Congressional Record, Volume 144 Issue 54 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)

[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 54 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2766-H2771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

HIGHER EDUCATION AMENDMENTS OF 1998

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Nethercutt). Pursuant to House
Resolution 411 and rule XXIII, 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. 6.

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In the Committee of the Whole

Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the
Whole

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House on the State of the Union for the further consideration of the
bill (H.R. 6) to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher
Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes, with Mr. LaHood
(Chairman pro tempore) in the chair.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. When the Committee of the Whole rose on
Wednesday, April 29, 1998, title XII was open for amendment at any
point.

Limiting Debate on Amendment No. 73

Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that debate on
amendment numbered 73, and all amendments thereto, be limited to 2
hours, equally divided and controlled by Representative Riggs of
California or his designee and Representative Clay of Missouri or his
designee.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from California?
There was no objection.

Vacating Proceedings on Amendment No. 54 offered by mr. roemer

Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, with the concurrence of the gentleman from
Indiana (Mr. Roemer), I ask unanimous consent that the request of April
29, 1998, for a recorded vote on the Roemer amendment numbered 54 be
vacated and that proceedings by which the Committee considered and
adopted that amendment by voice vote be vacated.
Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, reserving the right to object, I wanted to
discuss with the gentleman from California (Mr. McKeon) an amendment
that we had been working on in committee, starting actually at the
subcommittee level and then going into the full committee and then
going to the House floor, where I offered amendment to provide more
flexibility for students to combine their loans for government
subsidized and unsubsidized loans before trying then or being forced to
go out into the private lending market, where they would take on added
costs and where the rate might be 9 or 10 or 11 percent, but try to
keep them at the 8.25 percent rate and thereby reduce costs, provide
more flexibility and less regulation to many of the students that are
trying to get into these markets and coming out with more and more debt
once they graduate from school.
This is exactly what we have heard everywhere in our field hearings
throughout the country, where the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton)
and I had a field hearing in South Bend, Indiana, and heard from about
20 different colleges about trying to provide more flexibility to our
schools and less regulation.
This is an idea whose time has come, trying to help so many of the
students that are coming out of school with debt. But we also realized
that there may be a scoring problem here; and because CBO has been busy
scoring other bills, we have not been able to finally get a score on
this.
I know the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee) and the gentleman
from California (Mr. McKeon) have worked hard to try to provide this
flexibility and lessen the burden on students. I had asked for a
rollcall vote on this loan flexibility amendment. My colleague had
agreed to that. And I believe he and the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Goodling), as well, had agreed to support the amendment.
However, we still do not have a final scoring on this amendment. And
in the interest of trying to make sure that we have bipartisan support
for this amendment, I would like to get the feelings of my colleague on
his support for this idea, that he has worked very hard on, and engage
him in a colloquy.
Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. ROEMER. Further reserving the right to object, I yield to the
gentleman from California.
Mr. McKEON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
The gentleman from Indiana represents that great institution Notre
Dame. As I mentioned during committee consideration, I think this loan
flexibility agreement has a great deal of merit. I thank my colleague
for bringing this to our attention, and I will continue to work with
him on this proposal as we move to conference on H.R. 6.
Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the commitment of the
gentleman to do that. I appreciate the commitment of the gentleman to
students trying to get a lower rate. And I very much appreciate the
hard work of the gentleman on this bipartisan bill to try to reduce
regulations and increase flexibility.
Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

Parliamentary Inquiry

Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, at this point let me ask a parliamentary
inquiry. Is it proper for me to ask unanimous consent at this point to
vacate the rollcall vote numbered 54?
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. That is the pending request.
Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California?
There was no objection.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Without objection, the request of the
gentleman from California is granted, and the amendment is withdrawn.
There was no objection.

Sequential Votes Postponed In Committee Of The Whole

The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 411,
proceedings will now resume on those amendments on which further
proceedings were postponed in the following order:
Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. Paul of Texas;
Amendment No. 51 offered by Mr. Owens of New York;
Amendment No. 44 offered by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts.

