the School for Geographical
Sciences, University of Bristol)
3. Ashley Leinweber (Assistant Professor of Political
Science, Missouri State University)
4. Ben Radley (Researcher, International Institute of
Social Studies & `Obama's Law' Producer)
5. Bonnie Campbell (Professor of Political Science,
Universite du Quebec a Montreal)
6. Christiane Kayser (Independent Analyst & Civil Peace
Service-Bread for the World mobile team)
7. Christoph Vogel (Researcher, University of Zurich &
Independent analyst/writer)
8. Cyprien Birhingingwa (Executive Secretary, COSOC-GL &
Coordinator of CENADEP Kivu)
9. Daniel Rothenberg (Professor of Practice, School of
Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University)
10. David Rieff (Independent Author and Commentator).
11. Deo Buuma (Executive Secretary, Action pour la Paix et
la Concorde--APC, Bukavu)
12. Didier de Failly s.j. (Directeur, Mason de Mines du
Kivu, Bukavu)
13. Dominic Johnson (Africa Editor and Deputy Foreign
Editor, die tageszeitung)
14. Dorothea Hilhorst (Professor of Humanitarian Aid and
Reconstruction, Wageningen University)
15. Emmanuel Shamavu (Director, APRODEPED, Bukavu)
16. Eric Kajemba (Coordinator, Observatoire Gouvernance et
Paix, Bukavu)
17. Esther Marijnen (Researcher, Institute for European
Studies/Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
18. Evariste Mfaume (Executive Director, ``Solidarite des
Volontaires pour l'Humanite'')
19. Gabriel Kamundala (Researcher, CEGEMI & Universite
Catholique de Bukavu)
20. Ganza Buroko (Cultural Operator & Coordinator of
Yole!Africa, Goma).
21. Godefroid Ka Mana (Professor, ULPGL Goma & UEA Bukavu &
Universite Kasavubu Boma)
22. Godefroid Muzalia (Professor, Institut Superieur
Pedagogique de Bukavu)
23. Henning Tamm (Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow,
Nuffield College, University of Oxford)
24. Herbert Weiss (Emeritus Professor of Political Science,
City University of New York)
25. James Smith (Associate Professor of Anthropology,
University of California/Davis)
26. Jean Ziegler (Former UN Special Rapporteur for the
Right to Food and Professor at University of Geneva)
27. Jeroen Cuvelier (Postdoctoral Researcher, Wageningen
University and Ghent University)
28. John Kanyoni (Independent Consultant and Vice-President
of the Congolese Chamber of Mines)
29. Josaphat Musamba (Assistant Professor, Universite Simon
Kimbangu of Bukavu)
30. Joschka Havenith (Independent Researcher and
Consultant, Cologne).
31. Jose Diemel (Researcher, Special Chair for Humanitarian
Aid & Reconstruction, Wageningen University)
32. Joshua Walker (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University
of the Witwatersrand)
33. Josue Mukulumanya (President of the South Kivu mining
cooperatives board GECOMISKI)
34. Justine Brabant (Independent Researcher and Journalist)
35. Juvenal Munubo (Member of Parliament, Democratic
Republic of the Congo)
36. Juvenal Twaibu (Director, Centre Independant de
Recherches et d'Etudes Strategiques au Kivu)
37. Ken Matthysen (Researcher on artisanal mining in
eastern Congo, Antwerp)
38. Kizito Mushizi (Member of Parliament, Democratic
Republic of the Congo)
39. Koen Vlassenroot (Director, Conflict Research Group &
Professor, Ghent University)
40. Kris Berwouts (Independent Consultant and Author).
41. Kristof Titeca (Assistant Professor, University of
Antwerp)
42. Laura Seay (Assistant Professor of Government, Colby
College)
43. Ley Uwera (Independent Journalist and Author, Goma)
44. Loochi Muzaliwa (Programme Coordinator, Life and Peace
Institute DRC)
45. Micheline Mwendike (Activist, on behalf of LUCHA--Lutte
pour le Changement/Struggle for Change)
46. Manuel Wollschlager (Conseiller Technique, ZFD-AGEH in
Bukavu)
47. Milli Lake (Assistant Professor, Arizona State
University)
48. Nicole Eggers (Assistant Professor of African History,
Loyola University New Orleans)
49. Odile Bulabula (Deputy Coordinator, RIO--Network for
Organisational Innovation, Bukavu)
50. Padraic MacOireachtaigh (Regional Advocacy and
Communications Officer, Jesuit Refugee Service).
51. Pamela Faber (Researcher, St Catherine's College,
University of Oxford)
52. Passy Mubalama (Independent Journalist and Author,
Goma)
53. Paul Muhindo Mulemberi (Member of Parliament,
Democratic Republic of the Congo)
54. Paul-Romain Namegabe (Professor of Law, Director of
CEGEMI, Universite Catholique de Bukavu)
55. Paulin Bishakabalya (Director of Humanitarian
Assistance and Development Committee, Bukavu)
56. Peer Schouten (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of
Gothenburg)
57. Phil Clark (Reader in Comparative and International
Politics, SOAS / University of London)
58. Rachel Niehuus (Postdoctoral Researcher at University
of California, San Francisco)
59. Rachel Strohm (Researcher in Political Science,
University of Berkeley)
60. Raf Custers (Independent Journalist and Author on
Mining).
61. Remy Kasindi (Director, Centre for Research and
Strategic Studies in Central Africa, Bukavu)
62. Rodrigue Rukumbuzi (Coordinator, AGAPE-Hauts Plateaux,
Uvira)
63. Rosebell Kagumire (Independent Consultant and Blogger,
Kampala/Addis Ababa)
64. Salammbo Mulonda Bulambo (Director, PIAP, Bukavu)
65. Sara Geenen (Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of
Development Policy, Antwerp University)
66. Sekombi Katondolo (Director, Radio Mutaani, Goma)
67. Severine Autesserre (Assistant Professor, Barnard
College, Columbia University)
68. Thomas Idolwa Tchomba (Consultant and Mining Expert,
Goma)
69. Timothy Makori (Researcher, Department of Anthropology,
University of Toronto)
70. Timothy Raeymaekers (Lecturer in Political Geography,
University of Zurich)
71. Yvette Mwanza (President of the Mining Committee,
Federation des Entreprises Congolaises North Kivu)
72. Zacharie Bulakali (Independent Researcher on mining in
eastern Congo).
All the signatories listed express their support to the
open letter in its above form but not necessarily approve of
accompanying opinion pieces and/or explanatory notes, which
remain their respective authors' views.

Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Chair, they state in the letter that section 1502
provisions ``. . . inadvertently incentivize buyers on the
international market to pull out of the region altogether and source
their minerals elsewhere.
``As a result, the conflict minerals movement has yet to lead to
meaningful improvement on the ground, and has had a number of
unintended and damaging consequences.''
Dodd-Frank's impact on African miners may seem unimportant to many
rich-country activists, but in the Congo, it has been the question of
life or death.
According to a Washington Post article entitled ``How a well-
intentioned U.S. law left Congolese miners jobless,'' section 1502
``set off a chain of events that has propelled millions of Congolese
miners and their families deeper into poverty.''
The article goes on to share the story of how a Congolese teenager
could no longer feed himself after Dodd-Frank ravaged the country's
mining sector, forcing the young man to actually join an armed group;
the outcome diametrically opposed in the goal of section 1502.
Mr. Chairman, no one can claim that these effects were unforeseeable.
In fact, in a letter to the SEC commenting on section 1502, leaders
from three Congolese mining cooperatives predicted that the conflict
minerals rule would lead to a devastating boycott.
These miners wrote: ``We cannot continue to suffer any longer. Do we
now have to choose between dying by a bullet or starving to death?''
I ask my colleagues to remember the Congolese aren't alone in their
suffering. The SEC's rules apply to nine

