[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 22, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H4698-H4708]
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                              PATRIOT ACT

  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the 
Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 210 and ask for its 
immediate resolution.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 210

       Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 
     XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 659) to authorize appropriations for the 
     protection of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields in 
     Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park Service to conduct 
     a special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine 
     Battlefields, to authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the 
     American Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park, 
     and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 
     be dispensed with. General debate shall be confined to the 
     bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
     controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
     Committee on Resources. After general debate the bill shall 
     be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. It 
     shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 
     purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment 
     in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
     Resources now printed in the bill. The committee amendment in 
     the nature of a substitute shall be considered by title 
     rather than by section. Each title shall be considered as 
     read. During consideration of the bill for amendment, the 
     chairman of the Committee of the Whole may accord priority in 
     recognition on the basis of whether the Member offering an 
     amendment has caused it to be printed in the portion of the 
     Congressional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 
     of rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered as 
     read. The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may: (1) 
     postpone until a time during further consideration in the 
     Committee of the Whole a request for a recorded vote on any 
     amendment; and (2) reduce to five minutes the minimum time 
     for electronic voting on any postponed question that follows 
     another electronic vote without intervening business, 
     provided that the minimum time for electronic voting on the 
     first in any series of questions shall be 15 minutes. At the 
     conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
     Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with 
     such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may 
     demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 
     in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the committee 
     amendment in the nature of a substitute. The previous 
     question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 
     amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 
     motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
     instructions.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) 
is recognized for 1 hour.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only, 
I yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. Hall), pending which I yield myself such time as I may 
consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is 
for the purpose of debate only.
  (Mr. HASTINGS of Washington asked and was given permission to revise 
and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, before proceeding, I would 
like to take a minute to add my personal congratulations to those that 
have been extended from all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle on 
the tremendous honor that was recently bestowed on our colleague the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall). The Nobel Peace Prize, for which the 
gentleman from Ohio has been nominated, is among the most extraordinary 
measures of individual achievement that can be accorded to any man or 
woman from any country anywhere in the world.
  The gentleman's deep commitment to fight hunger throughout the world 
is well known to all of us here in the House, so I will not belabor 
that point. But clearly, this is a Member of Congress whose tireless 
efforts reach far beyond the walls of this building, indeed far beyond 
the borders of this country. Literally countless numbers of the world's 
neediest people have benefited from the often lonely and frequently 
tireless efforts of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall).
  It is not my intention to embarrass my colleague, Mr. Speaker, but 
simply to take a moment and give credit where credit is due, which has 
also been done in a very deserving way, as evidenced by the nomination 
of this prestigious honor.
  Mr. Speaker, H. Res. 210 would grant H.R. 659, the PATRIOT Act, an 
open rule providing 1 hour of general debate divided equally between 
the chairman and the ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Resources. The rule makes in order as an original bill for the purpose 
of amendment, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Resources now printed in the bill. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute be considered 
for amendment by title.
  Mr. Speaker, the rule authorizes the Chair to accord priority in 
recognition to Members who have preprinted their amendments in the 
Congressional Record. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of 
the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill and to 
reduce voting time to 5 minutes on any postponed question if the vote 
follows a 15-minute vote.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, the rule provides one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions.
  H.R. 659 is a relatively noncontroversial measure reported out of the 
Committee on Resources on April 28 by a