Amendment No. 3 Offered By Mr. Paul

The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr.
Paul) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes
prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. Paul:
Page 50, line 13, at the end of paragraph (1) add the
following new sentence: ``The Secretary shall not use the
social security account numbers issued under title II of the
Social Security Act as the electronic personal identifier,
and shall not use any identifier used in any other Federal
program as the electronic personal identifier.''.

Recorded Vote

The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 112,
noes 286, not voting 34, as follows:

[Roll No. 122]

AYES--112

Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Barcia
Barr
Bartlett
Barton
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Brady
Bunning
Callahan
Camp
Cannon
Chabot
Chenoweth
Coburn
Collins
Condit
Cooksey
Crane
Crapo
Deal
DeFazio
DeLay
Doolittle
Duncan
Ehlers
Emerson
Ensign
Everett
Filner
Frank (MA)
Gephardt
Gibbons
Gillmor
Goode
Goodlatte
Hall (TX)
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Herger
Hill
Hinchey
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Hulshof
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Johnson, Sam
Kanjorski
Kasich
Kelly
Kingston
Kleczka
Kolbe
Kucinich
Largent
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Livingston
Lofgren
Lucas
Manzullo
McDermott
McIntosh
McKinney
Metcalf
Mica
Moran (KS)
Nethercutt
Ney
Nussle
Obey
Pastor
Paul
Pease
Petri
Pickering
Pombo
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Redmond
Regula
Rogan
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Scarborough
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Smith (MI)
Snowbarger
Snyder
Souder
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
White
Wicker

NOES--286

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Bachus
Baesler
Baker
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Bass
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Bono
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Bryant
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Calvert
Campbell
Canady
Capps
Cardin
Castle
Chambliss
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Coble
Combest
Conyers
Cook
Costello
Cox
Coyne
Cramer
Cummings
Cunningham
Danner
Davis (FL)
Davis (VA)
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Dreier
Dunn

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Edwards
Ehrlich
Engel
English
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Ewing
Farr
Fattah
Fawell
Fazio
Foley
Ford
Fowler
Fox
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frost
Gallegly
Ganske
Gejdenson
Gekas
Gilchrest
Gilman
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Graham
Granger
Green
Greenwood
Gutierrez
Gutknecht
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Hansen
Hastert
Hefley
Hefner
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Houghton
Hoyer
Hunter
Istook
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kim
Kind (WI)
King (NY)
Klink
Klug
Knollenberg
LaFalce
LaHood
Lampson
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McGovern
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntyre
McKeon
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Miller (FL)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Moran (VA)
Morella
Murtha
Myrick
Nadler
Neal
Northup
Norwood
Oberstar
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Oxley
Packard
Pallone
Pappas
Pascrell
Paxon
Payne
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Pickett
Pitts
Pomeroy
Porter
Poshard
Price (NC)
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Rangel
Reyes
Riggs
Riley
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rothman
Roukema
Roybal-Allard
Royce
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Saxton
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shaw
Shays
Sherman
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Smith, Adam
Solomon
Spence
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Strickland
Stupak
Talent
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Velazquez
Vento
Walsh
Watt (NC)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
Wexler
Weygand
Whitfield
Wise
Wolf
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

NOT VOTING--34

Bateman
Becerra
Blagojevich
Carson
Christensen
Clyburn
Cubin
Davis (IL)
Forbes
Fossella
Furse
Gonzalez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Kaptur
Lantos
Latham
Lowey
McNulty
Meeks (NY)
Menendez
Mollohan
Neumann
Parker
Rahall
Schaefer, Dan
Skaggs
Smith, Linda
Stokes
Tauzin
Torres
Visclosky
Waters
Waxman

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Ms. GRANGER and Messrs. EVANS, FOX of Pennsylvania, ENGEL and RIGGS
changed their vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
Messrs. FRANK of Massachusetts, BONIOR, HOBSON, NETHERCUTT, HYDE,
LEWIS of Kentucky, WATKINS, SMITH of Michigan and Ms. McKINNEY changed
their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 122, I was detained due to
inclement weather. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

Announcement by the Chairman Pro Tempore

The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Pursuant to House Resolution
411, the Chair announces that he will reduce to a minimum of 5 minutes
the period of time within which a vote by electronic device will be
taken on each amendment on which the Chair has postponed further
proceedings.