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other nations as if they were all one single country. Section 1502
treats over 230 million Africans living in 10 distinct nations as one
undifferentiated group.
Dodd-Frank's supporters will say that at this point, some countries
neighboring Congo may help smuggle minerals on behalf of armed groups,
which is why we need to paint with such a broad brush. But I would ask
my colleagues to name another example where a country's economy and
each of its neighbors is targeted due to a presumed smuggling risk.
Do we design Russia sanctions to apply to each of its 14 adjoining
countries, too?
Do Iranian sanctions implicate all seven of its neighbors?
Perhaps advocates for section 1502 believe that there is no smuggling
from Russia and Iran, but the real issue seems to be this: Dodd-Frank
supporters have no problem treating Africans differently from other
regions of the world.
I find that troubling. So now let's consider implementation of
section 1502 itself.
In April of this year, the GAO reported that section 1502 has
produced little meaningful information on conflict mineral sourcing. It
found that more than half of the companies in 2016 couldn't even
determine what country their minerals came from. Most importantly,
virtually none of the companies could tell whether their minerals
benefited armed groups, a conclusion that echoed GAO's findings from
2015 and 2014 as well.
No wonder companies can't figure this out, Mr. Chairman. Even the
Department of Commerce has reported that it is unable to determine
whether smelters around the world use minerals traceable to armed
groups. In other words, Dodd-Frank is asking U.S. companies--some of
which are very small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in large
corporations' supply chains--to produce information that even the
Federal Government can't provide.
As if that weren't enough, the courts also struck down parts of
section 1502 for violating companies' First Amendment rights.
The Trump administration's SEC has had enough of section 1502
failures, and is now reexamining the conflict mineral rule. The State
Department is now conducting a review to see how responsible sourcing
can be undertaken more effectively. The amendment I am offering today
would suspend section 1502 while the administration completes its
assessment.
Mr. Chairman, the facts I have laid out on section 1502 aren't
partisan, and a suspension shouldn't be either. So let me close with
the words of Barack Obama's Securities and Exchange Commission Chair,
Mary Jo White, who, in 2013, said: ``Seeking to improve safety in mines
for workers or to end horrible human rights atrocities in the DRC are
compelling objectives, which, as a citizen, I wholeheartedly share. But
as Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, I must question, as
a policy matter, using the Federal securities laws and the SEC's powers
of mandatory disclosure to accomplish these goals.''
It should tell us something when even Democrats' own Securities and
Exchange Commission Chair warns that Dodd-Frank overreached on conflict
minerals. A suspension would be something that Republicans and
Democrats can agree on, and I urge my colleagues to support this
amendment.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Wisconsin is recognized for 5
minutes.
Ms. MOORE. Oh my, my, my, Mr. Chairman, and my good friend from
Michigan. The fact of the matter is that section 1502 is, in fact,
working. The GAO report that Mr. Huizenga referred to actually said
that the civil war and conflict is, in fact, diminishing as section
1502 is being implemented. It is working better and sooner than I
thought it would be.
Just a little bit of a refresher course for you, Mr. Chairman. The
minerals contained in consumer electronics that we all use--TVs, cell
phones--are fueling war and conflict in the Congo. And I am not talking
about a little skirmish here. I am talking about, we are funding armed
militias, and it is a civil war on a scale of deaths that compare with
World War II, and notable for its brutality, its savagery, its
mutilation, rape.
I can tell you that our good GOP friends say that it is a laudable
goal to stop these civil wars, but it just doesn't belong in securities
law; the logic being the transparency doesn't belong in security law.
Oh, okay. Well, I can tell you that companies find that it is
material, a security term of art, whether their brand is tarnished with
literally the blood of children and enslaved workers that are standing
there, I would suspect, with some of these Congolese who want section
1502 to go away, who are running these armed militias for profit. So do
consumers and so do investors. Hence, the rise of socially-conscious
mutual funds that are regulated by the SEC.
I notice that my comrades have not introduced--there's nothing in
this amendment that would provide for ending this kind of civil war on
the scale of World War II in their amendment.
I want to say, because of the United States' leadership on conflict
minerals, the EU and China are enacting their own versions of
implementing prohibitions against the receipt of conflict minerals.
This amendment puts America last in world leadership.
I do realize the gentleman had the right to close, but his time
having been consumed, I will go on to report to you, Mr. Chairman, that
more than 75 percent of the world's smelters for the four minerals now
have passed conflict-free audits. Companies are putting this in place
and they are finding that they are happy with it; that the costs of
implementing it are less than they thought it would be, much less than
they thought it would be; and they are receiving a premium for these
metals if they can, in fact, report that they are conflict-free.

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According to the United Nations, as of 2016, over three-quarters of
3T miners surveyed in eastern Congo are working in mines where there is
no armed group standing over them. That is according to an independent
study.
Today, 78 percent of the world's smelters for the four minerals have
now passed conflict-free audits, or 253 smelters in total. The record
is abundantly clear. Section 1502 is working.
Now, he talked about Congolese leaders who don't like it. These are
people who are profiting from the armed conflict, but there are
Congolese communities and leaders who support section 1502 because they
are seeing the improvements in security and rule of law.
For example, Justine Masika Bihamba, the coordinator of Synergy of
Women for Victims of Sexual Violence says: ``Ten years ago, we were
under the de facto control of armed groups. Today, let's admit we are a
long way from that. And if we are honest, that is in part because of
Dodd-Frank.''
Bishop Nicolas Djomo came before our committee and said: ``We urge
the U.S. business community to account for the gruesome social costs of
the illicit mining as they calculate their cost for compliance with
section 1502.''
There is a moral dimension to this that we cannot ignore. If we want
to make America great again, let's not cede our moral authority on this
issue.
Mr. Chairman, I would ask my colleagues to vote against this
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes
appeared to have it.
Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan
will be postponed.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 208 printed in House
Report 115-297.

Amendment No. 211 Offered by Mr. Heck

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 211
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. HECK. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.

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The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 348, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $3,800,000)''.
Page 447, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $3,800,000)''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Washington (Mr. Heck) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Washington.
Mr. HECK. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer a bipartisan amendment
in support of the Small Business Administration's ScaleUp program. Like
many of you, one of my favorite things to do when I am back home is to
visit local businesses, businesses like Beech Tree Woodworks in
Olympia, which just invested in some amazing new cutting-edge
machinery; or Zoe Juice Bar in Olympia, which opened with just four
employees not that long ago, and they now have more than a dozen, and
they are still growing.
These businesses have all expanded with the help of SBA's ScaleUp
program. ScaleUp is a program that gives small businesses the tools
they need to become not so small anymore. It works within existing
community networks to provide the education and technical assistance
and access to capital that small businesses need to grow.
I include in the Record an article from my hometown newspaper which
discusses the positive impact ScaleUp has had on our community.

Why Is Trump's Pro-Business Administration Hurting Businesses in
Thurston County?

(By Rolf Boone)

President Donald Trump once declared that he would be the
``greatest jobs president that God ever created.''
After a recent decision to cut a business owner training
program in Thurston County--and 14 other locations around the
country--some might question Trump's claim.
``The program was under review by the Trump Administration
and the decision was made to let the program expire in its
entirety at the end of September,'' said Melanie Norton, a
spokeswoman for the Northwest region of the U.S. Small
Business Administration.
Locally, the program was known as ScaleUp Thurston, a
multi-week course that helped businesses beyond the start-up
stage grow.
The two-year-old program was based in Lacey at the Center
for Business & Innovation, a partnership of the Thurston
Economic Development Council, its business resource center
and South Puget Sound Community College. Celia Nightingale is
the director of the center.
ScaleUp received about $200,000 a year from the SBA, she
said.
The decision to discontinue the program clearly was not
data driven because it produced results, with businesses
increasing their revenue and adding employees, Nightingale
said.
``I find it hard to believe,'' said Kevin Leneker about the
decision. Leneker is chief executive of Olympia-based Single
Handed Consulting, a vocational rehabilitation business that
helps injured workers return to work. After participating in
ScaleUp in 2016, his revenue grew 57 percent and he increased
his staff to 25 from 10.
The course taught him to step back and think bigger picture
about the future of his business.
``Work on your business, not just in it,'' he said.
Jason Phillips, owner of Zoe Juice Bar in Olympia, also
took part in ScaleUp.
Phillips said the course allowed him to fine-tune his
business systems and procedures. It also introduced him to
other business owners and the importance of networking. His
juice bar opened in December 2013, followed by a production
space for cold-pressed juice in Tumwater. His business opened
with four employees. He now has 12-14, he said.
``It's really disappointing,'' he said. ``It was a great
resource for small businesses, and small business represents
jobs and families''
``You feel like you had a friend in your corner,'' he added
about ScaleUp.
ScaleUp may have been viewed as a duplication of services
already offered by the SBA's Small Business Development
Center, Nightingale said.
Leneker praised the services of the Small Business
Development Center, but he thinks there was little overlap.
``Not even close,'' he said.
Nightingale said the current ScaleUp program will run
through Sept. 29. After that, the plan is to seek grants and
corporate sponsorships to keep it going, she said.
Perhaps the city of Lacey will step up with some funding.
Lacey City Council recently learned about ScaleUp's end
after Councilwoman Rachel Young, a small business owner who
serves on the Thurston EDC board, reported the news to a
stunned council on July 13. That led business owner and Mayor
Andy Ryder to wonder aloud about possibly funding the
program.
It wouldn't be the first time the city has stepped up when
the federal government would not. The city led the creation
and funding of the Veterans Services Center Hub.