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voice vote. The bill would authorize a total of $4.25 million for the 
Federal Government to acquire land necessary to protect the Paoli and 
Brandywine Battlefields in Pennsylvania. The bill authorizes the Valley 
Forge Historical Society, in agreement with the Secretary of the 
Interior, to construct the Valley Forge Museum of the American 
Revolution at Valley Forge National Historic Park in Pennsylvania. Once 
construction of the museum is complete, the bill requires all titles 
and interests be transferred to the Federal Government with the 
understanding that the Valley Forge Historical Society will continue to 
operate the museum.
  The battles of Paoli and Brandywine took place in September of 1777 
and were significant in the outcome of the American Revolution. The 
Battle of Brandywine was the largest land battle of the Revolution, and 
it was following these two battles that colonial troops, led by General 
George Washington, made their legendary camp at Valley Forge for the 
winter of 1777 and 1778.
  Finally, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that enactment of 
H.R. 659 will cost the Federal Government about $5 million over the 
next 5 years. Because the bill does not affect direct spending, pay-as-
you-go procedures do not apply.
  As I have already mentioned, Mr. Speaker, this legislation was 
reported without dissent by the Committee on Resources. Accordingly, 
the Committee on Rules is pleased to recommend an open rule for 
consideration of the bill, and I encourage my colleagues to support 
this resolution and the underlying bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume, and I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time and for 
his very kind words relative to the nomination. It was very nice of him 
to say that, and it is very encouraging to hear those kind of words on 
the floor of the House. So I thank him very much.
  This is an open rule. It will allow for fair and full debate on H.R. 
659, which is a bill to protect two American Revolutionary War 
battlefields. It also permits the construction of the Valley Forge 
Museum of the American Revolution within the Valley Forge's National 
Historic Park.
  As my colleague from Washington described, this rule provides 1 hour 
of general debate to be equally divided and controlled by the chairman 
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Resources. The rule 
also permits amendments under the 5-minute rule, which is the normal 
amending process in the House. All Members on both sides of the aisle 
will have the opportunity to offer germane amendments.
  Mr. Speaker, the American Revolutionary War is one of probably 
perhaps the most important events in the history of our Nation, and it 
is therefore appropriate that we preserve the battlefields associated 
with the war and to make them available to the public. This bill would 
help protect the Brandywine and the Paoli Battlefields not far from 
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The battles here were an important part of 
our fight for independence.
  This is a bipartisan bill, it has support on both sides of the aisle, 
it is an open rule, and I support the bill and the rule.
  Again, I want to thank the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) 
for his very kind words.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 5 
minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) in whose 
district at least one of these battlefields are located.
  (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to revise 
and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend and 
colleague for his cooperation and for the support of both the minority 
and the majority sides on the rule.
  I want to add my comments to those in praise of the gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. Hall). During the 13 years I have been in Congress, we come 
to respect certain people; and I can tell my colleagues, there is no 
Member I hold in higher regard than the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) 
for his untiring effort on behalf of people all over the world and the 
problems associated with hunger.
  So let us just hope for the best. We are solidly behind him in this 
body, and I think he represents an example for this entire country in 
terms of the kind of qualities we want in our elected officials. So, 
again, congratulations for being nominated.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. It is bipartisan. 
It is non-controversial. I rise under the rule because I do not want to 
discuss the details but rather to extend to my colleagues the 
significant amount of effort that was put forth by the Democrats and 
Republicans to find a solution to the potential development of one of 
the last remaining sites of the Revolutionary War.
  The site that we are talking about in Paoli is directly adjacent to a 
site where 53 patriots were killed. They were slaughtered by the 
British. In fact, in such a terrible way that this battle became a 
rallying cry, for our soldiers for the rest of the Revolutionary War, 
the battle cry became ``Remember Paoli'' because of the way the British 
used bayonets to basically tear apart young Americans, Americans who 
were 19, 20, 21, and 22 years old.
  If we do not protect this site, and this is not being done as a way 
to add to the Federal park land, this is being done locally and every 
dollar of money that we appropriate is being matched dollar for dollar 
by the local folks. In fact, in the case of Paoli, all but $100,000 of 
the $1.25 million has already been raised. The State has kicked in 
money; the County has. And the local folks, school kids, who have 
kicked in thousands of pennies in their ``Pennies for Paoli'' campaign, 
to other interested citizens who have made this a massive effort to 
protect one of America's real treasures.
  In fact, last July 4, ``Good Morning America'' did a Focus for 
Independence Day, and that focus feature was on the Paoli Battlefield 
and how important it was for America to protect this site.
  So I am saying to my colleagues, as we go into this open rule, please 
consider carefully amendments. We have the full support of the 
administration in this effort. It was very carefully crafted to make 
sure the Park Service would agree. There is nothing being done here to 
take land that will be acquired other than in a voluntary way. The 
money is being matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
  It also sets up a process to do the same type of acquisition for the 
Brandywine Battlefield and also allows for the Park Service to look at 
a study on the possible cooperation between the Valley Forge Historical 
Society for a new museum. It is a non-controversial bill. It is one 
that is in the best interest of America. It protects sites that 
otherwise may be consumed by developers.
  The current owners of the 40-some-acre Paoli site, the Malvern 
Preparatory School, have said, if we do not move in the Congress, they 
are going to put it up for open sale. The estimates are that it could 
generate tens of millions of dollars for private development. However, 
they have offered that if the Federal Government takes the initiative 
to support the local folks, they will guarantee the sale price at $2.5 
million. That means that the $1.25 million that has been committed to 
by the local folks will be matched by $1.25 million from the Federal 
Government.
  The land would actually be owned by the Borough of Malvern. In the 
case of Brandywine, it will be owned either by the Brandywine 
Conservancy or by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. So we are not 
adding to the size of our Park Service.
  We also call for a study by the Park Service to look at how the 
interpretation of Paoli and Brandywine can be better coordinated with 
Valley Forge. Because these two battles, the Paoli massacre and the 
Battle of Brandywine, were key parts of the struggle that led to our 
historic encampment at Valley Forge and the major battle to protect our 
capitol at Philadelphia when the British were making the move to take 
over Philadelphia and to take over control of this country.
  So these are very important sites. This bill is a very important 
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would ask my colleagues during the debate on the bill to please keep in 
mind that the administration is solidly behind this and any amendments 
that have not been supported by the administration could well doom this 
bill to defeat. So I ask them to please consider that as they look to 
possibly offer amendments as we get to the bill itself.
  I want to thank my colleagues and the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Hoeffel) who has been very supportive for the minority side for 
his outstanding work as a leader from the region and again the 
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) for his outstanding work and the 
gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young). And really all the members of the 
Committee on Resources have been so helpful in this process.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman 
from Ohio (Mr. Traficant).
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to join forces with the 
gentleman from Washington (Mr. Hastings) about his kind words of the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) our distinguished member of the 
Committee on Rules.
  The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) has endured a lot of personal 
sacrifice and tragedy over the last years. But even during that time, 
there has never been a more outspoken and more active advocate to 
relieve hunger in the world. He has done a marvelous job, and we 
appreciate what he has done.
  Now, I support the rule, and I am going to support the bill. I have a 
little amendment, I say to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Weldon), that says that all these historic landmarks of Pennsylvania be 
moved to Ohio and all the funds go to the 17th District of Ohio.
  No, it does not really do that. It is just a little amendment that 
says whatever funds we give and they create a museum or anything, it is 
just the sense of the Congress. Because just today, another 350 jobs in 
Franklin, West Virginia, are going overseas.
  The Traficant amendment says they are not compelled to but to 
consider expending the dollars on American-made goods. I know that the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) will not oppose that.
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend and 
colleague for yielding, who does such a fantastic job in this body and 
knows that I support, I think, almost everything that he stands for and 
speaks to. We have a great working relationship.
  As my colleague knows, the money that we are talking about is going 
to actually buy land, which obviously will be American land. But I 
appreciate the efforts of the gentleman in constantly reaffirming to 
the American people that we are using their tax dollars to always buy 
American products.
  I would not object to the amendment of the gentleman. Of course, I 
would have to defer to our leader because he is actually controlling 
the movement in this piece of legislation.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, society, though, will 
in fact build a museum. And, hopefully, the museum will consider this 
little, innocent amendment.
  Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for time, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of 
my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution.
  The previous question was ordered.
  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 210 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 659.

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                     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 consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 659) to authorize appropriations for the protection of Paoli and 
Brandywine Battlefields in Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park 
Service to conduct a special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine 
Battlefields, to authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American 
Revolution at Valley Forge National Historical Park, and for other 
purposes, with Mr. LaHood in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as having 
been read the first time.
  Under the rule, the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) and the 
gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr. Romero-Barcelo) each will control 30 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen).
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 659 introduced by my 
colleague the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon).
  H.R. 659, the Protect America's Treasures of the Revolution for 
Independence of Our Tomorrow Act of 1999, otherwise known as the 
PATRIOT Act, is a very important bill that is necessary to protect two 
significant battlefields of the Revolutionary War and begin the process 
of developing a much needed new visitor center at Valley Forge National 
Historical Park.
  This bill would authorize appropriations for the protection of the 
Paoli and Brandywine Battlefield in Pennsylvania. Appropriations for 
these battlefields must be matched dollar by dollar by non-Federal 
sources.
  H.R. 659 also directs the National Park Service to conduct a special 
resource study of both the Paoli and Brandywine Battlefield to see if 
they warrant inclusion into the National Park System.
  This bill also authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
an agreement with the Valley Forge Historical Society to construct and 
operate a museum within the boundaries of the Valley Forge National 
Historical Park. The construction of this facility is needed in order 
to accommodate the many visitors to Valley Forge.
  After the museum has been built, all right, title, and interest would 
be conveyed to the Federal Government. However, the Society would 
continue to operate.
  Mr. Chairman, this is a good piece of legislation. It has bipartisan 
support and is supported by the National Park Service. I urge all my 
colleagues to support H.R. 659.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, H.R. 659 is a comprehensive measure that provides 
assistance for the preservation of two Revolutionary War battlefields 
in Pennsylvania. In addition, the bill authorizes the public-private 
partnership agreement for the construction of a museum on Federal land 
within Valley Forge National Historical Park.
  Title I of H.R. 659, as amended, authorizes the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide up to $1.25 million to assist in the protection and 
preservation of the area known as the Paoli Battlefield. It also 
authorizes up to $3 million to assist in the protection and 
preservation of an area known as the Meeting House Corridor, part of 
the Brandywine Battlefield.
  In both instances, the funds provided are for land acquisition and 
all funds provided by the Secretary are to be matched dollar for dollar 
by non-Federal sources.
  The Secretary is also authorized to provide technical assistance and 
to enter into cooperative agreements to provide for ownership and 
management of the battlefield by the non-Federal partners.
  Title I further authorizes a special resource study of the two 
battlefields.
  Title II of H.R. 659 deals with a Valley Forge National Historical 
Park, which is so ably represented by the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Hoeffel). The bill authorizes the Secretary to enter into an 
agreement under appropriate terms and conditions with the Valley Forge 
Historical Society to construct the Valley Forge Museum of the American 
Revolution on park property. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Hoeffel) has been a strong supporter of this provision of the bill, and 
for that he is to be commended.
  Unlike some other proposals for public-private partnerships regarding 
park visitor centers, this proposal has been