Amendment No. 51 Offered By Mr. Owens

The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on Amendment No. 44 offered by the gentleman from New
York (Mr. Owens) on which further proceedings were postponed and on
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Amendment No. 51 offered by Mr. Owens:
Page 68, after line 11, insert the following new section
(and redesignate the succeeding section accordingly):

SEC. 206. POSTSECONDARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
RECRUITMENT

(a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
(1) There are more than 200,000 to 400,000 vacancies in
various categories of information technology jobs.
(2) From 1996 to 2005, more than 1,300,000 new computer
scientists, engineers, and systems analysts will be required
in the United States to fill vacant jobs, which equals
136,800 new workers per year.
(3) Systems analysts will experience the largest job
growth, accounting for a 103 percent increase in the number
of new positions from 1996 (506,000) to 2005 (1,025,000).
(4) The shortage of information technology workers
transcends industries, affecting the manufacturing, service,
transportation, health care, education, and government
sectors. Within each sector, vacancies exist at all levels
from aides and mechanics to programmers and designers.
(5) The information technology worker shortage is having an
adverse effect on the viability of businesses in the United
States and on the Nation's competitiveness. Industry surveys
report that half of industry executives cite the lack of
workers skilled in technology as the number one obstacle to
their company's growth. An additional 20 percent of industry
executives identify the lack of information technology
workers as a major obstacle to their company's growth.
(6) A major factor affecting the short supply of
information technology workers is the mismatch between what
universities teach and what industry needs.
(7) It is in the national interest to promote special
initiatives which effectively educate and train our domestic
workforce to keep pace with these expanding job
opportunities.
(8) Institutions of higher education have the capacity and
resources to provide a role of oversight and technical
assistance to a wide range of local entities, including
community-based organizations, participating in a
comprehensive education and training program for potential
technology workers.
(9) Higher education institutions must be responsive to the
digital environment and expand both their outreach efforts
and on-campus activities to train and certify individuals to
close the information technology worker gap.
(b) Amendment.--Title II is amended by adding at the end
the following:

``PART G--INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION RECRUITMENT

``SEC. 281. PARTNERSHIPS FOR POSTSECONDARY INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION RECRUITMENT

``(a) Grants Authorized.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make grants under this
section, in accordance with competitive criteria established
by the Secretary, to institutions of higher education, in
order to establish, oversee the operation of, and provide
technical assistance to, projects described in paragraph (2).
``(2) Projects.--Projects under this section shall be
projects implemented by a community-based organization
described in subsection (b), or by the institution of higher
education receiving the grant, to provide postsecondary
information technology education and employment procurement
assistance to eligible individuals described in subsection
(c).
``(3) Restrictions.--An institution of higher education
shall be eligible to receive only one grant under this
section, but may, subject to the requirements of this
section, use the grant to enter into contracts with more than
one community-based organization. A community-based
organization shall not be eligible to enter into a contract
under this section with more than one institution of higher
education.
``(4) Period of grant.--The provision of payments under a
grant under this section shall not exceed 5 fiscal years and
shall be subject to the annual approval of the Secretary and
subject to the availability of appropriations for each fiscal
year involved.
``(b) Community-Based Organizations.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), a community-
based organization described in this subsection is an entity
that, at the time the entity enters into a contract with an
institution of higher education for a project under this
section, and throughout the duration of that contract--
``(A) is--
``(i) a governmental agency; or
``(ii) an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under
section 501(a) of such Code; and
``(B) is one of the following:
``(i) A local partnership (as defined in section 4 of the
School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994) receiving a grant
under section 302 of such Act.
``(ii) An entity organized and operated for religious
purposes.
``(iii) An entity furnishing school-age child care services
after school.
``(iv) A community-based college computer recruitment
center.
``(v) An entity furnishing adult education.
``(vi) A library.
``(vii) A museum.
``(viii) Any other entity organized and operated for
cultural, literary, or educational purposes.
``(2) Limitation.--An entity shall not be considered a
community-based organization described in this subsection
unless, at the time the entity enters into a contract with an
institution of higher education for a project under this
section, it has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the
Secretary that--

