[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 132 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H10366-H10369]
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   PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4635, DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS 
  AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on 
Rules, I call up House Resolution 638 and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 638

       Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be 
     in order to consider the conference report to accompany the 
     bill (H.R. 4635) making appropriations for the Departments of 
     Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and for 
     sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, 
     corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. All points of 
     order against the conference report and against its 
     consideration are waived. The conference report shall be 
     considered as read.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). The gentlewoman from Ohio 
(Ms. Pryce) is recognized for 1 hour.
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only I yield 
the customary 30 minutes to my friend and colleague the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) 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. Speaker, House Resolution 638 is a rule waiving all points of 
order against the conference report and against its consideration to 
accompany H.R. 4635, the fiscal year 2001 appropriations bill for the 
Departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Independent Agencies.
  Mr. Speaker, this conference report provides another example of a 
carefully crafted bill that strikes a balance between the fiscal 
discipline and social responsibility Americans expect of this Congress. 
I would like to once again commend the chairman of the subcommittee, 
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) and the ranking member, the 
gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan), and all the members of the 
Committee on Appropriations for making the tough decisions required to 
produce a very thoughtful bill that meets our most important 
priorities.
  I would also like to express a personal note of gratitude for the 
assistance to help increase affordable housing opportunities in my 
district of Columbus, Ohio. This conference report provides a small 
amount of needed funding which will, in turn, become the foundation to 
give more people in Columbus the opportunity to fulfill the dream of 
home ownership.
  The VA-HUD appropriation bill funds a variety of important programs 
to take care of our veterans, address the Nation's critical housing 
needs, preserve and protect our environment, invest in scientific 
research, and continue our exploration into space.
  The conference report maintains our commitment to our Nation's 
veterans, who selflessly place themselves in harm's way so that we may 
enjoy the very freedoms which we so much cherish. This year, it 
provides an additional $1.36 billion over last year's historic increase 
for veterans' medical health care. It increases veterans' medical and 
prosthetic research by $30 million, and provides an extra $73 million 
over last year's funding level for the Veterans Benefits Administration 
to expedite claims that need processed for our veterans.