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developed in a non-controversial manner.
  The Committee on Resources adopted an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute for H.R. 659 that clarified several items in the bill and 
provided some additional safeguards regarding the development of a 
cooperative agreement for a museum at Valley Forge National Historical 
Park. With these changes, we support this legislation and ask our 
colleagues to vote for it.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask for unanimous consent to have the balance of my 
time be controlled by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel).
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Puerto Rico?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) the sponsor of this piece of 
legislation.
  (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to revise 
and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, first of all, I want to 
thank my good friend the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) for yielding 
me the time. He has just been unbelievable in supporting this effort, 
which has involved well over a year. And without his support as the 
subcommittee chairman, we would not here today. And without the support 
of the full committee chairman the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), 
we would not be here today. They have just been tireless in their 
support of our effort to preserve these sites before they would be 
developed.
  I also want to add my thanks to the ranking member, the gentleman 
from Puerto Rico (Mr. Romero-Barcelo). He has been fantastic. I do not 
know whether he has left the floor or not. He is an outstanding 
individual and an outstanding leader. He sat through a hearing in which 
we had over 100 school children from all over Pennsylvania come in. 
Many of them had helped inspire thousands of letters that were written 
to Members of Congress in both parties asking us to remember the 
patriots that are being honored today with this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, we know the names George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, 
and Ben Franklin. We know their names because they have been recognized 
as great patriots who fought in the struggle for our Nation to receive 
its independence. We visit their historical sites at Monticello and 
Mount Vernon and Franklin Court to learn more about these great people. 
But today I ask my colleagues, do we know the names John Wilson, 
William MaGee, or Charles Temple? I think not, Mr. Chairman, because 
these are the names of over 50 patriots who were slaughtered in the 
Paoli massacre.

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  These were young Americans. They were Americans who were 18, 19, 20 
and 21 years of age, who only knew they were struggling to have freedom 
and independence from the tyranny of Great Britain. These patriots laid 
down their lives. In fact, Mr. Chairman, it was on the evening of 
September 20, 1777, that the British troops were moving on our National 
Capital at Philadelphia. There had been an unsuccessful battle at 
Brandywine. There had been another unsuccessful battle at the Battle of 
the Clouds. They were about ready to have a surprise attack on the 
British. But unfortunately, the British troops found out about it. The 
leader of the British troops decided that they would not use their 
weapons, their guns, but rather they were told not to have any weapons 
fired, but to let the American patriots fire, so the British could move 
on them in the dark of the night and only use their bayonets.
  They did that, Mr. Chairman. The British used their bayonets in ways 
that we cannot describe and history could never convey to us in real 
terms. They slaughtered young Americans. They slaughtered them in such 
a terrible way that when the light of day came on September the 21st 
and people saw the remains of these young Americans, it was no longer 
called the Battle of Paoli. It was referred to as the Paoli Massacre.
  Now, at that point in time, we were not doing well in our Revolution. 
In fact, the morale of our troops was at risk. We all know the stories 
of the encampment at Valley Forge only a few miles away from Paoli. But 
this battle and the slaughter of our troops inspired our troops. The 
rallying cry for the rest of the war was, remember Paoli, and remember 
those patriots who were torn apart by the bayonets of the British.
  Mr. Chairman, that battle was a turning point in our struggle for 
independence. It was a turning point that allowed us to turn back the 
British and ultimately allowed us to prevail. Today, Mr. Chairman, that 
holy ground, that sacred ground, is being challenged. The owners of 
that piece of property, the Malvern Preparatory School, no longer need 
the land. The land is in the same condition it was over 200 years ago. 
Nothing has changed. They are saying they are going to have to sell it. 
Now, if they sell this on the open market, which they have projected 
they would do later this year if we do not take action, that land will 
bring tens of millions of dollars because it is along the Main Line 
that runs out of Philadelphia, a very wealthy and a very high-priced 
area. But the school has said that if someone comes up and offers to 
maintain this property as a public property for the people of America 
to celebrate one of the most sacred sites in our history, that they 
will sell it for $2.5 million.
  So what happened over 2 years ago was the folks in Chester County and 
southeastern Pennsylvania got together and they formed the Paoli 
Preservation Fund. They have raised all but $100,000 that is necessary 
of the local match. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania approved a 
$500,000 allocation. Chester County put money in. Schoolchildren raised 
thousands of dollars through their Pennies for the Paoli Campaign. 
Today, Mr. Chairman, as we are about to pass, hopefully, this bill with 
bipartisan support, all this will do is allow that money to be matched 
on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
  Now, for those who are concerned that there might be some precedent 
here, that perhaps we are adding to our National Park land, that is not 
the case. The Borough of Malvern has agreed to be responsible for all 
operational funds for this site. There is no requirement for Federal 
dollars to be put in to police the site. The site will not be owned by 
the Federal Government. It will be maintained in its current status, 
and the same thing applies to the Battle of Brandywine, which the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Pitts) has been in the forefront here 
since he came to this body several years ago. That battlefield also 
straddles our congressional districts and is another important site 
that we must not lose to development.
  Mr. Chairman, the final portion of this bill deals with an effort 
that all the major private collectors of Revolutionary War artifacts 
have agreed that they would work together with the Valley Forge 
Historical Society, one of the oldest historical societies in America, 
a nonprofit organization that currently has a huge collection of 
Revolutionary War artifacts. They have agreed that if we move forward, 
and the Park Service can come to terms with them, that they will fund 
with private dollars, yet controlled by the nonprofit Valley Forge 
Historical Society, a new museum that they estimate will be in the $30 
to $40 million range. The museum will not be owned by a private 
citizen. It will be owned by the historical society, one of the oldest 
in America, and it will include all of the artifacts given to the 
historical society by the major collectors of these artifacts 
nationwide.
  This is a good piece of legislation, Mr. Chairman. As I said before, 
schoolchildren have seen this as a way to impact our democracy. In 
fact, the children from a number of schools have traveled to this 
Capital, attended congressional hearings, and several of them actually 
spoke at that hearing. From Exton Elementary School, East Goshen 
Elementary School, the K.D. Markley School, the Sugartown Elementary 
School and many of the students at Malvern have come out and said this 
is something that America needs to do.
  As I mentioned during the debate on the rule, ``Good Morning 
America'' last July 4 used this story about Paoli as their national 
focus piece as we celebrated the independence of America. Is it not 
fitting that if we pass this bill today, on this July 4, ``Good Morning