Mr. HECK. SBA currently plans to phase out this program at the end of
this fiscal year--in other words, in 17 more days. After hearing from
so many people whom it has benefited, I felt compelled to offer this
amendment which will provide the funding to continue ScaleUp for
another year.
ScaleUp communities can be found at every corner of America: in
Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Maine, Virginia, Ohio, Illinois,
Arkansas, Tennessee, and Arizona. I thank my friend from Arizona, Ms.
McSally, for working with me on this bipartisan effort.
Mr. Chairman, we are in a tough budget environment. I get that. But
that makes it all the more important that we focus on programs that
have been proven to be a good investment, programs like ScaleUp.
Mr. Chair, I urge the adoption of this amendment, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I rise, as I say, in opposition to this
amendment. The proposed amendment offered by my colleague from
Washington would increase funds appropriated for the Small Business
Administration's entrepreneurial development programs by $3.8 million
for the purpose of restoring funding to the SBA's ScaleUp initiative,
which the SBA itself discontinued in fiscal year 2017.
The ScaleUp initiative was never congressionally authorized, and, as
such, has never been subject to congressional oversight.
As the chairman of the Committee on Small Business, I am a staunch
supporter of the SBA's efforts to increase access to training and
counseling to our developing small businesses and to the next
generation of entrepreneurs. It is also my responsibility to ensure
that these programs are run efficiently and in the best interest of the
American taxpayer. They are actually the ones footing the bill for
every one of these programs. That is why, even though it can sometimes
be tough, we have to balance these programs with limited budgets and
always being aware that we have now a $20 trillion debt hanging over
our heads.
As the ScaleUp initiative has never been subject to a congressional
hearing nor congressional review, I believe it would be irresponsible
to authorize taxpayer dollars to fund this program and must
respectfully oppose this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to do the same, and I reserve the
balance of my time.
Mr. HECK. Mr. Chairman, the fact of the matter is that our
constituents were only informed 5 short weeks ago that ScaleUp was
ending in 2 months. This amendment is the only recourse available given
that very short timeframe, and because evidence-based measures of
ScaleUp performance are all very positive, none of us had any reason to
believe that the program would not continue, and the announcement came
as a complete surprise to all of us.
The fact of the matter is, I don't agree with the decision of the
Small Business Administration, and it is our job as a function of our
oversight and check and balance responsibility to pursue our
disagreement, as it were, because their decision flies in the face of
the evidence.
I would argue that the appropriation process exists so that Congress
can exercise this independent oversight of the spending priorities of
the executive branch and assert itself in exactly this sort of a
circumstance.
Mr. Chair, I would dearly love to work with the chair of the Small
Business Committee on legislation to specifically authorize the ScaleUp
program, but that is a longer term issue. This program will end at the
end of this month if we don't act now, taking away a very valuable
program that is working--evidence, metrics, measurable. It is getting
the job done.
Why wouldn't we pass this amendment, it is fully offset, there is no
increased spending here, and have the existing program continue while
we work on a more permanent solution.

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Mr. Chair, with all due respect, I would urge my colleagues to
support this amendment in the name of helping small businesses grow.
Two out of every three jobs created in America are created by small
businesses. This program, ScaleUp, has been proven to work. There is
not one shred of evidence that has been offered here today to suggest
it isn't doing the job for which it was intended to do.
Please, support this amendment, support small businesses, support
your check and balance responsibility, support the creation of jobs.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. CHABOT. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Chair, I appreciate the gentleman from Washington's comments,
and, as chair of the House Small Business Committee, I will certainly
be willing to work with him and his staff to see if there is any
ability down the road to reconsider this program.
That being said, we do have a new administration who has looked at
this and many other programs very carefully. Being aware, again, that
we have a considerable deficit every year and a $20 trillion debt
hanging over our heads, something has to go, and there are a whole
bunch of somethings in the budget that this administration is looking
at because they are serious about this.
I definitely agree with the gentleman's comments about the importance
of small businesses and promoting them in this country. About half of
the people in America in the private sector work for, by definition, a
small business. About 70 percent of the new jobs created in America are
created by small businesses. There are 29 million small businesses all
across America. They are contained in all 435 of our congressional
districts. They are absolutely key.
We have a history, and I think most Members who deal with the Small
Business Committee realize this, of working in a bipartisan manner--the
ranking member, Nydia Velazquez who is from New York, myself now the
chair, and I have been the ranking member under her in the past, so we
really do work together on these, as do the other members of the
committee.
We are willing to take a look at this down the road, but I would just
have to reiterate my initial comment here is that I have to urge my
colleagues, at this point, to oppose this amendment along with the
administration and the Small Business Administration itself, which does
oppose this amendment.
Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck).
The amendment was rejected.
The Acting CHAIR. The Chair understands that amendment No. 212 will
not be offered.
The Chair understands that amendment No. 213 will not be offered.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, as the designee of Ranking Member Lowey, I
move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Washington
(Mr. Kilmer), the distinguished vice ranking member of the
Appropriations Committee, for the purpose of entering into a colloquy.
Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chair, when I am at home, I don't hear anyone say,
Let's make it easier for folks to use big money to influence elections,
and yet there are provisions in this spending bill that would do just
that.
My colleagues across the aisle are putting these provisions into this
spending bill because they know that shocking our political system with
even more money is incredibly unpopular, and these provisions would
never pass if they were given an up-or-down vote in their own right;
therefore, I am standing up today for restoring accountability for
campaign spending and highlighting the two provisions that should not
be in this bill.
First, we need some sunlight in this murky world of campaign
spending. 501(c)(4) groups can play fast and loose in our elections,
and I want to be sure that they are actually working on issues that
impact the people I represent, not trying to get their preferred
candidates elected. And yet this legislation that we are voting on
ensures that the IRS will not have the authority to look into groups
that might be flouting the rules, and that is wrong.

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Unfortunately, secondly, we have also seen the Federal Election
Commission struggle to enforce our campaign finance laws. This was a
body that was created after Watergate to make sure politicians don't
cheat. The Commission was designed to be the people's advocate in our
elections, and yet, unfortunately, it has seen more gridlock than
Congress.
The Federal Election Commission is once again undermined in this bill
because the bill says that the Commission cannot enforce any rules
regarding how certain special interests are able to raise money. We
should not be making it easier for political action committees to raise
additional money from a few wealthy individuals without Federal
Election Commission oversight.
We should be voting on campaign finance laws that strengthen the
integrity of our elections, not bills like this that weaken it. So my
hope is that we can chart a new course, a better course, and one that
brings people power back to these hallowed Halls rather than, again,
giving more power to the deepest pockets and to special interests.
Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 218
printed in House Report 115-297.

Amendment No. 221 Offered by Mr. Amodei

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 221
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. AMODEI. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