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  Finally, this conference report provides $100 million for Veterans 
State Extended Facilities, an increase of $40 million above the 
President's request.
  Mr. Speaker, along with providing for the needs of our veterans, this 
conference report makes available important resources to help the most 
vulnerable in our society and place roofs over their heads.
  Low-income families will benefit through this bill's investment in 
the Housing Certificate Program, which provides funding for section 8 
renewals and tenant protection.
  A $2.5 billion increase over last year's funding level will allow for 
the renewal of all expiring section 8 contracts and provide needed 
relocation assistance at the level requested by the President. A total 
of $14 billion is provided for this important program in fiscal year 
2001.
  Other needed housing programs that help our elderly, people with 
AIDS, and Native Americans will also receive increases above last 
year's funding levels in this conference report.
  H.R. 4365 also looks toward the future by preserving and protecting 
our environment for the next generation to enjoy.
  It is my understanding that the conference report before us today 
resolves a number of outstanding environmental concerns which were 
previously expressed and are no longer considered controversial. The 
bill targets funding and places an emphasis on State grants to protect 
the water that we drink and the air that we breathe.
  The State Revolving Fund for Safe Drinking Water is increased by more 
than $5 million from last year's level, and the Clean Water State 
Resolving Fund is increased by $550 million over the President's 
request. And finally, State Air grants are increased $6 million.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, this conference report provides important 
funding which maintains our commitment to the exploration of space and 
the improvement of science.
  Total funding of $4.4 billion for NSF is the largest budget in its 
history and will help this important agency continue its mission of 
developing a national policy on science and promoting basic research as 
well as increasing scientific education.
  NASA also receives an increase that will bring total funding to more 
than $14.3 billion.
  Mr. Speaker, it is also important to note that this conference report 
includes two other important provisions.
  First, like other appropriation conference reports considered and 
passed this year, the VA-HUD Conference Report maintains our commitment 
to debt reduction by providing yet another $5 billion to pay down the 
public debt.
  Second, it contains a new version of the previously passed fiscal 
year 2001 Energy and Water appropriations bill, which now has the 
support of the administration.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a good conference report and deserves our support. 
It takes a responsible path toward responding to our Nation's most 
pressing needs and priorities.
  I urge all of my colleagues to support the straightforward, 
noncontroversial rule as well as this must-do piece of legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 
I thank my colleague and dear friend, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. 
Pryce), for yielding me the customary half hour.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this rule providing for the 
consideration of VA-HUD and Energy and Water appropriations bills.
  I would like to congratulate my colleagues, the gentleman from New 
York (Chairman Walsh) and the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. 
Mollohan), the ranking member, for their excellent work on this very, 
very difficult subject matter and the excellent work on this conference 
report.
  When this bill came to the floor the first time in June, it really 
needed a lot of help. But lucky for the American veterans and the 
American families, it did get that help.
  This conference report, Mr. Speaker, is a welcomed and radical 
departure from the first VA-HUD appropriations bill. This bill provides 
more money for veterans medical research and State veterans homes. It 
also does a better job of funding housing programs, which people in my 
home State of Massachusetts will be very, very happy to hear.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that veterans and housing programs are very, 
very important. They give people hope. They save lives. And they should 
be adequately funded, especially given today's strong economy. And 
lucky for us and thanks to the gentleman from New York (Chairman Walsh) 
and the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan) this conference 
report does just that.
  It also includes the Energy and Water Appropriations Conference 
Report, which now has been attached to the VA-HUD Appropriations 
Conference Report. Thanks to the hard work of the gentleman from 
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(Mr. Packard) and the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky), the 
Energy and Water Conference Report contains funding for some very, very 
good water resource infrastructure projects.
  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that they were able to come to an 
agreement with the White House on the language that caused the 
President to veto the bill the first time around.
  It funds the Army Corps of Engineers' water projects and the Bureau 
of Reclamation, in addition to the Department of Energy's science 
programs. And thanks to the very excellent work on the part of the 
appropriations conferees, these two conference reports represent 
bipartisan agreements on a number of very important issues.
  So I urge my colleagues to support the conference reports.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to my 
distinguished colleague, the gentleman from the State of Georgia (Mr. 
Linder), a member of the Committee on Rules.
  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule providing for 
consideration of the conference report on H.R. 4635, VA-HUD 
appropriations for fiscal year 2001. This compromise bill is a result 
of many hours of hard work by Members of the House and the Senate, and 
it is a bipartisan agreement that deserves the support of this body.
  I would like to express my appreciation for the conference 
committee's inclusion of an amendment offered by myself and my 
colleague, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins), when the House 
first considered the bill. The language in our amendment ensures that 
Federal, State, and local governments do not waste precious taxpayer 
dollars on air quality standards that have been rendered unenforceable 
by the Federal Appeals Court.
  Common sense dictates that until the Supreme Court has the 
opportunity to rule on these air quality standards, the Federal 
Government should not enforce them.
  Our amendment passed the House in a strong bipartisan vote. I am 
pleased that Members of the conference committee recognized that 
hundreds of communities across the country could be tainted by 
designations made under these legally unenforceable standards without 
the inclusion of our amendment language. Our communities will be 
grateful for our actions.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, I would like to express my appreciation to the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh), the chairman of the Subcommittee 
on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies; and the gentleman from West 
Virginia (Mr. Mollohan), the ranking member on the subcommittee, for 
their hard work in crafting a fine bipartisan bill. I thank them.
  I urge all Members to support the rule and the underlying bill.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson-Lee).
  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to revise 
and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member for 
yielding me the time.
  Mr. Speaker, let me acknowledge the very hard work that has been done 
by this entire committee, the Committee on Appropriations. The work is 
still being done.
  I wish that we could move forward on some of the many important 
issues, as the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh), the chairman of the 
Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, and the gentleman 
from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan), the ranking member, have done today.
  I rise to support the rule as well as the legislation, and I agree 
with the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) that this is a much 
better bill. I am very gratified that we have in this bill $575 million 
for distressed housing; 10 million of that can be used for technical 
assistance.
  A few sessions ago, I passed legislation that would obligate or 
require or encourage the residents of various distressed public housing 
to be able to work in efforts of rehabilitation. I hope that, with this 
funding, more of that initiative will be in place.
  In addition, however, I would like to say to the public housing 
authorities that, as we render to them Federal funds, I think it is 
important that they look to utilize minority-owned, women-owned, and 
small-owned businesses.
  In my own Houston Harris County Housing Authority, that has not been 
the case. And I hope that they can be impressed by the large Federal 
dollars to help both the tenants and the community, as well as rebuild 
housing.
  I am very pleased to see $90 million in second-round empowerment 
zones, some of the most important tools to reinvest and rebuild our 
communities. Veterans have been funded, and we are appreciative for 
what this legislation has done to fund the necessary needs of our 
veterans.
  NASA is funded at $14.3 billion. But, as well, we have $6 billion for 
aeronautics, science and technology.
  I am very delighted, as well, that there are dollars in this bill 
that will help provide supportive assistance for those seeking housing, 
affordable housing. And, as well, I am very grateful for the EDI grants 
to several of the nonprofits in my area, a multiculture center that 
encourages Hispanic culture and, as well, a million-dollar grant that I 
am very pleased to have support that is initiated by Senator Hutchinson 
for the Freedmans Town African American Museum.
  This is a bill that responds to America's needs both in housing and 
as well as in economic development. As it relates to homeless 
individuals, of which I worked on as a member of the Houston City 
Council and continue to work on, I am very delighted that the homeless 
dollars now include assistance that will be coordinated with mainstream 
health, social services, employment programs which the homeless 
populations may be eligible for, including Medicaid, State children's 
health insurance, temporary assistance for needy families.
  This bill, Mr. Speaker, is a bill that answers to the needs of the 
American people. It certainly is a bill that all of us have worked on 
with the chairman and the ranking member. I thank them again for their 
very hard work. I look forward to our community doing better because 
this legislation passes.
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield such time 
as he may consume to my distinguished colleague, the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Goss), the vice-chairman of the Committee on Rules.
  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend, the gentlewoman from 
Ohio (Ms. Pryce), for yielding me the time. She brings credit and 
strength to our leadership and to our Committee on Rules.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this rule, which provides 
for orderly consideration of the VA-HUD Appropriations Conference 
Report. It is a standard rule for an appropriations conference report, 
and it deserves the support of every Member of the House.
  In the wake of the tragic attack on the U.S.S. Cole, which we sadly 
all know about, Americans are painfully and necessarily reminded again 
of the great sacrifices our servicemen and servicewomen make to protect 
our interests and the interests of all Americans at home and abroad.
  Presently we are living in what I call ``blue sky times,'' an era of 
peace and prosperity. But, tragically, it is only relative peace. The 
recent tragedy is a sharp reminder of the sacrifices and risks our 
soldiers and sailors and airmen are confronted with day in and day out 
as they go about their business.
  We must remember and emphasize that veterans made a selfless promise 
to defend and protect our country too. Now it is time that we deliver 
to them on the promises made about the security and comfort of adequate 
health care and benefits.
  H.R. 4635 is a vehicle to help us accomplish that goal. This bill 
provides $20.3 billion to fully fund medical health care for veterans. 
That is a $1.36 billion increase over last year, and I am proud of 
that.
  My home State of Florida has the second largest population of 
veterans in the country. I can tell my colleagues from firsthand 
experience talking with many of them and visiting clinics that