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 America'' can come back and thank Members of both parties for their 
foresight and for their leadership in allowing this bill to move 
forward.
  Mr. Chairman, I would be remiss if I did not mention one individual 
who has been a tireless advocate for this effort. While I am standing 
here as the original author of this bill, the credit for this goes to 
another great patriot, another great American, Pat McGuigan. It has 
been due to Pat McGuigan's diligence that we are here today, because 
Pat has committed his life to service on behalf of our country. He 
served in the military for, I believe, 31 years, from 1951 to 1982. He 
had assignments in Korea, Japan, South Vietnam, West Germany, Italy and 
the United States. He received during his service nearly two dozen 
awards and decorations. He retired from active duty as a command 
sergeant major and returned to service at the Valley Forge Military 
Academy, which is right near each of these sites. He served as a 
special assistant to the superintendent, a department head, and an 
instructor. He spent his time training young men for a future in 
service to their country. As many of us probably know, General 
Schwarzkopf is one of the famous graduates of Valley Forge. In 1991 
until just recently, Pat continued his service to his community as 
manager of Malvern Borough. He dedicated the last 5 years to saving 
this land.
  I ask our colleagues to join with us in a bipartisan effort in 
remembering the great patriots of this country, those who fought for 
our independence. I want to say to Pat McGuigan, you are an example of 
a modern-day patriot, as is the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Hall) for his 
service to our country and to our people.
  I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel) for his 
cooperation and leadership. I see the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. 
Andrews) on the floor who has been a tireless advocate, and an original 
cosponsor of this, the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen), the gentleman 
from Alaska (Mr. Young), the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Pitts) 
and everyone else who has helped make this bill today become a reality.
  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 
I would like to start by thanking the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) 
and the gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr. Romero-Barcelo) for their 
leadership on this important legislation. I particularly want to 
compliment the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) for an 
extraordinary effort to bring this matter forward, for his kindness in 
reaching out to me as soon as I took office in a bipartisan fashion to 
work together on this bill, and to compliment him on the best 
congressional hearing I have ever attended, that he put together with 
schoolchildren from Malvern, that the gentleman from Utah presided over 
and the gentleman from Puerto Rico. It was a great day, a great day for 
schoolchildren to be involved in celebrating American revolutionary 
history, and now we are seeing the fruits of the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania's efforts here on the floor.
  I also want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Pitts) for 
his cooperation and efforts on that day as well.
  The PATRIOT Act, which is before us, is a very good piece of 
legislation. It would authorize $1.25 million for the purchase of the 
Paoli Battlefield. It would authorize $3 million for the purchase of 
the Brandywine Battlefield. It would authorize the National Park 
Service to work together to plan an aggressive and effective 
interpretation of those battlefields for the benefit of American 
citizens. And it would authorize the National Park Service to enter 
into a joint agreement, a private-public partnership, with the Valley 
Forge Historical Society to build a new visitors center at the Valley 
Forge National Historical Park to be run by the Park Service and a 
Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution to be run by the 
historical society, hopefully under one roof, in a way that would make 
the best possible experience for visitors to Valley Forge, with a new, 
up-to-date visitors center run by the Park Service and what will be an 
outstanding Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution run by the 
Historical Society of Valley Forge.
  The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) has set forth very 
effectively the importance of what we are trying to save. The land that 
was involved in both the Brandywine Battlefield and the Paoli Massacre 
is truly land that was the beginning of the American revolutionary 
fight for freedom. It is true that the American forces lost at 
Brandywine. They were overrun by the British, although they did buy 
additional time to protect the city of Philadelphia a little while 
longer from the British invasion. And it is true that at Paoli, 
Americans were massacred at night and it truly was another disastrous 
defeat for America. But in those two military operations was forged the 
beginning of a winning spirit. Several months later, the American army 
under the leadership of General Washington retired for the winter to 
Valley Forge. We are all familiar with the history of the Valley Forge 
encampment. As far as I am concerned, that is where the American 
Revolution was truly won. No shots were fired. But because of the 
American army that arrived there tired and hungry and ill-clothed and 
ill-trained and ill-equipped emerged 6 months later, after the support 
of French military officers and Prussian military officers with the 
tremendous leadership of George Washington and American officers, the 
American forces emerged from Valley Forge in June of 1778 as an 
effective fighting force that went on to win our independence.
  So we are memorializing here and saving and preserving the two 
battlefields that led to the encampment at Valley Forge, and we are 
offering an opportunity to give a far more impressive experience at 
Valley Forge with a new, revamped visitors center and a greatly 
improved opportunity for historical artifacts to be presented through a 
Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution. We will offer better 
education for the valor and the determination and the courage and the 
resolve that Americans showed at both those battle sites and for the 6 
months where they survived a bitter winter at Valley Forge and emerged 
as an effective fighting army. We will preserve those battlefields so 
that future generations can appreciate the sacrifices that were made 
there. And the Park Service will be asked to interpret those 
battlefields and come up with a plan that is a meaningful description 
of the history and importance of those sites for the benefit of all 
Americans that visit.
  The museum that is proposed at Valley Forge is desperately needed. 
The Valley Forge Historical Society was founded in 1918. They have a 
museum in the park now. It is not adequate. It does not have the space 
needed. It does not have the climate control to safely store all of the 
artifacts that they possess. And as the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Weldon) has pointed out, additional artifacts are available for a 
new museum if a proper museum is built. It is a very exciting 
opportunity that the historical society and its President, Jean-Pierre 
Bouvel, have presented to the Park Service, a public-private 
partnership that will really make a difference and provide an excellent 
opportunity under one roof for a new visitors center and a new museum.
  I urge all my colleagues to support this project. It will be a 
remarkable preservation, not just of open space but of historical open 
space that is fundamental to our national history and a remarkable 
partnership with the private sector through the Valley Forge Historical 
Society to better present the history of the American Revolution to all 
Americans.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Pitts).
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Chairman, first I want to applaud the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) for introducing this legislation and for the 
leadership in protecting Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields and thank 
the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) for his support and leadership.
  Preserving America's historic treasures is essential if we as a 
Nation are to remember our past and our rich cultural heritage. It is 
particularly important to remember the sacrifices of our forefathers 
that they made to secure independence and build a new country which 
today is the world leader in freedom and democracy. Brandywine and 
Paoli Battlefields are among the few

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 Revolutionary War battlefields that remain unprotected and are 
threatened by rapid development in the region. It only takes a quick 
drive through the beautiful Brandywine region to see the rapid and 
congested development that is closing in on the battlefield grounds. 
For this reason, it is essential that the PATRIOT Act becomes law and 
that Brandywine and Paoli Battlefields are preserved for future 
generations to enjoy and appreciate.