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``(A) it has the capacity successfully to recruit eligible
individuals described in subsection (c) for participation in
a project described in subsection (a), consistent with the
enrollment requirements in subsection (d)(2)(E);
``(B) it is providing an educational service, social
service, or employment procurement service; and
``(C) in the case of an entity that independently manages
its own finances, it has been in existence 2 years or more.
``(c) Eligible Individuals.--An eligible individual
described in this subsection is an individual who--
``(1) has submitted a satisfactory application to receive
postsecondary information technology education recruitment
assistance through a project under this section; and
``(2) has a certificate of graduation from a school
providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent
of such a certificate.
``(d) Duties.--
``(1) Institutions of higher education.--An institution of
higher education receiving a grant under this section shall
use the funds provided under the grant to carry out the
following duties:
``(A) Final selection of community-based organizations
described in subsection (b) desiring to provide, at one or
more sites, in accordance with a contract with the
institution of higher education and this section,
postsecondary information technology education and employment
procurement assistance to eligible individuals described in
subsection (c).
``(B) Entering into a contract with each community-based
organization selected under subparagraph (A) under which the
institution and the organization agree to carry out the
duties respectively required of them under this section with
respect to each site described in subparagraph (A).
``(C) With respect to each site described in subparagraph
(A)--
``(i) design of a process for the recruitment of students
from site to enroll in college courses or matriculate in
college programs;
``(ii) provision of such funding for the establishment and
initial operation of the site as was specified in the grant
application submitted by the institution to the Secretary;
``(iii) approval of final site selection and preparation;
``(iv) initial orientation and training of personnel
employed to manage and operate the site;
``(v) design and certification of the instructional and
academic programs, and oversight of the implementation of the
programs;
``(vi) oversight of equipment purchases and contracts for
equipment maintenance; and
``(vii) selection of an outside contractor for periodic
evaluation of the management and operation of the site.
``(2) Community-based organizations.--
``(A) In general.--A community-based organization
implementing a project under this section with an institution
of higher education, at one or more sites, shall carry out
the duties described in this paragraph, with respect to each
such site, subject to the oversight and guidance of the
institution.
``(B) General duties.--The organization--
``(i) shall undertake final site selection and preparation;
``(ii) shall recruit and hire a site director;
``(iii) shall carry out any supplementary instructional,
academic, or educational activities specified in the contract
with the institution of higher education that are not
described in subparagraph (D);
``(iv) shall assemble an advisory committee composed of
individuals residing in the community in which the site is
located, as well as industry representatives, who desire to
assist the organization in ensuring that the goals of the
organization are consistent with the goals and needs of the
community population;
``(v) shall provide to the institution other evidence of
volunteer support from among individuals residing in the
community in which the site is located and industry
representatives;
``(vi) shall recruit eligible individuals for enrollment,
subject to subparagraph (E);
``(vii) shall maintain waiting lists of eligible
individuals desiring to enroll in the project's programs;
``(C) Site requirements.--The organization shall ensure
that each site--
``(i) has a minimum of 20 fully functioning computers with
sufficient capacity to perform all of the computer operations
that are the subject of the curriculum specified in
subparagraph (D);
``(ii) in addition to the space for the computers described
in clause (i), has--

``(I) a classroom space with the capacity for seating a
minimum of 30 students;
``(II) a separate office for the site director;