In title IX, strike section 906.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Nevada (Mr. Amodei) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Nevada.
Mr. AMODEI. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
One size does not fit all. As an enthusiastic supporter of the CHOICE
Act, I must confess it is not perfect. You have been told all financial
regulators should be subject to the power of the Federal purse. Well,
this regulatory agency, the National Credit Union Administration, uses
no Federal funds to operate, to administer, or to manage the National
Credit Union Share Insurance Fund--let me repeat, uses no Federal
funds.
Now, when nontaxpayer funds are required to be federally
appropriated, hopefully, this strikes you as an odd idea. But when the
funds in question are placed under the appropriations process and are
subject to being swept for other Federal spending measures, I hope that
bothers you--not strikes you as odd, but bothers you.
Credit union member-generated insurance funds are now, by virtue of
being put into the appropriations process, subject to being swept for
other Federal spending processes.
Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr.
Aguilar).
Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank my colleague from
Nevada.
I would like to just take a moment to weigh in on the amendment that
my colleague, Mr. Amodei, and I introduced that would maintain the
NCUA's current funding structure.
The NCUA is funded, as he said, through fees paid by credit unions.
Subjecting them to the annual appropriations process unnecessarily
involves Congress in a process that functions fine the way it is.
The NCUA is not synonymous with big, for-profit institutions. The
NCUA is a not-for-profit structure and plays a critical role in
communities throughout this country. If they are forced to go through
the appropriations process, then local buy-in is trumped by the Federal
Government. If anything, this would further complicate the funding
process and decrease, not increase, transparency.
Forcing the NCUA into this process is an attempt to fix a problem
that doesn't exist. They are one of the only regulatory bodies that is
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structure should be reflected in the way that the operations are
funded.
Mr. AMODEI. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the
amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Chairman, this amendment strikes a provision that subjects the
National Credit Union Administration to the annual congressional
appropriations process.
My point this afternoon is that Congress must restore its power of
the purse, one of the most potent tools the Constitution gives Congress
for conducting oversight of Federal agencies and implementing reforms.
There can be no consent of the governed if the American people, through
their democratically elected representatives have no say in how their
government spends their hard-earned dollars.
We must not miss the opportunity to reestablish separation of powers
and restore Article I authority, which Congress has given away in so
many instances that the administration now has more power than the
legislative branch.
The NCUA is a prime example of why it is time to reassert Congress'
power of the purse. Accountability and transparency was so lacking
under former Chairman Debbie Matz' tenure that, over the course of her
tenure, the NCUA budget increased each year, in some cases by double-
digit percentages. The Financial Services Committee, in fact, was
forced to hold a public hearing during the 114th Congress.
NCUA should not be singled out to avoid accountability to Congress.
The CHOICE Act, which was passed by the House with overwhelming
support--and the Congressman from Nevada's support as well--subjects
all Federal financial regulators to the same congressional
appropriations process, including NCUA. There is no reason to single
out the NCUA for different treatment from all other regulators, all of
whom the House has already voted on to put on appropriations just 3
months ago.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. AMODEI. Mr. Chairman, with all due respect to my colleague from
the financial institution folks, one of the things in the CHOICE Act is
the Mick Mulvaney-generated transparency amendments that we are not
trying to strike. It is not like we are hiding anything. And I missed
the part where it says, oh, the fact that they are not taxpayer funds
makes it okay that we go ahead and try to sweep those into that.
I also missed the fact, quite frankly, that this is different than
something like the Bureau of Consumer Protection folks who were an out-
of-control executive branch agency using federally appropriated funds
to do as they darn well please.
I missed the fact where we have got a problem with credit unions
taking care of their own administration and their own insurance.
And I, finally, missed the fact where, quite frankly, we have
absolutely no problem with respect to these folks' performance record.
So when you talk about going out and getting nontaxpayer-generated
funds and saying we are going to bring those--by the way, good luck for
these folks to get under our budgeting process. I won't say anything
more than that, Mr. Chairman. Good luck.
Whose budget are they going under? Who are we waiting for approval so
we can say keep doing the things the way you were?
So I will just say that this is a problem that does not exist with a
solution that is being applied because of other regulators, which I
agree with, but it is like to suggest, quite frankly, that the CHOICE
Act was perfect and doesn't need a second look on a small thing like
this, I mean, hats off to the committee. It is the only perfect
committee I know of that has ever existed.

Mr. Chair, I am prepared to close, and I will just say this: We ought
to take a look at what track records are. And when we take a look at
that and we look at unintended consequences, when you start branching
out, for those of you folks in Production Credit Association territory
and things like that and the budget issues and all of that other sort
of stuff, it is like these folks are doing a good job. Let's let them
continue to do that.
Mr. Chairman, I would urge your bipartisan, nationwide support, and I
yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Amodei).
The amendment was agreed to.

Amendment No. 222 Offered by Mr. Kildee

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 222
printed in House Report 115-297.
Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 375, strike line 19 and all that follows through page
376, line 6.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentleman
from Michigan (Mr. Kildee) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan.
Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Chair, well, this amendment is actually quite simple.
It says that U.S. taxpayers should not subsidize coal-fired power
plants built in other countries.
Under the Obama administration, the Treasury Department issued
guidance saying that the United States, through multilateral
development banks, would no longer fund or support the construction of
such plants in foreign countries. Unfortunately, President Trump has
rolled back these efforts, and, in essence, the Trump administration is
saying to the American people that American tax dollars should go
overseas to subsidize fossil fuels and coal-fired power plants.
I support, as many in this body do on both sides of the aisle, the
efforts of multilateral development banks. In fact, the use of
America's power in that sense, through entities such as the World Bank,
is a great way for us to contribute to development across the globe and
use that soft power in a way that potentially keeps us from having to
go in a different direction. But we should not be using U.S. dollars on
projects that subsidize foreign sources of pollution that contribute to
increased carbon in our atmosphere and worsen climate change.
Now, there are some that say that the science is not settled on this
question. The people who are saying that, I am not quite sure where
they are getting their science. Climate change is real. We really don't
need a lot of evidence, even recently, to reinforce the notion that
climate change is real. Extreme weather events are real, and they are
making that point in ways that no discussion on this floor could ever
do. Unfortunately, experts are telling us it is only going to get
worse.
Congress should not be encouraging the use of American taxpayer
dollars to support coal-fired plants overseas. This amendment takes a
stand and says that we will not support these sorts of irresponsible
projects.
Here in Congress we continually advocate for the responsible use of
taxpayer dollars. And for the most part on this floor, we continue to
advocate for efforts that will reduce carbon emissions in order to
protect the environment, not just for ourselves, but for generations to
come.
Using American dollars to support coal plants in developing countries
is not responsible. It is not a responsible use of taxpayer dollars. It
is not good for our environment.
Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to join me in supporting this
amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to
the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chair, it is anti-coal policies such as
this that result in a market loss for American coal and clean coal
technology and cut off, really, quite frankly, an affordable, reliable
source of energy that is critical to economic development in struggling
regions of the world.
This section 133 does not mandate coal-fired generation for U.S.-
funded international development projects. It

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just simply ensures that coal can continue to be a part of our
country's longstanding energy strategy.
Abandoning support for fossil fuels hurts American jobs, and it slows
American innovation.
It is for those reasons, Mr. Chairman, I would urge a ``no'' vote on
this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Chairman, I am prepared to close.
I just encourage my colleagues to think about this as an opportunity
to stand up for the environment, stand up for responsible use of the
American tax dollar, and keep in mind that we work really hard here on
this floor to develop policy in this country that does not pass on to
future generations a planet that is at greater risk than the one we
inherited.
When it comes to the use of U.S. taxpayer dollars going overseas, we
ought to be able to clearly say that those dollars should be used in a
way that contributes to the development of those nations, but in a way
that does not undermine the quality of life across the globe and across
the decades and centuries to come.
Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I
yield back the balance of my time.

{time} 1645

The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee).
The amendment was rejected.

Amendment No. 223 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 223
printed in House Report 115-297.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Page 360, line 14, insert ``(increased by $500,000)''
before ``shall''.
Page 361, line 17, insert ``(decreased by $1,000,000)''
before ``, of which''.

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 504, the gentlewoman
from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Texas.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the managers of this
legislation.
Mr. Chairman, any Member of Congress or any elected official has had
the sad duty of going to a child's funeral. Most of us in the Christian
faith have heard maybe the same words said often in the place of
worship and in the funeral service, no matter who it is, and that is
that a child should not go before their parents. We have seen the
brokenness and, of course, the absolute despair of that family that has
lost a child.
Unfortunately, as we have found in Hurricane Harvey, when people have
looted victims of the hurricane, it is unfortunate that bad things can
happen to good people.
So the families of deceased children are victimized. They are
saddened by the loss of their child, whether it is an accident that is
tragic or a sickness; and then, because those names are printed and
become public, they are victimized again.
Alexis Agin was 4 years old when she died last year from a brain
tumor. As her parents grieved from their daughter's loss, someone else
paid attention to the details of her death, too. An identity thief was
easily able to get Alexis' personal information after she died. Her
parents had no inkling until they went to file their taxes, then to
their astonishment and despair, they learned that someone else had
already filed a tax return using Alexis' Social Security number and
claiming her as a dependent.
The Agins soon learned they were one of many. They said: ``Within an
hour of learning that my daughter's Social Security number had been
compromised and stolen, no fewer than 14 other parents whose children
passed away due to cancer contacted us and advised us that their
children's Social Security numbers, likewise, had been stolen.''
Americans are told to jealously guard their Social Security numbers,
but after one dies, the government goes public with that coveted
information. It is included on the Death Master List.
Mr. Chairman, I include in the Record an article from ABC News
entitled ``When Loved Ones Die, Their Identity is There for the
Taking.''