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  The PATRIOT Act will preserve a portion of the Brandywine Battlefield 
where the most intense conflict and loss of life took place. The Battle 
of the Brandywine was the largest battle of the Revolutionary War in 
terms of number of participants, approximately 26,000 British and 
American troops. It is the only battle where all the generals of both 
sides were convened. It was also the major conflict in the British 
campaign of 1777 that conquered Philadelphia. While the British 
eventually took Philadelphia, the Battle of the Brandywine was 
significant in delaying the British campaign and allowing the Congress 
to abandon the city and to move to Lancaster, also in my district, and 
then to York to escape the British takeover.
  It is evident that the battles of Brandywine and Paoli are an 
integral part of American history. It would be a tragedy if this 
history were to be lost to rapid development. The local communities in 
the regions of Brandywine and Paoli have recognized this, they have 
worked together closely to preserve this land. In fact, I applaud the 
Brandywine community for already raising enough money to match the 
Federal assistance necessary for preservation. It is particularly 
encouraging to witness local students and their work to raise money to 
build support for the preservation of these battlefields.
  I was once a school teacher before I went into public service. I know 
firsthand how important good education is to our children, and students 
in this region have the opportunity to grow up in an area rich with 
history. They have the opportunity to learn firsthand about the 
sacrifice that many Americans made for our freedom.
  Chris Curtis, who is a student from Exton Elementary School in my 
district wrote a letter to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Weldon), to myself, urging Congress to protect the Paoli Battlefield by 
passing this act, and here is what he writes:
  ``I think you should preserve the Paoli Battlefield because 53 people 
died for our country there. We also want to remember Paoli because we 
don't want to forget or bury our memories of those who fought so hard 
for our freedom. We also need to remember the relatives of those who 
died there. We never want to forget that generation of brave soldiers 
who died for our country when it was just beginning.''
  I could not say it better myself.
  For our children's sake we must preserve this valuable historic land. 
Preserving this land will ensure that future generations will be able 
to experience how the battle unfolded, and history connects people and 
nurtures identity and community. The local communities have been doing 
their part to preserve the land. They will continue to do so. It is now 
time for the Federal Government to do its part.
  The Federal Government exists for the people. The people want and 
need to preserve this land. It is our duty to act accordingly. I urge 
support for House Resolution 659.
  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
New Jersey (Mr. Andrews).
  (Mr. ANDREWS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend from Pennsylvania for 
yielding this time to me. I want to thank and congratulate the 
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) and the gentleman from Puerto Rico 
(Mr. Romero-Barcelo) for their leadership in bringing this measure to 
floor on behalf of my constituents who are part of the region that will 
be most immediately benefit by this legislation. I thank my colleagues.
  I also want to commend my friend, the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Weldon), who has approached this legislation with his usual 
tenacity and enthusiasm and given us all a model to follow on the 
effort to get something like this to the floor. I congratulate him and 
all those involved, and I especially want to thank my new colleague and 
friend the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel) for his 
effectiveness in helping to move a piece of legislation this important 
to the floor this early in his tenure, and we appreciate his efforts.
  I support this legislation for reasons of history, ecology and 
prosperity. The historical angle has been well described by my 
colleagues. There is a good chance that there would not be a United 
States of America without the bravery and valor of those who sacrificed 
their lives on the battlefields that will be commemorated and 
consecrated by this legislation. But not only is their sacrifice worthy 
of present mention, the reasons for which they have sacrificed have 
echoed through these very halls in the last few days.
  We have spent much of our time debating issues of religious liberty, 
the establishment of religion, the importance of a well-regulated 
militia. Issues that were the core of the dispute over 200 years ago 
are the core of our debates and disputes in the last few hours. So for 
those who would doubt the relevance of this history, I would not direct 
them not to the events of several decades or centuries ago, I would 
direct them to the debates we have had on this very floor this very 
day.
  For reasons of ecology I know that my friend, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel), in particular has made the preservation of 
open space a major priority of his tenure here, and those of us who are 
involved in this debate are pleased to join him in the preservation of 
some very important open space in an area that is under intense 
pressure for development.
  As the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Pitts) just said, one of the 
most desirable areas in America to live and develop a business are 
these areas. That is because they are so proximate to southern New 
Jersey I might add for the record. But there is intense scrutiny and 
pressure for development. It is very important that this is one of the 
tools for open space preservation that is at our disposal, and we are 
very wise to use it under this legislation.
  Finally, for reasons of prosperity, I would note that there are 1 
million schoolchildren living in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 
Delaware, proximate to the location of the sights that are mentioned in 
this bill. Two of them are my schoolchildren, and I know that those 
schoolchildren will benefit greatly from the proximity of these 
consecrated sights and the museum which I am sure will follow so they 
can learn the lessons of our history and apply those lessons in an 
intelligent way to our future.
  So I would again commend the author of the legislation for his 
tenacity. He is doing a great service to our region. I am very proud to 
stand with him in support of this legislation.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from 
Indiana (Mr. Souder).
  Mr. SOUDER. Mr. Chairman, I thank our distinguished chairman. One of 
my privileges in this Congress has been to join the Committee on 
Natural Resources, and particularly the Subcommittee on National Parks 
and Public Lands with the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen), and I 
really enjoyed this. I sought out appointment to this committee because 
of my interest in historic preservation and in the roots of our Nation.
  My friend and colleague from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) is not only an 
enthusiastic champion, he is probably the foremost expert on Russia, 
and I had a great privilege to go with him in December. In 
understanding the roots of our liberty and our traditions and our 
culture is essential, and part of that is the part of our park system 
in the development of the understanding and the outreach of that park 
system, and I wanted to make two points:
  In addition to Pennsylvania clearly being much of the cradle of our 
liberty from Independence Hall out to Valley Forge and Paoli and 
Brandywine and the capital moving to York, and my personal favorite, 
John Dickenson, the letters of Pennsylvania farmer who then argued 
against the revolution, but while the others were still talking, he

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went out and actually fought. Pennsylvania has all this centered there.

  And I want to make a couple points:
  One is the battlefield integrity. It is really important for the 
understanding of American citizens to be able to go out where there has 
not been a lot of alteration, and as we work in our national parks, in 
the historic parks it is not supposed to be a natural preserve, it is 
supposed to be a historic preserve so we can understand what the 
soldiers faced at that particular point in time, and when we have these 
rare opportunities to get that land, we should purchase it.
  Secondly, visitor centers, and I think in the current budget 
pressures we have no choice but to move to more public-private 
partnerships. There are dangers in the commercialization of our park 
system, but if we do this right, we can actually expand our ability to 
provide information not only to young people, but to adults.
  A couple of points with this:
  One is we need better visitor centers in a number of our key 
historical parks so that we can make history more understandable. 
Secondly, the artifacts that we have, as was mentioned here related to 
Valley Forge, is also true at Gettysburg, and other locations are often 
scattered.
  Many of them are in harm's way, and we need better facilities to 
restore these. Once they are lost, they are permanently lost, and there 
are some places that are so critical to our American history, we should 
try to preserve these before they are lost and protect them before they 
are lost to future generations.
  And then the outreach programs. There is no question that one of the 
largest movements in education in America, as we have seen it in the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce and other places, is towards 
brain research and trying to and capitalizing on the new research 
results and findings that are showing that kids interact so much better 
when they can sense something, participate in something, in addition to 
just being taught it.
  As we see our national parks and our historic parks in particular 
reaching out to involve those schoolchildren in interactive activities, 
it is a major advance. They often have pre-and post-programs that they 
can send, and we ought to be looking at ways not only for the regional 
areas around Pennsylvania who will have access to this but the many 
field trips that come into Washington, D.C. have access to this type of 
thing too because it is a way to get our young people involved so they 
understand the fundamental underpinnings of our liberty, what people 
had to do and fight for to get there.
  It is not just something handed to them, and so much of the efforts 
of the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands, particularly in 
the historic areas is critical to our long-term preservation of liberty 
in America, and I want to congratulate all my colleagues from 
Pennsylvania who have been a leader in this in addition to the 
gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen).
  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield 7 minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Klink).
  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding this time 
to me, and first of all I want to applaud my colleagues because this is 
a very good bill, and I want to support it. But I cannot stand by 
without taking this opportunity to also talk about another battlefield 
which is located in Pennsylvania where a great difference was caused, a 
great difference in holding our Nation together, and that is the 
battlefield at Gettysburg.
  The difference between this bill and what is occurring at Gettysburg 
is the fact that these projects are an example of how a process should 
work, of how input should be across party lines, it should be at 
various levels of government, it should be with people in the 
community, and so this is a very fine bill. It is going to do a lot of 
wonderful things so that the heritage of our Nation, as portrayed at 
Brandywine and Paoli, are going to be preserved for generations to 
come.
  I hate to be the skunk at a garden party. It would be nice to come to 
the floor and only talk about all of the wonderful things this bill 
does. But we cannot expect to remember what happened at Brandywine and 
Paoli and what happened during the Civil War at Gettysburg if we are 
not willing to step forward and express some discomfort ourselves to 
protect the speech and the rights of the people around those 
battlefields, the people who care about our heritage, who care about 
what is going on in our Nation, and I am very troubled by what is 
occurring at Gettysburg.
  Mr. Chairman, there is an attempt, and in fact a general management 
plan was just approved by the Interior Department last Friday for a 
public-private partnership in Getysburg, and I know that many of the 
members of this committee have expressed their concern and their 
consternation, but still the Department of Interior and the Parks 
Department continues to move forward.
  People in the community have said that they are upset that they do 
not have input in this plan, and still the Interior Department and the 
Bureau of Parks continues to move forward. This new visitors center in 
Gettysburg is going to move farther away from the downtown area where I 
would remind my colleagues that Day Two of the Battle of Gettysburg was 
fought. In fact, the confederates over ran the town of Gettysburg.
  Many very important things occurred in Gettysburg, and now, unlike 
the visitor center that is currently there, many pedestrians will be 
unable to walk over a mile from where this new site is proposed to be 
built to the town of Gettysburg. And so businessmen who have invested 
in the community, historical groups that have fought to preserve what 
has happened in Gettysburg, will all be left behind, and all of this 
will be moved a mile away from the City of Gettysburg. And in this plan 
over 600 acres of trees will be taken down, 45 acres of which are going 
to be destroyed where this new site is planned.
  The problem with what is occurring is that unlike the visitor center 
that Congress is about to authorize today for Valley Forge and unlike 
the visitor center that Congress has already authorized for the 
Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, for Zion, and 
Rocky Mountain National Parks, they also involved public-private 
partnerships.
  Now Congress will not have a role in what is going on at Gettysburg 
because of a loophole. What is the loophole? The Gettysburg visitor 
center is planned to be built within the parks of the national park, 
but it will be built on private land so that none of the federal 
procurement or workers protection will apply to the construction or 
operation of that visitor center.