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these funds are greatly needed in our clinics and hospitals.
  In addition, H.R. 4635 increases veterans medical and prosthetic 
research by $30 million, more than the President's request.
  For veterans wounded in the line of duty, new technology resulting 
from these funds may mean the difference between being wheelchair bound 
and being able to walk. What a wonderful thought.
  Finally, the conference report provides an extra $73 million to the 
Veterans Benefits Administration to expedite claims processing. This 
money would help alleviate some of the red tape associated with 
benefits claims. Moving vets out of the long lines and into programs 
for services will be provided timely.
  Congress has made meaningful progress this year on providing for our 
veterans. Most notably, of course, is this year's defense authorization 
bill that keeps the promise of lifetime health care to military 
retirees. We build on those achievements by providing veterans expanded 
care and benefits as well today in this legislation.
  I urge my colleagues to illustrate and underscore their dedication to 
our veterans by supporting passage of this bill and supporting this 
rule.
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to my 
distinguished colleague, the gentleman from the State of California 
(Mr. Cunningham).
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friends, the gentleman from 
New York (Chairman Walsh) and the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. 
Mollohan), for their efforts on this bill, and also the gentleman from 
Arizona (Mr. Stump), the subcommittee chairman. And what a good job 
that they have done.
  Veterans health care, when we add $1.7 billion last year and add 
$1.36 billion this year over last year's, it is a slight commitment to 
show that the veterans are important. The medical research in this 
bill, one may say, why do we have medical research in a veterans bill? 
Well, all the way back from World War II, veterans that had nuclear 
reactions from the bombs where we put our people in harm's way, from 
the Desert Storm Syndrome to Agent Orange to anthrax shots, and for 
example, how does anthrax shots, with more and more women in our 
military, affect a woman who may have a child? That medical research is 
very, very important within the military.