[From ABC News, May 8, 2012]

When Loved Ones Die, Their Identity Is There for the Taking

(By Lisa Stark)

Alexis Agin was 4 years old when she died last year from a
brain tumor. As her parents grieved their daughter's loss,
someone else paid attention to the details of her death too.
An identity thief was easily able to get Alexis' personal
information after she died. Her parents had no inkling until
they went to file their taxes. Then, to their astonishment,
they learned that someone else had already filed a tax
return, using Alexis' Social Security number and claiming her
as a dependent.
The Agins soon learned they were one of many. ``Within an
hour of learning that my daughter's Social Security number
had been compromised and stolen,'' said Jonathan Agin, ``no
fewer than 14 other parents whose children passed away due to
cancer contacted us and advised us that their children's
Social Security numbers likewise had been stolen.''
Americans are told to jealously guard their Social Security
numbers, but after one dies, the government goes public with
that coveted information. It is all included on a Master
Death List.
``This is a database of more than 8o million records that
the Social Security Administration maintains of all the
deaths in the country. And that information is actually
publicly available,'' said John Breyault at the National
Consumers League. ``Consumers can go online, on any number of
sites, and get full name, date of birth and full Social
Security number, which we call the holy trinity of personally
identifiable information.''
The list is used by banks, credit agencies and others to
try to prevent identity theft after someone dies. However, a
court case in the 197os forced the Social Security
Administration to make the list public, under Freedom of
Information Act laws. ``Unfortunately, dead people don't have
any privacy rights,'' said Breyault, ``That information, once
you're dead, is publicly available information.''
``Within 3o seconds of learning that my daughter's Social
Security number had been stolen, I went online and found her
Social Security number,'' Agin told ABC News. ``All the
information is there.''
Breyault of the National Consumer League showed ABC News
just how easy it was. He sat down with me at a computer and
pulled up a wealth of information on my husband, who died of
cancer last year. My tax refund for this year has now been
held up because someone else filed a return, apparently using
my husband's Social Security number The Internal Revenue
Service said it might be a simple mistake by the other
taxpayer, not a case of identity fraud. The agency, however,
can't yet tell me for sure as it works to unravel the
situation.
Today on Capitol Hill, the House Ways and Means'
Subcommittees on Social Security and Identity Theft held a
hearing on this growing problem.
In his testimony, Russell George, the Treasury inspector
general for tax administration, told lawmakers that while
processing tax returns in 2011, the IRS managed to flag and
stop 940,000 returns that appeared to involve identity theft.
The refunds requested on those returns totaled $6.5 billion.
George told lawmakers, ``There is much more fraud that it
[the IRS] does not detect.'' The inspector general
``identified approximately 1.5 million additional undetected
tax returns with potentially fraudulent tax refunds totaling
in excess of $5.2 billion,'' said George. Those refunds were
paid out. ``If not addressed, we estimate the IRS could issue
approximately $26 billion in fraudulent tax refunds resulting
from identity theft over the next five years,'' he testified.
The IRS told ABC News that it believes that five-year
estimate is ``far too high. The estimate was based on figures
from 2010, before the IRS instituted major changes in the way
it handles identity theft cases,'' the agency said. ``Our
increased compliance and prevention efforts mean we are
stopping more refund fraud than ever before.''
The Social Security Administration had recently taken steps
to cut back on the Master Death List information it releases
publicly, leaving off the decedent's state and ZIP code. And
the IRS said it has installed identity theft screening
filters on its computer systems to flag suspicious returns.
``Fighting identity theft will be an ongoing battle for the
IRS and one we cannot afford to let up on,'' said Steven
Miller, an IRS deputy commissioner, in written testimony.
Late last year, the IRS established a special taxpayer
protection unit to help handle identity theft cases. But
George testified that those trying to file their 2011 taxes
found it difficult to get through to the unit. ``The unit
received more than 86,000 calls during the 2012 filing
season, but has only been able to answer about 21,000,'' said
George. And according to his testimony, the average phone
wait time for taxpayers was almost one hour.
Taxpayers caught in this mess are forced to prove their
loved one's identity to the

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IRS. Agin said he had to provide evidence to show the IRS
that his late daughter was his child. Some cases have taken
up to a year to resolve.
Congress is considering a number of bills that would limit
access to the Master Death List For Agin and the hundreds of
thousands of other taxpayers who have been victims of this
fraud, it can't come soon enough. ``It's bad enough losing
your child to any type of disease, cancer in any manner,''
said Agin, ``but then have somebody steal their identify, the
last remaining vestige of your child, it's horrible.''

Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, there is no dedicated person in the
IRS to deal with these broken and grieving families, so they simply
become victims. By the time they find out, someone has bought a house,
someone has taken their luxury vacation, got many credit cards, and
used this dead child to abuse this family again.
The Jackson Lee amendment is simple. What it does is it provides a
dedicated person, funding to the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service for the
purpose of assisting the parents of a deceased child where that child's
identifying information has been stolen and fraudulently used on a
personal income tax return filed with the IRS.
It is a simple request, Mr. Chairman. If the Taxpayer Advocate
Service office is what it is, and if anyone has tried to use it,
including Members of Congress, we know there needs to be a dedicated
person just to answer the phone of the grieving parent who finds out
through IRS filing that they are being abused again and their beautiful
angel is being used for other and evil works of someone who would use
that deceased child to their advantage.
Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to support the amendment, and I
reserve the balance of my time
Mr. Chair, thank you for this opportunity to speak in support of the
Jackson Lee Amendment to Division D of the Rules Committee Print 115-
31, which makes appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018, ``H.R. 3354, the
``Interior and Environment Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2018.''
I wish to commend Chairman Graves and Ranking Member Quigley for
their work in shepherding this legislation to the floor.
Mr. Chair, the Jackson Lee Amendment is simple but provides an
important and necessary protection for grieving parents.
The Jackson Lee Amendment is intended to ensure that the IRS Tax
Advocate Service has adequate resources to assist parents of a deceased
child whose Social Security Number was stolen by tax cheats and used on
a federal tax return to receive an Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
The Jackson Lee Amendment is intended to be a compassionate use of
IRS funds to help grieving parents navigate the process of reclaiming
their child's identity from tax cheats.
This amendment is necessary when we consider the story of little
Alexis Agin who was just 4 years old when she died of a brain tumor in
2011.
As her parents grieved, someone stole Alexis' identity to commit tax
fraud.
Alexis' parents did not discover the crime until they filed their
taxes.
The sad fact is Alexis' parents are not alone--they were one of at
least 14 other parents whose children died of cancer and learned that
their child's Social Security number had been stolen by tax thieves.
Nearly all of us understand the importance of safeguarding our Social
Security numbers, but after someone dies Social Security numbers are
published on a national online registry called the Master Death List.
The Master Death List registry exists to alert businesses and
financial institutions to not renew credit cards or create new credit
in a deceased person's name.
But it also alerts thieves of opportunities to steal identities and
commit tax fraud.
As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle identity thieves have
stolen the tax refunds of more than 490,000 dead persons since 2008.
The thieves typically claim that a dead person is their dependent
when they file tax returns.
In Fiscal Year 2012, the IRS initiated approximately 900 identity
theft related criminal investigations, triple the number of
investigations initiated in FY 2011.
Direct investigative time applied to identity theft related
investigations increased by 129 percent over that same period.
On July 30, 2013, in St. Louis, Missouri, Tania Henderson was
convicted of theft of government funds and aggravated identity theft
and sentenced to 144 months in prison and ordered to pay $835,883 in
restitution to the U.S. Treasury.
According to her plea agreement and other court documents, Henderson
stole the identities of more than 400 individuals, many of whom were
deceased, and filed fraudulent tax returns using their names and Social
Security account numbers.
The theft of identities of deceased children for the purpose of
committing tax fraud is a sad fact that too many parents have to face
while they are attempting to cope with the tragedy of losing their
child.
The Jackson Lee Amendment will help ensure that the IRS Tax Advocate
Service has the resources needed to assist these grieving parents with
filing the last tax return where their child's name will be listed as
being a member of their household.
I urge all Members to support the Jackson Lee Amendment, which would
be a compassionate use of IRS funds.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition
to the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, as we come to the last amendment
on the last bill of this appropriations season, I was hoping we could
end it on a positive note. Unfortunately, I have to oppose this
amendment. I respect the gentlewoman's thoughts on this. It is a
compelling story that she shared with us, and a lot of families have
been impacted by identity theft. It is certainly something that
concerns me and our entire committee.
We have worked through this. In fact, in May of this year, I held an
oversight hearing and questioned top officials about this and their
efforts to reduce identity theft. Additionally, the Financial Services
bill that we are speaking of here includes targeted funds to combat
identity theft as well as additional reporting requirements to monitor
the IRS's progress in this area.
In fact, overall identity theft referrals from the Taxpayer Advocate
are down. They are down right now. It is not perfect. They are not at
zero, but they are moving in the right direction, as are inventory
receipts in the IRS Identity Theft Victim Assistance office.
Our committee--myself, along with Mr. Quigley and the entire
committee--have had to make a lot of tough funding choices throughout
this season. It has not been easy. There are a lot of very worthy
programs that we wish we can fund more. Unfortunately, we just can't do
all that has been requested by all the Members who have a lot of great
and creative ideas to help taxpayers and our constituents.
But in this case with this line item, we didn't cut anything. In
fact, it has been flat-funded. It is at the same level that was funded
last year, and that comes in a portion of our appropriations budget
here that we are talking about. It is being cut, on average, 6-plus
percent overall. This one line item, though, remains static, and that
should speak a lot to our committee and their work to find ways in
which to provide additional resources to combat identity theft.
Mr. Chairman, as we wrap this up, I want to thank you and everyone
else for their patience today over the last many weeks. I thank the
Committee on Appropriations Chairman Frelinghuysen and all the great
work by the House of Representatives as we wrap up this final amendment
with my opposition to the amendment. I urge the House to vote ``no.''
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. How much time is remaining, Mr. Chairman.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas has 1 minute remaining.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, last time I was on the floor, I
mentioned that I was disappointed, and my friend on the other side made
a remark that we all come here disappointed. I am saddened by the
comment that he made earlier, and I am saddened by his response now
because this is simply asking for a dedicated person, the offset is the
operations account. It doesn't matter what conversations and what we
have done. It is a simple direct response to the pain of people.
This is a mountain if it happens to you. It is not whether we are
coming down or we have had conversations; it is a mountain.
So I would simply say, according to the San Francisco Chronicle,
identity thieves have stolen tax refunds of more than 490,000 dead
persons. This Death Master List continues. The IRS initiated
approximately 900 identity theft-related criminal investigations out of
490,000.