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  What does that mean? It means that none of those visitors' centers, 
that the other visitors centers that I mentioned at the other sites 
involved commercial loans or commercial activities. At Gettysburg you 
will see a huge cafeteria that is going to take away business from the 
local restaurants.
  We will also see that the ability to skirt Federal rules on 
employment, of contracting and procurement, rules like Davis-Bacon and 
rules requiring competitive bidding to protect against sweetheart deals 
will be waived at Gettysburg. Congress needs to have the ability to 
step back and tell the Interior Department, the Bureau of Parks, let us 
listen to the community. Let us answer the questions about what is 
going on at Gettysburg.
  I am really troubled, and I would say to all of my colleagues, one of 
the men who owns some of the property there is a gentleman named Eric 
Uberman. He appeared on the Today Show on NBC this morning where he was 
asked questions about this. He found out on the QT that, in fact, 
Federal employees were in his business, people who work for the Parks 
Department, he imagines, taking photographs surreptitiously, 
surveillance of his property. I have those photographs here.
  I would ask my colleagues, what is going on? When we are talking 
about the protections at Brandywine, at Paoli, when we are talking 
about preserving our country at Gettysburg, how can we in Congress 
stand by and allow a Federal department, whether it is the Department 
of the Interior, whether it is the EPA, whether it is the FBI; we are 
talking about all of the great courage that was shown on these 
battlefields. Can we not in Congress show some courage and say, it is 
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the elected people of the people's House, to determine if the Federal 
Government has run roughshod over these businesses? If the employees 
from the Parks Department or the Interior Department who took all of 
these photographs of the interiors and exteriors of businesses in 
Gettysburg, if they had a legitimate purpose, why did they not go to 
Mr. Eric Uberman? Why did they not step forward and say, in determining 
what our plan is going to be, we need to take some pictures of your 
business, and we want your input, too, Mr. Uberman. Why did Mr. Uberman 
have to find out on the QT and then file a FOIA, which took well over a 
month, to get access to those photographs?
  It is up to us, I say to my colleagues. We talk about courage. We 
talk about those who died during the Revolutionary War, who died during 
Gettysburg and who preserved this Nation at a time of strife during the 
1860s. What about 1999? Is this Congress any less patriotic to step 
forward to protect these businesspeople? Even if they are right, if the 
Interior Department is right, if the Parks Department is right, why do 
we not step forward and say, hold your horses, stop; let Congress 
investigate this.
  Again, I laud all of my colleagues. I am in support of this bill. I 
will offer and withdraw my amendment simply so we can have it in the 
record, and I will call on my friends in this Congress to act with me 
over the next 30 days. We have a 30-day period. Let us call this 
bureaucracy to account for what they have done. Let us make sure that 
what we are doing at Gettysburg is just as responsible, just as well 
thought out, as what we are doing today at Paoli and Brandywine.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon).
  (Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to revise 
and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I thank the distinguished 
gentleman for yielding me this time for the appropriate thank yous. We 
stand up on this floor and we take credit when legislation is passed, 
but all of us in this body know that the real credit for the 
legislation goes to those staff people who work tirelessly behind the 
scenes to work with us to help make things happen. It would be 
inappropriate for me not to recognize those people who helped make this 
day possible.
  I want to thank Todd Hall for his outstanding work on our behalf; 
Alan Freemayer from the full committee for his work. I want to thank 
Cheri Sexton and Marsha Stewart. I want to thank Rick Healy for his 
tremendous help. There he is over there on the minority side. It was, 
in fact, a bipartisan staff effort that allowed us to get here.
  I would be totally remiss if I did not mention my staffer who has 
spent 2 years working this issue, Erin Coyle. This is her fist major 
bill. You did a fantastic job, Erin Coyle, so you can bask in the glory 
of the passage of this bill today. Without you, it would not have 
happened.
  I also want to say to our colleagues, Mr. Chairman, this is a unique 
bill. When my distinguished friend had the hearing, the key witness was 
none other than George Washington. George Washington in the form of Jim 
Gallagher, who has played George Washington in the reenactment of the 
Delaware River crossing for something like 10 years, came down to 
Washington and actually presented the testimony as perhaps General 
George Washington would have done 200 years ago to protect this site. 
So we thank General Washington, Jim Gallagher, for being here.
  Ed Barrs, who is the historian emeritus of the Park Service for his 
cooperation; from the Park Service itself Don Berry; Jim Pepper and 
Arthur Stewart from Valley Forge.
  I also want to thank the local folks. Governor Ridge, State Senator 
Thompson, State Representative Flick; county commissioners from Chester 
County, Republicans Carla Hanna and Karen Martynick and Democrat Andrew 
Denniman. They were unanimous in their support.
  I also want to thank Henry Briggs from the Malvern Borough; the 
Chester County Chamber of Commerce, Rob Powson; and the local council 
member of Malvern, Sara Bones, who constantly prodded this through.
  It was a tireless effort on behalf of many people, and again, I want 
to thank everyone for allowing us to get to this point in time.
  Mr. HOEFFEL. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I would simply like to add to that long list of thank yous that the 
gentleman just read a thank you and compliment to Jon Pierre Bouvel of 
the Valley Forge Historical Society for his leadership in marshalling 
local support for this public-private partnership; and also thanks to 
Paul Decker, the Executive Director of the Valley Forge Convention and 
Visitor Bureau and a number of Montgomery County officials who have 
been in strong support of this public-private partnership at Valley 
Forge.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment under the 5-minute rule by title, and each 
title shall be considered read.
  During consideration of the bill for amendment, the Chair may accord 
priority in recognition to a Member offering an amendment that he has 
printed in the designated place in the Congressional Record. Those 
amendments will be considered read.
  The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone until a time 
during further consideration in the Committee of the Whole a request 
for a recorded vote on any amendment and may reduce to not less than 5 
minutes the time for voting by electronic device on any postponed 
question that immediately follows another vote by electronic device 
without intervening business, provided that the time for voting by 
electronic device on the first in any series of questions shall not be 
less than 15 minutes.
  The Clerk will designate section 1.
  The text of section 1 is as follows:
       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Protect America's Treasures 
     of the Revolution for Independence for Our Tomorrow Act'' or 
     the ``PATRIOT Act''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any amendments to section 1?