``(iii) is real property subject to the control of the
organization or the institution, through a lease or other
legal instrument, for a period of not less than 5 years;
``(iv) is open to enrolled individuals not less than 12
hours per day; and
``(v) is located within walking distance of public
transportation.
``(D) Information technology curriculum.--
``(i) In general.--The organization shall ensure that each
site offers enrollees a curriculum that includes a broad
range of course work in information technology.
``(ii) Courses leading to certification.--Such curriculum
shall include course work leading to a certification of
competence in areas of information technology recognized by
the National Skill Standards Board established under the
National Skill Standards Act of 1994.
``(iii) Specific courses.--The computer training offered
shall include courses in basic computer competence, on-the-
job upgrade assistance, and advanced computer competence.
``(E) Enrollment requirements.--The organization shall
ensure that its enrollment of eligible individuals at each
site is consistent with the following:
``(i) Not less than 50 percent of the eligible individuals
shall be, at the time of enrollment, individuals--

``(I) to whom a credit was allowed under section 32 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the preceding taxable year;
``(II) who are recipients of assistance under a State
program funded under part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act;
``(III) who are a member of a household participating in
the food stamp program; or
``(IV) who are considered low-income pursuant to
regulations promulgated by the Secretary under this section.

``(ii) Not less than 50 percent of the eligible individuals
shall be, at the time of enrollment, under 25 years of age.
``(iii) No prerequisite relating to net worth, income, or
assets may be applied to any eligible individual who, at the
time of enrollment, is over 50 years of age, except that this
requirement shall not be construed to supersede clause (i).
``(e) Implementation of Projects Solely by Institutions.--
The Secretary may make a grant under this section to an
institution of higher education that desires to implement a
project under this section without the participation of a
community-based organization described in subsection (b), if
the institution agrees to carry out all of the duties
required of such an organization under this section, in
addition to the duties otherwise required of an institution
of higher education. The Secretary shall, in awarding grants
under this section, give priority to institutions of higher
education whose grant application includes an assurance that
the institution will contract with one or more community-
based organizations in accordance with this section.
``(f) Applications.--To apply for a grant under this
section for any fiscal year, an institution of higher
education shall submit an application to the Secretary in
accordance with the procedures established by the Secretary.
The application shall specify the institution's preliminary
selections for the community-based organizations (if any)
with which the institution proposes to contract, and shall
include information with respect to preliminary site
selections.
``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years.
``(h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
``(1) Adult education.--The term `adult education' has the
meaning given such term in section 312 of the Adult Education
Act.
``(2) Community-based college computer recruitment
center.--The term `community-based computer center' means a
computer center--
``(A) funded by both the Federal Government and at least
one private sector entity;
``(B) located in a low-income community (as determined by
the Secretary); and
``(C) organized and operated for the purpose of providing
families with access to computer resources that otherwise
would not be available to them.
``(3) Food stamp program.--The term `food stamp program'
has the meaning given such term in section 3(h) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977.
``(4) Library.--The term `library' has the meaning given
such term in section 213 of the Library Services and
Technology Act.
``(5) Museum.--The term `museum' has the meaning given such
term in section 272 of the Museum and Library Services
Act.''.

Mr. OWENS. Mr. Chairman in view of the fact that this amendment was
debated some time ago, I ask unanimous consent to speak for 5 minutes
to explain the amendment before the vote takes place.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from New York?
Mr. CANADY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I object.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Objection is heard.