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So what if you are this parent of a dead child?
I just would have a person dedicated to taking your calls. That is
all I am asking in this amendment with a slight offset.
It doesn't make any sense. Alexis' parents did not discover the crime
until they filed their taxes.
How many others have not?
So I ask my colleagues, out of the goodness of their heart--this is
the last amendment, and I don't think any manner of conversation about
what I did yesterday and what I did last year is going to be helpful.
Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to support the Jackson Lee amendment
to help the parents of deceased children.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes
appeared to have it.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will
be postponed.

Vacating Demand for Recorded Vote on Amendment No. 149 Offered by Mr.
Flores

Mr. FLORES. Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw my request
for a recorded vote on amendment No. 149 to the end that the Chair put
the question de novo.
The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman
from Texas?
There was no objection.
The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Flores).
The amendment was rejected.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5
minutes.
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chairman, as we conclude discussion on our 12-
bill package, I rise to urge support of H.R. 3354 and to thank the 12
chairs and ranking members who led the great work on these bills as
well as the many Members who offered amendments in this open and free
and, I may say, rather civil discussion.
This package prioritizes our domestic and national security to keep
our people safe, supports our troops, strengthens law enforcement,
secures our borders, and helps get our economy moving, and it deserves
bipartisan support.
Over the past week, the House has debated hundreds of amendments in
this appropriations legislation. Combined with the thousands of Member
requests included in the base text, these bills are truly
representative of our shared American values.
I want to thank all my colleagues for their time and consideration of
one another throughout this process.
Tomorrow the House will vote to finalize all 12 appropriations bills
before the fiscal year deadline of September 30.
We have not had what is referred to and what is called regular order
for a long time--in nearly a decade. And what's more, we have done all
12 bills under a very abbreviated time schedule. From June 12 to July
20--just over 1 month--the Appropriations Committee has held 12
subcommittee markups and 12 full committee markups, putting in hundreds
of hours debating hundreds of amendments. The legislation on the floor
this afternoon is a result of this hard work.
I would like to thank my committee, particularly its leaders,
including Chairmen Robert Aderholt from Alabama, John Culberson from
Texas, Kay Granger from Texas, Mike Simpson from Idaho, and Tom Graves
from Georgia who has done a masterful job this afternoon, Judge Carter
from Texas, Ken Calvert from California, Tom Cole from Oklahoma, Kevin
Yoder from Kansas, Charlie Dent from Pennsylvania, Hal Rogers from
Kentucky, and Mario Diaz-Balart from Florida.
On the Democratic side, I want to thank Ranking Members Sanford
Bishop from Georgia, Jose Serrano from New York, Pete Visclosky from
Indiana, Marcy Kaptur from Ohio, Mike Quigley from Illinois, Lucille
Roybal-Allard from California, Betty McCollum from Minnesota, Rosa
DeLauro from Connecticut, Tim Ryan from Ohio, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
from Florida, and David Price from North Carolina, and their
surrogates.
Of course, I particularly want to thank the ranking member of the
full committee, Mrs. Nita Lowey from New York for her dedication and
friendship to getting our work done on time.
I must also thank our incredibly hard-working staff, Mr. Chairman,
led by Nancy Fox, our staff director; and Maureen Holohan, our new
deputy staff director on the Republican side; and by Shalanda Young and
Chris Bigelow on the Democratic side. I thank them all. To all the
staffs, those assembled here in this room and those who have been here
for many hours over the last couple of days, I thank them all for all
the work they have done to get these bills to the floor and the
tremendous amount of time and dedication to them.
Mr. Chairman, this bill makes sure the United States has a strong
national defense and that our citizens here at home are protected. This
package sets us on the right path to fully fund the entire Federal
Government on time and on budget.
Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the bill, and I
yield back the balance of my time.

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings
will now resume on those amendments printed in House Report 115-297 on
which further proceedings were postponed, in the following order:
Amendment No. 87 by Mrs. Torres of California.
Amendment No. 105 by Mr. Grothman of Wisconsin.
Amendment No. 113 by Mr. Scott of Virginia.
Amendment No. 117 by Ms. Norton of the District of Columbia.
Amendment No. 124 by Mr. Flores of Texas.
Amendment No. 125 by Mr. Buck of Colorado.
Amendment No. 131 by Mr. Kildee of Michigan.
Amendment No. 134 by Mr. Pocan of Wisconsin.
Amendment No. 138 by Ms. Meng of New York.
Amendment No. 145 by Mr. Kildee of Michigan.
Amendment No. 154 by Ms. Clark of Massachusetts.
Amendment No. 155 by Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania.
Amendment No. 160 by Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico.
Amendment No. 161 by Mrs. Lowey of New York.
Amendment No. 164 by Mr. Courtney of Connecticut.
Amendment No. 167 by Mr. Lewis of Minnesota.
Amendment No. 168 by Mr. Grothman of Wisconsin.
Amendment No. 170 by Mr. Grothman of Wisconsin.
Amendment No. 172 by Mr. Meadows of North Carolina.
Amendment No. 173 by Mr. Walberg of Michigan.
Amendment No. 174 by Mrs. Blackburn of Tennessee.
Amendment No. 186 by Mr. Ellison of Minnesota.
Amendment No. 187 by Mr. Gibbs of Ohio.
The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the time for any electronic vote
after the first vote in this series.

Amendment No. 87 Offered by Mrs. Torres

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
California (Mrs. Torres) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 279,
noes 137, not voting 17, as follows:

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[Roll No. 493]

AYES--279

Adams
Aguilar
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barragan
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Coffman
Cohen
Comstock
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Emmer
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Grothman
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
Norman
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Renacci
Rice (NY)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roskam
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce (CA)
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walberg
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Yarmuth
Young (IA)

NOES--137

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Arrington
Babin
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Conaway
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Dunn
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gianforte
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hultgren
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
King (IA)
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
Meadows
Mullin
Newhouse
Noem
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Ratcliffe
Reichert
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rokita
Rouzer
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shuster
Smith (MO)
Smith (TX)
Taylor
Tenney
Thornberry
Turner
Valadao
Wagner
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--17

Amodei
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi
Young (AK)

{time} 1729

Messrs. BOST, COLLINS of Georgia, WENSTRUP, DENHAM, Ms. TENNEY, and
Mr. McCARTHY changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. KRISHNAMOORTHI, JEFFRIES, COHEN, PETERS, MOULTON, BISHOP of
Michigan, STEWART, BACON, DEUTCH, LUETKEMEYER, HUNTER, ROHRABACHER,
CURBELO of Florida, RUSH, RYAN of Ohio, RENACCI, COFFMAN, BLUM, ROSKAM,
and DUNCAN of South Carolina changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. BROWN of Maryland. Mr. Chair, during rollcall Vote No. 493 on
H.R. 3354, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``yes'' when I should have
voted ``no.''