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  I would specifically like to thank the gentleman from Illinois 
(Speaker Hastert), the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey), and the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay). There is an issue that I have been 
working on since 1991, and quite often when there has been a promise 
given by someone like General MacArthur and the President of the United 
States almost 60 years ago, it is difficult to get that priority in a 
bill. We have been able to do that with our leadership's help.
  The issue is this provides help for thousands of Filipino American 
veterans across the Nation. The language in the bill provides full 
dependency and indemnity compensation benefits so long denied for those 
who fought alongside our troops in World War II. Despite the fact that 
many of these valiant soldiers suffered the same casualties and wounds 
fighting with U.S. forces that our own troops did, they have until now 
received only 50 percent of the disability benefits. This bill changes 
that to 100 percent.
  In addition, the bill insures full VA medical coverage for those 
Filipino-American World War II veterans who are already being treated 
in VA facilities for their service-connected disability. Currently 
Filipino-American veterans may not receive care for any condition 
except specific to their service-connected disability. This bill 
changes that as well.
  While seemingly limited extensions of benefits, they are extremely 
significant to over 1,200 qualifying veterans who are living on fixed 
incomes. Many of these veterans are in their 70s and 80s, at a time in 
their lives where health care access is as critical as ever. With so 
few Filipino-American veterans surviving, numbers decreasing annually, 
the time to ensure those benefits is now. That is why I thank our 
leadership and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) and the 
gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan) for adding this into this 
important bill.
  As one who championed the cause for Filipino Americans working with 
President Ramos in the Philippines first and then working with 
President Estrada, and the hundreds of both Filipino Americans and 
Filipino nationals that came all the way from the Philippines to work 
this initiative, let it be known that their efforts have carried 
through and helped this.
  This action has the full support of the larger veterans community and 
it has been endorsed by every single one.
  There are a couple of things that I would like to see in the next 
veterans bill, though, that I would like to work with colleagues on 
that side. I have hundreds of veterans that come up every year and say 
they have lost their medical records. Either they were burned in a fire 
or they were lost because of the old filing system. We need to 
duplicate those records.
  We also need to increase the amount again of veterans' benefits, and 
I want to thank the chairman. I specifically want to thank the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Bilbray), who championed this bill, 
worked with our leadership, caused it to be effective. Without his 
support, we would not have this Filipino veterans' initiative.
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to my distinguished 
colleague, the gentleman from Montana (Mr. Hill).
  Mr. HILL of Montana. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio 
(Ms. Pryce) for yielding me this time.
  Mr. Speaker, I reluctantly rise in opposition to this rule. There are 
many provisions of this bill that I support. I have been a strong 
advocate for veterans' health care and for energy and water projects. 
However, the original energy and water bill as passed by the House of 
Representatives included a very important provision for my State and 
other Upper Missouri River States. It would have allowed us to preserve 
the spring water runoff that occurs in our States.
  Now, the Clinton-Gore administration wants to force these Upper 
Missouri River States to increase the spring discharges from our 
reservoirs. My State is a very arid State and it happens to be also the 
home of the headwaters of the Missouri River. We get 50 percent of our 
rainfall in a 2-month period of time, which happens to be the period of 
time when the administration wants us to increase our discharges. We 
also get all of our spring snow runoff during that very short period of 
time.
  The administration's plan, incidentally, is opposed by both the Upper 
Missouri and the Lower Missouri States, because it would have an 
adverse impact on our wildlife and have an adverse impact on our 
economy.
  Now, retaining the water in these reservoirs is very important for us 
to maintain our fisheries. It is very important for us to have that 
water for irrigation purposes. It is very important for us to have that 
water for recreation purposes and for power generation at our peak-need 
period of time.
  The original energy and water bill had a provision to bar the 
administration from forcing us to discharge this water, and that is why 
the President vetoed the bill. Now, the House, by two-thirds, voted to 
override the President's veto. We believe that this provision should be 
part of this combined VA-HUD bill or these bills should be brought 
separately so that we can cast our vote in opposition to this 
provision.
  For that reason, I intend to vote against the rule and would urge 
others to do the same.
  It is very important to my State. It is very important to the other 
Upper Missouri States. It is very important to the Lower Missouri 
States. I am going to ask for a recorded vote on the rule so that we 
can make clear our position on this.
  Mr. MOAKLEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I sympathize with my colleague, the gentleman from 
Montana (Mr. Hill), but it is very important for the Members of this 
body to realize that we must get our work done. The President vetoed 
the bill with that important language in it,