Recorded Vote

The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. A recorded vote has been demanded.
A recorded vote was ordered.
The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 172,
noes 234, not voting 26, as follows:

[Roll No. 123]

AYES--172

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boucher
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Campbell
Capps
Cardin
Clay
Clayton
Clement

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Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Crapo
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Dicks
Dingell
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Ford
Frank (MA)
Frost
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lofgren
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McIntyre
McKinney
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Morella
Nadler
Neal
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pelosi
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Rangel
Reyes
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shays
Sherman
Slaughter
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Strickland
Stupak
Tauscher
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Velazquez
Vento
Waters
Watt (NC)
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates

NOES--234

Aderholt
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bereuter
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bliley
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Boswell
Boyd
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Cannon
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chenoweth
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Condit
Cook
Cooksey
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Diaz-Balart
Dickey
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Edwards
Ehlers
Ehrlich
Emerson
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Fowler
Fox
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Goode
Goodlatte
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kasich
Kelly
Kim
King (NY)
Kingston
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lazio
Leach
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moran (KS)
Murtha
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Nussle
Oxley
Packard
Pappas
Paul
Paxon
Pease
Peterson (MN)
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pickett
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Ramstad
Redmond
Regula
Riggs
Riley
Rogan
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Roukema
Royce
Ryun
Sabo
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Shimkus
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stenholm
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Tanner
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Traficant
Turner
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Watkins
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

NOT VOTING--26

Bateman
Carson
Christensen
Clyburn
Davis (IL)
Forbes
Fossella
Furse
Gonzalez
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Kaptur
Lantos
Lowey
McNulty
Meeks (NY)
Neumann
Parker
Rahall
Schaefer, Dan
Skaggs
Smith, Linda
Stokes
Tauzin
Visclosky
Waxman

{time} 1742

Messrs. JOHN, MORAN of Kansas and HOBSON changed their vote from
``aye'' to ``no.''
Mr. SHAYS and Ms. SANCHEZ changed their vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
So the amendment was rejected.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

personal explanation

Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 123, I was detained due to
inclement weather. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''

Amendment No. 44 Offered By Mr. McGovern

The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The unfinished business is the demand for a
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern) on which further proceedings were
postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
The text of the amendment is as follows:

Amendment No. 44 offered by Mr. McGovern:
Page 96, after line 7, insert the following new subsection
(and redesignate the succeeding subsections accordingly):
(f) Pell Grant Incentives.--Subpart 1 of part A of title IV
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting
after section 401 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) the following new
section:

SEC. 401A. PELL GRANT INCENTIVES.

``(a) Program Authority.--From the amounts appropriated
pursuant to subsection (d), the Secretary shall establish a
program to increase the Pell grant awards under section 401
during their first two academic years of undergraduate
education to students who graduate after May 1, 1998, in the
top 10 percent of their high school graduating class.
``(b) Amount of Increase.--The additional amount of Pell
grant that shall be awarded under this section to any student
who qualifies under this section shall be an amount equal to
the amount for which the student is eligible under section
401 (determined without regard to the provisions of this
section), except that if the amount appropriated pursuant to
subsection (d) is less than the amount required to award such
additional amounts to all such students, the additional
amount awarded to each such student under this section shall
be ratably reduced.
``(c) Determinations of Eligibility.--
``(1) Procedures established by regulation.--The Secretary
shall establish by regulation procedures for the
determination of eligibility of students for increased Pell
grant awards under this section. Such procedures shall
include measures to prevent any secondary school from
certifying more than 10 percent of its students for
eligibility under this section.
``(2) Coordination with need analysis.--In prescribing
procedures under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure
that the determination of eligibility and the amount of the
increase in the Pell grant award is determined in a timely
manner consistent with the requirements of section 482 and
the submission of the financial aid form required by section
483. For such purposes, the Secretary may provide that, for
the first of a student's two academic years of eligibility
under this section, class rank may be determined prior to
graduation, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary
may specify in the regulations prescribed under this
subsection.
``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to award increased Pell grants
under this section $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal
years.''