Amendment No. 105 Offered by Mr. Grothman

The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Collins of Georgia). The unfinished business is
the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman) on which further proceedings
were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 98,
noes 313, not voting 22, as follows:

[Roll No. 494]

AYES--98

Abraham
Allen
Amash
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barr
Barton
Biggs
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Brat
Buck
Budd
Carter (GA)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Comer
Cook
Davidson
DeSantis
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Franks (AZ)
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gonzalez (TX)
Gosar
Graves (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Harris
Hice, Jody B.
Holding
Hudson
Hultgren
Hunter
Jenkins (KS)
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
King (IA)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McClintock
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Messer
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Norman
O'Halleran
Palmer
Perry
Poe (TX)
Polis
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Russell
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Walker
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)

NOES--313

Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Amodei
Arrington
Barletta
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Calvert
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crawford
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gomez
Gottheimer
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (LA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Handel
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Huffman
Huizenga
Hurd
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)

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Johnson (GA)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Kustoff (TN)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Mast
Matsui
McCaul
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
Nunes
O'Rourke
Olson
Palazzo
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pocan
Poliquin
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Royce (CA)
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sessions
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Yarmuth
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--22

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
Davis, Rodney
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Frankel (FL)
Garrett
Goodlatte
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Marino
Newhouse
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Shuster
Tiberi
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1732

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated against:
Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been
present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 494.
Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas. Mr. Chair, during rollcall Vote No. 494 on
H.R. 3354, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``yea'' when I should have
voted ``nay.''

Amendment No. 113 Offered by Mr. Scott of Virginia

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. Scott) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 495]

AYES--192

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOES--223

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--18

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Comstock
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Frankel (FL)
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1735

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

personal explanation

Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Chair, I was unable to vote on rollcall
Nos. 494 and 495. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on
rollcall No. 494 and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 495.

Amendment No. 117 Offered by Ms. Norton

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the

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gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton) on which further
proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice
vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 496]

AYES--189

Adams
Aguilar
Amash
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gaetz
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOES--225

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bera
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perlmutter
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--19

Bridenstine
Chu, Judy
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Dent
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (GA)
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi
Young (AK)

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1738

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 124 Offered by Mr. Flores

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Flores) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the
ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 497]

AYES--216

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--199

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici

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Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Comer
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Yarmuth

NOT VOTING--18

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Dent
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Goodlatte
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rogers (AL)
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1741

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 125 Offered by Mr. Buck

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado
(Mr. Buck) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the
ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 498]

AYES--226

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Cuellar
Culberson
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--191

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Labrador
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOT VOTING--16

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Ryan (OH)
Scalise
Tiberi

{time} 1745

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1745

Messrs. LATTA and FERGUSON changed their votes from ``no'' to
``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 131 Offered by Mr. Kildee

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan
(Mr. Kildee) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

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Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 499]

AYES--247

Adams
Aguilar
Bacon
Barletta
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Emmer
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (LA)
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Hurd
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
LaHood
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marshall
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rokita
Rosen
Roskam
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Royce (CA)
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--170

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Banks (IN)
Barr
Barton
Biggs
Bilirakis
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Hill
Holding
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
King (IA)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marino
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mullin
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rouzer
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING--16

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
Davis, Rodney
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1747

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 134 Offered by Mr. Pocan

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Mr. Pocan) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 500]

AYES--199

Adams
Aguilar
Amash
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bishop (GA)
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young (AK)

NOES--219

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Beyer
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)

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Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--15

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1751

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 138 Offered by Ms. Meng

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York
(Ms. Meng) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the
noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 501]

AYES--220

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buck
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Graves (LA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
McSally
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Royce (CA)
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Zeldin

NOES--198

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)

NOT VOTING--15

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1754

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 145 Offered by Mr. Kildee

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 502]

AYES--243

Abraham
Adams
Aguilar
Bacon
Barletta
Barragan

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Barton
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Kinzinger
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rosen
Roskam
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Taylor
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Zeldin

NOES--175

Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Banks (IN)
Barr
Biggs
Bilirakis
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Buchanan
Buck
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Lucas
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mullin
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Tenney
Thornberry
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)

NOT VOTING--15

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1757

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 154 Offered by Ms. Clark of Massachusetts

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Massachusetts (Ms. Clark) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 503]

AYES--225

Adams
Aguilar
Barletta
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bishop (GA)
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buck
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Graves (LA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
LaHood
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Messer
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Noem
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Royce (CA)
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Zeldin

NOES--192

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Beyer
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Buchanan
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler

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Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mullin
Newhouse
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schneider
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Trott
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)

NOT VOTING--16

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Marino
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1800

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 155 Offered by Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Murphy) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 504]

AYES--198

Abraham
Adams
Aguilar
Amodei
Bacon
Barletta
Barr
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blum
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Bost
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Burgess
Butterfield
Byrne
Carbajal
Carter (GA)
Cheney
Cleaver
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Cooper
Costello (PA)
Crawford
Cuellar
Curbelo (FL)
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
Delaney
DelBene
Dent
Deutch
Donovan
Dunn
Eshoo
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Fudge
Gabbard
Gaetz
Gallagher
Garamendi
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Gowdy
Graves (LA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Griffith
Guthrie
Hanabusa
Handel
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Jackson Lee
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kind
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kuster (NH)
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lance
Larsen (WA)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Luetkemeyer
Lynch
MacArthur
Mast
McCarthy
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Messer
Mitchell
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Nolan
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Palmer
Panetta
Paulsen
Pearce
Perlmutter
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Poliquin
Polis
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Rutherford
Sanford
Schrader
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Torres
Trott
Turner
Upton
Vela
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wilson (SC)
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--219

Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Arrington
Babin
Banks (IN)
Barragan
Barton
Beyer
Biggs
Black
Blackburn
Blunt Rochester
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Budd
Bustos
Calvert
Capuano
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Correa
Courtney
Cramer
Crist
Crowley
Culberson
Cummings
Davidson
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeGette
Demings
Denham
DeSantis
DeSaulnier
DesJarlais
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Emmer
Engel
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fleischmann
Flores
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallego
Gomez
Goodlatte
Gosar
Granger
Graves (GA)
Grijalva
Grothman
Gutierrez
Harris
Heck
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Huffman
Hurd
Issa
Jayapal
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Keating
Kelly (MS)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Knight
Krishnamoorthi
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
Lamborn
Langevin
Larson (CT)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lewis (MN)
Lofgren
Long
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Matsui
McCaul
McClintock
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
Meadows
Meng
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Norcross
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Pallone
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Pingree
Pittenger
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Ratcliffe
Rice (NY)
Roby
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Russell
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Sessions
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Soto
Speier
Stewart
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Taylor
Titus
Tonko
Tsongas
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Walker
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Welch
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Wittman
Womack
Yarmuth
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING--16

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Marino
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1804

Mr. PALMER changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 160 Offered by Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Mexico
(Mr. Ben Ray Lujan) on which further proceedings were postponed and on
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 505]

AYES--213

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buck
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)

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Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Collins (GA)
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Hurd
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
McSally
Meeks
Meng
Mooney (WV)
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wenstrup
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOES--205

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Black
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Turner
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--15

Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1807

Mr. BARR changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 161 Offered by Mrs. Lowey

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York
(Mrs. Lowey) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 506]

AYES--228

Adams
Aguilar
Barletta
Barr
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bishop (GA)
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gaetz
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Huffman
Hurd
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meadows
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Rice (SC)
Richmond
Rogers (KY)
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young (AK)
Zeldin

NOES--188

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barton
Bergman
Beyer
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brooks (AL)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)

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King (IA)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
MacArthur
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smucker
Stewart
Thornberry
Trott
Turner
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)

NOT VOTING--17

Black
Brat
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1810

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded

Amendment No. 164 Offered by Mr. Courtney

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Connecticut (Mr. Courtney) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 507]

AYES--204

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lowenthal
Lowey
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCaul
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Olson
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poe (TX)
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Weber (TX)
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOES--212

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carbajal
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Cooper
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Lynch
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--17

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Lofgren
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1813

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 167 Offered by Mr. Lewis of Minnesota

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Lewis) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 508]

AYES--153

Abraham
Allen
Arrington
Babin
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Collins (GA)
Comer
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Flores
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie

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Handel
Harris
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Hultgren
Hunter
Johnson (LA)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kustoff (TN)
LaHood
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Murphy (PA)
Noem
Norman
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Perry
Peters
Peterson
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Reed
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Rush
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Taylor
Tenney
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Vela
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wittman
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--263

Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Amash
Amodei
Bacon
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cheney
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Conaway
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Courtney
Crawford
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gaetz
Gallego
Garamendi
Gohmert
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Graves (GA)
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harper
Hartzler
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Hill
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Huizenga
Hurd
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, E. B.
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Labrador
LaMalfa
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Long
Love
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Mullin
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Newhouse
Nolan
Norcross
Nunes
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Ratcliffe
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roby
Rogers (KY)
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roskam
Rothfus
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Upton
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Womack
Yarmuth
Young (AK)

ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

Blum

NOT VOTING--16

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1817

Mr. GOHMERT changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 168 Offered by Mr. Grothman

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin
(Mr. Grothman) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 509]