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Klink

  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Amendment offered by Mr. Klink:
       Page 2, after line 6, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN NEW 
                   CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THE GETTYSBURG NATIONAL 
                   MILITARY PARK.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of the Interior may not authorize the 
     construction of any visitor's center or museum in the 
     proximity of or within the boundaries of Gettysburg National 
     Military Park, unless Congress has specifically authorized 
     the construction of such visitor's center or museum.
       (b) Approval in Violation of This Section Ineffective.--If 
     the Secretary, through approval of a General Management Plan 
     or any other action, approves construction of a visitor's 
     center or museum in violation of this section after June 15, 
     1999, approval of such construction shall not be valid and 
     shall have no force or effect.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section shall be deemed to have 
     been enacted and taken effect on June 15, 1999.

  Mr. KLINK (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent 
that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, I make a point of order.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, the amendment is not germane under rule 
XVI, clause 7 of the Rules of the House of Representatives because it 
deals with a different subject matter than the text.
  The CHAIRMAN. Does any Member wish to be heard on the point of order?
  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Chairman, I ask to be recognized against the point of 
order.

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  Mr. Chairman, as I said during the general debate, and I understand 
that the point of order will probably be sustained, and so I would, 
therefore, not try to be repetitive. I understand that the chairman has 
expressed himself some concerns about the same thing, and I do not want 
to be redundant; however, I would like to be recognized for one moment.
  Because what is happening, Mr. Chairman, at Gettysburg is atrocious. 
I think this probably does relate to these other battlefields. That is 
why we thought this was the amendment to bring this amendment forward.
  Again, the Park Service has decided that they need to move a new 
visitors' center a mile or so outside of the town of Gettysburg. The 
problem is that the people of Gettysburg have not been able to address 
this problem. They have not been part of the decision-making. That is 
why this amendment, I thought, was so important to this bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Klink) will 
suspend.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, let me respectfully point out that the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania is not speaking to the point of order, but 
is speaking to his amendment. As I understand it, he should confine his 
remarks to the point of order.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman's remarks should be addressed to the 
point of order.
  Mr. KLINK. Mr. Chairman, I think that during the general debate I 
have had the opportunity to make my point on this bill, and I respect 
greatly the chairman and ranking member of the committee.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate title I.
  The text of title I is as follows:

               TITLE I--PAOLI AND BRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELDS

     SEC. 101. PAOLI BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION.

       (a) Paoli Battlefield.--The Secretary of the Interior 
     (hereinafter referred to as the ``Secretary'') is authorized 
     to provide funds to the borough of Malvern, Pennsylvania, for 
     the acquisition of the area known as the ``Paoli 
     Battlefield'', located in the borough of Malvern, 
     Pennsylvania, as generally depicted on the map entitled 
     ``Paoli Battlefield'' numbered 80,000 and dated April 1999 
     (referred to in this title as the ``Paoli Battlefield''). The 
     map shall be on file in the appropriate offices of the 
     National Park Service.
       (b) Cooperative Agreement and Technical Assistance.--The 
     Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
     borough of Malvern, Pennsylvania, for the management by the 
     borough of the Paoli Battlefield. The Secretary may provide 
     technical assistance to the borough of Malvern to assure the 
     preservation and interpretation of the battlefield's 
     resources.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated $1,250,000 to carry out this section. Such 
     funds shall be expended in the ratio of $1 of Federal funds 
     for each dollar of funds contributed by non-Federal sources. 
     Any funds provided by the Secretary shall be subject to an 
     agreement that provides for the protection of the land's 
     resources.

     SEC. 102. BRANDYWINE BATTLEFIELD PROTECTION.

       (a) Brandywine Battlefield.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary is authorized to provide 
     funds to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a political 
     subdivision of the Commonwealth, or the Brandywine 
     Conservancy, for the acquisition, protection, and 
     preservation of land in an area generally known as the 
     Meetinghouse Road Corridor, located in Chester County, 
     Pennsylvania, as depicted on a map entitled ``Brandywine 
     Battlefield--Meetinghouse Road Corridor'', numbered 80,000 
     and dated April 1999 (referred to in this title as the 
     ``Brandywine Battlefield''). The map shall be on file in the 
     appropriate offices of the National Park Service.
       (2) Willing sellers or donors.--Interests in land shall be 
     acquired pursuant to this section only from willing sellers 
     or donors.
       (b) Cooperative Agreement and Technical Assistance.--The 
     Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the 
     same entity that is provided funds under subsection (a) for 
     the management by the entity of the Brandywine Battlefield. 
     The Secretary may also provide technical assistance to the 
     entity to assure the preservation and interpretation of the 
     battlefield's resources.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this section. Such 
     funds shall be expended in the ratio of $1 of Federal funds 
     for each dollar of funds contributed by non-Federal sources. 
     Any funds provided by the Secretary shall be subject to an 
     agreement that provides for the protection of the land's 
     resources.

     SEC. 103. STUDY OF BATTLEFIELDS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 18 months after the date on 
     which funds are made available to carry out this section, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
     House of Representatives a resource study of the property 
     described in sections 101 and 102.
       (b) Contents.--The study shall--
       (1) identify the full range of resources and historic 
     themes associated with the Paoli Battlefield and the 
     Brandywine Battlefield, including their relationship to the 
     American Revolutionary War and the Valley Forge National 
     Historical Park; and
       (2) identify alternatives for National Park Service 
     involvement at the sites and include cost estimates for any 
     necessary acquisition, development, interpretation, 
     operation, and maintenance associated with the alternatives 
     identified.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
     this section.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title I?
  If not, the Clerk will designate title II.
  The text of title II is as follows:

            TITLE II--VALLEY FORGE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK

     SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Valley Forge Museum of the 
     American Revolution Act of 1999''.