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and so we must proceed without it. In light of that, this is a good 
conference report, irrespective. It responds to the needs of our 
veterans, protects our environment and keeps the U.S. at the forefront 
of space exploration, addresses our Nation's critical housing needs and 
helps more Americans realize the dream of owning their own home. 
Adopting this rule will allow us to consider all of those important 
initiatives.
  I urge a yes vote on the rule and the conference report.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaTourette). Without objection, the 
previous question is ordered on the resolution.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. HILL of Montana. 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 vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 400, 
nays 7, not voting 25, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 535]

                               YEAS--400

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Archer
     Armey
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Barrett (WI)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     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
     Canady
     Cannon
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Conyers
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeFazio
     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
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Frank (MA)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gejdenson
     Gekas
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (IN)
     Hilleary
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Largent
     Larson
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Ose
     Owens
     Packard
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pease
     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
     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
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Shuster
     Simpson
     Sisisky
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stump
     Stupak
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Traficant
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--7

     Danner
     Hill (MT)
     Hulshof
     Latham
     Nussle
     Roemer
     Tancredo

                             NOT VOTING--25

     Campbell
     Chenoweth-Hage
     Clay
     Franks (NJ)
     Hansen
     Hilliard
     Houghton
     Jones (OH)
     Lazio
     Lewis (CA)
     Lipinski
     McCollum
     McIntosh
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (VA)
     Oxley
     Pelosi
     Rodriguez
     Sanford
     Shays
     Stabenow
     Talent
     Thompson (MS)
     Turner
     Wise

                              {time}  1259

  So the resolution was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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