AYES--131

Allen
Amash
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barr
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Buchanan
Buck
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Chabot
Collins (GA)
Comer
Conaway
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Flores
Franks (AZ)
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hunter
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
King (IA)
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Messer
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Noem
Norman
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Taylor
Thornberry
Wagner
Walker
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yoho
Young (IA)

NOES--285

Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Amodei
Barletta
Barragan
Barton
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brady (TX)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bucshon
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cheney
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Coffman
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Duffy
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Gowdy
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Handel
Harper
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Hultgren
Hurd
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Mast
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Newhouse
Nolan
Norcross
Nunes
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed

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Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roby
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roskam
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Tipton
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--17

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Pascrell
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1821

Mr. PALMER changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 170 Offered by Mr. Grothman

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 510]

AYES--175

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Collins (GA)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Franks (AZ)
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Messer
Mitchell
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Taylor
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Upton
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--241

Adams
Aguilar
Amodei
Barletta
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Cramer
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
Nunes
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Poliquin
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rogers (KY)
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Wilson (SC)
Yarmuth
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING--17

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Schrader
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1824

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 172 Offered by Mr. Meadows

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from North
Carolina (Mr. Meadows) on which further proceedings were postponed and
on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 511]

AYES--178

Abraham
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Conaway
Cook
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Handel
Harris
Hartzler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding

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Hollingsworth
Hudson
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
Meadows
Messer
Mitchell
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Pearce
Perry
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Russell
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Sinema
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thornberry
Tipton
Turner
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--238

Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Babin
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Byrne
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Comstock
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Guthrie
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harper
Hastings
Heck
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Issa
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCarthy
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
McSally
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
Nunes
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pittenger
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Reichert
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Royce (CA)
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Simpson
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Upton
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Yoder
Young (AK)

ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

Huizenga

NOT VOTING--16

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1827

Mr. PITTENGER changed his vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. AMODEI changed his vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 173 Offered by Mr. Walberg

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan
(Mr. Walberg) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 512]

AYES--221

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Cuellar
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--196

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Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING--16

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1830

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

Amendment No. 174 Offered by Mrs. Blackburn

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from
Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) on which further proceedings were postponed
and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 513]

AYES--156

Abraham
Allen
Amash
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Carter (GA)
Chabot
Coffman
Collins (GA)
Comer
Conaway
Cramer
Crawford
Davidson
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Flores
Franks (AZ)
Gaetz
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Kelly (MS)
King (IA)
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Marchant
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Messer
Mitchell
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Noem
Norman
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Rice (SC)
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Smith (MO)
Smith (TX)
Stewart
Taylor
Thornberry
Tipton
Upton
Wagner
Walberg
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--260

Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Amodei
Barletta
Barr
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Cheney
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Cole
Collins (NY)
Comstock
Connolly
Conyers
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costello (PA)
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Curbelo (FL)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
Davis, Rodney
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
Denham
Dent
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx
Frankel (FL)
Frelinghuysen
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallagher
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Granger
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Harper
Hastings
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hollingsworth
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Joyce (OH)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (PA)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Luetkemeyer
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Marino
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McKinley
McNerney
Meehan
Meeks
Meng
Moolenaar
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (PA)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Newhouse
Nolan
Norcross
Nunes
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Paulsen
Payne
Pearce
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roby
Rogers (KY)
Rooney, Thomas J.
Rosen
Roskam
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Simpson
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Soto
Speier
Stefanik
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Tenney
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Thompson (PA)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Trott
Tsongas
Turner
Valadao
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walden
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Yarmuth
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING--17

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Smith (NE)
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1833

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Stated for:
Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably detained. Had I
been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 513.

Amendment No. 186 Offered by Mr. Ellison

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota
(Mr. Ellison) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 514]

AYES--191

Adams
Aguilar
Bacon
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Cooper
Correa
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Duncan (TN)
Ellison
Emmer
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez

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Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth

NOES--226

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blum
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carbajal
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Culberson
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Donovan
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Dunn
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Faso
Ferguson
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Gonzalez (TX)
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Katko
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Lance
Latta
Lewis (MN)
LoBiondo
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
MacArthur
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Rooney, Thomas J.
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (AK)
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOT VOTING--16

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1836

So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

AMENDMENT NO. 187 OFFERED BY MR. GIBBS

The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Gibbs) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the
ayes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The Clerk redesignated the amendment.

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 515]

AYES--215

Abraham
Aderholt
Allen
Amash
Amodei
Arrington
Babin
Bacon
Banks (IN)
Barletta
Barr
Barton
Bergman
Biggs
Bilirakis
Bishop (MI)
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Bost
Brady (TX)
Brat
Brooks (AL)
Brooks (IN)
Buchanan
Buck
Bucshon
Budd
Burgess
Byrne
Calvert
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Coffman
Cole
Collins (GA)
Collins (NY)
Comer
Comstock
Conaway
Cook
Costello (PA)
Cramer
Crawford
Curbelo (FL)
Davidson
Davis, Rodney
Denham
Dent
DeSantis
DesJarlais
Duffy
Duncan (SC)
Duncan (TN)
Dunn
Emmer
Estes (KS)
Farenthold
Ferguson
Fleischmann
Flores
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gianforte
Gibbs
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gosar
Gowdy
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Griffith
Grothman
Guthrie
Handel
Harper
Harris
Hartzler
Hensarling
Herrera Beutler
Hice, Jody B.
Higgins (LA)
Hill
Holding
Hollingsworth
Hudson
Huizenga
Hultgren
Hunter
Hurd
Issa
Jenkins (KS)
Jenkins (WV)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson, Sam
Jordan
Joyce (OH)
Kelly (MS)
Kelly (PA)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Knight
Kustoff (TN)
Labrador
LaHood
LaMalfa
Lamborn
Latta
Lewis (MN)
Long
Love
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Marchant
Marino
Marshall
Massie
Mast
McCarthy
McCaul
McClintock
McHenry
McKinley
McMorris Rodgers
McSally
Meadows
Meehan
Messer
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Mooney (WV)
Mullin
Murphy (PA)
Newhouse
Noem
Norman
Nunes
Olson
Palazzo
Palmer
Paulsen
Pearce
Perry
Peterson
Pittenger
Poe (TX)
Poliquin
Ratcliffe
Reed
Reichert
Renacci
Rice (SC)
Roby
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rohrabacher
Rokita
Roskam
Rothfus
Rouzer
Royce (CA)
Russell
Rutherford
Sanford
Schweikert
Scott, Austin
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shimkus
Shuster
Simpson
Smith (MO)
Smith (NE)
Smith (TX)
Smucker
Stefanik
Stewart
Stivers
Taylor
Tenney
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tipton
Trott
Turner
Upton
Valadao
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walker
Walorski
Walters, Mimi
Weber (TX)
Webster (FL)
Wenstrup
Westerman
Williams
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Womack
Woodall
Yoder
Yoho
Young (IA)
Zeldin

NOES--201

Adams
Aguilar
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Beyer
Bishop (GA)
Blum
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady (PA)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Bustos
Butterfield
Capuano
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Cartwright
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Cohen
Connolly
Conyers
Correa
Courtney
Crist
Crowley
Cuellar
Culberson
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny
DeFazio
DeGette
Delaney
DelBene
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Dingell
Doggett
Donovan
Doyle, Michael F.
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Espaillat
Esty (CT)
Evans
Faso
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Frankel (FL)
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Gomez
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings
Heck
Higgins (NY)
Himes
Hoyer
Huffman
Jackson Lee
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kihuen
Kildee
Kilmer
Kind
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Lance
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lawrence
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lujan Grisham, M.
Lujan, Ben Ray
Lynch
MacArthur
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Maloney, Sean
Matsui
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Moore
Moulton
Murphy (FL)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Nolan
Norcross
O'Halleran
O'Rourke
Pallone
Panetta
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peters
Pingree
Pocan
Polis
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Rooney, Thomas J.

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Rosen
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Scott (VA)
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sinema
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Soto
Speier
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Titus
Tonko
Torres
Tsongas
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters, Maxine
Watson Coleman
Welch
Wilson (FL)
Yarmuth
Young (AK)

NOT VOTING--17

Black
Bridenstine
Clyburn
Cooper
Costa
DeLauro
Diaz-Balart
Garrett
Graves (MO)
Lawson (FL)
Loudermilk
Posey
Rooney, Francis
Ros-Lehtinen
Ross
Scalise
Tiberi

Announcement by the Acting Chair

The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

{time} 1839

So the amendment was agreed to.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Mr. COLE. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
The motion was agreed to.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
Banks of Indiana) having assumed the chair, Mr. Collins of Georgia,
Acting Chair of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union, reported that that Committee, having had under consideration the
bill (H.R. 3354) making appropriations for the Department of the
Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution
thereon.

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