     SEC. 202. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
       (1) Valley Forge National Historical Park, formerly a State 
     park, was established as a unit of the National Park System 
     in 1976. The National Park Service acquired various lands and 
     structures associated with the park, including a visitor 
     center, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
       (2) Valley Forge National Historical Park maintains an 
     extensive collection of artifacts, books, and other documents 
     associated with the Continental Army's winter encampment of 
     1777-1778 at Valley Forge, Revolutionary War-era artifacts of 
     military life, important archaeological resources, and 
     numerous structures and associated artifacts.
       (3) Between 1982 and 1997 the National Park Service 
     completed a general management plan, long-range interpretive 
     plan, and strategic business plan for Valley Forge National 
     Historical Park that establish goals and priorities for 
     management of the park.
       (4) These plans identify inadequacies in the park's current 
     visitor center and interpretive programs. The plans call for 
     the development of a new or significantly renovated visitor 
     center that would make the collection accessible to the 
     public through exhibits and research facilities. Plans also 
     call for improving the interpretation of the landscape and 
     improving the circulation into and through the park.
       (5) The Valley Forge Historical Society was established in 
     1918 as a nonprofit organization to preserve and interpret 
     for future generations the significant history and artifacts 
     of the American Revolution in their historic setting at 
     Valley Forge. The Valley Forge Historical Society has amassed 
     valuable holdings of artifacts, art, books, and other 
     documents relating to the 1777-1778 encampment of 
     Washington's Continental Army at Valley Forge, the American 
     Revolution, and the American colonial era. The Society 
     continues to pursue additional important collections through 
     bequests, exchanges, and acquisitions.
       (6) The Society's collection is currently housed in a 
     facility inadequate to properly maintain, preserve, and 
     display their ever-growing collection. The Society is 
     interested in developing an up-to-date museum and education 
     facility.
       (7) The Society and the National Park Service have 
     discussed the idea of a joint museum and education and 
     visitor facility. Such a collaborative project would directly 
     support the historical, educational, and interpretive 
     activities and needs of Valley Forge National Historical Park 
     and those of the Valley Forge Historical Society. A joint 
     facility would combine 2 outstanding museum collections and 
     provide an enhanced experience at Valley Forge for visitors, 
     scholars, and researchers.
       (8) The Society has proposed to raise funds to construct a 
     new museum and education and visitor center on park property 
     at Valley Forge National Historical Park that would be 
     planned, developed, and operated jointly with Valley Forge 
     National Historical Park.
       (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to authorize the 
     Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the 
     Valley Forge Historical Society to construct and operate a 
     museum within the boundary of Valley Forge National 
     Historical Park in cooperation with the Secretary.

     SEC. 203. VALLEY FORGE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 
                   AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) Agreement Authorized.--The Secretary of the Interior, 
     in administering the Valley Forge National Historical Park, 
     is authorized to enter into an agreement under appropriate 
     terms and conditions with the Valley Forge Historical Society 
     to facilitate the planning, construction, and operation of 
     the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution on Federal 
     land within the boundary of Valley Forge National Historical 
     Park.
       (b) Contents and Implementation of Agreement.--An agreement 
     entered into under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) authorize the Society to develop and operate the museum 
     pursuant to plans developed by the Secretary and to provide 
     at the museum appropriate and necessary programs and services

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     to visitors to Valley Forge National Historical Park, related 
     to the story of Valley Forge and the American Revolution;
       (2) only be carried out in a manner consistent with the 
     General Management Plan and other plans for the preservation 
     and interpretation of the resources and values of Valley 
     Forge National Historical Park;
       (3) authorize the Secretary to undertake at the museum 
     activities related to the management of Valley Forge National 
     Historical Park, including, but not limited to, provision of 
     appropriate visitor information and interpretive facilities 
     and programs related to Valley Forge National Historical 
     Park;
       (4) authorize the Society, acting as a private nonprofit 
     organization, to engage in activities appropriate for 
     operation of a museum that may include, but are not limited 
     to, charging appropriate fees, conducting events, and selling 
     merchandise, tickets, and food to visitors to the museum;
       (5) provide that the Society's revenues from the museum's 
     facilities and services shall be used to offset the expenses 
     of the museum's operation; and
       (6) authorize the Society to occupy the structure(s) so 
     constructed for the term specified in the Agreement and 
     subject to the following terms and conditions:
       (A) The conveyance by the Society to the United States of 
     America of all right, title, and interest in the structure(s) 
     to be constructed at Valley Forge National Historical Park.
       (B) The Society's right to occupy and use the structure(s) 
     shall be for the exhibition, preservation, and interpretation 
     of artifacts associated with the Valley Forge story and the 
     American Revolution, to enhance the visitor experience of 
     Valley Forge National Historical Park, and to conduct 
     appropriately related activities of the Society consistent 
     with its mission and with the purposes for which the Valley 
     Forge National Historical Park was established. Such right 
     shall not be transferred or conveyed without the express 
     consent of the Secretary.
       (C) Any other terms and conditions as may be determined by 
     the Secretary.

     SEC. 204. PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION.

       Nothing in this Act shall authorize the Secretary or the 
     Society to take any actions in derogation of the preservation 
     and protection of the values and resources of Valley Forge 
     National Historical Park. An agreement entered into under 
     section 203 shall be construed and implemented in light of 
     the high public value and integrity of the Valley Forge 
     National Historical Park and the National Park System.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there amendments to title II?


                   Amendment Offered by Mr. Traficant

  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to the end of the 
bill, section 205.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Amendment offered by Mr. Traficant:
       At the end of the bill add the following new section:

     SEC. 205. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE 
                   GOODS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that the Society, in 
     constructing and operating the museum, purchase American-made 
     goods to the greatest degree practicable.

  Mr. TRAFICANT (during the reading). Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous 
consent that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, this amendment basically urges the 
society, which I think is an excellent construct, to, in fact, making 
this bill a worthwhile bill for all of America, it encourages that 
society that when they expend dollars, that they expend those dollars 
on American-made goods and products. There will be many visitors. It 
does not compel them, but if anything, it is a reminder that even at 
our great landmarks and our great treasures, that wherever possible, if 
we buy American-made goods, America will be stronger.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. TRAFICANT. I yield to the gentleman from Utah.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Chairman, as usual, our friend from Ohio has come up 
with an excellent amendment, and this side accepts the amendment.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I urge an ``aye'' vote on the amendment, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Are there other amendments?
  If not, the question is on the committee amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, as amended.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Bartlett of Maryland) having assumed the chair, Mr. LaHood, Chairman 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. 659) 
to authorize appropriations for the protection of Paoli and Brandywine 
Battlefields in Pennsylvania, to direct the National Park Service to 
conduct a special resource study of Paoli and Brandywine Battlefields, 
to authorize the Valley Forge Museum of the American Revolution at 
Valley Forge National Historical Park, and for other purposes, pursuant 
to House Resolution 210, he reported the bill back to the House with an 
amendment adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on the amendment to the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute adopted by the Committee of the 
Whole? If not, the question is on the committee amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. HANSEN. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  The Chair announces that immediately after this vote, proceedings 
will resume on a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1175 
considered earlier today, and that will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 418, 
nays 4, not voting 12, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 245]

                               YEAS--418

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cook
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Edwards
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (IN)
     Hill (MT)
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)

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     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Larson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Owens
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pease
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Phelps
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Rangel
     Regula
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--4

     Chenoweth
     Coburn
     Paul
     Sanford

                             NOT VOTING--12

     Bilbray
     Brown (CA)
     Cooksey
     Danner
     DeFazio
     Fletcher
     Gilchrest
     Hooley
     Kasich
     Olver
     Thomas
     Tiahrt

                              {time}  1736

  Mr. STARK changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated for:
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 245 I was unavoidably 
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''

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