Recorded Vote

[Roll No. 124]

AYES--220

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Allen
Andrews
Baesler
Baldacci
Barcia
Barrett (WI)
Bass
Becerra
Bentsen
Berman
Berry
Bilbray
Bishop
Blagojevich
Bliley
Blumenauer
Bonior
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
Brown (CA)
Brown (FL)
Brown (OH)
Buyer
Campbell
Capps
Cardin
Chenoweth
Clay
Clayton
Clement
Condit
Conyers
Costello
Coyne
Cramer
Crapo
Cummings
Danner
Davis (FL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dixon
Doggett
Dooley
Doyle
Edwards
Emerson
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Evans
Farr
Fattah
Fazio
Filner
Ford
Fox
Frank (MA)
Frost
Gejdenson
Gephardt
Gilchrest
Goode
Goodlatte
Gordon
Green
Gutierrez
Hall (OH)
Hamilton
Hefner
Hilliard
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Holden
Hooley
Horn
Hoyer
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
John
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (WI)
Johnson, E. B.
Kanjorski
Kennedy (MA)
Kennedy (RI)
Kennelly
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind (WI)
King (NY)
Kleczka
Klink
Kucinich
LaFalce
Lampson

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Lazio
Leach
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
LoBiondo
Lofgren
Luther
Maloney (CT)
Maloney (NY)
Manton
Markey
Martinez
Mascara
Matsui
McCarthy (MO)
McCarthy (NY)
McDermott
McGovern
McHale
McIntyre
McKinney
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Menendez
Millender-McDonald
Miller (CA)
Minge
Mink
Moakley
Mollohan
Moran (VA)
Morella
Murtha
Nadler
Neal
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pappas
Pascrell
Pastor
Payne
Pease
Pelosi
Peterson (MN)
Pickett
Pomeroy
Poshard
Price (NC)
Ramstad
Rangel
Redmond
Reyes
Riley
Rivers
Rodriguez
Roemer
Rogan
Ros-Lehtinen
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Sabo
Sanchez
Sanders
Sandlin
Sawyer
Schumer
Scott
Serrano
Shays
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (NJ)
Smith, Adam
Snyder
Spratt
Stabenow
Stark
Stenholm
Strickland
Stupak
Tanner
Tauscher
Taylor (MS)
Thompson
Thurman
Tierney
Torres
Towns
Traficant
Turner
Velazquez
Vento
Waters
Watkins
Watt (NC)
Watts (OK)
Waxman
Wexler
Weygand
Wise
Woolsey
Wynn
Yates

NOES--187

Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baker
Ballenger
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Bartlett
Barton
Bereuter
Bilirakis
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bono
Brady
Bryant
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Canady
Cannon
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Coble
Coburn
Collins
Combest
Cook
Cooksey
Cox
Crane
Cubin
Cunningham
Davis (VA)
Deal
DeLay
Dickey
Dingell
Doolittle
Dreier
Duncan
Dunn
Ehlers
Ehrlich
English
Ensign
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Foley
Fowler
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gibbons
Gillmor
Gilman
Goodling
Goss
Graham
Granger
Greenwood
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayworth
Hefley
Herger
Hill
Hilleary
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hostettler
Houghton
Hulshof
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jenkins
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kasich
Kelly
Kim
Kingston
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Linder
Livingston
Lucas
Manzullo
McCollum
McCrery
McDade
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
Metcalf
Mica
Miller (FL)
Moran (KS)
Myrick
Nethercutt
Ney
Northup
Norwood
Oxley
Packard
Paul
Paxon
Peterson (PA)
Petri
Pickering
Pitts
Pombo
Porter
Portman
Pryce (OH)
Quinn
Radanovich
Regula
Riggs
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Roukema
Royce
Ryun
Salmon
Sanford
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaffer, Bob
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shaw
Sherman
Shimkus
Shuster
Smith (MI)
Smith (OR)
Smith (TX)
Snowbarger
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Stearns
Stump
Sununu
Talent
Taylor (NC)
Thomas
Thornberry
Thune
Tiahrt
Upton
Walsh
Wamp
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

NOT VOTING--25

{time} 1751

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

personal explanation

Mr. FORBES. Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 124, I was detained due to
inclement weather. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.''
Mr. McKEON. 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.
Gutknecht), having assumed the chair, Mr. LaHood, Chairman pro tempore
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. 6),
to extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act
of 1965, and for other purposes, had come to no resolution thereon.

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